Available Technologies by Category
Optical Fiber-Based Solar Cells
  • Remote function
  • Greater mobility
  • Can be hidden and located off the surface where sunlight is unavailable
4520
Automated Medical Image Interpretation for Tissue Segmentation
  • Increased accuracy: Computer processing removes the need to manually interpret boundaries
  • Fast: The algorithm is extremely rapid, repeatable, and accurate
  • Versatile: Programs can be implemented in assembly or machine language
5107
Self-Aligned HARPSS Micromechanical Variable Capacitors
  • Results in larger-value capacitors
  • Requires only three lithography masks
4359
Devices, Systems, and Methods for Excavating Cancer Cells
  • Tumors are able to migrate on manufactured fibers or films instead of healthy brain tissue
  • Minimally invasive- the device can be deployed directly or using a catheter
  • The device is size and shape variable- films can range from nano- to micron- scale
5057
Retrieving 3D Information for Probe Microscopy
  • Can isolate the central region of a diffraction spot from its respective fringes
  • Creates ideal diffraction patterns
3597
Standoff Detection of Nuclear Materials
  • Air-ionization measurement, molecular resonance, excitation and fluorescence
  • Remote (LIDAR) probing/detection of inaccessible (or hidden) radiation sources
  • On-site (Direct) ionization detection/monitoring  (Ionized air pump) of radiation materials
4936
Method For Converting Solar and Waste Heat into Usable Energy
  • Cost effective - Efficiently converts readily available solar/waste heat to energy without the need for optical concentrators or tall turbine towers.
  • Scalable - Multiple turbines can be arranged to harvest power across a vast area.
  • Sustainable - Capturing readily available solar and industrial waste heat is renewable and green.
4930
Method and Detection System for Film Thin Waveguides
  • Enables label free detection of target compounds
  • Thin-film
3600
Multi-Band Operating BAW Resonator
  • Extremely high resonator Q
  • Simple fabrication process
  • Robust design — not fragile
4927
Oxyfuel Combustor Arrangements to Reduce Emissions
  • Reduce carbon dioxide emissions
  • Reduce costs
  • Improves power production and fuel efficiency
4897
Method for VM Monitoring Using Hardware Virtualization
  • More efficient — at least 10 times performance improvement between switching to a monitor inside SIM and switching to a monitor residing in another trusted VM
  • Expandable — new security applications can be built
4882
Molded Microfluidic Fluid Cell for Atomic Force Microscopy
  • More precise — Three orders of magnitude decrease in volume of fluid containment when working with the microscope
  • Cost-saving — Allows for the use of less analyte (important for drug companies)
4847
BrainBraille
  • Increased information bandwidth and speed for BCI devices
  • Rapid learning of motions and associated meanings
  • Enhanced accuracy
8088
MINTED: Simultaneous Deformation and Temperature Imaging
  • Simultaneous recording of small-scale temperature and deformation fields at high spatial and time resolutions
  • Studies deformation, failure, and heating in a range of materials
  • Analyzes/monitors heating and failure of MEMS devices, microchips, and circuit board
8064
Organ Transplant Decision Aid
  • Simple – easy-to-use interface for entering patient and donor characteristics
  • Flexible – separate survival models use different variables which enhance the performance of each model
  • Multifaceted – calculates survival probabilities for multiple organs where current technologies only determine survival probability for kidneys
8001
Lab-on-a-Headset Ocular Monitoring Device
  • Low cost
  • Monitor both eyes simultaneously
  • Can be remotely configured
7814
Durable, Water Repellent Coatings
  • Durable – coating is wear-resistant against many types of damage and retains its water repellent properties over a long period of time
  • Low Cost – production process is simple and straight-forward
  • Functional – can be used for both indoor and outdoor applications
7656
Electron Beam Induced Deposition of Nanostructures
  • Unique nano-fabrication process that allows direct-write of complex 3D nano-structures (e.g. cavities and overhangs)
  • Fabrication process compatible with variety of materials on any substrates (planar and non-planar)
  • Provides growth rate of amorphous carbon nano-structures 3 times greater than that of standard gas-phase FEBID
6998
Self-Roughening Concrete for Mass Concrete and Modular Construction
  • Less time
  • Less cost
  • Reduced safety concerns
6997
Surface Electrode Ion Trap for Cellular Analysis
  • Cells contained in charged droplets of solution and levitated above the surface electrode ion trapped by electromagnetic fields
  • Enables sorting of cells by optical, chemical, and/or physical properties
  • Merging of droplets is controlled allowing researchers to add chemicals and nutrients to cell environment one cell at a time
6970