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Particulate emissions are one of the main air quality concerns in poultry farms and other animal feeding operations (AFO) and especially are significant in poultry AFOs. It can cause health damage to the AFO worker, become a nuisance to the neighborhoods, and result in violations of the Clean Air Act. This Phase I study focuses on an innovative particulate control technology utili ...

Polymer composites are used widely for automotive body panels to save weight, increase fuel efficiency, and eliminate corrosion. Unlike metals, however, structural polymers are not conductive electrically; thus, they are not amenable to the industry standard technique of electrostatic spray painting (ESP). Current methods for adapting polymers to ESP pose serious environmental and ec ...

The objectives of this Phase I project are to demonstrate the production of potentially very low-cost nano/metastructured thermal spray powders using recycled scrap tools or very low-cost ceramic powders and to demonstrate superior materials properties of the metastructured coating when applied using thermal spray. The result would be a new class of very low-cost, nanostructured cement coatings th ...

Perchlorate is a widely used component of solid fuel, missile and rocket propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics. It has been shown to reduce iodide uptake into the thyroid gland. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found perchlorate contamination in 18 states and believes contamination may exist in as many as 39 states. In early January 2005, the National Academy of Science ...

Lead in household paint and dust is a serious health hazard, as low-level lead exposure can result in a number of adverse health effects, especially in children. Onsite and real-time detection and quantification of lead in paint/dust are very important to homeowners and certified lead-based paint removal professionals. Toward this end, both field-portable equipment (such as X-ray fluorescenc ...

Polymer composites are widely used for automotive body panels to save weight, increase fuel efficiency, and eliminate corrosion. However, unlike metals, structural polymers are not electrically conductive; thus, they are not amenable to the industry standard technique of electrostatic spray painting (ESP). Current methods for adapting polymers to ESP pose serious environmental and economic chall ...

THE U.S. MILITARY IS IN DIRE NEED OF NEW DECONTAMINATION METHODS/ SYSTEMS. THE CURRENT M258A1 AND D52 ARE EXCESSIVELY CORROSIVE AND A REPLACEMENT IS SOUGHT. IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT THE IDEAL DECONTAMINATION WOULD CONSIST OF A SOLID SORBENT WITH REACTIVE LIGARDS. CDS, INC. BELIEVES THAT THIS IDEA COULD BE A REALITY UTILIZING IN-HOUSE TECHNOLOGY.

SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR MANY MILITARY AND SPACECRAFT EMBEDDED AND PARALLEL (DISTRIBUTED) SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS ARE EXTENSIVE AND HIGHLY COMPLEX, MAKING DESIGN, SAFETY ANALYSIS, VERIFICATION AND TESTING DIFFICULT. SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAVE PLAGUED VLSI HARDWARE DEVELOPERS, AND LIKE IN SPACE AND MILITARY CONTEXTS, THE COST FOR REWORK DUE TO SYSTEMS DESIGN ERRORS HAS DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT OF VALIDATION AND VERI ...

The solicitation calls for "approaches for providing a safe environment for detecting software vulnerabilities and malicious code. Determine how these approaches might be employed in typical development/sustainment processes and facilities." The approach we believe will return the greatest benefit with a low cost is converting a Windows (or Linux as the sponsor requires) PC into an instrumented s ...

Cybernet will develop Behavior Detection Modules for the purpose of detecting, detecting, tracking, analyzing, and interpreting biomotion behaviors, including the prediction of hostile actions and alerting the Army to suspicious events. The final unit will be a portable, battery powered, ruggedized, and designed to function optically in extreme light and environmental conditions. Crowd recogniti ...