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# Presentation: 748383

## Miniature Cryogenic Turboalternator  Creare, Inc.Hanover, NH

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- High speed shaft in cryogenic gas bearings.
- High precision, automated miniature rotor fabrication techniques.
- Demonstrated shaft/bearing system at 50o Kelvin.
- Achieved design speed and power targets for the alternator.
**  ****	****	****COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Longer term commercial applications include cryocoolers for low temperature and high temperature superconducting medical and electronics instruments.

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

- 1992 Phase II, SS-154, 07/03

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
- A $13 million multi-year Phase III contract awarded by NASA resulted in the successful installation and operation of a 75°K cooler on Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS instrument.
- Multi-stage coolers for Air Force space IR sensors at temperatures as low as 10°K.
- Likely bidder for a 4oK to 6oK cooler for James Webb Space Telescope MIRI instrument.

**Goddard Space Flight Center**

**                   ****INNOVATION**
- Miniature, high speed vibration free, turboalternator

- Points of Contact:
- 	NASA – Rob Boyle: (301) 286-7185
- 	Creare, Inc. – Mike Izenson: (603) 643-3800
# Presentation: 924905

## The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) The Future Operational System Mike HaasNPOESS Integrated Program Office

**May 12, 2004**

## Tri-agency Effort to Leverage and Combine Environmental Satellite Activities

** ****Saves as Much as $1.3 Billion from the Cost of Previously Planned Separate Developments**

- Local Equatorial Crossing Time

- 0530

- 1330

- 0930

_**Mission**_
**Provide a national, operational, polar-orbiting remote-sensing capability**
**Achieve National Performance Review (NPR) savings by converging DoD and NOAA satellite programs**
**Incorporate new technologies from    NASA**
**Encourage International Cooperation**

## Program Schedule

**2002****	****A&O Contract Award**
**2003****	****NPP Delta Critical Design Review**
**2005****	****NPOESS ********Preliminary Design Review ****	**
**2006****	****NPOESS Critical Design Review**
**	****	****NPP Ground Readiness**
**2006****	****NPP Launch**
**2009****	****NPOESS Ground Readiness**
**2009****	****NPOESS C1 Launch**
**2011 ****	****NPOESS C2 Launch**
**	****	****Field Terminal Segment Readiness**
**	****	****Initial Operational Capability**
**2013****	****NPOESS C3 Launch**
**2015****	****NPOESS C4 Launch**
**2017****	****NPOESS C5 Launch**
**2019 ****	****End of Program**
**	****	****	****	****	****	**

**Reliable and timely collection, delivery,  and processing of quality environmental data**

## Satellite Transition ScheduleSlopes indicate 10-90% need

**CY**

**99**

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**11**

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**03**

**08**

**09**

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**01**

**02**

**07**

**04**

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**Local Equatorial Crossing Time**

- As of: 22 May 03

**FY**

**99**

**00**

**11**

**12**

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**POES**

**NPOESS**

**C2**

**N’**

**Earliest Need to back-up launch**

**N**

**16**

**0530**

**DMSP**

**0730  - 1030**

**NPOESS**

**C3**

**DMSP**

**POES**

**EOS-Terra**

**METOP**

**NPOESS**

**F16**

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**C4**

**C5**

**C6**

**NPOESS Mission**
**Satisfaction**

******                 ********  ****Potential coverage gap**

******------------- 10 Year Mission Life  -------------******
# Presentation: 112812

## Electronic device fabrication based on conducting polymer nanofibers: Motivating undergraduate students towards research in materials scienceNicholas J. Pinto (Univ. of Puerto Rico - Humacao),   DMR 0402766 

**Research**
- Regio-regular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is a widely used semiconducting polymer in the fabrication of field effect transistors (FET). Via the use of electrospinning, submicron diameter fibers of P3HT, several microns in length have been prepared and configured to be used as a FET. This is the first report to use the electrospinning technique to prepare, in a matter of minutes, submicron size fibers of P3HT. Electrospinning is currently used as an easy one step process to fabricate one-dimensional polymer FET’s.

*Synth. Metals*, available online July 11, **2005.**

- Scanning Electron Microscope image of an electrospun P3HT fiber. The average length and diameter of the fiber was 54 m and 670 nm respectively.

- Drain-source current (IDS) versus drain-source voltage (VDS) of
- an electrospun P3HT fiber FET for different back gate voltages
- (VGS) at 300 K. **Inset**: Variation of IDS versus VGS with VDS kept
- fixed at -80 V and the corresponding plot of IDS1/2 versus VGS.

## Electronic device fabrication based on conducting polymer nanofibers: Motivating undergraduate students towards research in materials scienceNicholas J. Pinto (Univ. of Puerto Rico - Humacao),   DMR 0402766 

- Under this grant, four undergraduate students spent the academic year 2004-2005 with Pinto doing research related to conducting polymers. All have presented their work at the island wide Junior Technical Meeting for undergraduates in March 2005 and at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Virginia in April 2005. One student will present a poster at the upcoming ACS meeting in Washington, DC in August 2005.

**Outreach**
- During the last academic year 2004-2005, Pinto worked with a high school student (Rut) in the fabrication of polymer nanofibers using the electrospinning technique. This interaction was aimed at giving high school students an opportunity to participate in undergraduate research and was also presented at the regional high school science fair. Rut plans to continue working with Pinto this coming Fall.

