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To further accelerate the commercialization process of our supercapactior yarns, we plan to further lower the production cost, enhance our yearn performance and optimize customer experience via materials and process engineering and innovative platform development. The major deliverable of this sequential Phase II project is to demonstrate the throughput capacity of a large area supercapactior fabr ...

DHS is preserving the safety and the security of America by preventing, foiling, and defeating attacks from a variety of adversaries. The increasing threats (both in terms of numbers and in terms of abilities) must be addressed successfully while facing an austere budget environment. In order to be able to "do more with less" having a capability for optimizing the resources and the assets which ar ...

The goal of this program is to develop a conformal solid-state Li cell enabled by a flexible solid state laminated stack. The solid state electrolyte is a polymer composite which balances trade-offs between facile charge transport and practical mechanical properties. The proposed approach scales readily to high volume production and benefits cycle life through managing interfacial strain and imped ...

A novel method for spider silk production is proposed from genetic engineering to fabric production utilizing microbial organisms. Industrially viable process blocks are utilized in each step of the bioprocess to allow for scalability of the overall process towards commercialization. Department of Defense (DoD) and civilian markets have been proven through buy in of DoD entities as well as private ...

The overall goal of this effort is to quantify the system-level response of structure/shelters to fires. Proposed is a physics-based, multi-dimensional simulation software to quantify the system-level response during fires and to reduce the amount of full-system experimental testing required to ensure personnel safety. An existing REI-developed user interface designed to offer a full suite of tool ...

Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50 years old, with fentanyl claiming more lives than any other drug. Alarmingly, the problem is increasing, with fentanyl overdoses claiming nearly twice as many lives in 2016 compared to 2015. In addition to users, first responders are at risk for exposure to fentanyl as they perform their duties. Fentanyl is extremely dangerous ...

PME proposes to extend the successes of the Phase I work with a Phase II prototyping effort which will demonstrate the feasibility of the approach on an actual vehicle with the controls running in real-time as well as corroborate the simulation results seen in Phase I. An existing vehicle will be up-fit with a preview sensing and active suspension system to characterize the combined system perform ...

Major benefits in performance, reliability, and sustainment cost have been demonstrated for a decade with a ‘new’ class of piston coatings that by their nature, improve the fit of mating piston to bore surfaces in the race and remanufacturing engine industries. Reliable high output engines are fundamentally limited by thermal and tribological performance of cylinder kit piston-ring-bore materi ...

The efficient design and evaluation of Army vehicles requires accurate simulation of the factors that affect the vehicle’s infrared signature and thermal conditions inside the vehicle. The model must account for all the transient heat transfer within and outside the vehicle, including heat from the engine, air flow within the engine compartment, exhaust system, ventilation inside the vehicle, th ...

Warfighters are routinely required to carry out missions demanding peak physical fitness, endurance, and sustained mental acuity. Phase I proved the technical feasibility of developing an antioxidant rich blended juice concentrate at a bench top level utilizing a novel concentration technology. Phase II will utilize this technology and superior juice blend concentrate to develop operational ration ...