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Solar-powered Efficient Dryer for Crop PreservationConditioning and StorageDr. Michael SchmidMicro Nano Technologiesnd 747 SW 2 AvenueIMB 34 Suite 214Gainesville FL 32601Phone: (407) 719-5435Email: mschmid@mntusa.comDr. Saeed MoghaddamMechanical and Aerospace Engineering DepartmentUniversity of FloridaGainesville FL 32611Phone: (352)392-0889Email: saeedmog@ufl.eduDrying is an energy-intensive proc ...

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 SUMMARYTitle:Building Rural Wildfire Resilience through GIS mapping and UAV Verification of High-Risk- Lightning StrikesPI: Dr. Istvan KereszyLightning ignitions are responsible for over 70% of the area burned in the American Westtotaling 5.5 million acres of land burned annually. These major wildfires significantly impactvulnerable communities causing between $120 to $190bn of economic da ...

The European spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar ) (ESM) is a non-native insect pest withlarvae that feeds on leaves of over 300 broad-leaved species including forest shade ornamentaland fruit trees as well as shrubs. The spongy moth defoliated over 98 million acres of U.S.forests from 1924 to 2018. Current biological insecticides used in spongy moth control have notbeen efficacious enough and ch ...

AgIntel a spinoff company of the University of Florida (UF) has licensed two novel technologiesfrom UF: Agroview and AgroSense. Agroview a digital twin of an agricultural field can deliveraccurate zone-based fertility and prescription maps for precision nutrient applications. Agrosensecan convert a traditional fertilizer applicator (sprayer or spreader) to a smart machine for precisionnutrient app ...

Huanglongbingdisease("HLB")causedbythebacteriumCandidatusLiberibacterasiaticus ("CLas")haskilledmillionsofcitrustreesandreducedaverageyieldinFloridaby50%costing billionsinlostrevenue. CRISPRisthemostpowerfultoolforrapidbreedingofnewHLB-resistantcitrustreesbut hastobeprecededbyidentifyingspecificgene-editingtargets.Theidentificationoftargetgeneshas beenchallengingbecauseofpoorunderstandingoftheHLBp ...

Mastitis or inflammation of the udder is considered the most economically significant diseaseaffecting dairy cattle worldwide; costing the industry an estimated $2 billion a year. The bacteriumStaphylococcus aureus is a main cause of mastitis that can establish subclinical infection and resultin long term reductions in milk yield. Our innovation is a subunit vaccine that can be administeredto muco ...

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According to a recent survey, 178 million trips are taken across U.S.’s 46,000 structurally deficient bridges every day. Due to concerns over their actual load-carrying capacity, some of these bridges have posted weight and speed restrictions. The lack of enforcement of these load postings is an issue nationwide and presents risks for human lives and costly failures. To address this issue, this ...

Curing concrete properly is essential for strength gain and durability. While the importance of curing is widely known, all too often curing is not properly executed in practice. This proposal outlines a sensing system that will have three functions: · to record the weather conditions during the concrete placement. · to document how the implemented curing impacts a known concrete system. · to p ...