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Publications

C.E. Anderson Jr., T.R. Sharron, J.D. Walker, C.J. Freitas, "Simulation and Analysis of a 23-mm HEI Projectile Hydrodynamic Ram Experiment," International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 22, 981-997, 1999.

C.E. Anderson Jr., J.S. Wilbeck, J.S. Elder, "Long-Rod Penetration Into Highly Oblique, Water-Filled Targets," International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1-12, 1999.

D.C. Boice, W.F. Huebner, "Physics and Chemistry of Comets," Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Academic Press, San Diego, California, 519, 1999.

G.L. Burkhardt, J.S. Stolte, J.L. Fisher, J.P. Buckingham, M. Paulk, M. Littmen, "Reliability Study of Magneto-Optic Imaging (MOI) Inspection of C-5 Aircraft Fuselage, Phase II," Proceedings of the 3rd Joint NASA/FAA/DOD Conference on Aging Aircraft, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 1999.

J.W. Cardinal, O.H. Burnside, K.H. Schrader, W.A. Sparks, "Risk and Economic Implications of DADTA (Durability and Damage Tolerance Analysis) for Foreign Military Operators of Non-USAF Fleets," Conference Proceedings of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, Bellevue, Washington, July 1999.

N.S. Cheruvu, V.P. Swaminathan, "Recovery of Microstructure and Properties of Service Run GTD-111DS Buckets," American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Paper No. 99-GT-425, ASME-Turbo Expo Land, Sea, and Air, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 1999.

S. Chocron, C.E. Anderson Jr., D.J. Grosch, C.H. Popelar, "Analytical and Numerical Simulation of the Impact of the 0.30-Caliber APM2 Projectile Against the Edge of a Metallic Target," Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Ballistics, Vol. 2, 753-760, San Antonio, Texas, November 1999.

S. Chocron, C.E. Anderson Jr., J.D. Walker, "A Consistent Plastic Flow Approach to Model Penetration and Failure of Finite-Thickness Metallic Targets," Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Ballistics, Vol. 2, 761-768, San Antonio, Texas, November 1999.

S. Chocron, D.J. Grosch, C.E. Anderson Jr., "DOP and V50 Predictions for the 0.30-Caliber APM2 Projectile," Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Ballistics, Vol. 2, 769-776, San Antonio, Texas, November 1999.

Y.M. Chou, R.L. Mason, "Simultaneous Nonparametric Prediction Models," Technometrics, Vol. 41, 102-103, 1999.

Y.M. Chou, R.L. Mason, J.C. Young, "Power Comparisons for a Hotelling's T-Square Statistic," Communications in Statistics - Computation and Simulation, Vol. A28, 1,031-1,050, 1999.

G. Cremonese, D.C. Boice, W.F. Huebner, H. Rauer, "Analysis of Sodium in the Inner Coma of Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 01)," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, 1,129, 1999.

F.T. Dodge, "Wetting of Surfaces," Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, 67, J.J. McKetta, G.E. Weismantel, eds., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, New York, 197-206, 1999.

Y.P. Doubik, B.E. Hill, "Magmatic and Hydromagmatic Conduit Development During the 1975 Tolbachik Eruption, Kamchatka, with Implications for Hazards Assessment at Yucca Mountain, Nevada," Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 91, 43-64, 1999.

A. Eijk, J.P.M. Smeulers, L.E. Blodgett, A.J. Smalley, "Improvements and Extensions to API 618 Related to Pulsation and Mechanical Response Studies," 1st European Forum for Reciprocating Compressors, Dresden, Germany, 85-94, November 1999.

D.A. Ferrill, J.A. Stamatakos, D.W. Sims, "Normal Fault Corrugation: Implications for Growth and Seismicity of Active Normal Faults," Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 21, 1,027-1,038, 1999.

E.A. Franke, E.S. Kinkler, M.J. Magee, "A Sensor Fusion Based Approach for Feature Extraction in Intelligent Transportation System Applications," Proceedings of the Conference on the Applications of Digital Image Processing XXII, International Symposium of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)-3808, 491-503, Denver, Colorado, July 1999.

E.A. Franke, M.J. Magee, "Reducing Data Distribution Bottlenecks by Employing Data Visualization Filters," Proceedings of the Eighth Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, 255-262, Redondo Beach, California, August 1999.

C.J. Freitas, G. Crowley, "Space Weather Simulation on Networks of Workstations," Proceedings, Forum on Parallel Computing Methods, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, FED-Vol. 250, 273-280, November 1999.

