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PROVISION OF MEANINGFUL INSERVICE TRAINING FOR THE EDUCATORSOF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IS INCREASINGLY COSTLY AND DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER. OUTDATED DELIVERY MODELS ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOCUSED CONTENT, AND ARE UNRESPONSIVE TO STAFF REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR BETTER INSERVICE TRAINING WITH A DECENTRALIZED, SELF-PACED MODEL THAT PROVIDES FOCUSED CONTENT WITH COMPUTERIZED REVIEW ...

In an effort to development more robust optical system coatings DTRA, in collaboration with Sandia National Labs, is working to characterize the degradation of optical materials for space systems when exposed to high intensely EUV/ cold x-rays. The experiments utilizes the Double Eagle z-pinch facility which generates high current, high voltage arc pinch plasma to produce an intense EUV and cold x ...

A GROWING NEED EXISTS BY BOTH THE MILITARY AND INDUSTRY FOR A RAPID METHOD OF REMOTELY MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF THE ARCTIC SEA ICE COVER. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AN ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SENSOR TO REMOTELY MEASURE SEA ICE THICKNESS FROM AN AIRCRAFT. THEORY SUGGESTS THIS TECHNIQUE HAS GOOD POTENTIAL. IN ORDER TO VERIFY THE THEORY , A COMPUTER ANALYSIS AND A BRIEF ARCTIC FIELD TEST WILL BE PERFO ...

This project team will fully develop and test AlphaBear 2, a vocabulary learning game for grade 4 to 7 students. Vocabulary is a prerequisite for academic success, as it is linked to stronger performance across academic subjects and improved reading comprehension. It is more difficult for students to participate in educational activities without understanding the key vocabulary associated with tha ...

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IN THE TREATMENT OF THE DYNAMIC PROBLEMS OF STRUCTURES, TWO ALTERNATE TESTING METHODS, BASED ON EXTERNAL AND EMBEDDED SENSORS, EXIST IN THE LITERATURE. IF THE SENSORS RESPOND TO THE CHANGES IN THE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRUCTURE, AND/OR THE ENVIRONMENT, THEN THEY ARE REFERRED TO "SMART" STRUCTURES. SMART SENSORS AND SMART MATERIALS HAVE BEEN USED FOR DETECTING STRUCTURAL DAMAGES AND/OR CO ...

Point of care (POC) diagnostic devices are a well established market but have significant growth opportunities. Stable off-the-shelf biological recognition elements available in a form that can be readily incorporated into POC devices will be essential for wide spread use and deployment. Other than glucose oxidase, stable active oxidase enzymes are not available. Pinnacle has developed intellec ...

The Electromagnetic Plasmoid Thruster (EMPT) has demonstrated the ability to ionize, electromagnetically accelerate, and eject a broad range of complex and chemically-reactive molecular gases, including monopropellants. EMPT has the potential to dramatically increase the operational range of existing electric propulsion (EP) systems in both power density, power throttling, and propellant choice. P ...

This DARPA-STTR program aims to research and develop a computational and theoretical framework to assess the extent of asymmetric visibility through an externally tunable nanoparticle-based obscurant cloud, and how much such asymmetry can be enhanced by using a computational backend. Essentially, we will explore how the previous knowledge of the statistics of the obscurant can help the computation ...