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# Presentation: 147179

## CSP: Concentrating Solar PowerA Technology SnapshotAugust 13, 2001

- Randy Gee
- Duke Solar Energy
**Raleigh, NC**

## Concentrating Solar Power 

**Concentrating Solar Power**** **

## Who makes up the CSP industry?

-  Comprised of  >18 companies who design, sell, own, and/or operate energy systems and power plants based on the concentration of solar energy.

-  Includes equipment manufacturers , project developers, independent power producers, and others

-  Four of the 18 are “Fortune 500” Companies

***The CSP industry in the US is taking vigorous steps to accelerate commercialization of the technologies.***

## Concentrating Solar Power is ...

-  Proven, reliable technology
- 354 MW operating successfully over 10 years
-  Dispatchable
- Using thermal storage or hybrid operation
- Competitively priced solar power
- As low as $.10/kWh
-  A near-term solution

## CSP: Reliable and Dispatchable

- Kramer Junction SEGS On-Peak Capacity, %
- 					Courtesy of KJCOC

## CSP  Current Project Activity

-  CSP industry investment $ 90 to $ 100 million 	(excludes project equity and other financing)
-  Projects Locations
**Dish Stirling**: UNLV
**Building Integration Projects**: NV, NC,and SC
**Power Towers**: 10 MW Solar Tres, Spain
**Trough**: 50 MW Greece, 50 MW Spain, 100 MW S. Africa, 178 MW ISCCS Morocco, 135 MW ISCCS India, 140 MW ISCCS Mexico, 140 MW ISCCS Egypt, 40 MW Italy
**All**: Portfolio Standards in AZ, NV
- Short term Goals
- 1000 MW grid connected and 5 million square feet of building-integrated systems

## Building-Integrated Power Roof TM

**High-concentration collector also serves as roofing skin.**

***Building-Integrated Power Roof *****TM**

**	****Under Construction in Raleigh, North Carolina**

## Market Status

- The commercialization path may be described in five phases:

**Conclusion:** Market expansion and market acceptance lie ahead for all CSP technologies, with troughs closer to that stage. Structured programs are needed to move CSP technologies through these last three phases.
- Courtesy: Dr. Fred Morse, Morse Associates, *The Commercial Path Forward For CSP Technologies*
# Presentation: 010402

## EIDs across TAXA

**Humans**
**Wildlife**
**Forests**
**Coral/Seagrasses**
**Fish & Marine Mammals**

- Coral Reefs
- Forest Fragments & Fires
- Coastal Wetlands
- Montane Regions
- Arctic Ringed Seals & Polar 			Bears

_**Climate Change & Habitat **_

## ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS

***      ******r*****-strategists **
***	***
***       ******K-*****strategists **
**	****	**

- Wastes

- Resources

## AGRICULTURAL PESTS & 

_**EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS**_

**FLOODS ****	****	**** Fungi**
**DROUGHT ****	**
**Aphids**
**Whiteflies – *****Geminiviruses ***
**Locust**

## Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

_**Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome**_

**1993 **_**Drought, Then Early Rains**_** **
**	****  ****10X Explosion of Mice Populations**

## T

**T**

**~1oC/C**

**~2oC/C**

**Climate Models and Potential Malaria Distribution**

- Average

- T MINIMUMS
# Presentation: 213816

## The Synthesis and Characterization of New Ferroelectric-Second-Harmonic Generating Oxide MaterialsP. Shiv Halasyamani, University of Houston: DMR-0092054

- The rational design of new solid-state materials remains a challenge for synthetic chemists. This is particularly true with non-centrosymmetric polar materials. We have developed a synthetic methodology that increases the incidence of acentricity in any new oxide to nearly 50% - far greater than the 15% observed in nature. In doing so, we have synthesized a host of new non-linear optical (NLO) materials that also exhibit ferroelectric behavior. On the right is a new NLO-piezoelectric-ferroelectric material, KNbW2O9, synthesized in our laboratory that is an extremely efficient frequency doubler as well as piezoelectric and ferroelectric.

## The Synthesis and Characterization of New Ferroelectric- Second-Harmonic Generating Oxide MaterialsP. Shiv Halasyamani, University of Houston: DMR-0092054

- Six undergraduates (Joseph Orzechowski, Jolea Bryant, Hyun-Seup
- Ra, Alex Gittens, Maria Guardiola, and Alexandra Fursina Pascaline Lauriol, Angelica Torres, Mary Elhardt, one graduate student (Yetta Porter), and three post-doctoral associates (Kang Min Ok, Eunok Chi, and T. Sivakumar) contributed to this work. Dr. Porter is currently on staff at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Dr. Ok is currently a post-doctoral associate with Prof. O’Hare (Oxford University)

**Outreach:**
- The PI is actively involved in both the NSF-REU summer program as well as the NSF-Solid State Chemistry Program. Students involved in the former are Cinttya Chavez, Francisco Escobedo, Jolea Bryant, and Maria Guardiola whereas with the latter program, Joseph Orzechowski participated. The majority of the students are from under-represented groups. The PI is also the Graduate Chairman for the Department of Chemistry.

**The Synthesis and Characterization of New Ferroelectric- Second-Harmonic Generating Oxide Materials**P. Shiv Halasyamani, University of Houston: DMR-0092054
# Presentation: 380720

## Collaborative Research: Multi-Photon Phosphors Based on Vacuum Ultraviolet Excitation R. S. Meltzer, University of Georgia (DMR-0305400)

- Efforts are underway to develop a new generation of mercury-free fluorescent lamps with improved efficiency. A near unity quantum yield has been demonstrated using photon cascade emission (PCE) of Gd3+ sensitized by VUV excitation of the self-trapped exciton (STE) in ScBO3. In PCE an ion decays in a sequential two-step decay thereby emitting two photons for each photon absorbed (quantum splitting). The figure shows the STE emission of pure ScPO4(red curve) at 210 nm.  In Gd-doped ScPO4 (blue curve) the STE emission is almost absent in favor of emission from the 6G and 6P states of Gd3+. The 6G state emits sequentially a red (600 nm) and UV(313 nm) photon.  The total quantum yield is 1 photon out for each input photon. While this still lies below the desired value of at least 1.5 it demonstrates a new route to efficiently populate the 6G state of Gd3+ for quantum cutting application either through PCE or, alternatively, a cross relaxation energy transfer scheme.

## Collaborative Research: Multi-Photon Phosphors Based on Vacuum Ultraviolet Excitation R. S. Meltzer, University of Georgia (DMR-0305400)

- 	Two Ph.D. students and two visiting scholars, Professor Hyo Jin Seo (Pukyong National University, Korea) and Dr. Sergey Feofilov, (Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia), are currently involved with this project.  This research provides an opportunity for the students to gain expertise in phosphor development and to acquire the fundamental concepts in the optical properties of solids, especially those of rare earth doped insulators which form the basis for many phosphors. The training includes the gamut of techniques involved in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectroscopy. Close cooperation in this project with scientists at Osram Sylvania allow students to understand the interfacing of research and development in an industrial setting.  Collaborating in this project is Professor Keszler’s group at Oregon State University; they design and produce the phosphors used in this effort.  Students at the two Universities see first hand the synergy necessary to develop new materials.

- Mr. Zhou, a Ph.D. graduate student, and
- Dr. Feofilov, a visiting scientist, are shown  operating the VUV spectroscopy system.
# Presentation: 687083

## Vilma Schifano-Milmoe

- Acting Superintendent
- Emergency Management InstituteFederal Emergency Management Agency
- Welcome to the Conference
- 2008 National Preparedness Directorate Training and Exercise Conference

## Partnerships for Success

-   Welcome to Participants – 189 registered attendees
-    25th Training and Exercise National Conference hosted by EMI
-   Training and Exercise – STO/ETO and SAA Representatives
-   Theme for each day of the conference
- Monday      – 	Integration/Collaboration
- Tuesday      – 	NIMS/NRF
- Wednesday – 	National and State T/E Implementation
- Thursday    – 	Lessons Learned

## Partnerships for Success

-   Purpose of the conference
-   Updates from National Program Offices
-   States sharing ideas and practices
-   Share Fair – K Bldg today
- FEMA’s training partners
- DHS Science and Technology
- EMI
- NFA
- PREPnet

## Partnerships for Success

-  Follow up on last year’s conference
-  Field Delivered Course Working Group (“G Code” Working Group)
- Led by Tom Gilboy, EMI Training Specialist, Preparedness Section
- Second National Conference Meeting held this week
- $500k obtained to update select “G Code” courses
-  NRF Training Development
- Breakout session during conference (Al Fluman/John Peabody)
- Online training
- State NRF IEMCs

## Partnerships for Success

-  State Director’s Training Course
- Pre-course webinars
- Collaboration with NEMA
-   HSEEP Training Program (breakout session during conference)
-   COOP Certificate Program (breakout session during conference)
-   EMI Higher Education Program and Conference
-   EMI Branch Updates

## Partnerships for Success

-   EMI International activities
-   NIMS Training Workgroup
- Joint EMI/NFA
-   EMI schools program expanding
-   Internships at EMI

## Partnerships for Success

-   EMI Process Improvements
- Curriculum Management System
- Admissions policies
- Course Cancellations and Marketing
- EMI Training Opportunity
- EMI Training Bulletin
- Use of GOVDelivery list serve
- Disaster Workforce Initiatives
-   National Preparedness Town Hall Meeting
- Closing session - NPD open panel

## Partnerships for Success

- QUESTIONS

- Questions
# Presentation: 398069

## Colorless, Atomic Oxygen Resistant Polymers for Space Applications Triton Systems, Inc.Chelmsford, MA

**Innovation**
- Invented a new space durable thermal control film for spacecraft thermal control application.

**Accomplishments**
- Thermal control films exhibit outstanding combination of thermal-optical properties and are more space durable than their competing counterparts in use.
- Triton has formed a major partnership with a key manufacturer with ~$1M of total matching funds offered by this partnership.
- Triton has invested in excess of $500K of its own funds to commercialize this technology.
- Triton’s industrial partner has invested about $500K of in-kind matching funds to commercialize this technology.
**Commercialization**
- Product name:  PAE-TOR and PAE-COR Polymers
- Triton has four US Patents and patent applications.
- The primary target/potential market sector is its use in the thermal management of spacecrafts including emerging ComSats.
- Product is currently offered for sale.  Advertisements are being placed in leading space publications.
- PAE-TOR and PAE-COR offer exceptional resistance to the harsh space environment.  No other competing polymeric material offers similar combination of properties.

**Government/Science Applications**
- PAE-TOR and PAE-COR have already found applications in several space missions.  The most near term application is the expected flight of the material as a protective coating for ProSEDS electrodynamic tether project managed by MSFC.  These materials are also strong candidates for inflatable structures.
- If used as expected, the service life of most spacecraft surfaces in low earth orbit (LEO) could be extended by a factor of two.  This step alone will save millions of dollars.

- PAE-TOR and PAE-COR Thermal Control Films

- Points of Contact:
-    -  NASA (Denise Swain; 256/544-8112)
-    -  Triton Systems, Inc. (Ross Haghighat; 978/250-4200)
- 1994 SBIR Phase 2; NAS8-40635

- Marshall Space Flight Center
- Date of Update:	1/5/99
- Success Story #:	8-029
# Presentation: 151867

## Section 6

_***Section 6***_
***Staffing and Experience***

*** ******. . . Dale Schulz***
*EO-1 Project Manager*

## Changes Since March Red Team Review

***Changes Since March Red Team Review***

***Project***
***Lost our Mission Systems Engineer***
*Initial replacement did not work out*
*In process of hiring an experienced Systems Engineer with data processing expertise*
***Mission Business Manager replaced***
*Dave Baden replaced Tim Klein*
***Spacecraft***
***Lead Propulsion Engineer and Launch Site Coordinator underwent a serious operation***
*Two part-time contractors hired*
*Other staff members assuming additional duties*
***Hyperion***
***Project Manager returned with some of the Development Team to support T/V II***
# Presentation: 454811

## Committed to 

**Drive Clean and Green across Missouri**

- Committed to
- Living Green and Sustainability
- in our Community

## Slide 2

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Slide 7

## Slide 8

## Scott Air Force Base

**Scott Air Force Base**

**Landfill**

**Fort Lenord Wood**

**Airport**

## WHEN YOU THINK TRUCKS,THINK GRANTHAM.
We have the trucks you need for every job. From dumps and flats to roll-offs, tanks, and lowboys you can rely on Grantham’s well-maintained equipment and skilled drivers.
Located in central Illinois, we offer convenient trucking services to and from river, rail, and job site. We tailor our services to give you more options and better solutions-at a reasonable price. Think customer tailored service— think Grantham.

