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Ricin is a category B toxin due to its ease of acquisition, dissemination, and the high potential for morbidity and mortality after exposure. Ricin in semi-purified or purified form is extremely toxic to humans following injection, inhalation, or ingestion and has been used as an agent of bioterrorism. Ricin was recently detected in U.S. government facilities. There are currently no methods of pre ...

Oceanit proposes to scale-up processes for low cost obscurant materials. These processes include the development , fabrication, and testing of materials and coatings.

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 ...

One of the most frustrating and vexing problems for the warfighter is the fogging of eyewear.In Phase I, Tanner Research demonstrated its Active Droplet Transport (ADT) technology to move condensed droplets off surfaces.This technique, coupled with innovative electrodes and waveform shaping has tremendous advantages over conventional surface or heating anti-fogging methods.Although an electronic m ...

One Resonance Sensors proposes to design, build, and test an NMR based tool for measuring water content in soil. The tool will be non-invasive (no holes or digging) and will be sensitive to all water components (both bound and free). In Phase 1 we outlined the system design and expected performance. In Phase 2 we will undertake the construction and testing of the tool. Initial testing will be perf ...

In order to facilitate the management and primary closure of corneoscleral injuries or closure of anterior segment injuries until secondary surgical operation, ChromoLogic proposed and demonstrated during Phase I an intraoperative self-reflow corneoscleral prosthetic device/graft (FLOCOP) system to function as a temporary scaffold with long sustention time, especially to be applied in the event of ...