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Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHEVs) require advanced technology capacitors, which must have low cost and the ability to operate at 150oC. However, current 150oC film capacitor solutions are expensive and have lower energy density compared to materials that operate at lower temperatures. Polypropylene Film Capacitors represent a potentially cost effective solution ...

Difficulties in using foreign airbases and airspace are constraining the Air Force from striking high-value, time critical targets. A Small Launch Vehicle (SLV) and Common Aero Vehicle (CAV) that deploys weapons over a target within minutes after being launched from the United States can solve this problem. The SLV can also be used to launch satellites. Wickman Spacecraft & Propulsion Company ...

Historically, remediation efforts at DOE contaminated sites have relied on numerical models to integrate laboratory and field characterization data, predict the fate and transport behavior of contaminant plumes, design remediation protocols to mitigate contaminant migration, and analyze data from field remediation results. Of particular concern is the effect of subsurface heterogeneities and thei ...

Standoff detectors are required to detect IEDs. These detectectors are needed to save the lives of American soldiers. QuantaSpec has developed patent pending methods for long-range, sensitive, and selective standoff detection of explosives. These methods have already demonstrated sensitive remote detection of explosive vapors under previous efforts. QuantaSpec's multidisciplinary team will dem ...

The ultimate goal for near-eye displays is visual acuity-limited resolution across a wide field of view. Alces Technology has a novel light engine, capable of better than 3k x 6k resolutions without tiling, yet maintaining the temporal qualities necessary for fast-jet simulations. This light engine leverages existing technologies and investments by the Air Force for new and novel applications. Und ...

Wind power has the potential of supplying a significant percentage of the United States electrical demand at low cost. However, costs of transportation, erection, and repair must be reduced before these systems are competitive with current technology. The large size of multi megawatt turbine components makes transportation from manufacturing facilities to wind sites problematic. Once on site, t ...

When completed, the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) will provide unprecedented opportunities for performing groundbreaking neutron science. Two reflectometers are planned for the SNS, one optimized for the measurement of liquid surfaces and the other for the measurement of magnetic materials. The SNS¿s high neutron flux will allow these instruments to collect complete data sets in minutes rat ...

When completed, the Spallation Neutron Source¿s (SNS) multiple beam lines will provide unprecedented opportunities to conduct studies in materials characterization, medical isotope production, and the transmutation of nuclear waste. However, to take full advantage of the greatly reduced data collection times made possible by the SNS¿s high neutron flux, new automated sample changers must be ...

The manipulators used to support and position lattice elements are critical components of all particle accelerators. The increased use of large superconducting magnets and accelerator modules places ever greater demands on these manipulators. Unfortunately, the performance of these support systems has not kept pace with the advances made in other areas of accelerator technology, resulting in acc ...

Turbo Solutions Engineering LLC is providing this proposal for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, to develop a rocket engine health management (REHM) system. The proposed project is a follow-on to Turbo Solutions’ nearly completed Phase I SBIR entitled “Integrated Vehicle Health Management ‘Intelligent Engine’ Turbopump Concept,” (AFRL Contract FA9300-05-M-301 ...