- We have the trucks you need for every job. From dumps and flats to roll-offs, tanks, and lowboys you can rely on Grantham’s well-maintained equipment and skilled drivers.
- Located in central Illinois, we offer convenient trucking services to and from river, rail, and job site. We tailor our services to give you more options and better solutions-at a reasonable price. Think customer tailored service— think Grantham.

- C. Grantham Company is operating its entire fleet on B100 soy
- biodiesel produced at the Midwest Biodiesel Products, Inc. plant.
- 120 tractors and 25 off-road used 648,603 GGE in 2006.

## Kevin Herdler

**Executive Director**
**345 S. Fillmore Ave**
**Kirkwood, MO 63122**
**314-822-5831**
_**herdlekc@kirkwoodmo.org**_
**www.stlcleancities.org**
# Presentation: 706204

## ILLINOIS NURSING HOME INITIATIVE

**Mike Connors**
**Regional Administrator**
**Region V - Chicago**

**ILLINOIS NURSING HOME INITIATIVE**

- September 16, 2003

## OSHA’s Approach to 

**OSHA’s Approach to **
**Ergonomics**

**• ****Guidelines**
**• ****Enforcement**
**• ****Outreach and Assistance**
**• ****National Advisory Committee**

## Illinois Health Care Summit

**Illinois Health Care Summit**
**November 2002**
**Barriers to Safe Resident Handling in Nursing Homes**

## GROUPS PARTICIPATING

**GROUPS PARTICIPATING**

| OSHA | Illinois Department of Public Health |
| --- | --- |
| Abbott Labs | Illinois Health Care Association |
| Food and Commerical Workers Union | Legal Assistance Foundation |
| Illinois Citizens for Better Care | Life Services Network |
| Illinois Council on Long Term Care | University of Illinois - Chicago |
| Illinois Department of Aging |  |

## SUMMIT - TASK

**SUMMIT - TASK**

**• ****Identify Barriers**
**• ****Define Priorities**
**• ****Compile Effective, Feasible and Appropriate             Solutions**

## BARRIERS IDENTIFIED

**BARRIERS IDENTIFIED**

**• ****Management Commitment**
**• ****Training and Staff Compliance**
**• ****Resident Needs**
**• ****Equipment**

## ACTIVITIES TO DATE

**ACTIVITIES TO DATE**

**• ****Summit**
**• ****Follow-Up/Working Group Meetings**
**• ****Meeting with IDPH**
**• ****Georgetown Project**
**• ****Tabor Hills Video **
**• ****Workbook ****(English & Spanish)**
**• ****Training Seminars**
**• ****Best Practices**

## NEXT STEPS 

**NEXT STEPS**** **

***GET THE WORD OUT!***

**Conferences/Seminars Coming Soon**
**  ****Owners/Administrators**
**  ****Healthcare Staff**

**We Need Your Support and Participation!**

## SOURCES OF HELP

|    Local OSHA Offices:

Calumet City – (708) 891-3800
Aurora – (630) 896-8700
Des Plaines – (847) 803-4800
Peoria – (309) 671-7033
Fairview Heights– (618) 632-8612
 |          Consultation 
Illinois On-Site Consultation Dept. Of Commerce State of Illinois Center 100 W. Randolph, Suite 3-400 Chicago, IL 60601 Ph.:(312) 814-2337 Fax (312) 814-7238  |
| --- | --- |
| 

         Web Site
   http://www.osha.gov |        Publications |

## COMMON 

**COMMON **
**GOAL**

**• ****Good Business**
**• ****Keeps Employees Safe and Healthy**
**• ****Residents Benefit**

** ****Fewer Injuries and Illnesses**

## Thank you for your interest in health and safety!

**Thank you for your interest in health and safety!**
# Presentation: 401635

## Transportation in Rural Communities

- Rural Health Network Grantee Conference Call
- January 26, 2005

## BACKGROUND

- Federal Consultation to Assist in Business Plan
-              Creation of Transportation Task Force
- Identification of:
-  What Exists
- Eligibility and Geographical Barriers Associated with Funding

## RESULTS OF TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION

-  Identification of Gap
-  Creation of Service Triage (Time and Cost)
-  Referral Procedures
-  Identification of 2 Possible Solutions

## SHARING SEATS

-  24 Hr. Advanced Reservation
-  Barrier with Regulations Tied to Funding

## FAITH-BASED PARTNERSHIP

- Assurance of Triage (True Need)
- Tracking through ASP
-  Fuel and Maintenance: Ministerial Alliance
-  Driver and Vehicle: Lighthouse Missionary
-  $5 per Rider (120 miles)

## Veteran (VA)

62+ (Council on Aging)

Job Program/In-Parish Public Transit (CAA)

Disabled (BIMS)

Local Churches

- 62+ (Council on Aging)
- Job Program/In-Parish Public Transit (CAA)
- Disabled (BIMS)
- Local Churches

**Triage Procedures**

## Don’t Miss 
the
Opportunity

**the**
**Opportunity**

## ByNet

**Chronic Disease Management/ Prevention                                        **-Informative Packets                                -Support Groups                                      -Community Classes
**Patient Responsibility ****                              **     -Fitness/Medication Compliance

