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Broad Temperature Range MIS Hydrogen Sensors

WSU researchers have developed hydrogen sensors that differ from previous devices by employing aluminum nitride as an insulator in a metal insulator semiconductor structure. These new structures show a marked specificity for hydrogen under a wide range of conditions. Several prototype sensors with various applications have been tested results are available...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Flaminia Serina, Gregory Auner, Ka Yuen Simon Ng, Ratna Naik

Keywords(s): Device, Security

Category(s): Sensors, Physical Sciences, Automotive & Transportation, Other

Omni-Directional Angular Acceleration Reduction Helmet

Wayne State researchers have designed a new device to reduce the head angular acceleration of the helmet wearer during blunt impact. This technology introduces a helmet shell design which rotates with respect to head by the insertion of a thin layer of elastically or plastically yielding material between the outer and inner shells, depending on the...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Albert King, KinG-Hay Yang, Liying Zhang

Keywords(s): Athletic

Category(s): Safety, Automotive & Transportation, Physical Sciences, Life Science, Medical Devices

Concussion Reduction Helmet

Technology Overview Wayne State University Researchers have designed a football helmet to reduce the likelihood of a cerebral concussion to the wearer during blunt impact with another player or the ground. The helmet shell and interior padding are tuned using a computer model of the head and helmet to reduce the strain experienced by the brain...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Albert King, KinG-Hay Yang, Liying Zhang

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Category(s): Physical Sciences, Automotive & Transportation, Life Science, Medical Devices, Safety, Software, Simulation & Modeling

Autonomous Operation of Electronically Controlled Diesel Engines on a Multitude of Fuels Using Ion Current and Other Combustion Sensors

WSU researchers have developed a method to enable advanced diesel engines to operate properly on fuels of different chemical and physical properties. This technology will allow conventional diesel engines to precisely adjust the operating parameters to meet the production goals in fuel economy and emissions at a relatively low cost. With the increase...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Naiem Henein, Tamer Badawy

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Category(s): Physical Sciences, Automotive & Transportation, Powertrain, Energy & Environment, Renewable Fuels, Sensors

Simultaneous Ion Sensing and Gas sampling in Combustion Engine Cylinders and Other Combustion Systems

Through the investigation of the sources of ionization in internal combustion engines, Wayne State University researchers have developed an invention to measure both ionization and gas sampling. Measurement of species such as NO, CO and CO2 produced in the combustion chamber throughout the engine cycle help to understand combustion behavior at...

Published: 3/31/2014 | Inventor(s): Naiem Henein, Tamer Badawy, Fadi Estefanous

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Category(s): Electronics, Automotive & Transportation, Physical Sciences, Powertrain, Sensors, Other

Graphene based support matrix to anchor bifunctional catalyst for Lithium-Air batteries

WSU researchers have developed a novel process to produce highly stable, conductive, and high surface area graphene based matrix for bifunctional catalysts for air cathodes. Given the promising stability and enhanced conductivity of the graphene matrix, the WSU researchers propose to incorporate bifunctional catalysts into a graphene matrix. Currently,...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Kapila Wadumesthrige, Ka Yuen Simon Ng, Steven Salley

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Category(s): Chemicals, Materials, Energy Storage/Battery, Energy & Environment, Nanomaterials, Physical Sciences, Catalysts, Automotive & Transportation, Battery

Enhanced Peripheral Detection Test-I (EPDT-I) Enhanced Peripheral Detection Test-II (EPDT-II)

Wayne State University researchers have teamed up with the Toyota Technical Center, a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), to work on projects for TEMA's safety research center -- the Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC). One technology under development is a software program related to driver distraction: •Method...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Li Hsieh, Richard Young, Sean Seaman

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Category(s): Software, Automotive & Transportation, Physical Sciences, Safety

Austenitic (Non-Magnetic) Structural Steel

Wayne State University research has yielded both a novel composition and a lower cost processing technique for the creation of austenitic non-magnetic structural steel. This steel has advantages that include a high work hardening rate, good corrosion resistance, combination of strength and ductility and good creep resistance. Use of this steel...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Susil Putatunda

Keywords(s): Transportation

Category(s): Materials, Automotive & Transportation, High strength, Other, Physical Sciences, Building & Construction, Industrial & Manufacturing

New Vehicle Roof Interior Design Concepts for Occupant Neck Protection During Rollover Crashes

Researchers at the Bioengineering Center at WSU have developed an interior roof design that reduces the coefficient of friction (COF) between the head and the roof or reduces the COF between the padding and its supporting structure. Rollover crashes are the most hazardous crashes to the human cervical spine. It has been reported that the neck is the...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Jingwen Hu, KinG-Hay Yang, Clifford Chou, Albert King

Keywords(s): Headliner, Roll_Over_Crashes

Category(s): Automotive & Transportation, Safety, Physical Sciences, Simulation & Modeling, Software

Guidance and Control System for Under Actuated Marine Surface Vessels

WSU researchers have developed a guidance system that yields a faster convergence rate of the ship to its desired trajectory than existing systems. The new algorithm varies the radius in the guidance algorithm exponentially as opposed to linear variations in existing schemes. This was done to prevent the system from over-reacting for small cross track...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Nabil Chalhoub, Nassim Khaled

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Category(s): Physical Sciences, Automotive & Transportation, Other, Software

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