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9.00General
9.00General

9.01ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SENSING
9.01.01.3-TTMicrofluidic Palette for Cellular Response to Chemical Stimuli
9.01.02.3-TTMulti-well Cell Culture Clate for Oxygen Measurement

9.02ANALYTICAL METHODS
9.02.01.3-RSignal Processing Methods for High-Dimensional Microsensor Data Streams
9.02.02.3-TTUltra-rapid Microtiter Plate Reader with Detectorless Electrophoresis Detection
9.02.03.1-RPulse Tube Cryocoolers Optimized for Cooling Massive Payloads

9.03HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL PHYSICS
9.03.01.2-TTSemi-Autonomous, Articulated Forklift (SAAF) in Close Proximity to Workers

9.04HOMELAND SECURITY
9.04.01.2-RRFID-Integrated Sensor Systems

9.05INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
9.05.01.9-RSound Static Security Analyzer for Software
9.05.02.4-RAnalysis of New WWVB Modulation Schemes for Future Broadcast
9.05.03.9-ROntologies for Enterprise Level Security Metrics
9.05.04.9-TTTechnology Transfer of Multimodal Biometric Application Resource Kit (MBARK)

9.06INTELLIGENT CONTROL
9.06.01.6-RSelf-Calibrating Camera Networks for Rapid Deployment
9.06.02.2-RDynamic Six Degree of Freedom (6DOF) Vision System

9.07MANUFACTURING SYSTEM INTEGRATION
9.07.01.2-RDecision Support Tools for Sustainable Manufacturing
9.07.02.1-RPrinted Circuit card Assembly (PCA) Testability Coverage Analysis in a Three-Dimensional Visualization Environment
9.07.03.2-RStandard OWL Reasoning Support for Physical Quantities and Units
9.07.04.2-RSustainable Manufacturing Maturity Modeling Tool Development
9.07.05.2-RSustainability Performance Analysis Tools for Evaluating Manufacturing Processes

9.08MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
9.08.01.5-RTensile Pulse Generator for Heated Kolsky Bar Apparatus
9.08.02.5-RIntegrated Actuator for Contact Resonance AFM
9.08.03.5-RElevated Temperature Microbalance Instrument for Nanomaterial Characterization
9.08.04.3-RInstrument for Characterization of Environmental Soot Aggregates
9.08.05.5-TTDevelopment of a MEMS Oscillatory Parallel-Plate Rheometer
9.08.06.5-TTResonance Tracking Electronics for Scanned Probe Microscopy

9.09MICRO- AND NANO-FABRICATION AND MICROMACHINING
9.09.01.2-RAvoiding Parasitic Currents on MEMS Devices
9.09.02.1-RA Common Platform for MicroRobotics Research
9.09.03.4-RMiniaturized Magneto-Optical Trap for Advanced Timing Applications
9.09.04.2-TTMonolithic Highest Precision Planar Two Degree of Freedom and Three Dimensional Space Six Degree of Freedom Nanopositioners

9.10MICROELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING
9.10.01.4-RVertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers for Atomic Clocks
9.10.02.1-RMassively Parallel High Temperature Probe System for Wafer-level Reliability Testing
9.10.03.1-RHigh-efficiency Photomixers for CW Terahertz Generation
9.10.04.1-R3-Dimensional Visualization of Printed Circuit card Assembly (PCA) Tin Whisker Risk Assessment

9.11NANOFABRICATION
9.11.01.1-RVertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Thermal Detectors
9.11.02.5-RAnion Exchange Resins for Chirality-based Separation of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes
9.11.03.2-RNanoscale Sidewall Imaging
9.11.04.2-RFilling the Gaps in Nanoscale Length Standards

9.12OPTICS AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY
9.12.01.6-RHigh-frame Rate, Foveated 3D Imaging System
9.12.02.6-R3D Imaging Sensor System for Robotic Platform
9.12.03.4-RCompact Parametric Down Conversion-Based Source Of Entangled Photon Pairs
9.12.04.4-RHigh Resolution Hyperspectral Imager
9.12.05.1-RHigh Efficiency, Photon Number Resolving Visible Light Photon Counters (VLPC)
9.12.06.4-RImproved VUV Lamp
9.12.07.1-RNon-linear Crystals for Photon Pair to be Efficiently Coupled into Single Mode Optical Fiber
9.12.08.5-RHigh Speed and High Sensitivity Quadrant Photodetector
9.12.09.1-RUltra-thin NbN Films for Superconducting Detectors
9.12.10.4-RTable-Top Broadband VUV Source for Radiometry

9.12Optics and Optical Technology
9.12.11.9-TTSingle Photon Sensitive Spectrometer for Infrared Signals

9.13TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE FIRE SAFETY
9.13.01.6-RBarrier Fabrics for Fire Safe Furniture and Mattresses

9.14X-RAY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES
9.14.01.1-RSuperconducting, Flexible Printed Circuits

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Date created: October 20, 2008
Last updated: October 24, 2008

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