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This project will create a distributed portal and virtual testbed for ATR/Fusion algorithms. The investigators will develop a CORBA architecture and software tools to support profiling of distributed software processes, workflow task management, andinterfaces to algorithm and performance measure repositories. The investigators will design and create databases for algorithm inputs, algorithm outp ...

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 ...

It is proposed to use spin dependent tunneling (SDT) and giant magnetoresistance (GMR) magnetic sensors and eddy current techniques for Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) to detect flaws in various metallic components including cracks around rivet holes andfailed bonds in diffusion bonded components. This Phase II proposal is directed towards designing, optimizing, manufacturing, and demonstrating s ...

GaInSb/InAs superlattices show great promise as materials for use in very long wavelength infrared (VLWIR) detectors. This III-V compound offers advantages over current HgCdTe technology in both anticipated performance level and ancillary support system(e.g. cryogenic cooling) costs. Due to its piezoelectric characteristic, (111)-oriented superlattice lowers the effective bandgap energy when com ...

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, ...

The Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) is charged withdestroying the nation's deteriorating stockpile of highly toxic chemicalagents and munitions. This has proven to be a technically challenging,lengthy (20 year projected effort) and costly ($15 billion and increasing)endeavor. Incineration technology is the basis for most of the chemicaldemilitarization activities. Improved incinera ...

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

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project,

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is playing an increasingly important role in U.S. industry. In the aerospace industry, where the cost of construction and operation of sub-scale and prototype units increases significantly with the increase in size andspeed of aircraft, CFD plays an important role as an adjunct to experimentation in reducing the costs of testing and scale-up and the time to take ...

This Phase II SBIR effort will build and demonstrate a full-scaleprototype of NADIA, a software-based automated network faultdiagnosis tool. NADIA will automatically perform real-timeanalysis of the operational data within shipboard networks topinpoint element failures when they occur. It will provideguidance to the shipboard network administrator to perform thenecessary corrective actions needed ...