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"Sentient Corporation, in partnership with The Timken Company and the Mechanical Engineering Tribology Laboratory (METL) at Purdue University, proposes the development of comprehensive and accurate fault initiation/progression models for rollingbearings. Models will be developed for all common bearing spalling modes based on: (1) existing data from bearing manufacturer qualification testing; (2) n ...

"In Phase I, we conducted exploratory research into hybrid locomotive modalities toward achieving the Compliant Surface Robotics (CSR) goals. We researched technologies and designs that would enable a wheeled vehicle to be integrally designed with activelycontrolled articulated structures to develop a "morphable" vehicle, with over-determined legs, wheels and other motive actuator-articulated str ...

"In Phase I, we conducted exploratory research into hybrid locomotive modalities toward achieving the Compliant Surface Robotics (CSR) goals. We researched technologies and designs that would enable a wheeled vehicle to be integrally designed with activelycontrolled articulated structures to develop a "morphable" vehicle, with over-determined legs, wheels and other motive actuator-articulated str ...

Vartech proposes a technically aggressive program for direct manufacture of titanium and titanium alloys at very low cost and high energy efficiency. The Phase II program will: (a) optimize the process, (b) prepare both "inexpensive" bulk titanium alloys,and high performance alloys, and (c ) apply the titanium alloys produced to BMDO/DOD and commercial systems. A vertical furnace reactor will be ...

"A new Sea Water Activated Power System (SWAPS ¿ trademark pending) for marine buoys has been demonstrated in the laboratory during a Phase I SBIR program. The passive system, without electronics or moving parts, is based on a commercially availablehydrogen/air, proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that converts hydrogen directly to electricity. Hydrogen is generated by a chemical reaction ...

"The innovation of this SBIR Phase I project is the development of a reliable high-bandwidth Autonomic Ad hoc Wireless Networking (AWN) technology that automatically creates dynamic configurations to form networks on an ad hoc basis, thereby enablingplatform and facility wireless networks to automatically self configure without requiring hubs or other infrastructure. Current methods try to build a ...

Small efficient cathodes have many applications in miniature space propulsion. Current thermionic emission cathodes have many drawbacks. These include low efficiency, difficulty of control and pulsation, and lack of miniaturization. ANI has developedproprietary thin film nanotube technologies that enable construction of cold cathodes with high current density, high stability, and rapid pulsation ...

A PHASE I EFFORT IS PROPOSED TO INTEGRATE PREVIOUS WORK AND DEVELOP THE NEEDED RESEARCH BASE TO ASSESS AND DEVELOP STOCHASTIC METHODS FOR PROTECTIVE DESIGN FOR NON-NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN (RBD) PROCEDURE. THERE ARE SEVERAL WELL DEVELOPED RBD PROCEDURES (LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTORS, FIRST-ORDER SECOND-MOMENT, AND MONTE CA ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO CONDUCT PRELIMINARY TESTS ON A NOVEL CHEMISTRY WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE PRODUCTION OF A LOW COST WAFER WHICH CHANGES COLOR UPON EXPOSURE TO WARFARE GASES (WG). SIMILAR WAFERS WHICH WE DEVELOPED FOR OTHER GASES ARE ABOUT 2" X 1" X 1/16" AND WEIGH ABOUT 2.3 GM. THESE CHROMOSENSE (TM) WAFERS CAN DETECT HYDROGEN SULFIDE, ETC. IN 10-30 SEC. AT CONCENTRATIONS OF THE ...

ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. PROPOSED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING ITS NEW INNOVATIVE HAPTEN TECHNOLOGY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNORECEPTORS FOR DETECTION AND ASSAY OF BIOLOGICAL TOXINS. THE NEW HAPTEN RECEPTOR TECHNOLOGY OVERCOMES PREVIOUS SCIENTIFIC LIMITATIONS AND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IN DEVELOPING IMMUNOASSAYS FOR HIGHLYTOXIC, LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT PROTEIN TOXINS. TO DATE, THE ...