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Hemp-based clothing are excellent for outdoor active wear, due to high strength, UV-protective qualities, mold resistance, and excellent moisture absorption and desorption. While academic research on hemp-based textiles in the US is increasing, it has naturally also become an area of interest to competing countries. Specifically, China is outperforming the US in hemp fiber technological advancemen ...

Boston Fusion Corp. and the Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory at Rutgers University propose Autonomous Swarming Hierarchies (ASH), a platform-agnostic multi-robot system (MRS) design software suite with three components: 1) a coordination module (CASH) that uses artificial intelligence/machine learning to automatically generate control policies for the robots comprising the system, 2) a networking ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island, proposes to develop an advanced algorithm suite for data translation across sensing modalities to support the development of automated target recognition and classification algorithms for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. The proposed Deep Diffusion Sensor Translation (DDST) leverages recent advancements in generative ...

Physical Sciences Inc. partnered with Alfred University will develop an F/1, 90 degree full field of view MWIR/SWIR gradient index (GRIN) compound lens for reduced size and lens integration cost. The element-by-element achromatization and athermalization of GRIN provide useful performance improvements to GRIN systems. Element count is reduced (= 2), diversity of optical material needed is fixed, a ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with Stanford University, will develop an electromagnetic simulation package used for the development and optimization of large-scale meta-optics, and demonstrate the functionality of the package in the long-wave infrared (LWIR). Our team will combine recent progress in physics-augmented deep learning neural networks with rigorous far-field diffractio ...

Virtual EM proposes develop a massively parallel ASIC for orders of mangnitude speed up of electromagnetic simulations of thin optical lenses made of metamaterials. The ASIC will implement a prorietary algorithm and will deliver scalable run-times that cut the simulation time by more than 1000x compared to today's state-of-the-art simulators.

The Navy requires a low-cost, industrial microwave system for curing aerospace composite materials. In this Phase I STTR proposal, Physical Sciences Inc outlines the development of a microwave applicator that uses low-cost RF sources and can be installed in heritage autoclaves for curing large aerospace composite parts. This technology has the potential to improve cured mechanical properties, and ...

Currently, all JP10 is produced from fossil sources. The objective of the proposed project is to develop a scalable synthetic approach to producing JP-10 that meets military specification, MIL-DTL-87107E from non-fossil sustainable energy resources. During phase I, we will define, develop, and perform initial laboratory assessment of the proposed synthetic process to validate the technical feasi ...

Physical Sciences Inc. and Purdue University propose to develop a chemical model that accurately predicts the performance of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) polymer commonly used as a propellant binder in rocket motors. The model will utilize chemical and physical data from HTPB feedstock to predict propellant cure kinetics, mechanical properties, and aging performance. The model will inc ...

Triton Systems is developing an autonomous, long-duration, directional ambient sound sensing system capable of being integrated into a variety of platforms including floats, gliders, and ocean observation buoys. It will include onboard processing to provide sound intensity levels as a function of frequency and direction (both horizontal and vertical) to establish the background soundscape in the e ...