[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35834-35835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11617]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Rice University, et al., Notice of Decision on Application for 
Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision pursuant to section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). On 
May 4, 2023, the Department of Commerce published a notice in the 
Federal Register requesting public comment on whether instruments of 
equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instruments 
identified in the docket(s) below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States. See Application(s) for Duty-Free 
Entry of Scientific Instruments, 88FR28489-91, May 4, 2023 (Notice). We 
received no public comments.
    Docket Number: 23-005. Applicant: Rice University, 6100 Main 
Street, Houston, TX 77005. Instrument: Full-ring Shaped Ultrasonic 
Transducer Array. Manufacturer: HEBEI ULSO TECH CO., LTD., China. 
Intended Use: The instrument willbe used in the research of 
photoacoustic tomography, which will be used for photoacoustic signal 
full-view detection. The instrument will be integrated into a 
customized photoacoustic imaging system for visualization of whole body 
dynamics inside small animals for biomedical applications. For example, 
the developed imaging system can be used to study tumor metastasis, 
monitor chemotherapy, and test new drugs. The overall goal of this 
research is to develop a pre-clinical molecular imaging platform for 
cancer study. The instrument will be used for multiple imaging related 
undergraduate/graduate level courses in electrical engineering at Rice 
University, including computation imaging, computer vision, optical 
imaging, medical imaging, etc. The instrument will be integrated into a 
customized medical imaging system consisting of optics, ultrasonic 
sensing, data acquisition and image reconstruction. Each component will 
be discussed in related courses. Students will also tour the research 
lab and operate the imaging system to gain hands-on experience.
    Docket Number: 23-006. Applicant: University of Wisconsin Stout, 
712 Broadway Street S, Menomonie, WI 54751. Instrument: 156 Direction 
Photographic Lighting Cage. Manufacturer: ESPER Designs, Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: To enable/improve the capture of objects with 
difficult appearance properties. To increase accessibility to data and 
software supporting photogrammetry and inverse rending research at 
other institutions. To empower the digital preservation and exhibition 
of three-dimensional cultural heritage artifacts for galleries, 
libraries, archives, and museums.
    The grant was awarded to the University of Wisconsin Stout, a 
primarily undergraduate, public university. The equipment will be 
housed in the university Fabrication Lab which is accessible to all 
students on campus. It will also be used to support curriculum in 
courses for the Game Design and Development (GDD) Program, the 
Professional Communication and Emerging Media (PCEM) Program, and other 
design programs.
    Docket Number: 23-007. Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the 
Colorado School of Mines for and on Behalf of the Colorado School of 
Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Oxide 
Molecular Beam Epitaxy System. Manufacturer: Scienta Omicron, Germany. 
Intended Use: Oxide thin films will be grown for materials discovery 
and materials science

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research. The identity of the materials or phenomena to be studied: 
Oxide and metal thin film materials that are insulating, 
semiconducting, or metals (i.e., YMnO3, IrO2). The properties of the 
materials or phenomena to be investigated: Primarily study of their 
functional properties (such as ferroelectric, piezoelectric, and/or 
ferromagnetic) or for growth of surfaces relevant to energy conversion 
and storage applications (electrolysis, fuel cells, ion transport). The 
experiments to be conducted: Thin film growth using in situ reflection 
high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) surface monitoring and 
studies. The objectives pursued during the investigations are the 
development of novel materials for functional and energy applications, 
fundamental science surface and materials properties studies. The 
techniques used in employing the instrument to achieve the objectives: 
Oxide molecular beam epitaxy growth, RHEED.
    Docket Number: 23-008. Applicant: Arizona State University, 1711 S 
Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85281. Instrument: Cheetah 1 X-by-wire Automated 
Vehicle Chassis. Manufacturer: Shanghai Liaison Tech Co., Ltd., China. 
Intended Use: The Cheetah Chassis (model cars) will be used to develop 
a small testbed, and add IMU sensors, GPS, mmWave radar, communication 
modules, and motor controllers on each of the Cheeta Chassis. 
