Project Grant 1214964

This $256,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant to Itomography Corporation supports the development of dual-modality tomography core scanning technology for oil saturation estimation at wellsites. The Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility of determining three-dimensional hydrocarbon distribution throughout large-diameter cores with high spatial resolution of 10 cubic millimeters, 95% accuracy, and a throughput of 1 meter per hour...

Emprise Concepts, LLC was awarded a $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (NSF TIP, CFDA 47.084) to develop an innovative computational software tool for characterizing subsurface conditions and reducing risk in underground construction projects. Specifically, the company will create algorithms to automatically integrate geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring data, construction process data, and existing infrastructure...

The $255,963 National Science Foundation grant to Teverra LLC will support the development of an innovative downhole tool for direct measurement of in-situ rock stresses in deep well environments. Funded through the NSF Engineering Directorate's $47.041 million CFDA program, the Phase I project aims to design, model, and prepare prototypes for a modular stress measurement tool applicable to vertical, deviated, and horizontal wells. Key objectives include analytical and numerical solutions to...

This $274,786 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of a cutting-edge scanning magnetometer microscope by Femtosenselabs, LLC. This new microscope technology will enable high-resolution imaging of novel magnetic materials with unprecedented sensitivity at the nanoscale, supporting the advancement of spintronics and the development of...

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Project Grant award, with a total funding of $649,991, was made to Transcend Engineering And Technology, LLC (doing business as Transcend Engineering) to greatly reduce the cost of monitoring soil water content in highly resolved vertical profiles. The goal is to promote increased adoption of more efficient water management tools in permanent agriculture. The new multi-level soil...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) 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 MICRO-PHAT. The sensor is designed to simultaneously measure seawater pH and total alkalinity in situ, which is critical for monitoring ocean carbon chemistry and the impacts of ocean acidification. Key innovations include a modified...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $417,746 to Texas A&M University to develop the SANDPIPER community toolchain. The key products and services delivered under this 4-year project include: Designing and implementing an affordable, open-source hardware and firmware system for geomorphology data acquisition in laboratories worldwide. Establishing a community-backed data standard...

This STTR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development of a compact, multi-wavelength interferometric system for real-time, in-situ metrology in high-precision optical manufacturing. The $274,524 project aims to deliver a market-ready, on-machine metrology system that can improve efficiency and accuracy in diamond tool alignment, surface metrology, and overall manufacturing throughput by...

Mineralogic LLC received a $254,741 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to develop predictive tools for characterizing carbon sequestration in mined materials. The grant was awarded February 1, 2021 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop science and engineering solutions to national challenges. The project aims to advance predictive modeling capabilities to analyze how mined materials can capture and store carbon through natural...

This $275,000 SBIR Phase I Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The project aims to develop a novel carbon sequestration method that utilizes existing wastewater disposal wells to safely and cost-effectively store biowastes such as human biosolids and agricultural manure. Key goals are to demonstrate the technical feasibility of injecting biowastes into the subsurface without causing issues...