NASA Tech Briefs, September 2007Topics covered include; Rapid Fabrication of Carbide Matrix/Carbon Fiber Composites; Coating Thermoelectric Devices To Suppress Sublimation; Ultrahigh-Temperature Ceramics; Improved C/SiC Ceramic Composites Made Using PIP; Coating Carbon Fibers With Platinum; Two-Band, Low-Loss Microwave Window; MCM Polarimetric Radiometers for Planar Arrays; Aperture-Coupled Thin-Membrane L-Band Antenna; WGM-Based Photonic Local Oscillators and Modulators; Focal-Plane Arrays of Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetectors; Laser Range and Bearing Finder With No Moving Parts; Microrectenna: A Terahertz Antenna and Rectifier on a Chip; Miniature L-Band Radar Transceiver; Robotic Vision-Based Localization in an Urban Environment; Programs for Testing an SSME-Monitoring System; Cathodoluminescent Source of Intense White Light; Displaying and Analyzing Antenna Radiation Patterns; Payload Operations Support Team Tools; Space-Shuttle Emulator Software; Soft Real-Time PID Control on a VME Computer; Analyzing Radio-Frequency Coverage for the ISS; Nanorod-Based Fast-Response Pressure-Sensitive Paints; Capacitors Would Help Protect Against Hypervelocity Impacts; Diaphragm Pump With Resonant Piezoelectric Drive; Improved Quick-Release Pin Mechanism; Designing Rolling-Element Bearings; Reverse-Tangent Injection in a Centrifugal Compressor; Inertial Measurements for Aero-assisted Navigation (IMAN); Analysis of Complex Valve and Feed Systems; Improved Path Planning Onboard the Mars Exploration Rovers; Robust, Flexible Motion Control for the Mars Explorer Rovers; Solar Sail Spaceflight Simulation; Fluorine-Based DRIE of Fused Silica; Mechanical Alloying for Making Thermoelectric Compounds; Process for High-Rate Fabrication of Alumina Nanotemplates; Electroform/Plasma-Spray Laminates for X-Ray Optics; An Automated Flying-Insect Detection System; Calligraphic Poling of Ferroelectric Material; Blackbody Cavity for Calibrations at 200 to 273 K; KML Super Overlay to WMS Translator; High-Performance Tiled WMS and KML Web Server; Modeling of Radiative Transfer in Protostellar Disks; Composite Pulse Tube; Photometric Calibration of Consumer Video Cameras; Criterion for Identifying Vortices in High- Pressure Flows; Amplified Thermionic Cooling Using Arrays of Nanowires; Delamination-Indicating Thermal Barrier Coatings; Preventing Raman Lasing in High-Q WGM Resonators; Procedures for Tuning a Multiresonator Photonic Filter; Robust Mapping of Incoherent Fiber-Optic Bundles; Extended-Range Ultrarefractive 1D Photonic Crystal Prisms; Rapid Analysis of Mass Distribution of Radiation Shielding; Modeling Magnetic Properties in EZTB; Deep Space Network Antenna Logic Controller; Modeling Carbon and Hydrocarbon Molecular Structures in EZTB; BigView Image Viewing on Tiled Displays; and Imaging Sensor Flight and Test Equipment Software.
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Chip20100010903WorkWeb-Based Real-Time Emergency Monitoring20100010895WorkWGM-Based Photonic Local Oscillators and Modulators20100010899WorkSolving Equations of Multibody Dynamics20100010927WorkRobust Mapping of Incoherent Fiber-Optic Bundles20100010930WorkRobust, Flexible Motion Control for the Mars Explorer Rovers20100010911WorkSpace Propulsion Design and Analysis20100010900WorkParallelization of the Coupled Earthquake Model20100010939WorkInformation Metacatalog for a Grid20100010948WorkSoftware Compensates Electronic-Nose Readings for Humidity20100010933WorkEffects of Bone Morphogenic