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Per- and polyflouralkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS, are a large group of chemicals including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). These chemicals have a large variety of uses globally. Remediation of PFAS has gained importance due to their environmental persistence and toxicity. Water treatment methods must combine multiple strategies to be effective, as PF ...

EPA launched its drinking water guidelines for PFOA and PFOS in response to rising concerns of these chemicals toward water security. Many conventional wastewater treatment processes are ineffective at removing perfluorochemicals due to their strong resistance to hydrolysis, photolysis, and chemical or microbial degradation. This SBIR project will demonstrate an innovative microwave-assisted membr ...

To reach the end user, oil and gas production at the wellhead must be transmitted through the country and distributed to a wide range of customers. This logisticalsystem requires natural gas gathering lines, processing facilities,product storage tanks and Jots of other equipment. What results is air pollution caused by industry losses during these operations and the use of continuous or intermitte ...

US warfighter safety could be significantly improved by providing an ability to quickly and accurately assess the acoustic impact of rotorcraft operations in the field and reduce the likelihood of detection. Current mission planning tools are empirical in nature, limited to operating conditions for which flight test data exists and challenged in predicting the acoustic impact of maneuvering flight ...

Cross-wind speed is a key factor in computing a ballistic solution, particularly at long ranges. Reading cross-wind is one of the most difficult jobs of a marksman. Current automated cross-wind sensors are too large and expensive for large scale deployments. This effort focuses on developing a passive-optical-imagery-based software application for computing the cross-wind speed. Being software bas ...

In this Phase I SBIR effort we will develop advanced electro-optic (EO) sensing module that are capable of efficiently up-converting mmW signal into optical sidebands for passive millimeter wave imaging applications. Conversion efficiency of the modulators can be significantly enhanced by virtual of thin-film Lithium niobate on insulator (TFLNOI), RF resonator, and optical resonator, in which the ...

To meet the demands of topic A19-009, the MaXentric team proposes the MAESTRO (Millimeter-wave Amplifier under Efficient Switching-mode and Time-multiplexing Operations), which provides a new concept of a power amplifier in millimeter-wave frequency band for commercial and military communication and electronic warfare applications. Using time-multiplexing technique and switching-mode amplifier, hi ...

A major innovative thrust in Army tactical operations is routine use of small Group 1 UAS for surveillance and sensing missions. However, for effective and stealthy use of such assets, low acoustic signature is critical. At present, capabilities for designing such vehicles for minimum noise is extremely limited, especially when combined with the challenge of designing to meet critical mission requ ...

Rotorcraft, both civilian and military, suffer from higher operating costs relative to their fixed-wing brethren due to cyclical loading that limits the useful lifetime of key structural components. Important recent advances in aeromechanics prediction capabilities, coupled with enhanced modeling of fatigue growth on life-limited parts, now allows development of a methodology both to predict real- ...

To meet the demands of the A19-029 SBIR solicitation (“Wideband, Programmable, Multifunctional Transmitter/Receiver (TRX) Module”), we propose a novel approach which leverages our wideband front-end technology and previous experience developing TRX modules. The system will support fast hopping (FHSS) via a novel architecture approach. Furthermore, single frequency full duplex operation will be ...