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We have developed a novel siphon-infiltration trench system to mange water and sediment budgets in riparian systems. We have demonstrated in the laboratory and developed a numerical model showing the three hydrologically-distinct flow regimes in a infiltrating siphon system: 1) infiltrating flow at low-flow rates, 2) cycling outflow at intermediate-flow rates, and 3) constant outflow at high-flow ...

Certain weapons produce blast waves capable of trauma to gas-filled organs. There is an immediate need for a blast mitigation jacket to prevent lung damage when training with such weapons, and a similar need for combatants. Our first objective in PhaseII is to complete the research and development of fundamental blast mitigation concepts developed during Phase I. During Phase I, we used analyti ...

FSCX will develop a methodology and system design that will lead to a Phase II SBIR prototype, which will provide automated, decision support products to improve collective performance in training and real world operations. The prototype will improveindividual and collective understanding in information intensive, digital environments. FSCX calls this prototype SpectoAgnito, a coined term meanin ...

An external virtual fencing device worn as a neck-collar, or adaptable for miniaturization for attachment in or on the ear, uses a programmable repertoire of bilaterally applied cues for the autonomous control of free-ranging animals without the need for ground-based devices such as transceivers. The animal's location is continuously monitored using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The ...

A demonstration cable of an automated grain instrumentation system (AGIS) will be fabricated, installed, and tested in a concrete silo at USDA-ARS-GMPRC. AGIS comprises cable-borne insect and moisture temperature sensor modules, signal processing and control electronics, and a wireless data link. Insect, moisture, and temperature data will be sent to a Stored Grain Advisor (SGA) computer at GMPRC. ...

There are many areas in the world where water and soil are available but where electric power is not available for irrigation. Solar powered pumps that use photovoltaic panels to provide electricity to drive pumps work well but are too expensive to produce sufficient water for irrigation use. Proposals have been made to use solar thermal energy, but these require relatively expensive collectors an ...

This SBIR will perform research leading to design, prototyping, and feasibility demonstration of an Inactive RF Tag made with a Radio Frequency Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (RF-MEMS) as a means to provide power scavenging in a power poor environmentfound in underground missile storage areas. The research will develop the use of RF-MEMS switches in conjunction with RF MEMS sensors as a means t ...

The purpose of the proposed OSD Phase I program is to develop and commercialize novel tissue solders based on a biodegradable copolymer system that contains a controlled degree of acrylate-terminated photoactive branch sites. This will result in a processthat, with the addition of a biocompatible and non-toxic photosensitizer/electron donor initiating system, will rapidly cure from a viscous liqui ...

Project will evaluate energy sources that are alternatives to chemical storage batteries for a miniature transponder in cold dark spaces. In order of lowest to highest technical risk: a beta battery using a hermetically sealed beta source, RF energyscavenging, and a miniature reformer-fuel cell that scavenges energy from naturally occurring methane or fuel vapors. Power supply based on one of th ...

The objective of this effort is to develop an integrated system for Patient-Clinician Encounter Information Visualization Model (PCEIVM) that will exhibit a mechanism of intelligent interactivity. The project will explore advanced 3D visualizationinterface techniques that incorporate adaptive patient encounter models as well as machine reasoning about the immediate information needs of clinicians. ...