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# Presentation: 951065

## Tribal Transit Program Update

- April 2006

- Office of Program ManagementTribal Transit Outreach Meetings

## Tribal Transit Program Update

- What has FTA been doing?
- Where is FTA now?
- Where is FTA headed?
- Purpose of Today’s Meeting
- Docket
- More Information

## What has FTA been doing?  

- SAFETEA-LU passed by Congress July 29, 2005
- SAFETEA-LU signed by President August 10, 2005
- Listening session held October 26, 2005
- Established FTA Regional Liaisons & FTA Working Group
- Presenting at several interagency meetings (NTTC, ITA, IRRPCC, BIA)
- Consulting with Federal Lands Highway Program Staff, Federal Highways Planning Staff, and TTAP Staff
- Published two Federal Register notices & solicited public comment

## Where is FTA now? 

- Consulting with tribes – April 4 & 7 at FTA Public Outreach Meetings in Denver and Kansas City
- Soliciting public comment on proposed program until April 21, 2006
- Participating in FHWA IRR Roll-out Meetings in April and May
- Madison, WI			- Atlanta, GA
- Phoenix, AZ 			- Albuquerque, NM
- Seattle, WA 			- Gallup, NM
- - 	Tulsa, OK 				- Boston, MA
- Working with RTAP and CTAA on technical assistance resources available for tribal transit programs

## Where is FTA headed? 

- Public comment period until April 21st
- Submit comments via the docket _[http://dms.dot.gov](http://dms.dot.gov/)_
- Participate in FHWA IRR rollout meetings
- Publish a Notice of Funding Availability soliciting proposals for FY 2006 available funds
- Evaluate and select proposals
- Grant applications for selected projects
- Award funds!

## Purpose of Today’s Meeting

- Discuss March 22, 2006 Federal Register notice
- Opportunity to refine proposed proposal solicitation process and grant program provisions
- Introduce and describe other FTA processes and requirements
- Solicit comment and share additional information

## Docket

- Docket No. FTA-06-24143
- Submit comments by April 21:
- Web site: _[http://dms.dot.gov](http://dms.dot.gov/)_
- Fax: 202-493-2251
- Mail: Docket Management Facility, US Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Nassif Building, PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
- Hand Delivery

## Docket

## Slide 9

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

## For More Information

- FTA Website: _[www.fta.dot.gov](http://www.fta.dot.gov/)_: “SAFETEA-LU Implementation”
- Fact Sheets and FAQs are posted
- Participate in outreach meetings
- Contact your FTA Regional Tribal Transit Liaison
- Email us: _[Fta.TribalProgram@dot.gov](mailto:Fta.TribalProgram@dot.gov)_
# Presentation: 261760

## Welcome to VMAC:Microbial Food Safety of Cefquinome

- Comments by
- Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Director
- Center for Veterinary Medicine
- September 25, 2006
- Rockville, Maryland

## Committee Members

**Arthur L. Craigmill**, Ph.D., University of California
- veterinary toxicology
**Corrie Brown**, D.V.M., Ph.D., University of Georgia
- pathology

## Committee Members

**John R. Glisson**, D.V.M., MAM, Ph.D.,University of Georgia
- avian medicine
**Sam Groseclose**, D.V.M., MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- public health/epidemiology

## Committee Members

**Sherman W. (Skip) Jack**, D.V.M., Ph.D., Mississippi State
- minor use/minor species veterinary medicine
**Gregory Jaffe**, Center for Science in the Public Interest
- consumer representative

## Committee Members

**John J. McGlone**, Ph.D., Texas Tech University and Health Sciences Center
- animal science
**Mark G. Papich**, D.V.M., Ph.D., North Carolina State University
- pharmacology

## Committee Members

**M. Gatz Riddell, Jr.**, D.V.M. American Association of Bovine Practitioners
- food animal medicine
**Richard A. Sams**, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
- chemistry

## Consultants

**James E. Leggett, Jr.,** M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University
- infectious diseases
**L. Barth Reller,** M.D., D.T.M.&H., Duke University Medical Center
- infectious diseases

## Purpose of Meeting

- VMAC input on microbial food safety of antimicrobial for food animal
- concept in Guidance for Industry
- second VMAC review of antimicrobial animal drug
- 2004 review of tulathromycin

## Reason for Review

- 4th generation cephalosporin
- important to human medicine
- 3rd generation considered “critically important” to human health
- Review appropriate under Guidance

## Thank you for Coming

**Valuable assistance from VMAC members, consultants**
# Presentation: 014189

## Ferromagnetic Resonance study of Cobalt Nanowires for Magnetic Storage

- By Kevin Jagdipsingh
- Dr. John Flowers (MEC)
- Dr. Steve Greenbaum (Hunter College)

- Abstract
- The X-Band Bridge Bruker EMX spectrometer was used in the experiment to obtain the various characteristics of cobalt nanowires, such as the gyro magnetic ratio and the resonant magnetic field at various angles. It was discovered that the resonance frequency of the cobalt samples is angular dependent and peaks at around 90 degrees.

## Abstract

-  	Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy is a technique that is used to obtain specific physical and chemical characteristics from a sample. It is usually used as an supplementary method to other forms of spectroscopy. It works by detecting unpaired electrons in samples in a magnetic field. Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) is a special case of EPR, in which the individual electron spins are strongly interacting, as in the case of ferromagnetic materials. The X-Band Bridge Bruker EMX spectrometer was used in the experiment to obtain the various characteristics of cobalt nanowires, such as the gyro magnetic ratio and the resonant magnetic field. It was discovered that the resonance frequency of the cobalt samples is angular dependent and peaks at around 85 degrees.

## Results/Discussion

- The cobalt wafers were found to be highly anisotropic. As the angular degree measure was increased, the signal both decreased in it’s intensity and increased in it’s field width.
- It was also found that the sample had magnetic resonance above 8800 Gauss but due to the limitations of the magnetic field produced by the magnet, it was unable to be measured.

