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Air-Lock's Phase I effort tested the effects of ball induced contact stresses on Titanium bearing races. The contact stress design limit that would achieve a planetary exploration suit?s required cycle life was determined. These tests were performed on uniformly loaded flat thrust bearing style test plates. The Phase II effort will take this information and use it in a real world application, exi ...

Functional robustness, resulting from superior engineering design, along with appropriate and timely mitigating actions, is a key enabler for satisfying complex mission goals, and for enhancing mission success probability. Fault Management (FM) is a crucial mechanism to ensure system functionality from system design through the operational phase of a mission. FM is implemented with spacecraft har ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes to develop and demonstrate an innovative high power density design for direct internal reforming of regolith off-gases (e.g., methane and high hydrocarbons) within a solid oxide stack. The resulting breakthrough design offers the potential for higher overall efficiency, simplifies the system, and enables further compactness and weight reduction of the fuel ...

ABSTRACT:The effectiveness of adaptive training systems has been repeatedly demonstrated.However, to foster widespread adoption, tools are needed to reduce the level of effort and cost associated with development and sustainment.To respond to this challenge, Sonalysts proposes to develop the Rapid Adaptive Coaching Environment (RACE).Using a guided authoring and maintenance approach, RACE will all ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project includes applications ranging from peak load shifting, grid buffering for renewable energy input, frequency regulation, and chemical conversions. As the percentage of energy from renewables on the grid increases, energy storage will be essential to stabilize the supply and demand. Currently, 20-40% ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to produce a new type of computer memory called Ferroelectric Dynamic Random Access Memory (FEDRAM). FEDRAM is cheap and can be mass-produced in current semiconductor manufacturing facilities. It also uses much less energy than current-state-of-the-art memories, and enables electronic devi ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) developed and demonstrated an extremely compact Microlith based reformer for enabling effective and efficient SOFC operation with up to 3000 ppmw sulfur JP8 or diesel fuels. The reformer is based upon PCIs novel sulfur tolerant Microlith catalyst and reactor designs. In Phase I, potential system solutions for 10 kWe APU system were evaluated and water neutral desig ...

Reliable operation of LCS computing systems are paramount to mission operations because unanticipated failures and system degradations result in the ship’s crew and subject matter experts (SMEs) spending extended time on debugging and resolving system issues. The need for reliability of large and complex computing environments has led to the development of network monitoring systems (NMS). These ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantAlzheimer s diseaseADrepresents a progressive degenerative illness that affects the brainresulting in memory impairmentThe complex etiology of AD is not fully resolvedalthough toxic isoforms of amyloidAplaques are strongly implicatedCurrent treatment options are considered to be symptomaticThey are only moderately effective in stabilizing or improving cognitive and ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The overall aim of this grant is to generate data to understand and enable the development of a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of patients with castration resistant prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the third most lethal cancer in the US with new cases and deaths projected to occur in While early detection surgery and horm ...