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THE UNDERLYING LEARNING CURVE (ULC) ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE CAN OFFER SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT TO PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH EVALUATIN OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS. USE OF THE TECHNIQUE IS IMPEDED BY THE AMOUNT OF COMPUTATION REQUIRED AND BY THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT BY USERS. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A USER FRIENDLY SOFTWARE SYSTEM TO ACCOMPLISHING THESE EVALUATIONS AT CONT ...

HANDS-OFF AUTOMATION OF DISPLAYS WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF COMPLEX MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS THROUGH REDUCTION OF OPERATOR WORKLOAD AND OPTIMIZATION OF OPERATOR INFORMATION PROCESSING. COMBINATION OF A VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM WITH A NON-INSTRUSIVE EYE POSITION INDICATOR WOULD PROVIDE TOTALLY HANDS-OFF DISPLAY INTERACTION WITH A MINIMUM OF TECHNICAL RISK. THE CONCEPT ADAPTS TO USER ...

THIS PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM WHICH WILL ENABLE PROGRAM OFFICES TO PERFORM SCHEDULE ASSESSMENTS. THE MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SCHEDULING OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE PRODUCTION PROGRAMS. THE COMPUTER PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN A USER FRIENDLY MODE AND WILL PROVIDE CAPABILITY FOR OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION SCHEDULES TO MINOMIZE RISKS AND COST FACTORS, AND ...

EXTENDED SPACE MISSIONS REQUIRE EXTENSIVE RECYCLING OF WATERTO PERMIT FREQUENT WASHING AND BATHING OF THE CREW. REVERSEOSMOSIS (RO), OFTEN CALLED HYPERFILTRATION, PROMISES TO BE A UNIQUELY SUITED TECHNOLOGY FOR WATER RECYCLING IN SPACECRAFT. HOWEVER, CURRENT MEMBRANE MODULE DESIGNS HAVE TWO MAJOR SHORTCOMINGS FOR THIS APPLICATION: (1) THEY ARE EASILY FOULED BY BACTERIA AND SUSPENDED MATTER FOUND I ...

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PROPOSED IS PHASE 1 OF A PHASED RESEARCH PROJECT AIMED AT PROVIDING NECESSARY DATA TO ASSIST IN THE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT DESIGN OF HEAD AND FACE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN. THIS IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH STATISTICAL (MULTI-VARIATE DISCRIMINATE ANALYSIS) EVALUATION OF AN EXISTING U.S. ARMY DATA SET OF 30 HEAD AND FACE DIMENSIONS FOR 100 MALEAND 200 FEMALE SUBJECTS. THE PRIMA ...

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AN INVESTIGATION IS PROPOSED THAT WILL EXAMINE THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROWTH OF HIGH QUALITY A1GAAS/GAAS SUPERLATTICS IN METALORGANIC EPITAXIAL REACTORS. THE TECHNICAL APPROACH WILL BE TO SELECT THE MOST PROMISING ADVANCES MADE IN THIS FIELD AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO A SINGLE ADVANCED DESIGN METALORGANIC REACTOR FOR LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF GAAS, A1GAAS AND THE ASSOCIATED MULTILAYER STRUC ...

THE ANALYTICAL PREDICTION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR OF DIELECTRICALLY CLAD VEHICLES IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT. THE PROPOSED EFFORT CONSISTS OF PRODUCING A GTD-BASED FORMULATION FOR THE PREDICTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING BY CONFORMAL REACTIVE SURFACES, THE FORMULATION INCLUDING BOTH SPECULAR AND CREEPING RAY TERMS. COMPUTER CODE WILL BE DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CONE-SPHER ...

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