Abstract:IT IS PROPOSED TO APPLY NOVEL ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED CENTRIFUGATION EQUIPMENT. THIS NEW DEVICE WILL USE INCLINED SURFACES IN CONJUNCTION WITH ULTRA-SOUND FORCE FIELDS TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE SEDIMENTATION. BECAUSE THIS EQUIPMENT CAN PRODUCE EQUIVALENT SEPARATION WITH… more
Abstract:THE GOAL OF THIS R&D PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE IF SUPERIOR QUALITY NORI CAN BE RAISED ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE UTILIZING INNOVATIVE AQUACULTURE METHODS. THREE MAJOR EXPERIMENTS WILLTEST THE NEW TECHNIQUES DESIGNED FOR A COMMERCIAL FARM. THE OBJECTIVES ARE 1) DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE… more
Abstract:THE SAXITOXINS ARE NEUROTOXINS AND ARE AMONG THE MOST POTENT NONPROTEIN TOXINS KNOWN. SEVERAL THOUSAND CASES OF PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING OCCUR WORLDWIDE EACH YEAR, WITH A CASE-FATALITY RATE APPROACHING 10 PERCENT. SINCE THERE IS NO ANTIDOTE FOR SUCH POISONING, AVOIDANCE OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL… more
Abstract:TRA PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST, ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE AGILE BEAM ANTENNA. PHASE I DEVELOPMENT WILL EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE DEVICE CONFIGURED AS FOUR QUARTER WAVE-LENGTH VERTICAL ELEMENTS(OVER A GROUND PLANE), A PIN DIODE SWITCHING AND PHASING ASSEMBLY, A DEDICATED CONTROL… more
Abstract:WITH THE ADVENT OF HIGH-GRADE SOSURCE DEPLETION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION COSTS AND FOREIGN COMPETITION, BIOHYDROMETALLURGY IS BECOMING BOTH APPLICATION AND COST EFFECTIVE. THE MARKET STRENGTH OF GALLIUM AND GERMANIUM IS INCREASING WHILE DOMESTIC ORES DECREASE. TRA BELIEVE THAT THROUGH BIOLEACHING… more
Abstract:THIS STUDY WILL COMPRISE AN EVALUATION OF AN OXIDE DISPERSION STRENGTHENED (ODS) SOLDER. THE DEGREE OF GRAIN REFINEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT IN CRACK AND CREEP OF SOLDERED JOINTS WHEN THERMALLY CYCLED WILL BE STUDIED. OTHER CAST ODS METAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPED AT TRA HAVE DEMONSTRATED GRAIN REFINEMENT IN THE… more
Abstract:TRA PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL, NON-CAKING ULTRASONIC FILTER. THE DEVICE USES STANDARD FILTER MEMBRANES PLACED IN AN ACOUSTIC FIELD THAT TRAPS AND TRANSPORTS PARTICLES AWAY FROM THE FILTER SURFACE. BOTH SOLID AND FLUID PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN A FLUID MEDIUM MAY BE ACTED UPON BY THE MOVING… more
Abstract:THERE IS A NEED FOR LIGHTWEIGHT ALLOYS WHICH ARE STRONG AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND WHICH CAN BE FABRICATED TO SHEET, FOIL OR PLATE FOR USE IN AEROSPACE VEHICLES. THE NEW ALLOYS SHOULD PROVIDE AT LEAST A 200 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT ADVANTAGE OVER PRESENT ALLOYS. IN THIS PROPOSAL THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW… more
Abstract:RECENT WORK IN THE FIELD OF BIODEGRADATION INDICATES THAT EXISTING HAZARDOUS AND COSTLY PROCEDURES COULD BE REPLACED BY MICROBIAL TECHNIQUES. MICROBIAL DEGRADATION IS SAFER AND TARGET SELECTIVE AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLICATED GEOMETRIES, NON-LINEAR SURFACES, ARE ELIMINATED. THE AIR FORCE… more
Abstract:TECHNICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. PROPOSES TO ADAPT DIGITAL TRANSFORM TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE UPON THE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGING. THIS TECHNOLOGY, WHEN APPLIED TO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI), WILL PERMIT THE IMAGING OF VASCULATURE IN ISOLATION FROM THE OVERLYING BONE AND… more
Abstract:DURING PHASE II DEVELOPMENT WORK ON A CONTINUOUS FLOW ULTRASONIC BLOOD CELL/PLASMA SEPARATOR, TECHNICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. FOUND THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO COMPACT THE ERYTHROCYTES INTO BANDS IN MICROHEMATOCRIT TUBES. THE PROCESS, USING AN ULTRASONIC STANDING WAVE, EXERTS FORCES SUFFICIENT TO… more
Abstract:TECHNICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL, NONCAKING ULTRASONIC FILTER, A DEVICE THAT USES STANDARD FILTER MEMBRANES PLACED IN AN ACOUSTIC FIELD TO TRAP AND TRANSPORT PARTICLES AWAY FROM THE FILTER SURFACE. BOTH SOLID AND FLUID PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN A FLUID MEDIUM MAY BE… more
Abstract:A COPPER ALLOY WITH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES WOULD BE A DESIRABLE COMPONENT OF A HIGH HEAT FLUX FIRST WALL PLASMA CONFINEMENT SYSTEM FOR FUSION REACTORS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF INCORPORATING COLLOIDAL OXIDE PARTICLES IN A MOLTEN COPPER ALLOY. THE… more
Abstract:DURING PHASE II DEVELOPMENTAL WORK ON A CONTINUOUS FLOW ULTRASONIC PLASMA/BLOOD CELL SEPARATOR TRA FOUND THAT IT WAS ABLE TO BAND AND MOVE BLOOD CELLS (THUS SEPARATING THEM FROM PLASMA) IN MICROHEMATOCRIT TUBES. THIS CAPABILITY ALLOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVICE WHICH WILL RAPIDLY, IN A MATTER OF… more
Abstract:A NEW TECHNIQUE TO JOIN THE SMALL (0.05-2 MM DIAMETER) VEIN AND ARTERIES USING A DISSOLVABLE STENT AND PROPRIETARY SEMI-AUTOMATIC WRAPPING DEVICE THAT SETS AND COMPLETES A COJOINING IN LESS THAN 1 MINUTE. NO STAPLES ARE USED AND NO VESSEL EVERSION IS REQUIRED. PHASE I OF THE SBIR PROGRAM WILL TEST… more
Abstract:THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL EVALUATE THE APPLICATION OF A SWEEPING ULTRASONIC PARTICLE TRANSPORTER FOR THE NONINVASIVECLARIFICATION OF AQUEOUS AND VITREOUS HUMOR. THE FINAL DEVICE WOULD BE A HAND-HELD TOOL THAT WOULD ALLOW A PHYSICIAN TO NONINVASIVELY MANIPULATE MICRON- TO MILLIMETER-SIZED PARTICLES… more
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