Project Grant 1549719

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project aims to develop a novel prescription process for customizing prosthetic feet based on individual patient characteristics. The $274,975 award, granted on September 15, 2023, will enable the awardee, Little Room Innovations LLC, to create a system that utilizes adjustable prosthetic foot prototypes and optimization algorithms to determine optimal mechanical properties for each patient's customized...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, provides $990,900 to Iambic Inc. for the development of an automated solution for custom-fit footwear. The project aims to implement three key capabilities: (1) smartphone-based foot scanning and fit survey utilizing artificial intelligence to obtain foot measurements and footwear construction preferences, (2) automation of shoe last...

The Project Grant award of $712,628 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under CFDA 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program aims to develop the SoleSaver System, a sensor-enabled foot-worn garment for continuous monitoring of foot health to enhance prevention and recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers. The SoleSaver System measures pressure, temperature, gait indices, and peripheral artery disease status, providing data...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,000,000 in funding to Empo Health, Inc., a for-profit company, to develop an innovative in-home diabetic foot imaging bathroom scale system. The project aims to advance the design, engineering, and manufacturing of the product to make it suitable for patient use, complete a clinical study to demonstrate patient adherence and provider...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Creathadh Energies LLC, a small business located in Cedar Falls, IA. The goal of this SBIR Phase I project is to develop a prototype for a vibration energy harvesting system that can power wearable devices, such as heart rate monitors for athletes, using human movement. The project aims to create an electromagnetic vibration harvester and custom...

The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded a $255,743 Project Grant to Aerosens, Inc. under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an energy harvesting system for self-sustaining aircraft tracking and monitoring sensors. The one-year award will support Aerosens' Phase I Small Business Innovation Research project to evaluate mechanical energy harvesting technologies for powering Bluetooth Low Energy asset tracking devices onboard aircraft....

This $255,996 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships award to Wave Logix, Inc. supports development of an Internet of Things sensing platform to monitor civil infrastructure concrete strength. The awardee will prototype a piezoelectric concrete strength sensor integrated with customized data logging, processing, and transmission capabilities. A secure cloud-based database is also envisioned to provide contractors real-time in-place concrete strength data through...

This $295,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) to Biodynamik, a for-profit organization located in Lake Forest, CA. The grant supports the development of an innovative, implantable transverse tibial transport device designed to stimulate soft tissue growth and heal diabetic foot ulcers. The objectives of this Phase 1 project are to complete the design and development of a low-profile,...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Program (CFDA 93.433) provides $199,750 to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, in partnership with Results Group LLC, to evaluate the effectiveness of novel exoskeleton footwear with an integrated spring footplate (Flyband ExoShoe) in improving gait biomechanics for patients with transmetatarsal amputation. The key objectives are to: 1) engineer and evaluate...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to develop an environmentally benign replacement for lead-containing piezoelectric transducers. The project aims to fabricate nano-structured silicon devices that can leverage a newly observed phenomenon, space charge induced flexoelectricity, to create high-performance transducers for sensing, actuation, and energy...