** **
**SCREENINGS/ VACCINATIONS**
- -i.e. Blood Pressure Checks,       Diabetes Testing, Flu Shots

** ****ENROLLMENT**
**Health Plans                                            **-i.e. Medicaid, Medicare,                           QMB, LaChip, VA
**Assistance Programs****                                   **-i.e. Medication Assistance, Food for Seniors, Utility Assistance, Care for the Caregiver

** **
**AWARENESS/  ADVOCACY**
- -Community Involvement/Ownership,             -State Partnerships,                                        -Policy Change

**ByNet**

## INFORMATION & HELP CENTERSSINGLE POINTS OF ENTRY

**ByNet’s Main Site**
**                               ****Franklin Foundation                   **
**                                  ****Hospital ED**
** ****St. Mary Parish Library **

## ADDITIONAL POINTS OF CONTACT

**Office of Public Health**
**Federally Qualified Health Center**
**Two Federally Qualified Health Center Extension Sites**
**Tribal Clinic**
**One Church**
**One National Faith-Based Organization**
**AARP**
**Two Civic Centers**
**One Neighborhood Center (CAA)**

## SUCCESS to DATE

-  147 Residents Ineligible for Existing Services Transported to Medical Care (March 04)
- Request from LA-DHH Secretary to Participate in Solution for Perceived and Legitimate Barriers through Guidelines

## Lessons from the Front Line

- This Ain’t New Hampshire
- Turf Always Exists
- Success Comes with Persistence and Belief
- What We All Have in Common-- a _Solution!_
# Presentation: 679571

## Interoperability

- ITIAS

## Who are we?

- The ITIAS is a technology committee comprised of technology vendors and government organizations working in conjunction with the Alliance to establish interoperability standards for the Building Regulatory Process (BRP).
- The Alliance is a consortium formed in 2001 by government officials and the construction and information technology communities to strengthen public safety and the economy by streamlining building regulatory processes through greater and more effective use of information technology.Partners in the Alliance include: U. S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, National Governors Association, American Institute of Architects, International Alliance for Interoperability, Council for Excellence in Government, National Association of State Chief Information Officers, and 38 other organizations representing the construction community and federal, state and local governments.

## The situation...

- Silos & Interfaces
- Different systems
- Redundant information
- Expensive interfaces to setup & maintain
- Vendor upgrades
- Lack of IT guidance & best practices for the industry
- Funding, funding, funding.

## Our approach...

- Unify under a standard of standards
- Standardizing systems is NOT a goal
- Standard database, fields or systems design
- K.I.S.S. & extensible
- Provide education & tools for support
- Aggressive promotion of common procurement guidelines

## Proposed Interoperability...

- Level 1: The ability to store REScheckTM & COMcheckTM reports in a vendor’s recordkeeping system.  This report and any subsequent revisions would be properly archived in the recordkeeping system.
- Level 2: The ability to provide a mobile inspection capability from the report checklist and capture results from the check list.  The results would be recorded as inspection items indicating pass or fail in the recordkeeping system.  These results would be available as inspection history.
- Level 3: The ability to send check list results back to the DOE for national reporting and statistical analysis as a report or a web service call.

## Level 1 Interoperability...

-    Internet

- Energy Codes
- Internet Server

- Your
- Permitting
- System

- Report
- (PDF or XML)

- Image Archive
- (PDF or XML)

## Questions?

- _[www.itias.org](http://www.itias.org/)_
- paul@mobilehwy.com
# Presentation: 774006

## High Temperature Gallium Nitride-BasedSensors and ElectronicsATMI, Inc.Danbury, CT

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- Developed high quality GaN on SiC.
- Developed the growth technology of MIS capacitors and MISFETs on GaN using an insulating AIN epitaxial layer.
- Developed an x-ray simulation program for hexagonal lattice materials.
**COMMERCIALIZATION**
- GaN epitaxial films on SiC have been made commercially available with the support of the SBIR program. ATMI has also developed and patented processes that allow the manufacture of high purity GaN wafers 50mm and larger in diameter. Based on recent epitaxy and substrate successes, ATMI has committed significant additional funding for continued development and pilot manufacturing capacity.
- Jointly developing with an industrial partner a high temperature piezoelectric sensor module to measure gas pressure in high temperature engines.
- Several jobs created to support this new technology.

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation**
**R****esearch**

- 1994 Phase II 1/3/01; SS5-009

**Goddard Space Flight Center**

**INNOVATION**

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
- ATMI has recently been awarded contracts totaling nearly $4M from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Ballistic Missile Defense Operation (BMDO) to further develop GaN wafers for electronic and                                               optoelectronic devices.
- GaN materials are key to the development of amplifiers operating at > 350 degrees C.  The amplifiers are the basis for various applications not currently accessible using Si-based electronics such as in aircraft engine sensors, and ground-vehicle motor control.

- Points of Contact:
- 	-  NASA - Brent Mott; 301-286-7708
- 	-  ATMI - George Brandes; 203-794-1100

**GaN/AIN MISFET Structure**
**on SiC Substrates**

- GaN materials and high input impedance GaN-based MISFET amplifiers are expected to out  perform conventional silicon-based amplifiers in high temperature/harsh environment sensing applications
# Presentation: 000300

## Ballroom Dance Lessonsw/ Kelley Felix8 week class $96/Per Couple

- Waltz ,Rumba, Fox Trot, Cha-Cha, Swing, Tango, Samba

**Tuesday’s Beginner Class: Feb. 3rd – Mar. 31**
**Tuesday’s Intermediate Class: Feb. 3rd – Mar.. 31**
**Thursday’s Beginner Class: Feb. 5th –  Apr. 2nd**
**Thursday’s Advanced Class: Feb. 5th –  Apr. 2nd**

**Registration Information **281-483-0304

- Must sign Starport Release and Waiver Form before any money will be accepted.

