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Structural proteins hold great promise to provide a broad range of DoD national security solutions. Squid ring teeth (SRT) is a structural protein extracted from tentacles of squid suction cups, which exhibits an unusual and reversible transition from a solid to a melt (thermoplastic), and can be thermally shaped into any 3D geometry (e.g. fibers, colloids, and thin films).

The objective of this project is to develop novel wireless methods and related devices for pre-fire powering of munitions capacitors and/or super-capacitors and establishing one-way or two-way data transfer link to load firing information as well as health monitoring and the like. In the proposed novel concepts, the means of transferring power into the munitions housing as well as establishing dat ...

We aim to create a low-cost, high-sensitivity hand-held plasmonic biosensor capable of sensing biotoxins. We will do this by using newly developed biodesign technology to create a new class of proteins which have an orders-of-magnitude increase in SPR signal-to-noise. These will be incorporated into a novel SPR device in which the transmission of light is affected by the binding of a particular t ...

As supply chains expand globally, there is a growing risk that computer systems may contain counterfeit hardware components. For subverting trust, a malicious hardware component could automatically identify and exfiltrate sensitive computation and data du

Eno River Technologies and Duke University propose to develop Hybrid Boolean Network (HBN) technology for ultrafast physical random number generation. HBNs are circuits composed partly of unclocked logic elements that exhibit chaotic dynamics and clocked elements that provide readout and synchronization to the system bus. It is hypothesized that the chaotic elements amplify electronic noise in t ...

Utilizing a novel solid/gas source CVD reactor designed for the growth of large area (substrates up to 4"in diameter) MoS2 single layer (SL) and multiple layer (ML) films, and leveraging already demonstrated capabilities in the growth and fabrication of 2D-FETs based on graphene and WSe2, we are proposing the growth, fabrication and testing of MoS2-based RF FETs. Utilizing a novel and optimized s ...

In this program Vadum will develop a prototype Electronic Warfare (EW) Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) software module for estimating EA effectiveness against RF communication links or networks. The BDA module will be targeted to operate within the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) system being developed by PM EW. The module will consist of an information fusion algorithm fo ...

Vadum proposes to develop an innovative, efficient, high power, and versatile Scalable Integrated RF Current Source (SIRCS). Vadum will leverage expertise in high efficiency, high power RF amplifiers, antennas, programmable sources, and signature extraction along with wide experience in detection and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems. This integrated system will deliver superior performance to the ...

The feasibility of three different approaches to achieving the desired capability shall be studied during Phase I. (1.) Utilization of silicon MEMS resonators, incorporated into a MEMS based oscillator along with MEMS based accelerometers for active vibration compensation shall be investigated (2.) Utilization of a temperature controlled quartz resonator, electrostatically levitated in order to ...

High quality, strained AlGaN thin films are a prerequisite for low dislocation density active regions of laser structures and effective doping of cladding layers. Based on our recent work and groundbreaking results, we propose a comprehensive program for development of AlGaN based laser diodes that includes: modeling and design of the active region, epitaxial growth, characterization, and optimiza ...