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User Systems, Inc (USI) is developing the Unusual Activity or Inactivity Detector (UAID) to automatically search a time series of SAR imagery of a given location to find areas of interest. Changes between consecutive image pairs and movers in the scene ar

Cyber assets usually support missions with different priorities, and the objective and systematic measurement of their resilience and criticality may play a major role in mission success. One basic requirement for achieving mission success and mitigating the adverse impact of advanced threats is to measure the defense and resilience effectiveness of individual and collective cyber assets. Therefor ...

Distributed visual surveillance has a major role in the future of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). Distributed visual surveillance refers to the use of cameras networked over a wide area to continually collect and process sensor data to recognize and classify objects in the environment. Analyzed data will inform unmanned decision-making and fleet management to optimize a transportation system. ...

Video Demonstration of the Phase I Prototype: http://youtu.be/0FtoN0AX6PE Purpose: This project team will develop and test an app, Speak Agent AAC, intended to increase communication rates and provide individualized supports to students with speech disabilities who use assistive technology to communicate. Among school-aged children with speech communication disabilities, students with Autism Spec ...

U.S. forces require the ability to protect personnel from an attack by chemical warfare (CW) agents. TDA Research, Inc. (TDA) is currently developing novel chemistry to mitigate the effects of CW agents. In this effort TDA will extend the development of a

The Phase II strategy proposed provides for the development and optimization of a feasible, rapidly scalable, single-use manufacturing platform for the production of a mAb directed against Marburgvirus. Application of BioFactura’s StableFast patented manufacturing platform will result in an economically-produced mAb therapeutic with consistent, targeted properties for safety and efficacy. Charac ...

Polyurethanes are now made by reacting two components, one of which has toxic isocyanate groups. Isocyanates are especially hazardous to workers that spray-apply polyurethane paints. Researchers have developed less hazardous ways to make polyurethane, but they have poor performance, cure too slowly or are too expensive. In this project, TDA Research, Inc. (TDA) will develop new non-isocyanate two- ...

There is a tremendous need for an all-purpose paint stripper that is safe to handle and that does not harm the environment. The most popular all-purpose paint strippers are based on methylene chloride (MeCl), which is dangerous to workers and harmful to the environment. In particular, it is highly volatile, and if it is used in an area with poor ventilation it is an immediate health hazard. In ext ...

Small drinking water systems consistently provide safe, reliable drinking water to their customers; however challenges of such systems include; lack of financial resources, aging infrastructure, lack of scale, and technical/logistical challenges associated with regulation compliance. The deployment ofnew cost-effective monitoring technologies hold opportunities to substantially advance infrastruct ...

Because C&D materials constitute a significant waste stream, increasing the diversion of C&D materials, through recycling and reuse, is identified as an area of need in EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Program Strategic Plan. Due to a lack of technologies to quickly identify harmful constituents, C&D-materials recyclers often dispose of potentially usable materials as a matter of pre ...