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Additional passenger fatalities and injuries can occur in rollover-type derailment accidents due to failures of glazing retention mechanisms on passenger railcars. In recent accidents, a key failure mode is shearing off the external rubber gasket that secures the glazing panes as the side of the railcar drags along the ground. Once the gasket fails, the glazing pane is pushed inside, leaving an op ...

Micro-Raman technology, that is embedded on a smartphone Platform. Micro-Raman will be a fraction the size of existing systems and fit into the Digital SOCOM initiative. The Smart device allows for the integration of other platforms such as colorimetric and biometric integration into reporting capabilities.

To address the critical needs of protecting road users from harmful traffic conflicts, a project is proposed for innovative AI video analysis of dilemma zone conflicts at signal-controlled intersections using edge computing and 5G. Specifically, the proposal applies innovative AI, advanced video analysis, and deep learning technologies, which show promising preliminary results, for automatic and r ...

While purchase of e-buses has accelerated in recent years, its adoption is still in its infancy, and transit agencies face technological, financial and institutional challenges. Amongst the range of technical challenges, charging infrastructure and power limitations create major barriers for evaluation of the appropriate model and type of e-bus. A significant challenge is the relatively low energy ...

This project investigates an innovative modular steel bridge deck system of a “sandwich” design for achieving the necessary stiffness in orthogonal directions employing two steel plates separated by a steel stiffening core.Such a layered composite deck could become an ideal solution for the next generation of bridge applications.With the appropriate choice of the core profile, the transverse s ...

This project intends to develop a sensor system that allows in-situ measurement of concrete’s pore solution resistivity, to supplement existing procedures for durability assessment. The innovation includes one or more sensors that are embedded inside concrete and a mobile measuring device to interrogate the sensor.Phase I project will explore candidate body materials for the sensor, manufacturin ...

Stealth communications is difficult. RF, including spread spectrum, illuminates, and thus can be used to locate transmitters. Further, RF is blocked by buildings, heavy foliage, water and it can be jammed and/or spoofed. This Static Magnetic Communications (SMC) concept uses vector magnetometer technology to read the change in field strength of a spinning permanent magnet modulated by a mu-metal c ...

Bottom line up front: The next-generation operator requires an effective, immersive training platform supporting haptic force feedback and natural real-time representations of operational environments. Problem: Current operator training equipment lacks realism and accuracy for effective immersion of field scenarios. Training under these circumstances leaves many variables excluded from the operato ...

This project intends to develop a sensor system that allows in-situ measurement of concrete’s pore solution resistivity, to supplement existing procedures for durability assessment. The innovation includes one or more sensors that are embedded inside concrete and a mobile measuring device to interrogate the sensor.Phase I project will explore candidate body materials for the sensor, manufacturin ...

Kestrel Technology Group, LLC. (KTG) and its partners interpret SOCOM211-002 feasibility study requirement as a study on how to adapt and expand data fusion and knowledge management technology to create an intuitive and operationally capable system that promotes search querying across multivariate data sources and how machine learning (ML) can enhance this process. B01/B02 is a data acquisition ex ...