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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 ...

Disease outbreaks are being increasingly recognized as a significant constraint to aquacultureproduction and trade and are affecting economic development. Monitoring fish health for earlydetection of diseases is paramount to secure a safe and sustainable aquaculture industry.Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a promising tool that has not yet delivered its disruptive potentialfor aquaculture health monit ...

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of western wildfires.The threat to peopleand infrastructure is growing with more population living in the wildland-urban interface.Advances in technology provide the opportunity to improve wildfire mapping accuracy timelinessand dissemination. An un-stabilized airborne fire mapping sensor is proposed utilizing an array ofminiature thermal inf ...

Field-portable radiation detectors are a widely used technology for defense, environmental monitoring, and industry applications dealing with radioactive sources. From nuclear weapon accident emergencies to routine monitoring for health and safety, having reliable, field ready equipment is essential for mission success. However, the alpha and beta radiation detectors currently available in the mar ...

PHMSA reports a total of 5,745 pipeline incidents with 282 deaths and 1,193 injuries in the 20-year period from 2000 through 2019. Moreover, these incidents cost $10,419,311,449 in damages. Most oil and gas (O&G) transmission pipes are repaired externally by excavating around a damaged or leak site, preparing the pipe surface, and mechanically installing a repair product such as a clamp or wrap on ...

RF Viper is a novel next generation system to stop wrong-way drivers (WWD) on ramps. It is the “vehicle-to- infrastructure” missing component of the current Alert & Warning systems installed in many states. Like a true viper that uses its fangs to inject venom and incapacitate its prey, the RF Viper emits energy that interrupts vehicle engine electronics, stops the engine, incapacitating the v ...

IMSAR proposes to detect IEDs using an airborne radar, neutralize IEDs using an air-dropped neutralization vehicle, and assess the results all from an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) platform. 

Necrotic enteritis in both its clinical and subclinical forms is a major health welfare andperformance disease. Without technologies to control Clostridia perfringens (C. perf.) the causalagent of the disease producers are having a hard time to raise healthy birds and produce safe food.The challenge is now becoming acute with the withdrawal of antibiotics from livestock production.We propose to te ...

Rural America has significantly less access to broadband networks and telecominfrastructure. The disparity between network coverage in rural areas versus urban areas isreferred to as the "digital divide." This divide limits those in Rural America in many ways; withthings as simple as inadequate or unreliable means of communication to the more seriousimplications of having limited to no access to a ...

In the 4th quarter of 2017 QuakeWrap® Inc. (QW) received the Phase I grant from the USDepartment of Agriculture (USDA) / National Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under its SmallBusiness Innovation and Research (SBIR) Program for improvement and agricultural/irrigationapplications of its InfinitPipe® technology.The new technology offers an economical pipe that can be built in urban and rural areas al ...