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This project will develop a standard methodology that the U.S. military and others can use to evaluate the training efficacy of medical simulators. Both virtual and manikin simulators for training essential life-saving procedures, including IV insertionand airway intubation, will be assessed using this methodology during the Phase II period. A major objective of the Phase II project will be the va ...

Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSi), in collaboration with the Smart Structures Laboratory of the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center at the University of Maryland, proposes to develop an innovative Active Pitch Link (APL) Technology for improved rotor performance.The APL will exploit the beneficial performance characteristics of a new magnetostrictive material and nano-particle Magnetorheological (MR) fluid ...

The purpose of this project is to develop algorithms and approximation methods for the solution of nonlinear filtering problems. The analytical tools and methods will be provided in a software system that integrates symbolic and numerical processing,including graphical generation of grids and branching particle computations. Nonlinear estimation problems are critical to many areas of engineering ...

Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSi), in collaboration with the Smart Structures Laboratory of the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center at the University of Maryland (UMD), proposes to develop an innovative Active Pitch Link (APL) Technology for improved active rotor performance. The APL will exploit the superior performance characteristics of a new magnetostrictive material, GalFeNOL, and nano-particle enhance ...

The University of Wisconsin and Toyon Research Corporation propose developing a software package in the R statistical environment for estimating generalized linear mixed-effects models (GLMMs) from multilevel, categorical data (e.g., binary, ordinal ormultinomial data). The proposed software package should enable data analysts and researchers to more accurately model and understand this type of su ...

WaveBand Corporation in collaboration with University of Arizona proposes to modify and augment the I-REMBASS sensor suite by adding high resolution compact millimeter-wave (MMW) imaging sensor to enable small target (boats, both rowing and powered, sail,etc.) detection along the river or other in-land waterway. MMW is the only sensor capable of remote detection of such small targets in the presen ...

A suite of sensors is required to detect, analyze, track, and report position, speed, and direction of travel of watercraft in interior waterways. WaveBand's millimeter-wave sensors have demonstrated the capability to provide watercraft data whose attributes contain the position, speed, and direction of travel of these objects. The sensors are also capable of furnishing near-photographic quality ...

Leveraging Agiltron"s industrial leading developments and production of Raman instruments, external cavity laser and nonlinear optical components, we propose to develop a new class of high performance compact deep ultraviolet (UV) laser for Raman spectroscopy. The approach is closely coupled with recent progress in GaN blue laser and external resonator enhanced second harmonic generation (SHG) to ...

Very compact, robust, and low cost multi wavelengths burst lasers for standoff CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive) detection and identification are proposed. Although a single focused laser pulse on target can do the detection, the probability of hitting the right contaminated spot is low. Therefore, scanning a laser pulse train will cover a larger suspected contamin ...

Q-Peak Inc., in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University (JHU), proposes to develop an extremely compact, air-cooled, lightweight, multi-wavelength, burst-mode laser based on the combination of a Q-switched, Nd-doped, oscillator-amplifier laser, and efficient, robust nonlinear optical frequency converters.