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The proposed SBIR Phase II project continues the development of a highly-reliable, modular, and cost-effective wide-area flood sensor network system. The senor nodes operate on IEEE802.15.4 wireless physical layer, and an enhanced energy-efficient 6LoWPAN (IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks) open-standard mesh protocol. The sensor network operates for over 10 years in the field mo ...

The objective of this particular proposal is to characterize the stability, brain availability, and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic profiles of an intranasally administered selective calpain inhibitor-based therapeutic for moderate to severe TBI . The projects central hypothesis is that TBI causes overexpression and hyperactivation of calpain-1/2 that contribute to traumatic axonal injury and bl ...

Two fundamentally different firefighting systems are used by the Air Force. The first is a Low Pressure (LP) system similar to those used by municipal fire departments, providing water/foam solution to a hand line nozzle at pressures typically between 50

The feasibility of developing an optically-based sensing system that combines miniaturized photonic probes with a novel signal-detection method utilizing optical-signal processing is to be investigated. The core principles and components of a network that

The feasibility of using time-domain terahertz reflection tomography (THz) to map the thickness of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) applied to high temperature exhaust components will be demonstrated. The THz method can measure the thickness of Yttria St

The feasibility of dynamically guiding the subsurface blade depth used to cut specialty military aircraft coatings using time-domain terahertz tomography (THz) measurements will be demonstrated. Picometrix has developed a commercial off the shelf (COTS)

Signature Research, Inc. proposes a Phase II effort to develop a highly innovative SkyTherm solution that will provide dramatic improvements in the collection speeds and geometries of calibrated infrared ground mobile target signature data. The specific g

We will develop a suite of automated tools to produce multi-spectral target signatures with the variability inherent across a family of target types. Specifically, SGR will: characterize signature variability observed in five tracked and wheeled vehicles; determine sources of signature variability and define configuration variations needed; develop configuration parameters required to match modele ...

Virtual EM INC. in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) proposes to develop a highly expandable, lightweight and flexible sensor network for structural health monitoring (SHM) by directly addressing the roadblocks of high size, weight, and power requirements and high communication bandwidth. CWRU has recently advanced the state-of-the-art by developing and testing a custom fr ...

ABSTRACT:The High Velocity Maintenance (HVM) initiative strives to reduce aircraft downtime while maintaining the most capable air fleet that achieves Air Force mission requirements.Unscheduled maintenance, due to issues uncovered midway into the maintenance work, introduces the most delays that negatively impact HVM turnaround time.To increase the predictability of the actual maintenance required ...