Abstract: Systems and methods for optimal planning and real-time control of energy storage systems for multiple simultaneous applications are provided. Energy storage applications can be analyzed for relevant metrics such as profitability and impact on the functionality of the electric grid, subject to system-wide and energy storage hardware constraints. The optimal amount of storage capacity and the optimal operating strategy can then be derived for each application and be prioritized according to a dispatch stack, which can be statically or dynamically updated according to data forecasts. Embodiments can consist of both planning tools and real-time control algorithms.

Abstract: An integral field spectral imager has a plurality of optical homogenizers. Each optical homogenizer is in-register with a corresponding different superpixel in a superpixel array and is configured to spatially homogenize incident EMR and to pass the spatially homogenized EMR to a spectral filter in an array of spectral filters, thence to the in-register, corresponding different superpixel. Baffles are included to maximize confinement of the spatially homogenized EMR passed by a single optical homogenizer to the in-register, corresponding different superpixel so as to minimize crosstalk between superpixels. Optical homogenizers and baffles are designed to produce a pattern of homogenized EMR on a superpixel, regardless of where incident EMR is received on an optical homogenizer. Methods for using embodiments of the spectral imager in a variety of spectral bands in the EMR spectrum enable determining spectral information about incident EMR.

Abstract: Methods and sensors for the detection, identification, and quantification of one or more gas species, including volatile organic compounds, in a test sample are described. Methods employ gas sensors comprising a diffusion matrix present on the sensor surface. A gas analyte in a test sample diffuses through the matrix and is detected upon interaction of the analyte with the sensor. A response profile of a gas sensor to a gas analyte in the test sample is compared to a control gas sensor response profile determined in a similar manner for a known gas species. Comparisons of test sample and control sample sensor response profiles enable detection, identification, and quantification of a gas species analyte in a test sample.

Abstract: A light field relay has an array of microlenses, an array of transducers, and an array of output optics. Microlenses focus one or more than one selected portions of an incident light field to separate corresponding transducers. Each corresponding transducer receives and transduces a single portion of focused light and emits the transduced light. Corresponding different output optics substantially collimate the transduced light and emit the substantially collimated light as an emitted light field. The light field relay may collect infrared light in one or more selected portions of an incident light field, transduce the infrared light to visible light, substantially collimate the transduced visible light, and emit a visible light field.

Abstract: A method and apparatuses to extend the time interval between out-of-service, in-tank inspections while insuring structural integrity using a risk-based, Bayesian statistical approach comprised of a passing leak detection test, determining that the tank is not leaking, estimating a thickness of the tank floor to estimate a corrosion rate, and conducting a risk assessment using the result of the leak detection test, the corrosion rate and thickness of the tank floor, and statistical data of tank failures.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber that has a liquid disposed therein, and a sensor submerged in the liquid. The sensor comprises a porous conductive film on a substrate, and the film comprises chemiresistive semiconducting metal oxide structures. The sensor also comprises an electrode pair operably connected to the porous conductive film for generating electric current in the film and for detecting a change in an electrical property of the film. The apparatus can be used to detect, identify, and quantify ions and molecules in a liquid sample. Molecules and ions, in a liquid sample, that interact with the porous conductive film can cause a change in an electrical property of the film. The change in electrical property of the film can be correlated with the presence and amount of the molecules or ions.

Abstract: The method and apparatus of the present invention will provide a means for a tank owner to determine the time until the next out-of-service API 653 internal inspection of an aboveground storage tank (AST) or an underground storage tank (UST) should be considered or performed based on in-service measurements of the tank filled with fuel or another liquid. The inspection interval is determined from a leak detection test with a pass and a probability distribution of the survival rate of the tank bottom that is representative of the tank being inspected. More accurate estimates are obtained by using measurements of the thickness and corrosion rate of the tank bottom at one or a few locations in the tank and the results of an acoustic emission (AE) corrosion activity test and/or previous out-of-service inspection measurements of the tank floor bottom thickness of the floor at many locations. The method is based on the concept of equivalent risk.

Abstract: A tunable notch filter for operation in reflection mode comprises an antenna layer positioned on a transmissive substrate and a mirror layer positioned on a support substrate. The antenna layer and the mirror layer are positioned on opposite sides of a gap and facing each other, the gap having a gap distance. The notch filter is tuned by adjusting the gap distance between the antenna layer and the mirror layer. Tuning the notch filter to a selected state can cause the filter to selectively attenuate the reflection of at least some electromagnetic radiation that is incident on the transmissive substrate and enters the notch filter.

Abstract: A light field relay has an array of microlenses, an array of transducers, and an array of output optics. Microlenses focus one or more than one selected portions of an incident light field to separate corresponding transducers. Each corresponding transducer receives and transduces a single portion of focused light and emits the transduced light. Corresponding different output optics substantially collimate the transduced light and emit the substantially collimated light as an emitted light field. The light field relay may collect infrared light in one or more selected portions of an incident light field, transduce the infrared light to visible light, substantially collimate the transduced visible light, and emit a visible light field.