## Conclusion/Future Research

- It was found that the cobalt samples were highly anisotropic as predicted. This is due to the ferromagnetic electron environment of the cobalt wafers.
- Possible follow up research could include a repeat of the experiment using a two degree intervals on the goniometer to test the reproducibility of the experiment. Also, the cobalt sample can be tested with liquid nitrogen to see the effects of low temperature on the magnetic resonance. Another experiment would be to try orienting the wafer a different way inside of the cavity in order to see the magnetic properties of the sides not tested.

## Acknowledgements

- I thank Dr. Flowers for helping me trough the methods and techniques of using the EPR spectrometer, Dr. Greenbaum for his useful dialogue and recommendations for research, and the other members of the lab for helping me along with my research and keeping me on task.
# Presentation: 703993

## Office of the General Counsel Report to the Commission

- Support for the FCC Strategic Plan

## OGC’s Role

- Identify legal risks
- Defend Commission decisions in court
- Coordinate with other federal agencies
- In-house counsel functions

**Notes:**
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## Advice Function

- Review each Commission item – 298 items in 2004
- Provide legal advice to Commissioners, Bureaus and Offices
- Support strategic goals relating to  Broadband, Competition, Spectrum, Media and Homeland Security

## Supports Strategic Goals:  Competition, Spectrum, Homeland Security

- 800 MHz Proceeding
- Legal advice during drafting phase
- Coordinate with GAO:  GAO concluded that Commission action did not violate appropriations laws
- Ongoing responsibility for defending appeals

## Litigation Function

## Supports Strategic Goals:  Broadband, Competition

- Federal broadband policy: avoid unnecessary regulation

- 9th Circuit *Brand X *decision represents a roadblock

- Supreme Court has agreed to review

- FCC worked closely with DOJ on cert petition

- Transaction Review
- Significant merger transactions – AT&T-Cingular Merger
- Rules and policies on transfers and assignments
- Bankruptcy Law
- Ensure productive spectrum use
- Protect government’s secured creditor status
- Protect the public interest

- Transaction Review & Bankruptcy

## Supports Strategic Goals:  Spectrum, Broadband, Competition

- Bankruptcy Proceedings:  Benefit to Government of Over $4.25 Billion
- Recovered over $1.2 billion in cash
- Secured the return of valuable spectrum that will be reauctioned for advanced services
- Facilitated the productive commercial use of spectrum tied up in protracted litigation

## Modernize the FCC

- Presented tutorials and designed training materials on law and ethics for FCC staff
- Provided career development training for 82% of OGC staff
- Homeland security:  provided legal support for agency’s emergency readiness plans

## Ongoing Support for Strategic Plan in 2005

- Expand training and development for FCC attorneys
- Support FCC’s Strategic Goals through advocacy and litigation functions
- Avoid prospect of judicial reversal by enhancing the legal rationale supporting agency decisions
- Vigorously defend FCC actions in court
- Anticipate judicial trends
# Presentation: 535070

## MTAC Work Group #82

Parcel Delivery Performance
Measurement Effectiveness

**Parcel Delivery Performance**
**Measurement Effectiveness**

## 	Desired Results Submitted to MTAC Leadership Committee

1. 	Understand the operations and procedures that affect delivery performance measurement.
2.	Identify issues impact delivery performance measurement effectiveness. 
3. 	Rank items identified based on impact on measurement effectiveness.
4.	Issue recommendations.
5.	Review processes for measurement use in service improvement.

**1. ****	****Understand the operations and procedures that affect delivery performance measurement.**
**2.****	****Identify issues impact delivery performance measurement effectiveness. **
**3. ****	****Rank items identified based on impact on measurement effectiveness.**
**4.****	****Issue recommendations.**
**5.****	****Review processes for measurement use in service improvement.**

**Parcel Select Performance**

## 	Work Group Status
Hiatus due to peak mailing season for packages.
Data Warehouse delays impacting new report availability.
Working with existing data sources as interim solution.
Developing new quality metrics and reports in existing data systems.

**Hiatus due to peak mailing season for packages.**
**Data Warehouse delays impacting new report availability.**
**Working with existing data sources as interim solution.**
**Developing new quality metrics and reports in existing data systems.**

**Parcel Select Performance**

## 	Work Group Status - continued
Key Meeting Planned for Feb 24th
Review available internal USPS reports.
Review EDW reports that will be available.
Discuss process for sharing performance data to improve service.
Discuss how to integrate the iBSN network into the performance improvement process.
Expectation that clear deliverables and process will result from this meeting.
Goal is that processes and metrics will be in place for Fall mailing season.

**Key Meeting Planned for Feb 24****th**
**Review available internal USPS reports.**
**Review EDW reports that will be available.**
**Discuss process for sharing performance data to improve service.**
**Discuss how to integrate the iBSN network into the performance improvement process.**
**Expectation that clear deliverables and process will result from this meeting.**
**Goal is that processes and metrics will be in place for Fall mailing season.**

**Parcel Select Performance**

## 	
	Questions?

**	****Questions?**

**Parcel Select Performance**
# Presentation: 014198

## Slide 1

## RACE Concept

## Biological Physics Pictures

- Fluorescent Resonant Energy Transfer technique used by Steven Chu (Nobel Prize ‘97) allows studies of dynamics of individual molecules

- Perfect alignment of DNA-membrane complex can serve as nano-fabrication template *(****Applied Physics Letters*****, **5 October 1998)

- DNA shown to be a semiconductor. DNA electronics now feasible*** Nature*****, **10 February 2000

- nanotube kinks change conduction properties*** Nature*****, 18** November 1999
# Presentation: 710396

## Endangered Species Act Counterpart Regulations: Workload Process Improvement

- Letitia (Tish) Toomer
- Acting Director
- Operations Management and Oversight Division

## What is Workload Process Improvement ?

- Charge to obtain results, efficiency in achieving those results and continued streamlining of business processes

## Workload Process Improvementand Accountability

- OMOD responsibility (GM 340 Part 407)
- Improve NRCS efficiency
- GPRA
- PMA
- OMB Part
- Institutionalize awareness of field office workload

## Workload Process Improvement Procedures

- New policy or change to existing policy?
- Why is the policy being implemented?
- What field level work will be impacted?
- What specific tasks will change?
- Will the time to complete the task increase or decrease?
**Quantify the change**

## Workload Process Improvement

- Objective of ESA Counterpart Regulations and Programmatic Consultation: Streamline NRCS compliance with endangered species act requirements
- Is it worth the investment?

