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Available Technologies
Researchers at Colorado School of Mines are on the forefront of innovation. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing creative solutions to a wide range of scientific and engineering challenges. For more information, contact Will Vaughan, Director of Technology Transfer (wvaughan@mines.edu).
| Title | Inventors | Department | Category | Summary | Priority Date | Serial/Patent Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber-Focused Diode-Bar Optical Trapping for Microfluidic Flow Manipulation | Jeff Squier, David Marr, Robert Applegate, Tor Vestad | Chemical Engineering Physics | Photovoltaics and Spectroscopy | A simple, inexpensive fiber-based approach that allows for easy implementation of diode-bars for optical particle separations within flowing microfluidic systems. | 2007-09-26 | 9878326 |
| Lanthanide Nanoparticle Conjugates and Uses Thereof | Stephen Boyes, Misty Rowe;Douglas Thamm, Susan Kraft | Chemistry and Geochemistry | Biosciences | Gold/lanthanide nanoparticles with and without polymers grafted to, or polymerized form, the surface of lanthanide (e.g., gadolinium) nanoparticles. The polymers have functional groups that may be derivatized to include imaging, therapeutic and/or targeting agents at their surface. | 2008-08-22 | 8916135 |
| Optical-Based Cell Deformability | Jeff Squier; David Marr; Robert Applegate; Tor Vestad; Justin Chichester | Physics | Photovoltaics and Spectroscopy | A method to measure cell deformability in a dynamic, flowing system, using an integration of novel laser configurations within a microfluidic system. This optical stretching is able to distinguish between normal, cancerous and metastatic mouse fibroblast and human breast epithelial cells. | 2007-07-03 | 8119976 |
| Microfluidic flow assay for measuring hemostatic phenotypes | Keith Neeves, Ryan Hansen | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences | This microfluidic flow assay is a method for measuring an individual’s propensity to form a blood clot. The assay consists of a micropatterned surface that induces clot formation and an array of microfluidic channels through which blood flows. | 2010-03-12 | 8486349 |
| Spatially chirped pulses for femtosecond laser ablation through transparent materials | Jeff Squier, Dawn Vitek, Charles Durfee, Dan Adams, David Kleinfled | Physics | Photovoltaics and Spectroscopy | A method for micromachining high aspect ratio features in thick media using temporal focusing of spatially chirped femtosecond laser pulses | 2010-09-21 | 8669488 9545689 |
| Wave-Equation Migration Velocity Analysis Using Image Warping | Paul Sava, Francesco Perrone, Clara Andreoletti, Nicola Bienati | Geophysics | Sensors | A method to construct velocity models for imaging the interior of the Earth using wavefield-based methodology and the discrepancies between images constructed using redundant seismic experiments. | 2011-07-12 | 9702997 |
| Polylactide-Graft-Lignin Copolymers | John Dorgan, Mike Eyser,Clay Perbix | Chemical Engineering | Materials and Polymers | Methods to produce renewable polyactide-graft-lignin blends and copolymers | 2012-03-26 | 8993705 |
| Microfluidic Flow Assay and Methods of Use | Keith Neeves, Abimbola Onasoga | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences | A plasma-based flow assay for measuring thrombin and fibrin generation, the two end products of the coagulation cascade. It integrates the coagulation cascade into a fluidic architecture, which allows for measurement of these coagulation products under the hemodynamic conditions found in the body. | 2012-06-27 | 9709579 |
| Solubilizing Imide Precursors for Poorly Soluble Polymers | Dan Knauss | Chemical Engineering | Materials and Polymers | A method for making polyimides and other rigid conjugated polymers via soluble amide-ester precursors. This method has high thermal stability compatible with high temperature processing and the ability to easily manipulate insoluble materials through a soluble precursor | 2013-01-30 | 9355787 |
| Biodegradable Polymers for Delivery of Therapeutic Agents | Melissa Krebs | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences | An injectable antibody-laden biodegradable hydrogel that allows the antibodies to remain localized and be steadily released in a controlled manner over a sustained period of time. The delivery system should enhance efficacy of the therapeutic agent by increasing the local concentrations and prolonging the exposure of the treatment site. | 2014-06-24 | 9657094 |
| Alumina-Rich Glasses and Methods for Making the Same | Ivan Cornejo, Ivar Reimanis | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Materials and Polymers | A low-temperature method for making aluminum rich glasses that have high chemical durability and mechanical properties that are close to sapphire single crystals | 2013-05-21 | 9359244 |
