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REAGENTS AND REACTION PROCEDURES WILL BE DEVELOPED DURING PHASE I FOR THE COUPLING OF ANTIBODY MOLECULES TO THE ACTIVATED SURFACE OF MICROCHIP CAPACITANCE SENSORS. PROPRIETARY PHOTOAFFINITY REAGENTS WILL BE SYNTHESIZED AND COUPLED TO THE ELECTRODE SURFACE FOR SPECIFIC COVALENT BINDING OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (USING ONE OF THE TWO ANTIBODY BINDING SITES). THIS WILL LEAVE THE REMAINING STABILIZED ANT ...

THIS PROJECT WILL ANALYZE AND PREPARE THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR A DIGITAL FEEDWATER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A COMMERCIAL LIGHT WATER REACTOR POWERPLANT. THE CONTROL SYSTEM WILL FEATURE SENSOR VALIDATION AND REPLACEMENT OF FAILED SENSORS WITH SYNTHETIC VARIABLES. AN ADVANCED TECHNIQUE BASED ON PATTERN-RECOGNITION ALGORITHMS ALREADY PROVEN IN SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS WILL BE USED TO VALIDATE SENSOR INPU ...

IT IS PLANNED TO DEVELOP A WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ADVANCED THERMAL HYDRAULIC ENERGY NETWORK ANALYZER (ATHENA) CODE TO FACILITATE FUSION REACTOR DESIGN STUDIES. ATHENA HAS A WIDE RANGE OF CAPABILITIES AND IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF FUSION REACTOR DESIGN. THE PERSONAL-COMPUTER (PC)-BASED WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT FOR ATHENA WILL STREAMLINE AND AUTOMATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INPUTDECKS ...

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THIS PROJECT IS TO PRODUCE A SHORT SECTION OF A DC PAR- TICLE ACCELERATOR TUBE INCORPORATING SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE ELECTRODES WILL HAVE A CONTINUOUS CURVATURE OF LARGE RADIUS, SO AS TO PROVIDE ELECTROSTATIC SHIELDING FOR THE SEPARATING INSULATOR WITHOUT PRODUCING THE LARGE, LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENTS TYPICAL OF DISHED ELECTRODES. THE ACCELERATING APERTURE OF THESE ELECTRODES WILL BE CHO ...

THIS PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT AND TEST A PROTOTYPE MACHINE FORHARVESTING SHORT ROTATION INTENSIVE CULTURE WOODY PLANTATIONS IN THE LAKE STATES AREA. THIS HARVESTING CONCEPT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN TWO STEPS. THE FIRST STEP SEVERSTHE STEM FROM THE STUMP AND PILES THE STEMS IN A MINI WINDROW FOR AIR DRYING. THE SECOND STEP RECOVERS THE STEMS FROM THE GROUND AND PROCESSES THEM INTO WOOD CHIPS FOR TRANSPORTA ...