## Workload Process ImprovementBenefit of ESA Counterpart Regulations

- Clarify and streamline existing policy
- No formal consultation for TA only plans
- No consultation for certified wetland determinations
- No concurrence (biological assessment) for “not likely to affect” or beneficial effect determinations

## Workload Process ImprovementOther Benefits

- Clarify NRCS policy
- Clearer definitions of wildlife habitat related terms (pulse, press, threshold events vs. short or long term effect)

## Workload Process ImprovementFactors to Consider

- Are workload impacts nationwide?
- Are particular disciplines affected?
- Are there impacts at other (SO) levels of the organization?
- Which tasks are affected
- What Core Work Products are affected?

## Workload Process ImprovementExactly How Beneficial?

- Reduce task time
- Soliciting necessary reviews for conservation implementation
- Estimated savings: 79 staff years
- Reduce number of jobs affected
- Biological assessments
- Estimated savings: 37 staff years

**Based on analysis in FY 2002 ...**

## Workload Process ImprovementHow Much?

- Field workload efficiency improved .68%
- Save a total of 116 staff years ($12.6 Million based on NRCS average SY cost)
- Time redirected to conservation planning and technology development

## Workload Process Improvement Tools

- _WLBR Model_
- calculations based on WLA 2001 data
- _PRMS/PRS data_
- Number of critical wildlife habitat inventories developed in 2000 and 2001

## Workload Process ImprovementMore Tools

- Other accountability system data
- How much conservation implementation is completed with CTA program
- _Field advisory board_ and other _subject matter experts_
- Interviews with state and field level biologists
- Review assumptions and procedures with field advisory team

## Workload Process ImprovementBottom Line

- Implementation of programmatic consultation can improve the way we do business
- Improve efficient and effective use of agency resources
- Provide high quality customer assistance
- Eliminate burdensome business processes
# Presentation: 887376

## Galaxy Clusters and Dark EnergySteve Kent, Jim Annis (Fermilab), Tim McKay (Michigan)SNAP Collaboration Meeting, Mar. 28 2003

- maxBCG technique for finding Galaxy Clusters
- Sensitivity of galaxy cluster surveys to cosmological parameters
- Sensitivity of SNAP to measuring *w* with wide area survey

## Abell 1689 Galaxy Cluster

## g

- r

- i

- Elliptical Galaxy Spectrum

## The maxBcg AlgorithmJ. Annis, Fermilab

- Animation of process for a single galaxy
- Perform step for all galaxies
- Build a 3-d map
- Locate maxima
- Strengths
- Works to high z
- Very good photo-z
- Weaknesses
- Strong assumptions built in

## maxBcg

- Algorithm

##  Photo-z’s

## The maxBcg Algorithm

- The 200 sq-degrees currently analyzed gives a catalog of 4000 clusters
- Photometric redshift for each cluster good to 0.015
- Mass estimates from total galaxy light
- Plot shows all clusters from a wedge 90o wide and 3o high, out to redshifts of 0.7

## maxBcg Calibration from weak lensing

## Xray, S-Z clusters

- Galaxy Cluster
- Mass function
- (Jenkins eqn.)

## Slide 10

## 0.38

- 0.43

- 0.5

## Galaxy Clusters from SNAP

- SNAP will find thousands of galaxy clusters to *z > *2
*z*		AB (S/N = 30)
- 0.1		17
- 2.0		25
- Filter set is ideal for measuring photo-z's.
- Can provide another independent estimate of *w*
- Sensitivity comes from highest mass clusters
- Limited by survey area

## Galaxy Mass Function vs. z, w

## Sensitivity of High Mass Galaxy Clusters to w

- ΛCDM,
*w*=-1, -.6, -.2

- OCDM

- Sensitivity of High Mass Galaxy Clusters to *w*
- (SNAP will detect  few 100 in 300 sq. deg)

## Slide 15
# Presentation: 018125

##  RSS Feeds - EMAIL Notification and More

- Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
-  RSS Feeds - EMAIL Notification and More
- By
- Laurie G. Hogan, NWS Eastern Region, Hydrologic Services Division

**What is RSS?**
-  RSS stands for _R_eally _S_imple _S_yndication.
-  Easy way to get _important _information.
-  Information delivered directly to a “feed”.
-  Does not need to clutter your email inbox – can send to a folder.
-  Just browse websites once to get information.
-  Written in the Internet coding language known as XML (e_X_tensible _M_arkup _L_anguage).
**AHPS RSS History Lesson 101**
*National Weather Service customers said....*
* “**Perhaps an automated email system for flooding hazards could be available at a nominal cost.“*
* “**Is it possible to setup in my email notifications for the Turtle River?  We go into a flooding procedure at various stages of the watch/warning system.”*
* “**Do you offer an email or cell phone notification when the James River in Richmond will reach flood stage?”*

**Main Page: http://www.weather.gov/ahps/rss/**

***AHPS RSS Feeds based on algorithms developed by the Delaware River Basin Commission for its Automated Email Flood Warning System.***

