ERDC Innovation
• Uses ICP-MS proxy signals and digital processing to rapidly screen large sample sets for likely rare-earth-element presence
• Prioritizes promising samples for full quantitative analysis, reducing the time and analytical effort spent on low-value samples
• Applicable to mineral exploration, resource evaluation, mine-waste reprocessing, environmental sampling, and strategic mineral mapping
• Contains explosions and captures debris
• Reduces shock waves and secures explosive remnants for safer cleanup
• Supports unexploded ordinance remediation, mine clearance, and blasting for dredging projects
• Operates on just 3 watts, similar to a cellphone signal
• Maintains consistent performance with no loss after repeated activation cycles
• Enables wireless motion for soft robotics, prosthetics, aerospace structures, and deployable defense and exploration systems
• Contains UV-C within the reactor, preventing unintended impacts on the surrounding ecosystem
• Adjusts UV exposure dynamically based on water clarity and treatment goals
• Treats blooms without chemicals or permanent infrastructure
• Cleans faster and better without hazardous chemicals or heavy machinery
• Delivers cost-efficient, multi-year performance with remote control connectivity for optimal functionality
• Reduces personnel needs through rapid, non-technical deployment, easy mobilization, and minimal power demands
• Provides simple tools for conducting cost-effective computational testing of a range of chemicals and materials, avoiding unnecessary lab-based testing
• Normalizes emission concentration values, enabling appropriate comparisons
• Includes a cumulative repository of scientific data, making automatic real-time adjustments to impact models as the database is updated
• In situ detection/removal of MEC from water in concentrations as low as one part per million
• Reaches final color and intensity after just 24 hours of exposure
• Scalable to treat larger bodies of water such as rivers, as well as small ponds and runoffs
• Uses abundant and inexpensive AFC materials
• Reusable
• Directional sensing without the need for heavy shielding
• Small and lightweight with low power requirements compared to state of the art
• Strong signal-to-noise ratio
• Field-ready
• On-site detection of RDX & NTO in soil and water samples
• Fast-acting: binds to over 50% of available RDX & NTO in just one hour
• Achieves nearly 100% of the theoretical binding capacity
• Streamlined process for detecting explosives in soil, water, or tissue samples
• Simultaneously detects traditional TNT and newer IMX
• Single column analysis yields faster results
• Reduces cost by using less solvent
• In-situ treatment for contaminated subsurface soil and groundwater
• Removes > 95% of TNT and NB
• Reduces chlorinated propane concentrations to non-detectable levels
• Utilizes inexpensive ammonia gas
• Environmentally friendly