**Specific Class Information** 281-326-0864

**Tuesday ‘s **
**Beginner : 7:00 pm**
**Intermediate: 8:00 pm**
**Thursday's**
**Beginner: 7:00 pm**
**Advanced :8:00 pm**

**“****Couples Only”**
# Presentation: 676316

## Steam Sterilizer

## Sterilizer

**Sterilizer**

## Steam Sterilizer: Principle of Operation

**Sterilization is accomplished by steam under pressure**
- 15 pounds per square inch (psi) at 121° C for 15-20 minutes usually ensures sterilization of most materials
- Time is measured once the chamber has reached 121° C
- Sterilization times may be longer if needed for TB  specimens and other materials

## Parts of Sterilizer

- Dryer Temp Control

- Temperature Control

- Function Indicator Lights TIME / DRYER/ TEMP

- Timer

- Condenser    Tank drain valve

- Condenser
- Tank drain line

- Door knob

- Pressure gauge

- T-handle Yoke Assembly

- On/Off Function Switches POWER/SLOW EXHAUST/DRYER

**Parts of Sterilizer**

## Indicator Tape for Monitoring Steam Sterilizer

- Chemically impregnated tape changes color after 15 min at 121°C
- Only assures minimal heat conditions are met
- Tape does not prove sterilization has occurred
- The 3M Attest is an example of a biological indicator

## Biological Indicators Verify Sterilization

- Provides verification that sterilization has occurred by killing of test organisms of a known high resistance
-  Biologcal indicators containing *Bacillus stearothermophilus* spores and should be placed within the sterilizer along with items to be sterilized
- Indicator is tested to confirm that test organisms were killed in sterilization process
- A daily record of temperature, time and pressure for each run of materials autoclaved should be maintained

## Cleaning the Sterilizer

- Wipe unit with a mild soap and water solution followed by rinsing
- Remove shelves to gain access to water reservoir and also scrub chamber walls
- Sponge water from the reservoir and rinse chamber thoroughly with distilled water. Replace shelf.
- For heavy stains, a non-abrasive household cleaner may be used, followed by rinsing

## Maintain a Decontamination Log

- Log information for each load of materials sterilized

## Sterilizer Monitor with a Biological Indicator

- Weekly monitoring

## Sterilizer Safety

- Improperly discarded infectious materials and discarded sharps pose a major risk

## Sterilizer Safety

- Serious burns can result from mishandling or touching the sterilizer when it is in operation or cooling down
# Presentation: 691224

## USAID Environmental Procedures (22 CFR 216)

**of an action**” applies Reg
- 216 classifications.

- Design of activity
- begins.

**Initial Environmental**
**Examination (IEE):**
- The “**orignator**
**of the action**” prepares
- the **IEE.**

***Other:***
- The “**originator of the **
**action**” prepares a
- request for:

- ”**Exemption**”
- 216.2(b) – not used yet

- ”**Environmental**
**Assesment**”  216.2(d)

- “**Negative Determination**”
- with conditions
- (minor impact)

- “**Positive Determination**,”
- (significant impact)
**“****Environmental Assess-**
**ment**” necessary

- “**Negative Determination**”
- without conditions
- “**Categorical Exclusion**”
- (no impact)

**ADS 203.3.8.7**. Activities not
- In compliance with 216 decision
-  are reported as not meeting
- targets

- Carry out the
**Environmental **
**Assessment**

- Originator of Action leads
- a **Scoping Exercise**
- for the **Environmental**
**Assessment**

- MEO & BEO
- approve?

- MEO & BEO
- approve?

- Activity begins.
- Environmental conditions,
- (mitigation), monitoring, and
- evaluation required.

- Activity begins.
- Environmental conditions,
- (mitigation), monitoring, and
- evaluation required.

- REA advises

- REA advises

- MEO & BEO
- approve?

- MEO & BEO
- approve?

- MEO & BEO
- approve?

**Note:**
**MEO**: Mission Environmental Officer
**BEO**: Bureau Environmental Officer
**REA**: Regional Environmental Advisor

- Yes

- Yes

- Yes

- No

- No

- No

- No

- No

- Yes

- Yes

**USAID Environmental Procedures (22 CFR 216)**

- Approval
- by AA &  CEQ

- Approval by
- MEO &  BEO

- REA advises

-   Data, public
- participation, etc.

- ”**Categorical Exclusion**”
- 216.2(c)

- Approval by
- MEO &  BEO

**“****Threshold**
**Decision”**

- Activity begins.
- Monitoring required

- Activity amendments
- or extensions require
- a supplemental **IEE.**
# Presentation: 506530

##  Systematic Jet Study in Heavy Ion Collisions in ATLAS 

- Pavel Nevski
***BNL***
- Common jet sample
- Jet DSTs
- To Do

## Jet sample

- jet samples used for Physics TDR studies
- qq->WH(120)->μνuu
- qq->WH(120)->μνbb
-    were re-simulated and mixed with HIJING events *at the same* Interaction Point position
- The idea is to study jet reconstruction and tagging performance on a jet sample with well know properties

## Analysis DSTs

- 2 * 1,500 jet are available on CERN at /castor/cern.ch/user/n/nevski/hjet
- On the second step, all reconstructed tracks in the inner tracker and calorimeter cells are written out on a DST (ZEBRA file)
- Each DST file contains 300 jet events -- hjet.002056.reco.0001.pyt_WH120_munuuu.fz hjet.002055.reco.0001.pyt_WH120_munubb.fz– etc

## Analysis example

- A trivial analysis example is prepared in /afs/cern.ch/user/n/nevski/scratch0/hjet
- Download simple.tar.gz, un-tar and look into calo_analysis.age or xkal_analysis.age
- You have Fortran access to a 3-D calorimeter matrix (η,φ,calorimeter region) or you can construct a 2-D matrix of the calorimeters of your choice
- You have Fortran access to reconstructed track

## Analysis details

- Run on any ATLAS machine:
- atlsim –b simple/analyse.kumac
- - provided a data file is linked as jets.fzd
- On other Linux machines you will need to download and un-tar a second file :
- /afs/cern.ch/user/n/nevski/scratch0/hjet/soft.tar.gz
- Data files should be copied from castor.
- For the moment they are fat (2 Gb /300 evts)
- End-cap presampler is missing

## Proposal

- The following strategy is proposed:
- Select good reconstructed tracks with a PT cut of ~ 2 GeV
- Run on them a jet finder à la LUJET
- Care should be taked for high PT (>20GeV) tracks
- Associate jet with calorimeter cells to measure jet energy
- Use calibration for a constant jet energy (~50 GeV) for background estimate and subtraction

## TO DO List

- Make calibration data from available as an external function:
- Add more regions in the crack
- Update weights for new tracker material
- Compress DSTs:
- Select only good tracks, raise threshold (?)
- Keep only MC tracks with PT > 1 GeV
- Factor ~ 4 is feasible.

