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A cerebral aneurysm is an abnormal enlargement or pouch that forms from a weakened vessel segment in the brain Often going unnoticed and untreated an aneurysm can cause a sudden and catastrophic hemorrhage or stroke Approximately of patients die from an aneurysm rupture even before receiving medical attention and of patients die despite medical treatment Patients that survive typical ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACTA cerebral aneurysm is an abnormal enlargement or pouch that forms from a weakened vessel segment in the brainOften going unnoticed and untreatedan aneurysm can cause a sudden and catastrophic hemorrhage or strokeApproximatelyof patients die from an aneurysm rupture even before receiving medical attention andof patients die despite medical treatmentPatients that survive typ ...

SpaceWorks and the Georgia Institute of Technology propose an integrated predictive diagnostic system for evaluating the condition of spacecraft moving parts. Specific mechanisms to be addressed include reaction and momentum wheels, gimbals, flywheels and cryocoolers. To accurately estimate the remaining life of components, an intelligent diagnostic and prognostic monitoring and computational st ...

Beryllium and beryllium alloys are strategic to many defense/aerospace applications, but whose use is limited due to current and anticipated more stringent health and safety concerns which result in long lead times for fabrication and very high cost. An innovative approach that reduces fabrication time to a matter of hours to a few days results in low cost and produces net shapes without exposure ...

The long term objective of this project is the synthesis and assembly of wound healing devices that mimic as closely as possible the biochemical and mechanical characteristics of healthy human skin The proposed research would focus on the synthesis of membranes containing electrospun human recombinant tropoelastin and collagen mixtures The ratios of the two molecules and the spinning condition ...

Accurate Automation Corporation will develop a carbon nanotube based microstrip plasma limiter suitable for inclusion on RF printed circuit boards used on the front-end of an X-Band phased-array receiver. This device will capitalize on the ability to use carbon nanotubes to reduce the size and cost of an RF limiter while dramatically increasing the performance. Specific attention will be focused o ...

This STTR Phase I proposal proposes to design and develop reactive filter media using nanofiber technology to capture corrosion inducing particulate matter present in coastal region air. The fibrous filter media will be functionalized using ion exchange chemistry which is known to react with salt ions. The media will be characterized for its filtration performance, resistance to airflow, and dus ...

Develop a titanium, welded metal bellows extendable sunshade to deploy over seeker system optics in kinetic kill vehicles and other military missile systems that employ optical tracking. One object of the sunshade is to offer an alternative technology tohelp improve the durability of optical coatings by minimizing thermal gradients on the coatings as would be generated by free airflow across the ...

A space-saving, economical, collapsible alternative to rigid sunshades-and particularly a replacement for beryllium sunshades-for the protection of optical coatings and heat seeking sensors on kinetic kill vehicles and similar equipment. The bellows sunshade is a self-deploying, non-toxic, titanium, all metallic, non-outgassing cylindrical shield that can expand up to twelve times its stowed leng ...

A space-saving, economical, collapsible alternative to rigid sunshades-and particularly a replacement for beryllium sunshades-for the protection of optical coatings and heat seeking sensors on kinetic kill vehicles and similar equipment. The bellows sunshade is a self-deploying, non-toxic, titanium, all metallic, non-outgassing cylindrical shield that can expand up to twelve times its stowed leng ...