SBIR/STTR Research Award
Automated Monitoring of the Rhizosphere using a Microbial Sensor
Award amount
$224,288Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- BURGE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2018-04-09
- Contract end date
- 2019-01-08
- UEI
- EVKCLDHVWD79
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0001770
- Topic code
- 22a
Research abstract
An automated, real-time monitoring system for the determination of redox and microbial activity in unsaturated zone and/or the rhizosphere environments- This would allow for improved characterization of the subsurface environments- The sensor system is based on microbial fuel cell technology- The sensor system is composed of an anode, cathode and measurement circuitry- Neither the anode or cathode assemblies require the presence of an aqueous solution- Therefore, the system may be deployed in dry oxidizing soils- There is currently no commercially available technology for unsaturated zones for the measurement of soil potentials in dry soils-
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- 3D-Bioimaging of Charge Transfer within Biofilms Associated with Plants
- Microbial Potentiometric Sensors for Determination of Algal Biomass and the Impacts of Nutrient Loading
- 3D-Biomaging of Charge Transfer Within Biofilms Associated with Plants
- Automated Monitoring of the Rhizosphere Using Graphite Electrodes
- Automated Monitoring of Subsurface Microbial Metabolism with Graphite Electrodes
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- ICME Development of a Cold Spray Enabled Corrosion Resistant Bimetallic Structure for Nuclear Reactors
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Research funding history
20 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1990–2021). Reported award amounts total $9,043,011. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense