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The objective of this project is to develop a test-validated CAD tool for performing virtual laser shock peening(LSP) simulations of rotorcraft components. Virtual LSP peening can be used, in conjunction with virtual fatigue testing, to conduct simulations to assess the effects of variations in process parameters, i.e., laser beam power density and size, number of layers, and the overlay pattern ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will scale-up a new technology for producing high-surface area tantalum powders for the electronic capacitor industry. The existing technology is over 30 years old and cannot keep pace with the needs of smaller electronics, which require tantalum particles in the nanometer size range. In addition, environmental factors are driving t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Influenza virus causes a pandemic disease of the respiratory tract that results in significant human morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis of influenza virus infection during the winter months makes up a large component of the clinical virology workload. The goal of this application is to develop transgenic cell lines that facilitate the detection of influenza vi ...

The goal of this proposal is find novel combinations of approved drugs for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with filoviruses. Ebola and Marburg viruses, the only filoviruses, cause an acute hemorrhagic fever syndrome which has a high mortality rate and poses a significant bio-terrorism threat. There are currently no therapeutic agents available to treat filovirus infections and the de ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop a new software program that will improve the management of digital information from a variety of sources for individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a postsecondary academic settings. The software to be developed in this project is designed to assist individuals in locating, ...

The purpose of this proposed research is to develop a rapid field test system for detection of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) infection in humans and rodents using a lateral-flow immunoassay. This assay will have a broad technical impact in that it can be used in animal laboratories interested in ascertaining if their mice or rats have hantavir ...

The technology resulting from this effort will provide a comprehensive thermomechanical/ impact wear model. This integrated model will consider the developed thermal energy due to sliding friction and impact loading of the wear surface. In addition to the development of the theoretical model, a unique bench wear fixture will be designed, fabricated, and validated. This fixture will provide varia ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The need for a reliable and safe field anesthesia machine that is portable, lightweight, tippable, does not require compressed gas, easy to setup and maintain, insensitive to shock, and cost effective, has been expressed repeatedly by physicians devoted to civilian and military healthcare in the field. This is amplified by the growing trend towards ambulato ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): River blindness and lymphatic filariasis, two disease caused by filarial nematodes, are among the most important tropical diseases. Blackfly transmission of the nematode Onchocercus volvulus leads to river blindness (onchocerciasis), while mosquito-transmitted filarial worms including Wucheria bancrofti and Brugia malayi are responsible for lymphatic filari ...

Detection of microbes directly in soil is difficult. The purpose of this study is to identify enzymes which will enable gene detection direclty in crude soil samples.