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Nokomis proposes to develop a real-time microwave spectroscopy device to identify Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) associated with Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity. Exhaled breath contains VOCs that act as signatures of bodily health, and are able to be utilized for health diagnostics. The proposed work will demonstrate sensitivity to the presence of chemicals at less than 50 ppb concentration levels, a ...

This proposal is dedicated to development of portable device for -on site- diagnostic of burn injury. The design will utilize a technology Ultra-Wide Band RF waves of ultra-low intensity (harmless by Federal Standards). The emitted RF waves will reflect from boundaries between tissues normal and damaged by injury to quantitatively characterize severity of burn and would require minimal skills fro ...

CHI Systems, in partnership with the Virginia Serious Games Institute, proposes to design, develop, and assess the Interactive Mixed Media augmented Reality Simulation Engine (IMMERSE) technology, a compelling and instructionally rich training experience using augmented and mixed-reality for TC3 trainees, and then evaluate the impact of the IMMERSE approach on trainee understanding and training ef ...

Cost-effective application of advanced commercial electronics technologies in DoD space systems requires early development of radiation-hardened-by-design (RHBD) techniques, and use of simulations is critical to the efficiency of this process. CFDRC has developed an integrated, mixed-mode simulation approach allowing their NanoTCAD device physics simulator to interface with commercial circuit simu ...

One important challenge for the reliable prediction of liquid fuel effects on the combustion in aviation combustors and augmentors is the accurate modeling of underlying physical processes, involving the evaporation of fuels, preferential vaporization, scalar mixing and ignition. LES methodologies are required to accurately capture these transient and inherently unsteady combustion processes. In t ...

The primary objective of this effort is to develop a tractable computational tool to assess the probability of ignition within aircraft combustors and augmentors during routine igniter and/or system design analysis. This computational tool will provide for the off-line assessment of ignition probability given flowfield simulation data, characteristic igniter geometric and physical parameters, and ...

The objective of this STTR research program is to develop a reduced order modeling (ROM) approach for efficiently and accurately representing computed CFD ship airwake data. This approach will enable the streamlined integration of the airwake flowfield with real-time piloted flight simulation environments, reduce the storage requirements of the original CFD airwake model by a factor of 1000, and p ...

For the Phase I effort, PiAC has designed a light weight sensor pod (LWSP) system to satisfy the Navys specific requirements of Topic N171A-T007. PiACs technical design solution meets the topic requirements, based on initial analysis. PiACs plan is to use this design as baseline for major trades and compliance analyses. The LWSP design will be structurally sized and validated to minimize weight. P ...

This project will develop high energy density capacitor that can be operated at tens to hundreds of kHz switching frequency with high ripple current. The high dielectric constant, high dielectric breakdown strength, low dielectric loss, and high thermal conductivity of the special dielectric material will allow the capacitor operated at high energy density without thermal runaway. The low inductan ...

As submarine threats from adversary countries continue to rise, the U.S. Navy must maintain and expand its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities. Warfighter readiness is the linchpin of the Navys ASW strategy, but the complexity of the ASW domain necessitates time-consuming training, and practical experiences to transfer those skills to the operational environment. An innovative training appro ...