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Anatomy of a SAR impulse response

Doerry, Armin W.

A principal measure of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image quality is the manifestation in the SAR image of a spatial impulse, that is, the SAR's Impulse Response (IPR). IPR requirements direct certain design decisions in a SAR. Anomalies in the IPR can point to specific anomalous behavior in the radar's hardware and/or software.

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Updated laser safety & hazard analysis for the ARES laser system based on the 2007 ANSI Z136.1 standard

Augustoni, Arnold L.

A laser safety and hazard analysis was performed for the temperature stabilized Big Sky Laser Technology (BSLT) laser central to the ARES system based on the 2007 version of the American National Standards Institutes (ANSI) Standard Z136.1, for Safe Use of Lasers and the 2005 version of the ANSI Standard Z136.6, for Safe Use of Lasers Outdoors. The ARES laser system is a Van/Truck based mobile platform, which is used to perform laser interaction experiments and tests at various national test sites.

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Arsenic Pilot Plant Operation and Results- Socorro Springs, New Mexico- Phase 1

Dwyer, Brian P.; Everett, Randy; Holub Jr., William E.; Kottenstette, Richard J.; Wright, Jerome L.; Cappelle, Malynda A.

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is conducting pilot scale evaluations of the performance and cost of innovative water treatment technologies aimed at meeting the recently revised arsenic maximum contaminant level (MCL) for drinking water. The standard of 10 μg/L (10 ppb) is effective as of January 2006. The first pilot tests have been conducted in New Mexico where over 90 sites that exceed the new MCL have been identified by the New Mexico Environment Department. The pilot test described in this report was conducted in Socorro New Mexico between January 2005 and July 2005. The pilot demonstration is a project of the Arsenic Water Technology Partnership program, a partnership between the American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AwwaRF), SNL and WERC (A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development). The Sandia National Laboratories pilot demonstration at the Socorro Springs site obtained arsenic removal performance data for five different adsorptive media under constant ambient flow conditions. Well water at Socorro Springs has approximately 42 ppb arsenic in the oxidized (arsenate - As(V)) redox state with moderate amounts of silica, low concentrations of iron and manganese and a slightly alkaline pH (8). The study provides estimates of the capacity (bed volumes until breakthrough at 10 ppb arsenic) of adsorptive media in the same chlorinated water. Near the end of the test the feedwater pH was lowered to assess the affect on bed capacity and as a prelude to a controlled pH study (Socorro Springs Phase 2).

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Microenergetics : combustion and detonation at sub-millimeter scales

Tappan, Alexander S.

At Sandia National Laboratories, we have coined the term 'microenergetics' to describe sub-millimeter energetic material studies aimed at gaining knowledge of combustion and detonation behavior at the mesoscale. Our approach is to apply technologies developed by the microelectronics industry to fabricate test samples with well-defined geometries. Substrates have been fabricated from materials such as silicon and ceramics, with channels to contain the energetic material. Energetic materials have been loaded into the channels, either as powders, femtosecond laser-micromachined pellets, or as vapor-deposited films. Ignition of the samples has been achieved by simple hotwires, integrated semiconductor bridges, and also by lasers. Additionally, grain-scale patterning has been performed on explosive films using both oxygen plasma etching and femtosecond laser micromachining. We have demonstrated simple work functions in microenergetic devices, such as piston motion, which is also a relevant diagnostic to examine combustion properties. Detonation has been achieved in deposited explosive films, recorded by high-speed photography. A review of progress on manufacturing and testing will be presented, as well as historical perspectives and future directions.

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Spectrum Imaging Approaches for Bioforensics

Sandia journal manuscript; Not yet accepted for publication

Ohlhausen, J.A.; Kotula, Paul G.; Michael, Joseph R.

Spectrum imaging combined with multivariate statistics is an approach to microanalysis that makes the maximum use of the large amount of data potentially collected in forensics analysis. Here, this study examines the efficacy of using spectrum imaging-enabled microscopies to identify chemical signatures in simulated bioagent materials. This approach allowed for the ready discrimination between all samples in the test. In particular, the spectrum imaging approach allowed for the identification of particles with trace elements that would have been missed with a more traditional approach to forensic microanalysis. Finally, the importance of combining signals from multiple length scales and analytical sensitivities is discussed.

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Product acceptance environmental and destructive testing for reliability

Collins, Elmer W.; Kerschen, Thomas J.; Dvorack, Michael A.

To determine whether a component is meeting its reliability requirement during production, acceptance sampling is employed in which selected units coming off the production line are subjected to additional environmental and/or destructive tests that are within the normal environment space to which the component is expected to be exposed throughout its life in the Stockpile. This report describes what these tests are and how they are scored for reliability purposes. The roles of screens, Engineering Use Only tests, and next assembly product acceptance testing are also discussed, along with both the advantages and disadvantages of environmental and destructive testing.

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Making the giant leap with augmented cognition technologies : what will be the first %22killer app?'

Forsythe, James C.

This paper highlights key topic areas to be discussed the authors in a panel format during the Augmented Cognition thematic area paper session: 'Augmented Cognition Lessons Learned and Future Directions for Enabling 'Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere' Applications'. The term 'killer app' has been part of the vernacular in the commercial computer software and electronic devices industry to refer to breakthrough technologies [2]. A 'killer app' generally emerges with the development of related technologies that extends over some time and involves numerous variations on a basic concept. Hypotheses may be offered with respect to the conditions that will be needed to enable a similar situation with augmented cognition technologies. This paper and resulting panel session will address the numerous concepts that have emerged from the augmented cognition field to date and postulate how and when this field's first 'killer app' may emerge (e.g., 5, 10, 15, or more years from now).

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