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

Features

• Application Briefs

  Software Helps NASA Simulate Performance of James Webb Telescope

• Who's Who

  Kurt Leucht, Command & Control Software Developer, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

• Articles

  Products of Tomorrow: June 2015

  Choosing the Right Batteries for High-Tech Devices

Tech Briefs

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Products

• Product of the Month: June 2015

• Articles

  Researcher Spotlight: Imaging Software Improves Video Monitoring of Vital Signs

  High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) Upgrades Inspection Results

• Applications

  Advanced Holography Offers 3D Fire Measurements

  Cameras Provide Critical Data for NASA Rocket’s First Flight

• Articles

  Integrating Functional Pneumatic Safety Devices into Control Systems

• Applications

  Thermoplastic Racks Open Up New Motion Control Applications

• Products

  Explosion-Proof Encoder

  Drive System Software

  Planetary Gearboxes

  Rotary Encoder

  Digital Load Cell

  Tabletop Robot

  Angle Sensors

  Five-Axis Machining

  Part Gripper

  Hydraulic Motors

  Controller

  Rotary Vane Pumps

  Linear Stage

  Flow Controller

  Shock Sensors

  Servo Drive/Controller

  Potentiometer

  Track System

  Actuators

  Machine Control

  Accelerometer Chips