Award Data

THIS PROJECT IS BEING SUPPORTED TO DEVELOP AND MARKET A RAPID, SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE TEST DEVICE WHICH CAN BE USED BY NON-LABORATORY TRAINED PERSONNEL IN FIELD SIT- UATIONS TO RAPIDLY SCREEN AND DETECT TRICHINELLA IN INFECTED SWINE. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE PROCEDURE WILL REQUIRE ONLY ONE STEP, BE RAPID, REQUIRE NO LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION AND BE DESIGNED SO THAT MULTIPLE SAMPLES CAN BE SIMUL ...

N/A

WOOD FOUNDATION PILING COULD BE UTILIZED FOR CAPACITIES OF 2 TO 3 CURRENT DESIGN LOADS IF THE HIGH STRENGTH PILES COULDBE READILY IDENTIFIED BY A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST METHOD. WOODPILES WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY GEO-TECHNICAL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AS AN ECONOMICAL AND RELIABLE DEEP FOUNDATION CAPABLE OF HIGHER DESIGN STRESSES IF THE LOW-STRENGTH PILES WERE REJECTED. A FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL DETERM ...

FLEXIBACTER COLUMNARIS IS THE ETIOLOG AGENT OF COLUMNARIS DISEASE. THIS UBIQUITOUS DISEASE HAS SEVERELY IMPACTED THE REARING OF INTENSIVELY CULTIVATED WARM WATER FISH SPECIES SUCH AS CATFISH AND STRIPED BASS. THOUGH THE DISEASE CAN BE TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPEAUTIC AGENTS, IMMUNOPROPHYLACTIC MEANS OF DISEASE CONTROL ARE HIGHLY DESIRABLE. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A F. COL ...

HOP PRODUCTION IN LABOR-INTENSIVE, AND HOP PRODUCTIVITY IS SENSITIVE TO THE FLAWS INHERENT IN HAND-TIED LATTICEWORK. NON-OPTIMUM SPACING OF THE MILLIONS OF KNOTS TIED ANNUALLY REDUCES THE PLANT'S EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT, PEST CONTROL AGENTS, AND SPRAYED PLANT FOODS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT KNOT-S SPACING VARIATIONS REDUCE CROP YIELD BY AS MUCH AS 30%. PROPOSED IS A NEW GENERATION OF AUTOMATION--ONE THAT ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO RESEARCH, DEVELOP AND TEST A REMOTE RADIO TELEMETRY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL SPRINKLER VALVES AT MULTIPLE SITES THROUGHOUT AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM. PHASE I WOULD ENCOMPASS THE DESIGN, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF A TELEMETRY SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A BASE STATION PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL TRANSMITTER AND AT LEAST FIVE (5) CONTROLLER RECEIVERS (TO BE LOCATED AT ...

PRIOR WORK HAS SHOWN THE TANNINS EXTRACTED FROM SOUTHERN PINE BARK TO HAVE EXCELLENT POTENTIAL TO SERVE AS A SUB STITUTE FOR PHENOL-RESORCINOL-FORMALDEHYDE IN WOOD LAMINAT ING ADHESIVES. THIS STUDY EXTENDS THE APPLICATION OF TANNIN -SULFONATE-BASED ADHESIVES TO THEIR USE IN END-JOINTING ADHESIVES FOR WOOD. ADHESIVE FORMULATIONS IN WHICH AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF THE RESIN SOLIDS ARE MADE UP OF TANNIN ...

A PHASE I SBIR PROJECT TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING CASHMERE PRODUCTION AS AN EMPLOY- MENT AND INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITY FOR RURAL AREAS. THEPROPOSED FEASIBILITY STUDY INCLUDES THREE MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH: (1) THE COMPILATION OF EXISTING GENETIC RESEARCH ON THE CASHMERE GOAT; (2) THE INVESTIGATION OF EDUCATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS OF SMALL FARMERS AND RURAL LAND- OWNERS ...

MORE ACCURATE TENSIL STRENGTH ESTIMATION FOR STRUCTURAL LUM-BER COULD BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MSR (MACHINE STRESS RATING) SORTING PROCESS IN MODERN LUMBER MILLS. TODAY'S MSRMETHODS WHICH MAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH IN 25 YEARS HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES ECONOMICALLY SOUND THROUGHOUT MUCH OF N. AMERICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. EVERYONE IN THE CHAIN INCLUDING PRODUCER, STRUCTURAL COMPONENT MANUFACTURER, ...

FORESIGHT IS EXPERT IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. IN THIS PROJECTWE WILL TAP OUR OWN EXPERTISE, AND THAT OF CURRENT RURAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR NON-FARM BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO THESE RURAL COMPANIES. DATA FOR THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH FIVE METHODS: A FOCUS GROUP, LITERATURE SEARCH, INTERVIEWS WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WA, AND ...