Proteins on Engineered Cartilage20100010920WorkFlyby Geometry Optimization Tool20100010915WorkPayload Operations Support Team Tools20100010993WorkCollaborative Resource Allocation20100010945WorkFluorine-Based DRIE of Fused Silica20100010968WorkAnalyzing Responses of Chemical Sensor Arrays20100010928WorkRapid Fabrication of Carbide Matrix/Carbon Fiber Composites20100010974WorkTwo-Band, Low-Loss Microwave Window20100010919WorkReverse-Tangent Injection in a Centrifugal Compressor20100010969WorkCathodoluminescent Source of Intense White Light20100010950WorkUltraviolet-Resistant Bacterial Spores20100010984WorkDiaphragm Pump With Resonant Piezoelectric Drive20100010991WorkAutomated Sequence Generation Process and Software20100010983WorkModular Filter and Source-Management Upgrade of RADAC20100010994WorkProcessing AIRS Scientific Data Through Level 220100010896WorkRapid Analysis of Mass Distribution of Radiation Shielding20100010985WorkSimulating Operations at a Spaceport20100010922WorkDesigning Rolling-Element Bearings20100010924WorkISPATOM: A Generic Real-Time Data Processing Tool Without Programming20100010967WorkAlgorithm Plans Collision-Free Path for Robotic Manipulator20100010962WorkAnalysis of Complex Valve and Feed Systems20100010951WorkAutomatic Command Sequence Generation20100010970WorkHybrid Automated Diagnosis of Discrete/Continuous Systems20100010926WorkProcedures for Tuning a Multiresonator Photonic Filter20100010990WorkNanorod-Based Fast-Response Pressure-Sensitive Paints20100010988WorkReal-Time Data Display20100010897WorkPhotometric Calibration of Consumer Video Cameras20100010935WorkModeling Carbon and Hydrocarbon Molecular Structures in EZTB20100010995WorkTriaxial Probe Magnetic Data Analysis20100010965WorkSolar Sail Spaceflight Simulation20100010906WorkCalligraphic Poling of Ferroelectric Material20100010972WorkPrograms for Testing an SSME-Monitoring System20100010982WorkDisplaying Properties of PDFs20100010958WorkPeriodic, On-Demand, and User-Specified Information Reconciliation20100010917WorkComposite Pulse Tube20100010929WorkPREDICTS20100010904WorkMission Simulation Toolkit20100010953WorkAperture-Coupled Thin-Membrane L-Band Antenna20100010916WorkSoft Real-Time PID Control on a VME Computer20100010979WorkCriterion for Identifying Vortices in High-Pressure Flows20100010921WorkWeb-Based Environment for Maintaining Legacy Software20100010980WorkAmplified Thermionic Cooling Using Arrays of Nanowires20100010936WorkDeep Space Network Antenna Logic Controller20100010957WorkKnowledge Base Editor (SharpKBE)20100010901WorkMiniature L-Band Radar Transceiver20100010923WorkInterface for Physics Simulation Engines20100010986WorkProgram Management Tool20100010944WorkState-Estimation Algorithm Based on Computer Vision20100010942WorkRepresenting Functions in n Dimensions to Arbitrary Accuracy20100010914WorkParallel-Processing Software for Correlating Stereo Images20100010913WorkFocal-Plane Arrays of Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetectors20100010952WorkInertial Measurements for Aero-assisted Navigation (IMAN)20100010949WorkWMAP C&DH Software20100010987WorkSpace-Shuttle Emulator Software20100010989WorkCapacitors Would Help Protect Against Hypervelocity Impacts20100010973WorkCoating Thermoelectric Devices To Suppress Sublimation20100010961WorkImproved C/SiC Ceramic Composites Made Using PIP20100010932WorkModel Checker for Java Programs20100010931WorkModeling Magnetic Properties in EZTB20100010898WorkPreventing Raman Lasing in High-Q WGM Resonators20100010992WorkMaster