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A quad-active-bridge (QAB) multiport converter will be developed based on an innovative circuit topology, a high-frequency planar magnetic transformer, and the latest generation of wide bandgap (WBG) transistors. The WBG-based QAB converter will provide a high-efficiency and ultra-compact interface capable of connecting with an array of photovoltaic (PV) panels, battery packs, electric vehicles (E ...

CdTe photovoltaic (PV) module performance has room to improve and can help the DOE in achieving its SunShot initiative. Improving the p-type doping and carrier lifetime in polycrystalline CdTe absorber material is critical to achieving PV cell efficiency to 25%. The current industrial supply chain consists of CdTe feedstock that undergoes treatments to help improve the material properties in effor ...

Large-scale military and civilian planning problems are (1) distributed – decision-making is spread across multiple organizations, including organizations that must employ information that they are unable or unwilling to share; (2) heterogeneous – the domains of optimization and local criteria for optimality differ – and (3) hierarchical – higher levels of authority solve abstract versions ...

Electrochemistry-based sensors have been shown to provide reliable, rugged, low-cost solutions for analyte detection. Common uses for electrochemical sensors are smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, industrial gas sensors, and insulin monitors. However, e

Maintaining awareness of the space environment is a critical task for national security, one that currently relies primarily on radar and photometric data to track the thousands of active satellites and debris in Earth orbit. Despite the volumes of data a

SIFT and the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI) propose to develop the Multi-Agent Debloating Environment to Increase Robustness in Applications (MADEIRA). MADEIRA will apply AI/ML techniques to learn how to apply diverse debloating tools, automatically reducing the attack surfaces of full systems that may include firmware, OS, container, and application-l ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective treatment for PTSD. CBT usually involves meeting with a therapist weekly for up to four months. The two most effective types of CBT for PTSD are Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Expo

HyperBorean has developed air cooling solutions which operate off-grid and are powered by sources of no-cost heat in lieu of electricity. Sources of heat input for HyperBorean’s systems include concentrated solar and the waste heat generated by internal c

Inkit Render is a rapid HTML-to-PDF generator and manager that enables developers to render thousands of PDFs per second from one API call versus building, architecting, and maintaining an in-house solution that cannot scale and typically takes hours. Ren

Smart Information Flow Technologies, LLC and University of Maryland, College Park (SIFT and UMd ) propose to develop and demonstrate HI-DE-HO (HIerarchical DistributEd Heterogeneous Optimization), a novel theoretical framework for distributed hierarchical and heterogeneous mission planning and scheduling for multi-domain operations. Large-scale military and civilian planning problems are (a) distr ...