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"To enable the future needs of efficient computing for edge data centers, Flexnode and its partners, the University of Maryland (UMD), Boeing, Iceotope, SHoP Architects, and Arup, propose to develop a prefabricated modular micro data center with unprecedented energy efficiency and power density. The proposed system leverages four key component and system-level technology advancements: (a) a novel, ...

As new and disruptive programming models are being developed, there is a trend that extreme-scale programming languages will embrace a hybrid model of message-passing and shared-memory, over abstractions such as processes, threads, and tasks. Unfortunately, writing parallel programs under a hybrid model (if not harder) is as hard as writing shared-memory or message-passing concurrent programs, whi ...

Electromagnetic telemetry (EMT) is a superior method for transmitting data between the surface and downhole to support measurement-while-drilling (MWD), a critical technique used in oilfield and geothermal exploration. To ensure optimal EMT deployment in the field, accurate and efficient prediction of EMT performance based on rigorous numerical modeling is necessary for justifying the employment o ...

Cryo-electron microscopy single particle reconstruction (cryo-EM SPR) provides detailed structural information for macromolecules by averaging many images of individual molecules. However, accurate image alignment is a bottleneck due to the poor contrast of individual molecules images. Therefore, in practice, structures of only relatively large macromolecules can be determined by cryo-EM SPR. Phas ...

C53-06a-271155Harnessing the quantum state of nature holds tremendous potential for creating new quantum technologies that surpass the capabilities of current systems. To create these new technologies, precise control over the quantum state must be maintained while simultaneously suppressing noise processes that would otherwise lead to decoherence and inaccurate results. This project will address ...

Spatial and temporal variability of soil carbon stocks and soil environmental drivers that cause the production and flux of nitrous oxide (N2O) across agricultural systems create challenges for cost effective quantification of N2O emissions and soil carbon stock changes at scale. Technological innovations sensor technologies, remote sensing technologies, cost effective metagenomics sequencing and ...

Most of future oil and gas exploration and production will be moving into more challenging environments and directional drilling is an essential technique for tapping the “difficult” oil and gas deposits. As the key technology that enables directional drilling, geosteering is the act of adjusting the well trajectory on the fly. The goal of geosteering is to increase production, reduce cost and ...

Experimentally obtained, structural models of macromolecules provide information that helps us to understand biochemical and chemical reactions and to design compounds that modulate these reactions. Therefore, methods that generate such structural models are highly significant to research and development efforts in industrial and governmental laboratories. Cryo-electron microscopy single particle ...

Actionable understanding of subsurface processes is required by multiple small and medium size companies involved in environmental cleanup and subsurface energy production. Having actionable understanding means that stakeholders (1) can assess and evaluate the merits and risks of different operational strategies given certain initial conditions and (2) modify these strategies over time as a functi ...

Economical production methods for metal nuclear fuel are needed to support the development of safe and environmentally friendly nuclear power plants. This SBIR project aims to develop advanced technology for low-cost production of nuclear fuel from uranium alloy.