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Artificial Intelligence Enabled Screening for Limited Mobility Passengers using Advanced Imaging Technologies
SBC: Analytical AI, LLC Topic: DHS221006The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operates security screening for all air passengers of outgoing aircraft. The Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 (ACAA) ensured access to air travel for passengers with disabilities, including mandating equal or similar treatment in the screening process. This ACAA requirement comports with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which prohibits discri ...
SBIR Phase II 2023 Department of Homeland Security -
Multiphysics Motor Design Software Package Using MFEM
SBC: IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC Topic: C5501bC55-01b-270447-AbstractAs device designs become more complex and incorporate new, advanced technologies and materials, accurate simulations of multi-physics phenomenology become critical to ensuring that such design and analysis efforts are successful. The diversity of problems of interest to the Department of Energy (DOE) and wider audiences includes examples such as electric motor/generator desi ...
SBIR Phase I 2023 Department of Energy -
E4S: Extreme-Scale Scientific Software Stack for Commercial Clouds
SBC: PARATOOLS, INC Topic: C5302bC53-02b-271168The software used in High Performance Computing (HPC) and ArtificialIntelligence/MachineLearning (AI/ML) workloads is increasingly complex to maintain, install, and optimize. More problematic is the poor performance portability of applications between platforms, forcing site-specific re-engineering of codes. Existing solutions to deployment of AI/ML work?ows on commercial cloud envir ...
SBIR Phase II 2023 Department of Energy -
Engineered Enzymes for Polyurethane Recycling
SBC: Birch Biosciences, LLC Topic: C5331aC53-31a-271169Significant technical innovations are needed to improve the economics of plastic recycling. Plastic recycling rates in the United States have been stagnant for more than a decade: less than 10% of plastics are currently recycled, and only 5.5% of polyurethane plastics are recycled. Plastics have become a major contributor to global warming, as emissions from global plastics productio ...
SBIR Phase II 2023 Department of Energy -
Advanced Machine Learning for Explosives Detection
SBC: STREAMLINE AUTOMATION LLC Topic: DHS231004Transportation Safety Officers (TSOs) currently use a multi-step decision tree to screen and resolve an alarm of a suspicious object in crowded and high-throughput environments, such as aviation and security checkpoints. In high-throughput environments, this can lead to information overload and mental fatigue. Homeland Security desires a more capable integrated Alarm Resolution (AR) sensor suite, ...
SBIR Phase I 2023 Department of Homeland Security -
ACIS: A Machine Learning Platform for Chemical Signature and Toxicity Prediction
SBC: CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION Topic: DHS231007The rapid detection of highly toxic compounds, such as chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial compounds, pharmaceutical-based agents, and non-traditional agents, is paramount to industrial and national security. While multiple chemical detection platforms exist, the ability to detect toxic compounds is fundamentally limited by the available reference database of known chemical signatures. Recen ...
SBIR Phase I 2023 Department of Homeland SecurityCountering Weapons of Mass Destruction -
Low-Carbon Fertilizer Production from Tropical Biomass Gasification
SBC: SIMONPIETRI ENTERPRISES LLC Topic: C5610aThe Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent 30% spike in fertilizer prices globally highlight the direct links between fossil natural gas and fertilizer production and U.S. national and economic security. Russia is the world’s largest exporter of fertilizer with 21% global market share in potash and 14% in nitrogen fertilizers. In addition, nitrogen fertilizer application pro ...
STTR Phase I 2023 Department of Energy -
Decarbonized Bio-based 2-Methylfuran Manufacturing in America for Sustainable Domestic Bio-Economy
SBC: RIKARBON INC Topic: C5610d2-Methylfuran (2MF) is a versatile non-food biomass derived low-carbon number performance advantaged bio-product. It is used for manufacturing green solvent (2-methyltertrahydrofuran (2MeTHF)), UpSycal?oils that RiKarbon is manufacturing for end-use natural and sustainable cosmetics and lubricants, and chemical/pharmaceutical intermediates. Currently fossil-based incumbent solvents such as tetrahy ...
SBIR Phase I 2023 Department of Energy -
Development of New Metallization Pastes for Front-Side of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
SBC: ADVANCED MATERIAL ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY LLC Topic: C5615fAMA Tech is developing a cutting-edge metallization paste for the front side of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) crystalline silicon solar cells, which is expected to improve TOPCon solar cell efficiency significantly. This development has the potential to disrupt the photovoltaic industry, as even a small increase in cell efficiency could replace current passivated emitter and rear cell ( ...
SBIR Phase I 2023 Department of Energy -
Off-Grid Micro Hydropower Units for Agricultural Decarbonization
SBC: CONTINUOUS SOLUTIONS LLC Topic: C5610aThe agricultural sector must adopt available technological advances to decrease its significant contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Its high levels of energy and water consumption are two of the main sources of inefficiencies. At the same time, many rural communities lack access to reliable electricity, specifically under-utilizing clean energy sources. An opportunity exi ...
SBIR Phase I 2023 Department of Energy