| Pressure Oxidation of Enargite Concentrates Containing Gold and silver | Corby Anderson , Kim Conner | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Mining and Minerals | A method to separate copper and arsenic at moderate temperatures and pressures | 2013-11-01 | 11149328 |
| De-Zincing Zinc-Coated Metals | Corby Anderson, Joe Grogan, Gerald Martins | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Mining and Minerals | This invention uses an electrochemical-based technique to selectively remove the zinc coating from the substrate metal. Novel hydrometallurgical-methods are subsequently employed for reagent recovery. | 2014-02-25 | 10087502 |
| Purification of Yttrium Using Iminodiacetic Acid Resin | Corby Anderson, Ben Kronholm | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Mining and Minerals | A method to selectively separate yttrium from heavy rare earth mixtures | 2013-12-05 | 10696562 |
| 3D Gaze Control of Robot for Navigation and Object Manipulation | Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li | Mechanical Engineering | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | A three-dimensional (3D) gaze-based robot control system to guide robots for navigation and object manipulation. In this method, individuals can use their eyes to operate assistive robots for identifying, approaching, and manipulating target objects. | 2015-09-21 | 10157313 10755096 |
| Autonomous Robotic Laparoscope based on Eye Tracking | Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li | Mechanical Engineering | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | This system allows the robot to unobtrusively monitoring the surgeon’s gaze movements to track their viewing attention and to automatically adjust the field of view correspondingly. | 2015-09-21 | 10682038 |
| Interferometric Characterization for Divergence and Spatial Chirp | Charles Durfee, Amanda Meier | Physics | Photovoltaics and Spectroscopy | A spectral interferomic method to optimize intensity-localization in spatio-temporally focused ultrafast beams | 2014-10-17 | 9964449 |
| Integrated Single Grating compressor for Variable Pulse Front Tilt in Simultaneously Spatially and Templorarily Focused Systems | Jeff Squier, Erica Block | Physics | Photovoltaics and Spectroscopy | A multipass chirped pulse amplification system that is outfitted with a single grating, simultaneous spatially and temporal focusing compressor platform. This novel design has the ability to easily vary the beam aspect ratio of a spatially and temporal focusing beam, and thus the degree of pulse front tilt at focus, while maintaining a net zero-dispersion system. | 2014-12-12 | 10040146 |
| Triple Conducting Cathode for Intermediate Temperature Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Devices | Jianhua Tong, Ryan O'Hayre, Meng Shang, Chuaneheng Duan | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Renewable Energy | A novel perovskite-type multicomponent compound that displays high electrochemical performance at intermediate temperatures | 2016-01-08 | 10014529 10059584 |
| Metal Oxide Laser Ionization-Mass Spectrometry | Kent Voorhees, Casey McAlpin, Ryan Richards | Chemistry and Geochemistry | Biosciences | A method to rapidly identify bacteria and fatty acid using MALDI mass spectrometry | 2012-03-19 | 10079139 |
| Ammonia Synthesis at Moderate conditions Using Hydrogen Permeable Membrane Reactors | Doug Way, Sean-Thomas Lundin, Colin Wolden | Chemical Engineering | Renewable Energy | The synthesis of ammonia at moderate temperatures and pressures and potential on-site, scalable production | 2015-03-31 | 10159969 |
| Magnetic Field Driven Colloidal Microbots Employing Wall Based Propulsion | Tongue Tasci, Keith Neeves, David Marr | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences | A method to assemble, target, and disassemble microbots in the vasculature that can replace and improve upon current invasive procedures. This novel approach uses a combination of oscillating magnetic fields to create colloidal assemblies that roll along available surfaces. As a result, this method can be used to generate and control microbots that can translate throughout the body 10-100 times faster than competing procedures. | 2015-03-13 | 10722250 |
| Controlled And Tunable Precipitation Of Biomietic Apatites Via In Situ Mineralization Of An Organic Polymeric Matrix | Jacqueline Harding, Melissa Krebs | Chemical Engineering | Biosciences | The precipitation of biological apatites within a polymeric support substrate which closely resembles natural bone tissue, allows for tuning of the chemical composition and uses a controlled deposition of the mineral phase | 2015-06-01 | 10806827 10926000 |