## More To Do

- Enhance track reconstruction by using TRT
- Drift time measurements allow to effectively cut off the tube radius to achieve a reasonable occupancy per straw
- Using 1/10 of the straw diameter occupancy close to pp can be reached providing ~ 4 meaurements on a track in TRT
- We will make dedicated simulations to study possible TRT usage in Heavy Ions.
# Presentation: 728614

## global_CMT-10.35 runningglobal_CMT-11.00 imminent

**Elizabeth Gallas – FNAL CD**
**For the Trigger Meisters:**
**Terry Toole,Tom Diehl,Elizabeth Gallas**
***TriggerMeister Home Page***
**http://www-d0.fnal.gov/-trigger_meister/private/www/**
*** ***

- Trigger Board Meeting
- March 25, 2003

- TM Report

- March 25, 2003

## global_CMT-10.35

_**global_CMT-10.35**_
**Running since March 1, 2003 (3 weeks)**
**‘****Official’ Prescale iterations = 5.  Trying to **
**work in single muon triggers**
**utilize L1L2 bandwidth**
**Stores: 2285, 2307, 2312, 2309, 2315, 2318, 2321, ****2323, 2326, 2328, 2341, 2343 (since last TB)**
**Notable Special Runs**
**Cal_unsuppressed_test-1.10 – RECO processing requested**
**Runs 174686 (463 events), 174691 (~2000 events)**
**Jet_Gap-1.00 - Study low et and gap triggers (using CJT(2,3))**
**Runs 174651 and 174650**
**Special Runs for the next store:**
**global_CMT-10.35 with 2 streaming schemes**
**Contact:  Adam Lyon **
**Want to take this run before trigger list transition**

- TM Report

- March 25, 2003

## Store 2323

_**Store 2323**_

**Record luminsity 40E30**
**DAQ limited to about 40 Hz to tape**
**Highest luminosity prescale sets fail to utilize available L1L2 bandwidth**

- TM Report

- March 25, 2003

## Store 2326

_**Store 2326**_

**DAQ rate to tape limitation resolved**
**Thanks to GordonW, Doug, StuF, JerryG, MartinL ??? Dmitri, Alan.**

- TM Report

- March 25, 2003

## Store 2328

_**Store 2328**_

**Smooth running **

- TM Report

- March 25, 2003

## Store 2341

_**Store 2341**_

**Single muon rate fluctuation by factor of 2**
**Evidence of higher rate capability at L1 (1700 Hz)**
**L2/L3 Filters successfully moderate rate to tape**

- TM Report

- March 25, 2003

## Store 2343

_**Store 2343**_

**Most recent store**
**Better utilization of L1L2 rates**
**Still some L1 Rate fluctuations**

- TM Report

- March 25, 2003

## Looking ahead

**Rate caps remain:**
**L1 Accept rate Cap: 1100 Hz (evidence of higher rate capability)**
**L2 Accept rate Cap:  600 Hz**
**L3 Accept rate CAP: 50 Hz**
**Global_CMT-10.40 (or 11.00) – “Ready to go”**
**L1 Calorimeter (********>3.2)**
**Calorimeter Unsuppressed trigger (pending RECO test)**
**New L1muon commissioning triggers: **
**mu1pt4xlxx/1, mu1pt4wlxx_CJT5/1, mu2pt4wlxx/1.**
**Replace CJT5 with JT_8TT/1 (QCD group)**
**Replace CEM5 with EM_LO_SH_EMFR8/1 (JES group)**
**New (Higgs group): **
**3JT15_PV/1, 3JT15_L2L0_PV/1, MHT30_3CJT5/1. **
**New: EM15_2JT15_MET10/1 (top group). **
**L3MET triggers use primary vertex tool with ptcut=1 GeV. **
**New: 2MU_A_L2M0_TRK10/1, 2MU_A_L2M0_L3L15 **
**control the rate of 2MU_A_L2M0 at high lumi. **

- TM Report

- March 25, 2003
# Presentation: 795477

## Error study of non-scaling FFAG10 to 20 GeV muon ring

- Shinji Machida
- CCLRC/RAL/ASTeC
- 26 July, 2006
- _[http://](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)__[hadron](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)__[.](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)__[kek](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)__[.](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)__[jp](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)__[/](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)__[~machida](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)__[/doc/nufact/](http://hadron.kek.jp/~machida/doc/nufact/)_
- _ffag/machida_20060726.ppt & pdf_

## Definition of errors

- Alignment error
- Horizontal and vertical directions. No longitudinal or tilt.
- Assume each QD and QF are on a single support table. QD and QF are aligned (or misaligned) together.
- Alignment errors produce additional dipole kicks.
- Gradient error
- Random errors of quadrupole strength.
- Gradient errors produce additional quadrupole kicks.
- Distribution of both errors is Gaussian and there is a cut at 2 sigma.
- Use 40 seeds to see statistics.

## Tracking conditions

- Constant energy gain (independent of RF phase) per turn is assumed to avoid time of flight variation due to transverse amplitude.
- 10 to 20 GeV acceleration is finished in 17 turns.
- 30 pi mm emittance in horizontal and vertical (ellipsoidal in 4-D).
- Distribution of 500 macro particles is Waterbag.
- Nominal initial dp/p and phase spread are assumed.

## Initial matching

- Assume the distortion of beta functions are small. Particle distribution is matched unperturbed lattice function.
- To make sure the above assumption is reasonable, choose the initial tune away from half-integer resonance.
- Initial momentum
-     is 9.965 [GeV/c]
-     in the present
-     study.

