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Tear film biomarkers have recently emerged as a promising diagnostic tool for a range of ocular and systemic diseases. Recent advances in tear film analysis have enabled the identification of specific biomarkers that can serve as reliable indicators of va

United States Air Force S&T identifies five strategic capabilities: 1) Global Persistent Awareness,  2) Resilient Information Sharing, 3) Rapid, Effective Decision-Making, 4) Complexity, Unpredictability, and Mass, and 5) Speed and Reach of Disruption and

Quantum computer technology is critical and strategic to the Air Force. Quantum processor technology based on topological material (TM) qubits is inherently stable and fault-tolerant because it exploits local topological symmetries. TM are a new class of

Airmen are continually exposed to high stress situations that require them to perform with high precision. Both chronic and acute stress exposure can impair an individual’s performance, even in far less stressful scenarios. The body responds to high stres

The rescue of isolated personnel is significantly hampered by the limitations of signaling devices in fauna defined landscapes. Beacons, smoke, and flares are unable to penetrate dense vegetation canopies effectively and heavy overgrowth limits line-of-si

The purpose of this proposal is to develop an implantable stress-molecule hydrogel sensor with high biocompatibility and biodegradability to minimize adverse effects on human tissues. The sensor will be designed to monitor stress levels in real-time, with

The end goal of the proposed work is to develop a prototype radio frequency (RF) situational awareness (SA) system. The proposed system can continuously measure the RF environment around an Air Force Special Warfare Airman or team. This information will h

DC voltage regulators are crucial DC power management components in practically all modern defense electronics. Next generation satellite payloads require voltage regulators with state-of-the-art SWaP, electromagnetic interference (EMI) attributes, as wel

Research in Flight, Utah State University, MIT, and Syracuse University are proposing the development of a unified hypersonic aircraft design tool that integrates the hypersonic flow analysis capabilities of the commercial FlightStream® flow solver with t

The smart contact lens application presents several unique challenges to successfully produce functional circuitry on the contact lens surface.  These complex-shaped, flexible substrates limit the use of traditional, mature electronic manufacturing approa