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PRESSURE INSTRUMENTED AIRFOIL MODELS FOR TESTING IN CRYOGENIC WIND TUNNELS DEMAND THE SIMULTANEOUS ACHIEVEMENT OF MANY FACTORS INCLUDING STRENGTH, TOUGHNESS, DIMENSIONAL STABILITY, MACHINABILITY, BONDABILITY, ACCURACY OF PROFILE AND SURFACE FINISH. MANY PREVIOUS MODELS HAVE FAILED TO REACH COMPLETION OR HAVE PERFORMED INADEQUATELY BECAUSE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOME FACTORS HAS CRITICALLY COMPROMISED OTHE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ESTABLISH METHODS FOR CONJUGATING THE POTENT MARINE TOXIN, PALYTOXIN TO ANTIBODIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT SPECIFIC CYTOTOXICITY OF TARGET CELLS IS POSSIBLE. THE PRODUCT, IMMUNOPALYTOXIN (IPT), SHOULD BE EASILY PREPARED, HAVE HIGH SPECIFIC CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY AND BE MINIMALLY TOXIC TO UNRELATED CELLSOR INTACT ANIMALS. THIS WORK WILL INVESTIGATE CHEMICAL LINKAGES BETWE ...

A ONE STEP SYNTHESIS OF THE ABOVE COMPOUND FROM COMMERCIALLYAVAILABLE RESORCINOL AND RESORCYLIC ACID WILL BE INVESTIGATED USING HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, BORON TRIFLUORIDE, NAFION(R) RESINS, AND OTHER STRONG LEWIS ACIDS AS CATALYSTS.YIELDS WILL BE OPTIMIZED FOR THE PREFERRED SYSTEMS. A COST EFFECTIVE PURIFICATION TO A PRODUCT USUABLE IN THIN FILM SOLAR APPLICATION WILL BE WORKED OUT.

GAASP SOLAR CELLS PLACED ON TOP OF CONVENTIONAL SILICON SOLAR CELL ARRAYS CAN INCREASE THE ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM AS MUCH AS 100%. ASTROPOWER DIVISION OF ASTROSYSTEMS, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A HIGH BAND GAP TOP SOLAR CELL FOR ATTACHMENT TO CONVENTIONALS ILICON SOLAR CELLS. TRANSPARENT GAP SUBSTRATES WILL BE USED WITH EPITAXIALLY GROWN LAYERS OF GAASPH HAVING A BAND GAP OF 1.7 ...

HEAT EXCHANGE MATRIX THE FUNCTION OF A HEAT EXCHANGER IS DEPENDENT UPON THE AREA OF EXPOSURE TO THE FLUIDS IN PROCESS. FINS ARE COMMONLY USED TO INCREASE EXTERNAL SURFACE AREAS. TO EXTEND THE INNER SURFACE OF A TUBE OR VESSEL IS MORE DIFFICULT AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO COST EFFECTIVE METHOD TO DO SO. THIS REDEARCH IS TO DEVELOP THE USE OF A MATRIX COMPOSED OF SMALL, HOLLOW, METAL CYLINDERS, BRAZED ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AN IMMUNOASSAY FOR THE PESTICIDE, CARBOFURAN. PHASE I WILL CONSIST OF SYNTHESIZING SUITABLE HAPTENS, CONJUGATING THESE HAPTENS TO AN IMMUNOGENIC CARRIER, PREPARING AND SCREENING RABBIT ANTISERA, AND CONDUCTING PRELIMINARY COMPETITIVE ELISA TESTS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS APPROACH TO A RAPID, ECONOMICAL PESTICIDE DETECTION SYSTEM.

A SIX MONTH PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A RUGGED NEW DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE ONSET OF ICE FORMATION ON SURFACES OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, ROADS, BRIDGES AND AIRCRAFTS, WILL BE DEVELOPED AND A PROTOTYPE WILL BE LABORATORY TESTED. THE NOVEL GAGE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IS PARTLY BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO MEASURE CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLUTIONS. BASED ON EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, AND ALREADY TESTED UNDER HIGH ...

THE GOAL OF THIS R&D PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE IF SUPERIOR QUALITY NORI CAN BE RAISED ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE UTILIZING INNOVATIVE AQUACULTURE METHODS. THREE MAJOR EXPERIMENTS WILLTEST THE NEW TECHNIQUES DESIGNED FOR A COMMERCIAL FARM. THE OBJECTIVES ARE 1) DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GROWOUTTANK; 2) TEST THE NURSERY TANK AND DESIGN AND DEVELOP ASSOC IATED METHODOLOGIES; 3) DETERMINE THE ACTUAL ...

OPTOELECTRONIC SOURCES, INTEGRATED AS MONOLITHIC ELEMENTS ON SILICON VLSI CHIPS, OFFER IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES IN THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION WITHIN THE CHIP OR BETWEEN CHIPS IN ADVANCED COMPUTER SYSTEMS. THE SPEED OF OPTICAL-INTEGRATED VLSI DEVICES IS EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN EQUIVALENT VLSI WITH METALLIC INTERCONNECTS, DUE TO ABSENCE OF THE RC DELAY INHERENT IN THE METALLIC CONDU ...

THE ULTIMATE HIGH-EFFICIENCY CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELL DESIGN CONSISTS OF A THIN FILM OF ELECTRICALLY-ACTIVE SILICON EPITAXIALLY GROWN ON AN OXIDE-OVERCOATED, INFRARED-TRANSPARENT GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE (GAP) SUBSTRATE. IN ADDITION TO HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND INTRINSIC RADIATION RESISTANCE DUE TO THE THIN ACTIVE LAYERS, THIS NOVEL DESIGN HAS SEVERAL UNIQUE PERFORMANCE ENHANCING FEATURES. THE ...