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This project focuses on the design, integration and optimization of a flexible natural gas combined cycle plant with carbon capture, capable of operating in a highly variable renewable energy environment. Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power offer unique solutions in our quest to reduce global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. However, the increasing penetration of these high variab ...

Based on the successful completion of the Phase II effort that demonstrated state-of-the-art UVC LEDs with emission around 265 nm and output power of 25 mW (unpackaged device), a continuation of this effort is proposed. The objectives of the sequential Phase II effort will focus on (a) improving the developed UVC LEDs in terms of efficiency and output power, (b) demonstration of novel packaging sc ...

State-of-the-art power electronics use discrete components such as power magnetic inductors and transformers operating at < 1MHz, which suffer from a large SWAP-C (size, weight, power consumption, and cost). It has been challenging to achieve simultaneously high inductance, compact size, and high quality factors at 1~300MHz for integrated power electronics. In the completed Phase II Army STTR Phas ...

Smart Material Solutions, Inc. (SMS), Professor Mark Mirotznik’s group at the University of Delaware (UD), and MicroContinuum, Inc. have combined their unique skillsets to design plasmonic metamaterials with tunable LWIR absorption spectra and develop highly scalable roll-to-roll (R2R) processes to fabricate large-area metamaterials through a Phase II SBIR project that will conclude in May 2023. ...

Bacterial infections are particularly significant for military personnel in situations where there may be a long delay between the injury and treatment at a hospital or clinic. The development of an effective, portable light-based system which can operate in both military hospitals and far-forward situations is proposed. The proof-of-concept prototype developed in Phase I will be refined to be mor ...

Cybersecurity of modern automotive systems is a growing concern. Modern vehicles continue to rapidly grow in functionality to support autonomous driving, electrification, and advanced user interfaces. Cyber-attacks on commercial vehicles could result in significant safety, privacy, and availability issues. Military vehicles have additional concerns. They must function in contested environments tar ...

Challenge: Reliable & repeatable production of large format, high performance components that are difficult to source using conventional casting and forging methods. We will Deliver: A physics-based modeling framework that enables reliable and repeatable large-format component-level production of high strength (>200 ksi) Maraging Steel produced via Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM). Proposal: ...

Vadum and North Carolina State University (NCSU) will develop Simulation of Communications Circuits in the Time Domain using Reinforcement Learning (SCOUTER) – a novel machine-learning-enhanced RF circuit simulator that rapidly and accurately analyzes transient circuit behavior using complex time-frequency communications waveforms. SCOUTER will have the capability to simulate modern RF transceiv ...

The US Army and other DOD forces occasionally need to breach reinforced concrete structures. There are several existing methods to assess the structural properties and predict reinforcement but each of these methods has specific deficiencies (e.g. to loud, too large, too inconsistent). Ground penetrating radar is a promising technology for non-destructive concrete substructure characterization but ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc.(SI2) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) propose to build on their successful Phase I prototype radar detector and locator system, manufacturing a radar detector system that can be integrated with the existing warfighter uniform to increase soldier lethality by enabling undetected maneuvering in the presence of hostile radar surveillance. The system alerts to t ...