NASA Tech Briefs - February 2016 - Vol. 40 No. 2

Features

• Articles

  Products of Tomorrow: February 2016

  Drone Control: Flying the Crowded Skies

  FAA and Drone Control

  CO2 Recovery System Puts Bubbles into Beer

  Graphene Supports NASA-Developed Nanosensors

  Energy Harvesting and the IoT: A New Bull Market

  When Sensors Mesh: How Sensor Networks Improve Performance

• Who's Who

  Dave McNally, Aerospace Engineer, Air Traffic Management, and Kapil Sheth, Aerospace Research Engineer, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

• Application Briefs

  CAD-Based Process Analyzes Lidar Interferometer Instrument

  Plasma Etching System Expands Device Processing Capability at JPL

  Researchers Prepare RoboSimian for Tasks Beyond Disaster Response

  Energy Harvester Uses RF Waves to Power Air Pollution Sensors

Tech Briefs

• Mechanics & Machinery

  NEO Hunter Seeker Micro-Spacecraft and Mission Concept

  Multipath, Multistage, Erosion-Resistive Valve for Downhole Flow Control

  Passive Close-Off Feature for Sample Acquisition and Retention

  Piezoelectric-Actuated Cryogenic Thermodynamic Vent Valve

  Amine Swingbed Payload

  Decelerator System Simulation (DSS)

• Information Sciences

  The Advanced Data Analytics Platform (ADAPT): Concept, Design, Architecture, and Operation

  Orion Heat Shield Thermal Mapping Tool

  Distributed User Interface Management System for Interactive Collaborative Environments

  Design Reference Mission Tool for Exoplanet Starshade Mission Study

  Data Parallel Line Relaxation Code (DPLR) Version 3.05

  Front End Data System (FEDS) Version 10.0

  Link Complexity Scheduling Algorithm

  BUMPER-CEV Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Risk Assessment Code Rev. A

  Advanced Numerical Integration Techniques for High-Fidelity SDE Spacecraft Simulation

  Launch Environment Water Flow Simulations Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

  Seismometer Simulation Software

  The Space Station Modulator: A Configurable Surface Mesh Geometry Model for Aeroscience Analyses

  Submersible Phase Change Float Sizing

  Method for Evaluating the Pneumatic Hammer Stability of a Fluid-Film Bearing Using CFD

  DAWN: a Simulation Model for Evaluating Costs and Tradeoffs of Big Data Science Architectures

  Auxiliary Payload Sensor System Simulation Software

  Multiphysics Piezoelectric Finite Element Modeling for Designing a Piezoelectric Damping Treatment for Vibration Control of Rotating Blades

  EXOS Software

• Materials

  Processing and Damage Tolerance of Continuous Carbon Fiber Composites Containing Puncture-Self-Healing Thermoplastic Matrix

  Advanced Supported Liquid Membranes for CO‚2 Control in EVA Applications

  Low-Density Titanium-Based Bulk Metallic Glasses with High Glass-Forming Ability

  Thermal Management Coating (TMC)

  AeroHeating Tools (AHT) Suite

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Method for Fabricating Metallic Panels with Deep Stiffener Sections

  Robust, High-Temperature Containment Cartridges for Microgravity

  Method for Insertion of Carbon Fiber Through the Thickness of Dense Dry Fiber Preform

  Edge-Bonded Shims

• Bio-Medical

  Bayesian Sleep Fusion

  Technique for Reversible Permeabilization of Live Cells for Intracellular Delivery of Quantum Dots

  Introduction of Structural Affinity Handles as a Tool in Selective Nucleic Separations

  Functionalized Patterning of Tissue Engineering Substrates

  Hearing Test System Suitable for Self-Administered Hearing Assessment

  Assessment of Microbial Bioburden Within Aerogel Matrices

• Electronics & Computers

  Development of a Multi-User Modem for Space Telecommunications

  Wire Bonding to Pads in Tilted Planes

  cFE/CFS Evolution for Multicore Platforms

  Hermetic Feedthroughs for Mission-Critical Electronics

• Sensors/Data Acquisition

  Advanced Spacecraft Navigation and Timing Using Celestial Gamma-Ray Sources

  Generating a Laser Linear Frequency Modulation Waveform for Application in Coherent Doppler Lidar

  Outlier Detection Via Estimating Clusters

  Wideband Single-Crystal Transducer for Bone Characterization

  Wireless Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Microwave Heater System Using RFID-Based Temperature Feedback

  Sub-Audible Speech Recognition Based on Electromyographic (EMG) Signals

  Precision Detector Conductance Definition via Ballistic Thermal Transport

Products

• Products

  Product of the Month

  Integrated Circuits

  Wireless Remote Sensing

  Wireless Router

  Optical Sensors

  Gas Sensor Modules

  Image Sensors

  Pressure Sensors

  Harsh-Environment Sensors

  Cable Extension Sensors

  Temperature Sensors

  Submersible Position Sensors

  Capacitive Force Sensor

  Product of the Month: February 2016

  Power Supply

  DC Power Load

  Battery Monitor

  ESD Protection

  Power Supplies

  DC-DC Converters

  Temperature Control System

  Electronics Enclosures

  Spring-Loaded Screws

• Articles

  Optimizing Drive Systems for Energy Savings

• Applications

  Automation System Retrofit Transforms 175-Ton Hydraulic Forming Press

• Products

  Severe-Environment Motors

  High-Torque Drives

  Rotary Tables

  Actuator Control

  Motor Controllers

  Magnetic Encoder

  Roller Chain

  Spindle Gear

  Z-Theta System

  Motion Controller

  Rail Brakes

  Delta Robot and Controller

  Slide System

  Positioning Stage