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      <title>Delivery Deserts: Mapping, Understanding, and Overcoming Service Challenges</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Delivery services play an integral part in our economy and daily lives. They are the backbone of e-commerce, connecting businesses with consumers across large distances. Moreover, they facilitate access to essential goods such as groceries and medicines, especially for populations who may have difficulty traveling long distances or leaving their homes. This research aims to address reasons that delivery services create “delivery deserts”—regions where the efficiency of delivery services is severely limited or non-existent. These desert regions impact national economic growth by limiting business opportunities for rural entrepreneurs and increasing costs for rural consumers. They also underscore broader societal disparities between urban and rural communities. This project employs a detailed, two-phase approach to tackle delivery deserts in America: 1) identifying and understanding the problem by quantifying and mapping these deserts and 2) identifying the specific barriers to delivery access. By identifying these poorly serviced areas, the study team not only sheds light on existing disparities but also pave the way for a better future. This information can guide delivery service providers and policy makers about strategic planning opportunities, thereby fostering economic growth and improving quality of life for individuals residing in these delivery desert zones.]]></description>
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      <title>Forced Resonance Imaging for 3-D Mapping of Buried Gas Pipes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The project will field-test and fine-tune the technology and develop the software used to detect buried plastic gas pipelines, collect three-dimensional (3-D) location information with increased accuracy, and provide additional information on pipe diameter by 3-D mapping or volumetric image reconstructions.]]></description>
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