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Portable Railroad Track Component Inspection System
Reference #: 01660 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Potable Railroad Track Component Inspection System Background: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) stipulates routine track inspections to maintain railroad safety and efficiency. However, conventional manual inspections are not only inefficient and...
Published: 8/21/2024   |   Inventor(s): Yu Qian, Yi Wang
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Category(s): Software and Computing
Autonomous Drone for railroad track inspection
Reference #: 01564 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Autonomous Drone for railroad track inspection Background: The current practices suffer from three main drawbacks: 1) Human pilot cost is significant. The schedule of the drone-based track inspection is contingent on the pilot’s availability rather than...
Published: 3/15/2023   |   Inventor(s): Yu Qian, Yi Wang, Chen Chen
Keywords(s): autonomous drone, flight control, image processing, railroad track inspection, self-navigation
Category(s): Engineering and Physical Sciences
UAV-based Delivery of Solid Insecticide
Invention Summary: Mosquito borne diseases constitute more than half a billion illnesses and over a million deaths yearly. Wide-scale mosquito pesticide and larvicide dispersion (e.g., aerial dispersion) is no longer a viable option due to 1) posing public health concerns, and 2) urban area expansion into mosquito habitats, making mosquito control...
Published: 6/13/2024   |   Inventor(s): Randy Gaugler, Gregory Williams, Yi Wang
Keywords(s): Aerospace, Pest control
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Pest Control, Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering
New Non-Membrane Feeding Device And Diet Formulation For Mosquito Colony Production
Efficacy of artificial diets (BSA 10% and BSA 20%) for 10 generations of Aedes albopictus mosquito. These diets were prepared with distilled water and used in the new dietary system. For the blood feeding, the live guinea pig was used as a control. Mosquito feeding status on the new dietary system. (A) unfed, (B) half fed and (C) full fed. Arrow...
Published: 6/13/2024   |   Inventor(s): Randy Gaugler, Devi Suman, Kshitij Chandel, Yi Wang
Keywords(s): Animal feed, Pest control
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Pest Control, Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Animal Health & Care
Autodissemination of an Insect-Growth Regulator for Mosquito Management
​ ​ Invention Summary: Container mosquitoes are prime public and veterinary health threats. They are the primary vectors of mosquito-borne viruses such as chikungunya, dengue, and zika which can cause illness among the humans. Stagnant water collected in small, squalid spaces form the habitat of these container mosquitoes. Conventional control...
Published: 6/19/2024   |   Inventor(s): Randy Gaugler, Yi Wang, Devi Suman
Keywords(s): Pest control
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Pest Control