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Autonomous Drone for railroad track inspection
Reference #: 01564
The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Autonomous Drone for railroad track inspection
Background:
The current practices suffer from three main drawbacks: 1) Human pilot cost is significant. The schedule of the drone-based track inspection is contingent on the pilot’s availability rather than...
Published: 7/10/2026
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Updated: 8/8/2022
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Inventor(s): Yu Qian, Yi Wang, Chen Chen
Keywords(s): autonomous drone, flight control, image processing, railroad track inspection, self-navigation
Category(s): Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Scalable two-phase cooling plates
Reference #: 01575
The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Scalable two-phase cooling plates
Background:
Two-phase cooling usually fails at relatively low heat loads due to the loss of liquid supply. For real applications, two-phase cooling technologies need to match the size of electronic components. However, the...
Published: 7/10/2026
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Updated: 7/21/2022
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Inventor(s): Chen Li, Wei Chang, Enrico Santi, Bo Tian
Keywords(s): cold plate, high power device, Thermal management, Two-phase cooling
Category(s): Engineering and Physical Sciences, Software and Computing
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Manufacturable Nickle-Graphene Interface for Highly Efficient and Durable Condensers
Reference #:01272The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for an efficient and cost effective Nickel-Graphene surface to realize dropwise condensation.Background:Condensers are widely used in many applications, including air conditioners for automotive and building purposes, cooling units in industrial process, and condensing...
Published: 5/27/2021
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Updated: 1/12/2018
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Inventor(s): Chen Li, Wei Chang, Benli Peng
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Category(s): Engineering and Physical Sciences, Advanced Materials
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On-Demand Sweating-Boosted Air Cooled Heat-Pipe Condensers
Reference #: 01198The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for On-Demand Sweating-Boosted Air Cooled Heat-Pipe CondensersBackground:AS part of initiates for the development of a green economy, the U.S. federal government requires 2% annual reduction of water use for industrial, domestic, commercial, and agricultural applications,...
Published: 3/3/2026
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Updated: 7/21/2017
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Inventor(s): Chen Li, Jamil Khan, Xinyu Huang, Tanvir Farouk
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Category(s): Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Ultra-efficient Two-phase Evaporators/Boilers Enabled by Nano-tip-Induced Boundary Layers
Reference #: 01037 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for nanotip-induced boundary layers to enhance flow boiling in microchannels.Invention Description:The subject invention describes a method to make boundary layers created by nanotip arrays fabricated along the walls of microchannels that suppress flow boiling instabilities...
Published: 8/21/2019
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Updated: 7/7/2014
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Inventor(s): Chen Li, Fanghao Yang, Yan Tong
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Category(s): Engineering and Physical Sciences, Nanotechnology
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