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EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN REACTIVE DIAGNOSIS, THAT IS, DIAGNOSING THE CAUSES OF MACHINE FAILURES AFTER THEY OCCUR. HOWEVER, EXPERT SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN LESS EFFECTIVE IN REPLICATING HUMAN EXPERTISE IN PROACTIVE DIAGNOSIS, THE PREDICTION OF IMPENDING FAILURES. ONE REASON FOR THIS LACK OF SUCCESS IS THAT PREDICATIVE DIAGNOSIS OFTEN DEPENDS ON FINDING FINDING PATTERNS IN VIBR ...

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 ...

THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP A LIGHTWEIGHT, ADJUSTABLE, MAINTENANCE-FREE AS WELL AS ECONOMICAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEM FORUSE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. CURRENTLY, THE COST OF MAINTAINING AND REHABILITATING THE NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY EXPENSIVE, THEREFORE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO USE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS WHICH ARE DURABLE, EASILY MODIFIED ANDLIGHTWEIGHT. E.T. TECHTONICS PROPOSES TO SOLVE THI ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Project will develop prototype software to provide optimal real time purchase and repair replenishment, and allocation of service spare parts used to provide after-sales support to mission-critical products. It will design, develop and test advanced optimization algorithms to ensure that the right part is ordered from the right source in the right q ...

MULTILAYER COATINGS VASTLY IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF MOST X-RAY OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND ALLOW OPERATION AT ANGLES AND WAVELENGTHS OTHERWISE INACCESSIBLE. THEY HAVE BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY IN ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES ON SATELLITES, AND IN PLASMA DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS, AND WILL LIKELY BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF X-RAY MICROLITHOGRAPHY EXPOSURE SYSTEMS IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUS ...

This SBIR Phase II project will result in a low cost PC based interactive scanning electron microscope (iSEM) simulator incorporated into modules to enhance existing science curricula. Although the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is an essential scientific tool and has major impact on our nation's industrial competitiveness, its utilization in education has been modest. Only a handful of high ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will create a 3D, interactive learning system to communicate complex scientific concepts from biological and medical science, which are difficult to grasp via long narrative scripts. The detailed technical specifications formulated in Phase I will be developed into a software solution distinctive from what is available today. This learning ...