NASA Tech Briefs - June 2015 - Vol. 39 No. 6

Tech Briefs

Information Sciences

Tool for Turbine Engine Closed-loop Transient Analysis (TTECTrA)

Wald Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Space Object Conjunction Assessment

Next Generation of 3DGRAPE: Flexible Framework for Hypersonic Navier-Stokes Shuttle Orbiter Meshes

Delay Tolerant Link State Routing MACHETE Model

Extendable Uniform Remote Operations Planning Architecture (EUROPA) 2.1

Acoustic Emission Analysis Applet (AEAA) Software

Software-Defined Beacon Receiver Implementation Using Frequency Estimation Algorithms

CT-CURS: Computed Tomography Cylinder Data Unwrapping-Reslicing & Analysis, v2

NTTS Search and Reporting

Materials

Regenerable Trace-Contaminant Sorbent for the Primary Life Support System (PLSS)

Lithium Fluoride as a Polysulfide Shuttle Inhibitor for Lithium Sulfur Chemistry

Fibers of Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Process for Making the Same

Enhancing MRI Contrast by Geometrical Confinement of Small Imaging Agents Within Nanoporous Particles

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Aluminum Rocket Engine Injector Fabricated Using 3D Additive Manufacturing

Making Flexible Ablators that are Flexible Char Formers

Method for Providing Semiconductors Having Self-Aligned Ion Implant

Femtosecond Laser Processing of Metal and Plastics

Electronics & Computers

Hardening Electronics Against Difficult High-Temperature Environments

Stacked Capacitor Special Lead Adapter

Nanoscale Vacuum Channel Transistor

NASA Flywheel for iPad

Three-Dimensional Photovoltaics Array for Laser-Based Power Transfer

Nanowire-Based Piezoelectric Power Generation

Sensors/Data Acquisition

Free Space Optical Receiver for Data Detection and Radio Science Measurements

Precision Miniature Attitude Determination and Control System

Combined Detection and Tracking of Moving Objects in Aerial Surveillance Images

Neo-Geography Toolkit (NGT) v2

Real-Time, In-Situ Determination and Monitoring of Hot- and Cold-Side Thermal Resistances in Thermoelectric Systems

Physical Characterization of Radiated and Non-Radiated Materials to Temperatures Less than 50 K

Worldview Satellite Imagery Browsing and Downloading Tool

Method and Device for Biometric Subject Verification and Identification

SMAP Radiometer Instrument Science Signal and Data Processing Software (SPS)

Photonics/Optics

Enhancing Neutron Imaging with Grazing Incidence Optics

Motion Blur Evaluation Techniques

Illuminating Permanently Shadowed Lunar Regions Using a Solar Sail

Imaging

Researcher Spotlight: Imaging Software Improves Video Monitoring of Vital Signs

High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) Upgrades Inspection Results

Advanced Holography Offers 3D Fire Measurements

Cameras Provide Critical Data for NASA Rocket’s First Flight