**Electronic device fabrication based on conducting polymer nanofibers: ****Motivating undergraduate students towards research in materials science****Nicholas J. Pinto (Univ. of Puerto Rico - Humacao),**** ****  ****DMR 0402766**

- Rut and Pinto with her poster at the regional high school science fair

- Pedro Carrión presenting his work at the Junior Technical Meeting
# Presentation: 758894

## Census 2000Summary File 1 on Disc

**James R.Clark**
- Chief, Electronic Products Development Branch
- U.S. Census Bureau

## Disc Technology for Census 2000

- CD-ROM capacity approximately 680 MB
- DVD-5 (SS/SL) capacity approximately 4.7 BB
- DVD-9 (SS/DL) a little less than double that of the SL version --- equivalent to about 12 full CD-ROMs
- Released as individual States files --- then National summaries
- Recordable CD-ROMs --- then manufactured DVD sets

## Some Facts About Summary File 1

- Extensive tabulation of ‘short form’ data at the block level and higher
- 9.2 million geographic summaries
- 60 billion data cells
- Would have required 3,600 tapes or 900 CD-ROMs using ‘1990’ technology

## Disc Software Functions for Census 2000

- Geographic selection from hierarchical menu
- Selection of whole tables and/or individual data items
- Definition of custom variables
- Aggregation of user-defined areas

## Disc Software Functions for Census 2000 (continued)

- Creation of customized reports and output files
- Selection of several output file formats including ASCII, database and spreadsheet
- Compression

## User Software Selected forCensus 2000 Summary File Discs

- SRC’s Allocate software with modifications
- Features required functionality
- Will support major Census 2000 product lines on small number of CD-ROMs and DVDs due to superb compression

## Census 2000 Summary File Software: Pick Geography

## Census 2000 Summary File Software:Select Report Template

## Census 2000 Summary File Software:General Demographic Profile

## Census 2000 Summary File Software:Simple Variables

## Census 2000 Summary File Software:Custom Variables

## Census 2000 Summary File Software:Specify Output File

## Census 2000 Summary File Software:Open Output File in Excel
# Presentation: 138345

## Layout O and G3 Decodingstatus report Stefania Spagnolo – March 2002

- Jan 2002 - Some MuonDetDescr classes (mainly for RPC) modified to suite                                .                 Amdb_simrec.O.08
-                two methods to fill RPC descriptors
- template <typename DBSC> void **RPC**_ZebraDetDescrSource::get_description_M(DBSC& dbsc)
- template <typename DBSC> void **RPC**_ZebraDetDescrSource::get_description_O(DBSC& dbsc)
-                            **MDT**** **and** ****TGC**_ ZebraDetDescrSource::get_description unmodified
-                      Full debugging needs GEANT3 digit decoding !
-     GEANT3 coding changed between Physics TDR MC production and today!
- Feb 2002 – try to dig out from dice/muonbox how to obtain from a G3 digit
- 		Chamber type/phi/eta/multilayer/tube/
- 		Chamber type/phi/eta/doublet_set/strip_plane/strip/

- S.Spagnolo – March 2002

## Working in 

- For MDTs – Geometry Zebra banks & Geant3 levels understood;
- // Access to Geometry Zebra Banks    NMDT/AADT/BBDT
- void G3MDT_DetDecoder::get_mdt_zebrabanks() called in the constructor of G3MDT_Strategy
- Based on R.D.Schaffer machinery generating C++ interfaces for Age Structures
- fills private maps for amdb_phi, amdb_eta, amdb_ntubes (all what’s needed for the MDT digit decoding ) with keys built from Geant3 levels (C++)
- Needs in MuonDetDescr requirement file

- Working in
- MuonDetDescr-00-00-34 / MuonEvent-00-00-41 / Atlas_release 3.0.0

**# Add in new .inc file from the dice include area.**
**library MuonStructures ../commons/*.inc ****-****s=${dice_root}/include/dice/muon  nmdt.in****c**

- S.Spagnolo – March 2002

## Preliminary tests of G3 digit decoding based on 

- Preliminary tests of G3 digit decoding based on
- G3MDT_DetDecoder::get_mdt_zebrabanks() work and show some patterns of
- geometry mismatch between GEANT3 and MuonDetDescr:
-               stations at z<0 =>     z position difference !
-                   BMx                => small radius difference !
-                   BOx                 =>          radius difference !

- amdb_phi, amdb_eta, amdb_ntubes maps are fully consistent with
-                                                 amdb_simrec.O.08
- The output can be found in ~stefspa/public/dump_g3geom.O.08

- In principle the same can be done for RPC/TGC/csc
- BUT
- is it of any use ??? (given the promised S.Baranov’s  G3 interface)
- is it worth having access to GEANT3 geometry banks, even if the
-                                                  decoding is provided ?    Maybe, yes !
# Presentation: 128873

## Improved Electroformed Structural Copper and Copper Alloys for Rocket Components

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
-   Mechanical properties of electroformed copper equivalent 	to those of wrought nickel have been demonstrated (a 	50% improvement over prior electroformed copper)
-   Elevated temperature ductility of electroformed copper to 	500F has been improved three fold
-   Copper-platinum and copper-silver alloys have been 	developed having potential for even higher temperature 	use
-   A full scale regeneratively cooled copper tube bundle 	thrust chamber was fabricated entirely by electroforming 	with the new copper to demonstrate that property 		degrading thermal joining methods could be eliminated
**COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   Aerojet has employed ENI's fine grained copper in the 	fabrication of full-scale formed platelet thrusters for 	Aerojet's Rocket Based Combined Cycle engine in support 	of Marshall Space Flight Center's Advanced Reusable 	Technologies Program. Aerojet is also investigating the use 	of ENI's fine grained copper for forming hotgas walls for 	combustion chamber liners.

