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There is a need for accurate and cost effective airborne techniques to estimate fish biomass in the open ocean. Arete proposes to develop in Phase I optimal detection algorithms using existing imaging LIDAR data collected with the Fisheye(R) sensor. These algorithms will be developed to allow real-time detection of fish and fish schools, discrimination between fish and ambient clutter, and discr ...

This project addresses the national need to continuously monitor and control mercury emission from industrial, municipal and energy-production sources. The proposed development of novel chemical microsensors and instrumentation have a unique combination of advantages to satisfy this need. The small sample size required by the microsensors in these instruments will both prolong their useful lifet ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A NEW METHOD OF RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (RTM) FOR ADVANCED COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING IN WHICH THE HEAT REQUIRED FOR CURING IS PROVIDED BY PASSING AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT THROUGH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE GRAPHITE FIBERS IN THE PREFORM. THIS METHOD, WHICH WE DESIGNATE RESISTIVE-HEAT CURED RTM OR RHCRTM, WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES OVER CONVENTIONAL RTM IN WHICH HEAT IS PROVI ...

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Portable, ultra-high sensitivity gas sensors for the detection of combustion products in plumes are urgently needed to accelerate efforts to reduce the environmental impact of combustion processes in both military and civilian applications. Innovative Lasers Corporation (ILC) proposes to develop a portable, light-weight gas sensor based on intracavity laser spectroscopy (ILS) with the ultra-high ...

Conventional composite processing techniques are presently unable to fabricate Al1O3-fiber reinforced y-titanium aluminide matrix composites based on low cost, small diameter ( 5-20um) fibers. The primary problem is one of infiltration of the matrix in between the fibers without any degradation in fiber properties. Although pressure casting would be a low cost processing approach, the severe che ...

Indoor air in work places, automobiles, recreation settings and homes is one ofthe major sources of direct human exposure to particulates, chemicals and diseasecausing bacteria. Recent estimates suggest that more than 98% of theseparticulate pollutants are very small (less than 1 ) and, therefore, cannot beeffectively filtered by exiting filters. These particulates are also know to becarriers o ...

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