USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 19 tau muab tshaj $ 16 lab hauv FY 2020 cov nyiaj pab rau 29 tej yaam num hauv Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Lag Luam Me Me (SBIR), Phase II.
USDA-NIFA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program tsom mus rau kev hloov pauv kev tshawb pom rau hauv cov khoom thiab cov kev pabcuam uas muaj peev xwm ua lag luam thiab / lossis cov txiaj ntsig hauv zej zog.
"Peb qhov kev pabcuam SBIR txhawb nqa cov lag luam me uas ua haujlwm los tsim cov thev naus laus zis tshiab, cuam tshuam kev lag luam thiab pab txav kev tshawb fawb los ntawm kev xav mus rau hauv kev ua lag luam," NIFA Tus Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj Parag Chitnis tau hais. "Txij li xyoo 1983, txoj haujlwm no tau pab nyiaj ntau dua 2,000 qhov kev tshawb fawb thiab kev tsim kho, tso cai rau ntau pua lub lag luam me los tshawb txog lawv cov peev txheej thev naus laus zis, thiab muab kev txhawb zog rau kev lag luam ntawm cov tswv yim tshiab."
Muaj ntau ntau qhov project npaj rau SBIR Phase II. Nov yog qee qhov piv txwv:
- "Shielding Spruce thiab Douglas Fir Ntoo los ntawm Bark Beetle Attack" (ISCA Technologies, Inc.) - Txoj haujlwm no yog lub hom phiaj los hloov kho cov khoom siv hluavtaws pheromones los tswj cov kab tsuag ua liaj ua teb. Pheromones yog nontoxic, feem ntau cuam tshuam tsuas yog hom kab tsuag, tsis muaj teeb meem seem ntawm cov khoom noj, thiab ua rau me me lossis tsis muaj kuab paug ib puag ncig.
- "Ib qho uas muaj peev xwm thiab rov them tau cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob rau cov khoom noj khoom haus" (Halomine Inc.) - Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv thiab Tiv Thaiv Kab Mob kwv yees 48 lab tus tib neeg tau mob los ntawm kev noj zaub mov, 128,000 tau pw hauv tsev kho mob, thiab 3,000 tus neeg tuag txhua xyoo hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Tsis tas li ntawd, tus nqi rau cov tuam txhab noj zaub mov kuj tuaj yeem ua rau ntxhab. Txog rau tam sim no, tsis muaj cov khoom lag luam muaj tshuaj tua kab mob tau siv dav rau cov kab mob. HaloFilm ™ yog ib qho kev sib tw, tshuaj tsuag rau ntawm cov khoom uas, thaum qhuav, tawm hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab nyias nyias ntawm qhov chaw uas txo / tawm tsam cov kab mob ntawm cov khoom noj.
- "Ultraflow Power Sensors for Firefighter Safety and Monitoring of Surrounding Air Quality" (KWJ Engineering Inc.) - Wildland hluav taws ua rau cov pa phem ntau heev, feem ntau nyob rau thaj chaw loj heev. Cov pa phem no ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev nyab xeeb rau cov neeg teb thawj zaug, nrog rau cov neeg nyob hauv cov cheeb tsam ze thiab cov zej zog qis. KWJ tau tsim cov kab me me, tus nqi qis, tseem muaj tseeb, electrochemical gas sensors uas yuav ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb zoo, kev saib xyuas tus kheej, thiab kev saib xyuas huab cua zoo rau cov hluav taws hauv hav zoov.
- "Drivetrain for High Capacity Factor Distributed Wind Turbine" (Pecos Wind Power, Inc.) - Qhov project no yuav qhia tau tias kev nce me me ntawm cov cua turbines yog ib qho kev daws teeb meem thiab kev lag luam los muab cov nqi hluav taws xob qis dua rau cov neeg nyob deb nroog thoob tebchaws.
Mus ntsib USDA-NIFA lub vev xaib kom pom tag nrho cov npe ntawm Phase II (FY2020) SBIR cov neeg txais nyiaj pab. Kawm paub ntau ntxiv txog NIFA's SIB thiab nyeem yav dhau los nyiaj txiag qhov project abstracts.
NIFA-nyiaj pab kev pab cuam txhawb nqa ntau lub ntsiab lus tau teev tseg hauv USDA Science Blueprinthttps://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/usda-science-blueprint.pdf thiab txav peb los ze zog kom ua tau raws li cov hom phiaj tau teev tseg hauv USDA's Agriculture Innovation Agenda.