***Electroformed Nickel, Inc.***
***Huntsville, AL***

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

- Glenn Research Center
- Turbomachinery
- 3-020

***NASA All Copper Compliant Tube Regen Chamber Electroformed using new High Strength Materials***

**INNOVATION**

- 1992 Phase II, NAS3-27386, 2/00 rev.
- NASA Contact - Tim Smith
- Company Contact - Rich Edwards

- Improvements in mechanical properties of electrodeposited copper by conversion of coarse columnar grains into fine equi-axed grain structures and use of secondary strengthening methods such as alloying and dispersion strengthening

-   NASA Tech Brief articles of the new materials have been 	written and approved for publication.
-   Have signed a contract with Pratt & Whitney for $100K for 	test samples for potential use in light-weight, high- 		performance reusable launch vehicles
-  To date $17K of these new materials have been sold to 	NASA Lewis Research Center
**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Dialogue continues with Boeing's Rocketdyne Division where 	Space Shuttle Main Engine upgrades are in planning
-   Potential market will include DOD where new, improved 	shaped charge liners for warheads is sought
# Presentation: 685007

## High Temperature Oxidation-Resistant

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
-   Advanced the state-of-the-art in materials and processes 	for the fabrication of liquid bipropellant chemical rocket 	thrust chambers, permitting 3-5% increase in productivity 	(e.g., life and performance)
-  	Flight qualified and successfully flown in space on the 	Hughes Orion 3 spacecraft
-  	Operates at hotter temperature without fuel-film cooling; 	hence a 10-20 second increase in specific impulse, 	resulting in lower fuel consumption
**COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   NASA, TRW/Lockheed Martin, Kaiser Marquardt/Hughes, 	Kaiser Marquardt/Loral, Aerojet and Ultramet have 	invested nearly $25M to develop this technology
-  	Production orders for chambers received from numerous 	satellite manufacturers
- 	Received $568K in Phase III funding from the On-Board 	Propulsion Branch at NASA Glenn

***Ultramet***
***Pacoima, CA***

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

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Through increased thruster performance, communications 	satellite owners/operators will realize $30-60M in added 		revenue per satellite
-  	Apogee kick and station-keeping thrusters for satellites in 	geostationary orbit and thrusters for spacecraft propulsion 	systems
-  	Rocket nozzles, turbomachinery and aircraft turbine 			engine components

- Glenn Research Center
- Materials
- 3-042

**High Temperature Oxidation-Resistant**
**Thruster Materials**

***Flight Engine***

**INNOVATION**

- 1985 Phase II, NAS3-25203, rev. 11/99
- NASA Contact - Steve Schneider
- Company Contact - Robert Tuffias

- Application of material and processing science to permit liquid propellant rocket engines to operate 600C hotter: iridium-lined rhenium chambers fabricated by chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
# Presentation: 926442

## Can predictive or warning capability be developed before Lunar landing or Mars landing?

**Assumptions**
- Lunar landing 2020, Mars landing 2032
- Each mission consists of 1 yr planning/selection, 4-yr development, 2-yr MO&DA
- An operational system is deployed prior to landing
- Several concepts need to be tried to select operational system
**Results** (See attached figure)
- Only 1 mission can be built and flown prior to Lunar Operational System deployment
- Only 2 missions (scheduled end-to-end) can be built flown and data analyzed prior to deployment of the Mars Operational System.
- Parallel sets of 2 end-to-end missions can be implemented to develop a set of alternatives for Mars Operational System
**Conclusions**
- Developing predictive capability for Lunar landing is not tenable
- Perhaps a warning system with some limited prediction capability can be developed to support Mars landing
- Neither of these is supported by the current mission development cycle of 10 years from planning to launch
- Smaller, faster, directed missions are required

- Joseph M Davila, SSSC Roadmap Input

## Slide 2
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## Annual RefresherCentrifugation Hazards

## Centrifugation 101

- Every time you use a centrifuge, you make series of choices.  Which centrifuge, which rotor, which tubes and adapters, what speed, for how long, what level of containment.
- If you are unsure of your choice, ask an experienced colleague, consult the operating manual, or call the manufacturer’s representative.

## Using Centrifuges

- Before placing the rotor in the centrifuge, make sure the bowl is dry and the drive spindle is clean
- Balance tubes and bottles carefully and avoid overfilling.  If tubes used in fixed angle rotors, centrifugal force drives the fluid up the outside tube wall.

## Using Centrifuges, continue

- Make sure the rotor is seated on the drive hub correctly
- Don’t overload beyond the rotor’s maximum mass without reducing the rated speed
- When using a horizontal rotor, make sure all buckets are hooked correctly and move freely

## Using Centrifuges, continue

- Check O-rings on containers and rotors for cracks, nicks, or chemical attack.  Apply vacuum grease to the seals at least weekly.
- Common user errors are failure to secure the rotor to the drive, failure to put the lid on the rotor, and failure to secure the lid.

## Using Centrifuges, continue

-  It is good practice to stay at the centrifuge until it is running smoothly at the desired run speed.
- When the run is complete, do not open door until rotor has come to a halt.  Always check for possible spill.  If you find one, be sure to clean both the centrifuge and rotor thoroughly

## Care and Loading of Rotors

- Integrity of rotors can be compromised by corrosion or fatigue.
**Keep rotors clean and dry**.  Wash immediately if spills occur or if salts or other corrosive materials have been used
**Be gentle with aluminum rotors**.  Avoid harsh detergents or bottle brushes with sharp wire ends.

## Care and Loading of Rotors

**Inspect rotors regularly**.  If there are rough spots, pitting, white powder deposits, or heavy discoloration, do not run the rotor
**Maintain rotor logs.**  Eventually every rotor must be retired and as ultra rotors age, their maximum speed must be de-rated.  It is imperative to keep diligent logs.

