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In this Phase I project, we will demonstrate proof-of-concept for Climatize™, a cloud-based software platform with the novel capability to determine and deliver user-specific thermal comfort information for weather-ready decision-making. People and organizations in a Weather-Ready Nation adapt to weather changes and environmental events with resilience. A challenge of building a Weather-Ready Na ...

To study nuclei and nuclear reactions, scientists collide stable and rare isotope heavy-ion beams like those generated at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University into targets of various elements and measure the resulting complex nuclear fragments of these collisions. The data collected from these nuclear reactions can provide information for research endeavors such as nuclear structure, nu ...

The United States is heavily reliant on imports of mineral commodities vital to national security and economic prosperity. Long lead times needed for adequate environmental review of new mining projects, which hinge on water quality predictions using scale-up of laboratory tests, is inhibiting development of domestic mineral supply. A critical gap in the existing approach for environmental review ...

Large-scale data-intensive linear algebra operations are hard to scale on distributed, heterogeneous systems. Further, the data distribution across machines makes it very difficult to compose implementations as each has their own requirements. A linear algebra abstraction is needed to compose implementations. There are many use cases for such an abstraction. We will focus on simulation of differen ...

The global lubricant market size is ~$158 billion. Base-oils constitute the major component in formulated lubricants, which have uses in automotive, process oils, metal-working, marine, mining, locomotive, chainsaw, golf cart, hydraulic fluids, grease and other consumer and industrial sectors. ~97% of current base oils are petroleum derived. Their accidental release to the environment poses a sign ...

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The low growth temperature enabled by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) is known to be useful in generating cubic crystalline nitride-based semiconductors. In 2011 Novikov applied the MBE growth technique to achieve free-standing cubic gallium nitride (GaN) templates up to 75 microns thick with a 50mm diameter using standard 1 micron per hour growth rates. In this Phase I effort, OSEMI proposes to appl ...

Today’s high-power photodiode is perhaps one of the high temperature electronics (HTEs) that requires the highest dissipated heat density. Herein, Phase Sensitive Innovations (PSI) propose to develop a uni- travelling carrier (UTC) photodiode package that has significantly higher saturation power than the current high-speed photodiodes based on hybrid integration of the photodiode structure on h ...

Most AI agent systems are extremely brittle: they use hand-crafted or laboriously-learned models that cannot handle situations that deviate widely from their expectations or training set. Real-world applications required more robust and resilient methods. In the original REPAIR Phase I and Phase II projects, we developed general metaheuristics for decentralized multi-agent systems that are capable ...

Biomason’s prototype MEDUSA dust abatement system provides a superior performing, logistically lean, and environmentally friendly solution for rapid dust suppression for VTOL operations in austere, forward operating positions. Moreover, base MEDUSA systems and processes may be adapted for utilization in multiple industrial sectors and serve several other key military and civilian use-cases - fro ...