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Agave BioSystems, in collaboration with Professor George Malliaras of Cornell University, proposes to develop a unique and innovative biosensor based on induced luminescence of captured BW bacterial agents and organic light emitting diode (OLED)technology. The system would use an array of bacteriophage engineered to express fluorescent protein in infected BW agents. The specificity of the phag ...

Higher inlet temperatures for turbine engines will provide significant benefits in fuel efficiency and performance for both military and commercial air vehicles. To accomplish this goal, new generation thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) with superiorreliability and durability will be needed. The currently-used zirconia-based TBCs do not adequately meet thermal conductivity requirements and they suf ...

Higher inlet operational temperatures for turbine engines is expected to provide significant benefits in fuel efficiency and performance for both military and commercial air vehicles. To accomplish this goal, new generation of thermal barrier coatingswith superior reliability and durability will be needed. While the currently-used zirconia-based thermal barrier coatings provide excellent thermal ...

Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), FY2000-2005 requires the United States (U.S.) Military to develop the capability to rapidly project a dominant ground force anywhere in the world within days. The Army Vision and draft Army Strategic Environments (Draft FM525-5) reinforce the DPG by requiring the right mix of mission tailored, combat-ready land forces and capabilities, including support and sustain ...

Recent studies have indicated the potential of reconstruction methods such as tomography as a modality suitable for finding and imaging steel reinforcement encased in bridges. The objective of the proposed research is to develop and demonstrate anultrasonic tomography system capable of imaging reinforcement steel in concrete bridge girders. The system will be capable of locating position and siz ...

Several of the approaches proposed would involve arrays of vertical-sensing sensors plus horizontal-sensing sensors supported by a 4-meter long lightweight beam. End supports could extend out from the roadside, or consist of longitudinal extenders. Thevertical-sensing sensors would sense road profile and pavement deflection under load. They could be either contact sensors (linear variable diffe ...

The overall goal of Phase I is to generate preliminary sequence, functional, and pathway data for Pichia pastoris and to use that information to develop a strategy for strain improvement in Phase I This process will involve the construction of a highlyrandom plasmid library and generation of 30,000 sequencing reactions. Assembly of the contigs will be done using the Phred-Phrap-Consted suite of as ...

Demand for electrical power in portable and temporary installations continues to increase, which adds significant logistical burden in terms of weight, maintenance, and fuel demand. Power demands include command & control operations, medical operations,lighting, chemical/biological filtering, and communications. Iowa Thin Film Technologies (ITFT) manufactures a unique, flexible, thin film phot ...

We propose to develop, build, and validate a hybrid decision support toolkit that utilizes a combination of common sense reasoning, domain knowledge based reasoning, and soft computing techniques to support intelligent decision making. The main product ofthis project will be the Hybrid Decision Wizard (HDWizard), an agent-based decision support system that facilitates the automated generation of ...

This Phase II STTR proposal describes an activated form of organophosphate hydrolyzing enzyme that, when dissolved in water, forms a covalent bond to skin. In Phase I, a lyophilized preparation of Organophosphate Hydrolase (OPH) from Pseudomonas diminutaretained the capability to couple to skin and to hydrolyze nerve agent surrogates when stored for months at 40¿C. Immobilized enzyme also retai ...