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21st Century Systems, Inc. proposes to research and realize agent-based decision support system under uncertainty for submarineoperations. We will use a highly innovative hybridBayesian/differential game modeling approach to tackle thisproblem. The resulting theory and technology will facilitatesubmarine options by addressing such practical problems astradeoff evaluation for course of action and ...

For efficient space operations, and for effective space force enhancement to terrestrial forces, Aerospace Operations Center (AOC) personnel must be continuously aware of the status of on-orbit assets, payload coverage, reacting to system degradations andfailures, and responding to intolerant environments for satellites. To complete the situational awareness picture, there is also the need to depi ...

60311 There are economic and environmental justifications for replacing conventional distillation processes with simpler membrane separations in certain applications. However, at present, there are no commercial membranes able to withstand the aggressive conditions associated with important industrial chemicals, including hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride, and ozone. Prototype, chemic ...

60395 Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from gasoline refueling facilities continue to be an energy, safety, and environmental issue. In such applications, it is desired to vent the air in the system and keep the VOC behind. This project will develop a reverse separation membrane (RSM) system that allows for rapid venting of air while retaining the gasoline in underground storag ...

A nearly universal trend in modern technology is the continued integration of systems, and their associated devices, on decreasingly smaller scales. While this has led to personal computers that offer more functionality and faster computational speeds, ithas also spurred the development of hybrid optoelectronic systems on a chip (SOCs). Currently, such SOCs are receiving significant interest fro ...

The overall goal of the proposed research is to develop a comprehensive, efficient, and well validated model of various remelting processes used for the production of ingots of superalloys and titanium alloys. Phase I research has demonstrated thefeasibility and the validity of developing a unified computational model for efficient and accurate prediction of AC and DC electromagnetics, fluid flow, ...

A novel Fourier transform-infrared spectrometer will be developed. The instrument is modular, rugged, compact, and optically stable. Large volume pricing will be less than $4000 per unit. Two months of Phase I effort have demonstrated conclusively thefeasibility of three critical technical objectives, generating strong commercial interest. Confidence is high that the remaining objectives will be a ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project,

Spin-dependent-tunneling (SDT) sensors are emerging as a microelectronics-based magnetic-sensor technology for the broadband detection of low-level fields produced by objects such as military or commercial vehicles. The sensors offer the potential of smallsize, low cost, low power, and low-field resolution. The sensitivity of the devices is high, however they exhibit a significant

NVE will produce and package IC's that monolithically integrate high speed GMR signal isolators into prototype high-speed 74245 type transceivers and 74573 type logic latches. Commercial high-speed data bus interfaces between microcontroller basedsubsystems have not been galvanically isolated due to performance, size and cost constraints. These interfaces would benefit from the inclusion of mono ...