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Sehda's goal in the Information Retrieval realm is to substantially advance the state of the art by developing a facet based search model supported by a relational network which coheres to real world relationships and allows mining of the stored data in an efficient, meaningful way. Sehda's goal in this Phase II of this project is to develop and combine the component elements of such a system, ...

To address the U.S. Army's need for an electro-optical visible/infrared projector for simultaneous testing of sensor suites, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Advanced Visible-to-Infrared Dynamic (AVID) scene projector (SP) system based on micro-optoelectromechanical systems (MOEMS) and a high-density bump connector array driven by an active matrix controller. This syste ...

The Navy is seeking to transparently incorporate advanced communications techniques suitable to increase the efficiency of the current RF and Microwave communication system. Specifically, a modularized and extensible system is required for Long, Thin, Unreliable and Intermittent pipes such as narrow and medium band satellite and bandwidth constrained intermittent RF links. Internetworking protocol ...

VecTOR Test Systems, Inc., proposes to produce the Dengue antigen assay, the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) antigen assay, the Ross River Virus antigen assay and the Rift Valley Virus antigen assay. Phase I results have demonstrated that detection of the above pathogens is possible in rapid, one-step immuno-chromatographic tests for identification of Dengue serotype-1, -2, -3 and -4 viruses in a singl ...

Waveband Corporation offers to demonstrate a portable 3D visual anatomic guidance system to help medics in the battlefield take high quality ultrasound (US) scans and transmit this information to doctors at a remote location. The product is an advanced real-time visual interface that provides expert assistance in performing diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound on the battlefield. WaveBand's solut ...

Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new wearable "smart" electrical connector--and associated connector system--in the form of a Modular Enhanced Systemic Hardware Network (MESHNet), which for the first time integrates electronics into military vests and protective clothing in a body-conformable and comfortable fashion. POC's Multioperational Snap-Fastener Fabric Integrated (M ...

Acellent technologies, Inc. proposes to develop a dual E/M impedance and wave propagation based innovative structural health monitoring (SHM) system for application to composite structures for Army rotorcraft and unmanned air vehicle platforms. Composites can incur invisible damage from impacts, loading abrasion, operator abuse, or neglect that if unchecked may lead to lower structural reliability ...

CodeSourcery will develop an optimized, parallel VSIPL++ implementation. CodeSourcery's implementation will support the entire VSIPL++ API and will be optimized for both serial and parallel performance. CodeSourcery will use expression template techniques to make serial optimizations (such as loop fusion) and parallel optimizations (such as message optimizations).

The proposed project focuses on the development for an integrated system for structural optimization of weapon system components. The system provides an integrated process for topology optimization, geometry (shape) optimization, and sizing optimization. The software is designed to use 2-D and 3-D finite element solutions from off-the-shelf FEM solvers such as NASTRAN and ABAQUS or an internal F ...

This is a proposal to investigate the feasibility of a high power, single mode, low noise and narrow linewidth fiber laser based on a "virtual ring" laser cavity. This novel laser architecture enables traveling-wave oscillation in a compact, linear and all-fiber cavity. The traveling wave laser field eliminates "spatial hole burning", a feat usually achieved only in a ring laser. This significant ...