| Functionalized Poly(diallylpiperidinium) and its copolymers for use in ion conducting applications | Daniel M. Knauss, Derek J. Strasser | Chemistry & Geochemistry | Materials and Polymers | A method to synthesize water insoluble, highly alkaline stable membranes for conductivity fuel cells, electrolysis devices, and batteries | 2017-08-22 | 11745148 |
| Mechanical Stiffening of Wurtzite Piezoelectrics by Boron Nitride Doping | Vladan Stevanovic, Sukriti Manna, Geoff Brennecka, Cristian Ciobanu | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Materials and Polymers | A method which maintains or increases the stiffness of piezoelectric material through additional alloying with boron nitride (BN), while retaining sufficient piezoelectric enhancements from the alloying with the more common piezo-enhancing nitride (CrN, ScN or YN). | 2017-10-13 | 11765977 |
| Boron Compounds for Admixture to Scintillators | Cory Pecinovsky, Pascale Meysing, Adam Mahl, John Dorgan, Uwe Greife, Tyler Remedes | Chemical Engineering | Sensors | A method of synthesis and characterization of a novel 10B enriched aromatic molecule that can be incorporated into common poly(vinyltoluene) (PVT) based plastic scintillators to achieve enhanced thermal neutron detection. | 2014-08-05 | 9796921 10698121 |
| New Method of Functionalizing Fluoropolymers with Acidic Side Chains Exhibiting Improved Properties | Andrew M. Herring, Mei-Chen Kuo, Andrew R. Motz | Chemical Engineering | Materials and Polymers | A fluoropolymer reaction that uses metal hydrides which: 1) reduces excess dehydrofluorination; 2) allows for controllable cross-linking of double bonds; 3) runs at a lower temperature; and 4) can be used to incorporate heteropoly acid | 2017-08-25 | 10961336 |
| Superelastic Ferroelastic Ceramics | Taylor Wilkinson, Matt Musselman, Corinne Packard | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Materials and Polymers | A method to synthesize superelastic ferroelastic ceramics that absorb and release vast quantities of mechanical energy and can do so across very wide temperature ranges. The resulting material is also oxidation and corrosion resistant for use in extreme environments | 2017-11-30 | 11027976 |
| High Efficiency Solid Oxide Fuel Cell | Robert Braun, Todd Brandhauer, Daniel Olsen, Bret Windom | Mechanical Engineering | Renewable Energy | A hybrid stationary power generator fueled from natural gas and based on solid oxide fuel cells and high efficiency, internal combustion engine technologies is conceived to generate electric power at 100-kW scale with an efficiency of 71% and a capital cost of <900 $/kW. | 2017-12-22 | 11145880 |
| System and Method of Extracting Water from Regolith on the Moon | George F. Sowers Jr., Christopher Brian Dreyer | Mechanical Engineering | Enviroment and Water | A method to extract water ice from the regolith in Permanently Shadowed Regions near the poles of the Moon. These techniques make use of direct heating of the regolith and avoid energy intensive and costly excavation. | 2018-03-02 | 11905833 |
| Aberration Correction for Atom Probe Tomography | Brian P Gorman | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Photovoltaics and Spectroscopy | This invention develops several new techniques to reach the goal of atomic scale tomography (AST), including in-situ electron microscopy imaging of atom probe specimens, wide field of view ion detector integration for AST, and new 3-D data reconstruction algorithms that overcome many of the current limitations of atom probe data analysis. | 2018-04-13 | 10755891 |
| Software Security System 2018 | Matthew Sanders, Chuan Yue | Computer Science | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | A method for generating least privilege policies from access logs using a supervised learning classification algorithm or unsupervised learning clustering algorithm. | 2018-10-16 | 11470122 |
| Identification of Defects in Metal During Continuous Casting | Matthew Zappulla, Brian Thomas | Mechanical Engineering | Materials and Polymers | This invention uses methodologies for post processing, as well as the selection of some visualization parameters, for a variety of variables and models relevant to understanding and quantifying the complex phenomena in steel continuous casting. A methodology is described for the processing of high-density data from temperature sensors to better visualize potential quality issues on the surface of a continuously cast slab. | 2019-01-28 | 11360039 |
| Compounds, Methods, And Systems For Benefication Of Rare Earth Elements By Flotation And Gravity Concentration | Alex Norgren, Nathanael Williams, Dylan Everly, Corby Anderson | Mining Engineering | Mining and Minerals | A new method to recover rare earth minerals from ores using centrifugal concentrators to beneficiate Ultra-Fine (UF) bastnaesite and calcite bearing flotation concentrates. This method recovers rare earth elements from ores in higher percentages than currently possible and can be easily integrated into current ore separation methods | 2020-08-02 | 17/392,102 |
| Fuel Cell with Planar Stacking Layers | Bob Kee, Huayang Zhu | Mechanical Engineering | Renewable Energy | This invention describes a dual-spiral channel architecture offering substantial improvements compared to the current state of the art for technologies that are based on electrically polarized, ion-conducting, membranes, such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, and membrane reactors | 2019-09-23 | 11996565 |
| Methods Of Making YSZ Supported Catalyst, And Methods Of Using The Same | Douglas Way, Colin Wolden, Zhenyu Zhang | Chemical Engineering | Renewable Energy | This invention describes a catalyst used for continuously synthesizing ammonia using a gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen as a raw material and a transition metal such as ruthenium promoted by alkali metals such as Cs, K, or Ba provides catalytic activity, supported by a yittria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) framework . | 2019-08-14 | 11925921 |
| Quantum Machine Learning System Using RFQA Quantum Optimization | Eliot Kapit | Computer Science | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | This method encompasses methods to improve RFQA including new lossy elements for quantum accelerated cooling, using of RFQA to accelerate thermalization in quantum machine learning, and adaptations of this scheme to digital quantum computers. The method uses ancilla qubits and frequent state resets as a cooling mechanism to accelerate performance and mitigate errors. | 2019-09-20 | 17/027,146 |
| Device Fingerprint-based Spoof-proof Secure Phone-as-a-Key | Dejun Yang | Computer Science | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | A spoof-proof secure smart key system which leverages the device fingerprint resulted from manufacturing imperfection. Like human fingerprints, a device fingerprint can be used to uniquely identify a device. Upon receiving the radio signal, the car will extract the fingerprint from the signal and compare it with the stored key fob fingerprint for authentication. This is a software-based solution and does not require extra hardware or devices and does not require modifying the current communication protocol between the key fob and the car. | 2020-10-14 | 11887418 |
| Bifunctional Catalysts and Systems and Methods for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Alkanes to Olefins and High-Valued Products | Canan Karakaya, Bob Kee, Olaf Deutschmann | Mechanical Engineering | Renewable Energy | This invention discloses catalysts and processes that use CO2 as a soft oxidizing agent to selectively convert low-value small alkanes (e.g., ethane, propane) to high-value small olefins (e.g., ethylene, propylene). | 2020-03-20 | 11724247 |
| Nanosuspensions of Cannabidiol for Developing Water-Dispersible Formulations | Anuj Chauhan | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Biosciences | A novel composition and a method of water-soluble CBD using melt emulsification and solvent evaporation. | 2020-05-22 | 11975098 |
| Method of Making Anhydrous Metal Chalcogenides | William Smith, Colin Wolden | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Materials and Polymers | An improved method of making anhydrous metal sulfides (MSx) from a Lithium catalyst. Such MSx compounds can be used in making batteries, catalysts, semiconductors and advanced lubricants. | 2020-02-21 | 17/180,479 |
| Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell System | Robert J. Braun, Alexis Dubois, Kyle J. Ferguson | Mechanical Engineering | Renewable Energy | This invention describes an innovative system configuration for power generation applications using novel protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFC) electrochemical technology at the heart of the system and explores the performance characteristics of different, high efficiency PCFC system configurations. | 2023-06-06 | 18/329,930 |
| Advanced Systems and Methods for Leaching Rare Earths From Ore Field | Gerald Colligan, Corby Anderson | Mining Engineering | Mining and Minerals | Mining of rare earth elements such as Cerium, Lanthanum and Neodymium in the United States requires processing to recover the relatively small amounts from much larger amounts of samples. This new method is a single stage process that has a recovery rate (95%) far in excess of the current methods (60%) using a lesser amount of caustic chemicals | 2021-01-15 | 17/575,357 |
| Error-Divisible Quantum Gates | Eliot Kapit, David Schuster | Physics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | A simple method by which additional signals are added into parametrically driven couplers in quantum computing systems to instantaneously cancel unwanted terms, leading to error-divisible quantum gates. | 2020-12-31 | 17/564,802 |
