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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This project aims to develop a novel system Biolucida AT which will greatly enhance the use of array tomography the state of the art method for investigating synaptic plasticity at the molecular level in human postmortem research and animal models of psychiatric neurological and childhood developmental disorders Synaptic transmission is essential for centr ...

ABSTRACT: Cavitation which leads to head falloff and feed system instabilities are a constant source of problems for the low net positive suction head (NPSH) pumps that are needed for advanced liquid rocket engines. Head falloff limits the pumps capability to deliver propellant at the required pressure and cavitation induced instabilities are a significant source of structural failures in rocket ...

In Phase 2, Diffraction LTD, in collaboration with Optics 1, proposes to develop a variable magnification clip-on thermal imager (VM-COTI) that will be compatible with a variety of weapon and head mounted optical systems ranging from 1X night vision goggles (NVGs) to 5X ACOG scopes. The VM-COTI will be a flexible design that can be used as a clip-on fusing full field of view thermal imagery with ...

We are developing a subsurface monitoring technique for providing spatially resolved profiles of soil moisture in the vadose zone that can be easily deployed using either cone penetration testing (CPT) technology, conventional drilling, or in some applications, direct burial. The technology has application to a wide variety of earth and environmental science and infrastructure monitoring challenge ...

ABSTRACT: The Department of Defense requires a reliable non-volatile radiation hardened memory for Space and Airborne platform applications. MGRAM, a form of graphene and magnetic memory, promises to satisfy these requirements and to provide a solution path to achieving low cost, high reliability solid state drives for personal computers and systems. MGRAM is based upon a nano scaled bar magnet w ...

The SBIR project aims is to excite high school and middle school children about the possibility of working in a STEM-related career. According to the National Center for Education Statistics there are 47 million students enrolled in K-12, with 29 million in middle or high school (6-12). Inspiring and engaging these students in STEM is a key component of the President?s ?Educate to Innovate Initiat ...

Zero net positive suction head (NPSH)-capable hydrogen pump inducers are a critical component needed to lower the cost and increase the effectiveness of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engines. Zero NPSH pumps need to be able to pump up to 55% vapor fraction by volume without significant head fall-off. Current technology inducers can pump liquid hydrogen up to a limit of about 25% vapor fractio ...

Our objective is to develop, demonstrate, and evaluate a prototype feature-based navigation and localization system for miniature Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) that meets the performance requirements for these systems yet provides a drastic reduction in size, weight, power, and cost requirements over current solutions. The proposed method utilizes a micro mechanically scanned imaging sonar ( ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project seeks to develop a proof-of-concept distributed signal processing system that incorporates real-time adaptive beamforming to increase medical ultrasound imaging resolution and depth of penetration into tissue. Present technology for ultrasound imaging using phased arrays incorporates traditional delay-and-sum beamforming for adding sig ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Stereologic cell counting has revolutionized the field of neuroscience over the last 20 years, and numerous studies highlighting the impact of stereologic cell counting in basic neuroscience and pharmaceutical and biotechnology research continue to be published. A single study, however, may take months since investigators must decide by visual inspection whethe ...