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"Rising sea levels and king tide flooding in coastal areas across America are saturating onsite wastewater disposal systems (OSDS), resulting in the degradation of coastal ecosystems and 200,000+ illnesses annually. Many States are mandating system upgrades, with 88,000 upgrades required by 2050 in Hawaii alone. Unfortunately, existing upgrade options are unaffordable for 97% of Hawaiian homeowner ...

Oceanit proposes the design, construction, and testing of a hyperspectral imaging equipped Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for the detection of various coral species and the monitoring of coral health. This system will be the prototype for the sensor part of a robust, COTS-based UAS system to aid the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program. Different coral families and species will be identified ...

The proposed effort concerns technologies related to cryogenic propellant production, storage, transfer, and usage to support NASArsquo;s in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) goals. nbsp;They include a broad range of applications, scales, and environments consistent with future NASA missions to the Moon and Mars.nbsp;nbsp;More specifically, the project will addressnbsp;development of a piecewise-sm ...

Achieving trustworthy and trusted autonomy starts early in the development process through performing hazard analysis, fault analysis, identifying mitigating requirements, and carefully and rigorously tracing those requirements all the way into design, models, implementation, and tests. However, traceability can be time-consuming, costly, and error-prone. To address these challenges, significant a ...

Alphacore and Arizona State University (ASU) propose the development of hardware and software solutions for digital twins of regions of strategic interest on the moon, for robotic mission planning in preparation for and potentially during ARTEMIS human missions. We are developing a next generation imaging system for terrain mapping in dynamic lighting and thermal conditions. When deployed aboard r ...

Two of the largest and critical components in virtually all NASA Power Processing Units (PPUs) of spacecraft, probes and landers, are energy buffer and DC-link capacitors, used to minimize ripple current, voltage fluctuations and transient suppression. Current capacitor technologies have severe performance limitations at cryogenic temperatures, especially when combined with exposure to radiation. ...

The Event-Based Sensing and Navigation Technologies (EBSNT) project aims to develop, integrate, and test a perception and planning avionics suite and associated on-board software in response to NASArsquo;s Subtopic ldquo;H6.22 Deep Neural Net and Neuromorphic Processors for In-Space Autonomy and Cognitionrdquo; within the scope of ldquo;Neuromorphic Software for Cognition and Learning for Space Mi ...

GTLrsquo;s breakthrough ultra-lightweight composite dewar-tank technology is game changing by providing hydrogen weight fractions in excess of 59% for small tanks, with over 70% achievable with medium scale LH2 tanks, including vacuum insulation. This capability addresses a critical need in the conversion of single-aisle aircraft from Jet-A to liquid hydrogen to eliminate carbon emissions. With GT ...

Ultrasonic Technology Solutions (UTS) is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, and formed as a spin-off start-up from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is proposing to develop an ultra-fastnbsp;ultrasonic washing and dryer combination for space applications.NASArsquo;s Life Support and Habitation Systems Focus Area seeks key capabilities and technology solutions that enable extended human presence in ...

In this Phase II project, Advent Diamond continues development of particle detectors which utilize doped and undoped semiconducting diamond to enable new space-based particle detection instrumentation.nbsp; The detectors will have multiple, independent active layers.nbsp; The active layers are made out of intrinsic (undoped) semiconducting diamond. The top active layer thickness can be customized ...