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Mission Support proposes to develop a compact, self-contained neutron spectrometer for MeV neutrons that will be suitable for the detection of the nitrogen, oxygen and carbon components in explosive materials. Neutron-resonance-radiographic techniques will be employed to detect the presence of these materials through their distinctive total-neutron-cross-section resonances. The detector insures ...

Disability is the nation's largest public health issue; with over 35 million Americans experiencing disability and annual disability-related costs exceeding $170 billion. Planning for the efficient and equitable allocations of state and local rehabilitation services has generally been inadequate, however. Geographic information systems (GIS) approaches have the potential to dramatically improve ...

The Army has identified a need for process innovations that would support the production of components for light weight vehicles out of advanced materials. The use of advanced, lightweight structural materials in vehicular applications presents an opportunity to enhance the effectiveness of Army units. Through more effective energy utilization, fuel will be conserved, which will simplify the log ...

An effective removal of paint from many surfaces can result in increased safety and reduced maintenance cost for many systems. The ideal paint stripping system should; 1) easily strip paint from various structures, 2) allow safe operation and safe removal of paint hazardous by-products (e.g. lead paint dust), 3) not damage the surface, and 4) by simple and reliable for manual and automated operati ...

The efficiency, maintenance cost, and service life of off-highway vehicles can be drastically improved with the development of a heat exchanger precleaner. Development challenges include ease of integration with present and new vehicles, the device compact size, high contaminates removal efficiency, low initial and maintenance cost, and high reliability. The objective of Phase I of this project is ...

Open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) operations for the disposal of obsolete, defective, and waste military energetic materials, such as propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics now require emissions data to support RCRA subpart X permit applications. Many of the current analytical methods used to obtain these data, such as gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and supercritical fluid chromatogra ...

New tactical missiles may require on-demand thrust control utilizing liquid propellent systems. the objective of this project is to develop a small, highly controllable, low cost. electrically driven high pressure liquid fuel pump to be used for tactical missile propulsion sustems. Phase I will investigate the feasibility of a novel solid-state pump technology. The device will operate at very h ...

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID-STATE DIRECTION-INDICATING APPARATUS, WITH TILT-IMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES AN AUDIBLE OR TACTILE INTERFACE WITH THE USER. REDUCED SIZE TO ALLOW ENCAPSULATION IN A TYPICAL WALKING CANE. A DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL PROVIDE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON WITH AN INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. THE DEVICE WILLALSO SIGNAL ...

IDENTIFY CANDIDATE OPERATIONS IN LEAD STYPHNATE WASHING AND PROPORTIONING OPERATIONS TO WHICH ROBOTICS MAY BE APPLIED. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE REMOVAL OF PERSONNEL FROM HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS; IMPROVED SAFETY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROBOTICS SUITABLE FOR HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS. PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND RANK OPERATIONS; DEVELOP DESIGN CONCEPTS USING COMMERCIAL ROBOTS (OFF-THE-SHELF OR MODIFIED); EXAMINE SAFETY C ...

NEW SAGE HAS UNDERTAKEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED ENVIRONMENT FOR TESTING AND REMEDIATING A VARIETY OF READINGDISABILITIES. IT IS CALLED DELVE. THE TEST IS BASED ON A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL OF READING SKILL COMPONENTS. DELVE PRESENTS ITEMS TO TEST ALL READING SKILL AREAS, PRESENTS A VARIETY OF DIAGNOSTIC DATA, SUGGESTS APPROPRIATE REMEDIATION, AND THEN PROVIDES GAMES DESIGNED TO BEEF UP WE ...