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THE FEASIBILITY OF SMART CARDS FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSIT INDUSTRY HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT SMART CARDS CAN BE USED TO REDUCE THE TOTAL TRANSACTIONCOSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FARE PAYMENT, TO IMPROVE SECURITY, REDUCE FRAUD AND IMPROVE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND RIDERSHIP. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THESE CLAIMS; THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY R ...

AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO A FULLY CENTRALIZED (ONE SOURCE, MANY LIGHT POINTS) FIBER OPTIC APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM, PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION (POC) PROPOSES A MORE REALISTIC AND MUCH MORE COST-EFFECTIVE DESIGN. A SINGLE LAMP, WITH POWER CONSUMPTION ONE-THIRD THAT OF LAMPS NOW IN USE, FEEDS A FEW NEAREST LIGHTS THROUGH A PLASTIC FIBER. THIS ACHIEVES THE MAJOR GOAL OF FIBER OPTIC IMPLEMENTATION: REMOVI ...

OPERATOR'S PERCEPTION OF LUGGAGE IMAGES WOULD BE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE OPERATORS METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND CLEARING THREATS. ACTUAL OPERATORS WOULD BE INTERVIEWED AND STUDIED, AS WELL AS EXPERT ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND OPERATORS DECISIONS. IMAGE SHORTCOMINGS AND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE IDENTIFIED. SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSISTS WOULD BE STUDIED.

A NEW PROCESS IS PROPOSED FOR THE APPLICATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR AUTOMOTIVE WINDOWS. SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERIC MATERIALS CAN BE RENDERED CLEAR THROUGH 3-D ORIENTATION VIA SOLID STATE PROCESSING. APPLYING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO A HYBRID POLYMER STRUCTURE CAN RESULT IN CHEMICALLY RESISTANT, MECHANICALLY STRONG, OPTICALLY CLEAR AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE PLASTIC WINDOWS FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY AND A PROTOTYPE DESIGN FOR A SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PREDICTING FAILURE OF ROTATING PARTS IN TURBINE ENGINES. SCT PROPOSES AN INNOVATIVE, INTEGRATED APPROACH THAT ASSIMILATES DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES TO TREND ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH. INDICATIONS OF COMPONENET FAILURE WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND ACTUAL DATA WILL BE COMPARED AGAINST THE INDICAT ...

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THIS PROPOSAL CONCERNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNOBTRUSIVE DRIVE EYE MONITORING SYSTEM (UDEMS). AN UNOBTRUSIVE EYEBALL/EYELID MOVEMENT SENSOR HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED THAT AMOUNTS TO THREE ELECTRODES MOUNTED IN A HEADBAND. THE ELECTRODES NEED NO PREPARATION, AND THE SENSOR PROVIDES STRONG, RELAIBLE EYE MOVEMENT WAVEFORMS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON DONNING THE DEVICE AND ACTIVATING THE ELECTRONICS. WE ...

WE PROPOSE TO DESIGN, EVALUATE AND DEVELOP A PC-WINDOWS BASED WORKSTATION FOR AUTOMATED VIDEO DATA REDUCTION SPECIALLY ADDRESSING THE VEHICLE TRACK AND LATERAL PLACEMENT MESUREMENT FOR HUMAN FACTOR AND HIGHWAY SAFETY EXPERIMENTS. THIS DESIGN LEVERAGES A MULTIPLE PERSON-YEAR INVESTMENT AT TAU IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TURNKEY FEATURE TRACKING SYSTEMS. THIS NEW PC-BASED SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A VIDEO RECORD ...

SILICON PHOTODIODES ARE USED BY ALL X-RAY BAGGAGE SCANNERS. THESE SYSTEMS ARE, AT LEAST PARTLY, LIMITED BY THE NOISE PERFORMANCE OF THE PHOTODETECTORS. HIGHER PERFORMANCE PHOTODETECTORS WOULD ALLOW BETTER IMAGE QUALITY, LOWER DOSE, OR HIGHER INSPECTION SPEEDS. THIS RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE PHOTODIODE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS THRUGH NOVEL STRUCTURES.

THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION (RAIN, SNOW, FOG/HAZE, HAIL) HAS TRACTIONALLY RELIED ON HUMAN JUDGMENT. RECENTLY, THE WAVE PROPAGATION LABORATORY OF DEVELOPED A TECHNOLOGY FOR AUTOMATIC WEATHER IDENTIFICATION USING LASER SCINTILLATION AND SCATTERING. THE TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN FIELD OPERATION. HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM IS TOO CLUMSY AND EXPENSIVE FOR LARGE-SCALE FIELD ...