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Sentient proposes to develop a physics-based integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) framework (DigitalClone® Additive) to support the rapid qualification of AM components, including microstructural features, and macro-level fatigue performance. Sentient will apply their extensive experience with the DigitalClone technology to conduct multiscale modeling of AM process and resulting ...

Dr. Thomas J.R. Hughes, senior advisor at Coreform, first introduced isogeometric analysis (IGA) in 2005. In the years since, it has been shown that smooth splines, the basic building blocks of IGA, allow for the use of relatively coarse meshes for accurate analysis in both finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Research results also show that IGA delivers improved a ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) together with University of Michigan (UMich) proposes a system to use solar energy to convert water to ultra-high purity compressed hydrogen suitable for PEM fuel cells. We will combine UMich’s high efficiency photocatalytic water splitting approach with PCI’s integrated hydrogen separator/compressor. The proposed effort will confirm the avoidance of external e ...

Autonomous vehicles are being used for many applications varying from small indoor robots, to large-scale mining trucks, and military vehicles operating in fast-changing environments. Global position systems (GPS) have traditionally been used for vehicle positioning. GPS works well in open environments, but suffers from significant degradation due to terrain, certain operating conditions, and even ...

The next generation of cyber threats will include sophisticated malware threats including Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and malware that tries to subvert dynamic analysis methods by switching to some benign behavior. These threats have proven to circumvent even cutting-edge malware detection and require more continuous learning methods to discover and remediate the threats. Due to these extre ...

We will translate our newly-developed semiconductor ink science and associated printing techniques to develop printable, light-weight and conformable interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells with high efficiencies. IBC cells are among the most complicated PV technologies, but they possess the highest power efficiency for mass production c-Si solar cells today. Our invention has the potential ...

Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are types of infections a patient can get at healthcare facilities while they are getting treated from unrelated conditions. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that there were an estimated 687,000 HAIs with 72,000 associated deaths in the US alone, in 2015. HAIs can happen regardless of the setting of the healthcare facility and they are of ...

The United States Air Force (USAF) has a long history of using human performance models to increase the effectiveness of training, and predict the impact of physical factors (like fatigue) and environmental factors (like time pressures and information uncertainty). Within Phase I, Sonalysts and Miami University worked to improve the quality of these models through the development of the EEG Modeli ...

This Optimized Detection for Space Objects effort uniquely combines utilities, techniques and processes to significantly reduce computing resources required for detection and to train high performance object recognition models.  Optimized detection enables new space intelligence to be put into action sooner and reduces response lag time. The success of this effort supports Air Force missions with ...

Occupational and environmental exposure is a major workforce health risk at military facilities, contributing to spikes in stress for high performance pilots and increased risk of long-term exposure linked illnesses for personnel in industrial settings. Cost-effective occupational exposure sensor networks and personal monitoring systems have developed rapidly over the last few years and offer the ...