Award Data

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER (TPE) BY INJECTION MODLING OFFERS AN ALTERNATE METHOD FOR FORMING CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GLOVES A SOCMPARED TO THE CONVENTONAL DIP PROCESS USING BUYTL RUBBER SOLUTIONS. THE ADVENT OF VARIOUS TPES WITH OLEFINIC, STYRENIC, URETHANE, ENGINEERING RESINS AND ALLOYS AND BLENDS OFFER THE ADVANTAGE OF INJECTION MODLING PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONVENTIONALLY MADE BY ELASTOMER COMPOUND ...

A1-CHEM FUELS, INC. HAS A PATENT PENDING FOR AN ELECTROTHER-MAL DEVICE TO PRODUCE MEDIUM TO HIGH BTU FUEL GAS FROM WASTEHYDROCARBON SOURCES. THIS UNIT OPERATES BY PRODUCING A HIGH-VOLTAGE ALTERNATING CURRENT ELECTRIC DISCHARGE ACROSS THE INTERFACE BETWEEN A WASTE HYDROCARBON AND WATER. THE EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FAST PYROLYSIS OF ...

THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL MINIATURE PULSE WIDTH MODULATED POWER DRIVER FOR ACTUATORS, I.E. DC MOTOR. THE POWER DRIVER WILL DELIVER 50 AT 50VDO IN A DOUBLE INON PACKAGE. THIS COMPACT DESIGN CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE COMBINATION OF MODER POWER SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, PROPRIETORY CIRCUIT DESIGN, AND STATE-OF-THE-ART PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY WHICH UTILIZES NEW HEAT CONDUCTIVE ...

N/A

THIS PROJECT INVOLVES DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF A NOVEL HEAT EXCHANGER OPERATING IN THE 98 TO 99 PERCENT THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS RANGE. HEAT EXCHANGERS FOR CRYOCOOLER APPLICATIONS USED IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, REMOTE SENSING, ETC., FREQUENTLY REQUIRE THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS OF OVER 98%. THIS IS DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH,PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE EFFECT OF THE LONGITUDINAL THERMAL ...

BIOLOGICAL AND HAZARDOUS SLUDGES AND SLURRIES REPRESENT A MAJOR DISPOSAL PROBLEM. DEWATERING IS A MAJOR COST ELEMENT. THIS TWO-STEP TECHNOLOGY INVOLVES A FIRST STEP ACHIEVING ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE DEWATERING IN A BACKMIX REACTOR BY DISPERSION OF SLUDGE IN HEAVY OIL REACTION MEDIA MAINTAINED AT WATER VAPORIZATION TEMPERATURE USING ENERGY EFFICIENT VAPOR RECOMPRESSION. THE OXIDIZABLE IN THE VAPOR PHA ...

A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES ARE BEING TAKEN TO INCREASE THE SPED AND DECREASING THE SPEED AND DECREASE THE COST OF DNA SEQUENCING. ONE OF THE MAJOR CURRENT SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES IS THE DIDEOXYNUCLEOTIDE CHAIN-TERMINATING APPROACH ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY SANGER. WE WILL USE A VARIANT OF THIS APPROACH IN WHICH THE DIDEOXYNUCLEOTIDES WILL BE MODIFIED WITH AN IMINOBIOTIN GROUP. IMINOBIOTIN BIN ...

N/A

THE WORK PROPOSED WILL RESULT IN A COMPLETE, PRELIMINARY SYSTEM DESIGN OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PROJECTILE LAUNCHER, BASED ON THE STAR EML CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES. THE COMPLETED DESIGN WILL PERMIT THE AIR FORCE TO COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT AND SIZE OF THE STAR EML WITH OTHER CONCEPTS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE STAR EML SYSTEM IS OF INTEREST TO THE AIR FORCE BECAUSE THE ...

AN ELECTROMECHANICALLY DRIVEN TOTALLY IMPLANTABLE TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART (TAH) WAS DEVELOPED RECENTLY AT BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. THIS EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE WAS PROVED TO BE RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE, YET SMALL ENOUGH TO IMPLANT INSIDE THE CHEST CAVITY OF AN AVERAGE HUMAN PATIENT. THIS TAH SYSTEM WAS ASSEMBLED BY SELECTING AND COMBINING THE BEST, SIMPLEST AND MOST RELIABLE FEATURES AVAILABLE FROM ...