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ABSTRACT: CU Aerospace (CUA) and team partner the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) propose to perform research, development and demonstration of experimental quenching free measurements of heat-release in a realistic highly turbulent plasma-assisted flame. Kinetics models will be correspondingly updated and detailed 3D multiphysics simulations will be validated by the measurements ...

Surface emitting semiconductor lasers eliminate the necessity for facet cleaving and allow for wafer scale testing, which increase the manufacturing yield and reduces the cost. However, in the mid-infrared, surface emitting semiconductor lasers are significantly underdeveloped compared to edge emitting devices. The proposed STTR Phase II research is to demonstrate a prototype using ring-cavity sur ...

ABSTRACT: CompuTherm, LLC proposes a pilot project to develop an innovative modeling tool for rapid deployment of thermodynamic capability for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME). To be developed on the basis of CompuTherms current capability, Pandat software, the proposed modeling tool represents the next generation of CALPHAD software. The significant advances of the proposed m ...

Two-electron reduced-density-matrix (2-RDM) methods represent all of the electrons in any molecule or material with only two electrons by replacing the wave function by the 2-RDM as the basic variable for quantum many-electron theory. The 2-RDM methods, developed by David Mazziotti at The University of Chicago with support from the Army Research Office, have polynomial scaling with system size, al ...

The primary goal of this proposed effort is to develop mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) colloidal quantum dot (CQD)-based focal plane arrays (FPAs) to significantly reduce the cost of MWIR photon imagers. The current lack of such low-cost systems leaves unmet many civil and military needs, such as the broad deployment of tactical photon-detecting imagers, non-destructive testing cameras, and next ge ...

This effort, led by WElkins, LLC and its research partner, Wheaton College, proposes to develop and test a next generation SDV human thermal interface system with major technical improvements in three areas: the thermal interface garment, umbilical connections, and fluid delivery system. To improve the thermal interface garment, WElkins proposes replacement of the current generation tube suit with ...

The technical objectives of this proposal are: (1) demonstrate a 4.6 micron-emitting grating-coupled surface-emitting (GCSE) quantum cascade laser (QCL) designed for incorporation in an Active-Photonic-Crystal (APC) structure; (2) demonstrate a high-index-contrast APC-QCL edge-emitting structure, designed for incorporation of gratings; (3) demonstrate a GCSE-APC-QCL structure; (4) Develop monolith ...

The technical objectives of this proposal are: 1) the design of high-index-contrast (HC) photonic-crystal (PC) THz, difference-frequency-generation (DFG) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) with midinfrared pumps at 8 micron and 9 micron wavelengths; 2) design and demonstrate operation of a 4 THz DFG-QCL with the midinfrared pumps operating at 8 and 9 microns; and 3) Theoretically demonstrate the feasib ...

Computer-aided analysis of electromagnetic field interactions with complex platforms housing multiple communication and computing electronics is a computational task of formidable and often prohibitive complexity. Yet, such an analysis is of significant technological importance since it offers the means to quantify the susceptibility of the platform and its electronics to external electromagnetic ...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are high-potential adsorbents for toxic chemical remediation, energy storage, air separation, and multiple other military and civilian applications. However, the utility of these materials is limited by existing production economics. A scalable production process is required for the adoption of this material class into next-generation gas adsorption systems. Furthe ...