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To address U.S. Navy needs, Sentient proposes to establish a Design Framework for reliability assurance of additive manufactured (AM) parts using their DigitalCloneTM Component (DCC) software. The framework will be tailored to metal components built through AM processes with complex geometries. Sensors are embedded during AM component build to allow for exploitation of sensor data, physics-based m ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to guide real estate development toward walkable development by forecasting its economic value. In this way, the project will enhance environmental sustainability in cities by creating conditions that promote walking and reduce auto use. Mounting evidence reveals walkability has many social ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project addresses the costly and life-altering occurrence of falls among older adults. One in three adults over the age of 65 fall each year, and 31% of those falls are attributed to environmental hazards such as floor clutter, rugs, poor lighting, and low contrast. Costs associated with falls will re ...

In the near future unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) will be utilized for many societal and commercial applications. However, the hurdle of operation safety in the form of avoiding airborne collisions must first be overcome. UAVradars LLC is proposing a small, lightweight, and low-power radar system designed specifically to give small UAS (< 55 lbs) airborne collision-avoidance sensory capability. ...

Idaho Scientific proposes to design and develop, SPUD, an irrefutable tamper logging protocol.During the course of this Phase I effort, Idaho Scientific will implement the core of the logging protocol and develop a set of unit tests designed to evaluate properties of that protocol that uphold its irrefutable claims. During a Phase II effort, Idaho Scientific would propose to encapsulate this proto ...

Applied Research in Acoustics LLC has formulated and developed and evaluated the feasibility new concepts and algorithms for data-driven clutter-adaptive waveform synthesis and CFAR normalization processing based on physical models of resonant backscattering from heterogeneous aggregations of swim-bladder-bearing fish that will significantly improve active sonar detection capability in littoral wa ...

To address the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) training challenge of teaching Navy sonar operators advanced concepts and tactical-system operation in complex environments given constraints on training and compressed training cycles, Applied Research in Acoustics LLC (ARiA) has developed and evaluated the feasibility of E-SAIL, the Environment for Surface ASW Interactive Learning. E-SAIL is a unique l ...

Advanced Ceramic Fibers, LLC (ACF) completed the Navy SBIR Phase I Base Program and clearly demonstrated the feasibility of our approach to create a truly robust composite for turbine engines that exceeds the known boundaries for ceramic composites and the Navy performance objectives for this Topic. Our engineered materials approach involved in-depth background experience in ceramic matrix composi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The objective of this Phase I STTR research is to develop and test osteoinductive lumbar spinal fusion implant prototypes made using materials technology developments discovered by the PI at the University of Kansas In preliminary work lower impedance piezoelectric composite materials that generate power for direct current DC electrical stimulation applica ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant As the most important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain a detailed understanding of the implications of gamma aminobutyric acid GABA release remains elusive The measurement of GABA concentrations is a difficult process Microdialysis is the current standard for GABA sampling in the brains of freely moving animals but suffers from low temporal resolu ...