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THERE IS NEED FOR CRYSTAL SAMPLES TO STUDY NEW LASER MATERIALS. CURRENT CRYSTAL GROWTH SYSTEMS ARE EXPENSIVE ANDHENCE THE EXPERIMENTER NORMALLY LIMITS THE TEST VARIABLES. THERE IS A CURRENT NEED TO EVALUATE HOLMIUM DOPED YAG FOR A MID I-R LASER. THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES TWELVE SAMPLES, WITH VARYING RATIOS OF ERIBIUM, THULIUM HOLMIUM AND CHROMIUM, THULIUM, HOLMIUM. THIS PROGRAM PROPOSES TO DEVELOP THE ...

This Phase I SBIR will establish the feasibility of developing a collinear three wavelength source for an in-situ, 1800, back scatter nephelometer. The three wavelength source is being developed to facilitate on-board validation measurements of airborne remote backscatter lidar. Currently, commercial nephelometers utilized for in-situ validation measurements employ wavelengths that are both not ...

DUCTS ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNED THROUGH SERIES OF CALCULATIONS AND TESTS, WHICH ARE PERFORMED UNTIL A DUCT MEETING CERTAIN DESIGN CRITERIA IS OBTAINED. THE PROPOSED INNOVATION WOULD PROVIDE AN EASILY UTILIZED TOOL FOR DESIGN OF A DUCT WHICH IS OPTIMUM FOR A SPECIFIC APPLICATION. USE OF MANY MODERN CFD CODES CURRENTLY REQUIRES AERODYNAMICISTS WITH ADVANCED DEGREES AND EXPERTISE IN NUMERICAL METHODS. U ...

WILLIAM C. PFEFFERLE ASSOCIATES (WCP) HAS INVENTED A PROPRIETARY CATALYTIC IGNITION FUEL-INJECTED ENGINE WHICH POTENTIALLY OFFERS A NUMBER OF PROMISING FEATURES, INCLUDINGSUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED FUEL ECONOMY, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE POWER, NOTABLY QUIETER OPERATION, REDUCED PARTICULATE EMISSIONS AND THE ABILITY TO BURN BOTH HIGH AND LOW CETANE FUELS. USING CATALYSTS PLACED PERMANENTLY IN THE COMBUSTION ...

Bridger Photonics Inc. (Bridger) proposes developing the most efficient, compact, rugged, low-power consumption and cost-effective UV ozone differential absorption lidar (DIAL) transmitter available. Bridger will demonstrate pulse energies above 0.5 mJ with a goal of 1 mJ/pulse with a pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz. The proposed transmitter will enable widespread deployment of ozone DIAL s ...

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In response to NASA 2015 SBIR Topic H4.02, Air-Lock proposes to define the maximum allowable contact stress for Titanium bearings. The modulus of Titanium is lower than legacy spacesuit bearing materials (Stainless Steel). Due to this, Titanium bearings are more susceptible to deflection under man and plug load scenarios. Bearing deflection causes a limited number of balls to absorb the full load ...

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THIS PROGRAM PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A SPECIALIZED FLOOR COVERING MATERIAL THAT IS HIGHLY RESISTANT TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE, ANTISTATIC, NON-PARTICLE GENERATING, NON-FLAMMABLE, INEXPENSIVE IN COST AND EASY TO INSTALL AND REPAIR. THE PROGRAM SYSTEMATICALLY EVALUATES A NUMBER OF POLYMERIC AND ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS FOR THEIR CHEMICAL RESISTANCE TO ANUMBER OF HIGHLY REACTIVE CHEMICALS INCLUDING, SOLVENTS, AC ...

In Phase II, the QSI-Vanderbilt team seeks to develop a system-level diagnostics and prognostic process that incorporates a "sense and respond capability," which first uses error codes and discrete sensor values to correctly diagnose the system health including degradations and failures of sensors and components, and then invokes appropriate prognostics routines for the assessment of RUL and perfo ...