The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $123,440 - Thursday the 9th of May 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  HJ SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO PROPOSE A JOINT VENTURE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A MOBILE "LAB-ON-A-ROBOT" PLATFORM CAPABLE OF IN-SITU, HIGH THROUGHPUT, AND SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF UNIVERSAL CLASSES OF IONS, MOLECULES, AND BIOMOLECULES FOR NASA PLANETARY AND SMALL BODY SURFACE CHEMISTRY STUDIES. THE INNOVATION OF THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY COMBINES CONTACTLESS CONDUCTIVITY DETECTION, ON-CHIP AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING, MINIATURIZED INSTRUMENTATION INTEGRATION, AND ROBOTIC AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES. IF SUCCESSFUL, SUCH A MOBILE PLATFORM FOR THE MINIATURIZED INSTRUMENT WILL LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE NASA IN SITU ROBOTIC MISSIONS. IN PHASE I, WE WILL SHOW THE BASIC FUNCTIONALITIES OF THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY BY DEMONSTRATING THE CAPABILITY OF (1) THE CONTACTLESS CONDUCTIVITY DETECTION TO DETECT SELECTIVE IONS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE AQUEOUS CHEMISTRY AND REACTIVITY OF THE MARTIAN SURFACE MATERIAL, (2) CONTROLLING THE DEVICE AS WELL AS COLLECTING AND ANALYZING THE DATA WIRELESSLY, AND (3) INTEGRATING THE CONTACTLESS CONDUCTIVITY DETECTION TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR CURRENT OPTICAL DETECTION BASED INSTRUMENTATION. IN PHASE II, THE MAIN EFFORT WILL DIRECT TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A "LAB-ON-A-ROBOT" PROTOTYPE TO BE DELIVERED TO JPL, WHICH WILL INCLUDE OPTICAL AND CONTACTLESS CONDUCTIVITY DETECTION CAPABILITIES, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND ON-CHIP AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING.

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• $122,328 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  HJ SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY, INC. PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN INTEGRATED "LAB-ON-A-CHIP" TECHNOLOGY CAPABLE OF IN-SITU, HIGH THROUGHPUT, AND REAL TIME IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A VARIETY OF TOXIC METALS, ORGANICS, AND BACTERIA BIOMARKERS IN SPACECRAFT WATER SUPPLIES ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THE NOVEL TECHNOLOGY COMBINES AUTOMATED PROGRAMMABLE ON-CHIP SAMPLE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, MICROCHIP CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS, AND LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE DETECTION IN A MINIATURIZED FORMAT. IN TERMS OF SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, THE IN SITU MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY OF OUR PORTABLE PLATFORM OFFERS IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES INCLUDING REDUCTION IN TIME AND COST, REAL-TIME DATA FOR BETTER AND MORE TIMELY DECISION MAKING, AND REDUCTION IN SAMPLE CONSUMPTION. IN ADDITION TO THE UNPRECEDENTED SENSITIVITY, EFFICIENCY, SELECTIVITY, AND THROUGHPUT COMPARED WITH THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES, THE PROPOSED MINIATURE INSTRUMENT ALSO MEETS THE STRINGENT SPACE-FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING SMALL CONSUMPTION OF SAMPLE AND REAGENT , LOW-MASS, LOW POWER CONSUMPTION, RAPID ANALYSIS TIME, AND MICROGRAVITY COMPATIBILITY. IN PHASE I, WE WILL ESTABLISH THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF THE TECHNOLOGY BY ANALYZING FLUORESCENTLY LABELED KETONES AND ALDEHYDES AS A PROOF OF PRINCIPLE DEMONSTRATION. IN PHASE II, THE MAIN FOCUS WILL DIRECT TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MINIATURIZED PROTOTYPE TO BE DELIVERED TO NASA BY INCORPORATING THE MOST PROMISING DESIGN BASED ON THE RESULTS OF PHASE I AS WELL INCLUDING ADDITIONAL DETECTION MODULES IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITY TO OTHER CONTAMINANTS RELEVANT TO SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.

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• $121,345 - Tuesday the 25th of September 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  HJ SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL HIGH PRESSURE "PUMP-ON-A-CHIP" AND "VALVE-ON-A-CHIP" MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGY FOR NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING ON-CHIP SAMPLE MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS. IN PARTICULAR, WE WILL DESIGN, BUILD AND DEMONSTRATE A MINIATURE HIGH PRESSURE MICROPUMP TO PRECISELY CONTROL FLUID FLOW IN MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH NO MOVING PARTS. THESE MICROPUMPS ARE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING HIGH PRESSURES WITH LOW ACTUATING VOLTAGES. SUCH HIGH PERFORMANCE, SMALL MASS AND VOLUME, AND LOW POWER CONSUMPTION MICROPUMPS AND MICROVALVES ARE AMENABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION AT WAFER LEVEL, IDEALLY SUITED FOR CHIP-BASED HPLC AND OTHER "LAB-ON-A-CHIP" SAMPLE MANIPULATION APPLICATIONS. FOR THE PHASE I EFFORT, WE WILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, AND TESTING THESE MICROPUMPS. THE PHASE I RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS PRODUCTION METHODS THAT CAN BE USED FOR THE TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS DESIGNING AND DETERMINING THE INTEGRATED MICRO-DEVICE AND THE PHASE II PROTOTYPE. IN THE PHASE II EFFORT, WE WILL CONSTRUCT AND TEST THE FINAL PROTOTYPES CAPABLE OF INTEGRATING TO HPLC CHIPS AND OTHER MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES.

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