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"ADVANCED OZONATION PROCESSES" (I.E., THE COMBINATION OF OZONE WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE OR UV LIGHT), HAVE APPLICATIONS TO THE REMOVAL OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS FROM WATER. ONE OF THE MAIN BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTING AOPS HAS BEEN THE HIGH CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS FOR OZONE GENERATION. LYNNTECH, INC., HAS DEVELOPED AN ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FOR THE PAIRED SYNTHESIS OF OZONE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FROM WA ...

APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO THE PRODUCTION OF 4-HYDROXYBENZOCYCLOBUTENE WILL ALLOW BULK MANUFACTURE OF THIS POLYMER PRECURSOR BY MORE ECONOMICAL MEANS THAN IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A PROCESS WOULD ALLOW INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF BCB-BASED POLYMER MATERIALS.

WEAPONS DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR ARMAMENTS REQUIRE MODERNIZATION TO REFLECT THE "SMART SKINS" PACKAGING CONCEPT WHICH IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR AIRCRAFT. ARMAMENTS ARE GENERALLY SMALLER AND RADAR SENSORS AND SEEKERS WILL OPERATE AT SHORTER WAVELENGTHS, OFTEN IN MILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIFIED ANTENNA/TRANSCEIVER FOLLOWING "SMART SKINS" TECHNOLOGY REQUIRES AN ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ...

THIS RESEARCH IS INTENDED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF FABRICATING HIGH ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITORS BY MEANS OF AN IONIC POLYMER MEMBRANE AS ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND AN ELECTRONICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMER AS ELECTRODE. THE NECESSARY HIGH DEGREE OF SURFACE AREA CONTACT BETWEEN ELECTRODE AND ELECTROLYTE WILL BE EFFECTED BY INTERMIXING THE CONTACING SURFACES TO PROVIDE AN INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETW ...

THERE IS A GROWING NEED FOR SMART AUTONOMOUS AIR DELIVERY OF CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS. PRECISION ALL-WEATHER AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE IS A FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCK FOR SUCH SYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED CONCEPT SYNTHESIS STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE AN INTEGRATED VISUAL-INERTIAL GUIDANCE CONCEPT THAT COMBINES IMAGING SENSORS AND INERTIAL COMPONENTS WITH IMAGE FLOW ALGORITHMS, INFORMATION ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS AND SITU ...

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 ...

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A TELEROBOTIC CONTROL GLOVE (TCG) FOR THE CONTROL OF ROBOTIC DEXTROUS HANDS. THE GLOVE WILL BE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING BOTH THE POSITION OF AND THE FORCES EXERTED BY THE FINGERS OF THE ROBOTIC HAND. FEEDBACK OF BOTH TACTILE AND FORCE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE OPERATOR. THE SYSTEM WILL BE EASILY INTEGRABLE WITH TELEROBOTIC ARM CONTROL SYSTEMS. THE TCG WILL ...