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The objective of this effort is to demonstrate a 600 Vdc to 28 Vdc, isolated bi-directional power converter that utilizes wide bandgap semiconductors and can operate across a range of military ground vehicles.  The proposed converter is based on a modular topology that contains a combination of GaN and SiC devices, provides at least 15 kW bi-directional power flow continuously, and satisfies the ...

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Tessellated Inc and the University of Notre Dame have produced composite thin films with the highest reported tensile strengths. These films have been produced using roll-to-roll manufacturing techniques that can be adapted to current manufacturing lines. Small amounts of fillers can be added to an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene matrix to produce thin films with high tensile strength. Th ...

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) are known to have a variety of unique functional properties with utility in applications including optical sensing, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and water filtration. However, when manufactured, SWCNT occur as a heterogenous, polydisperse material that exhibits a range of properties that diminish performance. Purification of SWCNT by aqueous two-phase (ATP) ...

The Objective of this STTR project is to develop the Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Platform (AVSP) as an open-source tool. The AVSP will virtually test how teams of autonomous interconnected wheeled, tracked and legged ground vehicles operating on various kinds of deformable terrains interact with each other and with their environment. The AVSP will simulate the output of various sensors carried b ...

The objective of this effort is to demonstrate an dc-ac distribution unit based on isolated power conversion technologies to support interconnection of dc sources and energy storage devices with an ac microgrid featuring tactical power generation and load equipment.  The unit will feature intelligent, autonomous controls to improve power quality and availability for both dc and ac distribution.  ...

This SBIR Phase II project proposes to integrate an easy to use, inexpensive, and portable bacterial concentrator with a handheld pathogen detection system to enable ultra-low cholera pathogen (Vibrio cholerae) detection. Cholera affects communities across 41 countries, including in Yemen, where in the first 5 months of 2020 has had 110,000 suspected cases. Current methods used to detect the chole ...

Currently packable panels are made from low efficiency light-weight Amorphous Silicon or carbon fiber backed crystalline silicon. The weakness of the amorphous silicon technology resides in the power conversion efficiency (watts per unit area), while the carbon fiber backed crystalline silicon cells lack field durability, flexibility and are bulky. The solution to this problem is to take the benef ...

The objective of this effort is to demonstrate a 600 Vdc to 208 Vac three-phase bi-directional, isolated power inverter that utilizes wide bandgap semiconductors and is capable of operating across all military ground vehicles and, in a separate hardware configuration, operate in a stand-alone tactical microgrid environment.  The proposed inverter is based on an isolated topology, contains a combi ...

The use of multiple radios on a vehicle and dynamic, frequency-hopping communication methods increase the need for compact tunable filters. When operating high power radios in close proximity to one another, it is just as important to clean up the transmit spectrum as well as the receive spectrum to maintain good signal to noise ratio and link performance. Indiana Microelectronics is proposing a b ...