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SuperChemVR is a room-scale VR lab and learning game for high school chemistry students. While wearing a VR headset, students will be immersed in a simulated chemistry 3D-environment where they will be challenged to acquire basic lab and safety skills. Through actual, accurate measurement and experimentation, students will improve their understanding of chemistry practices as they learn using scie ...

With this Phase I funding, the project team will develop and test a prototype of D-TECH, a system to determine students' level of academic engagement while completing computer-based learning activities and assessments. The prototype will integrate within existing third party computer-based programs (e.g., online courseware, educational games, simulations, intelligent tutors) and will consist of a ...

In prior research and development, the project team developed LiveSchool, an online platform to track student behavior. With this Phase I funding, the team will develop and test a prototype of an administrator dashboard. The dashboard will generate reports on individual student behavior patterns across classes and on the prevalence of behavioral issues across different teachers. The dashboard will ...

Many pipelines within America’s infrastructure are in dire need of repair, due to structural damage caused by corrosion, or the threat of heavy metal leaching from lead and copper pipes. However, full pipe replacement is expensive and disruptive, while existing polymer liners and sleeve inserts can only_x000D_ be applied in specific cases and have difficulty bonding to worn and contaminated surf ...

Medical education, techniques, and training are critically import to the US military force. For example, surgical simulations allow surgeons to practice their techniques without the cost, limitations, and ethical problems of using cadaver-based subjects. Simulation technologies are becoming increasingly valuable additions to the more traditional medical teaching methods. These new technologies are ...

Sanaria has designed a cryovial for cryopreserving eukaryotic cells that can be used for distribution of cryopreserved eukaryotic cell-based vaccines and is suitable for direct vaccine administration to patients. The cryovials can be stored in liquid nitrogen vapor phase (LNVP) and are currently undergoing testing for suitability as the FDA-registered container for Sanarias Plasmodium falciparum ( ...

Leveraging on our expertise in electro-opto-mechanical device development and system integration (hardware and software), Hitron Technologies Inc. (HTI) proposes to develop an autonomous solution tentatively named Tick Collection Robot (TiCoBot). The TiCo

Complete human anatomy avatars have a broad future role in advanced training environments, providing, for example, medically correct immersive experiences, performance-related physiological modeling studies, and in simulations for the purpose of designing protective armor. USARIEM have created individualized avatars as 3-D tetrahedral Finite Element (FE) meshes with full labeled anatomy, fitted to ...

Accurate intravascular volume assessment improves the detection of hemorrhage and hypovolemia and facilitates decision-making relative to resuscitation, surgery and selection of higher level of medical care. Non-invasive assessment techniques are particularly important in the field. Current approaches and devices do not have broad utility and availability. The phonocardiogram, acquired and inte ...

Major advances in prosthetic devices and aggressive rehabilitation over recent years have enabled many warfighters experiencing amputation to regain functional mobility, and often return to full active duty. A critical step to ensuring that these prosthetic devices function seamlessly with the patient is the initial alignment process. This alignment process is often iterative and time consuming, a ...