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We propose a high-impact innovation for weather forecasting that integrates global ensemble weather forecasts with an AI-driven post-processing model of extreme weather indices. This innovation will provide the basis for skillful probabilistic forecasts of compound extreme weather events at extended lead times. Extreme weather/climate events of relevance to electric utilities focused on in Phase I ...

Tragically, 936 children have died in hot cars since 1998. Wisely, NHTSA has prioritized evaluation of sensor systems in vehicles for “the ability to detect unattended children and prevent heat stroke occurrence.”Recently, innovators have developed systems that detect children present in the vehicle by measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) in the vehicle cabin, but there is no test method to assess w ...

In this proposal, we will demonstrate the feasibility of a Coaxial Femoral Cannula (CFC) for use in extracorporeal life support (ECLS) transport of wounded soldiers from far forward positions. Soldiers who develop acute lung injury (ALI) in combat zones cannot be immediately transported to advanced medical centers due to their tenuous respiratory condition and the hostile environments where they s ...

Ankle injury is one of the most common mishaps in the US, with military personnel at greater risks. First injury may be just the tip of a big iceberg for a significant fraction of the patients who experience neuro-muscular changes that prevent healing. This condition, known as chronic ankle instability (CAI), has tremendous socio-economic cost because of the lingering pain and recurrent injury. CA ...

NDT of Fracture Toughness for Pipeline Steels3/16/2018Ultrasound-based technology to nondestructively determine fracture toughness of pipeline steels will be developed. Fracture toughness is the material parameter that, along with applied loading and flaw geometry, dictates the critical crack size, and therefore controls the flaw size that must be detected during inspections. A major challenge fac ...

This project involves the development of an Android-based hearing protective device fit-testing system. The system will employ FitCheck Solo on the Android to measure attenuation provided by insert-type hearing protectors. FitCheck Solo is a well-known, popular field measurement system that has been in use since 2013. FitCheck Solo has a significant presence in both the military and commercial sec ...

This Phase II proposal builds on the successful outcomes of our Phase I project, Lightweight Electroadhesive Exotendon (LEET) for Head and Neck Protection (Contract Agreement # W81XWH22P0039), which focused on the development of exotendon prototypes for reducing acute and chronic neck injury for pilots using helmet mounted equipment. These novel devices use electroadhesive clutches to rapidly tran ...

Nanoplastics (plastic debris

This SBIR effort proposes using live and continuous monitoring of metal tanks, pressure vessels, and pipelines using carbon nanomaterial-based sensing skins to detect excessive physical strains, cracks, and to inspect impact damage. The proposed research and development work leverages 15+ years of fundamental research. The key objective is to advance the TRL level and the scalability of carbon nan ...

This project involves the development of a small, self-powered sub-concussive blast recording badge, referred to as the Nittany Acoustics Blast Dosimeter (NABD, pronounced “nab-dee”).   The NABD will sense and record sub-concussive blasts in the range from 120-212 dBP.  The sampling rate for the digital system will be 102.4 kHz.  Recordings of single blasts will be in the range of 100 ms.� ...