## Centrifuge Explosion Chemical detonation inside an ultracentrifuge

- Before

## Centrifuge Explosion Chemical detonation inside an ultracentrifuge

- After

## Centrifuge Explosion Damaged centrifuge well

- Aluminum Dust
**+**
- Freon    **= **
**Kablooey**

## All Done!

- Make sure you fill out the quiz, sign it, and drop it off in my mailbox for record keeping.
- Remember:  This is an annual requirement.
-                **SEE YOU NEXT YEAR**

## Questions

- Contact:  	Kathie Moh
- 			255-8849
-                 	kcm25@cornell.edu
# Presentation: 264480

## A PC/Linux-based Control System with EPICS for RFGTB 

- S. Araki, K. Hirano, J. Odagiri, T.T. Nakamura
- and N. Terunuma
-    High Energy Research Accelerator Organization, KEK
- EPICS Meeting @RICOTTI
- 2004, Dec 10, Tokai

##  Contents

- RF-Gun Test Bench (RFGTB) in KEK
- Control System of RFGTB
- Running EPICS  on PC/Linux
- EPICS for small-scaled experimental facility
- Conclusions

##  RF-Gun Test Bench (RFGTB)

- The aim of RFGTB is to develop an RF-Gun    that produces a high flux x-ray   by compton scattering of Laser light
- Joint project by National Institute of Radiological Science (NIRS) and KEK
- Multi-bunch photo-cathode RF-Gun
- Constructed in Assembly Hall at KEK

##  RF-Gun Test Bench (RFGTB)

- Beam energy (max) :           7 MeV
- Beam charge (max) :           5 nC/bunch
- Number of benches (max) : 100 /pulse

- RF frequency :            2856 MHz
- Laser wavelength :      266 nm
- Solenoid   magnetic field (max) :  3.2 kGauss

## RF-Gun in RFGTB

##  Schematic Diagram of the Control System

##  PC/Linux running IOC core and OPI tools

##  Control Room of RFGTB

##  FA-M3 connected tothe PC/Linux IOC

##  CC/NET

- Pipeline operation of CAMAC cycle
- Designed for DAQ application
- Very high transfer rate (up to 3 MB/sec)
- PC/104-Plus SBC embedded
- Linux (kernel 2.4)
- Comes with Kernel level driver & user level library
- Can work as an IOC

##  CC/NET in operationas an IOC

##  Sequencer Logic forRF-conditioning

- Main purpose:
- automatic control of the aging procedure
- We developed:
- sequencer programs using SNL
- control panel using MEDM

##  Control Panel (MEDM)

-  Control Panel (MEDM)

##  Status Panel (MEDM)

##  Pros and Cons (Pros)

- PC/Linux-based system with EPICS gives us:
- Cost-effective solution on both HW and SW
- Easy way to integrate control subsystems on CA over the Ethernet connection
- Rapid debugging cycle, since booting up an IOC-program is just a snap
- Lots of templates of application software from existing other large-scaled accelerator control systems

##  Pros and Cons (Cons)

- EPICS takes up some time from new comers:
- To get familiar with the environment for IOC application development
- To install OPI tools, since it requires some skills on Unix, and can be a hustle in some cases
- To choose appropriate tools from many options
- A packaged distribution with minimum tool kits for beginners will be highly appreciated by new comers

##  Conclusions

- We have built a fully-PC/Linux-based control system with EPICS for RFGTB operation
- Conditioning of the RF-Gun is being carried out with the control system successfully
- The system uses most of the essential tools of EPICS, such as IOCs, a display tool, and a channel archiving tool
- Something in order to ease new comers into EPICS is required

## 

Thanks for your attention!

ARAKI, Sakae

- Thanks for your attention!
- ARAKI, Sakae
# Presentation: 056172

## QuikSCAT Project Status

**June 5, 2006**

## QuikSCAT Project Status

- QuikSCAT spacecraft, instrument and ground system continue to function well and are meeting mission requirements
- Aging of the scatterometer antenna bearings is the highest mission risk
- Friction in the bearings fluctuates, but continues to return to nominal “comfort zone” levels
- Margin remains on the motor torque capacity; spin rate is not effected
- Data series is now nearly seven years long
- Improved science data products have been developed and will be released publicly in July
- Full mission reprocessing should complete by the end of 2006
- NASA budget provides for continuing the QuikSCAT mission through FY2009
- Budget for FY08 and FY09 are subject to the 2007 Senior Review
- Ocean Vector Winds Science Team was re-competed in 2005
- 22 science investigations have been funded for 4 years beginning April 2006
- Next team meeting is July 5-7, 2006 in Salt Lake City

## New/Reprocessed Data Products

- Changes include:
- Refinements to wind retrieval
- Model function was adjusted to boost high wind speeds
- 12.5 km sigma0 and wind vectors (in addition to standard 25 km)
- Improved rain flagging
- Higher resolution land masking
- Improved error bars
- Reprocessed data products were evaluated by subset of OVWST
- Conclusions and recommendations :
- Rain flag looks good and is ready for full release
- 25 km and 12.5 km resolution winds are credible and ready for full release
- Don’t attempt to be more aggressive on land flag
- Smooth echo tracking to minimize side effects on land and ice
- Scale error bar estimates and evaluate them relative to co-located buoy data
- OK to begin reprocessing as soon as possible and begin using new algorithms on QuikSCAT daily products when ready
- NOAA near real time data processing
- Code has been updated to include the new science product features
- Evaluation by NOAA is in process

## JPL Current

- Rain Flagging

**JPL Current**

**JPL Beta Standard**

**Notes:**
*** JOKE:  My “disco” plots
*** NOTE:  JPL Beta Standard:
  Fewer false alarms (two left columns more purple) (*good*)
  Less detection (two right columns less red) (*bad*)
=============
No-Rain (AMSR-J rain rate = 0 mm/hr)
Light (up to 2.5 mm/hr)
Moderate (up to 7.5 mm/hr)
Heavy (above 7.5 mm/hr)
=============
Low (NCEP 0-5 m/s)
Medium (NCEP 5-12 m/s)
High (NCEP 12-20 m/s)
Very High (NCEP >20 m/s)
=============
# Presentation: 354371

## STORET v2.0Changes

## Over 200 Changes

- Data Entry Application Changes
- GUI Screens
- Batch Update
- Internal Working Code
-  Data Base Structure
- New Tables
- New Attributes

## System Wide

- All Time Formats Now “HHMM” Except Data Logger
- All Description Fields Increased to 4000 Characters
- All Unit of Measure Selections Enhanced
- Added Point Name to Lat/Long

