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As military operations expand into multi-domains against near-peer adversaries, anti-access and area denial technologies limit the ability for the U.S. military to successfully evacuate wounded

Multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial wound infections remain a persistent challenge for front-line military medical providers in prolonged care treatment. Phage therapeutics have demonstrated preclinical and clinical efficacy against ESKAPEE infections. Phage production however remains a challenge to remove bacterial remnants including LPS endotoxins and other pyrogens. To meet regulatory requireme ...

Virtual human avatars will play a critical role in the next generation of advanced training environments, performance-related physiological modeling, and simulation-based design of protective armor. The overall goal of this project is to design and develop computer software for generating dynamic, mission-relevant avatar movements utilizing USARIEM’s static finite element avatars. During the ini ...

The complex and harsh hypersonic environment, with high aerodynamic and thermal loads poses challenges to materials, structures and on-board sensors needed for target tracking, telemetry and communication. High surface temperatures require advanced optical window materials and possible cooling mechanisms. Aerothermal loads interacting with optical sensors include strong shock waves, causing strong ...

The design of new aircraft and rotorcraft is a complex multi-disciplinary optimization problem. The interconnectivity between different systems and the large dimension of the design space renders optimization exceedingly challenging, even for subject matter experts. To address these challenges, multi-disciplinary analysis and optimization (MDAO) tools, like OpenMDAO, NASA NDARC, and HPCMP CREATE-A ...

Additive Manufacturing provides many potential advantages, relative to traditional manufacturing methods, for the Navy and other organizations in the aerospace community.  Although flight critical aerospace quality metal alloy components have been produced and flight tested, confidently expanding the use of AM in these applications requiring stringent quality control and repeatability. The vendor ...

Artificial intelligence algorithms have drastically improved the performance of persistent target recognition platforms for the United States Navy and Department of Defense as a whole. The key to these algorithms is deep learning, where new insights have allowed for the training of larger neural networks producing unprecedented results in machine-based tasks. However, these gains have come at the ...

Acute and chronic neck pain experienced by military pilots and aircrew is a distracting and potentially future debilitating problem that diminishes mission performance and quality of life both during and after service.  In this Phase II project, the Phase 1 Option neck model will be optimized on a component and fully cervical spine level.  OpenSim integration will be expanded to the full crewsta ...

The modern warfare environment has demonstrated an ever-increasing need for electrical power and energy carrying capacity. Soldiers are now expected to carry in excess of 20lbs of batteries for a 72-hour mission. This weight only increases when operating specialized equipment such as communication, targeting, or mobility equipment. As a consequence, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs have become t ...

Abstract Sepsis is the leading cause of death in hospitals caused by a dysregulated host immune response to infection characterized by excessive neutrophil infiltration into vital organs, organ failure and death. Although blood tests relying on identification of pathogens are widely utilized to decide on treatment, they are severely limited by their ability to rapidly predict the onset, progressio ...