The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $398,622 Cooperative Agreement under its Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to Interlink Electronics, Inc. The purpose of this Phase II project is to produce a prototype electrochemical gas sensor that can be manufactured using high-volume, roll-to-roll or lamination processes. The expected outcome is the development of advanced digital gas sensing modules that can be integrated into...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Zymosense Inc. a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach federal grant program (CFDA 11.620) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. Under this award, Zymosense will optimize its automated pipetting screening tool for assessing single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion and separation processes. In Phase I, the company demonstrated the feasibility of using the...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under its Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to Xmark Labs, LLC. The purpose of this grant is to establish the feasibility and proof of concept of a networked, affordable environmental sensor for use in commercial buildings, which will enhance energy control and air quality regulation. Under the agreement, Xmark Labs will design, build, test, and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $256,000 will fund the development of an optimized ion mobility spectrometry system for distributed chemical sensing without the use of radioactive ionization sources. The awardee, Sensit Ventures Inc. of Davis, California, will establish an experimental and theoretical framework to miniaturize differential mobility spectrometry technology for analytical-quality chemical...
This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) aims to develop a new class of photodetectors for room temperature dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) applications. The project, conducted by Emode Photonix LLC, will develop, fabricate, and test the performance of NIST's patented quantum waveguide infrared photodetector technology. The goal is to create a...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to Xmark Labs, LLC. The purpose of the award is to develop an affordable, reliable building efficiency sensor system for smaller commercial buildings, defined as those under 50,000 square feet, which account for 94% of commercial buildings and 44% of commercial building energy use. The project aims to deliver...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $120,457.91 cooperative agreement to Theiss Research of La Jolla, California under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program. The agreement will support research from August 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 to develop a magnetic field sensor based on the magneto-electroluminescence response of organic light emitting diodes. The Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program aims to provide...
The National Science Foundation awarded Integrated Medical Sensors Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a novel multi-analyte microsensor platform for continuous wireless monitoring applications. The grant aims to create a unique monolithic semiconductor platform capable of wirelessly monitoring multiple biochemical and physiological markers simultaneously in a sub-cubic millimeter footprint. This miniature,...
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $2,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Missouri State University under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to assess a multi-functional gas sensor array platform for harmful gas and analyte monitoring. The objective is to improve and assess a multi-functional gas sensor array demonstrator through field tests and lifecycle analysis to...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program) provides $174,787 to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a portable, durable, and cost-effective optical-based ammonia sensor for use in animal production settings. The sensor is engineered to accurately detect ammonia levels...