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79590B Automobile engines generate significant waste heat, which could be recovered and converted to electricity to meet the growing demand for electric power. Thermionic emission allows waste heat to be converted, but traditional thermionic materials provide very low conversion efficiencies at the moderate temperatures (400-600°C) found in an automobile exhaust system. Thus, there is a need ...

79369B Networking and security technology have grown inextricably linked as enterprises rely on computer networks for everyday operations. It is imperative to integrate several types of security technologies into the network to foil various kinds of attacks before they can do any damage. Generalized Multiple Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) is used to provide the control plane for devices that c ...

78730B The efficient and inexpensive production of hydrogen is essential for the hydrogen economy to become realized in the U.S. For the foreseeable future, most hydrogen will be produced from fossil fuels using a variety of processes. In order to fully utilize the hydrogen, efficient and inexpensive separation methods will be required. This project will develop a highly selective membrane for ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research project investigates the creation of intelligent instruction systems that exploit adaptive software mechanisms (i.e. intelligent software agents) and augmented virtual reality (AVR) techniques. Since it is common that production-line employees are required to wear goggles, intelligent agents could transfer their instructions via gogg ...

Advanced technologies have enabled wide spread application of wireless voice and high speed data communication systems. These "personalized" communication systems also become important sources for intelligence gathering and monitoring of illegal activities. In this proposal, we propose to perform SEI (Specific Emitter Identification) based on the unintended modulation schemes that are inherent t ...

The U.S Army has identified the need to develop and demonstrate the technology necessary to characterize chemical aerosols and vapor clouds at stand-off ranges up to 5 km. Of interest is the capability to increase detection sensitivity and range for systems that may be incorporated into various stationary or moving platforms. Moving platforms could include ground vehicles, ships, helicopters, Ta ...