NASA Tech Briefs - July 2013 - Vol. 37 No. 7

Tech Briefs

Mechanics & Machinery

Microgravity Drill and Anchor System

Miga Aero Actuator and 2D Machined Mechanical Binary Latch

Granular Media-Based Tunable Passive Vibration Suppressor

Wells for In Situ Extraction of Volatiles from Regolith (WIEVR)

Information Sciences

Risk-Constrained Dynamic Programming for Optimal Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing

Dynamic Server-Based KML Code Generator Method for Levelof-Detail Traversal of Geospatial Data

Automated Planning of Science Products Based on Nadir Overflights and Alerts for Onboard and Ground Processing

Distributed Engine Control Empirical/Analytical Verification Tools

Linked Autonomous Interplanetary Satellite Orbit Navigation

Deepak Condenser Model (DeCoM)

Flight Software Math Library

Scheduling Operations for Massive Heterogeneous Clusters

Estimating the Backup Reaction Wheel Orientation Using Reaction Wheel Spin Rates Flight Telemetry from a Spacecraft

Materials

Differential Muon Tomography to Continuously Monitor Changes in the Composition of Subsurface Fluids

Conductive Carbon Nanotube Inks for Use with Desktop Inkjet Printing Technology

Enhanced Schapery Theory Software Development for Modeling Failure of Fiber-Reinforced Laminates

High-Performance, Low-Temperature-Operating, Long-Lifetime Aerospace Lubricants

Carbon Nanotube Microarrays Grown on Nanoflake Substrates

Software

ULTRA: Underwater Localization for Transit and Reconnaissance Autonomy

SynGenics Optimization System (SynOptSys)

CFD Script for Rapid TPS Damage Assessment

radEq Add-On Module for CFD Solver Loci-CHEM

Science Opportunity Analyzer (SOA) Version 8

Autonomous Byte Stream Randomizer

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Silicon Micromachined Microlens Array for THz Antennas

Method for Reduction of Silver Biocide Plating on Metal Surfaces

Physical Sciences

Dielectrophoresis-Based Particle Sensor Using Nanoelectrode Arrays

Global Shutter Imaging

Multi-Dimensional Damage Detection for Surfaces and Structures

Autonomous Cryogenic Leak Detector for Improving Launch Site Operations

Submillimeter Planetary Atmospheric Chemistry Exploration Sounder

Micro-XRF for In Situ Geological Exploration of Other Planets

Hydrogen-Enhanced Lunar Oxygen Extraction and Storage Using Only Solar Power

Miniaturized, High-Speed, Modulated X-Ray Source

Uplift of Ionospheric Oxygen Ions During Extreme Magnetic Storms

Hollow-Fiber Spacesuit Water Membrane Evaporator

Recirculating 1-K-Pot for Pulse-Tube Cryostats

Method for Processing Lunar Regolith Using Microwaves

Bio-Medical

Addressing Compliance Mandates with Product Lifecycle Management

Improving Single-Patient-Use Model with Disposable Blood Pressure Cuff

Automating a Bottling Plant for Reaction Vessels

Intravenous Fluid Generation System

Photonics

High-Power Single-Mode 2.65-μm InGaAsSb/AlInGaAsSb Diode Lasers

A Hybrid Fiber/Solid-State Regenerative Amplifier with Tunable Pulse Widths for Satellite Laser Ranging

X-Ray Diffractive Optics

Optical Device for Converting a Laser Beam Into Two Co-aligned but Oppositely Directed Beams

Electronics & Computers

Forward-Looking IED Detector Ground Penetrating Radar

Battery Charge Equalizer with Transformer Array

An Efficient, Highly Flexible Multi-Channel Digital Downconverter Architecture

Fully Printed, Flexible, Phased Array Antenna for Lunar Surface Communication

Dimmable Electronic Ballast for a Gas Discharge Lamp