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We propose to detect and identify moving objects in airborne imagery and full-motion video in unconstrained environments. Conventional techniques result in too many false positives; a new topology is needed to automatically detect and identify moving targets from a moving platform in airborne imagery. Our software is designed to analyze video imagery and deliver curve metadata that can be organize ...

The objective of this effort is to develop a zonal, multi-physics modeling framework for dynamic combustion processes that can capture relevant local physics and simulate system behavior. The primary focus will be on liquid rocket combustors with secondary application to gas turbines. The goal is to obtain an order of magnitude reduction in current simulation time within acceptable error limits. T ...

This project will bring unparalleled capabilities of beam pen lithography (BPL) to the fields of 3D bioprinting, biofabrication, and tissue engineering by enabling the rapid construction of large-volume 3D hydrogel structures with the tunable architecture and mechanical properties at the micron scale. Not only will BPL 3D printing allow the construction of considerably more biologically relevant t ...

A comprehensive technical training software platform combining computer vision and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies can transform the human learning process and experience. Computer vision is leveraged to understand the physical environment, while AR is used to superimpose contextual information onto the physical world. We aim to provide software solution using AR tools and systems to address s ...

Designing actuation hardware for autonomous systems is challenging due to the high weight and power consumption of conventional actuators and clutches. Compared to existing clutch technologies, the electroadhesive clutches produced by ESTAT have exceptional holding force as a ratio of both mass and power consumption. They weigh 10x less and consumes 1000x less power than other clutching technologi ...

SIFT proposes Network Enforcement Using TRansactONs (NEUTRON) a dynamic fine-grained network enforcement policy design that captures network dependencies. NEUTRON closes the knowledge gap between mission needs and observed network traffic to increase mission network awareness. Then using that knowledge develops a revolutionary security enforcement policy based on network transactions. It reduces t ...

Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) will collaborate to develop a Monte Carlo (MC) transport simulation and device modeling software package for optoelectronic devices based on III-V Type-II superlattice (T2SL) materials. UIC’s existing, research-grade, ensemble MC transport code is predictive of carrier transport in T2SL materials because it prope ...

Natural fiber welding provides a unique strategy to impregnate fibers, threads, and fabrics with nanostructure materials such as MOFs. The procedure utilizes ionic liquids to slightly dissolve cellulosic structure of the material, making it loose and mobile. Then water is used to remove the ionic liquid, and upon the removal of the ionic liquid, the cellulose structures are comingled and bind to e ...

Nanoparticles represent an attractive alternative in coating processes due to their functional versatility, including surface, optical, conductive and catalytic properties. However, current processes of coating textile products with nanoparticles results in rapid loss of the nanoparticles during laundering or use, leading to a significant decrease in product durability and functionality and increa ...

SIFT, JHU medicine and University of Central Florida are proposing to develop VANESSA (Virtual Analysis Networks and Explanations for Social Sensing Analysis) - a social sensing platform providing team diagnostics of interacting teams and recommendations for enhanced team functioning of human and human-cyber teams. The overall goal of VANESSA is to develop an adaptive technology platform with a fo ...