Cooperative Agreement 70NANB20H119

This $256,000 National Science Foundation STTR Phase I Project Grant to Zsense Systems LLC will support the development of an edge-based oil condition monitoring system for heavy equipment. The system will analyze machine oil conditions on-site to provide comprehensive, real-time information on oil properties and machine health status. Key innovations include an inductive pulse sensing array to detect fine wear debris, microfluidic signal multiplexing technologies, big data analysis and signal...

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. was awarded a $199,967 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support real-time, onsite analysis of turbid chemical waste with TIR-Raman spectroscopy. The Office of Science aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through its Financial Assistance Program. This particular...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609) provides $220,000 to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to develop techniques using Raman spectroscopy to improve the valorization of contaminated plastic waste during extrusion processes. The project aims to achieve the following key outcomes: Evaluate the composition of mixed plastic waste samples using time-gated...

This $203,712 project grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of an automated system for sample preparation at the Wayne State University Lipidomics Core Facility. The system will streamline the labor-intensive lipid extraction and sample preparation process required for the facility's liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) lipidomics analysis services. Key features of the automated system...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business located in Chico, California, to develop a "BIO-GAUGE, Low Cost Biodiesel Fuel Fraction Sensor." This grant, awarded on July 22, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the company's research and development of an innovative sensor system capable of accurately measuring the composition of biodiesel fuel. Makel...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $249,532 supports the development of an inline particle monitoring system for sterile liquid filtration in food and beverage manufacturing via holographic imaging. Funded through the NSF Engineering Directorate's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the project advances digital holographic sensing and machine learning image processing to detect and characterize contaminants in real-time with single particle sensitivity. This rapid, label-free...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA Program 81.135 will enable FGB Innovation LLC to develop a miniaturized NMR sensor to achieve real-time composition measurement for crude oil blending applications. The award will support the application of this miniaturized NMR sensor technology to crude oils by developing an analytical model to obtain the composition of real-world crude oils. This will allow the NMR sensors to provide...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $239,087 to Purdue University, titled "EAGER: QUANTITATIVE SPECIES AND TEMPERATURE IMAGING IN FLAMES OF NEXT-GENERATION FUELS VIA WAVELENGTH-MODULATED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE", will develop new diagnostic tools for quantitative imaging of gas temperature and composition in combustion flames. The primary goals are to: (1) develop the first quantitative and calibration-free gaseous...

This $680,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research by the University of Delaware and Oklahoma State University to develop new computational tools and methods for "soft sensing" in chemical industry applications. Soft sensing refers to using data science techniques to infer key process indicators and critical quality attributes when these cannot be directly measured by physical sensors. The research...

Global Research & Development Inc. was awarded a $206,500 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop ceramic in-line particle filters for heavy-duty hydrogen fueling stations. The grant funded the design and testing of filters intended to remove particulate contaminants from pressurized hydrogen fuel to ensure the safety and reliability of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and fueling...