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The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to complete the development of "The Phoenix", a zero-fuel furnace that converts trash to ash and energy with 30% less greenhouse gas emissions per ton than landfills or conventional incineration. This technology enables municipal solid waste to be managed in a decentralized manner, avoiding the expe ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to develop affordable and efficient new chemical processes for the conversion of natural gas to alcohols, which will reduce the emissions of methane and help mitigate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.The affordable capture and conversion of methane emissions to alcohols is expected to have en ...

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to build a more sustainable food system by crafting cultured foods leveraging microbial diversity. Growing awareness of the environmental and health toll of animal products has persuaded many to seek plant-based foods, but the search is often curtailed by unappetizing and expensive products. For example, cheese ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project addresses the problem of blood clotting and associated bleeding risks in neonatal and pediatric patients as well as vulnerable adult patients. Existing systems put these patients at further risk because they cannot operate with low volumes of blood, and because they are less reliable owing to ...

The broader impact of this SBIR Phase I project is the development of an integrated methodology to use resident’s experiences about flood (and other climate change) events to validate modeling in real time, inform policy, and provide design insights for infrastructure development. It provides an integrated solution for capturing the valuable information captured by people’s direct experiences ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project seeks to increase the competitive employability of individuals with developmental disabilities. For individuals with developmental disabilities (autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual disabilities) employment disparities are far greater than their non-disabled peers; Approximately 20% ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to capture carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and sequester it safely from the atmosphere. This project uniquely combines two new technologies to eliminate the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from flaring of huge volumes of natural gas in remote oil fields; the technologies ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to improve management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in a sustainable fashion. The proposed system can manage MSW without generating toxic air emissions, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 98% compared to landfills and incineration. An additional benefit is that waste does not need to be ...

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is the determination of the most accurate method of measuring protein abundance in patient samples. The answers obtained will address a fatal neonatal gut disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, that disproportionately affects African-American preterm infants and lacks disease-modifying treatments. The proposed techno ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be a user-friendly and scalable infection control surveillance software platform using advanced biotech and data analytics for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for rapid testing, analysis, and tracking. The innovation provides access to next-gene ...