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The team of Makel Engineering, Inc. (MEI), TruWeather Solutions, LLC., and Latitude Engineering, LLC. propose to develop a novel, high sensitivity, fast response, solid state, electrochemical carbon monoxide sensor system for use in small UAVs which is capable of PPB level atmospheric measurements. The sensor is based on a thick film multi-element potentiometric micro sensor approach which has bee ...

We will produce a prototype Capillary Absorption Spectrometer (CAS) capable of measuring dissolved methane in water. The concept utilizes mid-infrared laser absorption spectroscopy within a hollow fiber optic capillary that both confines a gas sample and acts as an optical waveguide. A tunable laser beam propagates through the hollow fiber to a detector with near unity overlap between the beam and ...

Reliance on fishmeal and fish oil is a significant constraint to aquaculture expansion in America, and globally. As U.S. marine fish farming expands, genetic improvements could increase economic performance and decrease ecological footprint. This is critically important to sustainability, scalability and profitability of the industry, and is key to attracting capital investment. Commercial opportu ...

There is currently no low-cost, high performance minimally invasive, bottom-crawling ROV system for monitoring coastal and littoral benthic environments which is also deployable by a single marine researcher. Such a system augmenting divers’ observations would greatly expand the quantity and quality of data critical to managing coastal environments and preserving the economic benefits derived by ...

NOAA and in particular, the National Weather Service (NWS), have an unmet need of a cost feasible small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) which can support multiple sensing missions which will either directly save lives or indirectly save lives through improved weather forecasts, warnings and public alerts. NOAA has enumerated two dozen valuable applications of small UAS for itself and partners. Toyon ...

The purpose of SA Photonics proposed effort is to provide a compact beam direction and tracking system for the Towed Airborne Plume Simulator (TAPS) to broaden its capability to include independent multi-band control for surface-to-air-missile plume simulation. A development effort lasting approximately 22 months is envisaged to mature the technology relevant to this application and transition it ...

The Solid Liquid Integrated Cycle (SLICE) uses a solid fuel gas generator for the fuel and a liquid oxidizer. The propellants are combusted in an array of small thrusters with the exhaust expanded on an aerospike nozzle. The basic feasibility of the Solid Liquid Integrated Cycle Engine (SLICE) was substantiated through analysis and sub-scale testing with nitrous oxide as the oxidizer in HUSB Ph ...

Threat mitigation is an expanding, demanding and changing landscape for the both Commercial enterprises and The Department of Defense. Over the past few years, we have seen a growing need for systems which by design, protect against the vulnerabilities e

There is a critical need for wide-bandwidth systems to support the ever increasing amounts of data handled by high-performance communication systems. In Phase I, we successfully demonstrated a novel approach to wide-bandwidth receivers that employs arrays

To address the need for automated infrastructure damage assessment, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to advance the development of the Sensor-based Multimodal Automated Reasoning Technology (SMART) that was proven feasible in Phase I. SMART is b