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WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW (FOV) CAMERAS TO DATE HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY DISTORTION WHICH LIMITS THEIR USE IN TELEROBOTIC OPERATIONS. ONE REASON FOR THIS DISTORTION HAS BEEN THE NEED TO PROJECT A HEMISPHERICAL IMAGE ONTO A FLAT PLANE. Q-DOT PROPOSES A UNIQUE IMAGING SYSTEM WHICH UTILIZES A HEMISPHERICAL FOCAL PLANE TO MINIMIZE DISTORTION. THIS FOCAL PLANE SERVES TO INTERFACE WIDE FOV, FLY-EYE OPTICS TO A FLA ...

THE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF WATER SUPPLIES IS BECOMING CRITICAL AT THE SAME TIME THAT WATER MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS ARE GROWING MORE COMPLEX. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) IS ENHANCING ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE FORECASTING INFORMATION; HOWEVER; MOST WATER MANAGERS ARE UNAWARE OF THE VALUE OF THE INFORMATION AND HOW IT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO WATER RESOURCES OPERATIONS. RTI WILL EXAMINE WAYS IN WH ...

THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A FLOOR MONITOR FOR QUICK DETERMINATION OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION. THE MONITOR WILL UTILIZE A NEW PORTABLE TECHNOLOGY (INCLUDING SUPPORT ELECTRONICS). IT WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO MEASURE BETA CONTAMINATION BELOW 5000 DPM/100 CM SQUARED WHEN AVERAGED OVER ONE SQUARE METER AND COVER AN AREA AS LARGE AS SEVERAL SQUARE FEET PER SECOND. IT WILL ALSO BE CAPAB ...

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TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT SERVICES CENTER (SESSC) TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEIR USERS USE SESC INFORMATION PRODUCTS, WE PROPOSE A USER-DRIVEN EVALUATION PROCESS BASED ON NATURALISTIC INQUIRY METHODS. AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, WE WILL RECOMMEND SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE SESC PRODUCTS AND THEIR DELIVERY FORMAT. PHASE I RESEARCH WILL INVOLVE DEVELOPING AN INTERVIEW PROT ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL DEVELOP A P-VERSION OF THE FINITE ELEMENT ALTERNATING METHOD (FEA). THE P-VERSION OF THE FEAM WILL ALLOW FOR THE ACCURATE CALCULATION OF FRACTURE PARAMETERS WHILE MINIMIZING THE MODELING EFFORT REQUIRED OF THE USER. THESE TWO BENEFITS WILL MAKE THE FRACTURE MECHANICS COMPUTATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE RESIDUAL LIFE OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES MORE COST EFFECTIVE ...

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THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL BE IN EIGHT ELEMENTS WITH ELEMENT 1 BEING AN ANALYSIS OF CURRENT TRANSPORTATON PLANNING AND ENGINEERING SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE USE. DESIGN-COMPUTERS WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN THIS ELEMENT. IN ELEMENT 2, AN ANALYSIS OF DATA INPUT OPTIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOFTWARE AND DESIGN-COMPUTER HARDWARE IDENTIFIED WILL BE COMPLETED. THE REQUIREMENTS TO ACCOMODATE AUTOMATIC V ...

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