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Cornerstone Research Group Inc.'s (CRG) demonstrated expertise in advanced optimization techniques and lightweight electric propulsion systems presents USSOCOM with the opportunity to obtain an embedded rechargeable power generation and management system capable of long endurance missions that is small, lightweight, and has low acoustic and thermal signatures. The proposing team's track ...

American Engineering Group (AEG) will study the feasibility of utilizing carbon-fiber multiple hoop technology in developing a zero-pressure tire-wheel system. AEG will conduct feasibility study to develop this technology to produce a high-speed, off-road tire that can survive terrain and ballistic threats. AEG will work with Goodyear Tire Company (Akron, Ohio) & Community Tire(St Louis, MO) on th ...

Additive manufacturing technology creates objects using a sequential layering process that directly contrasts with the traditional subtractive approaches commonly used to manufacture the majority of fabricated components. The additive manufacturing technology can be used anywhere throughout the product life cycle, from pre-production to full-scale production in addition to tooling applications and ...

New technology is needed to replace 3He-based neutron proportional detectors for neutron scattering. This proposal addresses this need via development of a novel plasma panel based neutron detector designed to take advantage of low cost, large area, plasma display panel TV technology. A new type of micropattern gas detector for neutrons is proposed that offers the potential for high efficiency, hi ...

Linear colliders based on two-beam wakefield acceleration have a modular design. A fundamental requirement of two beam wakefield acceleration that has yet to be demonstrated is the staging of sequential accelerating modules. For a successful staging demonstration two key things have to be addressed: drive beam separation and the timing between wakes from different stages and the witness beam. Tim ...

This proposal is submitted in response to the SBIR/STTR High Energy Physics Solicitation Topic 33(a). The need is for strands that operate at a minimum of 15 Tesla (T) field, with preference for production scale ( & gt; 3 km continuous lengths) wire technologies at 15 to 25 T with reduced effective filament diameter, in particular to less than 30 micrometers, which at 1 mm wire diameter would requ ...

The DOE seeks commercially viable, fabrication technologies for SRF cavities, specifically new or improved bulk processing technologies. Current methods, such as buffered chemical polishing (BCP), use high viscosity electrolytes containing hydrofluoric acid, which is not conducive to low-cost, high volume manufacturing and is potentially harmful to workers. The project team proposes to build upon ...

The DOE seeks commercially viable, fabrication technologies for SRF cavities, specifically eco-friendly final polishing technologies. Current methods, such as conventional and buffered electropolishing, use high viscosity electrolytes containing hydrofluoric acid, which is not conducive to low-cost, high volume manufacturing and is potentially harmful to workers. The project team proposes to build ...

Over the past fifteen years, the demand for improved battery performance has increasingly focused on the development of battery chemistries based on lithium, due to their advantages over alternate battery chemistries. Among various alternative anodes, one thrust has been the use of materials that form alloys with lithium, providing up to a 10 fold improvement in the energy densities of current ano ...

Waste heat recovery has the potential to provide up to 20 percent of the U.S. electricity demand with no direct fuel consumption, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent. This enormous potential continues to go unrealized due to various technical and financial obstacles with traditional steam and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems. An alternative cycle using supercritical carbon dio ...