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MOTION IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE OVERALL IMAGE UNDERSTANDING (IU) PROBLEM WHICH CAN BE USED TO DIRECTLY DERIVE BOTH SURFACE DEPTH AND ORIENTATION. IN ORDER TO EXTRACT DEPTH FROM MOTION IN REAL-TIME, SPECIALIZED HARDWAREWILL BE REQUIRED. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO USE VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION (VLSI) AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO IMPLEMENT A REAL-TIME DEPTH PERCEPTI ...

CURRENT DENSE SI3N4 MATERIALS HAVE HIGH STRENGTH AND MODERATE TOUGHNESS AND ARE EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS CUTTING TOOLS AND HEAT ENGINE COMPONENTS. IMPROVEMENTS IN TOUGHNESS, CREEP RESISTANCE, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, HARDNESS AND WEAR OF SI3N4 ARE NEEDED FOR THESE AND OTHER APPLICATIONS. A POTENTIAL MEANS OF ACHIEVING THESE IMPROVEMENTS IS THROUGH THE ADDITION OF DISPERSED PARTIC ...

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A COPPER ALLOY WITH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES WOULD BE A DESIRABLE COMPONENT OF A HIGH HEAT FLUX FIRST WALL PLASMA CONFINEMENT SYSTEM FOR FUSION REACTORS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF INCORPORATING COLLOIDAL OXIDE PARTICLES IN A MOLTEN COPPER ALLOY. THE OXIDE WILL BE WET BY AND REMAIN STABLE IN THE COPPER MELT, ALLOWING THE COPPER TO BE CAST AND WELDED, ...

FIREFLOOD OR STEAMFLOOD ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) PROCESSES ARE COMMONLY USED IN THE RECOVERY OF HEAVY OILS ORTAR SANDS. TO OPTIMIZE THE USE OF THESE PROCESSES, THE OPERATOR NEEDS TO KNOW THE VELOCITY, LOCATION AND DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE THERMAL FLOOD FRONT. TO OBTAIN THIS IMFORMATION USING CURRENT TECHNOLOGY, SPARSELY SPACED OBSERVATION WELLS ARE DRILLED. AS THE DEPTH OF PRODUCTION INCREA ...