## System Wide

- Added Support for “PDF”  and “JPEG” Format Storage
- Station
- Project
- Station Visit
- Result
- Citation

## System Wide

- Modified All Characteristic Search Screens to View:
- Procedure, Sample Fraction, QC valid
- Alias Type/Names
- Permitted Values
- Taxonomic Hierarchy

## Station 

- Change Station Type
- Lat/Long
- Added Point Name
- Added Decimal Degrees

## Project

- Added Support for Storage of a PDF or JPEG file
- Added Support for the Description of Probability Survey Station Criteria

## Results

- Added Support for Storage of PDF or JPEG for Result
- Added Support for Hand-held Data Logger Results
- Added Support for Detection Condition “Not Reported”

## Trip

- Eliminated Station to Trip Assignment
- Only Project Assignment Required
- All Stations on Trip Projects can be visited

## Preferences & Defaults

- Increased “Row ID” to 20Char
# Presentation: 541277

## ITTF Progress ReportFeb 2003

- C. Pruneau
- Wayne State University

## ITTF review (September 23/24, 2002)

**Review Committee:** Jan Balewski, Jerome Baudot, Rene Bellwied (chair), Helen Caines, Yuri Fisyak, Mike Lisa, Maria Mora-Corral, Alan Poppleton, Karel Safarik, Iwona Sakrejda, Alex Suaide, Bernd Surrow, Thomas Ullrich
**Ex-officio:** Jamie Dunlop, David Hardtke, Morton Kaplan, Tonko Ljubicic, Jerome Lauret, Jim Thomas
- That’s more people than the actual developers...

## Recommendation(s)

- The main committee recommendation is the strong endorsement of STI as the future tracking code for STAR.
- “We recommend to officially deploy this code at some point in time (see below) and to stop support for the existing tracker at that point.”

## Recommendation(s)

- “The present performance features show that the code is not yet ready for deployment.”
- In short : low efficiency at low pt.

## Recommendation(s)

- “We believe that to fully assess the capabilities and the implementation it is necessary for STAR to enter another dedicated development phase immediately.”
- “It is our opinion that if the core developer group can stay together and be fully dedicated, this development phase can be completed by early December.”
- “We therefore recommend an in-depth performance review by mid December.”
- “Should the STI performance at that time yield the desired results, we recommend that STAR adopt STI as the default analysis program starting at the beginning of the year-3 run in January 2003.”

## Reality Check

- Core team Reduction
- M. Miller and B. Norman shifted their focus on Physics, and getting a Ph.D...
- Active Core team reduced to Rose and Pruneau
- Reduced development/debugging efficiency.

## Developments since Review

- Modularization of the geometry and Event Loading.
- Tuning of the Track Seed Finder
- Simplification of the track finding code – more robust, and faster.
- Integration of Vertex Finder
- Bug fixes and Tuning of Track Finder for Primaries
- Implemented some of the  new diagnostics requested by Reviewers
- Some Event Display Developments.

## Development Before Next Review

- Known bug fixes.
- Complete MCS and ELOSS calculations (in progress) and verification of path length consistency with STAR geant.
- Additional Tuning to match TPT performance viz low pt efficiency.
- Additional Detailed Performance Diagnostics
- Resolve Integration Issues

## Roll-out Plan

- 2nd Review:  	May 30, 31
- PWG Studies: 	May 15 – 29
- Mini-Production:	May 10-15
- Final Tune:	May 1-10
- Core Team Studies:	April 16-30
- Mini-Production:	April 10-15
- Finish Development/Debugging: 	March

## The new ITTF Team...

- Claude (60%):  		Tracker Dev + Debugging.
- Andrew (80%): 		Tracker Dev, Mini-production, 					Performance Eval.
- Zbigniew (100%):	Tracker Debugging, Evaluation.
- Calderon (50%): 	Performance Eval., 						Assoc.Maker, MiniMcEvent
- Lee + Victor: 		Integration Issues.
- Camelia:			Evaluation
- Maria:			FTPC Integration

## The ONLY acceptable outcome is SUCCESS.
# Presentation: 322617

## NOAA-EPA Air Quality Forecasting Guidance

***State and Local AQF ***
***Statement of Needs***
**US EPA 2004 National**
** ****Air Quality Conference**
- Feb. 25, 2004

## Purpose of State and Local AQF Statement of Needs

***Synthesize NOAA-EPA vision for National Air Quality Forecast Capability to support State and local air quality forecast programs***
***Communicate current short- and long-term plans for National Air Quality Forecast Capability***

## Process for Developing Statement of Needs

- Initial draft developed in consultation between NOAA, EPA, and individual air quality forecasters
- First draft discussed with AQ forecasters workgroup at EPA AIRNOW Strategic Planning Workshop in December
- Second draft reviewed by AIRNOW Steering Committee

## Summary Statement of Needs

| NOAA National Air Quality Forecast Capability | Short-Term Needs: September 2004
 | Long-Term Needs: Target |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pollutant Basis | Ground-level ozone | PM, additional pollutants |
| Geographical Coverage | Northeast US | Nationwide |
| Forecast Period | Next day | 2 days and beyond |
| Availability	
 | Next day forecast issued by 1:30pm EDT.  Morning update issued by 9am EDT | Maintain reliable delivery as guidance expands to nationwide |
| Temporal Resolution | 1-hr and 8-hr averages; also daily maxima of 1-hr and 8-hr averages | Add appropriate averages for PM and additional pollutants. |
| Spatial Resolution | Predicted pollutant concentration fields at 12km grid resolution. | 2.5 km grid resolution
 |
# Presentation: 377687

## Teaching WorkshopBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

- BSE Surveillance

## BSE Surveillance - Responsibilities

- The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has primary responsibility for BSE surveillance activities and the actual testing.
- FSIS has responsibility to notify APHIS of opportunities for testing.
- If a sample is taken, FSIS will no longer allow the mark of inspection to be applied until the result from the APHIS testing comes back negative.

