Emerging Technology

UES develops and commercializes and/or transitions its scientific break-throughs. We develop technologies at the request of our industrial partners and also pursue a variety of government funding including Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs, State of Ohio Third Frontier Funds and Congressional Add-Ons. The SBIR program is the largest contributor in developing our initial technologies. UES has a 75% success rate for winning Phase II contracts, well beyond the national average.

Recent awards

Major Awards

• Metallic and Ceramic Material Research, AFRL-Manufacturing
• Broad Spectrum Engineered Materials (BSEM), Air Force
• Power Technologies and Component Characterization for Air, Space and Weapons Applications, a contract extension with a significant increase in work, Air Force

Phase II SBIR/STTRs

• Nanosensor Cartridge for Bioagent Detection within Networked Motes, Army
• Physics-Based Probabilistic Life-Prediction Model for Advanced Hot-Section Turbine Disk Materials with Gradient Microstructures, AFRL-Manufacturing

Phase I SBIR/STTRs

• Nanoparticle Sensor for Detection of E. Coli in Real-Time and Real-World Conditions, NSF
• Accelerated Reconnaissance Window Development, AFRL-Manufacturing
• Wide Temperature, High-Frequency Capacitors for Aerospace Power Conditioning Applications, AFRL-Propulsion
• Autonomous Airborne Chemical/Biological Cloud Detection Sensor, Sensing Strategies
• Development of Compact Lightweight Power Transmission Devices for Directed Energy Applications, Air Force/AFOSR
• High Temperature Environmental Barrier Coating for Silicon Carbide Composites, Air Force/AFOSR
• SiC Reinforced Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Materials for Structural Applications, Air Force
• Optimized Corrosion Resistant Bearing and Gear Steel Thermal Processing, NAVAIR
• YBCO Fibers from Solution Approach - A New Concept, DOE
• Innovative Approaches to Develop Foreign-Object-Damage Resistant Ceramic Matrix Composites, NAVAIR
• Nanoparticle Sensor for Detection of Pollutants in Real-Time and Real-World Conditions, NSF

Subcontracts

• Nanotechnology Sensor for Detection of Heavy Metals, Sensing Strategies
• Hardened Materials Research and Survivability Studies (HMRSS)

Commercial

• Robo-Met.3D^TM Version 2