***AHPS RSS Feeds utilizes the AHPS XML files developed by Mark Fenbers/OHRFC.***
***RSS Feeds can be selected via “RSS” tag below every hydrograph on the left hand side.***

**AHPS RSS users can select three feed options**
-  Observations
-  Forecasts
-  Alerts
**AHPS RSS users can select geographic areas**
-  Entire state (will include neighboring states gauges)
-  Listing for individual counties – by river alphabetically
-  Individual gauge locations

**How do we build the AHPS RSS feeds?**
- 23 WFOs generate the xml data
- Xml files are rsync to ER web farm
- Information collected from AHPS CMS
**RSS Algorithms process information:**
-  Check if location is set to Out of Service in AHPS CMS
-  Check if location is a forecast point
-  Check if location data observation data are new
-  Check if forecast data are older than 24 hours
-  Check if alert message should be generated based on observed and forecast data
-  Etc.

- Any questions: _[laurie.hogan@noaa.gov](mailto:laurie.hogan@noaa.gov)_
- Phone: 631-244-0114

**Email Applications**
-  Thunderbird
-  Microsoft Outlook 2007
**Browsers **
-  Internet Explorer 7
-  Firefox + Sage
-  Opera
**Subscribe to a RSS Feed Service**
-  Squeet
-  Feedblitz

**The “Short” List of RSS Readers/Tools**
** ***(Or search for “RSS Readers” in any Internet search engine)*

**Special thanks to John Bollinger and Orion Network Solutions, Inc. for their outstanding efforts in working with ER HSD on this project.**

**Example: Alert RSS Feed for TACN4 **
# Presentation: 253714

## FutureCoast

**Assessing the Nation’s Coastal Vulnerability in a Warming World**
- Preparing for Hollandization of the Nation’s coastal cities; vulnerable critical infrastructure
- Basis for developing scenarios for vulnerability of coastal urban areas (e.g. Cook Inlet, SF Bay Delta, Galveston Bay, Miami, Chesapeake, NYC)
- Forecasting coastal change, impacts to barrier islands, wetlands/ecosystem impacts, water supply vulnerability, seismic vulnerability, landslide susceptibility (including offshore)

## Partnerships

- Joint initiative with US Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA, USFWS, Navy
- Bureau-wide effort includes support for BRD, Geography, WRD and GIO
- University partnership for economics, population dynamics, landslide hazard, geologic mapping
- Regional supporters include Congressional Coastal Alliance, Gulf of Mexico Alliance, NE Region Ocean Council, Tri-State Alliance, Houston-Galveston Subsidence District, and other states and localities

**Partnerships**

## $50M Initiative Budget

**Coastal impacts ($28M)**
-   3M Establish sea-level curves/coastal inundation
-  4M Seismic vulnerability, liquefaction
- 10M Geologic strip-mapping across coastal interface (includes high-res. bathymetric LiDAR)
-  10M Partners (internal & external)
**Monitoring Network Modernization ($20M)**
- 10M NVEWS (IT infrastructure and 3 volcanoes/yr)
- 10M ANSS - 5 cities over two years
**Data Integration ($2M)**
-  2M to GIO for accelerated program
# Presentation: 797195

## Optimization Modeling Assistant (OMA)Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., College Station, Texas

- Innovation
- The Optimization Modeling Assistant (OMA) is a knowledge-based software tool that facilitates optimization model development.  OMA provides intelligent assistance for developing optimization models from structured domain descriptions.  The intended users of the tool include domain experts who are unfamiliar or novice at using optimization  techniques to solve their problems.

- Accomplishments
-   - A prototype OMA was delivered to NASA.
-   - A part of OMA has been commercialized (as part of the ProSimTM simulation tool).
-   - OMA components have also been deployed at Tinker Air Force Base.
-   - OMA improves the capability of domain experts to provide accurate descriptions of   	their systems, situations, or problems;
-  -  improves the productivity of experienced optimization analysts in technique selection, 	model design, and execution;
-  - facilitates effective communication between domain experts and optimization analysts;
-  - 	automates the design of executable optimization models.

- Commercialization
- Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI), of College Station, Texas has commercialized part of the Optimization Modeling Assistant (OMA) within its ProSim (TM) simulation tool.
-  KBSI is a dynamic analysis, modeling, and systems software development company specializing in business redesign and corporate integration software and services.
- -  KBSI believes that the OMA will result in an increase in the use of optimization models in solving various manufacturing, operations planning, logistics, scheduling, and business engineering problems.
- - ProSimTM is marketed as a state-of-the-art process modeling tool that can visually capture corporate knowledge of key processes and allows the user to create animated simulations and visualizations of workflow, index the distributed corporate information sources with a process knowledge map, publish the knowledge base on the World Wide Web, package and distribute standardized process knowledge with the ProSimTM viewer, and show cross organization processes with swimlanes.

- Government/Science Applications
-  - OMA developed under a Small Business Innovation Research  	(SBIR) contract with NASA at Kennedy Space Center.
-  ProSimTM  has been used at KSC for modeling Shuttle flow 	processes. The process modeling results are useful for process re- design, activity based costing, simulation, and training.
-  OMA optimization tools are currently targeted for integration with 	the KSC Spaceport Systems Processing Model.
-  Other federal efforts are using and extending OMA at Tinker Air 	Force Base and at the Corpus Christi Army Depot.

