We seek to discover new methods of increasing the safety, emergency preparedness, and security of U.S. citizens.
ProximityOutreach
This project creates collaborative outreach centers which solve some
real world issues. By bringing together existing service
organizations side-by-side the needs of their recipients are met
more effectively.
AqueumBase
This involves architectural planning for properties prone to
flooding. These plans include a standard building appearance with
the ability to float when flooding occurs. If all structures in
flood-prone areas were built with this technology, lives would be
saved and losses prevented.
Unmask [definition
phase]
Research into the foundational aspects of forensic art will aid
in the development of more usable interactive software to render
realistic human faces. Also, it increases the collective
understanding of mechanically rendering the human face based on
underlying bone structure. In particular, we are interested in the
interactive communication aspects with respect to the police and the
witness or victim. Benefits from this research are faster rendering
of suspects and quicker delivery of suspect renderings to the field.
This inquiry will aid in the development of software to render a
human face despite it being hidden under certain types of masks.
LPSTrack [definition phase]
Use of a Local Positioning System in an emergency area can help
assist rescue workers communicate their whereabouts accurately.
petLocate [definition phase]
When a loved pet goes missing, life would be easier if we could
track its whereabouts via GPS tracking. In line with pet rescue, we
are researching the area of utilizing a combination of GUID, GPS,
cellular, and high-density micro-battery technologies to track the
real-time position of pets. A person with a missing pet would simply
locate their pet's whereabouts by querying a central database. Any
pet with this type of tag technology would never be lost, even in
the event of a disaster. Reunions would be simplified.
