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Orora Design Technologies proposes to develop electronic design automation (EDA) tools employing minimally invasive circuit design-based methods to mitigate single event effects (SEEs) for next generation Ultra-DSM CMOS (

The objective of this proposal is to develop enabling technology for the production of bulk scintillating nanocomposites that have gamma radiation detection properties of single crystal NaI but with the manufacturability of plastic scintillators. These performance criteria may be met by developing nanoparticle polymer composites with ultra-high nanoparticle loadings. These ‘ultra-composites’ w ...

Analysis of nuclear material samples in the field has many advantages over laboratory analysis. Laboratory analyses can be slow, involve increased expense, lead to additional waste generation and disposal problems, and may introduce errors due to sample degradation or mishandling. In situ analysis mitigates all of these problems. The specific aim of this project is the development of a truly por ...

IN AN EFFORT TO REACH HIGHER POWERS, LASER RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED LARGER AND INCREASINGLY COMPLEX DEVICES. AN ALTERNATE SCALING APPROACH IS TO COMBINE THE OUTPUT POWER OF MANY SIMPLE LOW-POWER LASERS IN AN ARRAY. MICROLASERS ARE THE PERFECT ARRAY ELEMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE MASS-PRODUCIBLE AND HAVE POLARIZED, SINGLE-FREQUENCY, DIFFRACTION-LIMITED OUTPUTS. RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A UNIQUE M ...

FROM SPOT WELDING TO SOLDERING, JOINING METAL WIRES TO ONE ANOTHER OR TO SUBSTRATES IS A MAJOR PART OF THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS FOR ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THIS PROGRAM IS DEVELOPING AN ENTIRELY NEW METHOD FOR WELDING SUCH JOINTS USING FILLER METALS. IN THIS NOVEL METHOD, 50-500 MUM DIAM MONODISPERSE DROPLETS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE FILLER METAL ARE GENERATED REMOTELY AND THEN TRANSPORTED AND ...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to achieve recently reported gains in CIGS solar cell efficiency from in-situ laser deposition, by using an ex-situ laser annealing approach that is compatible with an existing pilot manufacturing system. The proposed ex-situ approach will not need to heat the substrate above the 425C value used to manufacture CIGS solar cells ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project addresses the commercialization of a 3D microdevice printer for biosensing applications through the development of highly efficient two-photon initiators of Poly(dimethysiloxane)s (PDMS). The microdevice printer developed by Auma Laboratories, LLC is based on two-photon direct-writing. The Auma Printer diverges from current (non-commercial) d ...

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ADJUSTABLE SPEED THREE-PHASE AC MOTOR DRIVES ARE NOW PREFERRED OVER DC MOTOR SYSTEMS, FOR MANY INDUSTRIAL DRIVES, AND BATTERY-POWERED CARS. THIS IS BECAUSE STATIC INVERTERS, WITH ADJUSTABLE FREQUENCY AND VOLTAGE, ARE RELIABLE AND ECONOMICAL. INDUCTION MOTORS PROVIDE BRUSHLESS OPERATION, BUT THEY HAVE SLIP AND A RELATIVELY LOW LAGGING POWER FACTOR. SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS HAVE BETTER POWER FACTOR AND ...

THE EROSION OF THE RIVER BED AROUND BRIDGE PIERS IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS LOCAL SCOUR AND IS INDUCED BY THE RECIRCULATING JUNCTURE FLOW AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE PIER AND THE RIVER BED. BRIDGE FAILURE CAUSED BY THIS PHENOMENON HAS LONG BEEN AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. AVERAGE TOTAL LOSSES FROM THE RESULTING DAMAGE CAN RUN UP TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLL ...