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Bubo Learning Design LLC (Bubo) aims to build a library of virtual reality (VR) modules totrain the next generation of agricultural workers. The agricultural workforce shortage is criplingsmall farms across the country and the economic prosperity of their rural communities. Newapproaches are needed to train workers on complex skills and expose youth to agriculturalvocations without the cost and lo ...

SummaryIndustrial hemp is a widely adapted specialty crop that is experiencing rapid growthacross the United States. Much of this growth can be attributed to favorable political dynamics.Hemp is a close relative of marijuana that is grown to provide a raw material such as fiber andoil for many industrial applications. Domestic hemp producers lack access to one of the mostlucrative traditional hemp ...

Ensuring water supply for agriculture irrigation and properly managing irrigation drainage are greatchallenges in regions with significant irrigated agriculture. Cost-effective treatment and reuse ofirrigation drainage and other alterantive water sources (e.g. brackish groundwater industrialwastewater) for irrigation are needed to enhance water and food security to control salinityaccumulation to ...

Cattle production is the most economically important US agricultural activity but the industry isunder pressure to improve sustainability as beef production uses more land and energy than othermajor protein sources. Improving feed efficiency is arguably the best approach for enhancingsustainability as much of the cost and environmental footprint of cattle production is due to feedproduction. Thoug ...

Abstract/Summaryrd th Potatoes are the 3 most consumed crop in the world and the 4 most produced crop in theUnited States with a sales volume of $3B. Owing to a limited harvest window a yearly supply ofpotatoes requires successful long-term storage. Growth of sprouts is a key driver of loss duringstorage and sprout growth worsens as storage periods lengthen. Losses from sprouting areespecially pro ...

PROJECT SUMMARYInstructions:The summary is limited to 250 words. The names and affiliated organizations of all Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PD/PI) should be listed inaddition to the title of the project. The summary should be a self-contained specific description of the activity to be undertaken and should focus on:overall project goal(s) and supporting objectives; plans to accomplis ...

Remote areas, particularly over the oceans, represent regions with the least observation coverage and contribute significantly to reducing the potential accuracy of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. In addition to space-based observations, dropsondes are possibly the only viable meteorological sensors for use over remote areas, where there is no cost-effective approach to permit regular r ...

This project intends to develop a sensor system that allows in-situ measurement of concrete’s pore solution resistivity, to supplement existing procedures for durability assessment. The innovation includes one or more sensors that are embedded inside concrete and a mobile measuring device to interrogate the sensor.Phase I project will explore candidate body materials for the sensor, manufacturin ...

Across the nation, school buses drive our kids to and from school, in rural, suburban, and large cities – all having the same problem: safely transporting school children. This proposal calls out (1) there is no school bus V2X solution that exists in any meaningful scalable way today (2) there is no readily available solution to solve for school children being struck during evening hours when vi ...

Founded in 2004, the mission of Wi-Tronix is to improve railway safety, operational efficiency, and service reliability, in real-time. We are the preferred connected solutions provider to over one-third of all locomotives in North America. Wi-Tronix is proposing to leverage our expertise in developing and making commercially available AI based technologies for autonomous highway-rail grade crossin ...