Organic flow-battery lifetime prediction
A charged flow battery can lose capacity while merely waiting. Can a model forecast how much active organic material will remain when its temperature and charging schedule change?
Engineering
Self-healing concrete chloride protection
A bridge crack can appear to seal while salt still reaches the steel inside. How much reliable corrosion delay does healing provide when the crack and exposure keep changing?
Process-based fatigue qualification of printed metals
Two printed metal brackets can look alike and fail after different numbers of load cycles. Can manufacturing information predict that scatter before every process change requires a new fatigue campaign?
Autonomous soft-robot repair
A soft gripper can heal a clean cut. Can it detect an unexpected dirty, gaping injury, restore contact, repair itself and verify that it can carry a load again?
Microfluidic artificial lungs
Tiny blood channels can exchange enough oxygen to support a premature infant in a bench test. Can the complete device keep those channels open and compatible with blood during prolonged use?