| Tunable Capacitor For Superconducting Qubits Using an InAs/InGaAs Heterostructure | Eliot Kapit, Nicholas Materise, Javad Shabani | Physics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | A gate-tunable coupler realized with a two-dimensional electron gas in an InAs/InGaAs heterostructure. The numerical simulations yield an on/off ratio of over two orders of magnitude. The proposed system also gives an estimate of the dielectric-limited loss from the inclusion of the coupler in a two-qubit system. | 2020-12-31 | 17/564,789 |
| Single Shot Spatial Frequency Modulation Imaging (SPIFI) | John Czerski, Daniel Adams, Jeff Squier | Physics | Photovoltaics and Spectroscopy | This invention combinines super resolution optical measurement with precision laser machining (Femtosecond Laser Machining), which dramatically improves 3D printing of metal parts. This Spatial Frequency Modulation Imaging (SPFI) is a new super-resolution optical measurement technique that is compatible with laser-based advanced manufacturing. | 2021-07-21 | 17/868,562 |
| Efficient Geophysical Data Acquisition Method Using Sparse Irregular Samples Based on Ergodic Sampling Theory | Mengli Zhang, Yaoguo Li | Geophysics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | A sampling theory and practical approach which uses ergodic sampling, requiring only a fraction of number of samples currently used to capture the same information. This sampling theory uses four efficient acquisition design criteria for practical application. Using these criteria, receiver-deployment patterns are generated which use a fraction (10%-50%) of stations traditionally required | 2021-07-30 | 17/877,304 |
| Magnetite Ore Pelletizing Compositions, Devices, Systems, and Methods Using Automotive Paint Sludge as a Binder | Corby Anderson, Victoria Vaccarezza | Mining Engineering | Mining and Minerals | A recycling application that employs the use of the automotive paint sludge material. The paint sludge is used as a binder for iron ore pellets, typically used for iron- and steelmaking. | 2021-11-03 | 18/052,487 |
| Airborne Delivery of Microrobots | David Marr, Keith Neeves | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Biosciences | This invention describes a method by which individual building blocks of microbots (µbots) are aerosolized and subsequently assembled in situ and are capable of translation and mechanical work deep within lung mimics. With this strategy, a variety of pulmonary diseases previously difficult to treat may now be susceptible to µbot-based therapies. | 2021-11-09 | 17/983,933 |
| Functionalized aromatic phosphonic acids for application | Alan Sellinger Jinsong Huang (UNC) Anastasia Kuvayskaya Chengbin Fei (UNC) | Physics | Sensors | Solar cell technology, in which the synthesis, characterization, and purification of functionalized aromatic phosphonic acids (FAPA) using absorbing perovskite layers allows for changing electrochemical properties such as varying dipoles or the difference between opposing charges of molecules. This expands access of phosphonic acids that can be tuned for absorption into targeted sites of active material layers for hole extraction, which leads to a higher power conversion efficiency in solar cells | 2024-04-03 | 63/574,079 |
| Immobilized Hydrolytic Dehalogenases | Rick Holz Karla Diviesti | Chemistry | Sensors | This invention describes degrading hazardous organic compounds by cutting the carbon-chlorine bond in aromatic compounds and disabling two enzymes - TrzN and Chd. The disabling of the two enzymes serves to restrict activity to within the biomaterials while maintaining the ability to digest two main compounds of interest: chlorothalonil and atrazine. | 2022-12-16 | 18/544,148 |
| Hyperspectral Data Interpretation Using Co-Registered Datasets and Artificial Intelligence | Katharina Pfaff Thomas Monecke Amit Rotem Luis Tenorio Alexander Vidal | Geology | Mining and Minerals | Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) were used on different rock formations to gather hyperspectral infrared data such as light absorption data, texture, and abundance levels of minerals. The raw data produced from field assessments and scaled-up versions of datasets obtained from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) or X-ray fluorescence (XRF) were utilized to examine subsamples and can be used for examining drill core samples or waste rock/tailings. | 2023-02-15 | 18/441,842 |
