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This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility of a two-phase controllable flow in microchannels. The fluid consists of a carrier fluid, nano-magnetic particles, and additives. The proposed work will also produce low-cost, nano-magnetic particles using a novel scaled-up synthesis process. The objectives of the proposed research are to design a large ...

Recreation trails are a key component of the social, economic and health of rural communities. People with mobility impairments are often excluded from trails, shared-use paths, parks and other public areas where barriers are erected to prevent access by motorized trail vehicles (MTVs), to control livestock or wildlife, as an access point in a fenced area, or for a variety of other reasons. Many p ...

The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has identified a need to develop a miniature unmanned air vehicle (MUAV) that can be launched from an airborne platform by a single crewman and subsequently transmit real-time video images for gathering intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information. The MUAV will provide real-time combat identification information in difficult to ob ...

Military ground mobility vehicles often operate in areas of high heat with no environmental conditioning systems for cooling the individual soldier or critical vehicle electronic systems. Typical vehicle climate control systems are large refrigerant-based systems that are not man portable. SOCOM has expressed a desire for cooling equipment that is man portable for short periods (~ 3 hours). Thi ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project focuses on the development of electronic nose signal processing and dynamic pattern recognition systems specifically tuned to the properties of odors. This advanced e-nose signal processing toolbox should improve current selectivity by an order of magnitude. A prototype exhaled-breath propofol (anesthetic) monitor for use in measuring ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will evaluate the use of electronic pills for medication compliance monitoring. Medication compliance monitoring is critical in (among other areas) pharmaceutical clinical trials, geriatrics, and mental health/addiction medicine. This Phase I project will study the application of in vivo monitoring electronics to medication compliance. ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project proposes to develop simulcasting techniques and algorithms that can be used to increase the throughput of the forward links (downlinks) of wireless cellular networks and local/metropolitan area networks. Simulcasting refers to the ability to simultaneously convey different messages to a selected group of receivers. Information-theoretic inves ...

In this Phase I effort, Global Technical Systems (GTS) proposes to research and develop a concept for a lightweight airborne Universal Longwire Antenna Module (ULAM) to be used for broadcasting Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) in the commercial AM and Short Wave bands at high or low power. The lightweight design enables installation on a wide variety of manned and unmanned aircraft.

Green Liquid and Gas Technologies (GLGT) proposes to adapt its Auger Driven Pyrolyzer/Gasifier (ADPG), a unique thermo-chemical-mechanical system, to meet the goals of the DARPA MISER and Natick OFWEC programs. The patented ADPG is an indirectly heated gasifier (IHG) or pyrolyzer, in which the heat for gasification is supplied externally to the reactor. Compared to a partial combustion gasifier (P ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project entails developing a decision support system for the train schedule design problem, one of the freight railroad transportation's most significant optimization problems. Train scheduling is an important part of a railroad's operating plan that enables efficient movement of railcars. Designing such an operating plan is a very large-scal ...