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Archive for Tag Archives: ' Transportation'

Volpe Report: Rights-of-Way Increasingly Being Considered for Innovative Uses – Including Renewable Energy

Volpe Report: Rights-of-Way Increasingly Being Considered for Innovative Uses – Including Renewable Energy

Posted On: March 12, 2013

Some states are exploring the implementation of alternative energy technologies and alternative fuel facilities along publicly owned highway [...]

Lab Spotlight: NWRC – Saving Three Birds With One Stone

Lab Spotlight: NWRC – Saving Three Birds With One Stone

Posted On: March 08, 2013

The National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) has been working to make airport grounds both safer and more productive! NWRC [...]

Reducing Aerodynamic Drag on Heavy Trucks

Reducing Aerodynamic Drag on Heavy Trucks

Posted On: January 31, 2013

Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Overview: Class 8 tractor-trailers consume 11 to 12 percent of the total [...]

Lab Spotlight: Hughes Technical Center – Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Lab Spotlight: Hughes Technical Center – Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Posted On: January 28, 2013

The NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability (NIEC) cockpit simulator (see photo) is capable of reconfiguration to virtually any [...]

Way to Estimate Helicopter Airspeed

Way to Estimate Helicopter Airspeed

Posted On: January 25, 2013

Summary: Neural network-based method for estimating helicopter low airspeed Overview: The invention is directed to a method, utilizing a [...]

Power Charging and Supply System for Electric Vehicles

Power Charging and Supply System for Electric Vehicles

Posted On: January 16, 2013

Laboratory: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Overview: A versatile new power electronics system for electric and hybrid electric vehicles (EVs/HEVs) [...]

Lab Spotlight: Transportation Security Laboratory – MBOM

Lab Spotlight: Transportation Security Laboratory – MBOM

Posted On: January 14, 2013

Explosive specialists Theresa McGhee and Patrick O’Connor operate the Transportation Security Laboratory’s Modified Bureau of Mines (MBOM) impact [...]

Wheelchair Convoy System

Wheelchair Convoy System

Posted On: January 11, 2013

Overview: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed a wheelchair convoy system (WCS) that will allow one attendant [...]

Ultra Wideband 3-D Ground Penetrating Radar

Ultra Wideband 3-D Ground Penetrating Radar

Posted On: January 07, 2013

Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Description: The HERMES bridge inspector is an ultra wideband-based nondestructive evaluation (NDE) system. [...]

Wake Turbulence Research: An Esoteric Field of Study That Pays Big Dividends

Wake Turbulence Research: An Esoteric Field of Study That Pays Big Dividends

Posted On: January 02, 2013

The findings from a decade of wake turbulence research are helping to reduce airport delays, shorten final approaches [...]