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IMAGE SEGMENTATION IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN IMAGE ANALYSIS AND IS REQUIRED BEFORE ANY HIGH-LEVEL SYMBOLIC MANIPULATION CAN BE DONE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CARRY OUT VERY LARGESCALE INTEGRATION (VLSI) DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IMAGE SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS USEFUL FOR ANALYZING INDUSTRIAL, BIOMEDICAL AND MILITARY IMAGES. DURING PHASE I ONE ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop a ceramic hydrogen fuel appliance (CHFA) using ceramic microreactor modules (CMMs) using a low-cost, net-shape manufacturing process, and a new material, that was developed in the Phase I project. The new material developed was demonstrated to have excellent capability for cost-effective microfabri ...

NA-BETA-ALUMINA IS THE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE USED IN SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES WITH APPLICATIONS IN LOAD LEVELING, ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES, AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART ELECTROLYTES ARE FABRICATED BY GREEN-FORMING FOLLOWED BY SINTERING AT ~1540 DEGREES CENTIGRADE. ENCAPSULATION IN PLATINUM CONTAINERS OR MAGNESIA CRUCIBLES IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT LOSS OF SODA. TYPICAL THICKNES ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop a new generation of fluorescence amplifying reagents based on poly (phenylene ethynylene (PPE)) nanoparticles. Because of the role of the amplifying polymer in the enhanced sensitivity of these compounds, these compounds are called Amplimer reagents. The project will develop and launch two types of Amplimer reagents: mic ...

TITANIUM HYDRIDE REACTION WITH AMMONIA IN THE PRESENCE OF A NICKEL CATALYST TO FORM TITANIUM NITRIDE SHOWS UNEXPECTED KINETIC BEHANVIOR. A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THE CAUSE OF THIS BEHAVIOR IS RELATED TO TITANIUM PHASE CHANGES IS PROPOSED. THE EFFECTS OF NITROGEN CONTENT ON WETTING OF TIN WITH NI WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED.

UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION IN ROCK WHICH IS SUBJECTED TO STRESSES THAT ARE A SIGNIFICANT FRACTION OF THE ROCK STRENGTH CAN CAUSE FAILURE ADJACENT TO THE EXCAVATION. RECENT RESEARCH ON BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS HAS SHOWN THAT A STABLE BREAKOUT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A STRESS DISTRIBUTION WHICH IS GREATLY REDUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL STRESS STATE AT LOCATIONS NOT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE BREAKOUT "TIPS". ALSO, THE S ...