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Project Summary Title: Crane-less IsoTruss Tower Solutions for More Expansive Rural Broadband Coverage Institution: IsoTruss Inc. Principal Investigator: Dr. David W. Jensen As society further develops technologically reliable broadband connections become an increasingly foundational resource used to access business education healthcare public safety and more. Financial burdens and physical isolat ...

PROJECT SUMMARYIsoTruss Inc.Title: Versatile network access through lightweight and durable IsoTruss mobile cell sitesPI: Jensen David W. Institution: IsoTruss Inc.Versatility is an important feature for rural broadband solutions aiming to close thedigital divide and better support the needs of rural communities. Mobile cell sites or cell-on- wheels (COWs) provide temporary connectivity for a host ...

Title: Tangler Trifecta Advanced Mating Disruption that Allows for Time and LaborSavings.Principle Director: Chandra Maleckas-BunkerNON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Many factors acting together including concerns about worker safetyfood safety pesticide resistance and new regulations governing pesticides have heightened growerawareness to reduce insecticide inputs and increase reliance on biopesticides. For ...

Per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are chemically and biologically resistant organiccompounds that are persistent bioaccumulative and highly toxic. Owing to their widespreadcontamination of public drinking water supplies on June 21 2022 the US EnvironmentalProtection Agency announced new interim lifetime drinking water health advisories of 0.004nanograms per liter and 0.02 nanograms p ...

Project SummaryPer and Poly fluorinated alkyl substances whose origins date back to the 1940s are a class ofcompounds possessing high thermal and chemical stability. The compounds have been used in a range ofconsumer products owing to these robust properties. Their unusual stability and thus long half-life have ledto the proliferation of these compounds in the environment. It is now well establish ...

KOPESS uses an innovative and proprietary technology called XERICO technology to increasedrought tolerance in crops. Drought is an extremely serious and recurring problem that limits cropproductivity and affects the economic vitality of farmers. The major corporate seed corn companieshave created a multi-billion-dollar industry based on genetically modified crops. However droughttolerance has been ...

A rapid increase in the use of wood as a renewable feedstock for energy and bioproducts isexpected as new global climate change policies encourage a transition away from fossil fuels.Effective production of biomass feedstocks requires overcoming economic environmental andsocietal obstacles. Deploying tree crops that produce high yields (to improve profitability) withminimal inputs (for low environ ...

Many municipalities in the United States have begun to use impermeability measurements to incentivize storm water retention as part of the architectural and landscaping design process. These measurements are performed through analysis of high-resolution aerial photography and updated on an annual or semi-annual basis. The practice of using high resolution aerial or even satellite photography is pr ...

We will study the use of our compact high efficiency photocatalytic oxidation reactor for control ofethylene that is naturally generated by produce during transportation and controlled atmosphererefrigerated storage. Coupled with a dedicated ethylene sensor our system will enable improvedstorage life and freshness of a variety of tree fruits and vegetable crops while reducing spoilage. InPhase I w ...

This Phase I proposal is directed at developing and demonstrating the feasibility of using a mixtureof metabolites and peptides derived from proprietary strains from anaerobic commensal bacterium(FPZ) to improve feed efficiency and reduce pathogens common in broiler chickens.This proposalis based on promising preliminary in vitro and in vivo research performed by Bactana during thepast two years. ...