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Air quality data from top-of-the-line platforms, such as satellites, are difficult to obtain without a high- level of technical knowledge. For this reason, local air quality patterns and trends are often inaccessible to disadvantaged communities (DACs). Many technologies that will be used for deep decarbonization of industrial and power facilities have the added co-benefit of reducing non-CO2 poll ...

C53-22c-271119Meeting climate-stabilizing energy transition goals requires using hybrid-energy CO2 capture systems like Direct Air Capture (DAC) to remove billions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere. Deploying this capacity will be difficult because it is complex and energy intensive infrastructure, and there must also be buy- in from communities living in locations best suited for it. The chall ...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent 30% spike in fertilizer prices globally highlight the direct links between fossil natural gas and fertilizer production and U.S. national and economic security. Russia is the world’s largest exporter of fertilizer with 21% global market share in potash and 14% in nitrogen fertilizers. In addition, nitrogen fertilizer application pro ...

In the United States, transportation is the leading source of emissions among major industries. This puts pressure on cities to optimize transportation infrastructures to meet decarbonization goals. City planners are required to ingest data from a variety of sources and balance a wide array of priorities ranging from mobility and equality to safety and sustainability. Making decisions for optimal ...

"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 overall goal of the project is to show feasibility of adapting our proprietary process of manufacturing commercial sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in remote island locations from locally available solid waste, to be able to produce military-specification jet fuel for USAF/DoD use, while maintaining delivered cost at or below the current state-of-the-art for commercial SAF made from solid waste ...

Founded in 2019, Maxwell Labs has combined materials science with state-of-the-art machine learning technology to deploy an entirely new class of intelligent cooling solutions. The company product portfolio includes Radiative Cooling Coatings, Radiative Heatsinks, and Thermal Compounds. Current product applications are focused on effective and sustainable cooling technologies in the computing and ...

Large-scale military and civilian planning problems are (1) distributed – decision-making is spread across multiple organizations, including organizations that must employ information that they are unable or unwilling to share; (2) heterogeneous – the domains of optimization and local criteria for optimality differ – and (3) hierarchical – higher levels of authority solve abstract versions ...

Your crazy schedule is working on your blinking, heavy eyelids while you yawn again. And again.  That quick carb-heavy bite you grabbed for lunch is no help while you struggle to concentrate on the expensive equipment in front of you. You’re irritable from the caffeine you hoped would help. The only thing you can think about is the last good night’s sleep you had.  When was that anyway? You ...