Award Data

ABELA LASER SYSTEMS (ALS) PLANS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND CHARACTERIZE A COMBINATION LASER-ELECTRODE CATHETER FOR PERCUTANEOUS TRANSVENOUS HIS BUNDLE ABLATION. THE CATHETER WILL BE CAPABLE OF SAFELY PROJECTING A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF LASER ENERGY TO THE AV NODE-HIS BUNDLE TO ABLATE OR PERMANENTLY MODIFY THE CONDUCTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT TISSUE. THIS SYSTEM WOULD FIND IMMEDIATE APPLICATION FOR TH ...

AUTOMATED BLOOD CELL ANALYSIS IS A ROUTINE FUNCTION IN THE CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY LABORATORY. HOWEVER, THE FLOW CYTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION PERFORMING THESE TESTS MAY HAVE FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS REGARDING MEASUREMENT OF RED BLOOD CELL VOLUME, RED BLOOD CELL HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION, AND ACCURATE CLASSIFICATION OF WHITE BLOOD CELL SUBPOPULATIONS. THE "HIGH-END" INSTRUMENTS HAVE BECOME VERY COMPLEX AND ...

BETWEEN COCHLEAR IMPLANTS AND QUADRI/PARAPLEGICS, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 700,000 PERSONS IN THE U. S. WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM PROSTHETICS UTILIZING NEURAL OR NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION. SUCH SYSTEMS REQUIRE IMPLANTABLE, HIGH-SPEED, BI-DIRECTIONAL, TRANSCUTANEOUS DATA TRANSMISSION IMMUNE TO VARIATIONS IN THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. TO DATE, DATA LINKS INDEVELOPMENT ARE NOT PROJECTED TO MEET THE COMBINED ...

THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS AND FIELD TESTS A PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE/HARDWARE ASSESSMENT PACKAGE TO SUPPORT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE CONTROL INTERFACE DEVICES FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY INTERACTING WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THIS POPULATION INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WITH LEARNING, INTELLECTUAL, OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES; VERY YOUNG PERSONS; AND/OR ELDERL ...

THE PURPOSE OF PHASE I OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO CRITICALLY REVIEW THE EXISTING COMPUTERIZED EOP SYSTEMS FOR BOTH PWR AND BWR PLANTS, DEVELOPED BY VARIOUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPACT ON OPERATORS PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY AND RECOMMEND ONE SYSTEM OR A COMPOSITE OF SEVERAL SYSTEMS, BEFOR ...

THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES A NEW TYPE OF HIGH Q RESONANT STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN DEMONSTRATED, TO DEVELOP HIGH GRADIENT, SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR CAVITIES. BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF A PHOTONIC BAND GAP (PBG) RESONATOR, THESE NEW STRUCTURES ARE PHYSICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE RESONANT CAVITIES CURRENTLY USED IN NORMAL SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES. A RESONANT MODE SUITABLE FOR ACCE ...

WE PROPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE NEUROCONTROLLER THAT GENERATES TRAJECTORIES WHICH REDUCE PLASMA EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF THE NASP. WE WILL MODEL PLASMA SHEATH GENERATION AND INCORPORATE THIS MODEL INTO A GHAME FLIGHT SIMULATOR ON A SILICON GRAPHICS WORKSTATION. THIS MODEL WILL THEN BE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTROLLER AND SUITABLE ADAPTATION LAWS. COST FUNCTIONS W ...

THIS PROPOSAL INVOLVES RESEARCH INTO A SUPERCOMPUTER-BASED ENVIRONMENT FOR RESEARCH INTO MASSIVELY PARALLEL NEURAL-NETWORK ALGORITHMS FOR LARGE SCALE, COMPUTATIONALLY INTENSE PROBLEMS. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL HAVE APPLICATION TO AREAS SUCH AS IMAGE PROCESSING, PATTERN RECOGNITION, CONTROL SIGNAL PROCESSING, DATA COMPRESSION, AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS. ALL OF THESE ARE AREAS WHICH INVOLVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS O ...

ADIABATICS, INC. IS PLEASED TO PROPOSE A RESEARCH PROGRAM TO DESIGN AN OPTIMUM PISTON FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE MILITARY ENGINE. ADIABATICS, INC. HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A PROGRAM FOR TACOM TITLED "DEVELOPMENT OF TRIBOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND ADVANCED HIGH TEMPERATURE IN-CYLINDER COMPONENTS FOR ADVANCED HIGH TEMPERATURE DIESEL ENGINES" FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH DESIGNING COMPONENTS ...

CURRENTLY, AIRBREATHING PROPULSION SYSTEMS WHICH OPERATE IN THE HIGH SUBSONIC REGIME ARE EXPENSIVE, COMPLEX, HEAVY AND USE PERISHABLE FUELS. TO OVERCOME THESE LIMITATIONS, A NOVEL PROPULSION CONCEPT BASED ON A PULSE DETONATION ENGINE (PDE) OR A CONVENTIONAL RAMJET COMBUSTOR (CRC) COUPLED WITH A BORON SOLID FUELED HYBRID GAS GENERATOR (HGG) IS PROPOSED. THE INNOVATION DRAWS FROM RECENT SUCCESSES IN ...