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Silicon-based photoconductive switch technology, despite its widespread industrial use, has not reached its limit in repetition-rate nor recovery-time. While traditional Si-PCSS systems have demonstrated poor recovery time (tens to hundreds of microseconds), new understanding in absolute photo-carrier generation and the resultant reduced sweepout time, provides one means to get beyond this seeming ...

In this proposed SBIR program, IBC Materials & Technologies, in conjunction with our industry partner Mechanical Solutions, Inc. (MSI) and Texas A&M University, will leverage our knowledge and experience in the domain of industrial metallic coatings to develop a metallurgical coating solution for the Air Foil Bearing. IBC has deep expertise in a variety of industrial coating processes including mu ...

Widely used composite materials reduce aircraft weight and cost, improve structural performance, and boost fuel efficiency. However, composites are susceptible to adhesive bond line quality issues, both in initial fabrication and in service related bonding failures. Detection of weakened bonds requires an easy diagnostic approach to routinely monitor composite aircraft health. Our proposed solutio ...

Social media is transforming the way people around the world share messages, receive information, and come together to act. Unlike most traditional media, social media is built on a technical foundation that enables messages to spread quickly and widely, can be used to disguise the true source of messages, and can be used to produce automated messages that may have influential and manipulative eff ...

The ubiquity of high-resolution imagery and video taken by surveillance cameras, handheld cameras, vehicle-mounted cameras, and airborne cameras is creating a rich source of dynamic data that offers opportunities for effectively solving defense, security and law enforcement problems. But in order to develop effective scene and activity understanding applications we must develop robust, accurate an ...

The current generation of US students needs a stronger base in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) principles, an understanding of how these principles relate to the real world, and the ability to transfer these principles to tomorrows science and engineering challenges. The Navys use of science and technology is increasing, and a lack of STEM-ready applicants could lead to a ...

This effort is focused on establishing an important capability of providing a comprehensive, advanced model of the three-dimensional acoustic field, including propagation, scattering, and reverberation in complex and dynamic environments. This new 3D acoustic model would feed the Navys sonar performance estimation tool with a purpose of addressing the optimal placement of sensors in complicated en ...

Rechargeable lithium ion battery systems can provide power throughout the aircraft, including engine or Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) starting, avionics, emergency, and other systems. Because of their high specific energy/power and potential thermal instability, they can present hazards if improperly designed, tested, handled, or stored. To address the thermal safety issue of Li-ion batteries, EIC La ...

The importance of social media in the information ecosystem has created strong incentives for the development of human-mimicking social bots. Bots may be part of the information strategies of terrorist organizations, aiming to inflate perceptions of support for their activities. Bots may be involved in manipulating information in emergencies to stoke hysteria. The increasing prevalence and sophist ...

White River Technologies, Inc. and Boston University propose a systematic R&D project that first develops the requirements for an E-field sensing solution based on our physical understanding of UAV-based MAD noise and then tailors design and development activities to those requirements. New Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD)-equipped unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems that are organic to the P-8A ...