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Award Data
The Award database is continually updated throughout the year. As a result, data for FY20 is not expected to be complete until September, 2021.
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STTR Phase I: Flexible Quantum Dot Light Emitting Devices for Photodynamic Therapy and Photobiomodulation
SBC: QledCures LLC Topic: PHThe broader impact of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to enable a much wider adoption of various photomedical treatments. Broadly speaking, photomedical treatments use light to cure diseases and promote healing. Specifically, photodynamic therapy uses light to activate a photosensitizing chemical agent to kill cancer cells or bacterial with minimal side effects. M ...
STTR Phase I 2019 National Science Foundation -
STTR Phase I: Wireless Vibration Micro-Sensors for None Intrusive Real Time Monitoring
SBC: LORAND TECHNOLOGIES INC Topic: EWThe broader impact/commercial potential of this project is mainly in the area of machine condition monitoring. Vibration monitoring is an integral part of any machine condition monitoring regimen. All equipment that comprise belts, gears, bearings, drive motors, or other moving components have a specific vibration signature during normal operating cycles. Change in equipment vibration serves as an ...
STTR Phase I 2019 National Science Foundation -
STTR Phase I: Motion Assisted Hand Exoskeleton with Virtual Reality (MAVHEXO) for Post Stroke Rehabilitation
SBC: NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION VIRTUAL REALITY, L.L.C. Topic: MDThis Small Technology Transfer Phase I project will realize a sensorized soft robotic hand exoskeleton coupled with an interactive 3D virtual reality (VR) gaming environment that provides fine motor training for stroke patients' hands. There is a currently a lack of available devices that provide fine sensory and motor training of the hand. The potential benefit is to fill this niche market opport ...
STTR Phase I 2019 National Science Foundation -
Scanning Tunneling Microscope based Hydrogen Depassivation Lithography Automation Via Artificial Intelligence
SBC: Zyvex Labs LLC Topic: 16aAtomically Precise Manufacturing will bring enormous energy savings through improved efficiency in power generation and use, via light weighting, reduced friction and wear, and a host of other improvements in materials and active mechanisms. Atomically Precise Manufacturing will bring considerable benefit to our technology, economy, and standard of living. However, significant technological develo ...
STTR Phase I 2019 Department of Energy -
A Graphene Enhanced SiC- SiC Ceramic Composite Bonding Solution for Generation IV
SBC: MC Technologies LLC Topic: 20bCeramic matrix SiC-SiC composites are currently the leading candidate for Generation IV nuclear reactor fuel cladding and other structural components, due to their excellent thermal and chemical stability under extreme conditions. However, robustly joining SiC structures when exposed to such harsh operating conditions still presents a major roadblock. A novel bonding joint compound leveraging grap ...
STTR Phase I 2019 Department of Energy -
Highly Transparent Aerogel with Refractive Index < 1.01 for High Energy Particle Detection
SBC: Scintilex, LLC Topic: 31dCherenkov radiation, caused by fast charged particles in a transparent medium, is widely used for charged particle identification. To date, gaseous, liquid, and solid radiators have been used as sources of Cherenkov radiation. Aerogels with low refractive index and high light transmittance, are highly desirable for Cherenkov detectors. Development and testing of aerogels with a refractive index as ...
STTR Phase I 2019 Department of Energy -
Segmented and Blocky Proton Conducting Membranes for Solar Fuels Generator Applications
SBC: Nanosonic Inc. Topic: 19bThe Department of Energy’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences has identified a need for new proton conducting membranes for solar fuel generator applications. Specifically, development of block copolymers with good proton conductivity at ambient temperatures and low gas diffusion and ionic transports are needed. There are currently no commercially available proton conducting membranes which possess ...
STTR Phase I 2019 Department of Energy -
Enhance Full-Waveform Inversion with Machine Learned Low-Frequency Signals
SBC: Advanced Geophysical Technology, Inc. Topic: 21bNovel discoveries are going to prove essential for attaining a significant percentage of oil output rather than solely depending on existing fields to keep up with the energy demanding of the United States. As one of the critical sectors of Exploration and Production, seismic surveys are used to produce detailed images of local geology to determine the location and size of possible oil and gas res ...
STTR Phase I 2019 Department of Energy -
STTR Phase I: Bioparticle delivery of dsRNA: A novel pest management solution for control of Western flower thrips
SBC: AGROSPHERES INC. Topic: BTThe broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project is to develop a targeted biological pesticide for control of the western flower thrips to reduce the impact of one of the most economically devastating agricultural pests. Thrips are a global agricultural pest that carry a family of viruses that can infect more than 1,000 species of plants including a ...
STTR Phase I 2019 National Science Foundation -
STTR Phase I: Will stereoscopic 3D imaging improve brain aneurysm diagnosis?
SBC: D3D Technologies Inc Topic: DHThis SBIR Phase I project aims to focus on the challenges neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons experience when visualizing complex brain aneurysms. Brain aneurysms, which occur in 2-3% of the population, are balloon-like dilations of a blood vessel supplying the brain which may rupture and result in severe headaches, paralysis, coma and death. Currently, radiologists viewing Magnetic Resonance Imag ...
STTR Phase I 2019 National Science Foundation