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The goal of this SBIR Phase II project is to bring the demonstrated Gallium Nitride (GaN) microdisplay technology to industrial maturity and to final commercialization levels. The project's goal will be accomplished by further optimizing the microdisplay device structural design and fabrication process based on the demonstrative results obtained in Phase I. Based on high-efficiency semiconductor m ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project presents a new, non-contact method for sorting particles by size. The primary objective of Phase I activities is to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of a particle sorter based upon Aerodynamic Vectoring. This objective will be accomplished in an air jet facility through high-speed imaging and optical particle tracking, ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will direct thermal-energy-to-electrical-energy conversion technology (DTEC) to produce Thermal Diodes to capture waste heat from electrolytic smelters and to convert it into additional electricity for use by the smelter, thereby improving energy efficiency. The research objective is to develop the most fundamental elements of ENECO's ...

The region of the millimeter and submillimeter-wave frequency bands, from 100 GHz to 3 THz, often referred to as the terahertz region, are some of the least explored and yet information rich regions of the electromagnetic spectrum and are ripe for development. Compact, efficient, and potentially portable terahertz and millimeter wave devices and systems will be needed for a wide variety of DoD and ...

The fundamental objective of this Phase II proposal is to develop an economically viable and structurally reliable 40-foot tall, fiber-reinforced composite, unguyed tilt tower with counter-balanced raise/lower capability. IsoTruss’ proposal includes a bifurcated development approach. The bifurcated approach has been separated and termed Phase II Part A and Part B. Parts A and B of IsoTruss’ ...

Using experimentally-verified simulation we rank the most troublesome artifact mechanisms in high-energy 2D industrial computed tomography (CT) reconstruction. These artifacts, which include imprecise geometry, beam-hardening, sampling issues, scatter, and non-linearities, are fundamentally different from their appearance in medical and other low-energy CT implementations. We will demonstrate se ...

Aging aircraft wiring has been identified as an area of critical national concern, due to safety problems, maintenance expense, and lost mission capable time. The objective of this proposal is to create and deploy a wire fault location system for aging aircraft utilizing spread spectrum sensing methods. This project will develop a Wiring In Line Maintenance Aid (WILMA) that can be used for in lin ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to develop a novel process for in-situ bioremediation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in groundwater. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers MTBE a potential human carcinogen. Currently, MTBE's Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) in drinking water has been set for 18 parts per billion. It is estimated that the cost of ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to develop a transfemoral prosthesis which will allow wearers to walk and run more smoothly, with greater stability and less effort. Typically, transfemoral amputees have difficulty achieving a natural gait, thus causing discomfort and greater energy expenditure. It is expected that the development of this advanced prosthesis wil ...

A Task Manager software module compatible with the AFRL Satellite Data Model will be developed. This software system will support a complete task and process management system appropriate for future rapid-deployment satellites.