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We propose the development of a membraneless water purification system using continuous, self-contained, vacuum-assisted diffusiophoresis. Using diffusiophoresis allows the system to clean water contaminated with particulates and bacteria without membranes or filters, while producing a stream of fresh, drinkable water. The system will operate using only electricity supplied by portable batteries/s ...

Treatment of water with ultraviolet (UV) light, which destroys target DNA of microorganisms, is the safest, most reliable, and sustainable way of freeing water from microbial contamination. This process is desired in place of chlorination and is widely used in the US for wastewater treatment. We propose the development of a highly efficient UV LED with emission at 265 nm, with EQE>30%, and WPE>15% ...

SIFT, JHU medicine and University of Central Florida are proposing to develop VANESSA (Virtual Analysis Networks and Explanations for Social Sensing Analysis) - a social sensing platform providing team diagnostics of interacting teams and recommendations for enhanced team functioning of human and human-cyber teams. The overall goal of VANESSA is to develop an adaptive technology platform with a fo ...

We propose an innovative mathematical approach to the analysis and design of multi-function adaptive antenna systems. It uses the idea of signal fragmentation that has passed significant prior testing and employs the methods and results from sampling theory, approximation theory, and numerical optimization. The fragmentation of a signal into a combination of short elementary pulses (wavelets) allo ...

In an effort to address the needs laid out in the solicitation, “Disablement of Vehicles and/or Remote Weapon Stations in an Urban Environment”, IS4S plans to develop a weapon system that allows for the disablement of critical components in electronic systems. Current soldier delivered weapons fail to meet the requirements of low collateral damage engagement in civilian populated areas. The so ...

A platform for rapid production of novel sensors is in great demand to protect and aid the Warfighter in today’s ever changing defense landscape. Biosensors are one possible sensing solution as they harness nature’s immense diversity and adaptability to detect desired targets. By coupling synthetic biology with nature’s capabilities, any small molecule can be detected. This project focuses o ...

The prolific nature of Advanced Battlefield and Ground surveillance radar (BSR/GSR) in military markets is driving the need to develop new methods of reducing infantry forces’ radar cross section (RCS) in effort to avoid detection and more freely move throughout the battlespace. One approach to combat the growing threat of BSR/GSR surveillance is through the development of advanced textiles that ...

The most critical component of any modern enterprise is effective use of its human resources. The rise of productivity-boosting applications and wearable sensors has provided individual users with data-driven insights into their own effectiveness. Despite these advancements there has not been a corresponding rise in tools for evaluating and improving the effectiveness of teams as a whole. New wear ...

Oral chemoprophylaxis is currently the US Army’s major intervention strategy in the prevention of malaria. However, it has been reported that compliance with the prescribed dosing regimen (i.e. daily oral tablets) by deployed service members is notoriously low (ranging from 30% to 56%) due to side effects, forgetfulness, and low perception of risk. This poor compliance was a major contributing f ...

TransWave Photonics, LLC proposes to develop mid-wave infrared photonic integrated circuits based on monolithic integration of passive low-loss waveguides, thermo-optically tunable photonic elements, and quantum cascade gain sections within the same InGaAs/AlInAs/InP platform. The proposed approach will enable power combining and 2-dimensinoal beam steering of the outputs from multiple high-power ...