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THE PROPOSED RESEARCH FOCUSES ON A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF AUGMENTING A COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCT- IONAL PACKAGE IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION FOR ADULT LITERACY STUDENTS WITH AUDIO SUPPORT. THIS AUGMENTATION IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE USE OF A UNIQUE COMPUTER-INTERFACABLE AUDIOTAPE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT TEAM UNDER ANOTHER FEDERAL CONTRACT. THIS TEC ...

HIGH RANGE (200,000 G) ACCELEROMETERS ARE THE ONLY TRANSDUCERS THAT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED LONG-TERM DATA IN THE ENVIRONMENTS OF INTEREST TO THE BLAST AND SHOCK COMMUNITY. THESE GAGES HAVE A VERY LARGE DYNAMIC RANGE AND NOISE OFTEN MASKS THE LATE TIME (BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT) DATA. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A CLOSE COUPLED LOGARITHMIC GAIN SIGNAL CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT WILL CORRECT THE LATE TIME NOIS ...

REQUIREMENTS FOR RAILGUN ARMATURES DICTATE MATERIALS PROPERTIES VALUESWHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN FROM CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS. THE NEED EXISTS FOR A MATERIAL WHICH HAS LOW DENSITY, HIGH MELTING POINT, HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, LOW COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION, HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, HIGH VALUES FOR STRENGTH, AND GOOD CHARACTERISTICS OF LUBRICITY. GRAPHITE FIBER GROWN FROM PYROLYSIS O ...

THE INTENT OF THIS WORK IS TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED ESTIMATED ALGORITHM FOR MANEUVERING TARGET STATE ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION FOR FIRE CONTROL AND TO DEVELOP A DESIGN OF A VHSIC SYSTOLIC ARRAY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALGORITHM. THE DESIGN OF THE ALGORITHM WILL CONSIDER MANEUVERING TARGETS INCLUDING AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS. IT WILL INCLUDE THE USE OF ADVANCED SENSOR INFORMATION SUCH AS AN IMAGERY ...

THE DIGITAL ACTIVE MATERIALS-PROCESSING PLATFORM EFFORT BE- ING PROPOSED HERE SEEKS TO DEVELOP AN ACTIVELY STABILIZD PLATFORM UPON WHICH MICRO-G MATERIALS PROCESSING EXPERIMENTSCAN BE PERFORMED IN SPACE. WITH THE SUC- CESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TWO-STEP PHASE I WORKPLAN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES (ATA) HAS CLEARLY AND SUCCINTLY DEFINED THE PROBLEM OF PLATFORM ISOLATION IN SPACE AND HAS COMPLETEL ...

A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF IMPROVING DECOY PENETRATION AID (PENAID) PERFORMANCE BY SUPPLYING MEANS TO 1) ALLOW FOR DUAL CENTER OF GRAVITY (CG) LOCATION, THEREBY ENABLING INDEPENDENT FULFILLMENT OF IMPULSE BALANCING AND REENTRY STABILITY REQUIREMENTS; AND/OR 2) COUNTERACT DECOY CONING BY SENSING ITS PRESENCE, AND CORRECTING THE ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF THE DECOY TO ELIMINATE CONING.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE ACCEPTANCE TEST PROCEDURE THAT DETERMINES WHETHER AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS IN NEW BUILDINGS ARE INSTALLED PROPERLY AND OPERATING IN AN ENERGY EFFICIENT MANNER. THE APPROCH IS TO MEASURE CRITICAL ENERGY, FLOW, PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE PARAMETERS AND TO COMPARE THESE RESULTS WITH EXPECTED VALUES FROM DESIGN CALCULATIONS AND ENGINEER ...

ATC PROPOSES TO THERMALLY SUPPRESS A COMBAT VEHICLE OF THE MARINES' CHOICE. ATC SUBMITS THAT THE PROPOSED DESIGN NOT ONLY WILL DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENT THERMAL SUPPRESSION, BUT POSSIBLY MAY BE THE BEST DAY AND NIGHT PERFORMING SUPPRESSOR ON THE MARKET TODAY OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ATC HAS USED ITS TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPRESS OPERATING MIL-STD ENGINE-GENERATOR SETS TO NEAR PERFECT SUPPRESSION. THERE IS NO T ...

CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT ON A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT IS CAUSING HEARING EVALUATION TO BECOME A ROUTINE PART OF PEDIATRIC CARE. WHILE THE COMMERCIAL MARKET HAS FOCUSED ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT, BEHAVIORAL PROCEDURES WHICH MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATELY USED WITH OLDER INFANTS AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN LARGELY IGNORED. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PRO ...

DURING COLD AMBIENT CONDITIONS, THE THERMAL GRADIENTS CREATED BY STANDARD NON-ELECTRIC MILITARY HEATERS IN ARMY TENTS AND BARRACKS PRODUCE UNCOMFORTABLE LIVING CONDITIONS. CIRCULATION OF THE INTERIOR AIR BY A FAN REDUCES SIGNIFICANTLY THE THERMAL GRADIENTS. HOWEVER, WITH THE ABSENCE OF ELECTRICITY, THERE IS A NEED FOR POWER NOT ONLY FOR THE FAN BUT ALSO FOR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. ASPEN SYSTEM ...