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A key objective of our project is to develop advanced algorithms and software to track people and vehicles in an urban environment using video imagery from multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Track continuity of targets of interest (TOI) is an essential requirement. Collaborative UAV trajectory planning and camera pointing to collect continuous observations on one or more TOI by a team of UA ...

Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) is the worldwide leader in the manufacture of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) receive filter systems for commercial and military applications. STI has deployed nearly 6,000 such filter systems having a cumulative run time of over 165 million hours and an MTBF of over 500,000 hours. STI¡¦s highly selective and sensitive RF filters are fabricated from H ...

It is desirable to make a new generation of electromagnetic wave (EM) detectors that are (a) capable of providing true multispectral imaging & (b) wavelength agile over the visible through sub-mm wave (THz) region. In Phase I, the Tanner/Stanford team demonstrated that plasmon lensing can be used to provide multispectral imaging. Prototypes of such detectors were fabricated in the visible region ...

Consistent with the solicitation, the top level program objective of this STTR is to demonstrate the viability and benefits of morphing wing skin designs incorporating cellular cores with tailor-able geometry and material properties. NextGen Aeronautics and Penn State University plan to build on our Phase I work and propose to mature our concepts and designs for a shear-morphing skin to a TRL of 5 ...

The proposed effort builds upon the results obtained from the successful Phase I effort to develop a design for a quantum communication demonstration experiment to be conducted at an Air Force facility such as SOR or NOP. Because of the low cost and light weight of MEMS adaptive optics, this technology is considered as the baseline approach to create the quantum communication channel for propagat ...

During Phase 2 we will develop growth methods and refine the growth system to produce millimeter-thick, periodically oriented GaAs in a single growth step. A commercial source of OP-GaAs thick films does not exist. Among present producers, a 1.0 mm film has been grown, but reproducible production in commercial quantities would require resolution of several yield, productivity and quality issues. ...

We propose to develop high fidelity software tools which would allow identification and understanding of the relevant bioacoustic and psychacoustic mechanisms responsible for the transition of acoustic energy through non-airborne pathways to the cochlea and significantly reduce the cost of design of noise suppression devices. The principal numerical tool we propose to use is the fast integral e ...

Maps are an incredibly rich source of information, but the information contained in a map is often locked up in a raster image. Sometimes the original source data used to create the map is available, but more often than not this information has either been lost or is not available. In this project, we plan to develop the technology that will make it possible to exploit the huge number of raster ...

Augmentors, increase the thrust of a gas turbine engine by burning additional fuel with hot engine exhaust gases. Maintaining flame stability over a wide range of operating conditions is desired. An understanding of the effects of geometry and combustion processes on the flame stability is required to design advanced, efficient, and stable augmentors. Key factors affecting flame stability are vit ...

SensorMetrix proposes to develop innovative self-healing polymers for integration into fibrous composites and adhesive joints. These polymers heal damage in the form of cracks (macro- through nanoscale) at the molecular level through a novel reversible covalent bond. Polymer composites are notorious for their tendency to microcrack in the matrix regions due to thermal cycling , fatigue loading and ...