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Plastic Ocean Waste (POW) is accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches at an accelerating rate. Eight million metric tons (8M MT) of plastic is entering the world's oceans each year at a rate of one ton per minute. Alaska represents 53% of the U.S. coastline. During Phase I, we estimated the amount of POW accumulating on Alaska's shorelines at 34,500 to 51,700 MT/yr at a rate of three ton per ...

BLUESHIFT, or “Bi-directional Laser Ultrasound Enhanced System using Holographic Imaging For Treatment,” is a handheld non-contact laser ultrasound imaging device for military field triage identification of anomalies in tissue, such as shrapnel and hemorrhages. The size of a cell phone, BLUESHIFT incorporates innovative techniques to measure the skin vibrations from returning ultrasound pulses ...

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used extensively since the 1940s due to their chemical stability and unique thermophysical properties. Those same properties make PFAS extremely recalcitrant environmental pollutants, and bioaccumulative toxins. Regulations are rapidly being established by U.S. states, including Michigan, New Hampshire, and New Jersey, beholding municipal water u ...

This project will trial thermochemical techniques to recycle construction and demolition debris wood (C&D) into a low-greenhouse gas transportation fuel, while safely sequestering arsenic from C&D contaminants such as copper chromated arsenate (CCA) treated lumber. The amount of C&D wood waste going to landfill each year is not trivial. According to the EPA's latest Sustainable Materials Manageme ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking proposals that will improve the U.S. recycling system.PKS Consulting is an Alaska-based small technology firm that proposes the development of a Mobile Plastic Ocean Waste (POW) Recycler that can be moved from community to community to produce Recycled Plastic Lumber (RPL) products from locally collected POW. Fishing gear is primarily composed of Poly ...

To develop a support tool for detecting retina damage, first a clinical decision support algorithm for rapid analysis of fundus images of the retina before and after laser injury was developed. The retinal images then went through a rigorous image enhancement phase, image data augmentation, and pixel normalization. Following the enhancement and augmentation processes, algorithms were developed to ...

Oceanit will develop a handheld, non-contact Laser Ultrasound (ncLUS) medical imaging scanner in the form of a stand-alone lightweight handheld device. Using synthetic aperture imaging, the acquired images will be displayed in real- time using a handheld screen, which will be archived and accessible for reviewing on demand in retrospective analyses.

Repeated use of aqueous firefighting foams containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has contaminated hundreds of sites. To delineate the extent of contamination, many of these sites are undergoing intensive site investigations and generating large quantities of investigation derived wastes (IDW). Current disposal practices of landfilling or incineration are costly and burdensome. This ...

Laser injury to the retina may be undetected until long-term damage to the retina causes vision loss. Currently Role 3 and Role 4 medics and physicians do not have the ability to quickly detect retinal damage after laser exposure. This deficiency reduces

Service members are exposed to high noise environments on a daily basis. Aviation, mechanized, light and armored units are all exposed to environments well in excess of the permissible noise levels. In aviation alone, flight crews spend a majority of thei