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ASI PROPOSES A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAXIMIZING THE SEARCH FOR AND THE EXTRACTION OF NEW CONCEPTS AND INNOVATIONS IN THE AREA OF EXTENDING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE HUMAN IN AERONAUTICAL/ SPACE SYSTEMS THROUGH DESIGNING, CONDUCTING, RUNNING, AND MONITORING OF A FUTURISTS/RESEARCH WORKSHOP. THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY INCLUDES: 1) THE USE OF ASI DESIGNED OR REFINED FUTURIST TOOLS AND M ...

THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY THE REMOVAL OF SOX FROM COM- BUSTION PROCESS FLUE GASES FOLLOWED BY DIRECT CONVERSION TO ELEMENTAL SULFUR, USING CHELATED IRON THAT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO FORM A CHELATE:FES COMPLEX. THE PROCESS WOULD HAVE SALEABLE ELEMENTAL SULFUR AS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT BYPRODUCT AND WOULD OPERATE WITH THE CHELATED IRON AS A REGENERABLE CATALYTIC REAGENT. THE REACTIONS TO BE EXAMINED IN THIS ...

THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY HAS MADE IT IMPERATIVE TO DETECT BIOHAZARDS WHICH MAY BE ENCOUNTERED INI STRATEGIC AREAS OF AIR FORCE OPERATIONS. THE RELEASE OF BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN A DEEP BASE WOULD PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. IN PHASE I OF THIS PROPOSAL, WE WILL DEVELOP A QUALITATIVE METHOD OF DETECTING LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF AIRBORNE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. THIS ...

PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAS INDICATED THAT THE THERMOPHILLIC BACTERIA, SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS, AND POSSIBLY RELATED VARIANTS, CAN REMOVE 75% OF THE SULFUR PRESENT IN HIGH-SULFUR COAL IN 3 TO 4 DAYS USING ELEVATED TEMPERATURES AND ACID CONDITIONS. THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL DETERMINE, USING A BENCH-SCALE, FED-BATCH SYSTEM, THE RATE AND EFFICIENCY OF SULFOLOBUS DESULFURIZATION ON AQUEOUS COAL SLURRIES. ...

MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS ARE RAPIDLY EMERGING WITH NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING GUIDANCE FOR SELF-CONTAINED MUNITION. VIABILITY OF MANY MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS RELIES HEAVILY UPON ACHIEVING THE LOWER COST AND SMALL SIZE AFFORDED BY CIRCUIT INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES. DIEELECTRIC-BASED WAVEGUIDES, SUCH AS INSULAR LINE, ARE HIGHLY APPROPRIATED MEDIA FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATION BY FABRICATING ALL CIRCUIT C ...

A NEED EXISTS FOR LOW COST, HIGHLY RELIABLE FRONT END HARDWARE FOR MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH MISSILE HOMING (TARGET SEEKER) SYSTEMS. DIEELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE PLANAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR THIS PURPOSE WERE FIRST PROPOSED IN THE EARLY 1970'S BY THE FOUNDERS OF EPSILON LAMBDA. THE MORE SOPHISTICATED MILLIMETER SEEKERS REQUIRE USE OF A MONOPULSE FRONT END CONFIGURATION. TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMEN ...

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TECHNICAL CRITERIA FOR THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION TESTING OF ELETRICAL CONNECTORS AND WIRING WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING MTBF AND REDUCING MANPOWER ASSOCIATED WIRING. A PORTION OF THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF TH EXTENT AND SOLUTIONS FOR INTERMITTENT "CANNOT DUPLICATE FAILURE" CONDITIONS.

THIS PROGRAM PROPOSES A UNIQUE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING O2 OR O2-ENRICHED AIR USING A PATENTED GROUP OF ORGAN- OMETALLIC AMINE-MANGANESE COMPLEXES. THESE COMPLEXES REVERSIBLY ADSORB AND DESORB O2 FROM AIR AND ARE NOT EASILY DEGRADED BY WATER VAPOR OR AMBIENT TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS. THE PLAN IS TO DISSOLVE THESE COMPLEXES IN A SOLVENT PHASE AND FACILITATE TRANSPORT ACROSS A POROUS POLYMERIC MEMBRANE. ...

A NONDESTRUCTIVE TEST DEVICE WILL BE DEVELOPED TO INSPECT NIOBIUM PLATES AND NIOBIUM WELDS FOR DEFECTS WHICH CAUSE ITS SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES TO BE QUENCHED. HIGH QUALITY NIOBIUM IS REQUIRED FOR ADVANCED MACHINES SUCH AS FUTURE GENERATION RADIO FREQUENCY PARTICLE ACCELERATORS. AT PRESENT, THERE IS NO ESTABLISHED TECHNIQUE FOR LOCATING AND DIFFERENTIATING THE TYPES OF DEFECTS CRITICAL TO SUPERC ...