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THIS THREE PHASE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST DISABLED STUDENTS IN TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK BY PROVIDING TWO NEW MICROCOMPUTER-BASED PROGRAMS TO REHILITATION SPECIALISTSIN THE WISCONSIN DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SPECIAL SERVICES UNIT WHICH ANNUALLY EVALUATES AND SCREENS OVER 700 YOUNG HANIDCAPPED PERSONS SEEKING TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND ENTER THE WORKPLACE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNE ...

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WHILE THE THEORETICAL BOUNDS ON THE ENERGY STORED BY AND THE POWER OUTPUT OF ELECTROCHEMICAL POWER SOURCES ARE WELL DEFINED BY THERMODYNAMIC AND PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS, THE DEGREE TO WHICH ONE CAN APPROACH THE THEORETICAL BOUNDS IS DETERMINED BY CONTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE DESIGN OF THE ELECTRODES AND PACKAGING MATERIALS. THIS RESEARCH DEALS WITH AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR MATERIALS AND PACKAGE DESI ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM RELATES TO THE EVALUATION OF A NEW CATHODE CATALYST IN DIS-TYPE LI/SOC12 CELLS. THIS NEW CA CATALYST HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CHANGE THE CATHODE REACTION MECHANISM AND TO INCREASE BOTH CATHODE RATE (FACTOR OF TEN) AND CAPACITY (FACTOR OF AT LEAST TWO) IN BOBBIN-TYPE LI/SOC12 CELLS. THE NEW MECHANISM RESULTS IN A DECREASE IN CATHODE OVERPOTENTIAL (LESS LIC1) AND A SAFER LI/SOC12 CELL. ...

THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP A COMPUTERIZED DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS UTILIZING HARDWARE COMMONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN EACH EARLY INTERVENTION CENTER SITE. PARALLEL DATABASE SYSTEMS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THREE HARDWARE PLATFORMS, ALL WITH THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER DATA INTO A CENTRAL MICRO-COMPUTER. THREE HARDWARE PLATFORMS ARE COMMONLY USED IN EARLY INTERVENTION SITE ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL FOCUS ON THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF A LI/TIS(2) RECHARGEABLE CELL THAT WOULD BE USED IN THE BA5590/U CONFIGURATION. DESIGN TRADE-OFFS SUCH AS RATE CAPABILITY, CYCLE LIFE, CAPACITY AND COST WOULD BE CONSIDERED. TWO DESIGNS WOULD BE CHOSEN. SEVEN CELLS OF EACH WOULD BE BUILT AND TESTED. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM WOULD BE TO DEMONSTRATE A RECHARGE ...

THE PROTECTION OF OPTICAL/IR SENSORS OF HUMAN EYES AGAINST LASER THREATS IS AN IMPORTANT UNSOLVED DEFENSE PROBLEM. THE MOST CHALLENGING NEED IS FOR AN OPTICAL LIMITER WITH PICOSECOND RESPONSE IN A FINITE WAVELENGTH BAND AGAINST SHORT PULSE, FREQUENCY-AGILE LASERS. OUR RESEARCH IS DIRECTED TOWARDS DEVICE APPLICATIONS OF NOVEL NONLINEAR OPTICAL LIQUIDS WITH PRECISE INDEX MATCHING PROPERTIES AND LARG ...

HEAVY, MULTI-PLY, LIMITED LIFE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR (LTA) VEHICLE SKINS COULD BE REPLACED WITH A HIGH STRENGTH/TOUGH, GAS IMPERMEABLE 2-PLY ORDERED POLYMER LAMINATE. THIS WOULD RESULT IN FACTORS OF 3 TO 10 REDUCTION IN LTA VEHICLE OR SKIN WEIGHT, WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE LINEARLY TO GREATER PAYLOAD AND RELATED PERFORMANCE. THE PROPOSED PHASE I PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT, RELIABLE AND SIMPLE-TOFABR ...

THE INNOVATION WE PROPOSE IS A NOVEL PRECERAMIC POLYMER ROUTE TO THIN (< 1U) COATINGS OF NITRIDES AND CARBIDES ON GRAPHITE FIBERS TO BE USED IN TITANIUM ALUMINIDE INTERMETALLIC COMPOSITES. IF SUCCESSFUL, THE COATINGS WILL PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE BARRIER TO FIBER-MATRIX REACTION AT HIGH PROCESSING AND SERVICE TEMPERATURES - A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEGRADATION IN THESE NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES. THE COA ...