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ImageCorp, Inc. proposes to design and develop a deployable video automatic target recognition (ATR) system for vehicle classification and recognition using a single video stream. The system will be built by improving the performance of the existing Phase I prototype system which was based on fusing frame-based decisions made either by a support vector machine or a Hausdorff metric based classifie ...

Chronically implanted neural electrodes are used to treat various neurological and neuropsychological disorders and for brain-machine interfaces used to control advanced prosthetics. Powering these systems with batteries is risky due to loss of power and energy over time, necessitating additional surgery, creating a lapse in treatment and additional risks from potential exposure to toxic material. ...

Lynntech is developing an energy efficient desalination technology for small scale applications.The energy requirements for traditional desalination processes such as reverse osmosis can be as high as 30 Wh/L when producing potable water from seawater at small scale production rates.During the Phase I project, Lynntech developed a novel desalination technology and demonstrated an energy efficiency ...

The objective of this proposal is to fully evolve a plug cluster aerospike design, moving from state-of-the-art computational analysis to manufacturing, ground testing, and then a full stage integration ground test. If the phase II option is exercised, the aerospike would be flight tested as well. The computational analysis is already well underway, with numerous studies producing results that hav ...

High-performance, high-speed analog-to-digital converters (ADC) are becoming essential building blocks in many applications including wireless modems, optical communications, test equipment such as real-time oscilloscopes, and high-energy particle physics (e.g., CERN), to name a few. While several ADC architectures have been proposed, time-interleaved (TI) SAR (Successive Approximation Register) A ...

The main goal for this project is to develop manufacturing technology for low defect substrate materials for high efficient UV light emitting devices based on group III nitride semiconductors. Three types of substrate materials are primary targets of this work: (1) AlGaN-on-sapphire templates, (2) AlN-on-SiC templates, and (3) free-standing AlGaN wafers. Proposed technical approach is based on h ...

Under this Phase II program the development, testing and space qualification of a 3-axis, very small and affordable Miniature Reaction Wheel (MRW) system for nanosatellites is proposed. This MRW, a functional hardware and software model of which was developed in Phase I, will provide nanosatellites weighing up to about 50 lbs a zero-momentum, 3-axis attitutde control system of about 0.02 degree po ...

Active Signal, Moog, and Cornell University propose to develop and demonstrate a full-scale, benchtop-integrated, high-speed digital servovalve for use in adaptive structural control schemes that employ distributed actuation. Today’s servovalves are expensive and low bandwidth because the mechanism and its labor-intensive fabrication processes remain largely unchanged since the product was intr ...

Current methods used for the destruction of CW agents are cumbersome, require extensive capital equipment such as incinerators and water reactors and pose potential environmental problems themselves. A novel approach for the destruction of CW agents involves genetically engineering microorganisms to produce recombinant enzymes that can efficiently degrade CW agents. Such a system would allow the ...

Building cognitive systems that can interact with real world environments encompasses fields ranging from cognitive science, research artificial intelligence, robotics and control and many other research areas. While significant advances have been made in all of these arenas, the integration of these capabilities into functional cognitive systems remains a significant challenge. Our approach is ...