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"Element One Energy has developed a novel solution to optimize the benefits and solve the challenges of direct methanol fuel cells. It is proven that a direct methanol fuel cell can be given a potential and used as an electrochemical methanol reformer(EMR). With a direct methanol fuel cell, modified slightly to be a producer of hydrogen, rather than to generate current, cross-over is no longer a ...

"Electronics technology for space systems is at a critical juncture, especially for strategic systems. Maintenance and improvement of the two dedicated radiation hardened foundries will cost a lot of money and may still fall short of commercial foundryperformance. Hardened by design techniques have been applied to digital electronics produced on commercial foundries with good success in both per ...

"Development of warm bremsstrahlung sources could benefit from diagnostic techniques for monitoring the evolution of electron beams for diode optimization. FARTECH, Inc., proposes an innovative diagnostic tool to provide time resolved measurements ofelectron energy (diode voltage). This diagnostic tool will accurately measure the ratio of Ta characteristic Ka-line and the continuum intensities wi ...

"In order to prevent chem./bio attacks before they occur, the US military must be willing to strike chem/bio weapons, storage facilities and research centers before the chemical or biological agents can be used to kill people in the United States. Theproblem however, is that bombing such facilities results in collateral footprints that may exceed the size of a nation, putting millions of civilian ...

"Repetitive Pulsed Power technology using Repetitive Plasma Opening Switches(RPOS), as developed at the Kurchatov Institute, Russia, can be used forradiation sterilization applications in situations where standard techniquescannot be used. A relatively compact, inexpensive RPOS generator could betransported (by truck, for example) to a site where sterilization by electron-beam or x-ray irradiation ...

"The Decade Quad/Half plasma radiation source (PRS) will provide environments to test the radiation hardness of critical military systems. Optimizing the Decade PRS will require a set of x-ray diagnostics that measure not only the net x-ray yield but alsothe temperature and density of the plasma that produces the x-rays. High quality spectral data are needed to derive the temperature and density. ...

"The National Imagery and Mapping Agency is seeking new and innovative technology for generating Digital Terrain Elevation Data Level 2 (DTED-2) for territories above 60 degrees N. Important criteria include vertical accuracy of 16 m and horizontal accuracyof 20 m, and identification and selection of available cost effective imagery sources that will require a minimal number of ground control poin ...

A novel stress sensor is proposed that does not require mechanical or electrical contact to its surroundings, and is thus easy to deploy in almost all measurement scenarios. The sensor is based on a recent breakthrough in electric field sensing that hasalready demonstrated a sensitivity improvement of over an order of magnitude at the Nevada Test Site and other locations. In Phase I laboratory ex ...

"Accurate diagnostics for determining the mass distribution in next generation DTRA gas puff loads are essential for increasing plasma radiation source (PRS) predictability, efficiency and yield. Recently, laser induced fluorescence (LIF) has been used todiagnose the mass distribution in gas puffs. Comparison between LIF using an acetone tracer and laser interferometry measurements on a DTRA argon ...

We will develop, demonstrate, and commercialize detectors, dose rate monitors, ratio monitors, and other diagnostics using GaAs and higher Z PCDs. In order to ensure the reliability and efficacy of the detectors, they will be subjected to a stringent testprotocal that will evaluate them agianst 8 performance requirements. In Phase II we will design and demonstrate spectrometers and other diagnost ...