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NDT of Fracture Toughness for Pipeline Steels 3/16/2018 Ultrasound-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 challeng ...

Reading Barcode Signs to Support V21 Safety 3/20/2018 For this SBIR we will develop a machine vision system which uses onboard standard-resolution cameras in vehicles to identify and read barcode signs on the roadside. The proposed approach could provide a low-cost solution that make connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology viable for rural areas with limited access to Information and ...

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Traffic Data Analysis Tool for Advanced Freeway Traffic Management 3/20/2018 Planned or unplanned traffic events cause various magnitude of traffic congestion and safety impact to road users. It was estimated that 60% of congestions are non-recurrent and 15% of incidents are secondary to the primal accidents. Thus local or regional Traffic Management Centers (T ...

Proposal title: Rapid Assessment of Air Void in System in Fresh Concrete Air void parameters such as specific surface (SS) and spacing factor (SF) are essential in evaluating Freeze-Thaw (F-T) durability in fresh concrete. We have demonstrated the feasibility and viability of using an acoustic method to measure in near real time air void distributions in fresh concrete, the proposed solution is b ...

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: We propose developing a new observational capability for measuring upper atmosphere (20-Km to 200-Km+ altitude) wind and temperature dynamics, based on Doppler imaging of Limb concentrations of NO, N2O, and CO2 called the Doppler Wind Temperature Sounder. The principle of operation is that by measuring the Doppler shift of trace gases created by the differential velocity betwee ...

Service members exposed to blasts have frequent complaints of dizziness Appropriate treatment is critical for many reasons: Service members with complaints of dizziness and imbalance are often unable to perform their duties.This results in slower reaction times, decreased productivity (in the form of lost duty days) and negatively impacts force readiness.An integral part of vestibular rehabilitati ...

We have identified NSI-566, a stable neural stem cell line, isolated and expanded from a single human fetal spinal cord tissue, as the investigational product for TBI treatment.NSI-566 has been approved by the US FDA as an investigational product for clinical testing in ALS (IND# 13905) and chronic SCI (IND# 14413) which are ongoing.For TBI treatment, we propose to place deposits of NSI-566 into t ...

Nokomis proposes to develop a real-time microwave spectroscopy device to measure the health and viability of 2D and 3D cell cultures. Utilizing a combination of spectroscopic techniques, Nokomis will utilize existing knowledge of dielectric properties of cell cultures and how they relate to varied parameters of the culture to deliver an in-line, non-destructive measurement device. The proposed wor ...

The objective of this Phase II project is to translate the proof of concept prototype developed in Phase I towards practical implementation. The focus will be on transtibial prosthetic legs. The Phase I design will be improved for bio-mechanical functionality, reliability and cost effectiveness. Full size and full load scale products will be experimentally tested and evaluated with transtibial amp ...

A cryovial suitable for vaccine storage below -150 C, containing a septum to facilitate syringe preparation in the field does not exist, but is urgently needed for eukaryotic whole cell products. Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine, consisting of radiation-attenuated whole Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZ), has protected >90% of recipients against malaria in 5 clinical trials in the US, Europe and Afric ...