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2022-279 Pipeline System Integrity Management (PSIM)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the B. John Garrick Institute for Risk Sciences have developed a user-friendly software that utilizes real-time data and comprehensive failure models to help natural gas operators optimize mitigation actions to enhance the structural reliability and safety of a pipeline system. Background: There is over 2.6 million miles...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Ali Mosleh, Wadie Chalgham, Keo-Yuan Wu, Zahra Mahmoodzadeh Poornaki

Keywords(s): Artificial Intelligence, Control Systems, Corrosion, Extraction Of Petroleum, Industrial Gases, Internal Combustion Engine, Mechanical Systems, Monitoring And Recording Systems, Natural Gas, Petroleum Carbohydrate, Petroleum Reservoir, Prognosis, Risk Assessment, Water Injection (Oil Production)

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Software & Algorithms > Data Analytics, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Gas Storage

2020-810 Mechanical Ventilator With a Fixed Number of Orifice Plates to Generate Constant Flow Paths

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Bioengineering have developed a constant flow path mechanical ventilator used for the treatment of advanced respiratory diseases, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Background: Respiratory failure leading to the need for respiratory support...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Glen Meyerowitz

Keywords(s): Angiogenesis Acute Lung Injury, Cellular Respiration, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Cerebrospinal Fluid Tetramer Retinol Binding Protein, Cerebrospinal Fluid Ventricular System Bleeding, Deoxygenation, Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Diagnostic Test, Digital Microfluidics, Ferrofluid, Flow Device, Fluid Dynamics, Fluidics, Half-Reaction Electrolysis Of Water Oxygen Evolution, Intensive-Care Unit Vital Signs, Lung, Lung Pulmonology, Mechanical, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Systems, Medical Device, Medical Device Poly(Methyl Methacrylate), Medical Devices and Materials, Microfluidics, Microfluidics And Mem's, Microfluidics Dielectrophoresis, Microfluidics Multi-Band Device, Microfluidics Nanosphere, Mouse Respiratory System, Oxygen, Oxygen Saturation, Reactive Oxygen Species, Respiratory & Pulmonary, Synovial Fluid

Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Therapeutics > Infectious Diseases > COVID

2020-388 Spectrally Selective Thermal Radiators for Cooling of Vertical or Horizontal Surfaces with Limited View of the Sky

SUMMARY UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a passive radiative cooling design for building surfaces that have a limited view of the sky by using spectrally selective thermal radiating materials. BACKGROUND Passive radiative cooling (PRC), a process where objects on Earth radiate heat into outer...

Published: 8/16/2024 | Inventor(s): Jyotirmoy Mandal, Pattabhi "Aaswath" Raman

Keywords(s): Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, Heat Transfer, Materials, Mechanical Systems

Category(s): Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Energy & Environment > Thermal

2017-841 Soft Shear Force Resistive Sensor Embedded Artificial Skin

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a bioinspired, thin and flexible liquid metal filled resistive PDMS microchannel shear force sensing skin. BACKGROUNDTactile sensing is important for haptic exploration and object manipulation; however, it is not yet widely implemented in robot hands or...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Veronica Santos, Jianzhu Yin, Jonathan Posner

Keywords(s): Mechanical Systems, Robotics

Category(s): Mechanical > Robotics

3D Printed Normal Force Sensor

UC Case 2018-740SUMMARY:UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel 3D printing method that produces customizable normal force sensors at high speed and low cost.BACKGROUND:Tactile normal force sensors are essential in haptic feedback systems to reduce excessive grip force. Commercially available piezoresistive force...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Warren Grundfest, Ahmad Abiri, Asitha Kaduwela, Songping Sun, Erik Dutson

Keywords(s): Mechanical Systems, Medical Devices and Materials, Robotics, Sensors, Surgical Tools

Category(s): Mechanical > Robotics, Mechanical > Sensors, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools

2019-545 REACTING MOLECULES AND COLLOIDS ELECTROPHORETICALLY

Reacting Molecules and Colloids ElectrophoreticallyUC Case No. 2019-545 SUMMARY:Researchers in UCLA's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have harnessed gel electrophoresis in order to direct and program controlled collisional reactions between pulse-like bands of molecules and/or colloidal reagent species. BACKGROUND:Gel electrophoresis is a...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Thomas Mason, Dimitri Bikos

Keywords(s): Life Science Research Tools, Mechanical Systems, Microfluidics And Mem's, Research Methods, Targets And Assays

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

A Novel Torsional Spring for the Next Generation of Compliant Actuators for Humanoids

UC Case No. 2018-677SUMMARYUCLA Researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a spring device capable of outperforming the current gold standard of actuators seen in humanoid robots.BACKGROUNDThe need for automation of physical tasks has led to robot designs that resemble humans, referred to as humanoids. These...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Dennis Hong, Jeong Yoon

Keywords(s): Mechanical Systems, Robotics

Category(s): Mechanical > Mechanical Systems

2012-745 TECHNIQUES FOR CREATION AND INSERTION OF TEST POINTS FOR MALICIOUS CIRCUITRY DETECTION

Techniques for Creation and Insertion of Test Points for Malicious Circuitry DetectionTech ID: 30202 / UC Case 2012-745-0SUMMARYResearchers led by Dr. Potkonjak from the UCLA Department of Computer Science have developed a technique to detect hardware Trojans in integrated circuits.BACKGROUNDIntegrated circuits (ICs) play key roles in most of today’s...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Miodrag Potkonjak, Sheng Wei

Keywords(s): Computer Security, Mechanical Systems, Other

Category(s): Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Software & Algorithms > Programs

2018-191 Boron phosphide and its material systems for thermal management and thermal device applications

Boron Phosphide and Its Material Systems for Thermal Management and Thermal Device ApplicationsSUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace engineering have developed a novel thermal management material, boron phosphide (BP), that is highly thermally conductive and inexpensive to manufacture, with many desirable properties to...

Published: 11/15/2024 | Inventor(s): Yongjie Hu, Joon Sang Kang

Keywords(s): Electronics & Semiconductors, Heat Transfer, Mechanical Systems

Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Energy & Environment > Thermal

2015-167 Expandable Vascular Sheath for the Removal of Foreign Objects in the Vasculature

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Radiology have developed a novel expandable vascular sheath that can be used for encasement and facilitated extraction of foreign objects that have a larger cross section than existing vascular sheaths. BACKGROUND: Medical professionals are commonly required to perform non-invasive procedures for the...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Bashir Tafti, Edward Lee

Keywords(s): Mechanical Systems, Robotics

Category(s): Mechanical > Mechanical Systems

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