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A NEED EXISTS TO MONITOR VIBRATION IN HIGHWAY BRIDGES. IT IS DESIRABLE TO MONITOR MANY POINTS ON THE BRIDGE. THE CURRENT PROBLEM IS THAT SENSORS MUST BE WIRED TO A CENTRAL LOCATION. WIRE IS DIFFICULT TO INSTALL AND TO MOVE. THE SOLUTION IS TO COLLECT SENSOR DATA BY RADIO. A SYSTEM EXISTS THAT ELIMINATES WIRE. IT GATHERS SENSOR DATA TO A CENTRAL LOCATION BY RADIO. THE SYSTEM'S UNIQUE FEATURE IS THA ...

THERE IS VERY LITTLE SYSTEMATIC DATA ON VOLCANIC EMISSIONS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SUITABLE MONITORING EQUIPMENT. THE AVAILABLE DATA SHOW A VERY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION BETWEEN VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND GAS EMISSIONS. THEREFORE, THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR NEW INSTRUMENTATION THAT WILL PROVIDE THE NEEDED DATA TO UNDERSTAND AND MODEL THE ROLE OF GEOCHEMISTRY IN VOLCANISM. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS A COLLAB ...

THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM IS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF MIXED IONIC AND ELECTRONIC CONDUCTING MEMBRANES FOR PROMOTING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL CATHODIC DECOMPOSITION OF N0X WITHIN AUTOMOBILE EXHAUSTS. THE APPROACH WILL RELY UPON THE SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION OF PEROVSKITE CATHODE ELECTROCATALYSTS WHICH, WE FEEL, WILL PROVIDE RAPID KINETICS FOR PROMOTING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF TH ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT IN THE EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVE POSTURE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. A KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THESE COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS LIES IN THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE INFORMATION INTEGRATION SUPPORTED BY THE SYSTEMS. HOWEVER, THE INDIVIDUAL METHODS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE DEFINITION ...

THE RESEARCH PROPOSED IN THIS DOCUMENT ADDRESSES SOLDER APPLICATION TO PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND OTHER SUBSTRATES WITH A NEW FLEXIBLE APPROACH THAT COULD BE EMPLOYED IN NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS, DIRECTED APPLICATION OF MOLTEN SOLDERDROPLETS, ON THE ORDER OF 30-100MUM, USING INK-JET PRINTING TECHNOLOGY. INK-JET PRINTING SYSTEMS USE THE EJECTION OF TINY DROPS OF INK TO PRODUCE AN IMAGE. THE DEVICES PR ...

AT PRESENT GLUCOSE IS COMMERCIALLY REDUCED TO SORBITOL BUT THE OPERATING CONDITIONS USED (HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HYDROGEN GAS PRESSURE) ARE UNDESIRABLE AND DANGEROUS. AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH IS THE PAIRED ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESISOF SORBITOL AND GLUCONIC ACID IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. HOWEVER, A MAJOR DRAWBACK TO THIS APPROACH AT PRESENT IS THE NEED F ...

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THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIN CERAMIC MEMBRANES FOR ACHIEVING RELIABLE OXYGEN SEPARATION AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES. TECHNICAL EFFORT WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYTIC TECHNIQUE FOR THE PREPARATION OF THIN FILM CERAMIC MIXED IONIC AND ELECTRONIC CONDUCTORS (MIEC) FOR USEAS OXYGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANES. THESE MEMBRANES WILL BE B ...

THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES A NOVEL STRATEGY FOR DIRECTLY ACTIVATING METHANE TO METHANOL ACROSS A MIXED IONIC AND ELECTRONIC CONDUCTING CERAMIC MEMBRANE AT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 200 AND 400 DEGREES CENTIGRADE. THE APPROACH RELIES UPON INITIAL HETEROGENEOUS GENERATION OF HALIDE SPECIES COMPATIBLE WITH SUBSEQUENT METHANE ACTIVATION, VIA HYDROGEN ABSTRACTION, TO GIVE AN INTERMEDIATE METHYL HALIDE SPECIES. ...

SEVERAL CONCEPTS ARE PROPOSED FOR LOCOMOTIVE CAB ALERTERS THAT CAN BE RETROFITTED TO ALERTER SYSTEMS ALREADY IN SERVICE. THE CONCEPTS INCLUDE A TOUCH SCREEN, WHICH REQUIRES TOUCHING A TARGET TO RESET THE TIMER OR TO RESPOND TO THE ALERTER LIGHT PROMPT. THE INITIAL LOCATION OF THE TARGET ON THE SCREEN IS AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED AT RANDOM. ANOTHER CONCEPT IS THE USE OF A TELEPHONE KEYPAD WITH LCD, WH ...