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THIS NATION HAS MORE THAN 11 MILLION MANHOLES WHICH NOW NEED, OR SOON WILL NEED, TO BE REHABILITATED. CURRENT TECHNIQUES ARE EITHER TOO COSTLY OR DO NOT LAST. THIS RESEARCH SPEAKS TO THIS PROBLEM THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE OF RESTORING MANY OF THESE STRUCTURES AT LESS THAN HALF THE COST OF THE RELIABLE METHODS AVAILABLE TODAY. THE CONCEPT USES A NEWLY DEVELOPED APPLICATOR WH ...

AN ADVANCED WASTE-WATER TREATMENT PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS SEPARATIONOF IONIC SPECIES, INCLUDING HEAVY METALS, FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. THIS PROCESS SHOWS A POTENTIAL FOR SEPARATION OF A VARIETY OF COMPONENTS FROM COMPLEX MIXTURES AT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH CAPACITY AND LOW COST TO BE SUITABLE FOR APPLICATION ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE. THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE VALIDATION AND DEVELOP ...

APOGEE CORPORATION IS ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF DEVELOPING A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POTABLE WATER AT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH CAPACITY AND LOW COST TO BE SUITABLE IN FARM PRODUCTION. WE HAVE CONCEIVED OF AN INNOVATIVE DESALINATION PROCESS NAMES ECS ABD PROVIDED A PROOF OF CONCEPT AND DEMONSTRATED TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A PRACTICAL DEVICE. THIS DEVICE WILL BE OPERATING IN A DYNAMIC MOD ...

All high performance TERFENOL-D sonar devices require the drivers to be laminated for eddy current control. The process of laminating TERFENOL-D to present interlamina resistivity requirements results in low yields due to considerable material loss and is, therefore, a wasteful process. The objective of this program is to define and experimentally verify accurate interlamina resistivity levels f ...

For current aircraft, hydraulic power is the preferred method of gaining mechanical advantage. Due to its distributed nature and system redundancy requirements, the power comes with the penalty of high weight, cost, and maintenance. ETREMA proposes to develop a magnetostrictive TERFENOL-D driven pump element and active flow control valves to power an electrohydraulic actuator packaged as a self- ...

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We propose to develop a CAD tool for the automated synthesis of analog/RF device models and analog/RF circuits. In the Phase I of the project, we will focus on parameter optimization. To achieve the desirable optimization performance using a reasonable amount of CPU time, the proposed tool will combine the genetic algorithm with local search techniques. VHDL-AMS language will be exploited as a ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project stems from the need to substantially improve nitrogen (N) use efficiency in crop production and thereby improve profitability for farmers, while simultaneously reducing the adverse effects of agriculture on the environment. Currently, less than half of the N fertilizer applied to agricultural fields i ...