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Prescribed burns are a critical aspect of land management, but they require vegetation data that is hard to obtain at high resolution and on the timescale required. Our autonomous UAV collects critical fire modeling variables through subcanopy flight, enabling rapid surveys for faster and safer burn planning. In Phase I, we proved the feasibility of mapping live fuel moisture content (LFMC) with s ...

Problem:The disaster that is the COVID-19 pandemic will leave large numbers of criticallyand subsequently chronically ill patients requiring treatment for lung scarring neurologicalconditions mental health etc. for many years to come. This will continue to place an enormousburden on our already overly stressed health care resources and personnel. This is especially truefor rural hospitals and clin ...

Thegoalofthisproposalistodevelopabiopreservativeingredientthatextendstheshelflifefood productsstartingwithsoftcheesessuchascottagecheese.Dairyproductsarepartofahealthydietfor ~80% of Americans providing essential protein calcium and vitamins. Dairy foods are highly susceptible to microbialspoilagebutchemicalpreservativesusedindairyfoodsareincreasingly restricted due to safety concerns. Thus dairy ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTitle:Title Of Project - Digitized Farm-To-School Online Food Bid Platform andMatchmaking Marketplace That Utilizes Blockchain TechnologyPD:Ana Jakimovska Institution:Wildkale.com IncProject Coordinator:Sarah Jane Ficken Institution:Ripe.io (Ripe Technologies)The research conducted during a SBIR Phase I grant identified significant gaps in the Farm-to- School (F2S) system that could ...

Low level meteorological data over the world’s oceans is hard to collect, due to the cost and difficulty of sensor emplacement. Crewed aircraft are deployed when major weather events arise, but between those major weather events, in-situ data sources are very limited. Uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) present a unique opportunity to inexpensively collect meteorological data from remote areas, but ...

The impact of wildfires intensifies each year affecting public lands as well as communities acrossthe wildland-urban interface. Wildfires are the fastest growing economic climate risk with damagesincreasing three-fold each decade. Advanced data-driven fire behavior analytics software isurgently needed by first responders and public land managers as well as private sectorstakeholders to predict fir ...

The current dependence of the United States on fossil fuels has sparked enormous interest in the development of biomaterials derived from biomass, specifically cellulosic biomaterials. Cellulosic biomaterials are a carbon neutral, renewable resource, and their use could drastically curtail total carbon dioxide emissions while also reducing U.S. dependence on fossil fuels. Biofuels is one example o ...

Each year over 1 billion tons of animal manure is produced in US and it can be a pollution source if not handled properly. "Anaerobic digestion" is an energy efficient way to dispose manure. Through this process manure is converted to biogas and digestate. The manure digestate can be used as fertilizer. Biogas is a mixture of ~60% CH4, ~40% CO2 and trace amounts of contaminant gasses such as H2S. ...

Private veterinarians, most of whom work from small independent clinical practices, are a critical link in maintaining appropriate use of the antibiotics, hormones, and other pharmaceuticals that are vital to the health and welfare of livestock. VCPR.ORG will develop an Internet-based tool set designed to help veterinary practitioners serve their clients and protect public health, as well as guard ...

In the 4th quarter of 2017 QuakeWrap® Inc. (QW) received the Phase I grant from the USDepartment of Agriculture (USDA) / National Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under its SmallBusiness Innovation and Research (SBIR) Program for improvement and agricultural/irrigationapplications of its InfinitPipe® technology.The new technology offers an economical pipe that can be built in urban and rural areas al ...