The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $499,997.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Microsol Technologies Inc., a woman-owned small business, for the development of a "HIGH EFFICIENCY, MODULARIZED, LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM FOR POWER GENERATION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATION OR HUMAN ACTIVITY." The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of September 30,...
This is a federal research and development contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for the prototype development of a lightweight, soldier-wearable energy harvesting device. The $589,240.29 definitive contract does not have a set-aside designation. Virginia Tech, a leading public research university and land-grant institution, is leveraging its expertise in engineering,...
This is a $298,923.25 firm fixed price contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to the University of Texas at Austin. The contract supports research and development under BAA #21-051 for a "60 KW SMART SOLID-STATE TRANSFORMER (SST)" project. The University of Texas System, which includes UT Austin, is the parent entity for this award. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. As a major research university, UT...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $1,759,997.39 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Lynntech Inc., a small business technology development company based in College Station, Texas. The contract is for the design, manufacture, and development of an Aircraft Vibration Harvester (AVH) energy harvesting system to a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6, making it ready for airborne testing on high-performance military aircraft. This SBIR contract, awarded under Topic 3 of the...
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers National Capital Region Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity awarded a $1.37 million definitive contract to Texas Tech University System, doing business as Texas Tech University, to support the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). Per the original solicitation, ESTCP seeks technology demonstrations through multiple contracts totaling approximately $12 million to address the Department of Defense's environmental and...
This contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Mesodyne Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for the development of an efficient, silent, and reliable light-cell power generator for expeditionary missions. The $749,943.00 firm-fixed-price contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II, aims to create a compact power generation solution that can significantly extend the operational capabilities of drones and unmanned aerial...
This is a $104,173.11 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) under ERDC's 2020 Broad Agency Announcement. The contract is for research and development related to machine learning-based real-time optimal switching of reconfigurable microgrids. UTD, a public research university part of the University of Texas System, will perform the work at its...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Mainstream Engineering Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of specialized engineering products and services. The $165,896.63 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a "Magnetic Energy Harvesting System for Unattended Sensor Networks" under Topic A201-018-1462. The contract was set-aside for small businesses and is...
This is a $124,172 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Nanohmics Inc., a small for-profit technology development and research company based in Austin, Texas. The contract is for the development of thermoelectric (TE) devices that can be used for power generation and refrigeration in NASA's space power and thermal management systems. The key objectives of the contract are to address three primary...
The U.S. government agency NASA awarded a $129,123 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Nanohmics Inc., a small for-profit technology company based in Austin, Texas. The contract is focused on developing a novel high-efficiency thermionic thermal-to-electric converter (TTEC) using nanostructured emitters to integrate with radioisotope thermoelectric generators for use in space exploration missions where photovoltaic power generation is inadequate due to lack of sunlight....