| Boeing |
| Characterization of the VJSC |
| Description: Development of an autonomous, wireless,
monitoring methodology for the vacuum jacketed lines at KSC's
Launch Complex 39 and demonstration of the methodology on a portable
vacuum jacket analysis testbed. |
| Class 1 |
| Pressure Gauges Redesign |
| Description: Test evaluation and modification
of proposed prototype liquid-filled pressure gauge to improve
quality and reduce costs. |
| Cordis Corporation |
| Mechanical Clot Retrieval Device |
| Description: Design of a micro-endovascular device
for the disruption and retrieval of clots from ischemic stroke. |
| ERC Innova Tech |
| Liquid BLMT Filter |
| Description: Development and assembly of a prototype
that utilizes the novel boundary layer momentum transfer (BLMT)
concept to remove particles as small as two microns for flows as
high as one gallon per minute. |
| Florida Power & Light |
| Allocation Model for Restoration Resources |
| Description: Design, develop and demonstrate
a Restoration Specialist Allocation decision support system to
reduce downtime to FP&L customers. |
| Florida Power & Light |
| Animal Repellent Device |
| Description: Design and construction of a device
which, in a humane way, will keep birds and squirrels from entering,
residing in and causing electrical outages in residential power
delivery substations. |
| Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| Monitoring Biosolid Land Application |
| Description: Design of a system, which monitors
and controls the application of biosolids by Gainesville Regional
Utilities. |
| Harris Corporation |
| Metal Plating of Rapid Prototype RF-Feeds |
| Description: Evaluation of properties of metal
layers deposited on surfaces of stereolithographic polymer assemblies
for evaluation of rapid prototype radiofrequency transmission
devices. |
| Harris Corporation |
| Miniature Gripper |
| Description: Design of a miniature gripper to
be attached to a robotic arm for pick-and-place applications. |
| Harris Corporation |
| Digital PWB Design Process Improvement |
| Description: Evaluation of the accuracy and usability
of the Cadence PWB simulation tools for high-speed digital board
designs |
| IBM |
| Ethernet Switch Module |
| Description: Modification of a network interface
card driver under Windows 2000 which will include on-line diagnostics
using the CIM (Common Interface Model) interface. |
| Intellon Corporation |
| Digital Date Link for DC Power Lines |
| Description: Development of a demonstration unit
that provides a digital communication link over the power line
in automobiles. |
| Johnson Controls, Inc. |
| Battery Process Improvement |
| Description: Development of a mechanical gripper
system which holds battery terminals in place while the battery
cover is positioned. The system will also feature sensors to verify
that terminals are within the range of the positioning gripper. |
| JRS GEO Services |
| Pipe Thickness Tester |
| Description: Design, construction and test of
a device for obtaining measurements of pipe wall thickness at
all positions around the circumference of the pipe using a single
contact measurement. |
| Lockheed Martin |
| Smart Radar Structure: Embedding Sensors in Composites |
| Description: Design and fabrication of a generic
composite structure for the Fire Control Radar (FCR) of the Comanche
helicopter with embedded diagnostic sensors for on-line health
monitoring. |
| Millennium |
| Optimization of Sulfur Adsorption on Activated Carbon Units |
| Description: Experimentation with a network of
six lab-scale sulfur adsorption columns with the objective to
develop a model for the full scale units at Millennium's Jacksonville
plant and to determine the optimal way to operate the full-scale
columns. |
| Motorola |
| Strain Gauge Input Device |
| Description: Design and development of a handheld
electronic product that utilizes a force sensing input device
to achieve alphanumeric character entry. |
| PGI |
| Optimal Fibers for Non-Woven Tissues |
| Description: Development of a process for incorporating
recycled polypropylene material to generate optimal fibers in
the spunbond production of nonwoven tissues. |
| Paradyne |
| MVL PCI Card |
| Description: Development of a MVL PCI card (DSL
modem) for personal computers including electrical and software
design. |
| Pratt & Whitney |
| Blade Tip Clearance Measurement |
| Description: Development of a PC based data collection
system that provides accurate blade tip clearance data for aircraft
engines. |
| Protel |
| Exact/Best Change Device |
| Description: Development of a low-cost best change
payphone escrow for domestic and international markets. |
| Raytheon Systems |
| Security Product Evaluation |
| Description: Develop integrated software to test
security of networked, COTS systems. |
| Reflectone |
| Simulator Platform Joint Redesign |
| Description: Redesign flight simulator parallel
platform upper knuckle system for use with increased payload and
longer actuators. |
| Texas Instruments |
| Moving Marquee Display Application |
| Description: Application of some TI manufactured
high and low driver chips in driving a modular three color graphic
display using LED's and a TI DSP controller |
| The Dow Chemical Company |
| Electrothermal Dispensing Systems |
| Description: Design of a thermoelectric device
to dispense small volumes of liquid of less than one hundredth
of a milli liter for application in liquid chromatography. |
| Tropicana North America |
| Frozen Juice Block Ejector |
| Description: Development of an efficient way
to release frozen juice briquettes without wastage. These briquettes
are produced in stainless steel vessels. |
| U. S. Air Force |
| FZW Redesign |
| Description: Design of a higher output fuze initiator
for future weapons systems. |
