Award Data

Current access to and analysis of the Fatal Analysis Reporting System (FARS) dataset requires significant time and technical skill. Data analysis tools are often general-purpose, designed to support the analysis of any dataset, and do not easily support the types of questions many transportation and safety engineers ask of the FARS data. Visualizations can help users understand relationships betwe ...

In Phase II, ZKxKZ designed, developed and demonstrated an approach for fabrication and rapid installation of low cost modular mini-roundabouts made from recycled plastic boards. Phase II culminated in the installation of one full modular mini-roundabout in both Georgia and Virginia. In addition, 3 modular mini-roundabouts were commercially sold and installed in Canada prior to the SBIR funded sit ...

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FOSTER-MILLER PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL INFARED FIBER OPTIC SENSOR TO NON-DESTRUCTIVELY DETECT CORROSIVE ATTACK AND DISBONDING A BOTH METAL-TO-METAL AND COMPOSITE TO METAL JOINTS AND FASTENERS IN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES. THIS NEW INFRARED NDI SYSTEM WILL BE A POWERFUL ANALYTICAL TOOL TO DETECT THE ONSET OF DISBONDING AND INTRUSION OF CORROSIVE ELEMENTS INTO THE JOINT LONG BEFORE IT BECOMES VISIBLE B ...

THE PROBLEM OF SHIELDING LARGE AREAS OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FROM THE RESIDUAL MAGNETIC FIELD EMANATING FROM THE DRIVE AND LEVITATION MAGNETS IS ADDRESSED USING AN ACTIVE/PASSIVE HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING SHIELD. THE LARGE AREA SHIELDS REQUIRED BY MAGLEV AND THE RESIDUAL FIELD LEVEL MAKE PASSIVE SHIELDING PROHIBITIVE. ACTIVE SHIELDING WITH AN ARRAY OF WATER COPPER CANCELLATION COILS WI ...

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THE PROPOSED APPROACH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE LATEST IN RADIO TECHNOLOGY TO INTEGRATE OVER THE HORIZON (OTH) COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENTS DESIRED BY THE COAST GUARD INTO A NEW MILITARY LOW BAND (MLB, 2-60 MHZ) TRANSCIEVER. THIS DESIGN WILL DEMONSTRATE THE INTEGRATION OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS WITH EXISTING CAPABILITIES, IN THE SPACE AND WEIGHT CONSTRAINTS OF EXISTING HF SYSTEMS. THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE: ...

WE PROPOSE THE INVESTIGATION OF NUCLEATION PROCESSES CAPABLEOF CAUSING THE FREEZING OF SUPERCOOLED WATER DROPLETS IN FRONT OF A MOVING SUBSONIC AIRCRAFT. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOPA NUCLEATION MECHANISM CAPABLE OF FREEZING THE WATER DROPLETS FAR ENOUGH IN FRONT OF THE MOVING PLANE SO THAT BY THE TIME THE PLANE REACHES THE DROPLETS THEY ARE FROZEN AND BOUNCE FROM THE LEADING EDGES AND THE IMPENAGE, WIT ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING PHASES I AND II, IS TO DEVELOP A DGPS RECEIVER FOR THE RECEPTION OF CODED MSK MODULATION USING VLSI TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT SIGNAL DEMODULATION AND DECODING. DURING PHASE I, THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED: 1) SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE ATOMSPHERIC NOISE MITIGATION TECHNIQUES 2) SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE ALTERNATE DEMODULATION/ DECODING TECHNIQU ...

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