Affordable, Robust Ceramic Joining Technology is a practical, affordable and reliable process for manufacturing silicon-based ceramics and fiber reinforced composite components. This joining technology is capable of producing dense, strong joints that can be tailored according to component design and application requirements. Dr. Mrityunjay Singh, a Dynacs Engineering Co., Inc. employee who works in Glenn's Materials Division, is the inventor of this technology. Large Area 3-D Surface Profiling Using Only Focused Air Pulses is a technologically advanced system capable of scanning the surface condition on any type of material, including large areas and curved structures. This innovative profiling system has the advantage of being rapid and useable in environments where stylus contact or laser impingement is undesirable or impractical.
Manufacturers can now accurately diagnose, monitor and control fabrication methods.
The product was developed in a collaborative effort between Dr. Don Roth and Harold Kautz of Glenn's Structures and Acoustics Division, Mike Whalen and J. Lynne Hendricks of Sonix, Inc. and James Bodis of Cleveland State University. Tracker is a revolutionary program that automates the researcher's process of film and videotape frame image analysis of recorded experiments for image analysis. The software was designed and developed to assist the researchers at Glenn, students and university-based principal investigators to more efficiently and automatically analyze large volumes of data generated by microgravity combustion and fluid physics experiments. Tracker was developed by Dr. Ted Wright and Robert Klimek of Glenn's Microgravity Science Division. Equipment manufacturers and end users can monitor and control machinery through the Internet or private intranets.