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AEROMET PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A SENSOR SYSTEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF MONITORING RF FIELD STRENGTH ENERGY. PHASE I WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIQUE PROGRAMMABLE SENSOR THAT CAN SENSE THE ENERGY IN VARIOUS FREQUENCY BANDS. THE SENSOR WILL ACT AS A STAND ALONE UNIT AND BE POWERED BY SOLAR CHARGED BATTERIES. THE SENSOR WILL BE DESIGNED SO THAT MANY OF THEM CAN BE OPERATED IN CONJUN ...

FOR FAST RISE TIME PULSES AND HIGH POWER MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS, A NEW CLASS OF VARISTOR DEVICES IS NEEDED THAT SURPASSES THE PERFORMANCE OF PRESENT DEVICES. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE VARISTOR MATERIALS DEPEND ON SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS, AVALANCHE MECHANISMS, OR ZENER ACTION, OR A COMBINATION OF THESE EFFECTS. AN ALTERNATIVE THAT OFFERS SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES IN TERMS OF RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS, RELIAB ...

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WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A NEW AND QUANTATIVE MODEL AND VERIFY IT WITH RESERVOIR SIMULATION. QUANTATIVE MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN DEVELOPED FOR VALLEY-FILL RESERVOIR OIL FIELDS SINCE THEY ONLY RECENTLY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION. MORE THAN 20 VALLEY-FILL FIELDS NOW PRODUCE. THE VARIOUS TYPES AND SCALES OF RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITIES WITHIN RESERVOIR FLOW UNITS AND BETWEEN THE VALL ...

WE HAVE COMPLETED THE DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING FOR A MICROCOMPUTER SOFTWARE SYSTEM PROVIDING PERSONAL, SELF-ADMINISTERED RISK ASSESSMENT FOR HIV INFECTION. THE RISK ASSESSMENT IS BASED UPON AN ANONYMOUS INTERACTIVE INTERVIEW AND ANALYSIS PERFORMED BY A RULE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM INCORPORATED IN THE SOFTWARE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE REVISION AND EXPANSION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ACCOMM ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT VALIDATION STUDY, ASSESSMENT OF YIELD, AND REFINEMENT OF MICROCOMPUTER SOFTWARE PROVIDING PERSONAL, ANONYMOUS, AND SELF-ADMINISTERED RISK ASSESSMENT FOR HIV INFECTION. THE SOFTWARE, FOR WHICH INITIAL DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, INCORPORATES EDUCATIONAL TEXT FOLLOWED BY AN INTERACTIVE INTERVIEW. THE RISK ASSESSMENT IS BASED UPON ANALYSIS OF P ...

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ECONOMICAL METHODS OF REMOVING AND RECOVERING DISSOLVED ORGANICS FROM AQUEOUS PROCESS STREAMS ARE NECESSARY FOR US INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS. ALSO, FIRMS SPECIALIZING IN HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL AND POLLUTION CONTROL WILL BE A MAJOR AREA OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE US. MICELLAR-ENHANCED UNTRAFILTRATION (MEUF) IS A NOVEL PROCESS WHICH CAN REMOVE DISSOLVED ORGANIC SOLVENTS FROM WATER. IN MEUF, A NO ...

CURRENTLY, THE ARMY USES WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS BASED ON REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO). RO IS EFFECTIVE, BUT CONSIDERABLE ENERGY IS REQUIRED TO OVERCOME THE OSMOTIC PRESSURE OF RAW WATER. ALSO, ELABORATE PRETREATMENT SYSTEMS MUST BE USED TO PROLONG THE LIFE OF EXPENSIVE RO ELEMENTS. THE ARMY DESIRES A SYSTEM THAT IS AT LEAST AS EFFECTIVE AS RO FOR WATER PURIFICATION, YET IS SMALLER, LIGHTER, MORE ECONO ...

VERY RECENTLY, THERMOPLASTIC PULTRUSIONS, INC., HAS DEVELOPED THE CAPABILITY TO PULTRUDE ULTRA HIGH-MODULUS GRAPHITE FIBER/POWDERED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN PREPREGS INTO HIGH QUALITY COMPOSITES WITHOUT DAMAGING THE FIBERS. SINCE THE PULTRUDED COMPOSITES ARE ALREADY CONSOLIDATED, REFORMING DOES NOT REQUIRE THE HIGH PRESSURES AND LONG DURATIONS TYPICAL OF AUTOCLAVE FABRICATION. HENCE, IT SHOULD BE POSSI ...