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This Small Business Innovative Research Phase I project has the primary objective of coating two sides of a substrate with High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) thin films and patterning them into microwave devices. Double sided HTS films offer reduced volume, less weight and higher performance than conventional components. The challenge in coating both sides of a substrate is protecting the opp ...

An innovative electro-optical laser wind sensor concept is proposed for test and evaluation which will provide cross wind aim point correction for shooting accuracy. Patented technology will allow a low cost, compact, lightweight, and eye-safe laser velocimeter system to be constructed for wind measurement. Phase I will demonstrate the ability of the laser sensor to accurately measure the cross ...

A universal decontamination solution which is non-flammable, non-toxic and environmentally friendly has been developed. Modifications to the basic technology needs to be made in order to achieve decontamination performance at low temperatures (-20¿C). In order to achieve that goal, a microemulsion specifically designed for low temperature applications will be utilized to develop the all tempera ...

This proposal describes a research project to develop a high performance heat transfer fluid consisting of a phase change material suspension for I.C. engine cooling systems. During the Phase I studies, experimental work will be done to develop a suitable phase change material/suspending fluid formulation as required. In addition, work will be done to evaluate the heat transfer and flow characte ...

PSI will develop a new real-time parallel filter bank type spectrum analyzer which overcomes the restricted real-time bandwidth available with digital signal processing technology. PSI's wide bandwidth spectrum analyzer is implemented with proven acousto-optic (AO) signal processing technology components, where a real-time bandwidth of 2 GHz, a frequency resolution of 1 MHz, and a dynamic range of ...

This project applies a combination of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Genetic Algorithms (GA), and CAD software to the problem of optimum armor design. Previous work for TACOM has established the efficacy of ANN/GA as applied to the problem of 1-D armor design. This new work will extend the concept to full 3-D vehicle geometries (CAD models). The CAD part of the code will handle the 3D data d ...

IGEN, Inc. proposes to construct a library of functional binding domains, encompassing a vast repertoire of binding specificities, for display on the surface of bacteriophage. The displayed domains can be selected against a variety of antigens to allow the rapid isolation of monospecific binding reagents for use in immunological based detection assays. This approach provides significant time and ...

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This advanced development program is devoted to adapting SATIMO's proprietary Microwave Camera design and the associated proprietary microwave imaging codes based on Augumented Diffraction Tomography (ADT) and the Volumetric Electric Field Integral Equation (VEFIE) to provide efficient 3-D imaging of water movement along perferred flow channels during snowmelt. The customized Microwave Camera wil ...

The proposed effort is to design, analyze, fabricate and test a los cost, application specific LADAR system for weapon guidance. This LADAR system must autonomously detect, locate and classify various ground targets in clutter from a SADARM like platform. Project objectives are to demonstrate that this system can be packaged into a given volume constraint and enter into production at a maximum cos ...