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Investment castings have well served both the military and commercial markets in such areas as waveguides and splitters for microwave applications, and for connectors, housings, heat sinks and mechanical parts for electronics, optical, instrumentation, and medical devices. Tomorrow's higher RF millimeter wave and communications electronics products, and more compact optical, instrumentation and m ...

Military personnel are vulnerable to many biological agents, such as bacteria, bacterial toxins and viruses, in the field. These agents must be detected rapidly to allow prompt treatment of infected personnel. These agents may be detected using either immunological (antibody-antigen) or genomic (DNA) diagnostics. Such techniques as ELISA, latex bead agglutination kits or radio-labeled probes req ...

Automobile three-way catalyst (TWC) are quite efficient at steady state operatingtemperature typically destroying 98% of incoming hydrocarbons (HCs) and carbonmonoxide (CO). However, up to 80% of emissions occur during the first fewminutes of Federal Test Procedure when the engine is running rich, the engine iscold and TWC has not reached light-off temperature. To significantly reduce HCsand CO ...

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A novel method for preparing carbon electrode structures having applications in electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) is described. The method for preparing these structures employs carbon (graphite) nano fiber materials and results in an electrode having both high surface area and high electronic conductivity; two essential characteristics for EDLC electrodes. The fabrication process ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES AND R&D PROGRAM, THE OBJECTIVE OF WHICH IS TO INITIATE DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON NITRIDE/SILICON CARBIDE WHISKER COMPOSITES FABRICATED BY GAS PRESSURE SINTERING AND CONTAINERLESS HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING (HIP). THE TARGET MATERIALS WILL BE BASED ON CERAMIC MATRICES FORMED FROM STARTING COMPOSITIONS OF SI(3)N(4) + OR

ALGORITHMS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR ENHANCEMENT AND SEGMENTATION OF FLIR IMAGES, WITH A VIEW TOWARD REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS ON SEQUENCES OF IMAGES ACQUIRED AT VIDEO-FRAME RATES. THE METHODOLOGY PIONEERED BY PERSONNEL ON THIS PROJECT, USING PROBABILISTIC MARKOV RANDOM FIELD MODELS AND COMPUTATIONAL METHODS SUCH AS SIMULATED ANNEALING (STOCHASTIC RELAXATION WITH ANNEALING), WILL BE EXTENDED IN TWO DI ...

DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION NETWORK USING ARCADE LEVEL TECHNOLOGY WILLPROVIDE A LOW COST, INTERACTIVE MULTI-USER TRAINING ENVIRONMENT FOR USE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEAMWORK SKILLS OF PERSONNEL. THE SYSTEM WILL BE SUITABLE FOR USE IN A BROAD SPECTRUM OF ROLES, AND WILL PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MODERN TRAINING METHODS. IT WILL ALLOW INNOVATIONS ADDRESSING THIS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGI ...

The need for a reconfigurable, affordable, DIS compatible Combat Vehicle Simulator is immediate. The training needs of the Army Reserve and National C3uard (ARNG) are unique, ARNG personnel operate actual equipment infrequently and therefore have little opportunity to maintain proficiency in basic skills. Some might perceive that proficiency training has become less critical as a result of the new ...

To reach the end user, oil and gas production at the wellhead must be transmitted through the country and distributed to a wide range of customers. This logistical system requires natural gas gathering lines, processing facilities, product storage tanks and lots of other equipment. What results is air pollution caused by industry losses during these operations and the use of continuous or intermit ...