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Our research is focused on EPA SBIR Topic 1A: Decentralized wastewater treatment (septic system) technologies for intentional non-potable reuse. LeapFrog research aims to provide innovative decentralized water treatment for non-potable reuse and capture onsite for single-family residence scale. Across the country, growing demand for high-quality water is met with long term challenges due to drough ...

Our product will incentivize source separation of construction and demolition waste by capturing true weights of recoverable products and adjusting disposal pricing based upon percentage of recyclability. This holistic inventory aggregation and management system will allow material recovery facilities (MRFs) to accurately evaluate inbound waste by weight and track recovered materials inventories. ...

The XTG (pronounced “ex-tag”) smart tag system, provides individual device authentication, traceability, and a higher standard of security with an information rich system able to record, view, and analyze each tagged product’s full provenance production history.  The XTG system serves as a holistic solution, capable of combining and incorporating device level traceability data across both m ...

This project, Lithium Battery Deactivation/Render Safe, will develop and demonstrate technology to transform live or damaged batteries into inert items on an mobile-pilot scale suitable to process batteries in a relevant environment.  The project will build upon successful developmental work supported through EERE DE-EE0008475 “Elimination of Class-9 Hazards in Lithium-ion Recycling”, and ...

This project will trial thermochemical techniques to recycle construction and demolition debris wood (C&D) into a low-greenhouse gas transportation fuel, while safely sequestering arsenic from C&D contaminants such as copper chromated arsenate (CCA) treated lumber. The amount of C&D wood waste going to landfill each year is not trivial. According to the EPA's latest Sustainable Materials Manageme ...

Oceanit proposes to develop novel approach for the detection of and protection from emerging viral pandemic pathogens. Oceanit has previously developed novel binding molecules that successful target and bind to SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins and can be incorporated into detection products and surface prophylactic treatments. In this Direct to Phase II effort, Oceanit proposes to further develop the rap ...

The MK39 Expendable Mobile Anti-Submarine Training Target (EMATT) has become a vital tool in the Navy’s Anti- Submarine Warfare (ASW) tool kit by providing a low cost, expendable, open ocean, programmable, and modular training target, capable of simulating numerous types of submarine signatures and behaviors in the field for the training of submarine, aircraft, & ship crews in the search, detect ...

Counterfeit electronic parts in the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain undermine the operational readiness and performance of weapons systems, provide a competitive edge to adversaries, and put American warfighters at risk. Only through the elimination of such counterfeit components can we assure confidence in our defense systems and in defense force readiness and lethality. The DoD establis ...

This Phase II Small Business Innovation Research project develops the scale of lithium-ion direct recycling technologies applied to gain efficiencies in materials management from original manufacturing to end-of-life. The scrap materials are from Defense Logistics Agency manufacturing activities. A successful effort moves direct recycle TRL from 4 to 6, increases process throughput, qualifies mate ...

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) top priority is warfighter support, and the DLA is firmly committed to a robust counterfeit mitigation strategy that protects our warfighters and the vital missions they perform. HNu Photonics, LLC (HNu) Color Holographic Quick Response (CHQR, pronounced “Checker”) technology combines RGB 3-layer QR codes with holographic imaging technology, and is as robust ...