- Points of Contact:
-    -  NASA – Timothy O’Brien  321 861-0407
-    -  KBSI  -  Perakath C. Benjamin 979 260-5274
- _[pbenjamin@kbsi.com](mailto:pbenjamin@kbsi.com)__   www.kbsi.com_
- 1997 SBIR Phase 2; NAS10-97002

- Kennedy Space Center
- Date of Update 12-15-00
- Success Story  #10-016
# Presentation: 853866

## Thermal Transport Processes (TTP) Program 

**Thermal Transport Processes (TTP) Program**** **

**Theodore L. Bergman, Program Director**
**NSF CBET November, 2008**
**(703) 292-8371**
**tbergman@nsf.gov**

## Program Scope 

**Program Scope**** **

**        ****Promote the fundamental understanding of thermal transport (heat and mass transfer) at the microscopic, mesoscopic,  and macroscopic levels for:**
**● ****conversion & conservation of thermal energy, **
**● ****synthesis & processing of materials, **
**● ****cooling & heating of infrastructure and equipment,  **
**● ****understanding thermal effects in & on biological matter,**
**● ****reducing the impact of industrial processes on the environment**
***to meet societal needs*****.**

## Representative Topics 

**Representative Topics**** **

**   ****Research, Workshops, and Supplements Involving:**
**   ● ****convection heat and mass transfer with and without phase     change,**
**   ● ****diffusion and conduction at nano- and molecular scales,**
**   ● ****radiative transfer,**
**   ● ****understanding and tailoring the thermophysical properties of   hard and soft matter,**
**   ● ****novel thermal energy conversion devices, biomedical protocols, diagnostic techniques,**
**   ● ****integration of nanoscale phenomena with system-level analysis,**
**   ● ****multimode transfer in multidisciplinary settings**

## Examples

**CAREER: Fundamental Investigation and Thermal-Electrical Control of Ion, Fluid, and Biomolecular Transport through Nanochannels**
**(*****Deyu Li, Vanderbilt University*****)**

**Transport through nanochannels:**
**of fundamental significance to *****biophysics***
**important for making ultra-sensitive *****single molecule sensors***
***rich phenomena***** including overlapped electric double layers (low electrolyte concentrations) and enhanced near-wall viscous resistance (high electrolyte concentrations)**

## Examples

**Examples**

**CAREER: Microscale Two-Phase Zeotropic Flow in Energy Systems**
**(*****Laura Schaefer, U. Pittsburgh*****)**

**Realistically simulates 3-D micro- to macroscopic multi-component, multi-phase systems**
**Simultaneously incorporates pressure and temperature gradients, body forces, and temperature gradients for density ratios up to 1000:1**
**Parallelization over multiple graphic processor units greatly reduces solution times and costs**

## Examples

**Examples**

**CAREER: Enhanced Two-phase Thermal Management Using Self-Sustained Flow Oscillations at the Microscale****                    ****	****           (*****Vinod Narayanan, Oregon State University*****)**

**Benefits:**** **
**Energy-efficient, high heat flux  thermal management**
**Approach:**** **
**Whole-field imaging experiments and modeling**

**Hypothesis:**
**Passively generated jet  flow oscillations at targeted frequencies can enhance phase-change heat transfer rate**
# Presentation: 719395

## Proton Source Shutdown Work Summary

- Major:
- ORBUMP/400 MeV
- Install new ORBUMP magnets and power supply
- Rearrange injection girder and 400 MeV line
- Dump relocation
- Move Booster dump, which is currently at Long 13, to the MI-8 line
- Rework interlocks to allow to run there with MI in access
- Use for test pulses and short batching
- Significant:
- Install new water manifolding in Booster
- Preparation for new corrector system in 2007 and 2008
- 400 MeV line power supplies
- Replace unreliable “Power 10” supplies with superior Lambda supplies
- Replace a number of badly spec’ed supplies with more appropriate ones.

## Shutdown Work Summary (cont’d)

- Minor:
- Prep chopper area for MTA beam line
- Move quad
- Install some new vacuum hardware
- Install beam stop in 750 keV line
- Will allow ion source to run with Linac in access
- New collimator in tank 1
- Replace existing manual collimator with motorized one with more granularity in the aperture size.

##  ORBMP/Injection Modification

- New Booster Injection - ORBMP Girder & PS
- A simplified 3 Bump injection scheme
- Septa Magnet not required
- Better Lattice Match
- Alignment of Circulating beam with Injected beam
- New ORBMP ps and magnets that can run at 15 Hz
- Present system limited to 7.5 Hz due to heating

- Circulating Beam

- Circulating Beam

**Present Injection Girder**

**New Injection Girder**

- Septa

- Injected Beam

- Foil

- Foil

- Injected Beam

- Provided by Jim Lackey and Fernanda Garcia

## 400 MeV Line Modifications

- Current Scheme

- New Scheme

- Booster

- New 400 MeV Injection Layout

- ORBMP Girder

- ORBMP MAGNETS

- Provided by Jim Lackey and Fernanda Garcia

## Booster Dump Relocation

## Additional Booster Work

- Install water manifold connections at 48 sub-periods in preparation for corrector upgrades in 2007 and 2008 shutdowns.
- Est. ~300 hours over 37 days
- Upgrade DC power supplies for 400 MeV line
- Total of 31 DC supplies replaced in 400 MeV line
- For the most part, this uses different people than all the other work.

## Q74 Move 

- Move Q74 10” upstream to make room for bending C magnet to be used for MuCool/diagnostic beam extraction
- Install Y pipe at downstream end of chopper
- Est.  2 days

- Quad to be moved 10” upstream

- BLD – will be removed to make space for quad

## Slide 8

## Other Linac Projects

- 750 keV line beam stop
- To allow ion source to run with Linac in access
- Est. 1 day
- Tank 1 collimator upgrade
- Motorize collimator
- Replace collimator wand with one that has finer gradation of hole sizes.
- Est. 2 days

## Organization	

- Rich Andrews
- Shutdown Coordinator
- Booster alignment liaison
- Fernanda Garcia
- Coordinate 400 MeV Line/ ORBUMP work
- Bill Pellico
- Coordinate Dump Relocation project
- Craig Drennan
- Oversee water manifold work
- Reggie Martin
- 400 MeV line power supply upgrade
- All mechanical work coordinated with Dave Augustine and mechanical support

## Planning Detail (example)

- Continued (3 more pages...)

