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Fats, oils and greases (FOGs) cause 75% of sewer systems in the US to operate at 50% capacity, cost US cities over $20 billion in sewer maintenance, and cause over 40,000 sewer overflows annually. Most commercial kitchens are required by law to remove FOGs with a grease interceptor from wastewater before emitting into public sewers. In order to reduce sewer maintenance costs and overflows while in ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have emerged as a pervasive and persistent threat to drinking water throughout the world. Called ‘forever chemicals” because their high stability leads PFAS to build up in the environment. PFAS accumulates in the blood from exposures and is associated with various cancers and other illnesses. There is an urgent need for a technology that can both remo ...

The project focuses on supporting the US Navy’s fleet of critical assets containing components that are no longer readily available. American Energy Technologies Co. (AETC) of Arlington Heights, Illinois, will re-design, modernize, and manufacture one of these parts in-house by reverse-engineering the legacy technology transferred from the OEM. The parts will be produced using the most advanced ...

Our Approach We propose using a robotic humanoid upper torso system of our design, and common kitchen tools in combination with novel control behaviors to perform back-of-the-house duties in an unstructured environment. Our approach represents a significant improvement from state-of-the-art systems, developing a two-armed manipulator system adaptable to the chaotic spaces of the world at a cost eq ...

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has a need to better understand grain boundaries (GB) to produce additively manufactured (AM) parts with more predictable mechanical behavior. Texas Research Institute Austin (TRI-Austin) proposes to develop an ultrasonic (UT) system capable of altering the microstructure of metallic systems during the AM process while being monitored in-situ using Laser Acoustic ...

American Energy Technologies Co. will partner with Eagle Picher Technologies in order to develop a lean and efficient method for synthesis of Lithium battery grade carbon monofluoride (CFx). The focus of the development / prototyping work will be on continuous processing, application of domestic raw materials and use of modern material de-aggregation techniques for particles of the end-product. Th ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will perform some needed tests for commercialization of the highly PFAS-selective nanofiber mats fabricated from electrospun polymer nanofibers. The Phase I results have shown the proof of concept for two materials developed for the removal of PFOA and PFOS with over 91% efficiency at very high concentrations (ppm level) and 99% at lo ...

The proposed study will involve engineering evaluations, manufacturing and quality planning reviews and documentation preparation for the development of a Source Approval Request package from a Government-supplied TDP or a reverse engineering exercise to present to the Engineering Support Activity at DLA in the expectations of winning awards to begin Low Rate Production on the subject NSN componen ...

The proposed study will involve engineering evaluations, manufacturing and quality planning reviews and documentation preparation for the development of a Source Approval Request package from a Government-supplied TDP or a reverse engineering exercise to present to the Engineering Support Activity at DLA in the expectations of winning awards to begin Low Rate Production on the subject NSN componen ...

In addressing Topic 1C in this solicitation, “Innovative pretreatment technologies for PFAS in industrial wastewater”, this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a novel nanofiber mats fabricated by electrospun polymer nanofibers for the “smart” (selective) removal of perand polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from landfill leachate. The co-contaminants, low ...