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Ventilation systems are extremely venerable to incidental and malicious attacks by terrorists and saboteurs. During attacks by chemical and biological weapons, personnel in temporary and permanent shelters are dependent on a constant supply of clean air. Consequently, the main objective of the proposed work is to develop a microwave low-temperature catalytic oxidation system that will effectively ...

Luna will develop a hermetic closure system for use on combat uniforms and shelters that require protection from chemical and biological (CB) warfare agents. Despite great advances in high barrier fabrics, selectively permeable membranes, and unique chemical absorbent technologies, closures for clothing and shelters still possess the greatest risk for chemical or biological breach. Instead of mo ...

Given the increasing threat posed by Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) to our nation, there are tremendouse training needs for medical responses to WMD. This requires enormous amounts of resources and effort. A well designed distributed learning software system for medical response to weapons of mass destruction will be a powerful tool that helps to meet the challenge. This program will deliv ...

In today's environment environment of the the global war on terrorism, there is a pressing need to strengthen on-base and aviation securdevelopity by developing next-generationnovel inspection sensing technology capable of enhanced for the detection and identification of chemical and biological concealed threatsweapons (CBW) and explosives in both battlefield situations as well as civilian setting ...

Under conditions of environmental stress many non-spore-forming bacteria are able to enter an alternative metabolic state in which the cells are viable but are not cultivable on artificial media under laboratory conditions. The cells in that viable-but-not-culturable (VBNC) state may remain infectious and can reactivate upon exposure to a suitable host. Culturing microorganisms remains a critical ...

We describe an electro-catalysis technique that generates ozone and atomic oxygen to destroy CBD agents. Unlike most ozone systems ours operates at much lower voltages and is so small it can be integrated into battery operated gas masks.

Currently, small crew tents rely on pressurized system for providing chemical/biological protection. Our approach offers a passive liner that will eliminate the need for a bulky and heavy carbon filter/blower system, reducing therefore the overall weight and volume of the current tent. Our passive layer/panel will be breathable (i.e. allow oxygen to enter the tent and allow water vapor, heat and c ...

Biological agents pose high threats, because they are invisible and odorless and a relatively small amount can infect a large population when released in a densely populated area. For the same reasons, assuring safety after cleaning decontaminated sites can be challenging. Currently available technologies require considerable labor, and results typically cannot be obtained before 24 V 48 hours up ...

Leveraging on Agiltron industry leading development of optical systems and the PI experience with FTIR spectrometer design, we propose to develop a new class of compact monolithic Fourier-transform spectrometers for the long-wave (7.5-13 m) infrared optical range. The proposed solution is based on creating a spatial interferogram with a pair of a calomel Wollaston prisms and digitizing it with an ...

Through previous grant awards from IES, researchers developed Graspable Math, a tablet-based intervention where middle and high school students create and manipulate complex expressions for basic operations as well as equations and equations systems and inequalities. In this project, the team will develop a prototype of Graspable Math Activities, an app with novel kinds of algebra practice and ass ...