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The program objective is to build test and deploy the GeoFire Real-Time Wildfire Alert System(WAS) to definitively answer where a wildfire is right now and where it is heading next. This isaccomplished by using a high-density sensor network to track the location and growth of individualwildfire cells in real time. The GeoFire WAS is designed for exceptionally reliable operation:accurate fire detec ...

Project SummaryAccumulated snowpack is a major source of water throughout the United States. Accuratelymonitoring snow on the northern plains is a significant need for streamflow forecasting andreservoir management. This has been demonstrated by the US Army Corp of Engineersestablishment of the Upper Missouri River Basin Plains Snow and Soil Moisture MonitoringNetwork. The availability of a low-co ...

Project Summary - Enchi SBIR Application to the USDA October 2022Title: Accelerated cellulosic ethanol production using continuous cascade fermentation andengineered thermophilic bacteria.Project Directors: Christopher D. Herring (PD) Lee R. Lynd (Co-PD).Enchi Corp. aims to develop consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) for conversion of cellulosicbiomass into fuels and chemicals at low cost and without ...

Project Summary/AbstractFunding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009301Topic Area 8.8: Biofuels and Biobased ProductsTitle of Project: Designer Biochar - Low-cost adsorbents and fertilizers for nitrate and phosphateadsorption and nutrient deliveryPD/PI: Brigano Frank A. Glanris Inc.Co PD/PI: Mlsna Todd E. Mississippi State UniversityCo PD/PI: Pittman Charles Mississippi State UniversityGlanris I ...

Micro-Precision Technologies, Inc. (MPT), in partnership with the Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM) at Binghamton University, will develop a commercially-ready process for spaceborne additively manufactured electronics (AME) combining the ruggedness and reliability of MPTrsquo;s thick film ceramic technology with the design freedom of CAMMrsquo;s aerosol jet printing techno ...

Achieving trustworthy and trusted autonomy starts early in the development process through performing hazard analysis, fault analysis, identifying mitigating requirements, and carefully and rigorously tracing those requirements all the way into design, models, implementation, and tests. However, traceability can be time-consuming, costly, and error-prone. To address these challenges, significant a ...

Cryogenic propellant production, storage, and transport is critical for future space missions. Engineers need accurate tools to design the next generation of efficient, lightweight components and processes for cryogenic fluid management (CFM). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are key for these efforts, but current commercial codes struggle to capture key behavior at liquid-vapor inte ...

This Phase I SBIR will lead to the development of a bandwidth tailored pump source for high purity photon pair generation. Spontaneous parametric down conversion can be used to generate high purity photon pairs at wavelengths of interest to NASA and the broader scientific community. However, these sources are highly dependent on pulsed pump laser parameters. Traditional pulsed laser sources are la ...

This project will advance technology for the automated assembly of large truss towers.nbsp; Assembly of truss-based structures is one of the leading candidates for establishing some of the early lunar infrastructure.nbsp; Specifically, joining technologies and robotic tools are required to enable autonomous/automated assembly of tall towers as well as shelters, domes and habitats.nbsp; Automated a ...

Future astrophysics missions require efficient, low temperature cryocoolers to cool advanced instruments or to serve as the upper-stage cooler for sub-Kelvin refrigerators. Potential astrophysics missions include Lynx, Origins Space Telescope, and the Superconducting Gravity Gradiometer. Cooling loads for these missions are 50 to 300nbsp;mW at temperatures of 4 to 10nbsp;K, with additional loads a ...