Award Data

THE LONG-RANGE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF A PROTON THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT WILL LEAD TO A SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCEMENT OVER EXISTING METHODSOF CANCER TREATMENT WITH PROTONS. DELIVERY SYSTEM COMPONENTS WILL INCLUDE RASTER SCANNING MAGNETS, SMALL APERTURE BENDING MAGNETS, GANTRY SYSTEMS, AND PERMANENT MAGNET TRANSPORT SYSTEMS OF WIDE MOMENTUM ACCEPTANCE. SUCH EQ ...

N/A

Not Available A Java Based Automatic Test System (ATS) and Test Program Set (TPS) Development Environment is proposed as a software for new systems development and for rehosting legacy TPS. The technical objectives of this effort are: develop a comprehensive Java based ATS software architecture, develop a prototype ATS and simple TPS to demonstrate cross platform compatibility and to fully docume ...

Not Available Problem Definition: Mainstreaming has spawned a critical loss of teaching resources for braille music. This circumstance impedes full participation in school music programs, hindering literacy and equal access to information. Objective: Develop a set of software functions to support the use of a hardware prototype of a braille computer keyboard overlay, developed by TACK-TILES Braill ...

Not Available As aircraft become more sophisticated and the concerns for safety increase, researchers and engineers increasingly rely on aircraft modeling and simulation to perform detailed and analysis prior to and during a flight test program. The key to the fidelity of any simulation is the quality of the underlying aerodynamic database, and while it is relatively straightforward to collect th ...

THE ACCEPTANCE OF EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION DEVICES BASED ON GAS TRANSFER THROUGH A MEMBRANE WILL DEPEND TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF SIMPLER, EASIER TO USE, SAFER,AND LOWERCOST DEVICES. OXYGENATORS USING MICROPOROUS HOLLOWFIBERS HAVE COME INTO WIDER USE THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THEY PRESENT MORE MEMBRANE SURFACE TO BLOOD AND GAS PHASES FOR EQUIVALENT VOLUME AND DO NOT REQUIRE A SUPPLEMEN ...

CLASSICAL ASSAYS FOR DETERMINING BLOOD AND URINE GLUCOSE HAVE LIMITED VALUE FOR THE MONITORING OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL OVER TIME. MEASUREMENT OF GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN (GHB) IS ALREADY GAINING ACCEPTANCE FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS. GHB LEVELS ARE NOT ONLY USEFUL FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT ALSO FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CARE GOALS AND FOR CARE REINFORCEMENT. IN THE FUTURE, M ...

Not Available Reveo, Inc. has invented a proprietary low cost pigment technology having the unprecedented quality that it can be designed to be highly reflective at any wavelength in the range of less than 300 nm to more than 3000 nm with a reflective bandwidth in the range of less than 40 nm to more than 1000 nm. Outside the reflective band, the material is transparent. This novel material, base ...

THIS PROGRAM IS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLATINUM-POLYSTYRENE ELECTRODE WITH TEXTURED SURFACE FOR A SUBCUTANEOUS ELECTROCATALYTIC SENSOR. THE SUBCUTANEOUS SENSOR HAS LOWER RISKS COMPARED TO AN INTRAVENOUS SENSOR, SOIT IS CONSIDERED FOR LONG-TERM MONITORING PURPOSES. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT TEXTURED SURFACES ARE FAVORABLE FOR IMPLANTATION TO THE SOFT TISSUE DUE TO BETTER VASCULARIZATIO ...

N/A