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a. Innovativeness of the proposed technology Forever Analytical Services (FAS) has developed particle-induced gamma-ray emissions (PIGE) spectroscopy for the high-throughput screening of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. This proposal seeks to extend the utility of this technique to the field by developing a field-deployable solid phase extraction (SPE) device containing a filt ...

In today’s world of accelerating climate change effects, a community's capacity to plan for and build resilience to disasters, homeland security threats, and extreme weather is of increasing importance. The ability of public safety organizations and local governments to effectively communicate with community members in emergency situations is critical, especially in the immediate aftermath of la ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) processes such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) have received a great deal of attention due to their unique capability in producing parts with complex geometries. However, a major challenge limiting the application of LPBF today is the high variability in the quality of finished components. To address this challenge, HIDENN-AI, LLC and Northwestern University (NU) prop ...

Candent Technologies has successfully developed a low cavitation, high efficiency, extremely low acoustic signature marine propulsor, and is proposing to apply this advanced technology to the design and development of a compact, efficient, electric driven, stowable/retractable, Quiet Auxiliary Propulsion System that will meet and likely surpass the requirements for the SOCR (and 11m RHIB, as well ...

Metal additive manufacturing (AM), particularly, laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) has transformative potential to achieve geometric design freedom at low production volumes. However, porosity and localized defects remain a significant challenge to implementation in mission critical aerospace applications. While the quality of LPBF is now competitive with or surpasses castings for established materia ...

Through this proposed SBIR effort, QuesTek Innovations LLC will develop a physics-enhanced machine learning (ML) software to reduce exhaustive typical on-destructive testing or enable feed forward control methodologies for fabrication of high-quality additive manufacturing (AM) component. Process induced defects like keyholing and lack of fusion porosity are shown to be strongly correlated with AM ...

During Phase I, Adiabatics, Inc. will use generator “best design” technical practices as well as new proprietary technology to develop a solution for high temperature cable and connector development for radio frequency (RF) applications in harsh environments.  First, Adiabatics, Inc. will develop a heat transfer model of its proposed RF cable.  The cable includes many materials that Adiabati ...

Nostromo, LLC  (“Nostromo”) proposes to: (1) optimizes propellant combustion spectrum to produce radiation in a wavelength that optimally charges phosphors; (2) develop and refine a translucent epoxy matrix that can be incorporated into 40mm training and operational cartridges; (3) design, optimize and test phosphors that are configurable in a thin translucent epoxy and can be readily charged ...

Traditionally, rotorcraft blade control is accomplished through a swashplate mechanism.  The swashplate mechanism is limited in that it does not allow for independent control of rotor blades.  Research efforts have shown that the ability to control rotor blade pitch independently, or Individual Blade Control (IBC), can offer advantages over conventional swashplate-based control.  Previous imple ...

Rolling element bearings used in small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) engines have to be continuously lubricated to keep their functionality and avoid adhesive wear and excessive heat generation due to friction.  These fluid lubricated systems in small engines bear additional weight and cost of the subsystems in order to gain the benefits of low friction, damping and load bearing capacity.  To ...