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Modern aviation platforms and systems must be able to provide sustained operations in a wide variety of environments. These systems must be able to operate for extended periods in severe weather and marine environments, undergo large temperature extremes (desert to arctic conditions) and dust environments, and are subject to high vibration and shock environments. The systems are often required to ...

FreEnt Technologies, Inc., A2Z Innovations, Inc., and the University of Alabama Aerospace Research Center (UAH/ARC) have teamed together to design, develop, and perform ground-based-demonstrations of a High-Speed Simultaneous Multiple Object Detection (HS-SMOD) System for MDA. The HS­SMOD system uses a simple but innovative technique of a passive fiber-optic grid and high-speed COTS opto-electr ...

The current state of the art thermal battery technologies will not be able to meet future requirements that call for higher power and capacity with a smaller footprint. The principal avenue for increasing the capacity of thermal battery is to identify and develop new electrode materials that provide higher specific capacity and power performance. The overall objective of the proposed effort is to ...

Measuring and characterizing the post-intercept states of a missile intercept event is critical for determination of interceptor effectiveness. System sensors including radar imaging infrared (IR), ultraviolet (UV), and visible wavelength sensors have been used to characterize these events. FreEnt has developed an innovative approach to post-intercept assessment based on mathematical formalisms su ...

SWIR polarimetry has potential applications for target detection, discrimination, and tracking for land and maritime environments. In recent years, researchers have applied imaging polarimetry to applications including detection of disturbed earth, detection of objects and swimmers in water, and target detection with background clutter. The application space for imaging polarimetry is increasing t ...

The U.S. military employs many Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor platforms to enhance targeting, situational awareness, intelligence and reconnaissance operations. Pulsed lasers operating in the IR are increasingly becoming more compact and powerful and can cause permanent damage to EO/IR sensors. It is therefore important to develop EO/IR counter countermeasure technologies to protect the s ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable cancer even with aggressive therapies such as surgical resection followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy using temozolomide (TMZ). Efforts to improve surgical resection or the efficacy of irradiation are limited by the potential damage these interventions cause to the brain. In contrast, sensitizing GBM to TMZ is an appealing strategy because TM ...

Project Summary This product will keep healthcare workers prepared and safe in the next lethal viral pandemic through innovative simulation education. Ebola and other deadly viral diseases represent a major threat to the nation and world. At its peak in December 2015 Ebola had infected 28,640 (including 4 in the U.S.) and killed 11,315 people (including 1 in the U.S.). By the end of 2014 tragicall ...

Project SummaryCurrent bone grafting techniques for functional rehabilitation with dental implants have limitationshighcostdifficulties with fixation and stabilizationinsufficient bone regenerationhigh morbidity using autogenous block grafts and prolonged healing of up tomonthsExisting synthetic bone fillers cannot match defect shape and volumeare weakly resorbedif at allare not easily and quickly ...

Project Summary Abstract Multiple MyelomaMMis the second most common form of blood cancer and remains an incurable and deadly diseaseProteasome inhibitorPItherapy is a cornerstone in the treatment of MMbut resistance to this class of agent is an emerging challenge in the clinicNew therapeutic approaches that specifically target resistance are needed to maximize responses and ultimately produce cur ...