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THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MONOLITHIC LOW POROSITY TIC AND TIB2 USING ELEMENTAL POWDERS TO GENERATE THE COMPOUND VIA EXOTHERMAL SELF-PROPAGATING HIGH-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS (SHS). ALONG WITH COMPOUND SYNTHESIS, THE EXCESS HEAT WILL BE USED FOR DENSIFICATION AND NET SHAPING THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF AN EXTERNAL STRESS, BY DYNAMIC COMPACTION (DC). THE SCHEME WILL ALLOW CONTROLLED DENSIFI ...

Neodymium-iron-boron rare-earth based magnets are key components of mobile phones, electric vehicles, wind-turbines and many critical US defense systems. Despite their importance, the US is completely reliant on imports from China for their supply. Future supply risk renders this situation untenable, yet re-establishing the supply chain for these magnets in the US could take two decades. Urban Min ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Subfertility impacts >1.25 million men annually, although many ejaculate reasonable numbers of motile and normal sperm. Project goal is low-cost therapy to increase probability of pregnancy via IUI. We hypothesize some infertile men have insufficient UPSEBP (universal primary sperm-egg binding protein) on their sperm. Synthetic peptide, based on presumed sequen ...

The objective of the project is the development of an on-board envelope estimation, protection and upset recovery tool to address loss of control incidents in commercial aircraft. Loss of control incidents can be attributed to variety of factors including environmental (icing, clear air turbulence, wakes, etc.), failure of aircraft components (stuck control surfaces, failure of hydraulic systems, ...

The proposed project will develop and deliver a software system that integrates tools required for a complete analysis of loss-of-control incidents. The system will include a graphical user interface that provides easy access to symbolic and numerical computing tools that support aircraft modeling, nonlinear dynamic analysis and control analysis; sophisticated data base management; and visualizati ...

In the proposed effort, we will extend our energy deposition by characterizing the control forces and moments, as well as developing a hardware roadmap for flight tests of 5" diameter test articles.

The proposed approach involves repetitively depositing a line of energy ahead of a high-speed hard-target penetrator. The heated gas will expand, pushing air aside to create a straight, low-density column, through which the penetrator will propagate. This procedure removes over 90% of the drag on the vehicle, enabling much greater speeds, for both propelled and unpropelled platforms. The low-de ...

An innovative Reliability-Prediction System funded by DOE for Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Cell Inverters will yield important benefits to the Public. The power conditioning module in a PV system, the inverter, has been identified as the component with the lowest reliability in many studies. This SBIR Program will significantly benefit the DOE, by improving state-of-the-art of degradation diagnostics a ...

UP TO 35,000 WORKERS OF THE U.S. CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND MORE THAN 270,000 WORKERS IN THE PETROLEUM AND COAL-RELATED IN- DUSTRIES MAY BE EXPOSED DAILY TO CARCINOGENIC AND MUTANOGENIC COMPOUNDS FROM THE AROMATIC AMINE GROUP. COAL GAS, INC DEVELOPED A VERY SIMPLE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY APPROACH TO MONITORING THE EXPOSURE OF PERSONNEL TO TRACE LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS AND IS PROPOSING TO CONDUCT R&D WHICH WILL EX ...

Advanced nuclear reactors can provide dispatchable, zero-carbon energy to address the global challenge of climate change, but their adoption is hindered by the historical lack of an integrated waste management system. An ongoing concern of the advanced nuclear industry is that development of novel closed fuel cycles without standardization will lead to diverse recycling and disposal requirements a ...