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Defense against chemical weapons is a critical DoD requirement. An effective defense requires the development of unique respirator systems that prevent inhalation of chemical warfare (CW) agents. In addition, the protective equipment exposed to CW agents must not pose a residual hazard after use in the battlefield. Existing respirator canisters remove CW agents, but they do not self-decontaminate ...

Nano Terra and the El-Shafei group (North Carolina State University) propose to demonstrate, optimize and expand a universal platform for textile functionalization. The approach is one developed in the El-Shafei group that has already been explored for its utility in cotton, nylon-cotton blends and polypropylene. The functionalization method imparts a high-level of flame retardancy (without haloge ...

To gain tactical advantages over adversaries in dismounted operations, infantrymen are often required to carry heavy loads on themselves. However, enduring a long distance walk while carrying a heavy march load is notorious for quickly exhausting the Solider, which consequently impedes the OPTEMPO of the troop. Addressing this problem, the Army is seeking a robust unmanned ground vehicle that can ...

In the program, MagiQ Technologies Inc., in conjunction with professor Gabriel Rebeiz from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is proposing a high dynamic range W-band CW/pulse RF power meter for the US Army’s application in the development of W-band radar and satellite communications. Base on unique noise reduction technique in MagiQ technologies, The power meter can operate in a hi ...

Triton Systems Inc. will work in collaboration with an academic partner to develop a model for a system to dynamically calculate the Center of Gravity (CoG) of a wheeled Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transfer (SMET) vehicle. The Army has tested several SMET vehicles of varying widths and heights and arrived at the conclusion that they ALL roll over, particularly if the vehicle is traversing the ter ...

PS-MS is a simple and powerful method for rapid ambient sample preparation. However, its simplicity also means separation of undesirable components (particulates and molecular interferents) is not possible. Furthermore, samples must be collected by other means (e.g., dried blood spot cards) and placed on the ticket in liquid form before analysis. Although the technique is sensitive (nanograms to t ...

The Key to further improving the data rate in data communication while minimizing the power consumption is to improve the linearity of a power amplifiers in the system. Carbon Nanotube (CNT) offer intrinsically linear behavior, but to realize advanced linearity in a practical device requires high quality CNT material, and a fabrication process that can take the full advantage of the superior prope ...

This proposal is related to the development of high efficiency ultraviolet (UV) light emitting devices (LEDs) operating at 265 nm and 219 nm, which have the potential to replace conventional mercury lamps for many applications including dinsinfection and water purification. To date, the wall-plug efficiency of commercial LEDs operating at 265 nm is in the range of 2-3%, which has been limited by t ...

Ransomware is terrorizing the Internet, running rampant in consumer, business, and government systems. So far, ransomware-specific defenses have had minimal impact or success. We propose a new technology called RAM Journaling, a selective recording of RAM over time. The primary purpose of the journal is the recovery of locked data. Specifically, the journal is searched for the symmetric cryptograp ...

Quantum information processing has the potential to revolutionize the U.S. economy, with a potential market value of hundreds of billions of dollars for quantum-information based technologies in a wide variety of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, energy, transportation, and cyber security. A major obstacle to realizing this potential is overcoming the error-prone nature of quantum information, w ...