## Overall Timetable

- ~9 weeks total, driven by 400 MeV line work
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## Environmental Remediation Sciences (SC – 23.4)

- BER Advisory Committee
- Fall 2005

## In the last 12 months......

- Personnel
- Teresa Fryberger on detail to OSTP
- Ray Wildung & Drew Tait departed
- Two additional positions established & advertised
- EMSP Subsurface callNABIR Biomolecular call
- Review of EMSL
- BERAC & SC Office of Project Assessment
- ERSD was directed to reorganize and had its FY 2006 budget reduced

## Update on budget

- $9.762 M reduction in FY 2006 eliminates all funding to SREL ($7.8M) and surficial science.
- SREL received $1M of FY 2006 funds
- PNNL receives additional $3.5M for EMSL capital equipment “from available funds”
- Environmental Remediation Research Program combines NABIR & EMSP

## SC 23.4 Long-Term Measure

- By 2015, provide sufficient scientific understanding to allow a significant fraction of DOE sites to incorporate coupled biological, chemical and physical processes into decision making for environmental remediation *and long-term stewardship*. *[NOTE: new version of goal -- OMB review pending]*

## Accomplishing through.....

- Supporting research on key DOE contaminants
- Encouraging research that addresses real-world (i.e., field-scale) issues across scales and disciplines
- Collaborating with DOE offices of:
- Environmental Management
- Legacy Management
- Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
- Encouraging PI collaboration with sites/problem holders and other federal agencies

## SC 23.4 Science Themes

## Increased emphasis on field research

## Highlights & AccomplishmentsField research

## Highlights & AccomplishmentsFundamental science

## Highlights & AccomplishmentsSite applications

## Reorganized ERSD will meet its long-term measure by:

- Supporting critical areas of science
- Integrating the research program
- Emphasizing scaling and application to field scale
- Funding research that supports ERSD long-term goal and DOE clean-up mission
- Providing annual funding opportunities for all areas within its scope
- Increasing “ceilings” on award amounts

## ERSD Integrating Vision

**Microbiology, Ecology, Geochemistry**

**Modeling & ****High-performance computing**

**Characterization & Monitoring**

**Molecular Science:****EMSL, ****Light Sources**

- Field Research

## Questions?
# Presentation: 451786

## Sight Distance and Roadway Condition

- Dan Walsh, P.E.

## Summary

- Sight distance and variable speed limit signs
- Roadway conditions
- Wet Weather Accident Reduction Program

## Interstate 35

- I-35 constructed in 1955
- No change in vertical profile
- 60 mph design speed
- Design speed is maximum safe speed
- 70 mph posted speed limit
- 74 mph 85th percentile speed

## Sight Distance

**Sight Distance**

- Roadway ahead visible to driver
- Long enough to allow a vehicle traveling at design speed to stop

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Stopping Sight Distance

- Distance traversed from object detection to stop
- Should be less than available sight distance
- 900 feet at 60 mph
- 1,293 feet at 70 mph
- Exceeds available sight distance of 732 to 767 feet

## Variable Speed Limit Signs

- Alert drivers to reduce speeds in hazardous conditions
- Increase safety
- Washington (Snoqualmie Pass)
- New Jersey Turnpike
- More cost-effective than reconstruction

## Macrotexture Pavement Depth

- Affects water drainage
- No national standards
- TxDOT research recommended 0.035 inch
- Accident site
- 0.017 to 0.018 inch in right lane
- 0.024 to 0.027 inch in left lane

## Rut Depth

- Water accumulation
- TxDOT recommends resurfacing when ruts greater than 0.5 inch
- Shallow rut depth problem
- Right wheel path: 0.25 to 0.35 inch
- Left wheel path: 0.40 to 0.42 inch
- Differing rut depths can lead to rotational forces on vehicle

## Roadway Friction

- FHWA does not specify minimum
- Texas Pavement Management Information System
- Accident site coefficient of friction 0.12 in 2000
- Half of interstates in Texas have coefficients of friction 0.26 or below
- Coefficients of friction on ice range from 0.12 to 0.25

## Texas Wet Weather Accident Reduction Program

- Identify locations overrepresented in wet weather accidents
- 5 accidents within 1/10 mile segment
- Short distance for interstate highways

## Weighted toward identifying locations in high population areas
I-35 accident location 
16 percent of accidents in wet weather
2.35 percent wet weather exposure
Poor geometry, rutting, low macrotexture, and low friction

- I-35 accident location
- 16 percent of accidents in wet weather
- 2.35 percent wet weather exposure
- Poor geometry, rutting, low macrotexture, and low friction

**Texas Wet Weather Accident Reduction Program**

## Limited guidance from FHWA
Each State has its own method
Illinois DOT relies on friction

- Each State has its own method
- Illinois DOT relies on friction

**Wet Weather Accident Reduction Program**

## Slide 15
# Presentation: 725539

## Jana Price, Ph.D.

**Statistical End Play Data Study**

## Estimating Reliability of The On-Wing End Play Measure

**Reliability: the ability of the on-wing end play measurement to yield repeatable results**
**Measures taken on consecutive occasions were correlated**
**The analysis data consisted of 852 paired measures (Time 1 and Time 2)**

## Measures of Reliability

**Correlation coefficients (r) range from –1.0 to 1.0**
**An r value near 1.0 would suggest high measurement reliability**
**Lower r values indicate less measurement reliability**

