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Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) will collaborate to develop a Monte Carlo (MC) transport simulation and device modeling software package for optoelectronic devices based on III-V Type-II superlattice (T2SL) materials. UIC’s existing, research-grade, ensemble MC transport code is predictive of carrier transport in T2SL materials because it prope ...

Today’s USAF Airmen require hands-free, Night Vision Information Systems (NVIS) compatible illumination devices for use inside of aircraft during flight. They also require high-brightness lighting tools for use outside of the aircraft while performing pre and post-flight inspections and other tasks. Additionally, they need infrared (IR) and visible beacons to signal Search and Rescue (SAR) ...

Vertex Solutions (Vertex) understands that virtual and mixed reality (VR and MR) technologies can revolutionize military aircrew and pilot training by accurately simulating task performance in a high-fidelity, multisensory virtual environment at significantly lower cost than traditional physical simulators. To realize VR’s training potential, however, great care must be taken in system desi ...

Molecular rearrangement of metals in brakes and firearms to double part life, reduce corrosion, reduce wear, extend maintenance intervals and (for firearms) increase accuracy by 50%.

The Phase II proposal provides for a very discreet, convenient, and robust way for (1) personnel in the field or on base to alert operations leadership if a situation arises requiring a response and to then provide locational tracking of that situation in real-time world-wide, (2) operations leadership to have locational awareness of large or small teams of personnel in the field and apply context ...

Enduvo is a software application that allows practically anyone to create virtual reality (VR) experiences (think 3D videos and interactive games), and then use these experiences for training and collaboration. The software is designed to be used by everyday people like teachers and trainers and is similar to other content creation tools like Microsoft PowerPoint. Our existing customers, projected ...

Using a cryogenic treatment process to improve heat transmissivity and reduce corrosion on at-risk military metals, while also increasing firearms accuracy by 50%, or extending the life of ground vehicle and fixed-wing aviation asset brake rotors by 300%, in order to increase uptime, reliability, and availability of units in a combat environment. Expanding on the previously issued AFWERX Phase II ...

Influit Energy LLC (Influit) is proposing a novel approach for a rechargeable liquid energy storage format to address basing and warfighting capability needs. The proposed closed-cycle energy storage ecosystem is enabled by mobile flow battery pods that can be connected to, and accumulate energy from, either distributed or centralized intermittent sources of renewable energy. Once charged, the rec ...

Synclesis, Inc., and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), under a Phase I and II STTR project, have developed a novel software framework for computationally efficient and accurate Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) analysis and assessment at the system level. The framework integrates commercially available full wave electromagnetic (EM), circuit simulation, and approximate, physi ...

Natural Fiber Welding, Inc. (NFW) is developing revolutionary textile manufacturing processes that both increase performance of biodegradable natural fibers while decreasing manufacturing costs. Benefits of NFW’s technologies include greatly increasing the performance of cotton, including mechanically recycled cotton. Today there are billions of pounds of waste cotton textiles that are landfille ...