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Railroad Energy-Harvesting Tie for Powering and Charging Railway Applications

The proposed novel railroad energy-harvesting tie is capable of powering various trackside electrical and electronics equipment, including establishing remote charging stations for drones. The energy harvester tie (ETH) uses an electromagnetic generator that is coupled with an efficient motion transmission to convert the movement (kinetic energy) of...

Published: 4/4/2025 | Inventor(s): Yu Pan, Lei Zuo, Mehdi Ahmadian

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Energy

Ion-Conductive and Electron-Conductive Open Lattice Catalyst Support Framework (Case No. 2025-090)

Summary: UCLA researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a novel catalyst support framework for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Background: Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are promising technologies for clean energy applications due to their high efficiency and reduced emissions. These devices...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Yu Huang, Ao Zhang

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Category(s): Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Materials

Advanced multi-channel controlled pneumatic printheads for 3D printing and particle fabrication

MAGIC printheads are customizable multi-channel pneumatic systems for 3D printing that create precise pharmaceutical and biological micro-particles. They enable controlled mixing and extrusion, accommodate various materials, and enhance drug delivery and biomedical applications. Background Producing micro- and nanoparticles for pharmaceutical and...

Published: 2/20/2025 | Inventor(s): Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Yu Zhang, Faez Alkadi

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Category(s): Life sciences > Therapeutics > Manufacturing platform

Directly Sprayed 2D Nanomaterial Coatings on Body Surfaces for Health Monitoring (Case No. 2025-051)

Summary: UCLA researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a novel coating that is directly sprayed on body surfaces for improved health monitoring, particularly for deep tissues. Background: Deep tissue activities, such as blood circulation and brain function, provide crucial insight into normal and pathological...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang, Dehui Zhang

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Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Flexible Electronics, Electrical > Sensors, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems

Safe Explicable Robot Planning

Background Effective human-robot interaction must be informed by human expectations and knowledge of the world, including how robots are expected to act/interact in various situations. However, knowledge about the robot may be inconsistent with the ground truth, which can result in the robot not meeting expectations, and the interaction integrity being...

Published: 2/13/2025 | Inventor(s): Yu Zhang, Akkamahadevi Hanni, Andrew Boateng

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Category(s): Physical Science, Applied Technologies, Wireless & Networking, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

Acquisition – Software to Control Acquisition of Images for Near-Earth Object Survey Operations

The Acquisition subsystem in the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) software suite manages the operation of telescopes and instruments to capture data on asteroids and Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). Once areas of the sky are selected for observation, Acquisition takes over, accepting the input from the Planner subsystem and coordinating the telescope, camera, and...