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There is a need for new technologies to control restaurant emissions. There are more than 870,000 restaurants in the United States. Most of these restaurants have under-fired charbroilers, creating a significant amount of particulate matter (PM) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have been classified as health and environmental hazards by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Alt ...

As stated in the EPA 2004 Solicitation topic B1, there is a need for new technologies to control restaurant emissions. There are over 870,000 restaurants in the United States. Most of these restaurants have under-fired charbroiler creating a significant amount of partifculate matter and volatile organic compouns which have been determined health and environmental hazareds by the EPA. Although s ...

Cryptosporidium parvum, a protozoan parasite that invades the gastrointestial system, is a serious threat to the nation's water supply. Assays for pathogen using self-contained microelectrochemical detection are desirable because precise detection can be performed with simple instrumentation on colored and turbid samples minimizing pre-treatment procedures. In addition, electrochemical detection ...

Cryptosporidium parvum, a protozoan parasite that invades the gastrointestinal system, is a serious threat to the Nation's water supply. Assays for pathogen using self-contained microelectrochemical detection are desirable because precise detection can be performed with simple instrumentation on colored and turbid samples, minimizing pretreatment procedures. In addition, electrochemical detectio ...

This Small Business Innovations Research Phase I project is to develop a new generation of sensitive, rapid, portable, robust and inexpensive biosensor for simultaneous detection of multipe watergorne pathogens in water products and environment. Specificaly, NN-labs team will develop new biomarkers by conjugating the various color nanocrystals onto the monoclonal antibodies, and a new flow cell t ...

The goal of this research project is to develop a new generation of sensitive, rapid, portable, robust, and inexpensive biosensors for the simultaneous detection of multiple waterborne pathogens in water products and the environment. Specifically, Nanomaterials & Nanofabrication Laboratories will develop new biomarkers by conjugating the various color nanocrystals onto the monoclonal antibodies an ...

This Phase II proposes to develop an innovative nanostructured coating, with a unique integration of hard phases and lubrication phases, for dry machining of austenite steels for the automotive and aerospace industries. This novel coating will be synthesized using a combination of electrostatic spray coating (ESC), chemical vapor infiltration (CVI), and plasma etching. W unique biomimetic inspir ...

The goal of this research project is to develop an innovative nanostructured coating, with a unique integration of hard phases and lubrication phases, for dry machining of austenite steels for the automotive and aerospace industries. This novel coating will be synthesized using a combination of electrostatic spray coating, chemical vapor infiltration, and plasma etching. Unique biomime ...

In this SBIR porject, Soouthwest Scineces proposes to design, build and test a real-time, field portable instrument for detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Our technology uses time- and wavelength-resolved flourescence spectroscopy (T&WFS) to identify PAHs at sub-ppb concentrations in water. The insturment incorporates an innovative approach to fluorescence lifetime detection t ...

In this research project, Southwest Sciences, Inc., proposes to design, build, and test a real-time, field-portable instrument for the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The technology uses time- and wavelength-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (T&WFS) to identify PAHs at sub-parts-per-billion concentrations in water. The instrument incorporates an innovative approach to fluore ...