Jonathon K Oiler

US Patent:

20120326050, Dec 27, 2012

Filed:

Jan 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/513287

Inventors:

Hongyu Yu - Tempe AZ, US
Jonathon Keith Oiler - Scottsdale AZ, US
Hugh James Barnaby - Tempe AZ, US

Assignee:

Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf ASU - Scottsdale AZ

International Classification:

G01T 1/16

US Classification:

250395, 2503361

Abstract:

The present invention relates generally to the detection of high energy radiation. The present invention relates more particularly to the film bulk acoustic wave resonator-based devices, and their use in the detection of high energy radiation. One aspect of the invention is a method for detecting high energy radiation, the method comprising providing a film bulk acoustic wave resonator having a zinc oxide piezoelectric layer in substantial contact with a dielectric layer; exposing the film bulk acoustic wave resonator to the high energy radiation; determining the resonant frequency of the film bulk acoustic wave resonator; and determining the dose of high energy radiation using the resonant frequency of the film bulk acoustic wave resonator.

US Patent:

20180088113, Mar 29, 2018

Filed:

Sep 23, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/274599

Inventors:

- SAN DIEGO CA, US
KARA C. SORENSEN - SAN DIEGO CA, US
ROBERT D. GEORGE - SAN DIEGO CA, US
ANNA Y. OBRAZTSOVA - SAN DIEGO CA, US
JONATHON K. OILER - FORT COLLINS CO, US

Assignee:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY - SAN DIEGO CA

International Classification:

G01N 33/569
G01N 15/14
G01N 21/65

Abstract:

A method uses flow cytometry to prepare surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates for obtaining SERS spectra of bacteria. The method involves using a flow cytometer to sort bacterial cells into populations of bacterial cells based upon their biophysical characteristics. The cells may then be washed with a borate buffer to remove any chemical species that degrade the SERS response. A colloid-coated bacteria suspension is then created by mixing one of the populations of bacterial cells with SERS-active colloidal particles. The colloid-coated bacteria suspension is incubated until the SERS-active colloidal particles partition through the capsule and bind to the cell wall for each bacterial cell in the colloid-coated bacteria suspension. The colloid-coated bacteria suspension is then disposed onto a filter and a SERS spectra of the colloid-coated bacteria suspension is obtained using a Raman spectrometer.

US Patent:

20180090776, Mar 29, 2018

Filed:

Sep 23, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/274268

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Jonathon K. Oiler - San Diego CA, US
Alex Phipps - San Diego CA, US
Ralph D. Cooper - Lemon Grove CA, US
Lewis Hsu - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

H01M 8/065
H01M 16/00
H01M 8/04746
H01M 8/0444
H01M 8/04537

Abstract:

A method for power delivery comprising the steps of coupling a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM-FC) to a load system, wherein the PEM-FC is powered by hydrogen gas and oxygen; using a blower to deliver oxygen to the PEM-FC; using an automated electro-chemical control system to monitor PEM-FC hydrogen gas levels, PEM-FC voltage, and load demands; determining that more hydrogen gas is required to fuel the PEM-FC, mixing sodium borohydride, a catalyst, and water, releasing hydrogen gas and delivering the hydrogen gas to the PEM-FC, and transferring the resulting power from the PEM-FC to the load system.

US Patent:

20160231302, Aug 11, 2016

Filed:

Feb 9, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/616988

Inventors:

David Bartholomew Chadwick - San Diego CA, US
Jonathon Keith Oiler - San Diego CA, US
Matthew Joseph Nicholson - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

G01N 33/18
G01N 11/00
G01N 1/20

Abstract:

A drifting buoy sampler system for a stormwater discharge plume formed from stormwater discharged into coastal waters. The system compresan electronics sampling pod for collecting integrated water samples within the stormwater plume as the buoy system drifts with the stormwater plume near the water surface as the plume travels out to sea. The pod includes a watertight section including a GPS/radio module for providing GPS (geo-position) location information and a processor for monitoring and controlling the sampling rate, a pump module and a battery module; a passive sampler bag for collecting the integrated water samples; a free flooding section including a composite sample bag module such that the pump module pumps collected samples from the passive sampler bag to the composite sample bag module at a predetermined sampling rate and a ballast module for providing ballast to the system when drifting within the plume.