## New FSIS Requirements

- On January 12, 2004 FSIS issued two notices regarding our activities for BSE surveillance
- The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Surveillance Program (published in the *Federal Register*)
- Interim Guidance for Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle and Age Determination (for FSIS inspection personnel)

## Non-ambulatory Disabled Cattle

- Cannot be slaughtered
- Cannot enter the slaughter plant

## FSIS VMO Responsibilities

- FSIS Veterinary Medical Officers (VMOs) conduct ante-mortem inspection on all abnormal cattle presented for slaughter.
- VMOs must condemn cattle which are:
- Dead and dying.
- Non-ambulatory disabled.
- Show symptoms of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, even if ambulatory.

## When VMOs Contact APHIS

- FSIS VMO contacts APHIS Area Veterinarian-in-Charge (AVIC) in these cases:
- If cattle are non-ambulatory disabled,
- If cattle show signs of CNS disorders,
- And, if there is reason to believe such cattle are 20 months of age or older.

## FSIS VMO Responsibilities

- If a sample is collected for the APHIS BSE Surveillance program, FSIS VMO:
- Ensures that all animal identification is maintained.
- Maintains control of the animal until the plant documents how it will properly dispose of the animal.

## FSIS VMO Responsibilities

- The APHIS Veterinarian-in-Charge notifies the FSIS VMO if it is not possible for APHIS personnel to get to the slaughter plant.
- In that case, the FSIS VMO:
- Maintains control of the animal until the plant documents proper disposal.
- Ensures the animal is humanely euthanized.
- Verifies disposal of the carcass.

## FSIS VMO Responsibilities

- Verifies that the plant has properly disposed of the animals.
- In accordance with 9 CFR 309.13 and 9 CFR 320.
- Maintains the records required by 9 CFR 320.
- Verifies rendering requirements met.
- 9 CFR 309.13, 9 CFR 314.1 and 314.3

## Condemned Cattle – Treatment

- At the request of the owner or operator, condemned cattle can be set apart and held for treatment.  (9 CFR 309.13)
- Treatment must be performed under the supervision of an FSIS program employee or designee of the District Manager.
- The owner or operator must first obtain permission for the movement of such cattle from the local, State, or Federal livestock sanitary official having jurisdiction.

## Further Information

- I urge you to review your workbooks.  What I have discussed today is in:
- FSIS Notice 5-04, Interim Guidance for Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle and Age Determination.
- FSIS Notice published in the *Federal Register,*
- 	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Surveillance Program.
# Presentation: 190283

## Recruiting and Retention

**Main Points**
- Effective recruiting
- Recruiting techniques
- Retention is vital because:
- Retention techniques
- Recruiting cadets to turn senior

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Overview**
- This segment is designed to get you to think in terms of designing programs around what is needed to attract and retain senior and cadet members.

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Participants Will:**
- discuss the importance of local recruiting
- formulate and apply recruiting techniques for cadets and seniors
- define “retention”
- see and discuss the importance of retention in maintaining quality and continuity in their unit

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Participants will:**
- formulate and apply retention techniques for cadets and seniors
- understand the importance of recruiting their maturing cadet corps into the senior program

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

- The *most* important resource you have in your unit is not your materiel, but your *people*!

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Effective Recruiting:**
- builds a good foundation of people for your unit
- can broaden the unit’s base of knowledge and specialties
- continually brings new blood into the unit to stimulate creativity
- replaces unit turnover
- counteracts member burnout

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Recruiting Techniques**
- Develop a Unit home page on the WWW
- Hold several open houses annually
- Attend career days at local schools
- Encourage cadets to wear their uniforms once a month at school
- Display recruiting materials at stores, shopping malls, and airports
- Target recruiting for members with special skills
- Encourage parents to join

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Retention is vital because:**
- it reduces the need to constantly train new people
- it provides for corporate memory and history
- it counteracts member burnout by keeping more people in positions

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Retention Techniques**
- Make full use of a unit awards and decorations program
- Encourage vigorous but useful training
- Schedule occasional activities away from the squadron
- Encourage effective communication

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Retention Techniques**
- Ensure administrative matters are handled effectively
- Make and stick to a schedule
- Encourage members to participate in the process of running the unit

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Recruiting Cadet Members**
- Good for cadet and unit
- Takes advantage of cadet’s existing skills
- Cadets need to be *recruited* for senior membership
- Cadets aren’t introduced to the senior program in present cadet program
- Senior program different in structure and learning styles

- Unit Commanders' Course

## Recruiting and Retention

**Questions**
**&**
**Answers**

- Unit Commanders' Course
# Presentation: 715802

## Session #55

- Skip Trace Tools and Techniques
- David S. Hammond, Jr

## Both guaranty agencies and schools are eligible to participate in the Federal Student Aid Skip Trace program. 

## Location, Location, Location

- Skip trace Participation
- Guaranty Agency
- School
- Safeguard Reports
- Usage Report
- SAIG Gateway

## Location, Location, Location

- Internal Recovery Specialist
- External Recovery

## Contact Information

- We appreciate your feedback and comments. We can be reached at:
- Phone:202-377-3122
- Email:David.Hammond@ed.gov
- Fax:202-377-3148
# Presentation: 605498

