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Tropical Cyclone meteorological data from the Atlantic main development region (MDR) is difficult to collect due to the remoteness of the location and difficulty of deploying manned aircraft to the region. Data collection is frequent upon development of a major hurricane but many tropical disturbances in the MDR leading up to hurricane development are of interest. Being able to collect meteorologi ...

Many municipalities in the United States have begun to use impermeability measurements to incentivize storm water retention as part of the architectural and landscaping design process. These measurements are performed through analysis of high-resolution aerial photography and updated on an annual or semi-annual basis. The practice of using high resolution aerial or even satellite photography is pr ...

Modular continuous processes are the future of chemical process development and chemical manufacturing. They enable faster time to market, improved safety, lower costs, and enhanced flexibility over traditional batch processes. Proposed work under this topic includes the design of a modular system for synthesis of many energetic materials, energetic precursors, and critical chemicals. Modules that ...

Coral transplantation is a primary management option for rehabilitation of degraded reefs. Stabilization (via adhesion, etc.) of transplants on existing reef or artificial substrates notably improves their survival rate. Improved underwater adhesives are needed for expedient and convenient stabilization of coral transplants with improved survival rate. A new hybrid organic-inorganic adhesive is pr ...

Many people recognize how critical it is to understand our weather, climate, and environment. Educators already use NOAA data and models in working with students and their communities as part of their teaching and outreach. With the exponential growth in data, however, many of them struggle with accessing and managing that data. Evolving data formats and computing requirements make it very challen ...

This proposed concept is a direct response to NOAA Topic 9.4.01, “Unmanned Aircraft System: Rapid Response for Natural Disaster” and will develop a Hybrid Unmanned Air System (UAS) called “Aerielle” equipped with a Humminbird SONAR imaging system that is commonly used by first responders. Aerielle will perform currently developed disaster response missions for UAS and additional under wate ...

In this SBIR project, EMAG Technologies Inc. proposes to develop a compact, low-cost, scalable, transmit-only X-band active phased array antenna with phase-only nulling capability based on our proven VISAT architecture. The proposed AESA will use commercial PCB manufacturing platform and will utilize commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts and components for the entire multilayer stack-up. The propo ...

The U.S. military is increasingly focused on long-range warfare by delivering time-critical guided hypersonic projectiles to troops on the ground. Additionally, in recent years long range precision fires have become a priority for ranges on the order of 250 nm. On the development path to reaching these extended ranges, the U.S. DoD, Strategic Capabilities Office, Office of Navy Research, Navy and ...

State of the art object detection in satellite imagery currently requires large quantities of hand-labeled satellite images. But what if there exists only very limited satellite imagery of the object, perhaps a single pass? Current deep learning solutions can not learn effective models with this extremely limited data. If, however, there exists model of the object that can be used to synthesize mo ...

Machine learning models are susceptible to adversarial attacks that make modifications to the input data in order to cause misclassifications. The root cause is the linearity of the decision boundaries of machine learning models in relation to their inputs. One promising direction is to represent the input data as a distribution. Quantum information science entails techniques for working with wave ...