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This SBIR Phase II proposal will design and develop a reactive nanofiber based heating, ventilation, and airconditioning (HVAC) air filter to capture corrosion inducing particulate matter (PM) and dissolved ions present in coastal region air. Nanoparticle-polymer will be combined to produce high surface area reactive nanofiber filtermedia. The performance of media will be tailored by controlling ...

ABSTRACT:The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the aerospace industry have a critical need for reliable harsh-environment sensors that can deliver real-time monitoring in a turbine engine environment. During Phase I, Environetix confirmed that most harsh environment technologies that rely on wired sensors or complicated wireless hybrid systems have their reliability compromised by the wires or the connect ...

ABSTRACT:Under this Phase II SBIR contract, Bridger Photonics and Montana State University-Spectrum Lab will design, build and deliver both a statistical scintillation tomographic system and a coherent tomographic wavefront sensor (CTWS). Both proposed systems meet the long term Air Force needs with respect to the full characterization of atmospheric turbulence along horizontal or slant paths. The ...

ABSTRACT:The damage tolerance approach is used widely in the aerospace industry and has a physics-based foundation in fracture mechanics. The fatigue crack growth rate can be determined by calculating the SIF (stress intensity factor) and knowing empirically derived material parameters. Similitude is achieved for different loads, different crack sizes, and different crack shapes. The down side to ...

ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION, INC.(AMC) PROPOSES TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACTUAL AND PERCEIVED AUDIO VISUAL NEEDS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) PROVIDERS IN THEIR NETWORKING EFFORTS WHICH CURRENTLY REVOLVE AROUND ACURRICULUM ENTITLED "OCCUPANT SAFETY SYSTEMS, LESSON PLANS AND INSTRUCTOR GUIDE FOR EMS PERSONNEL". WHILE THE CURRICULUM AND THE STRATEGIES WHICH IT DETAILS HAVE ME ...

THE VLSI AND VHISC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS OF THE AIR FORCE REQUIRE CHARACTERIZATION OF III-V COMPOUNDS WITH AN INTERFERENCE FREE, HIGHLY SENSITIVE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE HAVING GOOD LATERAL AND DEPTH RESOLUTION. SPUTTER INITIATED RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY (SIRIS), AN ULTRASENSITIVE ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE DEVELOPED BY ATOM SCIENCES, HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN SILICON TO HAVE GOOD SENSITIVITY ...

A SYSTEM IS PROPOSED FOR UTILIZING EXPERT KNOWLEDGE TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE DECISION TREES WITH APPLICATIONS IN TARGET DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION. THE PROPOSED WORK REPRESENTS THE FIRST FORMALIZED ATTEMPT TO COMBINE EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY AND AUTONOMOUS DECISION MAKING FOR TASKS SUCH AS COMPUTER VISION, PATTERN RECOGNITION, AND INTELLIGENT CONTROL. IN THE PROPOSED SYSTEM, A KNOWLEDGE BASE CO ...

A SYSTEM IS PROPOSED FOR THE UTILIZATION OF EXPERT KNOW- KNOWLEDGE TO GENERATE HIGHLY EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS TO DECISIONMAKING PROBLEMS. STARTING FROM EITHER A PRODUCTION RULE OR A DECISION TREE REPRESENTATION OF THE PROBLEM, AS SUPPLIED BY A SYSTEM DESIGNER, THE EXPERT DECISION TREE GENERATOR SYSTEM CAN PRODUCE AN EFFICIENT DECISION TREE REPRESENTATION THE USER CAN THEN EXPLORE SOME OF THE POSSIBLE ...

A DEFINITION OF THE INFLUENCE OF HEATING RATE ON THE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF PHENOLIC COMPOSITES USED IN ROCKET MOTOR COMPONENTS IS REQUIRED. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, IT IS NECESSARY TO FIRST DEFINE THE INDEPTH TIME-TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF THESE PHENOLIC COMPONENTS SUBJECTED TO THE MOTOR ENVIRONMENT. ONCE THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, THE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES WHICH HAVE BEEN USED ...