## Plot of Raw End Play Data at Time 1 and Time 2

**r = 0.553**

## End Play Differences Between Time 1 and Time 2

**End Play Differences Between ****Time 1 and Time 2**

## Estimating Validity of The On-Wing End Play Measure

**157 jackscrew assemblies were returned to Integrated Aerospace (IA)**
**IA performs a “bench-check”**
**Measures of on-wing end play and bench-checks were available for 63 jackscrew assemblies**
**NTSB analysis correlated on-wing and bench check end play measures**

## Differences Between On-Wing and Bench-Check End Play

**Differences Between On-Wing and Bench-Check End Play**

**r = 0.442**

## Conclusions

**Repeated on-wing measures show low reliability**
**Reliability is a necessary condition for an accurate measure**
**Validity analysis using on-wing and bench-check measures showed low validity**
**Based on these conclusions, NTSB recommended changes to measurement procedures**

## Slide 9

## Recommendation A-01-042

**Revise the end play check procedure ... to minimize the probability of measurement error and conduct a study to empirically validate the revised procedure against an appropriate physical standard of actual acme screw and acme nut wear.  This study should also establish that the procedure produces a measurement that is reliable when conducted on-wing**
# Presentation: 732599

## U.S. Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions

**U.S. Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions**
**2 Percent of the Inventory**

## In Contrast to Personal Vehicles, Airline Fuel EfficiencyHas Improved Substantially Since 1990

**In Contrast to Personal Vehicles, Airline Fuel Efficiency****Has Improved Substantially Since 1990**

**Fuel Efficiency Index (1990=100)**

**Cumulative Change: 1990-2007E**
**U.S. Airlines****	****+30.8%**
**U.S. Motorists****	****-4.7%**

## 2008 Jet Fuel Expense1 Will Break 2007 Record  Avg. Price Paid per Gallon (Excl. Taxes and Into-Plane Fees) Likely to Exceed $3.00

- © ATA Apr-08 --

**2008 Jet Fuel Expense****1**** Will Break 2007 Record  **Avg. Price Paid per Gallon (Excl. Taxes and Into-Plane Fees) Likely to Exceed $3.00

- Sources: ATA, Energy Information Administration, Department of Transportation

- 1. U.S. passenger and cargo airlines2. Based on $75K to employ one FTE3. Based on approx. $70M per aircraft

**Equivalent of 490,000 Airline Jobs****2**
**or 525 New Narrow-body Jets****3**

- Note: Value in parentheses below year is average price paid excluding taxes, into-plane fees, pipeline tariffs and hedging costs

## ATA’s 30% Fuel Efficiency Goal Will 

**Translate Into CO****2**** Savings**

## CO2 Saved Under ATA And NextGen Initiatives

**(As if NextGen Implemented in X Year)**
# Presentation: 708074

## Slide 1

## HUD’s Homeless Budget

**FY 2002 - $1.123B**
**FY 2003 - $1.225B**
**FY 2004 - $1.325 (request)**

## Definition of Chronic Homelessness

**“****An unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition who either:**

**  ****has been continuously homeless for **
**   ****1 year or more **_**or**_
**  ****has had at least 4 episodes of     **
**    ****homelessness in the past 3 years”**

## Ending Chronic Homelessness

**Ending chronic homelessness will require a minimum of 150,000 additional permanent supportive housing units**
**HUD’s homeless programs currently creating on average 10,000 new permanent supportive housing units**
**    ****annually**

## Actions to End Chronic Homelessness

**Use Continuum of Care to effect change**
**	****-****	****require 10 year plans**
**	****-****	****encourage use of HUD funds for ****	****housing **
**	****-****	****encourage use of mainstream services**
**	****-****	****encourage discharge planning**

## Require 10-year plans

**	****- COC goals and strategy**
**	****- Actions steps**
**	****- Progress**

## Encourage HUD Funds Used for Housing 

**	****- More housing needed**
**	****- Congressional directive: 30% for PH**
**	****- Initiatives:**
**	****	****o Housing Emphasis Points**
**	****	****o PH Bonus**

## Encourage Use of Mainstream Programs 

**	****- Narrative on systematically accessing**
**	****- Assess actual performance (APRs)**
**	****- Progress is being made!**

## Discharge Planning 

**	****- Each community must implement approach so people being discharged don’t fall into HUD and other homeless programs **

## Actions to EndChronic Homelessness

**Stimulate Innovative Solutions**
**	****-****	****“Joint Chronic Initiative” w/HHS **
**	****   ****	**** ****and VA**
**	****-   ****	****HUD/DOL “Chronic Employment **
**	****     ****	****Initiative”**
**	****-   ****	****Additional technical assistance**
**	****-   ****	****Samaritan Initiative**

## Actions to End Chronic Homelessness

**Better target mainstream **_**housing **_**resources**
**HOME**
**Housing Choice Vouchers**
**Public Housing**
**Section 811**

## HMIS

**Unduplicated count/identify characteristics/track movement**
**Resources and incentives**
**Nationals standards for comment**
**Technical assistance available**
**Progress to date**

## Growth in HMIS

**Notes:**
Here is a graphic of the progress CoC have been making in implementing an HMIS.   We expect a fairly significant increase in the implementing and selecting software categories in the 2003 competition CoC plans.
# Presentation: 548085

## Treating correlations in the combined likelihood

## Current 0-tag background estimate

- Nbg0-tag = N0-tag –	(Ntag-Nbgtag) * (Nsigtag/Nsig0-tag,21GeV)
- Trivial point: This is really a signal constraint, not a background constraint.
- Non-trivial points:
- This is taking advantage of a correlation between Nsig0-tag and Nsigtag. The likelihood should respect this correlation,  not treat the two as independent quantities (after this initial calculation).
- The last factor depends on Mtop!