## Note on initial matching

- Results presented at EPAC06 assumed initial momentum at either 9.9 or 10 [GeV/c].
- Tunes of both momentum is very close to an integer and initial matching was bad.
- With proper matching (present study), effects of errors are reduced.

- Result presented at EPAC06
- when only alignment error exists.
- Those are improved with proper
- matching.

## Loss criterion

- At every cell, calculate amplitude (single particle emittance) of each macro particle.
- If the amplitude is more than 45 pi mm (1.5 times of the initial emittance), the particle is regarded as lost.
- The “phase space collimation” concept was introduced by Meot.

## Tracking results (1)only alignment error

- No beam loss at 20 m (rms) or below.
- 50 m (rms) may be tolerable.

## Tracking results (2)only gradient error

- No beam loss at dG/G=2 x 10-4 (rms) or below.
- dG/G= 5 x 10-4 (rms) may be tolerable.

## Tracking results (3)gradient error with some alignment error

- Two kinds of errors seem to be added, not multiplied.

- 20 m (rms)

- 0 m (rms)

- 50 m (rms)

- 10 m (rms)

## Summary 

- In 10 to 20 GeV/c muon ring,
- Alignment error should be 20 to 50 m (rms) .
- Gradient error should be dG/G= 2 to 5 x 10-4 (rms)
- Requirement of gradient error may be a bit hard.
# Presentation: 418876

## AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION AND CALIBRATION OF ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETERS USING INTENSITY-STABILIZED LASERSCAMBRIDGE RESEARCH & INSTRUMENTATION, INC.  (CRI)CAMBRIDGE, MA

**    ****INNOVATION**
- Developed an improved way of calibrating the spectrometers that NASA uses for measuring ozone variations from space

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**     **

**                       ****ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- Demonstrated that stabilized lasers and a cryogenic radiometer can be used to improve calibration accuracy of UV spectrometers by a factor 5
- Developed a servo-system for intensity stabilization of laser light in ultraviolet down to wavelengths below 250 nm
**           ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Extended capability of commercial laser stabilization systems, and of commercial cryogenic radiometers, into the ultraviolet, and also to low laser brightness   levels
- Cumulative sales approach $6M, (more than 6 times the total SBIR investment)
**	****         ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
- Improved calibrations of UV spectrometers used by NASA for ozone measurements, and elsewhere in atmospherics, space physics and astrophysics
- Improved calibration by NIST and NASA for UV spectrometers that are used for monitoring ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth’s surface

**  ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS (cont’d)**
- Improved calibration accuracy of lamp sources used in laboratory, and in field calibrations of ultraviolet-measuring instruments such as spectrometers and photometers

**Goddard Space Flight Center**

- 1987 Phase II NAS5-30631, SS-127, 1/20/98

***ULTRAVIOLET CALIBRATION SYSTEM***

- Points of Contact:
- 	-  NASA - Ernest Hilsenrath; 301-286-6051
- 	-  CRI- Peter Foukal; 617-787-5700
# Presentation: 708541

## “Smart” Adhesion: Controlling Polymer Interfaces with Patterns

- Alfred J. Crosby, University of Massachusetts, DMR-0349078

- Nature has shown through examples like the gecko and lotus leaf that adhesion can be enhanced, and more importantly, tuned through the combination of geometric patterns and material properties.  Following these examples, we are exploring the fundamental relationship between material : pattern : adhesion.
- A recent highlight has been our use of the natural phenomenon of surface wrinkling (fig. a) to generate patterns that will directly control adhesion.  We not only generate stable surface wrinkles in soft, polymer surfaces, but we can readily align these wrinkles to specify function (fig. b and c).  Besides increasing adhesion by over 500%, this control of surface structure has potential to impact a wide array of applications, from sensors to optical coatings.

**References**
- Chan, E.P. and Crosby, A.J. “Spontaneous Formation of Stable Wrinkle Patterns,” *Soft Matter*, 2006, **2**, *4*, 324-328.
- Chan, E.P. and Crosby, A.J. “Fabricating Microlens by Surface Wrinkling,” submitted to *Advanced Materials*, 2006.
- Chan, E.P., Smith, E., and Crosby, A.J. “Wrinkle-enhanced Polymer Adhesion,” in preparation, 2006.

## “Smart” Adhesion: Controlling Polymer Interfaces with Patterns

- Alfred J. Crosby, University of Massachusetts, DMR-0349078

**Education Through Research**
*Total Group: 3 undergraduates (bottom right), 6 Ph.D. students, 1 post-doctoral researcher, and 3 researchers through the NSF-MRSEC Research Experience for Teachers (RET).*
- Through funding of this NSF-DMR CAREER award and supplemental funding, we provide an active environment that teaches science through research at all levels.  In particular, our RETs are currently creating curriculum tools to use our research on surface wrinkling and adhesion to teach elementary concepts of math, physics, and chemistry to middle and high school students.  This  undoubtedly will have direct impact on the inspiration and training of future materials scientists.
**Preparing Researchers Through Education**
- This grant has been used to develop a course focused on training science-related graduate students in “soft” skills and management strategies to increase success in post-graduate careers.  Topics include: leadership, proposal writing, group management, communication in diverse environments, and ethics. In Spring 2006, this course entered its third year and continues to grow in students and diversity.
**Leading with Service**
- Judge *National Undergraduate Research Conference for HBCUs*
- Recruiter *Compact for Faculty Diversity*
- Lead member *NSF-MRSEC Diversity committee*
- Member *College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Diversity Comm.*
- Member *Univ. of Mass. Community, Diversity, and Social Justice teams*
# Presentation: 947350

## Resolution of Disparate FSV Requirements

- Geoffrey D. Fuller
- Deputy Director
- NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations
- August 2005

## Agenda

- Issue
- Context
- Approach for resolution
- Results
- Return lessons to office

## Issue

- NOAA Fisheries’ lab-specific requirements for Fisheries Survey Vessels (FSV) might exceed budget limits

## Context

- The FSV class is the first new NOAA design in the agency’s history
- The four ships in the class address varying Fisheries Science Center requirements
- The first ship was designed to address the Alaska Center’s needs
- Follow ships required significant changes to accommodate the needs of different centers
- Integration of science center requirements was challenging even though all are within the same Line Office (NOAA Fisheries)

