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ADDSec: Artificial Diversity & Defense Security
Featured Opportunity • Networks and systems that monitor our grid and other critical infrastructure environments use predictable communications and static configurations that make them vulnerable to attack. Sandia researchers have developed a technology that automatically detects and responds to potential threats in under 1 millisecond—preventing an attack that can have a devastating impact...

Advanced Forms of Activated Carbon
Featured Opportunity • Sandia’s advanced activated carbon is used for the adsorption of noble gases (argon, krypton, and xenon) for the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. This solution is simple, reliable, and affordable. This development is safer due to the fire hazards associated with traditional activated carbonbeing significantly reduced. Activated carbon adsorbers have...

Advanced Ultrasonic Device with In-Situ Height Adjustment for Improved Flaw Detection
Featured Opportunity • Ultrasonic testing is a nondestructive inspection (NDI) technique that uses ultra-high frequency sound to detect flaws within a part of interest Ultrasonic testing is a nondestructive inspection (NDI) technique that uses ultra-high frequency sound to detect flaws within a part of interest. A fluid (e.g. water or gel) is used...

Advanced UV Laser Design for Precision Timing and UV Sterilization
Featured Opportunity • Breakthrough laser design offers unmatched accuracy and reliability for applications including precision timing for defense, space exploration, and telecommunications. Current UV laser technologies face several limitations that hinder their reliability in critical applications. Strain within the laser structure can lead to the formation of cracks that in turn can compromise...

Aeroelastically coupled blades for vertical axis wind turbines
Patent • #US9267490B1. Various technologies described herein pertain to a vertical axis wind turbine blade configured to rotate about a rotation axis. The vertical axis wind turbine blade includes at least an attachment segment, a rear swept segment, and optionally, a forward swept segment. The attachment segment is contiguous with the forward...

Aiming system
Patent • #US10613040B1. An aiming system including a first member securable to a device having a point source, a second member selectably rotatable about a first axis relative to the first member, a third member selectably rotatable about a second axis oriented non-parallel to the first axis, and an aiming member having...

Air bearing heat exchanger
Patent • #US10422590B2. The various technologies presented herein relate to fabrication and operation of a heat exchanger that is configured to extract heat from an underlying substrate. Heat can be extracted by way of an air gap formed between an impeller and a baseplate. By utilizing a pump to create an initial...

Air bearing heat exchanger methods
Patent • #US10801787B2. The various technologies presented herein relate to fabrication and operation of a heat exchanger that is configured to extract heat from an underlying substrate. Heat can be extracted by way of an air gap formed between an impeller and a baseplate. By utilizing a pump to create an initial...

Airfoil-shaped micro-mixers for reducing fouling on membrane surfaces
Patent • #US8292492B2. An array of airfoil-shaped micro-mixers that enhances fluid mixing within permeable membrane channels, such as used in reverse-osmosis filtration units, while minimizing additional pressure drop. The enhanced mixing reduces fouling of the membrane surfaces. The airfoil-shaped micro-mixer can also be coated with or comprised of biofouling-resistant (biocidal/germicidal) ingredients.

Algae Scrubbing for Waterway Remediation and Biofuel Production
Featured Opportunity • A novel algae flow-way system capable of converting wastewater pollutants into net-carbon negative biofuels Waterway pollution has been aggravated by the leaking of chemical products into man-made water irrigation systems, natural streams, and rivers. Chemical pollutants such as fertilizer runoff from agricultural activities and trace metals from chemical processing are...

Algorithmic architecture co-design and exploration
Patent • #US12105612B1. A method for matching neural network layouts to hardware architectures is provided. The method comprises iteratively: holding neural network parameters constant while changing a hardware architecture parameters, calculating a first loss value for a combination of the neural network parameters and hardware architecture parameters according to a gradient-based differentiable...

Alignment and focus of mirrored facets of a heliostat
Patent • #US8582092B1. Various technologies pertaining to aligning and focusing mirrored facets of a heliostat are described herein. Updating alignment and/or focus of mirrored facets is undertaken through generation of a theoretical image, wherein the theoretical image is indicative of a reflection of the target via the mirrored facets when the mirrored...

Alignment method for parabolic trough solar concentrators
Patent • #US7667833B1. A Theoretical Overlay Photographic (TOP) alignment method uses the overlay of a theoretical projected image of a perfectly aligned concentrator on a photographic image of the concentrator to align the mirror facets of a parabolic trough solar concentrator. The alignment method is practical and straightforward, and inherently aligns the...

Alignment method for solar collector arrays
Patent • #US8294886B1. The present invention is directed to an improved method for establishing camera fixture location for aligning mirrors on a solar collector array (SCA) comprising multiple mirror modules. The method aligns the mirrors on a module by comparing the location of the receiver image in photographs with the predicted theoretical...

Alkyl dialkoxyalkanoates as bioderived, high cetane diesel fuels
Patent • #US12077719B2. A fuel for an internal combustion engine includes a C5 to C30 dialkoxyalkanoate corresponding to formula (I):wherein the R1 group is —H or a —CH3 group, the R2 and R2′ groups are alkyl groups independently selected to have 1 to 9 carbon atoms; and the R3 group is selected...

All fiber passively Q-switched laser
Patent • #US9031098B1. Embodiments relate to an all fiber passively Q-switched laser. The laser includes a large core doped gain fiber having a first end. The large core doped gain fiber has a first core diameter. The laser includes a doped single mode fiber (saturable absorber) having a second core diameter that...

Alloy nanoparticle synthesis using ionizing radiation
Patent • #US7998239B1. A method of forming stable nanoparticles comprising substantially uniform alloys of metals. A high dose of ionizing radiation is used to generate high concentrations of solvated electrons and optionally radical reducing species that rapidly reduce a mixture of metal ion source species to form alloy nanoparticles. The method can...

Alternating Current Photovoltaic Building Block
Featured Opportunity • This technology provides a fully integrated and self-containing alternating current (AC) photovoltaic (PV) Building Block device and method that allows photovoltaic applications to become true plug-and-play devices. The Building Block combines, contains, and integrates almost all of the electrical and mechanical elements of a PV system while eliminating the traditional...
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