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ISSO Y2005 Annual Report

Y2005 Annual Report

April 2006

ISSO Y2005 Annual Report - Complete PDF (4.1MB)

Contents

The Director's Report--Y2005 • 6-12
David R. Criswell
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Research with Post-Doctoral Aerospace Fellows--PDAF

Development of Micro Column Arrays (MCA) for Thermal Management Applications • 15-18
Abdelhak Bensaoula, Brian M. Mayeaux, Andenet Alemu, Angela Carreno
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UWB Tracking System Design with TDOA Algorithm for Space Applications • 19-22,38
Edward Dickerson, Dickey Arndt, Jianjun Ni
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The Effect of Modeled Microgravity on Microbial Gene Expression • 23-26
George E. Fox, Richard C. Willson, Duane L. Pierson, Viktor Stepanov
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Development of Quantum-Cascade Laser Based Biosensor Technology • 27-32
Thomas L. Harman, Frank K. Tittel, John C. Graf, Yury Bakhirkin
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Martian Soil Biosensors Based on Dielectric Spectroscopy • 33-38
John H. Miller, Jr., Jaroslaw Wosik, David S. McKay, Jeffrey A. Jones,
Fathi Karouia, David Warmflash, Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna

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ISSO Mini-Grants

Natural Language Interface Models for Fast Responsiveness Applications • 41-44,94
Hisham Al-Mubaid
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A Text-Mining Technique for Literature Profiling and Information Extraction from
Biomedical Literature
• 45-49
Hisham Al-Mubaid
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Investigation of III-Nitride Materials for Space-Based Solar Cells • 50-52
Abdelhak Bensaoula, Chris Boney
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Building and Verifying Fault-Tolerant Autonomous Real-Time Systems for Space Applications • 53-57,95
Albert M. K. Cheng
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Validation of a Novel Micro-Capillary Array Fluid Collection Technology for the
Determination of Biomarkers of Bone Metabolism in Human Sweat
• 58-60
Mark S. F. Clarke, Daniel L. Feeback
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Real-Time Active Loading of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors for
Simulating Space Robotics Applications
• 61-63
James B. Dabney
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Early Origins of Genetic Systems • 64-65,95
George E. Fox
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A Unique High Speed Camera System for Studying the Pulsating Dynamics of
Premixed Flames
• 66-67
Michael Gorman
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The Effect of Martian Dust on Radiator Performance • 68-71
D. Keith Hollingsworth, Larry C. Witte, Ashley Higgins
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Contaminants Removal From Fuel Cells for Aerospace Applications • 72,96
Jack Y. Lu
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PWM Control of Formation Flying Space Vehicle • 73-75
Heidar Malki, Ho Jae Lee, Leang-San Shieh
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Electromagnetic Probes of Biological Molecular Motors • 76-79
John H. Miller, Jr., William R. Widger, Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna
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Initiating the Detector Deployment for a Currently Planned
NASA Accelerator Measurement
• 80-82
Lawrence S. Pinsky
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Science and Invention in Literature--
Divergent Views of Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift
• 83-87
Irving N. Rothman
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Computational Methods in Non-Smooth Mechanics:
Applications To Dry Friction Constrained Motions
• 88
LieJune Shiau
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Magnetic Microscopy Studies of Magnetotactic Fossils on Martian Meteorite ALH84001 and Related Earthbound Analog Systems • 89-92
Jaroslaw Wosik, John H. Miller, Jr., David S. McKay, David Warmflash, Maged Kamel, Chinmay Darne, Lian Xue, Li Zhong
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Director's Research and Administrative Activities • 93-94
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ISSO Follow-up Reports

Micro Column Arrays (MCA) for Thermal Management of Spacecraft Environments • 99-100
Abdelhak Bensaoula
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Miniature Optical Sensors for Detection of Water and Air Contamination • 101,126
Abdelhak Bensaoula, David Starikov, Chris Boney
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A Recursive Application of a Support Vector Machine for Protein Spot Detection in
2-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis
• 102
Gary D. Boetticher, Hisham Al-Mubaid, Karen Frasier-Scott
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The Impact of Chromosome Lineage upon Genetic Program Modeling • 102
Gary D. Boetticher, Kim Kaminsky
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Summary Reports on Previous 2003 and 2004 Projects • 103-104
George E. Fox
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A Theoretical Analysis of Vibrational Modes Aimed at Their Use as Measures of
Bone Damage
• 105-107,126
Gemunu Gunaratne
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Raman Scattering Test of Mechanical and Sensor Properties of
Advanced Nanocomposites
• 108,127
Viktor G. Hadjiev, Keesu Jeon
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Voluntary Muscle Contraction in Advance of Mechanical Foot Stimulation To Enhance Neuromuscular Reflex Responses • 109
Charles S. Layne, Katharine E. Forth
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A Neural-Network-Based Approach for Control of Vibration in a Black Hawk Helicopter • 115
Heidar A. Malki, Karolos Grigoriadis, José Canelon
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Low-Frequency Dielectric Spectroscopy of Martian Soil Samples • 116-118,126
John H. Miller, Jr., Jaroslaw Wosik, David S. McKay, David Warmflash
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Use of FLUKA in the Analysis of the Mars Odyssey MARIE Experiment • 119-120
Lawrence S. Pinsky, Thomas L. Wilson, Victor Andersen
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High-Performance Martian Space Radiation Mapping • 121-122
Liwen Shih, Sergio J. Larrondo, Karthik Katikaneni, Ahmed Khan, Travis Gilbert,
Shilpa Kodali, Arun Kadari

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An AC-DC-AC Converter with Smaller DC-Link Capacitor for
Space Power Distribution Systems
• 123-124
Wajiha Shireen, Srinivas Vanapalli
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Development of Wireless Stations for Distributed Field Operations • 125
T. Andrew Yang, Sadegh Davar
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