## Influence of host genetics on HIV

**Exposure**

**HIV-**

**HIV+**

## HLA class I and KIR:  functionally related gene

**HLA class I and KIR:  functionally related gene**
**clusters exhibiting extreme polymorphism**

## KIR regulate natural killer cell activity

**KIR regulate natural killer cell activity**

**NK cells kill targets that do not express HLA class I in the “normal” context**

## HLA-B:  >500 alleles

***HLA-B***** + *****KIR3DL1*****: Multiplicity of synergistic interactions**

**HLA-B****:  >500 alleles**
**KIR3DL1****:  >20 alleles**

**3DL1**

## Differential binding between KIR3DL1 and HLA-B

**3DL1*001**

**3DL1*001**

**3DL1*001**

**B*57**

**B*27**

**B*45**

**Differential binding between KIR3DL1 and HLA-B**

**Receptor**

**Class I Ligand**

**Interaction**

**Strong**

**Weak**

**None**

## AIDS Cohorts

**Multicenter Hemophilia Cohort Study (MHCS):  Hemophilia, ****DCEG, NCI**
**Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS):  Gay men, ****multiple U.S. sites (NIAID)**
**AIDS Linked to Intravenous Experience (ALIVE):  IV drug users, ****Johns Hopkins**
**Hemophilia Growth and Development Study (HGDS):  Hemophilia, ****multiple U.S. sites**
**San Francisco City Clinic Cohort (SFCCC):  Gay men, ****SF Dept. of Health**

## Specific KIR3DL1 + HLA-B combinations protect

**Specific***** KIR3DL1*** **+ *****HLA-B *****combinations protect**
** ****against AIDS progression**

**KIR3DL1*R + HLA-B*L**

**No HLA-B*L**

## HIV

**genotypes protect against HIV (and cervical neoplasia?) **

**Ligand only**

**Receptor/Ligand**

- Increasing Protection

**Control**

## The complex, abundant epistatic effects observed for KIR3DL1 and Bw4 are unprecedented with regard to any pair of genetic loci in human disease, and underscore the primary role of KIR3DL1-Bw4 interactions in controlling HIV-1. 

## Collaborators on KIR3DL1 studies 

_**NCI, CCR**_
**Daniel McVicar**
**Steve Anderson**
_**NCI, DCEG**_
**Allan Hildesheim**
**Sophia Wang**
_**Harvard University**_
**Marcus Altfeld**
_**Stanford University**_
**Peter Parham**
_**Cambridge University**_
**John Trowsdale**
_**Oxford University**_
**Sarah Rowland-Jones**

_**AIDS Cohorts**_
**MACS  Lisa Jacobsen**
**ALIVE  Greg Kirk**
**HGDS  Keith Hoots**
**SFCC  Susan Buchbinder**
**MHCS  Jim Goedert**
_**NCI, LGD**_
**Many collaborators**
# Presentation: 217419

## Streetlight Energy Savings

- Using

- Smart Pack TI

- by

- STI Streetlight Technology Inc.

## What is it?

- A small control unit that can be installed inside the streetlight fixture at an estimated cost of $35,  plus labor (approximately $6).

## Why should BPA and owners of streetlights be interested?

- Significant energy savings can be accomplished with a moderate investment
- This streetlight unit test may qualify for Research Development & Demonstration under C&RD
- Reduced maintenance costs in labor and material are substantial

## What does each individual control unit do?

- Turns lights on and off at preset times (most of the savings here)
- Eliminates day-burning streetlights using a cadmium sulfide cell day/night sensor
- Cuts power to the lamp when lamp cycling (failure) is detected, thus eliminating damage to ballasts and eliminating Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
- Trouble light alerts maintenance personnel of a malfunction, during the daytime
- The real-time clock (daylight savings, leap year) is backed up by a 72 hour supercapacitor
- Hand-held remote control used to set time and timer
- Manufacturer provides a ten-year warrantee

## savings are two-fold

- Energy savings
- 	The Smart Pack can turn its light off during hours of the night when less or no light is needed  (Remote-control programming.)
- Labor and material cost savings
- Lamp cycling damage to ballast and igniter is eliminated
- Eliminates Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
- Lamp lifecycle increased
- L.E.D.  makes a faulty lamp easy to spot in the day time
- Unit installed inside the light fixture (weather protected)

## Power Savings because less electricity is used

## Investment Savings because no need to replace photo cells 

## Investment Savings because fewer lamps to replace

## Labor Savings because fewer lamps need replacement

## Annual costs & savings based on turning lights off and no cycling & photo control problems

## The plan: 500 streetlight test

- Ask one to three utilities to participate in a 500 light fixture test
- Full service customers are the most desirable candidates for participation in the test
- Any savings can count towards the requested 10% load reduction
- BPA pays for the control unit; installation cost is the responsibility of the participating utilities
# Presentation: 692670

## BioJENC, LLCPresenter – Jennifer Lo, Ph.D.                CEO & PresidentOther Contributors: LA & Company Team Fred Enright, DVM, Ph.D.Gene Luther, DVM, Ph.D.Donald Luther

**Louisiana Business & Technology Center**
**South Stadium Drive, A146E**
**Baton Rouge, LA 70803**
**Tel: 225-578-7949**
**Fax: 225-578-3975**
**Email: BioJENC@biojenc.com**

- FDA Joint Meeting 02/17/05

**COX-2 Inhibitors and iHAD****TM Test**

## Talking points

- Novel approach to assess risk of coronary heart disease (patent pending).
- Proposed mechanism for Acute Coronary Syndromes (patent pending).
- Proposed relationship to COX-2 inhibitors
-    (patent pending).

- ©2005 BioJENC, LLC

- FDA Joint Meeting 02/17/05

## iHADTM Test  Risk Assessment 

- Pathobiological effects in the form of  cytotoxicity by inflammatory mediators/ inflammation related agents (IRAs).
- Cytotoxicity: 2 general categories-
- 	cytolysis and cyto-aggregation.
- The level of risk is determined by the severity of cytotoxicity.

