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THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR AN UNMANNED MULTI-PURPOSE NAVY ROBOT SUITABLE FOR OUTDOOR, INDOOR OR SHIPBOARD USE. SUCH A VEHICLE CAN BE READILY DERIVED FROM UNIQUE'S PRIOR WORK ON HIGH PERFORMANCE FULL MOBILITY VEHICLE PLATFORMS. THIS PLATFORM, MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF UNIQUE'S HIGHLY EFFICIENT PROPRIETARY ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM, INCORPORATES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITH FOUR WHEEL 360 DEG STEER IN ...

TECHNIQUES ARE DEVELOPED FOR THE EFFECTIVE HIERARCHICAL CONTROL OF LARGE-SCALE PROCESSES. INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ARE USUALLY CHARACTERIZED BY SUCH ATTRIBUTES AS LARGE DIMENSION ALITY, THE INTERACTION OF MANY SUBSYSTEMS, MULTIPLE TIME- SCALES DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR, MODEL UNCERTAINTIES, AND CONFLICT ING PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. USING AS AN EXAMPLE THE CONTROL OFA TYPICAL THERMAL PROCESS, FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMEN ...

THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE I EFFORT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING METAL HYDRIDE SUBSYSTEMS TO INTEGRATE COMMON SPACECRAFT RESOURCES. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVELOPING A REALISTIC SET OF DESIGN DATA CHARACTERIZING THE POTENTIAL USE OF METAL HYDRIDE SYSTEMS IN SPACE. THIS DATA WILL BE GENERATED BY AN APPROACH WHICH WILL IDENTIFY AND CATALOGUE THE THERMAL SYSTEMS AND EQUIPM ...

A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS PROPOSED WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY OF MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF OXY AND PEROXY FREE RADICALS IN COMBUSTION STUDIES. THE DETECTOR FOR THE INSTRUMENT IS BASED ON AN AMBIENT FREE RADICAL DETECTOR WHICH USES AN AMPLIFICATION CHAIN REACTION BETWEEN THE FREE RADICALS AND CO AND NO WHICHRES ...

AN INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT CONCENT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED WHICH WILL DESCRIBE HOW NUCLEAR HARDNESS AND SURVIVABILITY INFORMATION CAN BE PROPERLY INCORPORATED INTO THE ILS. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS REQUIRED TO FORMULATE THIS TYPE OF CONCEPT. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ADDRESSED RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BY OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED IN SIMILAR ACTIVITY. INTEGRATION OF HARDNESS INFO ...

THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST RECORDS OBSERVATIONS AND EVENTS BY HAND DURING THE COURSE OF AN OPERATION. TWO TYPES OF INFORMATION ARE BEING RECORDED. TYPE I INVOLVES COMMENTS FROM DIRECT OBSERVATION OF THE PATIENT AND COMMENTS ABOUT DIRECT PATIENT INTERVENTION SUCH AS DRUG ENTRIES. TYPE II INVOLVES INDIRECT OBSERVATION OF THE PATIENT VIA VARIOUS MONITORS AND TRANSDUCERS. OUR PROPOSAL FOCUSES DIRECTLY ON TH ...

THE CAPABILITY OF PERFORMING BOTH ATMOSPHERIC WIND VELOCITY AND WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT WITH A PULSED COHERENT LASER RADAR IS IMPORTANT IN MANY METEOROLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND WEATHER FORECASTING APPLICATIONS. COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEMS ARE PROVEN INSTRUMENTS FOR THE REMOTE MEASUREMENT AT ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILES. A RANGE RESOLVED COHERENT DIAL SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED AT THIS TI ...

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 GROWOUTTANK; 2) TEST THE NURSERY TANK AND DESIGN AND DEVELOP ASSOC IATED METHODOLOGIES; 3) DETERMINE THE ACTUAL ...

THE PHASE I RESEARCH IS A FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THREE NARROW BANDGAP, SEMICONDUTING TRANSITION METAL SILICIDES. THESE MATERIALS MAY BE SUITABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CLASS OF INTRINSIC INFRARED DETECTORS INTEGRATED DIRECTLY ONTO A SILICON CHIP. DISTINCT ADVANTAGES INCLUDES A COMPATABILITY WITH EXISTING SILICON MICROELECTRONICS PROCESSING ENABLING THE MONOLIT ...

DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX COMPUTER SYSTEMS, PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES ARE OFTEN NOT APPLIED OR ARE MISAPPLIED WHICH RESULTS IN SYSTEMS THAT DO NOT MEET THESPECIFIED PERFORMANCE CRITERIA OR MUST UNDERGO COSTLY REDESIGNS. AN INTEGRATED COMPUTER SYSTEM MODELING LANGUAGE OVERCOMES THE DEFICIENCIES OR TRADITIONAL ANALYTIC AND SIMULATION MODELING TOOLS BY EXPLOITING THE STRENGTHS FROM B ...