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Adaptive Materials Inc. is proposing to further the development of a Phase I SBIR Power Manager. The Power Manager Phase I device has demonstrated the ability to efficiently manage and provide power to multiple sources. The Phase I device also demonstrates a user interface that is intuitive and easy to use. This proposed effort will expand on the Phase I effort and create an improved device th ...

The future generation of both military and commercial diesel engines will operate at significantly higher temperatures and pressures than today’s engines. The future combat system diesel engine operating parameters demand significant design improvement of power cylinder insulation. Increased cylinder pressure and reduced cooling requirements, heat energy recovery in the exhaust gas by turbocha ...

A high-power density, Low Heat Rejection (LHR) diesel engine design for both traditional and hybrid Future Combat System (FCS) vehicle configurations is being proposed. Work under this proposal includes application of LHR engine technology to improve power density and life cycle durability of a military commercial diesel engine. This engine is General Engine Products, LLC.’s Optimizer 6500 HUM ...

This proposal presents a Phase I SBIR project to develop a high precision, low disperse rate powder disseminator for the US Army. In the development of the sensitive detecting agent, we need to release a precise amount of C&B agents in the controlled detection experiments. However, such a technology does not exist at the present time. After examining existing technologies, we believe that the r ...

The objective of this proposal is to develop a tool for time-accurate simulation of coupled CFD and multibody dynamics of tanker vehicles and sloshing liquid payloads, that includes integrated pre-processor, solver, and post-processor. The pre-processor allows constructing an object-oriented hierarchical "preliminary" model of the vehicle, tank, and terrain. The pre-processor includes a model tree ...

WHO estimates that between 300 and 500 million new cases of malaria occur each year and annual deaths from the disease number between 2 and 3 million. Although there are several compounds known to be effective for treating malaria, including quinine, doxycycline, primaquine, azithromycin, and erythromycin, side effects associated with the oral administration of these drugs results in incomplete m ...

Aerodyn Engineering proposes to develop a new concept in slip ring design that could operate up to 90,000 RPM with 50 contacts (25 channels), be capable of handling temperatures up to 700°F without external cooling support, weigh less than 2 lb, and be designed to directly support new developments in small turbo-shaft engines.

To support its use of MEMS sensors for vehicle health monitoring, the Air Force seeks to couple the harvesting of ambient energy sources with a micro energy storage device. Microbatteries have demonstrated their viability as a high density power source, but their short operating life limits their usefulness. To extend the operating life of microbatteries, ambient energy sources can be used to co ...

The U. S. Army has a need for reliable and durable in-cylinder thermal barrier coatings to reduce high power density diesel engine component structural temperatures and heat rejection. Phase I program bench testing results identified thermal barrier coating topcoat systems that reduced radiant heat transfer by 40 % and improved durability by more than 100 %. Two types of topcoat systems that were ...

We propose to continue the development and characterization of a polymeric nanoencapsulation technology that can increase the lifetime of a protein therapeutic agent within a biological system. The materials have been demonstrated to exhibit no cytotoxicity and to efficiently deliver antibody against Protective Antigen of bacillus anthracis.