| A Byzantine Fault-Tolerant and Self-Stabilizing Protocol - for distributed clock synchronization systems |
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| A Durable Redundant Joint to Build Structures from Sections of Composite Sandwich Panel or Shell |
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| Active Flow Effectors for Noise and Separation Control - Variable effectors for enhanced vehicle and aeroelastic control |
Material |
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| Active and Controllable Noise Reduction System - For Jet Engines |
Aerospace |
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| Adaptive Noise Reduction- Local intelligence-based impedance optimization |
Aerospace |
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| Adaptive Refinement Tools - Software for real-time refinement of unstructured grids in numerical analysis |
Software |
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| Advance Display Device for Aviation Safety and Operational Efficiency - Pilot head-worn display for enhanced situation awareness |
Aerospace |
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| Advanced Actuators and Transducers - Hybrid actuator systems can recover environmental energy to power devices |
Sensors |
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| Advanced Over-the-Wing Nacelle Transport Configuration- Novel aircraft wing design reduces drag and community noise |
Aerospace |
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| Air Coupled Acoustic Thermography - Nondestructive evaluation and inspection of honeycomb structures |
Sensors |
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| All-Organic Electro Active Device - High performance using novel single-wall carbon nanotube film electrode |
Material |
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| Alternative Launch Abort System Design- Cost savings and recovery of payload |
Aerospace |
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| Autonomous Slat-Cove Filler Device- Reduction of aeroacoustic noise associated with the leading edge of aircraft wings |
Aerospace |
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| Boron Nitride Nanotube Synthesis - A new method for developing boron nitride nanotubes with superior morphology |
Material |
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| Byzantine-Fault-Tolerant Clock- A self-stabilizing synchronization protocol |
Aerospace |
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| Carbon Nanotube-based Sensors - Expertise in manipulating carbon nanotubebasedsensors for structural health monitoring |
Sensors |
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| Compact Active Vibration Control System: Improved collocated point sensor and piezoelectric actuator array for reducing vibration in flexible structures |
Sensors |
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| Compact Long-Reach Robotic Arm |
Aerospace |
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| Composite Manufacturing Using Double-Vacuum Bags - Improve out-of-autoclave processing with better volatile management and resin content control |
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| Computational Visual Servo - Automatic measurement and control for smart image enhancement |
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| Control and Tracking for Tethered Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) Vehicles |
Sensors |
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| Crimping Tool for Safe and Efficient Critical Wiring Needs - Tool connects wires to end-connectors and nondestructively verifies crimp quality during the crimping process |
Sensors |
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| Damage and Tamper Detection Sensor System - Wireless, powerless, passive SansEC sensors for determining damage to materials and structures, or for detecting tampering to packages |
Sensors |
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| Deconvolution Approach for the Mapping of Acoustic Sources (DAMAS) |
Software |
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| Decorated Carbon Nanotubes: For novel materials with tailorable electrical properties |
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| Directed Design of Experiments for Probability of Detection Software - Validating probability of detection capability of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) systems |
Software |
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| Eddy Current Probe for Detection of Cracks in Difficult-to-Reach Places - From within the interior of installed hardware, probe can identify outer surface damage |
Sensors |
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| Electroactive Polymer Composites: Improving sensing and actuation devices |
Material |
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| Electrostrictive Polymers: Enable sensing and actuation devices |
Material |
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| Engineering Code for Designing Radiation Shielding - High-charge-and-energy transport computer software to obtain fast and accurate dosimetric information for designing devices |
Software |
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| Fabrication of Fiber-Metal Laminates with Non-Autoclave Processes |
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| Facile Synthesis of Supported Nanocatalysts: With Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles |
Material |
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| Fail-Safe High-Temperature Composite Structure |
Material |
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| Ferroelectric Light Control Device - Innovative use of ferroelectric materials for solid state control of light beam |
Sensors |
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| Fine-Grained Targets: High-yield synthesis of carbon nanotubes via free electron laser ablation |
Material |
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| Fire-resistant, Lightweight Electrical Insulation Material- Polyimide composite insulated conductor for medium to high voltage applications |
Material |
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| Flexible High-Temperature Thermocouple - Silver electroplated film shows volume resistivity approaching that of the pure metal, which offers greater current carrying capabilities and electrical conductivity |
Material |
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| Flow Control Devices: Two fluidic oscillators with no moving parts optimize flow control for better system performance |
Aerospace |
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| Fluid Measurement Sensor- A wireless, powerless, passive inductor-capacitor sensor for measuring fluid level, pitch and roll angles, and volume |
Sensors |
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| Forward Voltage Short-Pulse Technique - For measuring high power laser diode array junction temperature |
Sensors |
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| Game and Simulation Control |
Sensors |
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| Growth of Carbon Nanotubes- Templated growth process provides uniform-sized carbon nanotubes |
Material |
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| High-Density Optical Data Storage System - Using an intense, ultra-small laser focal point, NASA researchers have enabled a high-density optical storage system |
Sensors |
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| High-Performance Polyimide Insulation Technologies- Improved fire resistance from low-density foams |
Material |
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| Highly Accurate Position Detection and Shape Sensing with Fiber Optics: Novel method for determining position, shape, and curvature |
Sensors |
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| Highly Aligned Electrospun Fibers and Mats |
Material |
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| LaRC-SI: High-performance/high-temperature resins for dielectric films, coatings, composites, adhesives, and solid parts |
Material |
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| Laser Linear Frequency Modulation System -- Improved accuracy in light detection and ranging and other optical measurement arrays |
Sensors |
