The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I grant to Zenoleap LLC on April 1, 2024. The grant funding is to develop a functional prototype for a novel quantum dots/graphene nanohybrid X-ray array detection platform for use in medical diagnostic capital equipment. The project aims to design, fabricate, and test a sensitive X-ray imaging system leveraging recent advancements in quantum dots and graphene technology. The goal is to...
This $305,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award supports the development of an innovative breast cancer screening technology by Bired Imaging Inc., a for-profit organization located in Rochester, NY. The project aims to improve early detection of breast cancer, especially in women with dense breast tissue, by using infrared imaging and physics-based AI algorithms to detect malignant...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Quantireal Inc. aims to develop computational methods to generate realistic synthetic data for training machine learning algorithms used in advanced passenger and personal property screening technologies. The project will focus on creating a cost-efficient radiation physics solver to virtually scan representative object assemblies and generate precisely annotated...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award in the amount of $274,158 to Reva X-Ray Systems Corporation is for the development of a novel high-brightness rotating envelope micro-focus transmission X-ray source. The project aims to significantly enhance the throughput, resolution, and sensitivity of X-ray metrology systems, with potential impacts across industries such as semiconductor manufacturing, battery production, and...
This $274,990 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) supports the development of a physics-based machine learning platform for predicting the crystal structure of small drug molecules. The technology aims to accelerate and reduce the cost of early-stage pharmaceutical research and development by computationally analyzing the crystal structure properties that determine key...
This SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program, with a total funding amount of $274,985, is focused on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system to accelerate semiconductor production using physics-embedded lithographic foundation models. The project aims to alleviate design and manufacturing complexities associated with the shift to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography in semiconductor manufacturing, which has...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) award of $274,786 to Femtosenselabs, LLC in West Lafayette, IN aims to develop a novel scanning magnetometer microscope capable of high-resolution imaging of magnetic materials at the nanoscale. The project will leverage atomic defects in diamond crystals to create a more robust, sensitive, and high-resolution magnetometry platform that can advance the field of spintronics and enable the development...
This $274,904 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an integrated computer vision capability to construct detailed 3D models from 2D photographs. The project aims to integrate geometric and semantic methods to accurately extract critical infrastructure asset features, such as utility pole height, inclination, wire gauges, deterioration, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant, awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop a lightweight, learning-based image signal processing (ISP) algorithm for photon-limited imaging. The $274,702 award to Deeplux Technology, Inc. will fund the optimization and implementation of the "Small and Learnable ISP Module" (SLIM) on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Key...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project award of $274,998 to Magnify Biosciences Inc. aims to develop an automated "AutoMagnify" device that physically expands biological specimens up to 1,000 times in 3D while preserving spatial and molecular integrity. This advancement will enable conventional light microscopes to achieve nanoscale imaging resolution capabilities...