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Distributed Radar Imaging

VALUE PROPOSITION Electromagnetic imaging sensors operating in the millimeter-wave band are an attractive solution for a variety of current and emerging applications, including airline passenger screening, as well as autonomous vehicle navigation. Such sensors generate two-dimensional representations of targets, thereby allowing for the automated extraction...
Published: 8/16/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jeffrey Nanzer
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Transportation, Devices

Electrically Active Magnetic Nanoparticle-based Biosensors

Executive Summary Harmful microbes are present in various sources including water, food, plants, and through human-to-human transmission. The ability to detect them rapidly at a low cost is important to protecting the health and safety of humans and animals and the security of food chains. MSU researchers have developed novel nanoparticle-based biosensors...
Published: 3/29/2024   |   Inventor(s): Evangelyn Alocilja, Sudeshna Pal, Emma Setterington
Keywords(s): Biosensors, Magnetic Beads, Magnetic Separation, Molecular Sample Processing, Nanoparticles, Polyaniline Category(s): Biotechnology, Test and Measurement, Devices, Electrical

Stretchable Bioelectronic Interface for Biopotential Recording

Executive Summary Flexible electronics are materials that are often soft and bendable which allow them to conform to various surfaces. One application for these is in the biomedical field where flexible electrodes are used to measure electrical signals such as an electrocardiogram (ECG), electroencephalogram (EEG), or electromyography (EMG). However,...
Published: 11/15/2023   |   Inventor(s): Jinxing Li, Vittorio Mottini
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Medical, Devices, Advanced Materials

Liquid Piezoelectric Device

Executive Summary The piezoelectric effect is the ability of certain materials to generate an electric charge in response to mechanical stress. Typically these effects are seen in certain solid materials such as crystals, ceramics, semiconductors and polymers. Devices that take advantage of the piezoelectric effect are used in a range of applications...
Published: 4/24/2024   |   Inventor(s): Gary Blanchard, Md Hossain
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials, Control Systems, Devices

Modular quantum interconnect for microwave and telecommunications wavelengths

VALUE PROPOSITION This technology is a quantum interconnect (QuIC) technology that consists of scalable modular devices which act as a common communications bus for other quantum systems to form larger quantum networks of varying size. INTRODUCTION Research in the field of quantum information processing and communication technologies has had...
Published: 6/20/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jonas Becker, Shannon Nicley, Johannes Pollanen
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Subassemblies and Components, Devices, Computer Hardware, Control Systems

Microfluidic Apparatus For Respirometry

Executive Summary Cellular respiration is a set of metabolic processes responsible for the conversion of chemical energy in all aerobic organisms. In animal and plant cells this takes place in the mitochondria where food is broken down to CO2 and strongly reducing compounds. Energy released upon oxidation of the latter by molecular oxygen via a chain...
Published: 2/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Denis Proshlyakov, Julia Busik
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Medical, Devices, Pharmaceutical, Test and Measurement, Biotechnology

Method For Removing PFAS in Liquids

VALUE PROPOSITION Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a widely used but toxic and carcinogenic group of man-made chemicals. They are extremely resistant to degradation and will persist in the environment and in the human body. PFAS are highly water soluble, thus contaminated drinking water is the primary source of exposure. The most common...
Published: 4/7/2023   |   Inventor(s): Qi Fan, Keliang Wang
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Environmental, Devices

Method for Separating Oil and Water

VALUE PROPOSITION Removing oil from water is an important process throughout the industrialized world for both water treatment and cleaning up spills. This biochar-based oil filtration system improves on existing biochar filters used for oil and water separation. DESCRIPTION OF TECHNOLOGY This invention is an improvement on the biochar used in...
Published: 4/7/2023   |   Inventor(s): Qi Fan, Keliang Wang
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Devices, Environmental

High Frequency Interconnect to Semiconductor Device

VALUE PROPOSITION High frequency electronic devices are an important technology for a variety of applications ranging from biomedical imaging, photon lasers, and high-volume data transmission. As these devices become more complex, multiple integrated circuits (ICs) need to be connected. Interconnect systems have been developed to allow for interaction...
Published: 8/20/2022   |   Inventor(s): Ioannis (John) Papapolymerou, Premjeet Chahal, John Albrecht, Christopher Oakley, Michael Craton
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Devices, Electrical, Subassemblies and Components

Falling Bed Plasma Reactors

VALUE PROPOSITION A large variety of applications require powdered materials to be treated by plasmas. Most applications used in the industry and research labs have a static configuration, where the powder samples are placed in a tray and stay still during the process. This is ineffective if the powders pile up in multiple layers since the plasma...
Published: 2/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Qi Fan, Martin Toomajian
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Devices, Manufacturing Equipment
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