| Rapid electrochemical mapping of energy conversion devices | Ryan O'Hayre Jake Huang | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Renewable Energy | A methodology that synthesizes a detailed electrochemical map containing significant properties such as temperature, power performance, and corrosion potential for batteries and fuel cells. Probability-based data analysis is used to reveal hidden data-based relationships when examining electrochemical maps in certain datasets, which can improve quality control and innovative energy technologies. | 2023-02-24 | 18/584,766 |
| Superconducting Logical Qubit Architecture | Eliot Kapit | Physics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | A galvanically shunted tunable coupler for 3D microwave cavities. Using a SQUID in galvanic contact with the walls of a buffer cavity, we achieve high on/off coupling ratios and large SWAP rates between neighboring 3D cavities. This design significantly increases the coupling rate between neighboring cavities compared to existing fixed frequency aperture couplers and dipole-coupled flux-tunable transmon implementations. This design has the potential to overcome the 3D transmon coherence limit set by high electric field participation of the substrate, supporting further development of 3D cavity-based qubit and qudit systems. | 2022-07-05 | 18/347,263 |
| Photobioreactor Methods and Systems for Accurate Environmental Maintenance of Biological Cultures | Devin Karns Ed Dempsey | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Biosciences, Sensors | An automated photoreactor system to simulate outdoor pond growth, which consists of an engine cooled with liquid to promote high efficiency in photoreactions with controls for temperature, mass flow, and types of liquids. Using measurable parameters such as light exposure, temperature, and pH, the photoreactor monitors culture growth by electronic sensors to simulate outdoor pond conditions and volumetric tools such as weigh modules to maintain media layers and salinity levels. | 2023-06-08 | 63/506,996 |
| Hydrogen Permeable, Intermetallic Diffusion Barriers Used in BCC Metal Membranes | Colin Wolden Adam Job Douglas Way | Chemical and Biological Engineering | Renewable Energy | A method consisting of a catalyst containing platinum group metals and body-centered cubic unit cells containing group IV metals are attached to a nitrogen atom, creating a diffusion barrier to promote a thin, permeable membrane layer that processes H2-metal complexes at high temperatures. Long-term thermodynamic stability and increased efficiency were demonstrated due to 100 percent selectivity and permeability with respect to hydrogen gases. | 2023-06-12 | 63/472,530 |
| Optical Concentrate Monitoring Algorithm for Membrane Scaling Mitigation | Johan Vanneste Alexander Schwiebert John Arthur Bush | Civil and Enviromental Engineering | Sensors | A method monitoring membrane-based desalination of water, using parameters such as temperature, pH, and flow regime. Analysis of the concentrate stream, liquid feed and product streams uses any turbidity as an indication of crystallization occurring. Once detected, operators can then mechanically remove the scaling and tune the system to optimal conditions and prevent further scaling. | 2023-03-07 | 18/180,045 |
| Copper- and Cobalt-containing Ore Processing Methods and Systems | Corby Anderson Emma Bishop Mason Brevig Luis Aguayo Torrez Erik Spiller | Mining Engineering | Mining and Minerals | A method of separating copper and cobalt concentrates by floating at high pH with starvation dosage of collector. Optimized recovery to copper concentrate at 20.9% with only 3.98% cobalt. | 2024-02-20 | 63/555,714 |
| Characterizing and monitoring subsurface stimulated serpentinization for geologic hydrogen | Mengli Zhang Yaoguo Li | Geophysics | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | A method to monitor geologic hydrogen and that tracks geophysical properties and data from the serpentinization process is utilized in the field to map out locations and process activity. This data can be applied to direct decision making in the field such as water and catalyst injection locations in subsurface formations at the Earth’s crust | 2023-12-20 | 63/613054 |
| Methods for the Fast Approximation and Solving of Hard Optimization Problems on a Quantum Computer | Eliot Kapit | Computer Science | Computer Science and Quantum Computing | Two algorithms that optimize cost functions to simplify and solve complex problems. The first algorithm is spectral folding, in which the energy cost function is picked apart and then the data set is scattered so that approximate solutions are returned for a wide range of problems in a ground state band for fields like molecular biology. The second algorithm is IST-SAT, in which previous sample data is correlated to tuning parameters and then converges into ground state data when initialized properly. These related algorithms are applicable to other topics, not just ones that are intertwined with biology. | 2023-10-31 | 63/594,612 |