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To improve safety and efficiency on high-speed signalized intersections a dilemma zone protection system has been designed to automatically configure site-specific protection boundaries on both main-street approaches by continously tracking vehicles within up to 1000 feet of each stop line. The system will further customize and refine protection by continously estimating the probability of a seve ...

Wavetronix currently sells the SmartSensor HD radar detection which is the highest performance above ground detector currently available. However, the count, speed and classification accuracy can be significantlly improved by employing multi-beam radar technology which we have recently developed. Multi-beam radar technology allows multiple radars to be used cost effectively inside a single senso ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project involves the development of inexpensive, reconfigurable force-reflective telerobotic manipulators. Incorporating dexterous manipulators onto available mobile robotic platforms greatly expands the capabilities and usefulness of the systems, providing telerobotic operators the ability to safely touch, feel, and interact with objects in ...

During Phase I, goals of initial design and demonstration of system concepts for a portable friction stir welding (FSW) system were successfully completed. During Phase II, the objective is to design, fabricate, and demonstrate a portable and versatile FSW system. To support AMP’s design, BYU will continue engineering and application studies in parallel with the design effort. BYU will optimize ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objectives of this research project are to design and develop safe and efficient multifunctional delivery systems for systemic and target-specific delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) to treat human diseases with RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi is a natural mechanism for gene silencing and has a great potential to treat human disease by turning off speci ...

The proposed research will develop a probabilistic decision analysis methodology and software framework applicable to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats and incidents. The software prototype developed in the Phase I research will include tools to enable probabilistic assessments of risk, analysis of sensitivities, and risk management strategies that can compare the impac ...

U.S. and world petroleum supplies are limited, causing substantial increases and fluctuations in the cost of liquid fuels and national energy insecurity. If the vast western oil shale reserves could be economically and cleanly recovered, the country¿s transportation fuel problems would be alleviated. Earlier shale surface processes used complicated and costly equipment, released substantial CO2 ...

Compositex, Inc. proposes to continue the development of a promising new material and fabrication technology for high performance motor cases and propellant tanks. This process using readily-available, low-cost, domestically-produced, environmentally-friendly thermoplastic raw materials. High-cost capital equipment is not required. This technology can potentially result in revolutionary near-ter ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project addresses the development of a novel solid-state method of synthesizing metal and metal alloy nanoparticles. A method has been developed for metal oxide and mixed metal oxide nanoparticles which can now be extended to the synthesis of metal and metal alloy nanoparticles. This approach will be very low cost and environmentally friendly and wil ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Protein glycosylation plays very important roles in biological processes. However, detecting and differentiating such modifications rapidly is not a trivial issue. Therefore, developing novel tools that allow for the rapid detection of glycosylation patterns is of tremendous importance to the field of glycomics. In this application, we propose to develop a nove ...