Metadata Repository and Metadata-Management System20100010907WorkTelescope Formation at L2 for Observing Earth's Atmosphere20100010937WorkImaging Sensor Flight and Test Equipment Software20100010959WorkExtended-Range Ultrarefractive 1D Photonic Crystal Prisms20100010946WorkProcess for High-Rate Fabrication of Alumina Nanotemplates20100010905WorkHigh-Performance Tiled WMS and KML Web Server20100010902WorkAn Automated Flying-Insect Detection System20100010910WorkBigView Image Viewing on Tiled Displays20100010964WorkMechanical Alloying for Making Thermoelectric Compounds20100010977WorkBlackbody Cavity for Calibrations at 200 to 273 K20100010966WorkGrid Task Execution20100010908WorkUltrahigh-Temperature Ceramics20100010895WorkWGM-Based Photonic Local Oscillators and Modulators20100010896WorkRapid Analysis of Mass Distribution of Radiation Shielding20100010897WorkPhotometric Calibration of Consumer Video Cameras20100010898WorkPreventing Raman Lasing in High-Q WGM Resonators20100010899WorkSolving Equations of Multibody Dynamics20100010900WorkParallelization of the Coupled Earthquake Model20100010901WorkMiniature L-Band Radar Transceiver20100010902WorkAn Automated Flying-Insect Detection System20100010903WorkWeb-Based Real-Time Emergency Monitoring20100010904WorkMission Simulation Toolkit20100010905WorkHigh-Performance Tiled WMS and KML Web Server20100010906WorkCalligraphic Poling of Ferroelectric Material20100010907WorkTelescope Formation at L2 for Observing Earth's Atmosphere20100010908WorkUltrahigh-Temperature Ceramics20100010909WorkImproved Quick-Release Pin Mechanism20100010910WorkBigView Image Viewing on Tiled Displays20100010911WorkSpace Propulsion Design and Analysis20100010912WorkAnalyzing Radio-Frequency Coverage for the ISS20100010913WorkFocal-Plane Arrays of Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetectors20100010914WorkParallel-Processing Software for Correlating Stereo Images20100010915WorkPayload Operations Support Team Tools20100010916WorkSoft Real-Time PID Control on a VME Computer20100010917WorkComposite Pulse Tube20100010918WorkModeling of Radiative Transfer in Protostellar Disks20100010919WorkReverse-Tangent Injection in a Centrifugal Compressor20100010920WorkFlyby Geometry Optimization Tool20100010921WorkWeb-Based Environment for Maintaining Legacy Software20100010922WorkDesigning Rolling-Element Bearings20100010923WorkInterface for Physics Simulation Engines20100010924WorkISPATOM: A Generic Real-Time Data Processing Tool Without Programming20100010925WorkDelamination-Indicating Thermal Barrier Coatings20100010926WorkProcedures for Tuning a Multiresonator Photonic Filter20100010927WorkRobust Mapping of Incoherent Fiber-Optic Bundles20100010928WorkRapid Fabrication of Carbide Matrix/Carbon Fiber Composites20100010929WorkPREDICTS20100010930WorkRobust, Flexible Motion Control for the Mars Explorer Rovers20100010931WorkModeling Magnetic Properties in EZTB20100010932WorkModel Checker for Java Programs20100010933WorkEffects of Bone Morphogenic Proteins on Engineered Cartilage20100010934WorkMapped Landmark Algorithm for Precision Landing20100010935WorkModeling Carbon and Hydrocarbon Molecular Structures in EZTB20100010936WorkDeep Space Network Antenna Logic Controller20100010937WorkImaging Sensor Flight and Test Equipment Software20100010938WorkElectroform/Plasma-Spray Laminates for X-Ray Optics20100010939WorkInformation Metacatalog for a Grid20100010940WorkRobotic Vision-Based Localization in an Urban Environment20100010941WorkDisplaying and