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Technology Assessment and Transfer demonstrated the feasibility of a pressureless sintering approach for fabricating transparent, hemispherical dome blanks for the Joint Common Missile (JCM) during the Phase 1 SBIR program. Pressureless sintering is the most attractive method for achieving the low cost goals of the high volume JCM production schedule. The proposed Phase II effort is designed to d ...

SPEC has assembled a world class Integrated Product Team (IPT)- academia, governmental and commercial- to transition the Ph1 study into a practical CBM prototype "Comprehensive Structures Health Monitoring (CSHM) system in a mobile van configuration for data collection and on-site evaluation of the test bed structure condition in relation to corrosive deterioration. In essence, SPEC corrosion dete ...

Because endothelial cells organize to form a tight barrier under normal conditions, several electrical devices have been used to measure the electrical resistance of endothelial cell monolayers. An Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing (ECIS) system can measure the electrical impedance of endothelial cell monolayers on gold electrodes in real-time. This system is extremely sensitive to any c ...

This proposal aims to develop and validate a multidimensional protein separation platform based on polymer microfluidics technology which will be capable of mapping a wide range of post-translational modifications (PTMs) in complex protein samples. The proposed system employs three separation dimensions, namely: IEF, SDS gel electrophoresis, and MALDI-MS. The platform will combine IEF and SDS gel ...

This SBIR effort is to develop and test the feasibility of novel miniature disposable omnidirectional imaging sensors, dubbed as the "STUDS (Small Tactical Ubiquitous Detection Sensors)", that are able to provide day/night all weather 360-degree video surveillance and target detection/tracking capability with compact package size and adhoc wireless network communication channels for remote threat ...

This SBIR Phase 1 project investigates algorithms and methodologies necessary to extract multiple moving objects/targets out of video/imagery data, establish individual tracks for each and maintain those tracks over multiple image frames Genex Technologies, Inc. proposes in this SBIR effort to develop and test the feasibility of a novel Motion Tracking Indicator (MTI) algorithm that reliably de ...

Balancing high throughput with head-of-the-line wait time for queued data requires explicit stochastic process modeling of the time variations of the channel and the complex queuing process. However, such process models are too complicated for a direct solution. In this proposal, Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and its subcontractor, Prof. Robert Buche of the North Carolina State University, pr ...

The innovation of this proposal is a configuration to achieve an active barrel stabilization system which: uses piezoelectric components as the core of the actuation mechanism, which provide high bandwidth, backlash free motion, uses electronic compensation to cancel piezoelectric element hysteresis and creep, minimizes the size and weight of the piezoelectric actuators by using single c ...

During this Phase I, we intend to evaluate Ultra Wide Band (UWB) radar for use as a sensor for water content of skeletal muscle. The sensing mechanism is based on the large difference between the dielectric constant of water, and that of the host material. We have clearly demonstrated the feasibility of this approach for sensing of moisture in materials with gross dielectric properties similar to ...

Reducing or eliminating shooter induced disturbances, especially in combat situations, can have a substantial impact on the accuracy of fire, especially in combat situations. Under this effort, an INertially STAbilized Rifle (INSTAR) system prototype employing active stabilization will be developed and tested. A major focus of this effort is the development of novel low creep, highly rugged, preci ...