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COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY WILL BE LIMITED TO HIGH VALUE PRODUCTS AS LONG AS PRODUCTION COSTS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE CAPACITY OF EXISTING CULTURE SYSTEMS. ULTRASONICALLY ENHANCED DIFFUSION CAN ACCELERATE PLANT AND CELL GROWTH AND THESE PHENOMENA OPERATE AT THE NEAR MOLECULAR LEVEL, AN EXTENT OF EFFECT WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GROSS MECHANICAL AGITATION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED W ...

THIS PROPOSED PHASE I RESEARCH WILL LEAD TO COMPLETE INTEGRATION, ON A THEORETICAL LEVEL, OF THE NEW INNOVATIVE THERMASTRESS PROCESS (TSP) WITH THE PRESENT TIME TEMPERATURETRANSFORMATION KNOWLEDGE. THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT WILL FURTHER FACILITATE ATTAINMENT OF PRECURSOR STEEL PRODUCTS SIGNIFICANTLY SURPASSING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THOSE PRESENTLY ATTAINABLE. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN PHASE II ...

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THE ESCAPE OF HYDROCARBONS FROMA VARIETY OF SOURCES CAN PRESENT A HEALTH SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR RESEARCH FUNDS TO EXPLORE A FLAMELESS IONIZATION CONCEPT TO DETECT SUCH GASES. SMALL QUANTITIES OF HYDROCARBONS (E.G. 0.03% V/V) IN EITHER AIR OR RARE GASES CAN GENERATE LARGE PENNING EFFECTS (ENHANCED IONIZATION THROUGH COLLISIONS WITH METASTABLE METASTABLE STATES). INITIAL EXPLORATORY ST ...

ROBOT VISION FOR AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING IS A DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING PROBLEM. A ROBOT VISION SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY TASKS MUST BE ABLE TO ANALYZE IMAGES INCLUDING PARTS, TOOLS,AND THE ROBOT ARM ITSELF. SPECULAR SURFACES AND TEXTURE AREAMONG THE PROBLEMS THAT WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTY IN SEGMENTING THE IMAGES. OUR LONG TERM RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO CONSTRUCT AN INTEGRATED ROBOT VISION SYSTEM FOR AUTOMA ...