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RF weapons are an emerging battlefield threat. These directed energy weapons are being demonstrated at higher power levels and in smaller, less costly, and more mobile platforms. However, while the defense industry is just now beginning to understand the effects of high-levels of RF energy on electronic systems, through rigorous test and evaluation of instrumented targets and systems, there is sig ...

GaN Corporation proposes a product named RF-SAFER that is a weatherproof device that alarms users to high RF exposure and documents exposure events for medical diagnosis and treatment. Our device operates from 300MHz to 40GHz, providing ten levels of exposure in each of a to-be-determined number of RF bands. Indications include a real-time warning of both safe and hazardous level exposure and a pe ...

The team will develop a prototype of an immersive virtual reality experience for high school students to learn about the scientific processes and the biology of plants. The prototype will be designed to be multi-player where groups of students collaboratively conduct open-ended cross-breeding experiments, record images to export to reports, track and analyze data, and draw conclusions. At the end ...

Verdant will be an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience for high school biology students focusing on Mendel's investigation into the heredity of pea plants and the basis of genetics. In Verdant, students revisit Mendel's scientific process by designing and running open-ended crossbreeding experiments at the macroscopic and microscopic levels and recording results, as Mendel did, but in hours ...

Protection of deployed ground forces from disease-carrying insects requires the immediate and safe use of insecticides. Currently, control products are too slow to manage target pests and are unrealistic solutions under battlefield conditions. Vector-borne diseases transmitted by insects, such as malaria, dengue and leishmaniasis, are increasing worldwide and are more of a threat to our military f ...

Patterns of electricity generation and consumption in the United States have rapidly changed over the past decade and are forecasted to continue doing so in coming decades. On the supply side, increasing generation from renewable sources has raised concerns about the ability of the electrical grid to stay stable given renewables’ intermittent and distributed nature, and has increased calls for n ...

Traumatic hemorrhage is the primary mechanism of death in potentially survivable combat injuries, and is the leading cause of death for civilians under the age of 44. Trauma-induced coagulopathy develops quickly, resulting in a hypocoagulable state with increased bleeding, and a 4-fold increase in mortality. The protocolized but blind provision of large volumes of blood products, while beneficial ...

K&C proposes to develop a computational model of the human lung as it responds to underwater blast (UNDEX) insults. There are three core technologies that will be researched. The first core technology involves a detailed Finite Element (FE) model of the lung, including relevant tissues and organs in the torso, suitable for predicting the response of the lung to an underwater explosion event. The s ...

Safety is paramount for DoD and contractor personnel conducting underwater explosive ordnance disposal. In order to create information needed for developing operating protocols including necessary stand-off distances and risk assessment of potential injuries, M4 Engineering will work with Virginia Tech to create an anatomically correct human lung and torso modeling capability. The resulting finite ...

Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (IFOS) of San Jose, California requests $1,100,000 over 24 months for IFOS and our research collaborators at Baylor University, the Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech), and San Jose State University to dev