{"id":255707,"date":"2025-07-23T23:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=890891"},"modified":"2025-07-23T23:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:39:59","slug":"usbr-seal-team-fix-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=255707","title":{"rendered":"USBR Seal Team Fix Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When a reservoir conduit cannot be closed, thousands of cubic feet of water can roar through uncontrolled, threatening public safety, irreplaceable reservoir storage, and power generation.\u00a0Seal Team Fix<\/strong>\u00a0invites engineers, fabricators, and creative problem-solvers to stop that torrent in its tracks. Your mission: design a rapid-deploying, temporary seal that can be deployed to a submerged 3- to 25-ft diameter conduit opening, accommodate differential pressure, and achieve a 95\u201398 % flow reduction – without leaning on trash racks or other non-structural surfaces.\u00a0The competition unfolds in three phases: a short-format concept white paper, a funded prototype build, and a lab-scale hydraulic demonstration.<\/p>\n

Award: $575,000 in total prizes<\/p>\n

Open Date: July 22, 2025<\/p>\n

Close Date: October 14, 2025<\/p>\n

For more information, visit: https:\/\/www.herox.com\/SealTeamFix<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a reservoir conduit cannot be closed, thousands of cubic feet of water can roar through uncontrolled, threatening public safety, irreplaceable reservoir storage, and power generation.\u00a0Seal Team Fix\u00a0invites engineers, fabricators, and creative problem-solvers to stop that torrent in its tracks. Your mission: design a rapid-deploying, temporary seal that can be deployed to a submerged 3- [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15705],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t