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A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH CURRENTLY AVAILABLE CHEMICAL AGENT FILTERS IS THE RESISTENCE TO AIR PERMEABILITY, OR BREATHABILITY. THIS RESISTANCE IS DUE TO THE RELATIVELY DENSE PACKING OF ACTIVATED CARBON MATERIAL TO ABSORB THE TOXIC CHEMICAL VAPORS. A PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER FELTX THAT POSSES LOW FIBER DENSITY TO ACHIEVE GOOD AIR PERMEABILITY, BUT ADEQUATE VAPOR ABSORPTION. T ...

THE CURRENT STATE OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY IS FAR FROM THE GOAL OF AUTOMATED INTELLIGENT BEING. IN THE INDUSTRIAL SCENARIO WHERE MUCH OF THE CURRENT CURRENT ROBOT DEVELOPMENTHAS BEEN APPLIED, MOST ROBOTS ARE LITTLE MORE THAN ADVANCED NUMERICAL MACHINES. LIMITED FEEDBACK SENSING AND CONTROL HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A MAJOR LIMITATION OF CURRENT ROBOT TECHNOLOGY. AUTOMATED OR SEMI-AUTOMATED AMMUNITION L ...

WE PROPOSE THE EXTENSION OF A NEW ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE, SPUTTER INITIATED RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY (SIRIS) TO INCLUDE DEPTH PROFILING. THIS PHASE I PROJECT WILL DETERMINE THE FEASIBILTY OF MAKING THIS PRELIMINARY MEASUREMENTS USING THE SIRIS TECHNIQUE ON STANDARD SAMPLES OF SI DOPED ALGAAS AND TI DOPED LINBO3. SUCH SAMPLES ARE OF INTEREST TO THE AIR FORCE'S VHSIC AND ELECTRO-0PTIC DEVELOP ...

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THIS PROGRAM WOULD INVESTIGATE THE GROWTH OF

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A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SUBMARINE SEA ENVIRONMENT SENSOR (WAVE HEIGHT, SEA STATE), AND RELATIVE SPEED ACROSS AND DECK UTILIZING MICRO-CELL STRAIN SENSORS AND FIBER OPTIC DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS.

TWO DIFFERENT DETECTORS, BOTH USING THIN, CRACKED-ETHYLENE FOILS, WILL BE MADE. ONE DETECTOR CONSISTS OF A LOW-PRESSURE GAS CELL, SEALED AT EITHER END WITH ALUMINIZED ETHYLENE FOILS ABOUT 10 MICROGRAMS PER SQUARE CENTIMETER THICK. LIGHT GENERATED WHEN THE PROTON BEAM TRAVERSES THE GAS WILL BE VIEWED THROUGH A SIDE WINDOW; THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT, AS MEASURED WITH A PHOTOMULTIPLIER OR PHOTODIODE ...