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AeroChem Corp. proposes to develop an optical system for full-field pressure measurements. Our system will be a significant improvement over existing Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP) systems. It will be capable of unsteady pressure measurements for both periodic and short duration transient conditions. Aerochem's system will also be self-compensating for temperature variations, will simultaneousl ...

The US Army has identified a need to provide advanced AGC (automatic gain control) algorithms for ATR tasking involving a man-in-the-loop. To be practical, such provision must be achieved in such a way as to allow the continued on-demand production of high-performance RGC algorithms via a cost effective design approach. This proposal by AFT, Inc. addresses these concerns by providing a means to ...

The US Army has identified the need for extending existing hetrojunction device physics models to a 3-D FPA process and device model. Specifically, this involves developing models for the operation and performance of double hetrojunction MCT photo-diodes devices. AET, Inc. proposes to use physics based semiconductor device equations solved using a finite element analysis similar to commercial dev ...

Ozone treatment of wastewater to destroy organic contaminants prior to discharge into the environment is an extremely effective advanced oxidation technology. To date the use of this powerful technology has been limited in part by the relatively high capital costs of an efficient ozone to water, gas-liquid, mass transfer system. Existing ozone injection devices must overcome the inherently low m ...

Lean burn spark engines are a promising technique to further reduce both NOx and hydrocarbon/carbon monoxide (HC/CO) engine emissions. Higher lean burn levels improve HC/CO oxidation while simultaneously reducing NOx formation. The NOx reduction is due to cooler flame temperatures. While the lean burn limit (beyond which combustion is poor) restricts further emission reductions, the use of oxyg ...

The overall obiective of this Phase I SIBIR is to investigate the feasibility and conduct a breadboard demonstration of a state-of-the-art Precsion Target Ballistic Scoring System capable of scoring both subsonic and supersonic projectiles or particles in sizes from the 0.22 caliber to 120 mm singly or in bursts. The Phase I effort will develop the conceptual top level design of a projectile scor ...

Engineering Technology, Incorporated (ETI) proposes the design and development of a portable backpack smoke generator for Small Unit Combat, Non-confrontational Combat and National Institute of Justice Applications. The device shall be capable of producing sustained "visible" obscurants, effective in the visible and near-IR wavelengths, but transparent at longer wavelengths. The proposed system ...

The goal of this Phase I proposal is to formalize a concept, utilizing configuration management guidelines and, as approporiate, off-the-shelf software, integrated into a prototype data processing (Management Information System [MIS]) system which utilizes simulator operating parameters to determine the validity of the simulation being presented. The crewstation simulator is a new class of simula ...

We propose to develop miniature antennae built on fractal designs. The antennae will be built to exhibit the recently discovered advantages of fractal antennae--shrunken size; broad/multibandedness; reasonable radiation resistance. These fractal antenna will be designed to accomodate a number of constricted form factors including: covert or embedded mounting; top mounting; and multiple mounting. ...

Botulism is a debilitating and often fatal intoxication for which there is no approved pharmacological treatment. The intent of Phase I research is threefold. First, to demonstrate that a combinatorial strategy can be used to identify novel, peptide-based inhibitors of BoNT/A light chain activity. Second, to decode and resynthesize the best inhibitors of this library. Third, to confirm the act ...