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The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is changing the earths climate. Climate change will cause periods of extremely high daily temperatures, increase the frequency of heavy rainfall, intensify droughts, increase the maximum wind speed of cyclones, and cause sea levels to rise. The unavailability of low-cost, high-performance atmospheric carbon dioxide analyzers constrai ...

There is a need for high-resolution, high-efficiency, and high-rate neutron imaging detectors at neutron scattering facilities. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source neutron scattering instruments the VULCAN Engineering Diffractometer, the TOPAZ Crystal Diffractometer, and the Liquid and Magnetic Reflectometer; these instruments need thermal-neutron detecting array ...

The utility-scale wind industry is evolving towards very large ( & gt;4MW) machines with blades longer than 70m for both land-based and off-shore installations. There is a rapid ramp in cost associated with ground transportation of blades longer than 65m, rising to a threshold that is considered practically prohibitive for blades longer than 75m. Managing the quality of such large blades using co ...

ABSTRACT: Design, Analysis and Research Corporation (DARcorporation) proposes to develop a 3-D visualization and modification environment as well as higher fidelity modeling capability based on defined geometry to be incorporated into the Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA) software. AAA is a conceptual aircraft design and analysis tool using semi-empirical and physics based methods. It is used fo ...

ABSTRACT: Proposed is the development of an advanced solid state neutron spectrometer (NeuKopis) with directional resolve, building from prototype instruments that have demonstrated the art-of-the-possible. The intrinsic neutron detection efficiency of the refined BENEFITS: Low power, solid state, compact, rugged, economical, portable

ABSTRACT: In our Phase I SBIR work to date, we constructed an implosion system using carefully-designed components and geometries that reproducibly reacts nearly 100% of the JP10 in the test cell. Using ALE3D we have also been able to qualitatively describe the major hydrodynamic processes involved in the collapse and subsequent expansion of the assembly. In Phase II we propose a continuation a ...

A new innovative tactical fuel bulk system restraint system concept was researched and developed. Analysis confirmed that this new restraint system met all military requirements.

ABSTRACT: In ISR applications, multiple sensors can be employed to achieve more accurate parameters of interest on targets, improving discrimination and detection. But, the proliferation of sensor systems has created a large volume of multi-sensor data across a number of physical spectra. These resulting measurements can be so disparate that traditional aggregation methods perform poorly given h ...

Point of care (POC) diagnostic devices are a well established market but have significant growth opportunities. Stable off-the-shelf biological recognition elements available in a form that can be readily incorporated into POC devices will be essential for wide spread use and deployment. Other than glucose oxidase, stable active oxidase enzymes are not available. Pinnacle has developed intellec ...

This project seeks to develop and evaluate a pilot version of the Online and Applied System for Intervention Skills – Supervision (OASIS-S) a cloud-based portal for the supervision of individuals in service fields that require post-degree supervision. Initially two modules (online and skill-based activities) will be developed for those seeking certification as behavior analysts. This system inco ...