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VRM Labs is seeking commercialization of a proprietary technology that allows preparation of a novel natural and biodegradable flocculant. Flocculants are substances, which destabilize colloidal suspensions and promote the clumping and settling of the suspended particles.Among the most important applications of flocculants is treatment of agricultural wastewaters, such as the wastewaters generated ...

As U.S. military emphasizes Information Dominance and advanced Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence capabilities in its operation, smart lighting control for specific applications and environments, including lighting for surface aviation and amphibious assault ships launch and recover aircraft whose pilots typically use Night Vision Devices (NVD) for night operations, becomes increasing ...

The DoD faces mounting costs for integrated circuits built with advanced technology. Our proposal addresses mixed-signal ASIC design costs and fabrication costs, notably photomask costs and photolithography costs. The ADONIS 1D design methodology has been demonstrated at technologies ranging from 130nm to 16nm. In Phase I of the program, we used ADONIS to design a reference circuit a high-speed c ...

This research focuses on establishing a simulation-enabled qualification procedure for additively manufactured metal parts which could replace the current requirement to execute a full factorial A/B basis for part qualification. The contemporary qualification principles are based on traditional manufacturing counterparts where the length scale of part fabrication is completely decoupled from the e ...

"This project will develop and implement in embedded hardware the capability needed to configure pre hit, a component level automation infrastructure.This approach optimizes survivability using models of damage or casualty scenarios. This capability willbe demonstrated in a laboratory hardware in the loop simulation. This project leverages the results of several other ongoing research efforts al ...

CERAMATEC HAS CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON MONOLITHIC AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN THE ZRB2 AND TIB2 SYSTEMS AND HAS OBTAINED VERY ENCOURAGING RESULTS WITH SEVERAL PROPRIETARY COMPOSITIONS/CONSTRUCTIONS. THE AVERAGE STRENGTH OF A BASELINE TIB2 COMPOSITION WAS MEASURED AT 877 MPA (127.3 KSI). COMPOSITE STRUCTURESWITH DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT HAD STRENGTHS IN THE RANGE 400-600 ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUCCESSFUL FABRICATION AND DENSIFICATION OF CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES FORMED BY INJECTION MOLDING. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS OBJECTIVE, A DESIGNED TEST MATRIX WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL SYSTEMATICALLY INVESTIGATE THE KEY INJECTION MOLDING AND DEBINDING PARAMETERS SUCH AS BINDER COMPOSITION, SOLIDS RATIO, MOLDING CONDITIONS, DEBINDING CONDITIONS ...

"Accurately simulating sensor data is necessary to develop meaningful and effective decision support systems. This process requires the inclusion of all phenomena that significantly influence the data after propagation through the detection chain. Phase Ideveloped a prototype framework, methodology and simulation environment for propagating noise and uncertainty through components of a general d ...

Not Available The United State Department of Agricultural (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) in conjunction with other Federal and State Organizations, have conducted a number of integrated pest management programs to eradicate various types of household pest including Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA). Recent programs have involved application of products such as Malat ...

"Submarine Towed Array Systems (TAS) requires a process forautomating the collection of system specific data related tofleet-wide operational performance. The purpose of implementingsuch a process is to realize the benefits of Condition BasedMaintenance (CBM) to these remotely operated, externally locatedsystems. This project integrates elements that automaticallycollect real-time on-line Reliab ...