Patents Assigned to The Texas A&M University System
  • Patent number: 11924956
    Abstract: An apparatus for measurement of Thomson scattering signals from a plasma includes a light emitting device, configured to emit a light beam into the plasma, along an axis. In addition, the apparatus includes a collector configured to collect the Thomson scattering from the plasma at an angle less than 90 degrees from the axis of the light beam. Further, the apparatus includes a sensor assembly to detect the Thomson scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Richard B. Miles, Christopher Limbach, Alexandros Gerakis
  • Patent number: 11920250
    Abstract: Provided herein is an electrodialysis metathesis system that has at least one stack or quad of compartments arranged so each compartment is in fluid communication with its adjacent compartment via alternating cation- and anion-exchange membranes. The compartments in a stack are a feed compartment, a substitution salt solution compartment, a first concentrated compartment and a second concentrated compartment. Also provided are processes and methods for separating or recovering a metal, for example, a rare earth element, or a salt or a combination thereof from a salt-containing water. Simultaneous metathesis reactions and electrodialysis across the stack recovers one or more metal or salts from the salt-containing water which desalinates the salt-containing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Lucy Mar Camacho Chico, Mohammad U. Shafiq
  • Patent number: 11912577
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for creating or fabricating nanopore(s) on a membrane. The membrane is bombarded by ions, for example, C60 ions through at least one nanotunnel through a mask that is positioned on the membrane. Also provided is a two dimensional membrane with at least one nanopore thereon fabricated via these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventor: Lin Shao
  • Patent number: 11911523
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a wound dressing comprising: a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam, including open cells, having first and second states; and a hydrogel (HG) included within the cells; wherein (a) in a first position a composite, including the SMP foam and the HG, is configured to be located proximate a hemorrhagic tissue with the SMP foam in the first state; (b) in a second position the composite is configured to be expanded to the second state against the hemorrhagic tissue when the SMP foam is plasticized at 37° C. depressing a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the SMP foam to below 25° C. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Duncan J. Maitland, Todd Lawrence Landsman, Tyler Joseph Touchet, Elizabeth L Cosgriff-Hernandez, Thomas S. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11905244
    Abstract: Methods of identification of inhibitors of calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel and small molecule inhibitors of CRAC channel, including methods of their synthesis and pharmaceutical use, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Yubin Zhou, Lian He
  • Patent number: 11904005
    Abstract: Vaccine vectors and methods of using the vaccine vectors to enhance the immune response to an Apicomplexan parasite and reduce the morbidity or mortality associated with subsequent infection are provided herein. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a Rhomboid polypeptide and optionally include an immune-stimulatory polypeptide suitably expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: John R. Barta, Luc Berghman, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Olivia B. Faulkner, Lisa Bielke, Billy Hargis
  • Publication number: 20240052530
    Abstract: A method of producing carbon fibers by forming, via a one pot acidic precipitation, a precipitated lignin from a precipitation solution by contacting a lignin solution and an acid solution, wherein the precipitation solution comprises the lignin solution and the acid solution, wherein the lignin solution comprises lignin dissolved in a basic aqueous solution, and wherein the acidic solution has a pH of less than or equal to about 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2; forming precursor fibers from the precipitated lignin; and subjecting the precursor fibers to thermostabilization, carbonization, or both to produce the carbon fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Joshua Shuhua Yuan, Qiang Li
  • Publication number: 20240043112
    Abstract: A supersonic flow system in which a supersonic flow is encountered includes a surface configured to be exposed to a supersonic fluid flow, wherein the surface includes an upstream end and a downstream end opposite the upstream end, a wave generator coupled to the surface and including one or more actuators configured to selectably induce strain in the surface, and a wave controller in signal communication with the wave generator and configured to activate the one or more actuators to induce one or more travelling waves configured to travel along the surface between the upstream end and the downstream end of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventor: Iman Borazjani
  • Patent number: 11887751
    Abstract: A composite billet includes an array of textured-powder bars in a geometry that is compatible with assembly and drawing of a billet with LAR˜1:1. A method is presented of compressing the bars suitable for the billet geometry in an inert gas environment. Methods of drawing of the billet control the deformation of the composite billet during area-reducing draw to fine wire so that the shape and registration of the constituent bars is preserved. Lastly a method is disclosed to fabricate a cable-in-conduit conductor containing the textured-powder Bi-2212/Ag wires that enables robust forming of windings and also provides in-cable containment of a buffer gas flow under high pressure during the high-temperature heat treatment of the winding that is required to produce optimum superconducting performance in the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Accelerator Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Peter McIntyre, John Scott Rogers
  • Patent number: 11887752
    Abstract: A design is presented for a structured cable suitable for carrying a large electric current in a cable-in-conduit comprising an assembly of rectangular stacks of thin superconducting tapes, with provisions for mechanical support of large mechanical stress and cross-flow of cooling fluid capable of removing large amounts of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Accelerator Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Peter McIntyre, John Scott Rogers
