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"In this program, we will develop a breakthrough technology that will enable wafer-scale epitaxial lift-off (ELO) of GaN power device heterostructures from low-dislocation-density bulk GaN substrates. This technology will be used to provide a low-cost vertical junction field effect transistors (VJFETs) with high breakdown voltage (greater than 1,200 V) and high current capability (greater than 100 ...

In this program, we will develop a breakthrough technology that will enable wafer-scale epitaxial lift-off (ELO) of GaN power device heterostructures from low-dislocation-density bulk GaN substrates. This technology will be used to provide a low-cost vertical junction field effect transistors (VJFETs) with high breakdown voltage (greater than 1,200 V) and high current capability (greater than 100 ...

In 2011, there were 60,000 dairy farms in the US. Of there, 56,600 had herds of fewer than 500 animals. Currently, manure digester installations are only considered economical for herds of at least 500 animals. There require turbine or diesel generator sets of 100 Kilowatt size and larger. The need exists for a smaller waste to energy conversion approach for implementation on small farms were ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will employ Nanofiltration to generate sulfate ion feedstocks and high current density on-site generation (synthesis) of the powerful oxidant peroxodisulphate (“persulfate”) with novel, high reliability boron-doped untrananocrystal-line diamond (UNCD) electrodes to dramatically lower the cost of unconventional fossil fuel (FF) waste water ...

A team of EP Purification and the University of Illinois engineer and chemists is pursuing the commercialization of low cost microchannel plasma modules capable of efficiently producing ozone for water treatment. The conservation of water resources for human consumption is a growing national priority. Contamination of ground municipal water by animal manure, fertilizer and pharmaceuticals, for e ...

Organophosphates cannot currently be analyzed in the field using existing technologies, due to insufficient sensitivity of currently fielded instruments. This inability reduces the number of analyses that a government agency can perform on a water supply to ensure its safety to humans and the environment. The objective of this Phase I effort is to design a novel strategy that preconcentrates org ...

Current anaerobic digester systems are designed for capturing energy from waste from large heads of farm animals. GHD, Inc., a leading manufacturer of anaerobic digesters, has stated that a minimum dairy heard size for economical implementation of a biogas system as 800 cows. These require turbine or diesel generator sets of 100 Kilowatt size and larger, a limiting factor in economically scaling ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPABILITY OF PRECISION PROTON RADIOGRAPHY WITH ACCELERATOR SYSTEMS DESIGNED OR USED FOR PROTON RADIATION THERAPY. A PROTON RADIOGRAPH TAKEN IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO RADIATION TREATMENT COULD GIVE INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN THE ADEQUACY OF THE TREATMENT PLAN, CHECK ALIGNMENT WITH TUMOR SITE, AND CONFIRM READINESS AND CALIBRATION OF THE ENT ...

IN TREATING GLAUCOMA, THE CLINICIAN ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP) BUT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT CONSTANT, A SINGLE MEASUREMENT DURING A VISIT TO THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST MAY BE UNRELIABLE. THE MEASUREMENT OF THE IOP AT THE PATIENT'S HOME HAS BEEN ADVOCATED BUT HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY THE LACK OF AN INSTRUMENT THAT CAN BE USED RELIABLY AND SAFELY BY THE PATIENT ALONE. A SELF-TONOMETER, RECENTLY ...

WE SEEK TO DEVELOP A VIABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE, SAFE STROKE REHABILITATION DEVICE BASED UPON THE ELECTRONIC STIMULATION OF STROKE-AFFECTED LIMBS. A KEY PROBLEM IN STROKE REHABILITATION THERAPY IS TO HAVE THE STROKE IMPAIRED LIMBS EXERCISED ENOUGH TO AVOID MUSCLE ATROPHY OR DEFORMATION FROM CONTRACTURES. IN GENERAL, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO WORK WITH THE PATIENT TO PROVIDE TH ...