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THERE IS AN INCREASED EMPHASIS ON THE ACOUSTIC SIGNATURES OF GROUND COMBAT VEHICLES DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EFFECTIVE ACOUSTIC TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEMS. DURING THE DESIGN STAGE OF A GROUND COMBAT VEHICLE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REDUCE THE NOISE, EMITTED FROM STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS. THEREFORE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACOUSTIC PREDICTION SOFTWARE IS ESSENTIAL. WITHIN THIS PROJECT, THEORETICAL TECH ...

THIS PROJECT IS DIRECTED AT PRODUCING A GENERALIZED COMPRESSION MODEL FOR SYSTEMATICALLY TRANSMISSION OF VIDEO INFORMATION AT DECREASING DATA RATES WHILE MAINTAINING MAXIMAL INFORMATION. ALTHOUGH MUCH IS STILL UNKNOWN ABOUT THE HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM, MAJOR PIECES OF THE PUZZLE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AND CAN BE USED AS A BASIS FOR IMPLEMENTING ADVANCED COMPRESSION MODELS WHICH MAXIMIZE THE AMO ...

The soldering and cleaning processes used in the electronic industry are not environmentally friendly. Approximately 25% of the 50,000 tons of lead, bismuth and other toxic metals used in the soldering process for electronic assemblies are lost into the environment. Rosin based fluxes require solvent degreasing which release considerable amounts of hazardous chemicals into the environment. New, co ...

The objective of this project is to develop real-time, lossless or near lossless data compression techniques for high data rate sensors such as EO, IIR, MMW seekers, and fiber optic guidance system. Wavelet transform accepts nonstationarity and is well localized in both space and frequency domains and it is also orthogonal to avoid redundancy in the wavelet transform. Vector quantization, which en ...

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A topic that is of considerable interest in the military is how to implement stress into training and simulation--how to provide trainees with realistic exposure to the military operational environmemt. However, one current problem in the design and acquisition of simulation and training systems is that they are often fielded without the capability to incorporate realistic stress exercises. They a ...

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THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT REQUIREMENT FOR BATHYMETRIC INFORMATION WITH ENOUGH PRECISION IN THE VERTICAL AXIS (ELEVATION) TO ASSES LONG TERM PROCESSES SUCH AS SCOUR, SILTING, SUBSIDENCE AND OTHER SUBTLE FLUCTUATIONS I BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY. PRODUCING HIGHLY ACCURATE BATHYMETRIC SURVEYS IS COSTLY AND ERROR PRONE. MODERN SURVEY SYSTEMS CAN PRODUCE RESULTS ACCURATE TO WITHIN A FEW DECIMETERS IN THE HORIZONTA ...

INLAND WATERWAYS AND TERMINAL FACILITIES ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE CONGESTED, RESULTING IN INCREASED RISKS OF COLLISIONS AND GROUNDINGS. DUE TO ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IT IS GENERALLY NOT FEASIBLE TO EXPAND WATERWAYS OR TERMINALS IN CURRENTLY CONGESTED AREAS. ONE WAY TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR INCREASED SHIPPING TONNAGE IS TO IMPROVE THE PRECISION OF PILOTING COMMERCIAL VESSELS. ELE ...