##                        Approach

- A team was established to identify
- requirements
- Scientists from affected centers
- NOAA Fisheries Science and Technology scientists
- Technology specialist
- Naval architects, shipyard production engineers
- The purpose of the effort was communicated clearly
- A schedule was established
- Frequent meetings and teleconferences were held
- The project manager held all to the team’s purpose and the schedule

## Results

- The most vital (and most expensive) change was a laboratory re-arrangement to facilitate workflow
- Solution that suited all centers required:
- A frank discussion of the needs of all centers,
- drawings of new lab arrangement concepts
- A laboratory mock-up developed earlier
- The team developed a list of prioritized changes, including the new lab arrangement common to all three centers, which was instrumental to the continuing execution of the FSV contract

## Lessons for the Office

- Establish the goal
- Think like your boss’ boss
- Establish the team
- All affected parties
- Technologist necessary to address the issue
- Support personnel
- Plan
- Communicate, communicate, communicate
- Exercise authority when necessary
- Think like your boss’ boss
# Presentation: 711181

## Fifteen Years without an IHN Outbreak at Lyons Ferry Hatchery ... Just Good Luck?

- Steve Roberts
- Fish Health Specialist
- March 2008

## Overview

- Background – Hatchery & Steelhead Stocks
- IHN Outbreaks
- IHN Virus Management
- Outcome

## Water source – wells
Four stocks of steelhead reared
Also - fall chinook, spring chinook and rainbow trout

- Water source – wells
- Four stocks of steelhead reared
- Also - fall chinook, spring chinook and rainbow trout

- Lyons Ferry Hatchery

## Steelhead stocks

- Lyons Ferry stock – adults collected at LFH ... 345 K smolts/year
- Wallowa stock – adults collected at Cottonwood AP ... 160 K smolts/year
- Touchet endemic stock – adults collected at Dayton AP ... 50 K smolts/year
- Tucannon endemic stock – adults collected at 2 sites on Tucannon river ... 50 K smolts/year

## 1989 IHN Outbreak

- Initial mortality in newly feeding steelhead in hatchery building
-  Later spread to other steelhead and rainbow in outside raceways
-  Resulted in the destruction of 967 K fish and disinfection of north hatchery and raceways

## 1992 IHN Outbreak

- Outbreak confined to newly feeding steelhead in hatchery building
- No spread to other fish
- Resulted in the destruction on 372 K steelhead

## IHN Virus Management

- Testing of all female spawners. Also, quantify level of virus.
- Lyons Ferry and Wallowa stocks: Destroy any eggs from females > 10^3 pfu/ml. Segregation rearing if prevalence > 25%
- Touchet and Tucannon stocks: Release fry from IHN positive females

## IHN Virus Management 

- IHN Virus Management

- Strict equipment disinfection.
- Rinsing and water hardening eggs in iodophor.
- Isolation egg incubation.
- Segregation rearing

## Slide 9

## Outcome with Lyons Ferry stock

- 3,037 females tested
- IHN virus detected in 5 out of 15 years
- In 1995, progeny of 8 IHN+ (< 10^2) females successfully reared
- In 1998, progeny of 90 IHN+ (<10^3) females were successfully reared
- No IHN Outbreaks in 15 years!

## Slide 11

## Outcome with Wallowa stock

- 1,518 females tested
- IHN virus detected in 8 out of 16 years
- In 1998, progeny of 33 IHN+ (<10^3) females were successfully reared
- No IHN Outbreaks in 16 years!

## Slide 13

## Outcome with Touchet stock

- 120 females tested
- IHN virus detected in 2 out of 8 years
- All progeny of IHN positive females were released at fry
- No IHN Outbreaks in 8 years!

## Outcome with Tucannon stock

- 100 females tested
- No IHN virus detected in 8 years
- No IHN Outbreaks in 8 years!

## .... or just good luck!!!

## Funding provided by
# Presentation: 526327

## FACTS II Update

- Rita Cronley
- Budget Reports Division, FMS
- September 22, 2005

## Deadlines

- 4th Quarter:  Oct 14 – Nov 2, 2005
- Revision:  Nov 16 – Dec 2, 2005
- 	 Refer to OMB Circular A-11 section 82.15 for  	more information about revisions.

## Yearend Preparation

- Test your Secure ID card
- 		Certifiers who have not accessed FACTS II recently
- 		Secure ID cards expire.  Check expiration date on back of card.
- 		Recertification – You have been revoked if your supervisor did not respond to FACTS II recertification requests.

## Transfer Appropriation TAFS

- Receiving agencies cannot withdraw amounts from transfer appropriation accounts.  They must transfer fiscal 2000 funds to the parent account via the GWA system Nonexpenditure Transfer (NET) application before yearend closing.
- August 2005 balances transfer by Sept 30,2005

## FY 2005 Qtr.3 Results

- Posted on OMB website
- 	_[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/reports/sf133/](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/reports/sf133/)_
**Number of Appropriations Submitted \ Not Submitted By Agency**
**2005 **_[1st Qtr](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/reports/Agy_Status_Rpt_2005_03.pdf)__  __[2nd Qtr](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/reports/Agy_Status_Rpt_2005_06.pdf)__  __[3rd Qtr](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/reports/sf133/Agy_Status_Rpt.pdf)__  4th Qtr_

## FY 2006 - Cat B and Program Reporting Categories

**Notes:**
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## FY 2006 Cat B and Program Reporting Categories

## FY 2006 Cat B and Program Reporting Categories

## FY 2006 Cat B and Program Reporting Categories

## FY 2006 – Cat B and Program Reporting Categories 

## FY 2006

- Transfers
- 	_[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/reports/transfers/index.html](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/reports/transfers/index.html)_
- 	Possible edit in FY 2006

## Transfers

## FY 2006

- Deadlines
- Department of Education Presentation
- 	A FACTS II Success Story at the U.S. Department of Education
- http://www.fms.treas.gov/tas/conference/FACTS_II_Success_Story_edited.pdf