March 1, 2014

NASA Tech Briefs - March 2014 - Vol. 38 No. 3

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Supplements

Features

Articles

Collaborative Platforms Aid Emergency Decision-Making

System-on-Module for Pre-Packaged Convenience

Who's Who

Dr. Vadim Smelyanskiy, Principal Scientist, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Application Briefs

Video Routing System Upgrades Mission Control Center

Water Impact Simulation Ensures Safer Landing for NASA Astronauts

Tech Briefs

Mechanics & Machinery

Re-entry Vehicle Shape for Enhanced Performance

CubeSat Deployable Log Periodic Dipole Array

Protective Sleeve for a Pyrotechnic Reefing Line

Metabolic Heat Regenerated Temperature Swing Adsorption

Information Sciences

Debris & Ice Mapping Analysis Tool — Database

Data Fusion for Global Estimation of Forest Characteristics From Sparse Lidar Data

Virtual Testing of High Lift Systems

Examination and A Priori Analysis of a Direct Numerical Simulation Database for High-Pressure Turbulent Flows

Propellant Loading Physics Model for Fault Detection Isolation and Recovery

Probabilistic Guidance for Swarms of Autonomous Agents

Future Air-Traffic Management Concepts Evaluation Tool

Materials

Improving Material Property Measurement Using Multi- Camera Digital Image Correlation

Mechanistic-Based Multiaxial- Stochastic-Strength Model for Transversely- Isotropic Brittle Materials

Software

Data Acquisition and Processing Software — DAPS

360° Visual Detection and Object Tracking on an Autonomous Surface Vehicle

Simulation of Charge Carrier Mobility in Conducting Polymers

Observational Data Formatter Using CMOR for CMIP5

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Integrated PEMFC Flow Field Design for Gravity-Independent Passive Water Removal

Metal-Assisted Fabrication of Biodegradable Porous Silicon Nanostructures

Post-Growth, In Situ Adhesion of Carbon Nanotubes to a Substrate for Robust CNT Cathodes

Thermal Mechanical Preparation of Glass Spheres

Physical Sciences

Spacecraft Line-of- Sight Stabilization Using LWIR Earth Signature

Transportable Instrumentation Package for In-Vehicle On-Road Data Acquisition

Variable Camber Aerodynamic Control Surfaces and Active Wing Shaping Control

NanoRacks-Scale MEMS Gas Chromatograph System

Electronics & Computers

Dual-Leadframe Transient Liquid Phase Bonded Power Semiconductor Module Assembly and Bonding Process

Methods for Mitigating Space Radiation Effects, Fault Detection and Correction, and Processing Sensor Data

Quad First Stage Processor: A Four-Channel Digitizer and Digital Beam-Forming Processor

Compact Ka-Band Antenna Feed with Double Circularly Polarized Capability

Imaging

Reducing Drift in Stereo Visual Odometry

Products

Products

Product of the Month: The APN Series Power Monitoring Sensor

Photonics Tech Briefs

Applications

Hyperspectral Imaging What is it? How does it work?

Articles

Demystifying Spectroscopy

Products

White Light Measurement Solution

Optical Coatings

Spectral Test Station

CCD Cameras

Photoelectric Laser Distance Sensors

Imaging Technology

Briefs

Resource-Constrained Application of Support Vector Machines to Imagery

Reducing Drift in Stereo Visual Odometry

Technique for Finding Retro-Reflectors in Flash LIDAR Imagery

Novel Hemispherical Dynamic Camera for EVAs

Articles

LED Illumination in Simulation and Training

Measuring Motion with Imaging Software

Applications

Frame Grabber Deployed in Robomotive Humanoid Robot