Experiments will be run on model cars to test the sensing and 
connectivity between vehicles, with the objectives being to test 
functionalities including, V2V and V2I communications, sensing and 
vehicle automation control algorithms. First, simulation studies will 
run in the lab, and then implement the modules on the testbed and run 
experiments in parking lots to achieve the objectives.
     Docket Number: 23-009. Applicant: University of Chicago, 5640 S 
Elis Avenue, ERC LL248, Chicago, IL 60637. Instrument: Fiber Laser and 
Fiber Amplifier. Manufacturer: Precilasers, China. Intended Use: 
Experimentally demonstrate entanglement generation between our atoms by 
creating Bell Pairs (a state of two maximally entangled atoms) and 
measuring parity oscillations when we drive them with a laser. Next, we 
will use our ability to generate entanglement to create and measure 
more exotic entangled states, such as ``cluster states,'' which promise 
to be useful for measurement-based quantum computation. There will be 
other quantum phenomena we will investigate along the way, such as 
using our entangled states for electric field measurements, but 
eventually we will experimentally develop single-atom laser control, 
which will allow us to perform almost arbitrary programmable quantum 
computation.
    Docket Number: 23-010. Applicant: Arizona State University, 1711 S 
Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85281. Instrument: Cheetah 1 X-by-wire Automated 
Vehicle Chassis. Manufacturer: Shanghai Liaison Tech Co., Ltd., China. 
Intended Use: The Cheetah Chassis (model cars) will be used to develop 
a small testbed, and add IMU sensors, GPS, mmWave radar, communication 
modules, and motor controllers on each of the Cheeta Chassis. 
Experiments will be run on model cars to test the sensing and 
connectivity between vehicles, with the objectives being to test 
functionalities including V2V and V2I communications, sensing and 
vehicle automation control algorithms. First, simulation studies will 
run in the lab, and then implement the modules on the testbed and run 
experiments in parking lots to achieve the objectives.
    Docket Number: 23-011. Applicant: Arizona State University, 1711 S 
Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85281. Instrument: Cheetah 1 X-by-wire Automated 
Vehicle Chassis. Manufacturer: Shanghai Liaison Tech Co., Ltd., China. 
Intended Use: The Cheetah Chassis (model cars) will be used to develop 
a small testbed, and add IMU sensors, GPS, mmWave radar, communication 
modules, and motor controllers on each of the Cheeta Chassis. 
Experiments will be run on model cars to test the sensing and 
connectivity between vehicles, with the objectives being to test 
functionalities including V2V and V2I communications, sensing, and 
vehicle automation control algorithms. First, simulation studies will 
run in the lab, and then implement the modules on the testbed and run 
experiments in parking lots to achieve the objectives.
    Docket Number: 23-012. Applicant: Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument: Roll-to-Roll Coater. 
Manufacturer: InfinityPV ApS, Denmark. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to study the processing of halide perovskite thin films 
for application in solar cells. Perovskites have ideal optical and 
electronic properties for solar energy conversion, but work remains to 
understand how to obtain these desirable properties while processing in 
a high-speed roll-to-roll manner. Vary coating, drying, and annealing 
conditions to understand how processing affects material properties. 
The objective is to uncover conditions that lead to photovoltaic-grade 
perovskite films at web speeds larger than 1 m/min. The instrument must 
fit in a fume hood and within the project budget. This research is 
supported by the National Science Foundation under the award CMMI-
1933819.
    Docket Number: 23-013. Applicant: New Mexico Institute of Mining 
and Technology Magadalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI), 801 
Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801. Instrument: Unit Telescope. 
Manufacturer: Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems (AMOS), Belgium. 
Intended Use: To better understand the universe and the processes that 
take place within it by observation of objects whose structure, origins 
and fate are not properly understood at present. These research areas 
are fundamental to expanding the knowledge of particle physics, as well 
as understanding the origins of the Universe and Earth.

    Dated: May 25, 2023.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysis, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-11617 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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