HJ SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGY CAPABLE OF AUTONOMOUS MEASUREMENTS AND REPORTING OF THE CONCENTRATIONS OF FLUOROCARBONS IN GROUNDWATER. OUR INNOVATION STEMS FROM OUR PATENTED VALVE-LESS FLUIDIC SWITCHING (VLFS) TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOR A MYRIAD OF MICROFLUIDIC AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS. THE OVERALL INSTRUMENT IS COMPACT, LIGHT WEIGHT, PORTABLE, INEXPENSIVE, AND EASY TO USEWITH A FULL AUTOMATION CAPABILITY, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE AUTONOMOUS MEASUREMENTS OF THE CONCENTRATIONS OF FUNCTIONALIZED PERFLUOROCARBONS SUCH AS PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA) AND PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID (PFOS) IN GROUNDWATER WITH SENSITIVITY AND SELECTIVITY THAT ARE ONLY CURRENTLY ACHIEVABLE WITH LABORATORY-BASED INSTRUMENTS. THE BENEFIT OF SUCH A PORTABLE PLATFORM INCLUDES REDUCTION IN TIME AND COST, AND REAL-TIME DATA FOR BETTER AND MORE-TIMELY DECISION MAKING. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PHASE I EFFORT IS DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING OUR TECHNOLOGY TO 1) MEASURE PFOA AND PFOS CONCENTRATIONS IN WATER SAMPLES WITH A METHOD DETECTION LIMIT OF 10 PARTS-PER-TRILLION UNDER TWO HOURS, AND 2) PERFORM AUTOMATED SAMPLE LOADING, CONCENTRATION, AND MEASUREMENT. IF THE PHASE I RESEARCH EFFORT IS SUCCESSFULLY, WE WILL DESIGN A FIELD-DEPLOYABLE PHASE II PROTOTYPE.