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Green Eyes, LLC will demonstrate the feasibility of a Coastal Long-term Automated Self-calibration Profiler (CLASP) system capable of operating autonomously for one year without servicing. CLASP will be configured to incorporate wireless two-way communications for automated data dissemination and remote control. Two major innovations are required to develop such a system. 1. Automated bio-fouli ...

Salo IT Solutions, Inc. (SaloITS) will design and implement the ALERT-2 protocol, a next-generation suite of network protocols that will provide enhanced services for Automated Flood Warning Systems (AFWSs). The focus of this Phase I project is to create and develop a consensus within the ALERT community in support of an ALERT-2 Requirements Specification document and an ALERT-2 Protocol Specific ...

DUE TO THE DETERIORATION OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY SYSTEM'S PAVEMENTS AND BRIDGES, CONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION HAS BECOME A LARGE SCALE EFFORT. ONE OF THE SAFEST AND MOST EFFICIENT TECHNIQUES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DURING REHABILITATION OF DIVIDED HIGHWAYS IS TWO-LANE TWO-WAY OPERATION (TLTWO). IN THIS TECHNIQUE, ONE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY IS CLOSED OFF FOR REPAIR WHILE THE OTHER IS PUT INTO TLTWO WITH CHANNE ...

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THE SAFE DESIGN OF DEEP MISSILE BASING STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO STRESS TRANSIENTS GENERATED BY SURFACE DISTURBANCES SUCH AS NUCLEAR OR CONVENTIONAL EXPLOSIONS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROBLEM FOR J.S. NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST. THE PROPAGATION OF SURFACE DISTURBANCES THROUGH INHOMOGENEOUS, JOINTED, FRACTURED, AND LAYERED GEOLOGIC MEDIUM OF THE INFINITE DOMAIN IS A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM ESPECIALLY NEAR D ...

THE HYDRODYNAMICS AND FLOW-STRUCTURE INTERACTION ASSOCIATED WITH SCOURING AROUND BRIDGE PIERS IS A COMPLEX AND CHALLEN- LENGING PROBLEM FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERS. THE HYDRAULIC LABOR-ATORY MODEL STUDY IS A PRACTICAL AND RATIONAL WAY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXPHENOMENA AND TO HELP SOLVING THE DESIGN PROBLEM IN CONNECTION WITH SCOURING . THE MAIN OB JECTIVE OF PHASE I WORK IS TO DESIGN AND FABRICA ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO PROVIDE A SYNTHESIS OF RE- CENT EXPERIENCE WITH TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (TMS) AND PARKING MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, AND ENABLING POLICY IN- STRUMENTS SUCH AAS TRIP REDUCTION ORDINANCES AND DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS IN SUBURBAN CONTEXTS. BASED ON LITERATURE REVIEWSAND FOCUSSED INTERVIEWS OF KEY PROGRAM OFFICIALS AT SITES RESEARCHERS, EVALUATORS AND PRIVATE INTEREST ...