Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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Optical Fiber Thermal Property Probe

An optical fiber sensor extends coaxially with a controllable heater to provide high-resolution axial measurement of thermal properties such as thermal convection of the surrounding, Heat removal by e...
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Mark Anderson, Matthew Weathered | P170028US02

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Wavefront Detector for Advanced Imaging

A wavefront sensor system suitable for integration into an integrated circuit light detector may provide for wave angle sensors having varying functional relationships between the wave angle and signa...
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Zongfu Yu, Soongyu Yi, Dianjing Liu | P180193US01

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Bioreversible Protein Esterification

Proteins contain carboxyl groups. These charged groups make it difficult for any protein to enter a human (or other eukaryotic) cell. Modifying proteins to enter cells could revolutionize medicine, e....
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Ronald Raines, Nicholas McGrath | P130148US02

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Strain-Tunable Light Emitting Diodes Using Germanium

Germanium (Ge), a group-IV semiconductor material, is crucial to many established and potential technologies. In optoelectronics, Ge has been used as a photodetector material for on-chip data distribu...
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Max Lagally, Jose Sanchez Perez | P140041US01

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An Enhanced Method of Embedding Thin Film Sensors

Surface mounted and exposed sensors are used in objects commonly found in a modern society that range from simple temperature monitors to complex airbag ejection systems. But sensors located on the su...
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Xiaochun Li, Xudong Cheng, Arindom Datta | P07193US

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Dielectric Sensor for Stress and Strain Detection

Load bearing structures experience stresses and/or strains that deform the material from which they are made. Regardless of a building component’s size, exposure to or tolerance for stress and strai...
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Yuri Shkel, Ho Young Lee, Yiyan Peng | P08252US

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Electrodes with Low-Cost Replaceable Tips

Electrodes routinely are used in electrochemical sensing, fuel cells, batteries and numerous other applications. Critically, the surface of an electrode must be clean before sensing elements can be at...
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Sundaram Gunasekaran, Jiang Yang | P120016US02

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Ultra-Efficient Continuous Monitoring of Sensors

Tracking emissions, sensing earthquakes and monitoring patient brain waves are just a few of the applications that rely on changing, real-world information. In typical systems, sensors pass on raw dat...
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Mikko Lipasti, Atif Hashmi, Andrew Nere, Giulio Tononi | P130049US01

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Ultrasonic Welding with Real-Time Quality Control

In ultrasonic welding, work pieces are clamped between a horn and anvil and then joined using high-frequency vibration energy. Friction and heat between the surfaces causes them to soften and meld tog...
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Xiaochun Li, Hongseok Choi, Hang Li, Wayne Cai, Jeff Abell, Jingzhou Zhao | P120081US01

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