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This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.086 Conservation Research and Development) provides $1,149,948 to Carbon Technology Inc., a small business in San Clemente, CA. The objectives of the 12-month project are to: 1) improve the yield of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) while maintaining CNT diameter, length, density and cleanliness; 2) develop scalable CNT dielectric coatings for switching...

This $100,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant funds the development of an optimized warehouse robot control device by the New Jersey Institute of Technology from June 2022 to May 2023. The proposed technology is a hardware and software-integrated firmware device to optimize order picking preferences for hybrid and fully automated warehouse management. The innovation focuses on reducing waste and improving efficiency or productivity in warehouses...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,524 to Mark O'Neill LLC, a small business in Keller, TX, will support the development of an ultra-bright, environmentally-friendly traffic stripe technology. The new traffic stripe uses prismatic structures on both top and bottom surfaces of a polymer film to significantly improve retroreflectivity, making it 968 times brighter than current federal standards. This...

The TECH Interactive, doing business as TECH, will receive $495,506 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to conduct an evaluation of its virtual and in-person field trip programs. The project aims to adapt TECH's offerings to evolving educator needs post-pandemic by assessing barriers to participation, updating programs and operations based on findings, and disseminating learnings. Specifically, TECH will survey educators to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 to Diffract Technology Inc. is focused on developing a novel, high-resolution 3D optical metrology tool for precision manufacturing and industrial applications. The project aims to create a computer-generated holographic system capable of performing rapid, non-contact 3D measurements with sub-10-micron resolution over a large field of view. The advanced 3D...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,623 to Ai Acuity, a for-profit organization, aims to develop improved image compression technology that targets machine learning-based detection algorithms. The key objective is to reduce the size of Earth observation imagery, thereby lowering the costs associated with transmission, storage, and processing. This technology will also have applications in high-efficiency...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,999.65 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Tiptek, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to create new gigahertz nanoprobes for semiconductor failure analysis. Through this funding, Tiptek will build ultra-high-speed nanoprobe prototypes capable of operating at gigahertz frequencies to detect "soft" electrical faults that are difficult to identify with...

This Project Grant award, granted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $550,000 in funding to Carnegie Mellon University for the development of high-performance, nanostructured thermal pads to enhance heat dissipation in electronics. The key products or services to be delivered under this award include scalable and cost-effective manufacturing strategies to mass produce the nanostructured thermal pads,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $250,000 to Rutgers, The State University aims to improve the efficiency and operational lifetime of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays used in portable electronic devices. The project will integrate plasmonic metasurfaces into the back silver anode electrode of top-emitting phosphorescent blue OLED devices to enhance stability and efficiency. This technology has the...

This $978,431 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of an innovative two-phase cooling system using micro closed-loop pulsating heat pipes by Global Cooling Technology Group LLC, a small business specializing in advanced cooling technologies. The project aims to create a disruptive cooling solution that can enhance the performance of high-power density electronics,...