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The process of designing and evaluating advanced aircraft coatings can be made more efficient, more robust, and less expensive through application of highly accurate and flexible computer models. The General Scattered Light (GSL) model is such a signature analysis tool, but its potential is difficult to access by untrained or infrequent users, seriously limiting its value. We propose to overcome t ...

Innovative, volumetrically compact, rugged, precision drive mechanism for cost-effective improvement of power densities of position controllers, useable wherever maintenance may be difficult, space and weight is a premium and power consumption is critical. Proprietary drive uses cam gears formed as tracks cut into the faces of rotating flat disks, the disks separated by rolling balls, to achieve h ...

We will create a set of prototype computer tools and services for scientists in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and in academia to use for the assessment and analysis of normal and abnormal mouse embryonic development. These tools will take the form of two- and three-dimensional computer-based color atlases of normal mouse development as well as a consulting service for expert asse ...

In this Phase I SBIR proposal, IntelliSense Corporation proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating optical, electronic, and mechanical functions in a single low cost, compact and reliable inertial system. The baseline system consists of an integrated optics gyroscope and a micro-opto-mechanical accelerometer. The accelerometer uses optical techniques to measure the response of the sili ...

This Phase I SBIR proposal represents a cooperative effort between Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation and Texas Instruments, Inc. It is aimed at developing and assessing the feasibility of two innovative and fundamentally different approaches to track-before-detect (TBD) processing for passive airborne IRTW and IRST sensors. TBD processing techniques are required for airborne surveillance ...

In this project we address the design and development of a Computer Aided design Tool for Optical networks (CATO). Its major objective is to support the design, evaluation, testing and operation of optical networks and optical interconnect architectures. The proposed tool will be based on a unique "fuzzy" specification approach, whereby the user will enter only general requirements/constraints an ...

Gallium nitride (GaN) is a wide band gap semiconducter which holds promise for building a wide range of devices such as UV lasers, blue LEDs, UV detectors, non-volatile memories, high temperature electronics and high frequency-high speed devices and integrated circuits. At the present time, GaN films which are produced by the most widely used folm growth technologies, have residual hydrogen which ...

We will be developing an interactive, multimedia administration of the Addiction Severity Index (ASreliable, valid, and the most widely used measure of addiction severity, both in research settings ain clinical settings. It is now mandated in some governmental jurisdictions, and it may become a stachemical dependency. The major drawback of the ASI is its interview format, which requires an hour wi ...

In the field of dementia care, professionals and researchers consider an appropriate physicalenvironment to be an effective therapeutic element in the delivery of quality care for individuals withAlzheimer's disease and related dementing illnesses. Current research suggests that in the next decadeten thousand or more special care units (SCUs) and day care programs will be established withtherapeut ...

High voltage cells containing LiCoO2 as the cathode mate!!!! known to lose capacity on open circuit storage at room tempers above in methyl formate-based electrolytes2. This capacity lob ascribed to the strain placed on the LiCoO2 lattice as x O.5 as the slow, irreversible oxidation of the electrolyte at poter excess of 4. 2V. This proposal addresses the stabilization of m the addition of novel ad ...