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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will investigate the feasibility of developing autonomic-healing hot mix asphalt. A major objective of this proposed study is to develop self-healing hot mix asphalt (by means of phase-dispersion of healing agent) that would actively arrest microcracks. This study will involve mechanical tests to determine the healing efficiency of auto ...

The Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Phase I project will address the need for an advanced process control system for improved manufacturing of photovoltaic cells. Thin film silicon photovoltaic modules offer a potentially lower cost alternative to crystalline silicon modules through reduced materials utilization and lower processing temperatures if improvements in conversion ef ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project proposes to attract and organize a revenue-generating, web-based, collaborative community of independent creatives - writers, photographers, animators, video producers, graphic artists, designers, musicians, etc. by providing web tools designed to increase their productivity and ability to interact with peers and with potential clients. Artbo ...

PARS Summary This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project aims to develop paclitaxel-loaded nano particles with avidin modified surfaces for the targeting of the drug to cells that express an appropriate receptor for which the particle also carries the ligand. Tumor-specific targeting of drugs is one of the most sought after goals of oncology and the use of liganded nan ...

More that 52% of the U.S. highway congestion in urban areas is a direct result of highway incidents. Federal and State transportation authorities are searching for quick, low-cost and efficient highway incident detection and warning systems. Several solutions have been proposed but none could meet the requirements of transportation authorities. Central Signal, funded by federal agencies, has done ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer Research Phase I project develops methodology needed for the production of sugar enhanced (glycosidic) compound libraries and final therapeutic leads. Sugar attachments have been identified as a powerful way to make therapeutically relevant small molecules. Examples of drugs with sugar attachments such as erythromycin and doxorubicin show how sugars can chan ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project will investigate a novel sublimation crystal growth technique for producing large diameter, high quality zinc sulfide (ZnS) single crystal substrates suitable for fabricating specific UltraViolet (UV) detectors. These UV detectors that are visible/solar-blind with high detection efficiencies will have many important applications that ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will advance the scale up and validation of a tool which enables small and medium-sized banks to optimize their sweep programs for managing their deposit balances. To date, most optimizations are based on heuristics and are out reach for small to medium sized institutions. The approach of the proposed effort, which will be embodied ...

This SBIR Phase II project will develop a new methodology for data interchange in the agricultural industry. GreenLeaf Market is developing application program interfaces to enable the automated transfer of data to enterprise resource planning systems through a representational state transfer interface interchangeable with a webservice. This platform automatically identifies and aggregates agricul ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will design and develop a very broadband and high sensitivity probe via the use of multi-thickness mode single crystal ferroelectrics; having superior electromechanical coupling coefficient. The unique design of the proposed array probe will produce the required two-octave bandwidth for operating at the subharmonic, first harmonic and ...