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The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to increase the volume and improve the accuracy of data on the world’s forests. Presently, when collecting data on forests, surveyors must choose between slow, laborious methods, or quick but inaccurate ones. This project uses recent advances in sensors and machine learning to greatly improve data ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project seeks to address the strong clinical need for a single injection/dose sparing delivery system that can safely release therapeutics in the joint space over time in a controllable dosing manner for sustained symptomatic relief. Early and efficient treatments that mitigate inflammation are becomi ...

C56-30a-273585Electron cyclotron resonance heating is a key fusion technology for: a) plasma heating; b) instability control, to stabilize instabilities such as those from Neoclassical Tearing Modes; and c) electron cyclotron assisted startup. Gyrotrons are a proven vacuum tube technology that can generate sufficient power during continuous operation to satisfy these requirements. In this Phase I ...

Quantum computers has the potential to revolutionize computing, solving problems in chemistry, material science and optimization that are beyond the reach of today's most powerful supercomputers. However, we are still in the early phase of the technology development, and today’s quantum hardware systems suffer from drift and imperfections and require frequent calibrations to operate properly. Th ...

Current semiconductor device simulation software adopts Fourier’s law to perform the thermal transport modeling. However, Fourier’s law will become invalid at micro/nano-scale, which can cause a large discrepancy in the thermal and electrical performance between the simulation results and the actual application. To improve the current state-of-the-art, a new semiconductor device simulation sof ...

The Problem Being Addressed The laser-based electron accelerator is an innovative tool to obtain GeV to TeV electron energies for high-energy particle physics experiments. The development of high-power laser systems for these accelerators, however, puts stringent challenges on the very limits of the laser materials themselves. The enormous heat generated by the high power creates great thermal str ...

The massive scale of global plastics production, which reached 390 million metric tons in 2021, has resulted in significant environmental challenges, including carbon emissions and pollution. A staggering 75% of discarded plastic ends up in landfills, while a mere 9% is recycled, causing a considerable amount to enter our ecosystems. Therefore, it is crucial to create affordable biodegradable plas ...

Anthropogenic CO2 emissions are widely accepted as the primary driver of global climate change, leading to many adverse outcomes for humanity. While CO2 emissions are equally distributed within the atmosphere, the negative impacts of human-induced climate change are not, with marginalized people suffering the worst. While renewable energy technologies can reduce future emissions, large-scale atmos ...

Statement of the problem or situation that is being addressed. In the past, the cost and complexity of high temperature heat exchangers for nuclear reactors have been inversely proportional due to the difficulties inherent in manufacturing finely-detailed welded or brazed structures. To address this problem, additive manufacturing is being used to produce a heat exchanger with extremely large surf ...

Project Summary Surgery and acute post-operative pain are major contributors to persistent pain, chronic pain, and opioid dependence. Currently, there are no products on the market in the United States that can be used to monitor surgical nociception. Existing products use indicators that are susceptible to intraoperative influences such as blood loss, anesthetic drugs and antihypertensives. This ...