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The project team is developing a prototype of the LightSide Revision Assistant, a web-based writing program for students in grades 6 to 8. The product will include an interface where students write essays and receive instant and automatic feedback, including in-line comments. Feedback will support students using an iterative revision and reflection process when writing, in contrast with existing t ...

The project team is developing a prototype of Happy Atoms, a game to support middle school students in learning about the composition of molecules. Happy Atoms will include physical manipulative balls with embedded magnets wirelessly connected to a tablet application (app) to recognize whether or not the created molecule exists and explain why or why not. The app will also include teacher resource ...

A validated, advanced, detailed physics-based CFD capability to accurately model the separated flow physics immediately downstream in the base region of a propulsive supersonic/hypersonic missile with plume afterburning is developed. The high levels of tu

Traditionally, live system testing has been by far the primary source of evidence of the safety of an autonomous vehicle. Live testing also plays a prominent role in demonstrating the safety of drive-by-wire and driver-safety technologies in the autom

This project will develop high performance capacitor film and film capacitor manufacturing technologies to achieve high energy density in large-size, high-voltage sub-microsecond discharging pulsed power capacitors. The capacitor will be able to withstand DC voltage for over 3,000 hours and deliver more than ten shots without failure.

Proposed effort will formulate and demonstrate the methodology for fabricating Porous Ceramic Matrix Composite (PCMC) transpiration plates with controlled levels of porosity, suitable for high-speed/high-temperature missile applications.Process will entail subjecting polymer composites to high-temperature pyrolysisprocess converting it to a porous ceramic matrix and locking the fiber reinforcement ...

A non-catalytic JP-8 reformer is proposed. The Swiss Roll reformer very effectively recirculates heat to optimize the reforming efficiency of thermal partial oxidation reaction without involving any catalyst and external energy. The advantages are: 1. No catalyst associated issues such as poisoning and degradation; 2. Minimum subsystems required to operate; 3. No need for water management and st ...

Most current teleoperated ground vehicle systems require a high-bandwidth link to support either real-time streaming video or streamed 3D structure back to the operator control unit, and experience significant performance degradation in the presence of communication latencies as small as 100 milliseconds. These latency and bandwidth requirements severely hamper use of teleop systems in situations ...

This Phase II SBIR proposal responds to a need for adaptive compliant actuator hardware that can adapt to a wide range of applications for human-robot interactions. Some tasks require high forces to lift, pull, or carry and other tasks require fine motor control and precise motion. Human-robot interactions also require actuators that are intrinsically safe for the human interface.

Fixed wing UAVs such as the Predator, Global Hawk, and Shadow have become invaluable C4ISR and force projection assets. They have acted as force multiplers, have reduced risk to human personnel, and have enabled new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Use of Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) unmanned craft is growing as well, including large platforms such as the Blackhawk and K-Max, and ...