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Technology Applications, Inc. proposes a Modular Antenna Cooling System to address the profile (height) issue related to the heat exchanger package. The proposed solution uses active as well as passive cooling elements with design features aimed at reducing or eliminating contact resistance. The modular design allows for the base passive system to be used alone for low heat rejection applications. ...

Deployed surgeons spend long periods of time isolated from their normal practice. This adds the difficulty of maintaining their specialized skills to the long list of hardships and further complicates their return. ToLTech proposes to combine the considerable wealth of electronic resources that the AAOS has to offer with web-based virtual surgeries to produce a compelling skills development and re ...

In this project, Eltron will develop a method for spray drying agglomerates of nanoparticles for use in the cold spray process. These agglomerates will allow the nanoparticles to be cold sprayed, resulting in coatings and structures with superior strength and hardness. Nanosized particles will be dispersed in a solvent with a metallic binder precursor and spray dried under controlled atmosphere to ...

CONVENTIONAL HIGH-SPEED IMGAGE-RECORDING SYSTEMS ARE TYPICALLY BASED ON STROBOSCOPIC AND/OR HIGH-SPEED FILM METHODOLOGIES. THESE APPROACHES SUFFER FROM THE USE OF FILM AS A RECORDING MEDIUM, REDUCING SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY AND ELIMINATING REAL-TIME EVALUATION OF IMAGE DATA. FURTHERMORE, CONVENTIONAL ELECTRONIC IMAGING SYSTEMS DO NOT POSSESS HIGH FRAME-RATE CAPABILITIES. Q-DOT PROPOSES A HYBRID SI/GAAS ...

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The direct methanol alkaline fuel cell (DMAFC) is under development as an alternative power source for lightweight, portable applications. Several advantages of the alkaline fuel cell make it superior to direct methanol PEM fuel cells. Namely, the improved electrokinetics of fuel oxidation in alkaline environments make it possible to use a variety of fuels and inexpensive, non-noble catalysts wh ...

A PROGRAM TO EVALUATE EM CONTROL, DEVELOP THE OVERALL DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AND MEANS TO MEANS TO MEASURE THE CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS WILL BE THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT. THE PROGRAM IS OUTLINES IN THIS PROPOSAL. A DATA BASE FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS TO BE OBTAINED AS THE FIRST SUBTASK; INCLUDING THE DEFINITIONS OF THE EM THREAT WAVEFORMS (EMI, EMP, EW AND ECM, LIGHTNING AND STATIC ELECTRIFICATION), ...

As the number of communication, sensing, and electronic warfare functions on military vehicles grows, the number of antennas needed to support those functions keeps increasing. While FIRST RF has helped this issue by combining multiple antenna functions into a common housing and developing ultra-broadband antennas to support many functions in a single antenna, there is still a need for armor embe ...

The proposing team will continue the development, testing, and productization of a Small, Image-aided Navigation and Autonomous Path-planning System (SINAPS) for UAVs. The SINAPS utilizes a capable suite of sensors together with state-of-the-art computing to enable real-time autonomous sensing and maneuvering at high speeds even in obstacle-rich environments. Due to the limitations and power req ...

Responding to trauma cases effectively requires an understanding of underlying anatomy and pathologies. A training system can help develop a student's understanding by displaying the internal anatomy in a meaningful context--the context of an actual patient. Augmented Reality provides exactly this type of visualization, showing computer generated images in a real-world context. ToLTech propos ...