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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Advanced methods for wirelessly recharging batteries for implanted medical devices are needed The useful lifetime of most implants is constrained by the longevity of the power source The goal of this program is to implement the development of an UltraSound Electrical Recharging system USerTM within a clinically deployed gastric sphincter stimulation system ...

ABSTRACT: The ability to extract structure mode shapes, accurate system frequency/damping and to predict the onset of flutter/LCO in a real-time capacity from flight/wind tunnel test data are some of the toughest challenges facing control room engineers today. In Phase I, ZONA Technology successfully developed prototype IADS ActiveX controls (i.e., the ZAMS+ Toolset) towards meeting these challe ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In the first phase of this project it was shown that by utilizing innovative technologies it was possible to allow below the knee amputees to walk and run using a single powered prosthetic device In the second phase of this project it will be shown that the key technological advancements and optimizations will allow the a single powered device to perform wa ...

ABSTRACT: Coherent imaging systems have the capability to provide high-resolution 3D imagery for target identification at stand-off ranges. These systems require relatively short pulse width, transform-limited linewidth pulsed lasers with high pulse energy to illuminate the target of interest. Here we proposed to demonstrate and build near 1550nm single frequency fiber laser with pulse energy of ...

ABSTRACT: Research Objectives: 1) Quantify the size, weight, power consumption and cost of flight units of the Space-based InfraRed Imaging Interferometer (SIRII) sensor. 2) Quantify the fundamental advantages of the interferometric approach in comparison to conventional sensor design. 3) Quantify the impact of disadvantages of the interferometer. 4) Establish the steps required to mature the des ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this STTR Phase II collaboration between Purdue University and bioVidria Inc is to commercialize disruptive new technology for protein chromatography and then maximize its impact by serving the fastest growing segment of the pharmaceutical industry protein drugs The product is a reversed phase chromatography column that uses silica particles of ...

ABSTRACT: The Phase II technical objectives follow directly from the Phase I effort, where all tasks necessary for RF photonic receiver fabrication were demonstrated. The Phase II effort will pursue two major objectives: 1) further development of SEO100 EO polymer based chips, packaged devices and arrays in collaboration with University of Dayton (antenna designs), taking advantage of multiphoto ...

ABSTRACT: After original equipment manufacturing (OEM) support and replacement of gas turbine engine components expires, sustainment of aging Air Force fleets are required to maintain continued fleet operability. Additive manufacturing to repair metal engine components which meets Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) part manufacturing approval (PMA) is a viable approach to produce components th ...

ABSTRACT: Alphacore and its research partner will perform radiation effect studies and radiation-hard circuit development on samples made out of the two existing resistive random access memory materials. Multiple cell type materials and several memory architectures will be investigated. One memory architecture is extremely promising for radiation hardened benefits. Select memory cells will be eva ...

ABSTRACT: Research Objectives: 1) Determine the viability and accuracy of photometric calibration of Resident Space Object (RSO) observations using light from stars serendipitously recorded in the RSO images across the full range of ground-based image data collection scenarios in EO/IR wavebands. 2) Develop and deliver a beta-level software code to perform automatic photometric calibration in thi ...