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ABSTRACT:A cooperative small business and university research and development program is proposed to begin development of a robust, non-contacting, digital image correlation based, full-field strain measurement system for high temperature applications. The Phase I studies will demonstrate that a robust high temperature digital image correlation system (HTDICS) can be developed that is capable of a ...

ABSTRACT:Minnesota Wire proposes to research and develop lightweight aerospace electrical conductors for electrical cables utilizing CNT, conductive metal coatings, and with applicable processes for chemically and mechanically fabricating these components. Substitution of legacy metals with these composite conductors will reduce weight and possibly reduce failure related to exposure, stress, strai ...

ABSTRACT:This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project, Modeling Tools for the Machining of Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs), will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of physics-based modeling tools applied to the machining of ceramic matrix composites (CMC) the Air Force needs to machine critical CMC turbine components faster, more accurately, and with lower cost. At the program con ...

We will evaluate a novel warming method, developed by our collaborator John Bischof, that promises solution of one of the remaining barriers for banking of large organs and vascularized composite tissues. The method involves radiofrequency and magnetic nanoparticles to obtain rapid uniform electromagnetic rewarming of biological materials instead of warming from the outer boundary using convection ...

Health Delivery Organizations, including the Military Health System, are increasingly using networked medical devices to benefit from improved information accuracy, lowered costs, and improved patient outcomes. These benefits, however, are threatened by the security risks posed by the interactions between the networked devices, and their connection to IT systems which are at risk of cyber attack. ...

The long term goal of the proposed research is to develop improved methods for cryopreservation of complex tissues at extreme low temperature. An innovative approach is taken in the proposed line of research, where synthetic ice modulators (SIMs) are combined with established cryoprotective agent (CPA) cocktails to create more favorable conditions for cryopreservation in a process known as vitrifi ...

ABSTRACT: New Wave Design & Verification proposes to design and simulate an IEEE-1394b System-on-a-Chip core that provides aircraft network administrators the ability to diagnose issues, provide statistics, and troubleshoot nodes efficiently. Implementation of the IEEE-1394 controller in programmable logic will also provide the opportunity to fix/modify several aspects of the current protocol imp ...

ABSTRACT:Data transmission in communication systems, RADARs, satellite systems, and other military devices are dominated by analog data conversion. These high performance digital to analog converters (DAC) exceed 3Gsps with 12 bits of resolution and are readily available in the commercial marketplace, but they lack the radiation hardness required to support military satellite applications. Tru ...

This project researches and develops a new system to assist in fitting individuals with a hearing aid. In modern digital programmable hearing aids, there are an increasing number of customizations and settings to fit a hearing aid to a unique user. However, multiple iterations are required to find a profile which satisfies the user, and it may be difficult to diagnose the root cause of a poor hear ...

This Phase I project develops a smartphone application and associated server software to allow a speech language pathologist (SLP) working with students who stutter to administer treatment over a smartphone. The student may conduct smartphone video chat sessions with their SLPs at times that best fit their schedules. Students can also record video and audio samples of themselves between the sessio ...