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Researchers will conduct a pilot study with a socio-economically and diverse sample of at least 500 high school students who will test the prototype ROI tool. The researchers will examine the feasibility and usability of the prototype, whether ROI information increases search and discovery for educational opportunities; whether having ROI information increases the likelihood of click-through rates ...

Scot Forge, a leading manufacturer of open and semi-closed die forging and innovator of forging technologies, is submitting a proposal to look at non-traditional track shoe manufacturing processes in an effort to decrease the cost, weight and maintenance while increasing the water track speed performance relative to the T157I track, currently being used on the Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV).Scot ...

The goal of this proposed Phase I effort is to design and demonstrate a monolithic architecture for two-dimensional, all-electronic beam steering of a high power, mid-infrared laser. A photonic integrated circuit architecture is described which contains a widely tunable, mid-infrared quantum cascade laser integrated with a phase-adjustable amplifier array and a high efficiency grating outcoupler. ...

In this Phase I SBIR, QuesTek Innovations will work with a leader in the field of surface finish engineering to pursue a tandem approach for developing techniques for surface finishing, and developing a modeling framework for predicting fatigue life based on surface finish. Exemplar models provided by the US Navy will be investigated with target alloy system(s) to fully demonstrate the technology ...

This Phase I project will explore development of an Oxide-Oxide ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material with a unique and innovative fiber architecture suitable to fabricate full scale ogive radomes/nosecones. These radomes are relevant for providing high precision guidance and navigation to high speed missiles and vehicles. Phase I effort will include fabrication of flat CMC material coupons util ...

EPIR proposes to design, fabricate and deliver to US Navy broadband high operating temperature detectors and focal plane arrays (FPAs) operating at mid-wavelength-infrared (MWIR) wavelengths. To meet the response time, high frame rate, low noise and high detectivity requirements, the detectors and the FPAs will be designed to work under non-equilibrium and dark current suppression conditions. Incr ...

Under this proposal, we will use both thick and thin holograms, using PQ-PMMA, to realize three different types of HOEs that would enhance significantly the capabilities of the Free Space Optical Communication System (FSOCS) on portable platforms, while reducing significantly the SWaP-C parameters. The first HOE will realize a WDM transmitter and receiver system with six independent channels, all ...

Quantum cascade laser (QCL) applications have increased in wide variety of areas such as remote sensing, chemical sensing, and free space communications. In this Phase I STTR, the focus is on the development of high-power Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) with integrated heat sinks for improved output power, power-conversion efficiency, and long-term reliability. This will be accomplished by the devel ...

In this proposal, a monolithic MWIR wavelength beam combining architecture ispresented based on a custom planar concave grating. This concept can combine multiple highpower quantum cascade lasers with pre-selected emission wavelengths into a single outputaperture with high efficiency. The goal is to realize all optical functions, including both activeand passive waveguiding, on the native InP subs ...

Data analytics and machine learning tools enable accelerated materials discovery and process optimization in vast multi-dimensional spaces. Two emerging fields in recent years can benefit from the application of these tools: high entropy alloys (HEAs) and additive manufacturing (AM). Both fields possess such a large design/optimization space that trial-and-error approaches become almost impossible ...