Physical Sciences

1. Mechanical
2. Petroleum
3. Civil Engineering
4. Electrical
5. Materials and Compound

Mechanical

• A Method for Reducing the Viscous Drag on a Submerged Surface
• Algorithm for Vibration Analysis Simulators
• Binder Compositions for Laser Sintering Processes
• Constant Force Suspension
• Direct Forming of Microoptics Using a Dynamic Photomask
• Direct Selective Laser Sintering of Metals
• Electroporation for the Processing of Sugar Cane, Algae, and Soybeans
• Freeform Deployable Parts with Lattice Skins
• Homopolar Welding
• Improved Hammer
• Low-Cost, Scaleable Inertial Energy Storage
• Methods for Making Reinforced Composite Flywheels and Shafts
• On-Board Gasoline Distillation for Reduced Hydrocarbon Emissions at Start-Up
• Rapid Microwave-solvothermal Synthesis and Surface Modification of Nanostructured Phospho-olivine Cathodes for Lithium Ion Batteries
• Remote Temperature Measuring System for Hostile Industrial Environments Using Microwave Radiometry
• Superadiabatic Counterflow Reactor
• Underwater Laser Profiler

Petroleum

• A Geomechanics-Based Natural Fracture Pattern Generation Program for Petroleum and Environmental Applications
• Software for Wellbore Stability
• Use of Nanoparticles for Reducing the Permeability of Fine-Grained Rocks Such as Shales
• UTCHEM (software modeling subsurface flow)

Civil Engineering

• Centrifuge Permeameter for Unsaturated Soils System
• High-Speed Automated Pavement Inspections
• Tensegrity Unit - Structure and Method for Construction

Electrical

• Analog-to-Digital Conversion Methods and Apparatus Enabled by Active and/or Passive Variable Delay Transmission Lines
• Electrostatic Electrochemistry
• Hetero-barrier Tunnel Field-Effect Transistor (HetTFET) for Low Voltage Logic
• Improved Oxide Cathodes for Rechargeable Batteries
• Method for Low-Temperature Deposition of Boron Carbo-Nitride as a Barrier and Etch Stop for Copper Interconnect Manufacturing
• Multiple Via Structures for Reliability Improvement of Copper Damascene Interconnects
• RICE: Rapid Interconnect Circuit Evaluator
• Space Division Multiple Access with a Sum Feedback Rate Constraint

Materials and Compounds

• Advanced Polymer Membranes for the Purification of Hydrogen and Other Gases
• Chlorine-Resistant Reverse-Osmosis Membrane
• Fabrication of Bioelectronic Material
• High-Performance Fuel Cell Membrane Materials
• Lower Cost Fuel Cells
• Surface Active Lactams