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Smart Party – Engineering Large Catering Events
ID# 2019-4874
The research team has developed a service system engineering approach to optimizing catering services by modeling three important elements of a typical catering service: kitchen operations, food service, and guest…
The research team has developed a service system engineering approach to optimizing catering services by…
Engineering & Materials, IT & EdTech, Misc. Software & Apps, Other Engineering Technology, Research Tools & Devices
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Quantum Machine Learning Technologies
ID# 2023-5598, 2023-5601, 2023-5606, 2023-5605, 2023-5615, 2023-5614, 2023-5613
A family of inventions covers various quantum computing & machine learning related topics. Quantum Machine Learning (QML) combines the benefits of quantum computing & machine learning. Two inventions propose solutions…
A family of inventions covers various quantum computing & machine learning related topics. Quantum Machine…
Artificial Int. & Machine Learning, Engineering & Materials, IT & EdTech
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Design Workflow for Angstrom-scale Separations
ID# 2018-4764
A team of Penn State researchers have developed a design workflow, PoreDesigner, which engineers key characteristics of an outer membrane protein to make customized biological membranes. The pore size, pore…
A team of Penn State researchers have developed a design workflow, PoreDesigner, which engineers key…
Chemistry & Materials, Energy & Environment, Engineering & Materials, IT & EdTech, Misc. Software & Apps, Other Energy & Environment, Other Engineering Technology
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Functional Micro- and Nano-structured Materials from Renewable Sources and the Use Thereof
ID# 2022-5404
Growing concerns about petroleum-derived materials and the state of the environment has prompted research on renewable material. Biomass is the largest renewable organic carbon source, and therefore a candidate to…
Growing concerns about petroleum-derived materials and the state of the environment has prompted research on…
Engineering & Materials
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Biodegradable and Multifunctional Neural Block Devices
ID# 2020-5077
Leveraging a versatile and biocompatible citrate-based material platform, researchers have developed a high-strength, elastic and kink resistant, rapidly degradable biphasic catheter. The citrate-based elastomer material swells when surrounded by body…
Leveraging a versatile and biocompatible citrate-based material platform, researchers have developed a high-strength, elastic and…
Chemistry & Materials, Engineering & Materials, Medical Sciences
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Improved C-C Composites with Added Heat Shielding
ID# 2018-4777
An improvement in the synthesis of carbon-carbon (C-C) composites has been made. Instead of using carbon fiber for reinforcing and control of macroscale properties, this technology uses the matrix for…
An improvement in the synthesis of carbon-carbon (C-C) composites has been made. Instead of using…
Building & Construction Techs, Chemistry & Materials, Engineering & Materials
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MRI-Active Biodegradable Polymers
ID# 2016-4527
Although it is well known in the tissue engineering field that an implantable scaffold’s degradation rate should match the tissue regeneration rate, lack of a quantitative method for in vivo…
Although it is well known in the tissue engineering field that an implantable scaffold’s degradation…
Chemistry & Materials, Engineering & Materials, Medical Devices, Medical Sciences, Research Tools & Devices
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Auto-adaptive MOEA with Higher Probability Results
ID# 2010-S133
Conventional optimization algorithms using linear and non-linear programming sometimes have difficulty in finding the global optima or in case of multi-objective optimization, the pareto front. A lot of research has…
Conventional optimization algorithms using linear and non-linear programming sometimes have difficulty in finding the global…
Chemistry & Materials, Databases & Data Mining, Engineering & Materials, IT & EdTech, IT Networking & Communications
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Dermally Implantable Optical Glucose Biosensors
ID# 2008-3479
Existing blood glucose sensors draw blood from the patient via forearm or finger pricking, resulting in pain to the patient and increased risk of infection. As a result, pricking methods…
Existing blood glucose sensors draw blood from the patient via forearm or finger pricking, resulting…
Medical Diagnostics, Medical Sciences
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Nano-structure Engineered Dipolar Polymers of High Glass Transition
ID# 2016-4459
The subject invention covers a class of high glass transition (Tg) of nanocomposites and dipolar polymers that have stable dielectric constants with dielectric constant higher than 5 losses less than…
The subject invention covers a class of high glass transition (Tg) of nanocomposites and dipolar…
Chemistry & Materials, Energy & Environment, Energy Devices (e.g. batteries), Engineering & Materials, Semiconductor & Electronics, Transportation Technologies
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Rapid Prototyping of Energy Attenuating Seats for IED Protection
ID# 2017-D005
88% of injuries and casualties incurred by US soldiers during recent conflicts are attributed to Improvised Explosive Devices. A ground vehicle exposed to a blast experiences a wide range of…
88% of injuries and casualties incurred by US soldiers during recent conflicts are attributed to…
Engineering & Materials, Other Engineering Technology, Research Tools & Devices, Transportation Technologies
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Ultrasound Responsive Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Delivery
ID# 2021-5214
Focused ultrasound has been demonstrated as a safe external stimulus that allows for deep tissue penetration while being nonionizing and noninvasive. This drug delivery system utilizes Dies-Alder linkers to cross-link…
Focused ultrasound has been demonstrated as a safe external stimulus that allows for deep tissue…
Engineering & Materials
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A Real-Time Compressed Sensing-Based Platform for Data-Efficient Machine Monitoring
ID# 2021-5326
This technology leverages compressed sensing and random sampling to monitor industrial machines using less data than what is used in contemporary data acquisition and analysis. This technique is a combination…
This technology leverages compressed sensing and random sampling to monitor industrial machines using less data…
Engineering & Materials
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Graded Index Inorganic Antireflection Coatings Produced by Magnetron Sputtering
ID# 2022-5422
This invention covers the fabrication of nanoporous multilayer silica thin films via magnetron sputtering for antireflection coating applications. Briefly, silica and another material such as ZnO are co-sputtered together to…
This invention covers the fabrication of nanoporous multilayer silica thin films via magnetron sputtering for…
Engineering & Materials
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Improved Coolant Dispersion in Gas Turbines
ID# 2016-4529
Disclosed here is the design for a shaped film cooling hole. The shaped film cooling consists of a metering section through the material of a gas path component and a…
Disclosed here is the design for a shaped film cooling hole. The shaped film cooling…
Energy & Environment, Energy Devices (e.g. batteries), Engineering & Materials, Transportation Technologies
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Printable, Programmable Self-Assembled 2D Biocomposites
ID# 2016-4539
This technology relates to a method of making a biocomposite material comprising 2D inorganic layers (e.g., graphene oxide, titanium carbides, etc.) and polypeptides with alternating repeats of crystalline and amorphous…
This technology relates to a method of making a biocomposite material comprising 2D inorganic layers…
Chemistry & Materials, Engineering & Materials, Semiconductor & Electronics
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Thermal Barrier Coatings Capable of High Temperature Operation
ID# 2016-0920
The disclosed invention is a multiphase ceramic thermal barrier coating. The coating is adapted for use in high temperature applications in excess of 1200°C. It is purposed specifically for coating…
The disclosed invention is a multiphase ceramic thermal barrier coating. The coating is adapted for…
Chemistry & Materials, Engineering & Materials, Transportation Technologies
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Dim to Vivid Technology Enhances Color Brightness in Low Light
ID# 2016-4475
At low light levels, human sensitivity to color is reduced, making colors appear duller, less vibrant, and less vivid. This new technology is an engineering development that compensates for the…
At low light levels, human sensitivity to color is reduced, making colors appear duller, less…
Medical Devices, Medical Sciences, Therapeutics