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Internet of Things (IOT) Soil Moisture Sensor
BackgroundSoil moisture is that controls many biophysical processes important to personal and industrial applications. Maintenance of proper soil moisture levels is important as moisture levels can vary significantly over short distances and timespans. It is often necessary on a farm field or a garden to monitor soil moisture simultaneously at multiple...
Published: 4/23/2020
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Updated: 10/2/2018
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Inventor(s): Sayjro Nouwakpo
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Category(s): Electronics, Sensors & Photonics, Environment & Sustainability
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Method and Loading Module to Mechanically Increase Pile/Drilled Shaft End Bearing Stiffness
Background
Drilled shafts are deep foundation elements constructed in soil to resist compressive, uplift and lateral loads. This process involves drilling a hole to a design depth, and filling the hole with reinforcing steel and concrete. Tip resistance is not usually accounted for when estimating the overall capacity of drilled shafts and bored piles...
Published: 10/1/2019
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Updated: 8/2/2018
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Inventor(s): Sherif Elfass, Gary Norris
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Category(s): Construction & Built Environment, Engineering & Manufacturing, Environment & Sustainability
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Deep Foundation Porewater Pressure Dissipater
BackgroundPorewater pressure, or the pressure of groundwater held within soil, rock, or gaps between particles, is an important factor in determining the stress state of soil. If the porewater pressure is increased to equal the applied soil effective stress, the soil may lose its strength and stiffness, and act more like a liquid, in a process called...
Published: 8/16/2018
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Updated: 8/2/2018
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Inventor(s): Sherif Elfass, Gary Norris
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Category(s): Construction & Built Environment, Engineering & Manufacturing, Environment & Sustainability
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Enhancing Kinetics of Biodiesel Production Using Morpholine
BackgroundWith the ever-growing environmental issues such as air pollution and climate change, there is increased research in the solution of minimizing the use of fossil fuels. Biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel have been chosen by governments to be the best possible substitutes. Because of the popularization of biofuels, there is a need for...
Published: 7/25/2018
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Updated: 7/25/2018
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Inventor(s): Dev Chidambaram, Dharshini Bala
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Category(s): Environment & Sustainability, Chemical, Physical Sciences
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Multifunctional Nanocomposites
Background Solar energy is one of the sustainable and increasingly popular source of energy. Bismuth titanate (Bi12 TiO20 ) (BTO) is a material which demonstrates multifunctional properties and has many uses not limited to energy conversion, energy storage, and environment. With reference to solar energy, BTO has photovoltaic applications due to...
Published: 7/16/2018
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Updated: 7/16/2018
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Inventor(s): Vaidyanathan (ravi) Subramanian, Sankaran Murugesan, York Smith
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Category(s): Chemical, Energy & Renewables, Environment & Sustainability, Renewable Energy
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Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Alkyl Lactates with Solid Lewis Acids
BackgroundThe use of organic feedstocks such as cellulose, the most abundant biomass on Earth, for the production of value-added chemicals may contribute to a more sustainable economy and ecosystem. Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno have developed a method for producing organic compounds from an organic feedstock, such as cellulosic, lignocellulosic,...
Published: 4/23/2020
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Updated: 7/5/2018
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Inventor(s): Hongfei Lin, Lisha Yang, Xiaokun Yang
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Category(s): Environment & Sustainability, Chemical
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Nanostructure Boride Materials Manufacturing
Background Boride compounds have proven to be essential for myriad applications such as reinforcing phases in metal–matrix composites and armor materials. Using a process of Combustion Synthesis, Boron can also be combined with metal to create Lanthanum hexaboride. DescriptionDr. Graeve's technology details the manufacture of lanthanum hexaboride...
Published: 7/5/2018
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Updated: 7/5/2018
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Inventor(s): Olivia Graeve, Raghunath Kanakala, Gabriel RojaS-George
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Category(s): Construction & Built Environment, Engineering & Manufacturing, Environment & Sustainability
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Osmotically Assisted Desalination Method and System
Background: Water is a necessity of life. With one in nine people lacking access to safe water, the need for efficient methods for treating water are at an all-time high. Current processes for the desalination of saline water have many disadvantages such as being very energy intensive, having limited water recovery, and costing a lot of money. Because...
Published: 4/3/2018
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Updated: 4/3/2018
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Inventor(s): Tzahi Cath, Amy Childress, Andrea Achilli
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Category(s): Environment & Sustainability
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Combined Membrane-Distillation-Forward-Osmosis System for Water Purification
Background Water is a necessity of life. With one in nine people lacking access to safe water, the need for efficient methods for treating water are at an all-time high. Current processes for the desalination of saline water have many disadvantages such as being very energy intensive, having limited water recovery, and costing a lot of money. Because...
Published: 4/3/2018
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Updated: 4/3/2018
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Inventor(s): Tzahi Cath, Amy Childress, Christopher Martinetti
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Category(s): Environment & Sustainability
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Superadiabatic Radiant Burner (SRB)
Background: With the ever-growing issues of energy security and climate change, the porous burner is a solution to these problems, because of its high-efficiency and low-emission combustion. Porous burners are an upcoming technology using internal heat recirculation which allows for the usage of alternative and renewable fuels. With the popularization...
Published: 4/2/2018
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Updated: 4/2/2018
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Inventor(s): Chanwoo Park, Massoud Kaviany
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Category(s): Engineering & Manufacturing, Electronics, Sensors & Photonics, Food & Drink, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Environment & Sustainability
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