Analyzing Antenna Radiation Patterns20100010942WorkRepresenting Functions in n Dimensions to Arbitrary Accuracy20100010943WorkAccumulate-Repeat-Accumulate-Accumulate Codes20100010944WorkState-Estimation Algorithm Based on Computer Vision20100010945WorkFluorine-Based DRIE of Fused Silica20100010946WorkProcess for High-Rate Fabrication of Alumina Nanotemplates20100010947WorkGenerating Scenarios When Data Are Missing20100010948WorkSoftware Compensates Electronic-Nose Readings for Humidity20100010949WorkWMAP C&DH Software20100010950WorkUltraviolet-Resistant Bacterial Spores20100010951WorkAutomatic Command Sequence Generation20100010952WorkInertial Measurements for Aero-assisted Navigation (IMAN)20100010953WorkAperture-Coupled Thin-Membrane L-Band Antenna20100010954WorkAutomated Recognition of 3D Features in GPIR Images20100010955WorkCoating Carbon Fibers With Platinum20100010956WorkCASPER Version 2.020100010957WorkKnowledge Base Editor (SharpKBE)20100010958WorkPeriodic, On-Demand, and User-Specified Information Reconciliation20100010959WorkExtended-Range Ultrarefractive 1D Photonic Crystal Prisms20100010960WorkAutomated Diagnosis and Control of Complex Systems20100010961WorkImproved C/SiC Ceramic Composites Made Using PIP20100010962WorkAnalysis of Complex Valve and Feed Systems20100010963WorkImproved Path Planning Onboard the Mars Exploration Rovers20100010964WorkMechanical Alloying for Making Thermoelectric Compounds20100010965WorkSolar Sail Spaceflight Simulation20100010966WorkGrid Task Execution20100010967WorkAlgorithm Plans Collision-Free Path for Robotic Manipulator20100010968WorkAnalyzing Responses of Chemical Sensor Arrays20100010969WorkCathodoluminescent Source of Intense White Light20100010970WorkHybrid Automated Diagnosis of Discrete/Continuous Systems20100010971WorkMicrorectenna: A Terahertz Antenna and Rectifier on a Chip20100010972WorkPrograms for Testing an SSME-Monitoring System20100010973WorkCoating Thermoelectric Devices To Suppress Sublimation20100010974WorkTwo-Band, Low-Loss Microwave Window20100010975WorkMCM Polarimetric Radiometers for Planar Arrays20100010976WorkLaser Range and Bearing Finder with No Moving Parts20100010977WorkBlackbody Cavity for Calibrations at 200 to 273 K20100010978WorkKML Super Overlay to WMS Translator20100010979WorkCriterion for Identifying Vortices in High-Pressure Flows20100010980WorkAmplified Thermionic Cooling Using Arrays of Nanowires20100010981WorkLaunching Payloads Into Orbit at Relatively Low Cost20100010982WorkDisplaying Properties of PDFs20100010983WorkModular Filter and Source-Management Upgrade of RADAC20100010984WorkDiaphragm Pump With Resonant Piezoelectric Drive20100010985WorkSimulating Operations at a Spaceport20100010986WorkProgram Management Tool20100010987WorkSpace-Shuttle Emulator Software20100010988WorkReal-Time Data Display20100010989WorkCapacitors Would Help Protect Against Hypervelocity Impacts20100010990WorkNanorod-Based Fast-Response Pressure-Sensitive Paints20100010991WorkAutomated Sequence Generation Process and Software20100010992WorkMaster Metadata Repository and Metadata-Management System20100010993WorkCollaborative Resource Allocation20100010994WorkProcessing AIRS Scientific Data Through Level 220100010995WorkTriaxial Probe Magnetic Data Analysis20100010938WorkElectroform/Plasma-Spray Laminates for X-Ray Optics20100010934WorkMapped Landmark Algorithm for Precision Landing20100010941WorkDisplaying and Analyzing Antenna Radiation Patterns20100010954WorkAutomated Recognition of 3D Features in GPIR Images