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The upgrade of the physics experiments for the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) at CERN is currently driving the development of new and more efficient powering schemes to cope with the increase of power demanded by the new high-density front-end electronics boards. Due to the high radiation levels of up to hundreds of Mrad at the HL-LHC, commercial DC-DC converters cannot be used in these powering sch ...

The monitoring of spent nuclear fuel is not only critical to the operational safety of power plants, but also for nuclear materials control and accountability. While radiation sensors may provide measurements of radioactivity, they often lack material selectivity to fully characterize nuclear fuels. New non-radiation sensors are needed, and specifically, sensors that can provide accurate elemental ...

The overarching goal of this project will be to accelerate SSL adoption through two key InnoSys is an Original Design Manufacturer of drivers for the LED lighting Original Equipment Manufacturing industry with a large patent portfolio around intelligent lighting and power management. As such, InnoSys will develop a novel luminaire that improves efficiency and experience in commercial environments ...

This project will develop a novel, multi-wavelength integrating nephelometer, for use on small aerial platforms; such as UAS, tethered balloons, kites and other space-constrained applications. The main goal is to reduce the size of a typical research grade integrating nephelometer, maintaining its detection limit in the miniaturized device through technology innovation. The proposed nephelometer w ...

Membranes for gas separation represent a significant opportunity for reduced energy consumption and improved efficiencies in a wide range of industrial applications by replacing typical energy intensive processes with energy efficient processes. The ideal structure for carbon membranes is a mechanically robust porous support structure with a thin active membrane fabricated on the surface. While ma ...

The worldwide demand for instant access to information is driving internet growth rates above 50% annually. This rapid growth is straining the resources and architectures of existing data centers, metro networks and high performance computer centers. If the current business as usual model continues, data centers alone will require 400TWhr of electricity by 2020. In order to meet the challenges of ...

Fuel cells for transportation applications are required to operate in a wide temperature range from –20°C to 120°C. Low-cost proton exchange membranes with capabilities in a range of temperature and humidity conditions are urgently needed to meet the DOE fuel cell targets for transportation applications. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aims to develop a new low-cost pro ...

High repetition rate (0.5-3 GHz) mode-locked laser source with ten-watt- level average power and with an ultra-broad wavelength tunable range of 700-850 nm is solicited by Department of Energy (DOE) to drive polarized photon-injectors for the accelerator applications. Although Ti:Sapphire laser systems have been dominant at this wavelength range, it is still very challenging to achieve 10-watt ave ...

The instrumental problem of measuring both precise transverse position of a particle beam and its fluence (intensity) has been a long-standing experimental challenge. While hardly any instrument is truly universal with respect to varying dynamic range requirements and resolution, a versatile, mechanically robust device that is radiation -resistant and relatively inexpensive, can find a wide array ...

High temperature heat exchangers are seen as an enabling technology for advanced fossil energy power generation systems, such as systems that utilize power cycles based on steam or supercritical CO2. Effective ceramic to metal joining is seen as a key technology gap for high-temperature heat exchangers that, if overcome, may enable designers to exploit the high temperature corrosion resistance of ...