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This program will further the development of large area freestanding GaN substrates (>100mm) and develop a bulk GaN substrate characterization protocol to help reduce the variability in GaN homoepitaxial growth results which have prevented low cost, high voltage, vertical GaN power devices from being realized in an economically viable way.

With MEDUSAE, our world class team proposes to leverage our extensive experience, existing technology, and a unique approach to lightweight, long lasting, self-recharging jellyfish-inspired floats to fill an oceanographic sensing capability gap for the Navy. Our experience in bio-inspired robot (including jellyfish), nonconventional actuation, and energy harvesting development promises to provide ...

Triton Systems, Inc. proposes to develop an affordable, lightweight and durable hybrid composite system for next generation structural frame composites with EMI shielding characteristics that will survive both short and long term thermal exposure, saltwater exposure. The team will develop a hybrid materials system that is an improvement on traditional carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) systems ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will develop novel feedstocks for 3D printing of lithium-ion batteries using existing additive manufacturing technologies. Lithium-ion batteries simultaneously offering high energy and power density energy will be demonstrated using the novel feedstock materials. PSI’s proprietary HA coating technology will be utilized in the feedstock formulations to maximize active ...

Most standard-of-care tools and techniques for evaluating neck disorders are subjective, unreliable, and do not provide actionable information for providers, payers, and organizations to deliver efficient and effective care. This lack of objective neck he

Current cervical spine assessment methodologies are focused on subjective measures (i.e. pain reports) and range-of-motion (ROM) measures that only measure maximum head excursion and reach, but not dynamic motion. Due to report bias and existing incentive

Large aerospace composite structures currently require autoclaves and ovens to achieve desired performance which are expensive to purchase, costly to operate, and often limit part size and production rate. Ovens and autoclaves rely on convective heating which is inefficient, consumes large amounts of energy, and can be difficult to predict. Alternative cure processes using external heaters or hot ...

The safety and operational success of the U.S. Navy (USN) depends on expert navigation, seamanship, and shiphandling skills. Tragically, the Navy experienced four major incidents in 2017. The resulting USN Comprehensive Review identified lapses in basic seamanship and safe navigation skills as contributing factors, reinforcing the critical need for rigorous shiphandling training and proficiency as ...

In this proposal, a meta model-based scaling law will be used to represent each system component. A components meta model-based scaling law describes the tradeoffs between performance metrics for that component or subsystem as a function of its ratings in relation to the system. This greatly reduces the number of degrees of freedom for each component, and at the same time, retains the information ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) fills a technical need for the US Navy to produce on-site, on-demand, cost efficient parts. However, the lack of established procedures for AM machines and processes introduces significant variability in their mechanical behavior. A high throughput method is needed to characterize the variability in the mechanical properties of AM materials using large statistics. To me ...