RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT BAA 24-0005 "IMPROVED MULTI-SENSOR MULTI-WAVELENGTH MICROWAVE ESTIMATION OF SNOW MASS & SNOW MELT TIMING FOR ENVIRONMENT, HYDROLOGY, AND MOBILITY" U437A00
ADVANCING RAIL FLAW DETECTION CAPABILITY INTERNAL RAIL FLAWS CAN LEAD TO TRAIN DERAILMENTS THAT RESULT IN HUMAN FATALITIES AND INJURIES, ENVIRONMENT DAMAGE, AND HIGH COSTS.
ABOUT 20% OF THE TESS TRANSIT DETECTIONS WILL BE FOR PLANETS WITH ONLY A SINGLE TRANSIT IN THE TESS LIGHT CURVE. THESE SYSTEMS ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTING, SINCE THEY REPRESENT PLANETS AT LONGER ORBITAL PERIODS AND THEREFORE A MUCH WIDER RANGE OF EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER, WITHOUT AN ACCURATE PERIODS FOR THOSE PLANETS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SCHEDULE FUTURE TRANSIT OBSERVATIONS TO MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES OR OTHER CHARACTERISTICS. WE PROPOSE A PROJECT THAT WILL APPLY EXISTING PHOTOMETRIC DATA FROM THE KELT TRANSIT SURVEY TO PRECOVER THE EPHEMERIDES FOR A SIGNIFICANT SUBSET OF THE TESS SINGLE-TRANSIT EVENTS, INCLUDING NEPTUNES OUT TO 25-DAY PERIODS AND JUPITERS OUT TO 300-DAY PERIODS. THIS EFFORT CAN BE APPLIED TO PLANETS DETECTED IN BOTH THE 2-MINUTE DATA AND THE FFIS.
OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR LAYOUT OF AMMUNITION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY THAT WOULD AUTOMATE THE LAYOUT OF ALL FACILITIES WITHIN AN ASA, BASED ON SOME OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA.
WE PROPOSE A SMALL PROGRAM FOR K2 CAMPAIGN 15 OF THE K2 MISSION TO SEARCH FOR TRANSITING PLANETS AROUND A SET OF STARS PRE-SELECTED BY THE KELT GROUND-BASED TRANSIT SURVEY. THESE STARS WERE OBSERVED BY KELT OVER SEVERAL YEARS TO SEARCH FOR HOT JUPITERS AND SATURNS, AND HAVE INITIAL INDICATIONS OF TRANSIT SIGNATURES. THESE STARS HAVE NOT YET BEEN FURTHER OBSERVED FOR CONFIRMATION, BUT WE ARE DEPLOYING EFFORTS TO DO SO. IT IS LIKELY THAT MOST OF THESE TARGETS ARE FALSE ALARMS, AS IS COMMON FOR GROUND-BASED TRANSIT SURVEYS, BUT GIVEN THE INITIAL DATA FROM KELT, EACH OF THEM ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE TRANSIT HOSTS THAN RANDOMLY SELECTED BRIGHT DWARF STARS IN THE K2 FIELDS. THE TRANSIT SIGNATURES IN THE LIGHT CURVES FOR THESE TARGETS SHOULD BE EASILY MEASURABLE BY K2.
IGF::OT::IGF TENSILE TESTING FOR ONE LARGE SCALE TENSILE COUPON THAT HAS BEEN FABRICATED WITH AN ELECTROSLAG WELDMENT REMOVED FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE, SELF-ANCHORED SUSPENSION BRIDGE TOWER.
IGF::OT::IGF ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL BRAIN DATA ANALYSIS BASE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2016.BUDGET: MARS CE-25-852