Y2002 Annual Report

Contents

Director’s Message / 1
     David R. Criswell

Funded Projects Y2001-2002

Two-Phase Flow Instabilities in a Tubular Reactor Designed
for Use in Space
/ 9
     Vemuri Balakotaiah
Cox Proportional Hazards Model for Modeling the Time
to Onset of Decompression Schemes in Hypobaric
Environments
/ 13
     Raj J. Chhikara
The Effects of Simulated Microgravity on
Microbial Gene Expression
/ 21
     George E. Fox
Novel Trace Gas Detection with Quantum-Cascade
Lasers
/ 27
    Thomas L. Harman
Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes Using
Raman Spectroscopy
/ 33
    Milko N. Iliev
Optical Tracking / 37
    Ioannis Kakadiaris
Using Dynamic Foot Pressure as a Countermeasure to
Muscle Atrophy
/ 49
    Charles E. Layne
FLUER (FLUKA Executing under ROOT)—A Monte Carlo
Simulation Tool for Space Science
/ 57
    Lawrence S. Pinsky
Design of a Food Service and Food Processing System for
Long-Duration Missions in a Closed Environment
/ 61
     Clint L. Rappole

ISSO Seed Grants Y2002

Vertically Falling Films on a Flat and Curved Surface / 68
     Vemuri Balakotaiah
Bayesian Analysis and Statistical Modeling of Venous Gas
Emboli (VGE) Grade IV Onset in Hypobaric
Environment
/ 70
     Raj J. Chhikara

Model-Based Control of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors for
Space Robotic Applications
/ 76
    James B. Dabney
High Intensity, Large Area, Energetic (10-100s eV)
Neutral Beams
/ 80
     Demetre J. Economou
Characterization of Evolving Bacterial Populations / 85
    George E. Fox
Muscle Reflexes are Modulated by Preparatory
NeuromuscularActivation Levels
/ 87
    Charles S. Layne
Nano-Structure Open-Framework Materials for
Nanofibers
/ 89
    Jack Y. Lu
Dielectric Responses of Living Organisms / 91
     John H. Miller, Jr.
Analysis of the Mars Odyssey MARIE Experiment Data / 97
     Lawrence S. Pinsky
Monitoring and Controlling Microbial Growth in a
Food Processor Prototype
/ 101
    Clint L. Rappole
Magnetic Superconducting Coils for Space and
Clinical Applications
/ 105
     Jarek Wosik

Short Reports and Special Projects

III-Nitrides-on-Silicon Chips for Detection of Live Bacteria
in Enclosed Space
/ 110
    Abdelhak Bensaoula
The Sun and the Moon—Solar Electric Power as a Future
Energy Source for Earth
/ 112
    David R. Criswell
Using the Sun’s Energy To Power Earth—A Solution for
World Energy
/ 116
     Philip Montgomery, Collegium
Joseph Dennie, a Sceptic, and Philip Freneau, a Celebrant, of
Ballooning in Early America
/ 118
     Irving N. Rothman
World Space Congress / 124
Principal Investigators / 128

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