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There is a need for small SWaP-C portable neutron generators for DoD and industrial applications such as neutron and gamma radiographic imaging and directed high-energy neutrons (>6MeV) to penetrate objects for active interrogation or to induce fissions within material. This SBIR targets a critical component in the overall cost and size of neutron generation.   Phase 1 identified a novel ...

The ultimate goal of this Phase II proposal is to develop and deliver one (or more) prototype solar-blind APD array systems that target a specific defense platform (platform to be determined). This project will be broken up into a 24-month BASE effort that will focus on developing the core underlying solar-blind APD array technology and developing and delivering a generic APD array system. At the ...

The goal of this SBIR project is to develop and demonstrate an innovative aluminum smelting technology that will significantly increase the range of aluminum alloys that can be manufactured from recycling of scrap aluminum. This will result in reduction of need for primary aluminum with corresponding 95% energy and CO2 emission benefits. The proposed melting of pre-sorted aluminum alloys using UHV ...

The goal of this SBIR project is to develop and demonstrate an innovative aluminum smelting technology that will significantly increase the range of aluminum alloys that can be manufactured from recycling of scrap aluminum. This will result in reduction of need for primary aluminum with corresponding 95% energy and CO2 emission benefits. The proposed melting of pre-sorted aluminum alloys using UHV ...

This Phase 1 SBIR will design, develop, and test a software defined acoustic communications system with an open-source hardware platform, software architecture, and integrated development environment enabling end-users to operate in any subsea operational environment. This will be accomplished through 1) development of electromechanical and computing platforms and transducers that span from below ...

Dielectric Elastomers (DE) are an attractive actuator material due to large actuation strains, the ability to be formed into a variety of actuator configurations, millisecond-scale response times, and high actuation forces. Currently, actuation voltages are unattractively high due to high thickness in the DE layer – moderate actuation voltages can be achieved with reduction in the tube wall thic ...

There is a need for small SWaP-C portable neutron generators for DoD and industrial applications such as neutron and gamma radiographic imaging and directed high-energy neutrons (>6MeV) to penetrate objects for active interrogation. Electrostatic DC acceleration is commonly used for x-ray and portable neutron generators on order of 100kVs with low cost and maintenance needs. There is opportunity t ...

In most critical software systems, a state that is partially visible through values passed across interfaces contains information that could determine the health of the software system, and whether a failure is likely in the future. Some of this information behaves in a continuous fashion, e.g., the available memory or disk space is easily interpreted to monitor system health. Other values are nom ...

AMT Nano, LLC has developed innovative technology for achieving a versatile microrobot platform. The innovation relies on a unique micromolding process, which is low-cost and high-throughput, and high precison. The process achieves versatility by generating deterministic freeform shapes in polymers and nanocomposites. Several perceived benefits accompany the micromolding process. Due to the three- ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will develop and ready for commercialization a scalable, low-cost process for purification of water containing Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) using anodic oxidation with boron-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD®) thin films. Resent research demonstrated that there is considerable potential for the development of electrochemica ...