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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 ...

Deep learning offers a powerful and extensible toolset to achieve or perhaps even exceed human-level accuracy for automatic object detection in stream of commerce data, and offers a path toward improving the effectiveness of scanners, reducing wait times, and radically increasing the accuracy of screening, where automatic object detection support is essential. A deep learning-based system for auto ...

Rapid and accurate detection of trace quantities of hazardous and related chemicals can greatly enhance safety and save lives in a variety of fields from military theaters, to law enforcement and public safety. A wide range of sophisticated spectroscopy systems are being continually developed and improved to meet this goal, but they all share a similar challenge: how to rapidly detect trace levels ...

The Synthetik team is uniquely placed to conduct this Phase II SBIR effort where we plan to extend and optimize our DeepSpektra high-resolution hyperspectral and deep learning-based non-contact detection technology to provide enhanced, targeted sampling for explosive and illegal drugs trace detection that was successfully demonstrated in Phase I.Synthetik's DeepSpektra technology directly addresse ...

Innovative and low cost methods for concrete bridge deck assessment are sought to implement in the Long-Term Infrastructure Performance (LTIP) programs. The new evaluation tools and methods to be used especially in field data collection must exhibit certain features such as elimination of traffic lane closures, assessment of bare concrete bridge decks as well as decks with overlay, reduced number ...

Design Interactive, Inc. (DI) proposes development of Greenlight, a readiness assessment technology designed to objectively measure drivers’ alertness before operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). Greenlight also provides tools for improving readiness by mitigating fatigue via monitoring and managing stress. This capability will contribute to an overall reduction in crashes due to drowsy dr ...

DHS Centers of Excellence provide exceptional contemporary scientific information and discoveries. The K-12 learning community could benefit from access to these resources. Athena has identified a strategy/technology that overcomes the problems associated with converting DHS content into learning material for mainstream K-12 education. Under a Phase I SBIR project, The Athena Group, Inc. (Athena), ...

Based on the successful Phase I effort, Fractal Systems Inc proposes to continue the development of lithium ion batteries with significantly improved energy density, charge retention and cycle life compared to existing Li-Ion technologies through the use of improved active materials for powering electronic equipment used by Homeland Security, and the military and commercial sectors. These cells co ...

Wildlife are a reservoir of diseases affecting both humans and domestic animals. These wildlife reservoirs represent a potential threat to public health, serving as a continuous and difficult to eradicate source of infection for zoonotic diseases, but may also represent a significant economic threat to US agriculture. In particular, wild ruminants including white-tail deer may harbor vector-bo ...

Connected automated vehicle (CAV) technology has significant implications in terms of transportation system safety and efficiency. However, building and maintaining a wireless communication infrastructure (e.g. roadside units (RSUs), power, fiber optic lines etc.) across the U.S. is a challenging task. In urban areas, where vehicle population and vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) are high, building suc ...