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This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to extend the current high frequency limit of acoustic analysis by two orders of magnitude and facilitate numerical simulation of extremely large sound structure interaction problems. The proposed method will advance the state of the art in numerical acoustics by integrating the Fast Multipole Method (FMM) with the direct and ind ...

This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop an innovative large-scale photobioreactor for production of natural astaxanthin from Haematococcus strains. The phase I research plan is to construct and evaluate an innovative modular flat-plate photobioreactor for mass culture of the organism. The improved production system, along with a genetically improved Haematoco ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop Li-ion battery anodes that exploit the unique morphology of low cost carbon nanofibers (CNF). Primary efforts will focus on reduction of irreversible capacity, through a variety of nanofiber surface modification techniques, characterization of the upper limits of anode discharge rate, and development of a new type of comp ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will demonstrate the ability to produce an innovative thermal management solution for electronics components and electronics packaging. The dual trends of electronics miniaturization and increased power consumption have caused many electronics components to hit a "thermal wall." Improved thermal management materials are needed that pro ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project will develop a gas-solid spouted bed bioreactor (SBB) for solid state fermentations (SSF) to produce hydrolytic enzymes (e.g., amylases, phytase, chitinase) and biochemicals (e.g., lactic acid) from solid starch materials. SSF offers higher production rates and easier product recovery compared to submerged fermentation (SmF), ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project aims to establish "proof-of-concept" of a novel Software Platform directed at needs of FDA's Process Analytical Technologies (PAT) initiative, a framework for innovative pharmaceutical development, manufacturing and quality assurance. PAT is implemented at three levels: Process Understanding; Quality by Design; and Monitor, Predict a ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project demonstrates a flexible fuel reformer (FFR) that employs unique mechanical construction and operation to enable extended catalyst life in the presence of sulfur-containing heavy fuels. The FFR utilizes a low-cost heat exchanger that is constructed from metal foil and coated with a dual-function sulfur-tolerant catalyst. Combustion and ...

This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop a revolutionary elutriation chamber with the unique ability to select specific cell ranges and then hold these cell in a dispersed, free floating fashion. The selected cells can thus be sorted and decontaminated in a single step. The overall aims are to substitute the current trial and effort approach to cell decontamin ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project seeks to develop a novel method of fabricating deep UV LEDs which will allow for wider wavelength ranges as well as provide higher efficiencies than current UV LED technologies. State of the art UV LEDs have wavelength ranges from 255nm to 365nm and are achieved through complex and expensive epitaxial growth of AlInGaN materials. Ext ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)Phase I research project will investigate technology innovations needed to support the automated analysis and improvement of the reusability characteristics of digital learning resources. Reusability of digital learning resources is crucial to increasing access and lowering the cost of online training and education. Recent advances in the theory of reu ...