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In this Phase II SBIR project, Daniel H. Wagner Associates (DHWA), with NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), MARK Resources, Inc. (MRI), and Spatial Integrated Systems (SIS) as our subcontractors, will develop a prototype lightweight, low-cost Wave Detection, Prediction, and Reaction System (WDPRS), and then test and evaluate its performance at-sea. The proposed WDPRS is designed to reduce the h ...

In an effort to support the development of a domestic marine aquaculture industry, Zeigler Bros. Inc., (ZBI) proposes to continue its Phase I research by demonstrating the ability to scale up inclusion particle (IP) manufacturing. During Phase II ZBI will also demonstrate the efficacy of IOs for orally delivering phytase and probiotics to marine finfish. These efforts will directly address the p ...

The proposed effort will seek to further design and develop vacuum brazed high density folded-fin modular heat exchangers. The scalability of these heat exchangers would provide a means for fabricating large area high performance cold plates by joining via friction stir welding. The advantages of this approach would be an increase in system performance, reliability and efficiency. From a manufactu ...

We propose to build a comprehensive system architecture which will provide a mechanism for researchers/educators/trainers, to extend their methods and designs from the confines of the research lab environment to the wide-scale and global applied use in the field or at home. We will expand our Phase I work (design, implementation, and evaluation of a mobile computing prototype brain fitness trainin ...

Under this topic we seek to develop methods for micro-air vehicles (MAV) to determine their position in global coordinates when Global Positioning System (GPS) is unavailable in environments such as when operating inside structures. One specific application is to assist in reconnaissance to aid in fire control and damage assessment. Other applications include infrastructure inspection for both the ...

In this SBIR Phase II project, we propose to develop high energy density film capacitors by using our high performance polymer dielectric compositions, low-cost capacitor production process, and robust capacitor design guided by modeling. It is expected that prototype wound capacitor with energy density of 4 J/cc can be achieved by the end of the Phase II project.

In Phase I we have developed an integrated software and hardware solution to identify personnel who have a natural aptitude for a cognitive skill. The goal of Phase II is to develop a screening tool by expanding previous multi-dimensional approach developed in Phase I and predict vigilance skill performance and aptitude for enlisted classification and officer career path aptitude assessments. The ...

The embedded rotor load monitoring system developed under this SBIR project principally consists of Smart Rod Ends and a wireless base station. The Smart Rod Ends are conventional push rod ends that have an energy harvester powered wireless sensor system built into the shank of the rod end. The base station connects to a Prognostic and Health Monitoring Unit (PHMU) located within the existing HUMS ...

An innovative"4StepPlus"three-dimensional braiding method is proposed for fabricating composite fiber preforms having solid, non-uniform cross sections. The method allows braid unit cells to be individually activated and deactivated after each braiding cycle for applications where changes in part cross section require the addition or removal of yarns. For parts having a cross section that changes ...

Detection, tracking and identification of targets, and subsequent prosecution is very challenging in dynamic environments. Traditional methodologies rely on an operator to analyze all the available information to identify what is actionable, and subsequently modify asset tasking. The operator workload associated with the use of traditional methodologies can rapidly become overwhelming when the sen ...