| AMCO Water Metering Systems |
| Testing Redesign to Support Flexible Manufacturing of Residential Water Meters |
| Description: Design a platform for testing the accuracy of residential water meters at different flow rates featuring novel reference sensors and capabilities for efficiently testing one meter at a time. |
| ASRC/NASA (USTDC) |
| Automation of a 600 Ton Load Tester for Shuttle Payload |
| Description: Design a human-machine interface and programmable logic code to operate a load tester in a fully automatic fashion. |
| Bic Graphic USA |
| Vision System for Orienting Pen Barrels |
| Description: Improve the accuracy and efficiency of highly-automated wide-body promotional pen assembly by integrating PC and/or PLC control logic with state-of-the-art machine vision tools and servo-driven motion control. |
| Class 1 |
| Fire Engine Pump Primer Innovation |
| Description: Develop a priming pump for fire truck application with shorter time to prime, higher lifts, and much lower electrical power requirements. |
| Digital Infrared Imaging |
| IR Camera Test Battery |
| Description: Design and build a portable automated testing package for field evaluation of infrared and video surveillance camera equipment. The package includes a laptop and a briefcase testing unit with video display and embedded processor. |
| General Dynamics |
| Military Vehicle Assembly Line Design and Simulation |
| Description: Design an efficient assembly line for manufacturing two types of military vehicles and prove the efficiency of the proposed line through simulation. |
| General Dynamics |
| Process Architecture Design for Semi-Generative CAPP |
| Description: Develop a semi-generative Computer Aided Process Planning system for artillary projectiles and varient products. |
| General Dynamics |
| Product Architecture Design for Semi-Generative CAPP |
| Description: Develop a semi-generative Computer Aided Process Planning system for artillary projectiles and varient products. |
| Harris Corporation |
| JAUS Compliant Modular Payload |
| Description: Develop a position and orientation device that is compatible with the Department of Defense Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS). The device will be used on autonomously navigating ground vehicles. |
| Harris Corporation |
| Motorized Torque Wrench |
| Description: Design a hand-held motorized torque wrench that actively measures the running torque of a bolted joint fastener system and adjusts the final applied torque to meet the clamping force requirement of the fastener system. |
| Honeywell Space Systems |
| Xilinx-based Reconfigurable Test Equipment with Linux Web Interface |
| Description: Using an off-the-shelf Xilinx FPGA development board containing a hard Power PC core, additional FPGA logic and assorted external computer peripherals, create a re-configurable test bed that runs under the Linux operating system. |
| Integrated Technology Ventures |
| Detection of Explosives by Differential Reflection Spectrometry |
| Description: Develop a prototype remote explosives detector for baggage screening. The technology was developed at the University of Florida and is based upon differential reflectance spectroscopy. |
| Integrated Technology Ventures |
| Lightning Detection Using X-rays and E-Fields |
| Description: Develop a system capable of detecting close lightning events using electric field pulses and coincident x-rays. |
| Invivo Corporation |
| Coil Test System for MRI Local Coils |
| Description: Develop a standalone, intelligent test system to determine the functionality of MRI coils on site. |
| Invivo Corporation |
| Integrated ECG Wireless Module with Display |
| Description: Develop a small low cost display unit on the current wireless ECG unit to assist the MRI operator in setting up the patient for ECG monitoring. |
| Jarden Consumer Solutions |
| Mobile Device Charger |
| Description: Research and develop a business case and then build a working prototype of a charging station for mobile devices such as cell phones and MP3 players. |
| Lockheed Martin |
| AALERT Sensored RFID Tag Redesign |
| Description: The wireless AALERT RFID tag is designed for long-term environmental monitoring of precision components in transit or storage. The objective of this project is to re-design the AALERT RFID tag to reduce its size, increase its range, lower its production cost, and preserve power management features. |
| Nacon Technologies, Inc. |
| Environmentally Friendly Battery Operated Insect Light Trap |
| Description: Develop a portable, safer, non-toxic means of managing pest species that are vectors of pathogens and create public health hazards. |
| Progress Energy Florida, Inc. |
| Condensate/Heater Drip Pump Controls |
| Description: Design a programmable logic controller (PLC) for controlling the speed of a 1500 horsepower pump. Tasks include coding the PLC logic and designing the human-machine interface. |
| Raytheon Systems |
| Operator Speech Source Surround |
| Description: Provide a user interface to select classified voice sources and apply digital signal processing to place them virtually using a headset. |
| Siemens Power Corporation |
| Stator Core Thermographic Inspection System |
| Description: Develop a way to provide more reliable inspections of generators to identify those areas of the stator core needing repair. |
| Siemens Power Corporation |
| Technology Enhanced Manufacturing |
| Description: Develop an online web-based information system capable of delivering work instructions to shop floor workers and gathering quality control data at the Siemens Power Generation Plant where electricity generators and steam turbines are manufactured. |
| Solutia |
| Reduction of Nitrates and Organic Compounds from Solutia's Injected Waste Stream |
| Description: Conduct bench-scale and pilot-plant scale experiments and to utilize the results to design a facility for removing nitrate from a waste stream using an attached film bioreactor. |
| Zebra Technologies |
| Printhead Life Testing Acceleration |
| Description: Develop accelerated testing techniques to reduce the amount of time and media used during life testing of thermal printer heads by at least 50%. |
