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The objective of the proposed program is to develop and demonstrate a low-cost, high thermal conductivity, low mass density material for use in electronic packaging. Target material characteristics are: less than aluminum heat sinks, thermal conductivity at least 200 W/m-k, and mass density less than aluminum. To address this objective, Cast Metal Composites, Inc. will produce lightweight, high ...

The proposed experimental program demonstrates the technical feasibility of growing single crystals of technologically important ceramics by the solid state method. The proposed method relies on discontinuous grain growth which is often regarded as undesirable and deleterious during the sintering of many ceramics. In order to demonstrate the technical feasibility and versatility of the solid sta ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will demonstrate a novel process for electrochemical machining nickel superalloys and other hard, passive alloys. Nickel-based superalloys are widely used in various industries, such as aerospace and automative industries. However, nickel superalloys are difficult-to-cut materials. Traditional mechanical methods failed to machine these sup ...

This SBIR project of Phase I proposes to develop and advance a process technology called Dynamic Magnetic Compaction (DMC). This technology will be useful for fabricating nanostructured components of various material systems such as ceramics, metals, high temperature alloys, and composites from their respective nano powders. The fabrication of nano components from nano powders requires the conso ...

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This SBIR will explore and develop new automated methods for dynamic fault tolerance in defense electronic systems. The research will investigate using the software of digital signal processor operating systems to pro-actively map defective operations to remaining processors. In the past, fault tolerance has relied on passive redundancy to extend operating life. With software, a simple re-start ...

MTL Systems, Inc (MTL) and the Knowledge-Based Software Engineering Lab of the University of Cincinnati (UC) propose System Capture, Synthesis and Evaluation Environment (SCSEE). Key technologies included in our proposal that will increase our likehood of success are: (1) MTL's simulation-Based Performance Modeling and Analysis technology and toolset to provide high fidelity and quality assessment ...

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This proposal is to design a standard collaborative tool that will link together geographically separated experts at specialized workstations with disparate data, source materials, algorithms and domain knowledge, for the purpose of creating geospecific virtual worlds. The proposed standard collaborative tools will be based on the proven functionality of the Multi-dimensional, user-oriented Synth ...

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