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A NOVEL, HIGH-PRESSURE CO2 LASER IS DESCRIBED WHICH UTOLIZES TRANSVERSE ELECTRODELESS RF DISCHARGE EXCITATION. THIS LASER IS POTENTIALLY CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUS WAVELENGTH TUNABILITY OVER MUCH OF THE 9 TO 11 MICRON BAND, HIGH OUTPUT ENERGY PER UNIT EXCITATION VOLUME, AND LONG SEALED LIFETIME. A RESEARCH PROGRAM IS OUTLINED WHICH EMPHASIZES DEMONSTRATION OF BROAD TUNABILITY AND MULTIMILLIJOULE OUTPUT ...

INDUCTIVE LOOPS HAVE BEEN USED IN RAODWAYS FOR VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS SINCE THE LATE 1960'S. THESE EARLY SYSTEMS WERE PLAGUED WITH DRIFT AND ENVIRNMENTAL CHANGE PROBLEMS WHICH RESULTED IN UNRELIABLE OPERATION AND FREQUENT MAINTENANCE. MODERN LOOP SYSTEMS, AFTER TWO DECADES OF IMPROVEMENTS, HAVE BECOME HIGHLY DEPENDABLE AND REMAIN VIRTUALLY TROUBLE-FREE AFTER YEARS OF SERV ...

THE PROPOSED METHOD OF DETECTION OF CONCEALED WEAPONS IS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARD NONMETALLIC WEAPONS (HANDGUNS AND EXPLOSIVES) CARRIED UNDER THE CLOTHING OF PEOPLE. THE METHOD IS PROPRIETARY, BUT IT CAN BE SAID HERE THAT IT IS NONCONTACTING AND NONOBTRUSIVE. THE SEARCH MAY TAKE PLACE WITH THE SUBJECT NOT BEING AWARE OF THE ACTION OF THE SENSOR. THE SENSOR IS PASSIVE AND DOES NOT MAKE USE OF A ...

ALTHOUGH THROUGH-FLOW, DEEP-BED, MULTIMEDIA FILTRATION AND CROSS-FLOW ULTRAFILTRATION WITH THIN-SKINNED MEMBRANES ARE BOTH WELL-KNOWN TECHNIQUES FOR SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION, IT HAS NOT BEEN GENERALLY RECOGNIZED IN THE LITERATURE THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO RETAIN THE ADVANTAGES OF BOTH MULTIMEDIA FILTRATION AND CROSS-FLOW FILTRATION (CFF), WHILE AVOIDING THE DISADVANTAGES OF EITHER, BY USING SUCCES ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II project will develop technology for prevention of nozzle wear in abrasive water jets, which limits the lifetime and accuracy of jet cutting, and currently requires entrainment of abrasives downstream of the nozzle in a larger mixing tube. The method consists of a porous nozzle surrounded by a reservoir containing high viscosity lubricant pressurized ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project introduces a new reactive joining process for mounting heat sinks onto chips, chip packages and substrates. The process uses reactive multi-layer foils as local heat sources for melting solder layers, and consequently bonding the components. The foils are a new class of nano-engineered materials, in which self-propagating exothermic r ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project proposes to develop technology for joining metallic and ceramic components; this is a reactive joining process that uses reactive multilayer foils as local heat sources for melting solders. These foils are a new class of nano-engineered materials, in which self-propagating exothermic reactions can be initiated at room temperature using a ho ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II research project will create a prototype system that will cut through the overload of audio/video (rich media) content by generating personalized broadcasts from a library of rich media documents. Building upon existing expertise in dealing with rich media, the proposed research will apply and refine the techniques discovered in phase I to organize ...

This Small Business Innovation Research project proposes commercialization of innovative oxide based visible and solar blind ultra-violet light detectors successfully fabricated and tested. The studies clearly indicate the possibility of growing good quality wide band gap tunable oxide thin films on low cost substrates such as glass, quartz, silicon, and polyimide for photoconductive and Schottky ...

This proposal suggests research on developing the next generation of consumer experience for Usage Based Insurance (UBI) in an increasingly socially connected world while addressing the need to protect privacy. It also proposes research on methodologies to address this from the perspective of insurance actuarial science. It will enhance Agnik’s current consumer and UBI products through the follo ...