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RECENT ADVANCES IN THE COGNITIVE, INSTRUCTIONAL AND COMPUTERSCIENCES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEWGENERATION OF TRAINING SYSTEMS AT LOWER COST AND GREATER EFFECTIVENESS THAN PREVIOUSLY POSSIBLE. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROPOSED EFFORT BUILDS ON TWO UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES: (A) OUR GENERAL PURPOSE RULETUTOR, THE CONTENT-INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE NECESSARY FOR CONSTRUCTING ANY PROCEDURAL COG ...

WITH OXIDES LIKE THORIA HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME. HOWEVER, OXIDES ARE NOT WET BY METALS, SO WHEN OXIDE DISPERSION HARDENED METALS ARE MELTED, THE DISPERSED OXIDE SEPARATES AS A SLAG AND THE ADVANTAGES OF DISPERSION HARDENING ARE LOST. IN THIS PROPOSAL, A NEW APPROACH TO OXIDE DISPERSION HARDENING IS SUGGESTED, THROUGH THE USE OF METALLOPHILIC COLLOIDAL OXIDE PARTICLES. SPECIFICALLY, A FUNDAM ...

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THE UNDERLYING LEARNING CURVE (ULC) ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE CAN OFFER SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT TO PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH EVALUATIN OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS. USE OF THE TECHNIQUE IS IMPEDED BY THE AMOUNT OF COMPUTATION REQUIRED AND BY THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT BY USERS. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A USER FRIENDLY SOFTWARE SYSTEM TO ACCOMPLISHING THESE EVALUATIONS AT CONT ...

THIS PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM WHICH WILL ENABLE PROGRAM OFFICES TO PERFORM SCHEDULE ASSESSMENTS. THE MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SCHEDULING OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE PRODUCTION PROGRAMS. THE COMPUTER PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN A USER FRIENDLY MODE AND WILL PROVIDE CAPABILITY FOR OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION SCHEDULES TO MINOMIZE RISKS AND COST FACTORS, AND ...

THE HUMAN AS A SYSTEM COMPONENT IS MOST LIKELY TO FAIL UNDER HIGH WORKLOAD WHICH OFTEN IS THE TIME THAT FAILURE ISJ MOST CATASTROPHIC FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND OUR THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MODELS OF ATTENTION AND HIGH WORKLOAD. BIOCYBERNETIC MEASURE (P300 AND HEART RATE) ARE USED TO PROVIDE CONVERGI ...

THE EVOLUTION OF PERSONAL MICRO COMPUTERS INTO FULL FUNCTION PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATIONS OPENS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY OF POTENTIAL USERS WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE HIGH COST OF PRESENT DAY COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE) AND RELATED SYSTEMS. THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF LOW COST MICROPROCESSORS PROMISES TO REMOVE THE CURRENT PRICE BARRIER O ...

WORK IS PROPOSE TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILTY OF SODIUM\SULFUR-SELENIUM BATTERIES FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED WEAPONS SYSTEMS ABOARD AIR BREATHING AIRCRAFT AND FOR ENERGY STORAGE ABOARD ORBITAL FLIGHT VEHICLES. SEVERAL POTENTIAL ADANTAGES OF THE SODIUM\ SULFUR-SELENIUM BATTERY OVER THE SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY ARE POINTED OUT, INCLUDING HIGHER POWER AND ENERGY DENSITIES AND LONGER LIFETIMES. BASED ON SOME PR ...