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In this SBIR effort we will collaborate with Dr. J.C. Campbell’s research group at the University of Virginia (UVA) in developing a high-power, high-speed, high-linearity photodiode (PD) receiver optimized for operation at 1 micron wavelength. In phase II, we will fabricate, characterize, package and commercialize the 1 micron photodiode that we have successfully designed and studied in our phas ...

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 ...

In the Phase I effort, GTL showed that future missile interceptor performance can be substantially increased by the combination of an innovative configuration and a breakthrough composite tank technology. The Phase II effort will include material characterization testing and the fabrication and testing of multiple small-scale tanks. Based on those results, GTL will design, analyze, fabricate and t ...

Passive Microwave Remote Sensing is currently utilized by AFRL, NASA, NOAA, and others to conduct Earth Science missions, including weather forecasting, early warning systems, and climate studies. Soundings of the atmosphere are conducted near several oxygen and water absorption lines at frequencies of ~20-200 GHz to determine key parameters of the atmospheric state, including temperature and humi ...

Based on the results of Phase I, we aim to develop a prototype of the high speed dynamic IRSP instrument. This prototype will incorporate the next generation 1Kx1K IRLED array that is compatible with the highly successful and user-tested NSLEDS IRSP. If Phase II of the proposed project is successful, the result will be an upgrade of NSLEDS IRSP system to higher performance and operability. The rea ...

Learn 2 Win is an interactive, mobile learning platform used by top football and basketball teams to train their athletes. Current clients include the University of North Carolina, University of Michigan, Stanford University, University of Notre Dame, many other NCAA programs, and over 400 high schools. Leadership of the Air Combat Command (ACC) Training Support Squadron (TRSS) has expressed inter ...

Engine testing requires extensive time for manual data reduction and analysis, adding several months to the end of the test, increasing test costs and impacting the overall development schedule. Commercial industry has adopted automated data reduction and analysis techniques, which has led to reduced engine development cycle times, improved test efficiency, and reduced development costs. Adopting ...

International FemtoScience will develop and demonstrate a new technology to achieve an advanced accelerometer that enhances an Inertial Measurement Unit’s high-g operability. This accelerometer provides smaller, lighter, more robust, less expensive devices, compatible with known production methodologies. To achieve the required performance a novel material (not silicon-based, to achieve the high ...

This project aims to develop a low-cost millimeter-wave (mmW) imaging system for ground vehicles, to operate in combination with a long-wave infrared (LWIR)camera. Such a system will mitigate the challenges of driving in degraded visual environments (DVE) including night time, fog, dust, or smoke by providing real-time image of the vehicle surrounding independent from the presence of naturally occ ...

Chemiresistors are an important class of electronic sensors that detect the presence of analytes/chemicals via a change in the resistance of a sensor element. A typical interdigitated electrode array is deposited onto an insulating substrate with metallic electrodes that have feature sizes in the micron range. The metal electrodes are typically sputter coated onto the substrate, using lithographic ...