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Boulder Nonlinear Systems along with our partners the Ladar and Optical Communications Institute (LOCI) at University of Dayton and the ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) at The Ohio State University, propose investigation of the requirements and identification of the basic architecture for a common electro-optic (EO) and radio frequency (RF) threat sensor system. During Phase I, we will conduct a ...

Current methodology for testing the degree of sensitization (DoS) in 5XXX aluminum alloys is destructive and not practical for inspecting boats and material in service. A nondestructive inspection (NDI) method is required as a single fieldable probe for this and associated requirements. Proto evaluated a combination of x-ray diffraction (XRD), ultra-sonics and eddy current technologies and conclud ...

Investigations into JP-10 combustion chemistry thus far can be characterized as preliminary. The few detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms that have been published are limited in their ability to reproduce experimental data. The combustion chemistry of JP-10 is highly complex and involves hundreds if not thousands of species and thousands of chemical reactions. A detailed kinetic model capable of ...

The US Navy’s Total Force Transformation requires improved methods of preparing the Navy Total Force to be not only skilled at everyday, routine jobs, but also capable of flexibility, suppleness, and problem-solving. However, most existing instructional design approaches lack at least one element considered essential for the training of even routine expertise. To meet the needs of training for T ...

Antimicrobial resistance is among the most challenging problems in microbiology and clinical medicine, and the DOD has seen a dramatic increase of resistant strains of MRSA and multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (MDR-AB) emerging in combat- and non-combat-related healthcare settings. Virulent/MDR infections are developing single/ multiple routes of resistance to the thirteen classes of c ...

Operational experts collect recorded data about emerging tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) from sources such as live and virtual training exercises, and numerous test and evaluation simulations. However, instructional designers cannot easily reuse the recorded data to create new training. Without sufficient access to operational experts, expert knowledge is inaccessible and fragmented, of ...

TrueNano, Inc. will in collaboration with the University of Colorado and industry partners, develop a novel single-wafer, high-throughput hot filament CDV reactor for the growth of high quality silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial layers, suitable for the next generation of power electronic devices and systems. This includes the design and simulation of the reactor, the development of a throughput mode ...

Naval aircraft components are routinely made of 7000 series aluminum alloys due to their strength, weight and fatigue properties. Present Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes falls short of producing 7000 series Al alloys successfully due to lack of porosity, thermal and composition control. In-situ methods implemented to date largely only yield information about the component surface and other m ...

Storagenergy Technologies Inc. proposes to develop an all solid-state battery (ASSB) which can be made by a high-speed AMtechnology.

We currently lack the ability to holistically and autonomously look across all three layers of cyberspace (persona, logical and physical) and identify interesting patterns, which would give us an edge in understanding complex activities in and through cyberspace. To address this challenge, Soar Technology (SoarTech) and the GeorgiaTech Research Institute (GTRI) propose Twiner, an intelligent syste ...