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Ziva’s proposed Ultra Nonlinear Plasmonics (TALON) technology addresses the critical DoD need to miniaturize tunable and non-linear photonic, on-chip components and devices. Ziva’s TALON modulator exploits composite metamaterials both for its waveguide section cladding layers and for the non-linear interaction sections. The former effectively reduces the propagation loss of TALON’s ultra-con ...

CONCUR develops a computational framework for assessing and characterizing urban environments stability or fragility in response to volatility and stress, identifying specific weaknesses as well as key tipping points which could lead to rapid systemic failure. CONCUR explicitly models urban environments as emergent complex systems, focusing attention on the critical triggers that could lead to rap ...

There is currently an incomplete understanding of how internal and external factors influence team performance over time. Stottler Henke, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University (JHU), proposes to explore how the social context factors of a team shape the ability of the team and its members to effectively deal with acute and chronic stressors. We seek to improve upon the current state of th ...

The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of a generalized, high throughput assay platform to characterize the functional performance nucleic acid-encoded monoclonal antibody therapeutics. The assay platform will utilize Printed Droplet Microfluidics (PDM), a new type of microfluidics that enables the construction of tens of thousands of nanoliter-scale experiments with comp ...

In previous research and development, the developers created codeSpark, a game that employs a visual and block-based approach with puzzles to teach programming skills to children ages 5 to 9 years old. In this project, the developers will create a prototype of a fantasy-based story to be integrated within the existing game. The pretend-play scenarios will include characters, storylines, and incent ...

In this project, the team will develop a prototype of a web-based coding progression tool for high school students to practice coding from easy to successively harder levels. The prototype will provide graded practice exercises, solutions, and explanations for important coding tasks. At the end of Phase I, in a pilot study in five high school classrooms, the researchers will examine whether the pr ...

To respond to ever-evolving enemy tactics, realistic, effective training is needed in the operational environment. The Army has, and is currently developing, numerous computer-based resources to support scenario-based training at the point of need. To support the personnel who use these training systems, a content management system is needed. Further, recommendations for training, and adaptively c ...

The objective of this SBIR is to develop the next generation hardware and associated RF waveform design and data/video communication links to address an important need for reliable wireless video links from a platform to a node. Specifically, the central technical objective is to develop a novel powerful physical layer design that has a range of 250 feet, with a bandwidth of 3 Mbps, and negligible ...

Atmospheric pressure, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) is an emerging technology that shows promise to advance the state-of-the-art in multifunctional coatings. An atmospheric pressure plasma device is proposed with the ability to create patterned, multifunctional coatings, and that incorporate nanoparticles into the layers. Chemical precursors will be added to the plasma to produ ...

The U.S. Army seeks to develop a novel systemic therapy for out-of-hospital management of combat-associated, non-compressible traumatic hemorrhage starting at the point-of-injury through en route care. Critical Innovations, Cayuga Biotech, NeoMatRx, KARA & Associates, and Captain David Tanen MD, FAAEM, FACMT (USN, Ret.) have formed a team of medical development experts to address this important me ...