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Project Summary AbstractAlginate is a biopolymer with a wide array of applications infoodpersonal care products and biomedicineIn addition to its role as a tablet excipient and antacid treatmentalginates play an important role as a nonadherentexudate absorbing gelfor advanced wound care dressingsHistoricallyalginates for this application have been obtained from brown seaweedbut the problems with t ...

This project intends to design and develop an Intelligent Electronic Speed Controller (IESC) for use on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The IESC will advance the state-of-the-art of health-state awareness. This will be achieved through the integration of propulsion system health monitoring sensors that - in unison with an Intelligent Rule Set - will be able to monitor system and component perfo ...

TMC's reusable modeling and simulation technologies are currently utilized by NASA for enabling advanced verification and validation (V&V) and dynamic analysis of complex systems such as spacecraft and launch vehicles by executing the exact flight software binaries in a software-only test bed. These reusable technologies, already developed under a NASA contract, are also applicable to unmanned air ...

The proposed research pursues a path for reducing structural weight, increasing structural performance, and reducing fabrication cost while also minimizing maintainability. The approach, which is based on selective reinforcement, is a change in the basic design philosophy and will result in the development of a hybrid material form. The selective reinforcement approach allows the structural desi ...

Melanocortin receptor MC R is highly expressed on uveal and cutaneous melanoma cells and not on any tissues that are of concern for causing toxicity We developed a proprietary ligand MC RL that binds to melanoma cells with high affinity and specificity Our recently completed SBIR Phase I contract results show no overt toxicity at dosages of Ac DOTA Ahx MC RL that produce outstanding ef ...

Non-oxide based ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), such as Silicon Carbide and Carbon-Carbon, are current state-of-the-art (SOA) refractory thermal protection system (TPS) materials for space reentry vehicle leading edge components and hot structures that...

Touchstone Research Laboratory (TRL) has identified acetate fibers with structural characteristics analogous to heritage viscose rayon, which suggests they will be very promising Carbon Cloth Phenolic (CCP) reinforcements for Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) nozzles. Furthermore, acetate fibers are manufactured in the United States and are commercially available and deemed sustainable. Accordingly, TRL, ...

Under this Phase I effort, Stephens & Cross Research, Inc. (SCR) will demonstrate technical feasibility of a rocket inductive link using NFC technology with essential performance features of: bidirectional data communication, inductive energy harvesting and energy storage for operation during link and immediately after, and operation with conductive obscuration. Inductive link performance will be ...

The Autonomous Environmental Routing Onboard (AERO) system is an innovative software-hardware solution that performs onboard processing of environmental information from multiple sources to execute autonomous route adjustments, minimizing negative environmental impacts as well as leveraging advantageous conditions, for multi-rotor autonomous systems (MRAS) executing missions as a swarm.AERO is an ...

The data flow across the AFW enterprise is complex and spans multiple echelons (strategic, operational, and tactical). Weather data from various sensor platforms is ingested at different AFW locations. At the 557 WW, the weather data is collected, proce