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Acroamatics, Inc. proposed to perform research to develop a method permitting the telemetric transmission of avionics bus data from an air vehicle under test to a remote receiving station using a narrower radio frequency (rf) bandwidth than presently required. Increasing use of digital avionics in aircraft and reduced availability of rf spectrum make this an important topic of development. The s ...

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An innovative Microwave-Powered Monopropellant Hydrogen Plasma Ignition System for hydrogen fueled rocket engines, which develops a plasma using only the hydrogen feed gas to the igniter, is proposed to replace current enhanced spark or torch igniters which require the use of a pre-mixed quantity of hydrogen and oxidizer. The ignition system employs air plasma generation technology developed for ...

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Advanced aircraft are required to perform large amplitude maneuvers and high precision tracking in the presence of disturbances, uncertainties, nonlinearities, and component faults. The recently emerging nonlinear H control approach is proposed here to meet the ever stringent mission requirements on advanced aircraft. Our approach features the following innovations: 1) by incorporatin ...

Theoretical chemistry techniques used to provide fundamental understanding of the molecular requirements for achieving conductive and nonlinear optical properties in polymeric materials are implemented in large scale parallel software enabling investigations on realistic models. The algorithms are based on techniques for simultaneous optimization of the electronic and nuclear coordinates. Linear r ...

Apollo Enterprise proposes to develop a highly sensitive, remotely deployable sensor system for hydrocarbon detection in waste water. The novel device is designed to monitor the hydrocarbons in waste water in real time and will serve as a tool to minimize the release of contaminated water into local waste-water systems. Current monitoring is performed by visual inspection based on the presence of ...

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This project will develop a chip package that can be tailored to match the thermal coefficient of expansion (TCE) of semiconductor chips and has an order of magnitude higher thermal conductivity than conventional ceramic packaging materials. The Phase I project will focus on selection and development of composite materials that can be used for packages as well as generating a design of a package ...

AVCON has developed a highly efficient linear motor actuator (LMA) design that has already demonstrated performance that exceeds the power to volume ratio goal of 20 hp/ft3, when operated at high speeds than required for use in moving aircraft flight control surfaces. Additional engineering will be required to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving an equivalent power to volume ration to reduce ...