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| Lightweight Low-Profile Transducer - Capable of generating a transverse point load or measuring transverse velocity |
Sensors |
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| Lightweight Sensing and Control System - For Unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring capabilities |
Aerospace |
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| Low Frequency Portable Acoustic Measurement System - A system to detect and locate atmospheric clear air turbulence and severe weather |
Sensors |
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| Low-Noise Exit Guide Vanes - For Turbofan Jet Engines |
Aerospace |
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| Low-Profile Wireless Sensor - A wireless inductance-capacitance sensor suitable for small packaging |
Sensors |
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| Low-Temperature Oxidation/Reduction Catalysts - Catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and other hydrocarbons, and Nox reduction, in air and process gas streams |
Material |
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| Lunar Surface Manipulation System - Heavy lifting and precise positioning device |
Misc |
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| Magnetic Field Response Measurement Acquisition System - A system that provides power to and receives measurements from wireless inductance-capacitance sensors |
Sensors |
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| Mars Airplane- Autonomous collapsible airplane capable of low atmospheric pressure maneuvers |
Aerospace |
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| Micro-Ring Thin-Film Spectrometer Array: Miniaturized system for rapid multi-spectral analysis and imaging |
Sensors |
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| Multi-Axis Accelerometer Calibration System - Using a cubiodal attitude position device |
Aerospace |
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| Multi-Component, Multi-Point Interferometric Rayleigh/Mie Doppler Velocimeter - Large area, direct view flow analysis without particle-seeded flows |
Sensors |
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| Multi-Functional Composite and Honeycomb Panels - Acoustic radiation efficiency reduced while maintaining strength to weight ration |
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| Neutron and Ultraviolet Radiation Shielding Films |
Material |
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| New Method for Pitot-Static Calibration: A precise, time- and cost-effective method based on global positioning system technology using output-error optimization |
Sensors |
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| New Probe for Detecting Deep Flaws in Structures - Handheld probe for nondestructive evaluation of deep subsurface cracks |
Sensors |
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| Oceanic Surface Air Pressure Sensing - Via oxygen band radar |
Sensors |
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| Optimal Flow Control Design - For quieter and more environmentally friendly transport aircraf |
Aerospace |
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| Out of Autoclave Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing Method: Assembly supports composite laminate materials during roll press processing at room temperature |
Aerospace |
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| Particle Contamination Mitigation Methods: Unique surface properties such as increased hydrophobicity and self-cleaning |
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| Photogrammetric Method for Calculating Relative Orientation |
Software |
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| Photonic Densely Accumulated Ray-poinT - Newly discovered, interference-type laser focal point at high intensity achieved with a phase contrast approach, with or without micro zone plate lens |
Sensors |
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| Piezoelectric Fiber Composite Actuator Portfolio - A unique portfolio composite actuator designs for tunable optical fiber and micro-displacement devices |
Sensors |
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| Plasma Deposition of Metal in Composite Panels |
Material |
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| Power Technology for High-Altitude Airships- Advanced thermoelectric materials form the foundation to a novel approach to powering high-altitude airships |
Aerospace |
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| Pressure Regulators for Fluid Flow Simulations - Improved transient modeling |
Software |
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| Quick Change Ceramic Flame Holder: For high-output torches |
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| Real-Time Interferometric Fiber Optic Bragg Grating Sensors: High sensor count distributed fiber optic sensing without processing delays |
Sensors |
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| Recessed Core Composite Panel Design- Low noise radiation and increased sound power transmission loss |
Aerospace |
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| Reduced-Order Models for Efficient Computational Analysis of Complex Systems- Innovative software for aeroelastic analysis at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional CFD methods |
Aerospace |
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| Self-Scrubbing Technology for Reconfigurable Rad-Hard Memory Arrays - Novel field programmable gate array technology for single event upset detection and mitigation of radiation effects |
Sensors |
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| Shape Adaptive Multilayered Polymer Composite |
Material |
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| Smart Optics Material Characterization System |
Sensors |
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| Subsurface Imaging of Nanocomposites - Via resonant difference-frequency atomic force ultrasonic microscopy (RADF-AFUM) |
Sensors |
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| Synthetic Vision System for Aeronautical Applications- Via flight management visualization display providing preview, rehearsal, and real-time visual acquisition of flight mission progress |
Software |
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| Tactile Feedback of Flight Controls- Loss of Control Inhibitor System |
Aerospace |
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| Tailored Dielectric Materials - With Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles |
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| Use of Beam Deflection to Control Electron-Beam Wire Deposition - Advanced process control technique for electronbeam free-form fabrication and welding |
Misc |
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| Variable Visibility Glasses for Flight Training - Safer and more comfortable glasses for selectively limiting the view of pilot trainees |
Aerospace |
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| Vehicle Reentry Safety Assessment- Using the boundary layer transition tool |
Software |
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| Wide Bandwidth Magnetoresistive Eddy Current Probe: Magnetoresistive sensor-based probe for improved deep-flaw detection and surface characterization |
Sensors |
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| Wireless Chemical Sensor - Wireless, powerless, passive, thin-film SansEC sensor that detects the presence of chemicals |
Sensors |
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| Wireless Electrical Devices Using Floating Electrodes - Fundamental new approach for developing electrical devices that need no external power source or electrical connections |
Sensors |
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| Wireless Sensor for Pharmaceutical Packaging and Monitoring Applications - Wireless, passive SansEC sensor for detecting package tampering, medication levels, temperature, spoilage, and other pharmaceutical applications |
Sensors |
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| X-Ray Diffraction Method - For defect characterization of epitaxially grown cubic semiconductor layers |
Material |
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| ZONE (Zeroing Out Negative Effects)- Biofeedback training for optimal athletic performance |
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