Abstract: A method of mounting a storage unit to a vehicular apparatus, such as a motorcycle, includes the step of securing a cantilevered mounting member having a mounting plate to the frame of the vehicular apparatus. A storage device can be connected to the mounting plate to stabilize the storage device as the vehicular apparatus is in motion. As a preferred embodiment, the method of mounting begins with the removal of a foot peg from a motorcycle to expose the foot peg mounting bracket to which the mounting member is affixed. The mounting plate of the mounting member can be used to secure articles to be transported by the vehicular apparatus with or without a separate storage device.

Abstract: Methods use a tunable notch filter for constructing a spectral map of electromagnetic radiation in a selected spectral band that is incident on a notch filter for a plurality of time periods. Electromagnetic radiation is passed by an electronically tuned notch filter to a detector array for the plurality of selected time periods, and the detector response is determined. For at least a first selected time period the notch filter is tuned to selectively attenuate the passing of one or more selected sub-bands of electromagnetic radiation in the selected spectral band. Information about the selectively attenuated radiation is determined and used along with information about the radiation passed to the detector array for each time period to construct a spectral map. Electronically tunable notch filters may be made with metamaterials such as patterned graphene.

Abstract: Structures and static random access memory bit cells including complementary field effect transistors and methods of forming such structures and bit cells. A first complementary field-effect transistor has a first storage nanosheet transistor, a second storage nanosheet transistor stacked over the first storage nanosheet transistor, and a first gate electrode shared by the first storage nanosheet transistor and the second storage nanosheet transistor. A second complementary field-effect transistor has a third storage nanosheet transistor, a fourth storage nanosheet transistor stacked over the third storage nanosheet transistor, and a second gate electrode shared by the third storage nanosheet transistor and the fourth storage nanosheet transistor. The first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are arranged in a spaced arrangement along a longitudinal axis. All gate electrodes of the SRAM bitcell may be arranged in a 1CPP layout.

Abstract: The invention relates to an implant with a shank which is insertible into a bone cavity, which shank is made of a plastic, in particular of a bioincompatible plastic, and defines at least one bone contact face, wherein the bone contact face is provided or coated with a first biocompatible bone contact layer or bears a biocompatible bone contact layer, wherein the shank of the implant is intended to be anchored in the bone cavity without bone cement and wherein the first bone contact layer is formed entirely closed.

Abstract: Methods use a tunable notch filter for constructing a spectral map of electromagnetic radiation in a selected spectral band that is incident on a notch filter for a plurality of time periods. Electromagnetic radiation is passed by an electronically tuned notch filter to a detector array for the plurality of selected time periods, and the detector response is determined. For at least a first selected time period the notch filter is tuned to selectively attenuate the passing of one or more selected sub-bands of electromagnetic radiation in the selected spectral band. Information about the selectively attenuated radiation is determined and used along with information about the radiation passed to the detector array for each time period to construct a spectral map. Electronically tunable notch filters may be made with metamaterials such as patterned graphene.

Abstract: A method and apparatuses to extend the time interval between out-of-service, in-tank inspections while insuring structural integrity using a risk-based, Bayesian statistical approach comprised of a passing leak detection test and the using the results from (1) tank floor thickness measurements, (2) prior out-of-service tank floor inspection results, and/or (3) acoustic emission corrosion maps of the tank floor to estimate the minimum thickness and maximum corrosion rate of the tank during the extension period.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber that has a liquid disposed therein, and a sensor submerged in the liquid. The sensor comprises a porous conductive film on a substrate, and the film comprises chemiresistive semiconducting metal oxide structures. The sensor also comprises an electrode pair operably connected to the porous conductive film for generating electric current in the film and for detecting a change in an electrical property of the film. The apparatus can be used to detect, identify, and quantify ions and molecules in a liquid sample. Molecules and ions, in a liquid sample, that interact with the porous conductive film can cause a change in an electrical property of the film. The change in electrical property of the film can be correlated with the presence and amount of the molecules or ions.

Abstract: A tunable notch filter for operation in reflection mode comprises an antenna layer positioned on a transmissive substrate and a mirror layer positioned on a support substrate. The antenna layer and the mirror layer are positioned on opposite sides of a gap and facing each other, the gap having a gap distance. The notch filter is tuned by adjusting the gap distance between the antenna layer and the mirror layer. Tuning the notch filter to a selected state can cause the filter to selectively attenuate the reflection of at least some electromagnetic radiation that is incident on the transmissive substrate and enters the notch filter.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber that has a liquid disposed therein, and a sensor submerged in the liquid. The sensor comprises a porous conductive film on a substrate, and the film comprises chemiresistive semiconducting metal oxide structures. The sensor also comprises an electrode pair operably connected to the porous conductive film for generating electric current in the film and for detecting a change in an electrical property of the film. The apparatus can be used to detect, identify, and quantify ions and molecules in a liquid sample. Molecules and ions, in a liquid sample, that interact with the porous conductive film can cause a change in an electrical property of the film. The change in electrical property of the film can be correlated with the presence and amount of the molecules or ions.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDR, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDR, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.