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Heavy metal (such as lead, uranium, chromium etc.) contamination is a widespread concern that poses a problem for public health when contaminated water is consumed or enters the food chain. Monitoring our water resources is important to achieve timely remediation. Heavy metal testing is typically done in the laboratory by sophisticated analytical techniques that are time consuming and expensive. A ...

The continuous push towards higher photon energies and higher imaging resolution in X-ray analysis systems has brought current state-of-theart X-ray focusing zone plates to a limit of 20 nm resolution at

The goal of this project is to develop, prototype, and experimentally validate a new Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) capable of providing sub-centimeter positioning accuracy for quasi-static scientific, survey, and structural health monitoring application. The main feature of the proposed DGNSS solution is that it leverages publically available GNSS reference data from exis ...

In this Phase II SBIR program, QuesTek Innovations, a leader in the field of integrated computational materials engineering (ICME), proposes to design and develop new aluminum alloys tailored for the unique processing conditions and challenges of Additive Manufacturing (AM) processing. QuesTek is uniquely suited to rapidly designing new aluminum alloys specifically optimized for AM processing usin ...

Eden Park Illumination, Inc. is pursuing the development and commercialization of large arrays of microcavity plasmas capable of generating light in the vacuum ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet wavelength ranges (VUV and UVC espectively), but in a slim and flat form factor. Ultraviolet is well known to be efficient in enabling a number of chemical processes, and is particularly effective for disinf ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to address the need for alternative imaging technologies for women with mammographically dense breast tissue by significantly enhancing clinical breast ultrasound images. Mammography is the gold standard for breast cancer screening; however, both dense breast tissue and cancerous lesions a ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project results from it significantly strengthening the ability of network operators and security administrators to implement the correct set of rules to keep critical assets out of reach of cyber adversaries. The power grid has been said to be the most important engineering achievement of humankind. ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will be to greatly enhance the capabilities of printed electronics via high performance conductive materials. This will be accomplished by the development and commercialization of novel silver and copper ink chemistries that are used in a number of device applications ranging from display bezels and ...

This SBIR Phase II project studies the problem of how to engage students in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education through game-based learning in a Virtual Robotics computer game. In the game, students design, assemble and train virtual walking robots to compete against their peer robots to secure a seat on a virtual mission to Mars. The project analyses the effects of com ...

During the Phase I project, major portions of a base, open-source, easily extensible battery modeling system have been developed with a modern, modular architecture and methods. In addition to the new modules and architecture built by Illinois Rocstar, we have identified a number of available tools that fit well with our vision of the final ICED product. Open-source tools from the Oak Ridge Nation ...