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The KILDARE sonic Oil-Spill Emulsification System (SOSES (TM)) is based on an ultrasonic emulsifier as a self-contained system, mounted on a towable sea-going catamaran aluminum sled. For quick response to an oil-spill, SOSES (TM) Processor Sleds can ba air-lifted to the oil-spill site and, using lical ships of opportunity, immediately deployed. The utilization of natural nutrient-enhancing emulsi ...

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RECENT ADVANCES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING (HTSC) THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY ENABLE THE FABRICATION OF LOW-LOSS COMPONENTS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE COST AND PERFORMANCE OF CHANNELIZED RECEIVERS. CHANNELIZED RECEIVERS ARE USED IN SATELLITE TRANSPONDER, ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND ELECTRONICS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS AND ARE COMPRISED OF A GROUP OF NARROW BAND RECEIVERS THAT COVER INDIVIDUAL SLOTS IN A ...

SIGNIFICANT SIMPLIFICATION OF MICROWAVE PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH HTSC DEVICE TECHNOLOGY. ELIMINATION OF THE LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNAS) CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH REPLACEMENT OF THE GAAS PHASE SHIFTERS WITH LOW LOSS HTSC COMPONENTS. A REDUCTION IN COMPLEXITY LOWERS BOTH SYSTEM WEIGHT ANDCOST. KEY TO HTSC TECHNOLOGY INSERTION IN PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS IS THE DE ...

FERROELECTRICS (FE) HAVE A LARGE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL AS PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS, DIELECTRICS FOR CAPACITORS, AND IN OPTICAL GUIDED-WAVE DEVICES. MATERIALS PROCESSING HAS LIMITED APPLICATIONS IN MICROELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS, HOWEVER, AND FEW METHODS ARE CAPABLE OF DEPOSITING HIGH QUALITY THIN FILMS COMPATIBLE WITH STANDARD SI INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESS TECHNOLOGY. METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPO ...

THIS PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVE IS TO ESTABLISH THE RELAXOR FERROELECTRIC PB(MG1/2NBS/3)O3 (PMN) AS THE MATERIAL OF CHOICE FOR THIN FILM CAPACITORS IN DRAM AND ELECTRONIC PACKAGING APPLICATIONS.IN CONTRAST TO "NORMAL" FERROELECTRICS, E.G., BATIO3 AND PZT, RELAXORS OFFER HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS (K>10,000), BROAD PHASE TRANSITIONS,LOW E-FIELD DEPENDENCY OF K, AND LARGE RXC TIME CONSTANTS. IN ADDITION, TH ...

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THE PROPOSED EFFORT INITIATES RESEARCH TO DEVELOP A SET OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION TOOLS ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS OF DOMAIN EXPERTS WHO DESIRE TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN SHARED KNOWLEDGE BASES. THE PROPOSED ART-DEKO (ARTIFACT-DESIGN/ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE ONTOLOGY) TOOLSET WILL PROVIDE INTELLIGENT ASSISTANCE AND MEDIATION TO EXPERTS IN THE COOPERATIVE PROCESS OF DEFINING ...