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This proposal suggests the design and development of a kernel for distributed collaborative multi-organizational decision support system for emergency preparedness, anti-terrorism, and homeland defense. The proposed research is based on a systematicapproach that pays careful attention to both technical and human factors in the process. It offers a collection of novel technology-based solutions to ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project seeks to enhance functionality and clinically evaluate an interactive robotic system to facilitate receptive and expressive language development of children with disabilities. Developed by Anthrotronix, Inc., a rehabilitation engineering, consulting, and product development company, this child-friendly robot is controlled by various ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project seeks to enhance functionality and clinically evaluate an interactive robotic system to facilitate receptive and expressive language development of children with disabilities. Developed by Anthrotronix, Inc., a rehabilitation engineering, consulting, and product development company, this child-friendly robot is controlled by various ...

Context-Based Indexing and Retrieval (CBIR) is a critical C4ISR system capability needed by many important Air Force and Homeland Defense initiatives (e.g., JBI, SSW and CBP). ARGTEC is pioneering the use of a new, innovative technology for context-basedindexing and retrieval of documents over large multi-media databases, employing the theory of Attributed Relational Graph (ARG). We have been succ ...

The need for innovative combined cycle engines for Space Access and hypersonic vehicles leads the Air Force design engineers to the requirement for analysis tools that provide higher levels of fidelity than are available today. The engines for thesevehicles, rather than being separate systems, are integrated systems that share inlets, nozzles and in many cases, combustor flow paths. Because analyt ...

The objective of Phase I: identify and develop innovative methods for portraying information for decision makers so that data uncertainty and content are readily understood. The specific objectives of the proposed effort are:1. Review the present practice of visualizing uncertainty in battlefield data;2. Examine the use of various visualization methods, as discussed in Section 1, for various ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project involves the development of material that is suitable for the fabrication of a tunable, room temperature, mid-infrared thin disk laser. Novel, tunable room temperature solid-state laser material using transition metal doped Cd1-xMnxTe has recently been developed. Lasing up to 3.01 microns with a tuning range of 2.1 to 3.1 microns, the widest ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to develop and demonstrate a multidimensional protein/peptide separation/concentration platform, capable of reducing the range of relative protein abundances by "balancing" or "leveling" the concentrations of the protein complement. Such selective enhancement toward low abundance proteins can drastically reduce the range of re ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I proposes to develop antibacterial surfaces and textiles for commercial applications. A series of novel potent dendrimer biocides has been identified, which can be used alone to kill microorganisms, or bound to polymer substrates to produce non-leaching biocidal polymers. The aim of this program is to chemically graft these potent microbiolog ...

Ceramatec Inc. and Synergy Technologies Corporation have teamed to demonstrate Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)operation on JP-8 reformate produced using a cold plasma process. SOFC stacks, installed in a test stand originally designed for use with a thermallyintegrated natural gas steam reformer, will be fueled instead with JP-8 reformate produced through a cold plasma process. The patented SynGen c ...