## Jet cut efficiency:

ttop5l 0.547
ttopjk 0.473
ttopli 0.576
ttop6l 0.622
ttopkk 0.473
ttop7l 0.632
ttoplk 0.507
ttopmk 0.516
ttopnk 0.559
ttopok 0.558
ttoppk 0.583
ttopqk 0.588
ttoprk 0.590
ttopsk 0.582
ttoptk 0.600
ttopgk 0.429
ttopuk 0.620
ttophk 0.431
ttopvk 0.617
ttopik 0.458

- ttop5l 0.547
- ttopjk 0.473
- ttopli 0.576
- ttop6l 0.622
- ttopkk 0.473
- ttop7l 0.632
- ttoplk 0.507
- ttopmk 0.516
- ttopnk 0.559
- ttopok 0.558
- ttoppk 0.583
- ttopqk 0.588
- ttoprk 0.590
- ttopsk 0.582
- ttoptk 0.600
- ttopgk 0.429
- ttopuk 0.620
- ttophk 0.431
- ttopvk 0.617
- ttopik 0.458

- Tag ratio:
- ttop5l 0.711
- ttopjk 0.748
- ttopli 0.700
- ttop6l 0.674
- ttopkk 0.748
- ttop7l 0.728
- ttoplk 0.707
- ttopmk 0.734
- ttopnk 0.722
- ttopok 0.712
- ttoppk 0.716
- ttopqk 0.708
- ttoprk 0.671
- ttopsk 0.677
- ttoptk 0.693
- ttopgk 0.780
- ttopuk 0.700
- ttophk 0.749
- ttopvk 0.708
- ttopik 0.735

- M=130

- M=175

- M=192.5

## Likelihood parameters

**n****s****I**

**n****s****II**

**n****s****III**

**n****s****IV**

**n****b****I**

**n****b****II**

**n****b****III**

**n****b****IV**

**M****top**

- IndependentConstraints(Could includesome correlations)

- No constraint

- Correlatedthrough tagefficiencies,acceptances.

- Can be 1 parameter, Nsig,with four efficiencies.Efficiencies depend on Mtop!!!

## Advantages of changing likelihood

- Correctness: what we do now with 0-tag “background” is wrong—can give wrong answer.
- More powerful: after removing incorrect assumptions, reintroducing what we know about correlations can only improve the measurement.
- Of course, these are probably not large effects. But hard to know without trying. Plus might as well do it right.
# Presentation: 157395

## Networks: Advanced WAN{50.02.10.05}

- Networks Projects Briefing
- 12/17/03
- Phil DeMar; Donna Lamore
- Data Comm. Group Leaders

## StarLight Link Deployment

- Fiber:
- ComEd fiber additional buildout rumored to be done:
- But path splicing won’t start until contract is signed
- FNAL (FCC to Kautz Rd substation) fiber is installed:
- Several splices need to be redone
- NU fiber segment (800’) exists, but no lease agreement
- All fiber segments will need to be spliced together when contracts are signed

## StarLight Legal Issues 

- Verbal agreement on StarLight co-lo space:
- But nothing in writing back from NU yet...
- Agreement on use of NU fiber is less well defined:
- No-cost lease being discussed; but FNAL would be responsible for ‘provisioning’ of fiber
- Apparently hard to get responses from NU on this issue
- Fiber lease agreement w/ ComEd mostly in place:
- Working on Ts & Cs for optical repeater option

## StarLight Link Rollout Plans

- Fiber characterization study once contiguous fiber in place
- WDM equipment procurement after characterization study is completed
- Router procurement once optical equipment procurement is understood
- May attempt to initially use fiber link with 1Gb/s GBICs
# Presentation: 249784

**November, 2006**

- MTAC
- Workgroup 99
- Streamline Acceptance / Verification of Periodicals and 	Postage Payment Postage in *P**ostal**O**ne**!*

## Process review

- Step 1: Mail.dat used for Verification and Payment
- Step 2: Bookweight Final
- Step 3: Ad % Final
- Step 4: Marked “ready to pay” and DMU Finalizes Postage Statements
- Consolidated Postage at Issue Level
- Shorter Time Line

## Highlights of Achievements

- Book Weights
- Defined a process for capturing book weights
- Defined a process to communicate weights to stakeholders (publishers)
- Standardized usage of fields in mail.dat
- Modified mail.dat Specification to support equivalent weight books
- Created a worksheet for DMU Clerks
- Ad Percentage Capture
- Defined a process for publishers to input advertising percentage via PostalOne!
- Defined a process to communicate advertising percentage to pertinent stakeholders

## Highlights of Achievements

- Payment
- Defined 2 approaches for payment
- Debit at each container ship date
- Consolidate across shipments within a plant
- Establish a profile for CPP customers
- Reports
- Defined an approach to present consolidated reports with drill capabilities per issue
- Auditors
- Obtained concurrence on process from BPA/ABC
- Delegation approach for Auditors to view reports

## Next Steps

- Periodicals Postage enabled via Mail.dat in *PostalOne!*
- Enhancements in *PostalOne!* 11.0 (Dec. 2006)
- Pay Standard Mail Rates during Pending Period
- Postage Statement details (Frequency, # of Automation Rate Pieces, # of Carrier Route Pieces etc)
- Detail Reports (Version Summary – name, description, weight, #, advertising percentage)
- Support Enclosures

## Next Steps

- Sunset Group
- Transition to *PostalOne!* User Group
- Subgroup for Periodicals
- Complete requirements & design for CPP mailers
- Deploy in future release of PostalOne!
- Complete Mail.dat Specification Support
- Version Identifier
- Weight Equivalent Components
- Verification Date Request
- Ready to Accept Status

## Benefits & Vision Slide

- PostalOne! automatically consolidates Postage Statements to Issue level
- Furthers the characteristics of a true end-to-end electronic workflow
- Postage Statement Detail (edition and entry level) available in PostalOne!
- Postage is credited to the correct finance number and CAPS account
- Certified by audit bureaus
- Available to anyone in your organization who is authorized to view data