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U.S. DOT’s Zero Emissions Transportation Initiative is looking to push the transportation sector greenhouse gas production to zero by 2050. This solicitation/topic addresses alternative energy sources for the light vehicle, motorcycle, and bicycle sector. With the continuing significant development in commercialization and availability of biofuels, the possibility exists to meet this goal, with ...

Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI) is pleased to propose the design and development of “MySidewalk,” a mobile application that will facilitate the crowd-sourced collection of sidewalk inventory and condition assessment data. The proposed tool will utilize the recent advances in social networks, mobile data collection, and data mining to provide integrated sidewalk datasets. The proposed tool ...

We present the National Incident Visualization System, NIVS. NIVS is a combination of software elements that leverage the capabilities and prevalence of smart-phone technology to create a single point of reference for aggregated information and information sharing during a fire-based emergency at an airport. NIVS aggregates GPS location and status information from personnel and resources with Airp ...

With this research, we would like to provide new materials joining methods to the DOT. This will be achieved with a pulse energy store that has already demonstrated game changing capability in welding a wide variety of metals and alloys. The process we are proposing is known as Homopolar Welding. The weld is created by a solid state fusion welding process whereby high current is passed through ...

"ABSTRACT: Bioassays employed to evaluate the diverse range of biomarkers associated with organ injury are time-consuming, costly and require multiple instruments/testing formats to reach a diagnosis (i.e. fluorescence-based capture, ELISAs, PCR, etc.). Individually, these platforms are incapable of predicting the onset of irreversible organ tissue injury (e.g. kidney, liver, heart and lung). If a ...

An opportunity exists for development of high density warhead material with performance criteria for which is unmatched by existing options. Two distinct sets of material deformation characteristics are required depending on warhead type. Tungsten holds p

Kuma Signals, LLC (Kuma) proposes to produce and prototype a practical mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) wireless protocol that features interference alignment (IA), multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO), and single-user MIMO. While SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO is market-proven, IA is not. Many of the technical hurdles to accomplish IA have been overcome, including time and frequency synchronization and CSI distributio ...

The treatment of water with chlorine is an effective way to kill waterborne pathogens such as bacteria, parasites and viruses. This process, however, produces toxic byproducts from the chemical reaction between chlorine and natural organic matter usually referred as disinfection by-products (DBPs). The presence of DBPs in drinking water may not just cause an unpleasant organoleptic taste, but is a ...

To protect the mounted warfighter from the effects of landmines, a LOw TRavel Isolated Floor (LOTRIF) system will be developed to reduce injures from the specified blast-generated vehicle accelerations, within a 2 to 4-in stroke. Maneuver accelerations, operational requirements, space claim, weight and cost will also be considered. To accomplish this goal, Protection Engineering Consultants, LLC ( ...

The goal of the present work is to develop high performance long-wave infrared (LWIR) detectors based on III-V type-II superlattice (T2SL) technology by realistic models of device structures incorporating epitaxial growth parameters. IntelliEPI IR will develop growth methodology for characterization and control of nonidealities impacting SRH dark current and lifetime. The GaSb-based epi materials ...