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VARIOUS ACTIVITIES (EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, RESEARCH) GENERATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAW DATA. HOWEVER, DATA IS COLLECTED IN A DISJOINTED AND ISOLATED FASHION (I.E., ACTS, LITERATURE) CREATING BARRIERS IN DATA ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION. THERE IS A CONSENSUS AMONG FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS, THAT NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED IF ...

THIS PROPOSAL ENCOMPASSES A NEW TECHNOLOGICAL IDEA. THIS IDEA IS BASED ON A PATENTED WORKING OPTICAL BACKPLANE TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT FIBEROPTICS. PROJECT ENGINEERS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. HAVE LONG SOUGHT AFTER A REPLACEMENT FOR COMPLEX, UNRELIABLE MATRIX SWITCHING. THIS TECHNOLOGY ELIMINATES ALL RELAY MATRICES AND CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. THESE DEVICES ARE CURRENTLY USED FOR BOTH SWITCHING ANALOG SIGNA ...

A feasibility study of a new route to the formation of crystalline films of the ferroelectric LiNbO3 is proposed. Two aspects of the proposed route are unique in themselves and, combined, should permit the development of a low temperature, scalable production process, to make electronic grade LiNbO3 more widely available to the integrated circuit (IC) industry. Preparation and reaction of novel vo ...

REMOVAL OF TOXIC METALS FROM WASTEWATER STREAMS HAS BECOME A PROBLEM OF INCREASING NATIONAL IMPORTANCE, AS A RESULT OF INCREASING CONCERN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND INCREASINGLY STRINGENT WASTE DISPOSAL REGULATIONS. CHROMATOCHEM, INC., HAS DEVELOPED AN ECONOMICAL AND EFFECTIVE NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE REMOVAL OF LOW LEVELS OF TOXIC METAL IONS FROM WASTEWATER STREAMS, USING SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE) ...

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THE "EMBEDDED LASER DIODE SENSOR FOR STRUCTURAL MATERIALS," ADDRESSES SDIO'S NEEDS FOR INNOVATIVE INTEGRATED SELF-CALIBRATING SENSORS IN ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES FOR SPACE OPERATIONS AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL QUALITY CONTROL. THE PROPOSED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE SENSOR MAKING USE OF AN EXTERNAL CAVITY COUPLING CONFIGURATION WHICH UTILIZES THE RESONATOR CAVITY AS BOTH AN OSCILLATO ...

THE TEAM OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL SCIENCES (EOS) AND SKW PROPOSE AN INNOVATIVE RANGE-DOPPLER LASER RADAR FOR USE ON SPACEBORNE PLATFORMS IN TMD AND STRATEGIC DEFENSE APPLICATIONS. THE NEW LASER RADAR UTILIZES A CONVENTIONAL RANGER OPTICALLY COUPLED WITH A NOVEL INTERFEROMETRIC DOPPLER DETECTION (ID3) RECEIVER RECENTLY INVENTED BY EOS. THE LASER RADAR WILL FUNCTION AS AN ADJUNCT TO PASSIVE SENSORS USED I ...

HETEROEPITAXY OF SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND FILMS AT LOW PRESSURE BY ENERGY ASSISTED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLICATIONS IS A GOAL THAT REMAINS UNREALIZED AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF EFFORTS WORLD WIDE. A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IS THE LACK OF CONTROL ON NUCLEATION IN THE HETEROEPITAXY PROCESS. RECENTLY, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED FOR THE PREPARATION OF SINGLE ...

THE INNOVATION WE PROPOSE IN THE PHASE I WORK IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL AND INEXPENSIVE ROUTE TO PURE CERAMIC COATINGS EXHIBITING WELL DOCUMENTED CORROSION AND WEAR RESISTANCE. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL ESTABLISH FEASIBILITY OF FORMULATING PURE PHASE CERAMIC COATING AND EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF FABRICATING MUTIPHASE AND/OR MULTICOMPONENT COATINGS WITH CONTROLLABLE MICROSTRUCTURE. IT IS ANTICIPATE ...

WHILE PRINTING PACKAGES FOR THE CONSUMER PRODUCTS INDUSTRY PRINTERS GENERATE HAZARDOUS INK WASTE IN QUANTITIES THAT QUALIFY THE INDUSTRY AS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST SOURCES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE. IN FACT, SOLVENT COMPONENTS IN INK WASTE ARE AMONG 17 CHEMICALS TARGETED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) FOR MINIMIZATION. THE PROPOSED PROCESS TECHNOLOGY RECYLES INK WASTE ON-SITE VERSUS DIS ...