| Arizona Chemical |
| On Line Measurement in Distillation Product Streams |
| Description: Determination of physical and/or chemical properties
of Crude Tall Oil process streams sensitive to Rosin and Fatty
Acid compositional ratios. Development and calibration of analytical
protocols for measuring compositional ratios online. |
| Boeing |
| Solenoid Valve Health Monitoring System |
| Description: Development of an autonomous, non-intrusive health
monitoring system for the space shuttle orbitor main propulsion
system solenoid valve using Hall Effect sensors and neural networks. |
| Cargill |
| Instrument for Measuring Matrix Wear of Steed Pipes |
| Description: Development of instrument to measure pipe wear
resistance to provide basis for more informed pipe purchasing
decisions. |
| Cargill |
| Inline Phosphate Analyzing System |
| Description: Development of an in-line analyzer to determine the percent
phosphate and particle size in the dense slurry of the feed line. |
| Class 1 |
| Pressure Gauge Redesign |
| Description: Redesign of liquid filled pressure gauges to minimize dial
staining, fluid leaks and costs. |
| Dow Chemical |
| Flow Porometer for Liquid Permeability Measurements |
| Description: Development of a flow porometer for measuring
liquid permeability of various filter media. |
| DuPont |
| Gas-Liquid Contactor |
| Description: Increase the area available for mass transfer
from the liquid phase to the gas phase in polymerization processes. |
| E-Systems |
| Secure Wireless LAN |
| Description: Integration of government standard, hardware-based
encryption and decryption using Fortezza PCMCIA cards with the
fast, wireless LAN product, RayLink, to provide confidentiality
in an application-transparent manner. |
| Eglin Air Force Base |
| Split Quad Wing |
| Description: Design of a deployable flexible wing to extend
the range of air dropped munitions. |
| Florida Power Corporation |
| Fly Ash Analyzer |
| Description: Development of a continuous collection and analysis
system for determining the amount of unburned coal in a stream
of fly ash. |
| Energizer |
| Automated In-Line Charging Machine |
| Description: Design of an automated charging machine for Energizer
Power Systems’ rechargeable Ni-Metal hydride AAA cell assembly
line. |
| Florida Power & Light |
| Personal One-Way Help Summoner Device |
| Description: Development of an economical wireless personal
medical emergency assistance summoning device for the use of substation
servicing personnel. |
| Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| Process Control in a Water Treatment Plant |
| Description: Development of a chemical dosing control system
to reduce chemical costs for treating municipal drinking water
for the city of Gainesville. |
| Intellon |
| Home Automation Serial Port Modem |
| Description: Development of a modem that will interface with a PC through
the PC’s serial port; and will communicate through the power line using
one of Intellon’s CEBus IC chip sets. |
| Lockheed Martin |
| Laser Mode Switch Redesign |
| Description: Cost reduction and improved layout of a laser-mode
switch on a targeting pod attached to fighter aircraft. |
| Lockheed Martin |
| Supersonic Conformal Window Bonding Design |
| Description: Design of a mounting system using a commercially
available conductive elastomer to secure sapphire windows into
a aluminum pod of a military aircraft’s missile pod as well
as to develop a conductive epoxy to adhere the consecutive sapphire
windows. The bonding method must provide a non-damaging, low residual
stress conformal bond joint. |
| Lockheed Martin |
| Gimbal Lens Heater Redesign |
| Description: Redesign and optimization of existing lens heating
system on LANTIRN targeting pod. |
| Lockheed Martin |
| PAL I / SCSI Interface |
| Description: Design of a SCISI Interface for a Parallel Processor
for High Speed Image Processing. |
| Millennium |
| Online Measurement of Boiler Efficiency |
| Description: Development of methods to measure and optimize
the fuel-to-steam efficiency of boilers to reduce fuel costs. |
| Motorola |
| Infrared PC Link |
| Description: Development of an infrared transceiver accessory
to connect an iDEN radio/phone to a PC through an infrared link. |
| Motorola |
| PC Radio |
| Description: Development of a radio receiver in a personal
computer using Motorola radio transceiver integrated circuits. |
| Motorola |
| User Radio Interface – Phase 2 |
| Description: Development of a cost effective, manufacturable
and universal electric/mechanical interface that attaches the
internal radio with different face plates which consist of controls
and displays. |
| Quality MicroSystems (QMS) |
| Image Quality Analyzer |
| Description: Design of an image acquisition and analysis system that will
capture the image presented on test print pages and analyze them through
appropriate image analysis techniques and quantify imperfections for quality
improvement. |
| Paradyne |
| Digital Subscriber Line Loop Repeater |
| Description: Development of a fully functioning E1 DSL repeater that provides
increased loop reach at low costs. |
| PCR, Inc. |
| Reactor Pipe Cleaning Apparatus |
| Description: Development of a cleaning tool for reactor
pipes to reduce reactor disassembly and time for cleaning. |
| Protel |
| Redesign of Escrow Relay and Hopper Assembly |
| Description: Redesign of the coin collection system for
payphones for cost reduction, improved reliability and interchangeability. |
| PTI |
| Noise Measurement |
| Description: Development of a low frequency, computer
controlled, noise measuring system that sorts active components
of piezo-electric crystal oscillators for noise performance at
room temperature and 80oC. |
| Reflectone |
| Four Degree of Freedom Helicopter Motion Simulator |
| Description: Design and build a full scale, four degree of freedom, electric
motor powered motion system to be used in a field deployable helicopter flight
simulator. This project builds on the successful outcome of a 1996/97 IPPD
project sponsored by Reflectone to design and build a prototype electric
actuator for this application. |
| Sensormatic |
| Fire Wire Video Transmitter / Receiver |
| Description: Development of an interface for a number
of video cameras (video and control) using the IEEE fire wire
bus. |
