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Performing accurate simulations of large- and multi-scale electromagnetics problems has far-reaching implications The same physics governs applications as diverse as rare earth content reduction in DC motor design; wireless propagation in dense urban environments and novel antenna design, both key issues in the pending 5G communications boom; electromagnetic sounding for subsurface exo-terrestrial ...

ABSTRACT: To maintain superiority in the battle domains of space, ground, air and sea, it is natural that the U.S. move toward incorporating autonomous capabilities to enhance/replace the traditional role of humans. Continued advances in processing capability and techniques to employ decision logic and adaptive learning strategies will soon make this vision reality. To deploy any such capability o ...

ABSTRACT: The hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet is capable of providing hypersonic air-breathing propulsion for high-speed applications. The effective operation of high-speed air-breathing engines (ram- and scram-jets) over a wide range of flow parameters (velocity and altitude) is one of the most technically difficult challenges in the design of hypersonic vehicles. The most promising approach to overc ...

In this Phase I SBIR, Oceanit will develop a novel, powerful, adaptable cyber defense capability to support autonomous Air Force weapons systems.

Cyber defense is difficult, but presents a particularly thorny problem for legacy systems, including legacy embedded systems, where in many such cases source code may not even be available. In this project, we proposed to investigate and extend a pattern-based approach recently developed by USC-ISI for analyzing and retrofitting binary code to protect against potential attacks. In this project, we ...

IFOS and STTR Partner Northwestern University propose to investigate the commercial viability of rapid transition of enhanced high-speed fiber-optic sensing systems. Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensing based on Two Wave Mixing Interferometry (TWMI) in Photo-Refractive Crystals (PRC) has already been commercialized for dual-use applications. In this project, IFOS will leverage its experience as leadi ...

Indiana Integrated Circuits, LLC (IIC) and the University of Notre Dame, proposes to design, fabrication, and test/verification of an adiabatic reversible-logic microprocessor, building upon a very productive Phase I. The Phase I effort saw the successful design and verification of a 16-bit MIPS microprocessor using adiabatic logic in 90 nm CMOS. Simulations performed as part of the completed Phas ...

New automotive engine technologies, such as direct injection with stratified charge combustion, are being explored under programs of the DOE and others that offer significant increases in efficiency and reductions in emissions. Research tools are needed to help determine how best to adequately control the combustion process throughout the engine operating envelope, to optimize combustion efficienc ...

There are currently no comprehensive computational design tools for developing photocathodes and the electron sources they support. Existing codes do not address the latest photocathode materials, nor do they provide the complete physics related to electron emission. This is complicating design of RF guns and photoinjectors for accelerators and light sources. Statement of how this problem or situa ...

The United States Air Force (USAF) at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) has identified a need for improved turbine engine exhaust flow measurement. Non-Contact Technologies, LLC, (NCT) seeks to apply research techniques developed by the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) for non-intrusive diagnostics of exhaust and gas flows from turbine engines during ground testing. The U ...