Cooperative Agreement 70NANB21H132

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Gelastomerics LLC, a for-profit manufacturer located in Fort Collins, CO, aims to develop a new hydrogel elastomer technology with intrinsic lubricity for use in medical device applications. The 3-year project will validate the performance of this novel material, including its tunable stiffness/flexibility, durable lubricity, biocompatibility, and sterilization...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $315,353 to the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to advance the technology readiness of a prototype sensor, called Sea-PHAT, for simultaneously measuring seawater pH and total alkalinity in situ. The key objectives are to design a microfluidic housing that suspends the sensor's anode above the ion-sensing region, allowing for adjustable anode-gate...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $305,000 to Wave Lumina Inc. to develop a portable device for rapid, on-site detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. The project aims to create an innovative analytical platform that integrates surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and AI-enhanced signal processing to enable PFAS detection at parts-per-trillion...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business in Chico, CA. The grant supports the development of a "BIO-GAUGE, Low Cost Biodiesel Fuel Fraction Sensor" from July 2024 to April 2025. Makel Engineering, a Subchapter S Corporation specializing in advanced chemical sensing systems, will leverage its expertise in microsensor...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $400,000 over 3 years to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop a novel self-powered multimodal MEMS sensor system that can simultaneously detect pH, pressure, and temperature in marine environments. The researchers aim to create an innovative, highly sensitive, and energy-efficient sensor to support marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) efforts by providing uninterrupted,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Thermocap Laboratories Inc. to develop a high-throughput, low-cost differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) instrument for drug discovery applications. The key products to be delivered include a prototype DSC instrument capable of processing 24 to 96 samples every 2 hours, which represents a significant increase in throughput...

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 federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), funds the development of an innovative, oleophilic hydrophobic multifunctional (OHM) media for environmental remediation. The $992,014 project aims to create a nanocomposite coating that can be applied to porous materials to efficiently capture and recover oil from contaminated water. The technology seeks to address critical...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049 - Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) to STF Technologies LLC, a small business based in Newark, Delaware. The grant is funding the development of a modified Wilhelmy apparatus for efficient molten salt surface tension measurement. This research project aims to advance scientific understanding and measurement capabilities for high-temperature fluid properties, which is relevant to various...