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The 3D-Flow Processor system is a new concept in very fast, real-time system architectures. The throughput of this system can reach up to 100 millin frames/sec, yet unlike currently available systems of comparable speed, it is fully programmable and extremely flexible. Algorithms for processing information from the input of multiple sensor can easily be implemented on a 3D-Flow system to achiev ...

The proposed effort focuses on the need for innovative, space realizable, self-contained solid state flexure mechanism for vibration attenuation/isolation. The proposed mechanism is a sealed linear actuator capable of high bandwidth (0-1 kHz) control. A design feasibility study will be performed on the use of piezoelectrics in an innovative flexure mechanism to provide robust vibration attenuation ...

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TMSSequoia proposes to develop a software system to allow conversion of paper-based legacy engineering drawings, technical manuals and reports, to a digital format. This process will include automatic extraction of data from the scanned images that is input into a Configuration Management Information System (CMIS) for storage, query and retrieval. TMSSequoia will then identify current software t ...

A TRAINING DEVICE IS NEEDED WHICH IS ORIENTED SOLELY TO TEACHING THE COGNITIVE SKILLS REQUIRED BY AIR COMBAT. PROCEDURAL, PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS CAN BE PRACTICED USING SIMULATORS, PART TASK TRAINERS AND TRAINING MISSIONS. THE COGNITIVE SKILLS TRAINER WOULD EMPHASIZE JUDGMENT AND DECISION SKILLS TRAINING. IT WOULD ENABLE A STUDENT TO REHEARSE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCES ASSOCIATED WITH AIR COMBAT M ...

The final prototype of the Microcircuit Board Repair apparatus will be capable of laying down or lifting metal strips with micrometer dimensions. Under real time computer control, the translation stages will be fully automated or manually controlled. The end user will monitor the process in real time using a camera attached with the source. Laying down the metal lines will be done using Laser C ...

Flight deck maintenance crews frequently remove and replace aircraft access panels just prior to takeoff. Complete and rapid sealing of these panels is critical to corrosion prevention. Fasteners are currently sealed with a two component formulation which is often incompletely cured at takeoff. During the flight, air flow pushes the uncured sealant away, and corrosion protection is compromi ...

Silicon and gallium arsenide cannot meet some of the power, frequency, temperature and speed requirements of the next generation of electronic devices. Therefore, alternative semiconductor materials for electronic devices must be developed. Silicon carbide has many required properties such as wide bandgap, high breakdown field, high electron saturation velocity, and physical strength making it at ...

We propose a dratically new optoelectronic chip modules (OCMs) concepts to optically interconnect Si-based VLSI wafer-scale integrated circuits. Realizing the fact that system clock speed is three to five times higher than that ofprocessor speed, we propose to develop an optical clock signal distribution networks for wafer-scale interconnects. The architecture is to employ a superstrate Si/Ge wave ...

FluoreScience, Inc. is proposing an innovative thermometry technique for measuring the surface temperature of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) that are critical to the success of new, high performance turbine engines in the Air Force IHPTET program. The technique, phosphor thermometry, is based on the temperature dependence of the fluorescence of refractory phosphors deposited in thin ...