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An interactive application that employs social interactions to teach key social conventions, including appropriate responses, reacting to body language and facial expressions, and the ability to ask for help to facilitate functioning in society

This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I research project's objectives are to build and validate an artificial star simulation application for the study of astronomical objects, and to assess its commercial potential for the professional and serious amateur astronomer communities. The prevalence of modern light detectors has ushered in a golden age for astronomy due to their outstanding cha ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to obtain rapid solutions to the acoustic wave equation for periodic built-up structures through development of advanced computational tools. The proposed novel modification exploits the structural symmetry to dramatically speedup the Fast Multilevel Multipole Algorithm (MLFMA). In addition several enhancements are proposed to imp ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will help develop the next generation of communication devices for firefighters. A report from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) analyzing on-duty firefighter deaths from 1977 to 2000 concluded that the number of deaths has not significantly improved since the 1970s. One of the key elements in firefighter safety is relia ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a novel immobilized enzyme process to produce galactooligosaccharides (GOS) from whey lactose for probiotic food applications. The proposed GOS production process involves two immobilized enzyme reactors and product separation by nanofiltration and adsorption chromatography. Two different alpha-galactosidase enzymes with d ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aims to develop a novel process onto a variety of surfaces. Effective integration of ionic silver into the coating remains a difficult engineering challenge due to low precursor volatility and ionic metal ligand instability. The proposed development of a commercially viable AMNC process will include: 1)Deposition of nanometer-scale films via ...

This SBIR Phase I research project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of exploiting a novel nanomagnetic paste for the next generation of ultrahigh DC-to-DC converters for miniaturized electronic applications. Current DC-to-DC converters are the major impediment for miniaturization of electronic components, due to conventional microsized magnetic materials can only be used effectively at low freq ...

This Small Business Innovation Phase I Research project aims to develop a novel rapid tooling material for inexpensive production of low volume and prototype castings. This rapid tooling material offers the ease of molding typical to sand molding yet is comparable in properties and performance to metallic permanent molds. The mold comprises a metallic aggregate with a silicate binder, thermally pr ...

This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project focuses on development of a solid state lithium ion thin film battery made by using a lower cost, nanoparticulate based deposition approach. In Phase I, the feasibility of a nanoparticulate deposition approach will be demonstrated by developing a Lithium ion cell with LiCoO2 as cathode, lithium phosphorous oxynitride (LIPON) as the electroly ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aims to develop a new manufacturing process for producing light weight, strong and fire-resistant polymeric foams by using innovative nanotechnology. The team will synthesize nanocomposites using polymers with a high CO2 affinity as matrices, an environmentally friendly process compared to current chlorofluorocarbon blowing agents. To improv ...