TS-075755 — Electrification of high-power off-highway equipment remains challenging due to highly variable operating conditions, unpredictable duty cycles, demanding torque requirements, and limited charging infrastructure. Conventional energy management approaches often struggle to balance fuel efficiency, b…

TS-075750 — Agricultural tractors operate under highly variable conditions that make power demand, fuel consumption, and equipment performance difficult to predict. Differences in soil characteristics, terrain, field layouts, implements, and operator practices can cause substantial variability in energy use, …

TS-075721 — Transportation manufacturers continue to face increasing pressure to improve vehicle energy efficiency, extend electric vehicle range, and reduce emissions without adding significant cost, weight, or system complexity. While passive aerodynamic features such as strakes and deflectors are commonly …

TS-075686 — The rapid growth of AI training and high-performance computing workloads is driving chip power densities beyond the capabilities of many conventional cooling approaches. Data center operators face a difficult tradeoff between supporting next-generation high-power processors and controlling the sub…

TS-075663 — High-power laser systems, advanced sensing platforms, and emerging photonic architectures increasingly require optical fibers capable of operating across challenging wavelength regimes and extreme power densities. However, many high-performance crystalline fiber materials are difficult to process …

TS-075637 — Microfluidic and organ-on-chip platforms are gaining importance in drug discovery, toxicity testing, diagnostics, and advanced biological research. However, widespread adoption remains constrained by the difficulty of connecting microscale devices to conventional fluid delivery hardware. Existing …

TS-075600 — Incremental forging offers manufacturers a flexible route to produce near-net-shape components without dedicated dies, but process planning remains highly dependent on operator expertise, trial-and-error development, and time-consuming programming. As part geometries become more complex, determini…

TS-075588 — As federated learning expands across IoT, industrial, automotive, and connected-device ecosystems, maintaining reliable model training on energy-constrained edge devices remains a major challenge. Many devices operate on limited batteries or intermittent harvested energy, making continuous partici…

TS-075572 — The transition to advanced electronics, electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and defense technologies is driving growing demand for rare-earth elements. However, many valuable rare-earth resources exist in dilute waste streams, recycling processes, low-grade leachates, and hydrometallurgic…

TS-075552 — The battery industry is under increasing pressure to develop cathode materials that deliver higher energy density while reducing reliance on expensive and supply-constrained metals such as cobalt and nickel. Cation-disordered rock-salt (DRX) cathodes have emerged as promising candidates due to the…