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ADA Technologies, Inc. (ADA) and Dr. Massoud Pedram at the University of Southern California (USC) have successfully completed a Phase I STTR effort for the development of a lithium ion (Li-ion)/ supercapacitor hybrid electrical energy storage system (HEESS) to afford pulse power characteristics (projected ~10 kW/kg) in a high energy system (100-150 Wh/kg). The system is enabled via a constant cur ...

The variational two-electron reduced-density matrix (v2RDM) method provides an effective framework for computer modeling of the electronic structure of complex molecules and materials that exhibit strong correlation effects. In Phase I and Phase II of this STTR we have demonstrated that the GPU-accelerated implementation of the v2RDM-based complete active space self-consistent field (v2RDM-CASSCF) ...

Defense Health Agency (DHA) is seeking a multi-functional diagnostic to determine blood coagulopathy in real time at point-of-care (POC). Blood coagulopathy, resulting in uncontrolled bleeding, is implicated in 80% of operating room deaths and 50% of trau

Defense against chemical weapons is a critical DoD requirement. An effective defense requires the development of unique respirator systems that prevent inhalation of chemical warfare (CW) agents. In addition, the protective equipment exposed to CW agents must not pose a residual hazard after use in the battlefield. Existing respirator canisters remove CW agents, but they do not self-decontaminate ...

Within this STTR program, Carbonics will partner with USC to commercialize CNTFET based transistor technology that is compatible with wafer-scale monolithic integration process flows whilst offering exceptional performance at mm-Wave frequencies that can outperform incumbent semiconductor high frequency technologies (GaAs, SiGe, RF-CMOS).

The Key to further improving the data rate in data communication while minimizing the power consumption is to improve the linearity of a power amplifiers in the system. Carbon Nanotube (CNT) offer intrinsically linear behavior, but to realize advanced linearity in a practical device requires high quality CNT material, and a fabrication process that can take the full advantage of the superior prope ...

This proposal is related to the development of high efficiency ultraviolet (UV) light emitting devices (LEDs) operating at 265 nm and 219 nm, which have the potential to replace conventional mercury lamps for many applications including dinsinfection and water purification. To date, the wall-plug efficiency of commercial LEDs operating at 265 nm is in the range of 2-3%, which has been limited by t ...

Quantum information processing has the potential to revolutionize the U.S. economy, with a potential market value of hundreds of billions of dollars for quantum-information based technologies in a wide variety of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, energy, transportation, and cyber security. A major obstacle to realizing this potential is overcoming the error-prone nature of quantum information, w ...

In this DoD STTR project, we propose a novel electronic nose based on a hybrid bio-nanomaterial, in which the living cells are structurally and electrically coupled to 3D nanostructures (nanosprings) through utilization of gold nanoparticles functionalized with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). These types of nanostructures are known as hybrid or mixed-type nanostructures. While semiconductor nano ...

In this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project, SC Solutions, teaming with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), will demonstrate the feasibility of a scalable Quantum Computing Validation & Verification (QCVV) tool that will allow quantum computing researchers to rapidly and conveniently test and benchmark their quantum computing systems. While several QCVV techniques have been d ...