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ABSTRACT: SA Photonics is pleased to propose the development of the Micro Interferometer Pressures Sensor (MIPS). MIPS uses an innovative sensing head structure being developed by our research partner, Virgina Tech. The pressure sensing head is then coupled to SA Photonics"high performance AccuSense photonic distance measurement system. AccuSense has demonstrated the capability of precision Fa ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our long term goal is to revolutionize the safety and effectiveness of computed tomography (CT) imaging for millions of Americans across a broad range of gastrointestinal disease. Bowel and intravenous contrast materials improve the CT imaging of abdominal disease. Unfortunately, none of the current clinical contrast materials are visibly different from the oth ...

IFOS proposes to develop a fiber-optic-based sensing system and a unified damage mechanism model utilizing an integrated fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor system for prediction of remaining useful life of rotorcraft structures. The proposed new rotorcraft damage modeling technique makes it possible to incorporate temperature and acoustic emission (AE) measurements with load tracking techniques for ...

ABSTRACT: The secure transmission of digital information is of extreme importance for military and commercial applications. The need for protecting information from hostile eavesdroppers has motivated the search for novel security schemes. This EPR-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) approach promises to provide a final solution to the problem by insuring ultimate security based upon the laws o ...

ABSTRACT: The proposed effort builds upon previous results obtained independently by the Optical Sciences Company and in collaboration with the DARPA InPho Program and other AFRL activities to develop a quantum communication system between ground links and a constellation of satellites. To address the losses in the link an advanced adaptive optics system is used to provide a robust classical cha ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant RAP as a therapeutic compound for neuronal regeneration after spinal cord injury Novoron Bioscience Inc RESEARCH andamp RELATED Other Project Information Project Summary There are an estimated to new cases of spinal cord injury SCI each year and million people in the United States are paralyzed in some form due to SCI Currently ther ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Like all neurons of the central nervous system CNS retinal ganglion cells fail to regenerate and often die after damage to the optic nerve such as occurs in optic nerve stroke or other optic neuropathies Loss of axonal connectivity and neuronal death that occurs after damage to the optic nerve results in vision loss While therapeutics targeting secondary ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Bacterial resistance to lactam antibiotics is threatening to limit the effectiveness of this most used class of antibiotics A major contributin factor to this problem is the lack of rapid testing methods for medical practitioners to identify lactam resistant pathogens before prescribing specific antibiotics For urinary tract infections UTIs the most c ...

In response to the Army STTR Topic A14A-T015 solicitation for tunable high-power LWIR lasers for standoff detection applications, Pranalytica proposes to develop a compact, rugged and highly reliable wavelength tunable quantum cascade laser (QCL) module delivering over 5W of peak power and over 0.5W of average power in the spectral region spanning from 7 to 11µm. The proposed approach is based on ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Fast Track Small Business Technology Transfer study between Materia, Inc. in Pasadena, CA and the University of Kansas intends to build upon successes of our current Phase II Fast Track STTR grant (1R42GM097896-03)which ends on March 30, 2014. Preliminary results serve as a solid foundation for this Fast Track submission entitled Development of Recyclable ...