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Biological warfare (BW) and bioterrorism are significant and increasing global threats. Genetic engineering made possible by the Human Genome Project may allow the development of novel BW agents and escalation of the BW threat. Major problems inbiological weapons defense are the identification of the biological agent, determining the pathogenic genes, and providing counteragents including vaccin ...

Decision makers often confront deep uncertainty where standard decision support tools fail to provide support. Sophisticated planners seek strategies robust across a wide range of plausible scenarios. But most analytical tools attempt to optimize for aparticular future lending little aid in the search for robust minimal regret strategies. Robustness is more challenging computationally than opti ...

For the next generation imaging equipment, CdZnTe/CdTe sensors are urgently needed unless a new semiconductor can be found. This Small Business Innovation Research project addresses the issues which prevent the wide applications of CdZnTe for roomtemperature radiation detection. The scientific approach of this project is to introduce an appropriate amount of deep-level defects or impurities to ...

The proposed investigation focuses on the research and development of a fundamentally new, high-speed, radio-frequency (RF) switch. It is designed for frequencies in the range 1-100 GHz. The switch is predicted on thin-film microelectromechanical systems(MEMS) technology with piezoelectric actuation. In general, piezoelectric materials develop strain when an electric field is present, which allows ...

In Phase II of this program, Indigo Systems proposes to complete the design of a 324x124 uncooled microbolometer focal plane array (FPA) and fabricate the Readout Integrated Circuit (ROIC). The FPA will serve as the key enabler of a low-cost,high-sensitivity, high-reliability night vision sensor (NVS) with utility in both commercial and military applications. The sensor is intended primarily for ...

Software development continues to be an ad hoc endeavor without much of a plan to guide the development. Nevertheless, software visionaries speculate that one day an engineer will be able to specify the function that a software module is intended toperform, and then a set of agents, each associated with a debugged module, would be able to coordinate among themselves and synthesize the desired resu ...

The proposed effort will develop and demonstrate an imbedded protection technique for integrated electromagnetic protection of military systems and COTS equipment. The proposed imbedded protection technique will apply to all electromagnetic environmentsbut this research effort will focus on mitigating high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) and high power microwave (HPM) effects. Under Phase ...

Mission Research Corporation (MRC) proposes to develop and demonstrate a unique solution to SEE (Single Event Effect) problems which result in data loss in deep submicron microcircuits in space radiation environments. As circuit fabrication feature sizesdecrease, SEE related upsets (which increase as the square of the inverse feature size) represent the radiation-induced hazard most difficult to ...

The highest density radiation hardened non-volatile (NV) memory currently available is a 256 kbit EEPROM based on SONOS technology. One of the major limitations in developing rad hard NV memory has been the cost involved bringing up the NV technology in adedicated rad hard process facility, especially when weighed against the limited market size. One way to bring radiation hardening to an advanc ...