- ©2005 BioJENC, LLC

- FDA Joint Meeting 02/17/05

## Cytotoxicity: Cytolysis

- ©2005 BioJENC, LLC

- FDA Joint Meeting 02/17/05

## Cytotoxicity: Cyto-Aggregation

**Aggregates**

- ©2005 BioJENC, LLC

- FDA Joint Meeting 02/17/05

**Control**

***i*****HAD****TM**** Test**

## Inflammation

**Artery**

**PLA2**

**WBC**

**Inflammation related agents**
**               ****(IRAs)**

**Arachidonic Acid**

- Prostaglandins

**COX-2 **
**Inhibitors**

**prothrombotic**

**phospholipids**

**A Simplified Proposed Mechanism for Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)**

**RBC**

**and platelets**

- Pain

**Damaged cells**

**Cytotoxicity**

- ©2005 BioJENC, LLC

- FDA Joint Meeting 02/17/05

**Cytolysis**

**+IRAs**

**iHAD****TM**** Test**

**Cyto-aggregation**

**thrombosis**

**ACS**

**Rupturing**
**atherosclerotic plaques **

**Aggregates**

***in vivo***

***ex vivo***
# Presentation: 211954

## Quantum Information Processing with Light and it’s requirement for detectors

- Bill Munro
- HP Labs (Bristol)
- United Kingdom

- Coworkers:
- Gerard Milburn
- Tim Ralph
- John Rarity
- Tim Spiller
- Ray Beausoleil

## Introduction

- For quantum optical information processing, photon detectors are one of the most critical devices required to enable the industry.
- These are also likely to have a huge impact in the molecular electronics industry as well
- We are going to examine several optical communication, computation schemes and analysis the detection requirements
- Quantum Key Distribution
- Linear optical quantum computation
- NS gate and CNOT gate
- Coherent state quantum computation
- What are the detector requirements?
- ...

## Quantum Key Distribution

- Quantum physics ensures that Eve cannot eavesdrop on the transmission (by making  measurements) without being detected.
- Bob requires a single photon detector that can resolve 1 photon.
- The scheme does work with current technology. With the limited efficiency of current detectors, the rate for creating shared bits is just scaled by the detection efficiency

-  Alice

-  Bob

- create and send

- classical communication

- measure in basis

- quantum channel

## Linear Optical Schemes: The NS gate

- This gate implements the transform
- when |0i and |1i are detected in the appropriate ancilla modes
- Ideally we want the detector to do a projective measurement into either|0i or |1i. Detecting nothing is generally hard.

- Photons in

- Photons out

- +

- +

- _

- +

## Linear Optical Schemes: The CNOT gate

- How does it work?
- Our input states
- Logic Elements
- What are our requirements:
- NS gates- same as previously discussed
- Final part of circuit requires elements than distinguish 0,1

- Photon in

- Photon out

**KLM, Nature 409, 46 (2001****)**

## Coherent State Schemes

- We now use coherent states |i and |-i as key resources
- We do need to be able to create cat states (|i +|-i)
- Significant advantage is that Bell cat measurement is in principle possible
- This requires a parity detector which for small mean photon number can be build from single photon detectors

## The  Requirement for Detectors

- Two types of detector are probably required
- The first one is at the final readout. Here the detector only needs to distinguish |0i from |1i
- The second case is within the circuit where we condition the results. Need to be able to project into a specific number state.
- Size?
- Ideally we want these detector to be small so that we can integrate them onto electronic and optical *circuit* boards
- Also means they should work at reasonable temperatures (preferably *not* absolute zero)

## Our thoughts?

- To get the detection efficiencies we require, we need to look at new technologies
- Need to emphasize that new approaches are examined. Talks on this later in this meeting
- One example we have been looking utilizes the EIT effect.
- It could be beneficial to use a quantum non-demolition measurement approach

- four level or more EIT atoms

- A potential detector using the EIT effect

## Slide 9
# Presentation: 670670

## Vertical Beam Profile – Depth of Field Effects

- @ Ecrit (1.5 T, 3.6 keV)
-  = 86 rad
- 100 rad collection aperture
- 1.5 m insertion device
- y = 20 m (e-beam)

## y/y

- y/y

**Vertical Beam Profile – Depth of Field Effects**
- @ Ecrit (1.5 T, 3.6 keV)
-  = 86 rad
- 150 rad collection aperture
- 1.5 m insertion device

- e-beam size
****y = 10 m
****y = 20 m
****y = 30 m
****y = 40 m
****y = 50 m

- e-beam size
****y = 10 m
****y = 20 m
****y = 30 m
****y = 40 m
****y = 50 m

- y (m)

- y (m)

- criteria:
- at 9 y (E=9E)
- bkg~10-5

## Vertical Beam Profile – Depth of Field Effects

**Vertical Beam Profile – Depth of Field Effects**
- @ Ecrit (1.5 T, 3.6 keV)
-  = 86 rad
- 100 rad collection aperture
- 1.5 m insertion device

- e-beam size
****y = 10 m
****y = 20 m
****y = 30 m
****y = 40 m
****y = 50 m

- e-beam size
****y = 10 m
****y = 20 m
****y = 30 m
****y = 40 m
****y = 50 m

- y (m)

- y (m)

- y/y

- criteria:
- at 9 y (E=9E)
- bkg~10-5

## y (m)

- y (m)

- y/y

- y (m)

- background at 9y

**Vertical Beam Profile – Mirror Scattering**
- calculated vertical beam profile based on scattering profile measurements from BL10.3.2 (y = 16 m)
- Model: v_scatter

- e-beam size
****y = 10 m
****y = 20 m
****y = 30 m
****y = 40 m
****y = 50 m

- e-beam size
****y = 10 m
****y = 20 m
****y = 30 m
****y = 40 m
****y = 50 m

## Vertical Beam Profile – Depth of Field Effects

**Vertical Beam Profile – Depth of Field Effects**
- @ Ecrit (1.5 T, 3.6 keV)
-  = 86 rad
- 150 rad collection aperture
- 1.5 m insertion device

- criteria:
- at 9 y (E=9E)
- bkg~10-4

**Vertical Beam Profile – Mirror Scattering**
- calculated vertical beam profile based on scattering profile measurements from BL10.3.2 (y = 16 m)
- Model: v_scatter