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The conditions encountered by hypersonic vehicles are complex due to the non-linear, strong interaction between the flow field environment and vehicle.  Successful modeling requires multi-physics capabilities that can properly take into account high-temperature gas dynamics, which includes excitation of internal energy modes, finite-rate gas chemistry, turbulent flow, and complex plasma physics, ...

To attack the challenge of object identification and annotation across diverse families of image data, Prometheus and Raytheon will implement a software toolkit based on our new mathematically–based AI tool. The AI input will be matrix coefficients resulting from the unique Prometheus-developed energy-spreading transform, PONS, the Prometheus Orthonormal Set. PONS is currently in use by both the ...

There is a dire need in multiple market segments for technology to rapidly and accurately detect and quantify Escherichia coli and Vibrio parahaemolyticus and total fecal coliforms. We propose to develop a novel approach to Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for detecting human pathogens in seafood reared and harvested from aquaculture farms, at point-of-sale in seafood markets, and in the ...

The ability to quickly test materials during new technology development would provide actionable insight that would significantly reduce materials and device design iterations and accelerate time-to-market. However, conventional characterization and test methods are increasingly ineffective when applied to structures less than 100 nanometers, causing challenges across R&D, process control, and fai ...

Tampa Deep Sea Xplorers (TDSX) will conduct research into the feasibility of integrating a compact underwater LiDAR system for small ROVs and AUVs. LiDAR has revolutionized the collection of archeological, geographical, and cartographic data on dry land. Its use below the water’s surface however has been severely limited. The Phase I SIBR is a collaborative effort between TDSX and BeamSea Associ ...

One of the most prominent challenges for the safe cultivation and maintenance of animals is control of infectious diseases. A. ocellatum is a parasitic infection that impacts all fish within the wide environmental range resulting in mass moralities in captivity. With a broad host and geographic range, all fish in aquaculture ($10B annually), aquarium trade species ($278M annually), 24 and conse ...

NOAA SBIR topic 9.5 includes as a research priority the development of tools, platforms, … to make environmental information… more accessible, usable, understandable, and relatable to students, citizen scientists, and the public. Sunburst Sensors has twice used NOAA SBIR funding to successfully create new products. We propose using phase 1 funding to demonstrate the prototype pHyter as a tool ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from a wide variety of biogenic and anthropogenic sources. VOCs transform in the atmosphere, forming ozone and oxygenated VOCs (OVOCs), which in turn can form fine particulates or condense onto preexisting particulate matter (PM). Both ozone and fine PM are deleterious to human health and alter the Earth’s climate. Measurements of VOCs and OVOCs are ...

Natural disasters and other severe weather events have the potential to create loss of life and damage property on large scales. Preparing for and responding to these incidents is a complex, multi-phase process. NOAA’s 2019-2022 Strategic Plan to achieve the vision of a Weather Ready Nation will reduce the impacts of weather, water, and climate events, and harness cutting-edge science, technolog ...

In the United States and other countries where seafood is often sold in the filet form there is an incredible amount of illegal mislabeling of market species for economic gain. This is made possible because the average consumer cannot identify fish species in the marketplace, especially in filet form. One seafood fraud study by Oceana reported the mislabeling of seafood at 33% in the United States ...