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The Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) have revolutionized optical fiber communication systems. Although semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) existed before EDFA, it has so far been limited to niche applications despite continued efforts aimed at improving its performances. Any meaningful advance in SOA technology would require a fundamentally new approach or a paradigm shift.  We propose ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project aims to leverage the recent advancement of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) to enable a compact and portable fuel cell system with a system-level volumetric power density of 3000W/L, which can serve as the lightweight power source for US Army. Storagenergy Technologies, Inc. (Storagenergy) proposes a compact SOFC system for portable power source ...

Adaptive Energy (AE) is a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) development and manufacturing company focused on providing reliable, robust, and cost-effective SOFC products at the 100-500W power output range.  Due to the usage of microtubular SOFC cells (6.6mm diameter tubes) in these products, AE’s SOFCs avoid the traditional pitfalls of larger SOFC systems – mainly sealing and thermal cycling.  Th ...

Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) is currently tasked to develop the Next-Generation NATO Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM). NG-NRMM is a simulation capability to compute and display the mobility on deformable soil as a map of GO/NOGO capability. An essential input for the NG-NRMM model is the terrain mechanical properties. Traditionally, the terrain mechanical properties are determined by dir ...

Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) has been shown to effectively reduce stress responses in single day laboratory tests and could mitigate the negative performance effects associated with Acute Stress Reactions (ASR). taVNS can be accomplished with a small device designed to fit inside the ear and gently stimulate the vagus nerve. This treatment is non-invasive, inherently sa ...

Our team has 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 thermally reduced graphene oxide (tr-GO) particles (1% by wt) can be added to a ultra high molecular weight polyethylene matrix to produce thin films with tensile str ...

Dual-use energetic materials can act as rocket propellant and explosive, thereby achieving more efficient use of available volume while, at the same time, providing crucial kinematic adaptability and the required contribution to lethality. Introducing propulsive capability to an explosive formulation is typically accomplished at the expense of explosive performance (detonation velocity). Innovatio ...

The US Army and Department of Defense are continuing in their investment in the development of energetic materials for use in additive manufacturing (AM) for propellants.  Nalas Engineering is partnering with Dr. Lori Groven at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to develop innovative liquid resin systems for use in additive manufacturing, specifically UV light-based curing technol ...

The US Army is investing in the development of energetic materials for use in additive manufacturing (AM) for explosive and propellant applications in an ongoing effort to achieve extended range and lethality overmatch.  Currently, all commercially available monomers, polymers or resin systems for AM are non-energetic.  To use these in 3D printing applications for propellants and/or explosives, ...

The objective of this project is to develop portable, flexible quantum dot electroluminescent (QDEL) light sources that will enable point-of-care antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) to treat multi-drug resistant (MDR) deep wound infections. Although aPDT has been demonstrated effective for treating a broad spectrum of bacteria without induction of drug resistance, current laser and LED based ...