  • Publication number: 20240027978
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for predicting external resistive forces encountered by an industrial machine includes (a) predicting by a first model a resistive force applied to an industrial machine from an external material using previously collected sensor data, (b) predicting by a second model that is different from the first model an error of the resistive force predicted by the first model using the previously collected sensor data and the resistive force predicted by the first model, and (c) determining a corrected prediction of the resistive force by combining the resistive force predicted by the first model with the error predicted by the second model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: The Texas A&M University System, Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Xingyong Song, Sencheng Yu, Zongxuan Sun
  • Patent number: 11879777
    Abstract: A small, handheld Raman spectrometer device can be built from a laser, lenses, and a diffraction grating configured in a right-angle Raman spectroscopy geometry, and used in conjunction with a cell-phone camera to record the Raman spectra. The cell-phone-based Raman spectrometer system is suited to performing in-situ measurements of chemical and biological molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Peter M. Rentzepis, Dinesh Dhankhar, Anushka Nagpal
  • Publication number: 20240018451
    Abstract: A system for producing a product is disclosed. The system includes a production facility for producing a product using a chemical process involving chemical reactions, and an information processing device comprising a computer processor that simulates, using a hybrid model, the chemical reactions in the chemical process that produces the product to obtain a predicted output, wherein the hybrid model is a combination of a first-principles model and a data-driven model, determines, using an observer model, expected concentrations and levels of all substrates for the simulated process, sets derived optimal conditions for the chemical process based on the estimated concentrations and levels of all substrates, and predicts future production results based on a current status of the production facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: The Texas A&M University System, Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.
    Inventors: Costas Kravaris, Joseph Kwon, Parth Shah, Mohammed Ziyan Sheriff, Mohammed Saad Faizan Bangi, Chiranjivi Botre, Junichi Hirota
  • Patent number: 11873383
    Abstract: Vanadium oxide nanomaterial composite compositions and substrates including films comprising vanadium oxide nanomaterial composite compositions are described. A film and composition generally including a polymeric matrix; and a crystalline vanadium oxide nanomaterial dispersed in the polymeric matrix, wherein the crystalline vanadium oxide nanomaterial comprises a smallest dimension between about 100 nm and about 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Sarbajit Banerjee, Kate E. Pelcher, Nathan A. Fleer
  • Patent number: 11867059
    Abstract: Systems and methods for drilling a borehole are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system includes a drill bit and a plasma inducing apparatus coupled to the drill bit. The plasma inducing apparatus is configured to generate plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: David Staack, Li-Jung Tai, Dion S. Antao, Xin Tang
  • Patent number: 11870067
    Abstract: A highly scalable process has been developed for stabilizing large quantities of the zeta-polymorph of V2O5, a metastable kinetically trapped phase, with high compositional and phase purity. The process utilizes a beta-Cux V2O5 precursor which is synthetized from solution using all-soluble precursors. The copper can be leached from this structure by a room temperature post-synthetic route to stabilize an empty tunnel framework entirely devoid of intercalating cations. The metastable ?-V2O5 thus stabilized can be used as a monovalent-(Li, Na) or multivalent-(Mg, Ca, Al) ion battery cathode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Sarbajit Banerjee, Justin L. Andrews
  • Patent number: 11857294
    Abstract: Provided herein are medical devices, systems and platforms to monitor tissue properties such as oxygen saturation, temperature and degree of tissue edema for diagnosis and post-operative patient monitoring. The medical devices may be handheld or portable or may be removable patches. The medical devices utilize light of various visible and near-infrared wavelengths to interrogate a tissue where the intensities of reflected light correlate to one or more tissue property. Also provided are methods for measuring tissue properties, for detecting pressure ulcers and for remotely monitoring in real time a surgical flap on a post-operative subject via the medical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: John Hanks, Amir Tofighi Zavareh, Michel Saint-Cyr
  • Patent number: 11859096
    Abstract: A method of applying a gas-impermeable coating includes forming a polyelectrolyte complex suspension. The polyelectrolyte complex suspension is applied to a substrate. The substrate having the polyelectrolyte complex applied thereon is treated. The treating reduces salt content of the polyelectrolyte complex. The treating results in a gas-impermeable coating being formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Jaime C. Grunlan, Merid Haile, Ryan Smith
  • Publication number: 20230415452
    Abstract: Provided herein are monostable adhesive interfaces, for example, a sacrificial bond interface, and self-repairing composite materials that are a layered assembly of magnetic materials and deformable adhesive materials such as a non-linear adhesive material and/or a mechanical adhesive. Also provided is a method for constructing a sacrificial bond composite material and the sacrificial bond composite material constructed by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Vanessa Restrepo, Oscar Ojeda
  • Publication number: 20230417652
    Abstract: Provided herein are non-invasive and non-destructive methods for classifying the type of external corrosion defect and the severity thereof in the cathodic protection system on a buried pipeline. Mathematical tools and algorithms are utilized to classify the type and the severity of the corrosion defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Homero Castaneda-Lopez, Lin Chen