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Check point screening of passengers is key to mitigating threats to aviation. This essential mission must be performed while expediting traffic flow and without discrimination to elderly or disabled travelers.The screening mission is challenged by the inaccessibility of Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) and metal detector walk-through portals to travelers with mobility disabilities and certain med ...

Yotta Navigation proposes to develop a Mass Fatality Tracking System (MFTS) tagging device to aid search and recovery teams in locating victim remains during a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI). The Phase II effort will provide the DHS stakeholders with two sets of prototype Yotta Tag devices, complete with the supporting cloud-based database and User Interface (UI) applications. The first set of 10 pr ...

Many first responder organizations at various levels, including federal, state and local, as well as non-profit agencies each have different methods of identifying first responders on scene during an incident. The lack of an interoperable and standardized credentialing solution for first responders results in more challenges with communication and coordinated access to information on identificatio ...

Tiami LLC, a socially and economically disadvantaged small business located in a HUBZone, aims to develop a first-of-its-kind reduced-order modeling solution for data communications networks. We will develop a discrete-time linear time-invariant (LTI) state-space model for a general communications network. We will then apply projection methods such as proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and bala ...

HJ Science & Technology, Inc. proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of a portable technology capable of performing on-site detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in complex water environments including drinking water, groundwater, surface water and wastewater. Our approach combines these three technologies: 1) microfluidic automation, 2) rapid sample concentration, and 3) separa ...

In this Phase I SBIR, Seacoast proposes to develop a fully automated analyzer to monitor indoor air quality (IAQ) in spaces suspected of containing air toxics. These toxic vapors typically emanate from contaminated soil or groundwater such as Superfund sites. Currently, the US EPA lists 1,333 Superfund sites and 2,300 other locations, all potential sources of vapor intrusion, deserving of monitori ...

The secondary aluminum processing (SAP) industry in the US spends billions of dollars to send over 1 million tons of dross and salt cake waste to landfill every year. Recycling innovation for SAP waste presents a major opportunity to reduce raw material consumption and allow for significant cost savings to aluminum producers. A novel Two-Stage Alkaline Hydrometallurgical Recovery (T-SAHR) process ...

Zabble's mission is to help organizations achieve zero waste by delivering real-time actionable insights using an AI-enabled SaaS platform. California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Law (SB 1383) is the largest change to it's recycling and waste industry since the 1980s. The law establishes new organic waste collection and recycling programs, food recovery programs, and requirements f ...

This project will investigate technology-enabled strategies for regional plastic packaging reuse systems. Iterant has implemented an online reuse marketplace that provides economic incentives for key stakeholders involved in the manufacturing, use/reuse and recovery of plastic packaging. Our hypothesis, based on pilot data, is that this platform can deliver profitable reuse models for all three ke ...

To prevent plastic pollution and support the recapture of “waste” to advance a circular plastics economy, governments have mandated and corporations have made commitments to increase recycled content in plastic products. However, available recycled feedstock only meets 25% of projected demand - inevitably leading to unsubstantiated claims about product recycled content and further erosion of c ...