C.J. Freitas, E. Hytopoulos, Proceedings, Forum on Parallel Computing Methods, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, FED-Vol. 250, 249-318, November 1999.

C.J. Freitas, Y. Kodama, eds., "Forum on CFD Codes - Verification, Validation, and Uncertainties," Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FED-Vol. 248, San Francisco, California, July 1999.

A. Ghosh, "A FORTRAN Program for Fitting Weibull Distribution and Generating Samples," Computers & Geosciences, Vol. 25, 729-738, 1999.

C.L. Hackert, J.L. Ellzey, O.A. Ezekoye, "Combustion Heat Transfer in Model Two-Dimensional Porous Burners," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 116, 177-191, 1999.

B.E. Hill, P.C. La Femina, C.B. Connor, W. Strauch, G. Davoli, G. Guevara, A. Saballos, "August 1999 Eruption of Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua, Successfully Forecast Using Time-Volume Relationships," EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 80, No. 46, F1110, 1999.

K. Holladay, D. Lents, "Field Calibration Chaos Ceases," InTech, 52-54, November 1999.

S.M. Hsiung, D.J. Fox, A.H. Chowdhury, "Effects of Repetitive Seismic Loads on Underground Excavations in Jointed Rock Mass," Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, Nagoya, Japan, September 1999.

W.F. Huebner, "Physical and Chemical Properties of Comet Nuclei," International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, Vol. 23, 169, World Scientific, New Jersey, 1999.

W.F. Huebner, "The First International Conference on Comet Hale-Bopp," Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol. 33, 172, 1999.

W.F. Huebner, J. Benkhoff, "On the Relationship of Chemical Abundances in the Nucleus to Those in the Coma," Earth, Moon, Planets, Vol. 77, 217, 1999.

W.F. Huebner, J. Benkhoff, M.T. Capria, A. Coradini, M.C. De Sanctis, A. Enzian, R. Orosei, D. Prialnik, "Results from the Comet Nucleus Model Team at the International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland," Advances in Space Research, Vol. 23, 1,283, 1999.

W.F. Huebner, R. Link, "Interactive Atomic and Molecular Database," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Vol. 31, 1,168, 1999.

B. Khalighi, T. Kobayashi, R.D. Gould, M.J. Braun, W.J. Yang, C.J. Freitas, "Experimental and Numerical Flow Visualization and Laser Anemometry," Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FED-Vol. 248, San Francisco, California, July 1999.

R.M. Killen, W.-H. Ip, "The Surface Bounded Atmospheres of Mercury and the Moon," Geophysics and Space Physics, Vol. 37, 361-406, 1999.

H.W. Kochan, W.F. Huebner, D.W.G. Sears, "Simulation Experiments with Cometary Analogous Material," Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 623, 1999.

P.C. La Femina, C.B. Connor, B.E. Hill, S. Sandberg, N. Rogers, T. Dixon, W. Strauch, A. Saballos, "Shallow Dike Emplacement During August 1999 Seismic and Volcanic Activity at Cerro Negro, Nicaragua," EOS, Transactions of the AGU, Vol. 80, No. 46, F972, 1999.

B.W. Leslie, D.A. Pickett, E.C. Pearcy, "Vegetation-Derived Insights on the Mobilization and Potential Transport of Radionuclides from the Nopal I Natural Analog Site, Mexico, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, D.J. Wronkiewicz, J.H. Lee, eds., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Vol. 556, 833-842, 1999.

M.J. Magee, E.A. Franke, M. Hinnrichs, T.J. Klausutis, "A Visual and Statistical Methodology for Selecting Effective Combinations of Sensors and Spectral Bands," Proceedings of the Workshop on Hyperspectral/Multispectral Sensors, Measurements, Modeling, and Simulation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, September 1999.

M.J. Magee, S.A. Mullin, D.J. Grosch, R. Lewis, "Evaluation of Ballistic Events Using a Moire Fringe Image Processing Methodology," Proceedings of the Conference on the Applications of Digital Image Processing XXII, International Symposium of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, SPIE-3808, Paper 3808-05, 24-32, Denver, Colorado, July 1999.

T. Majeed, J.C. McConnell, G.R. Gladstone, "A Model Analysis of Galileo Electron Densities on Jupiter," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 26, 2,335-2,338, 1999.

R.L. Mason, J.C. Young, "Improving the Sensitivity of the T-Square Statistic in Multivariate Process Control," Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 31, 155-165, 1999.

R.C. McClung , D.L. Davidson, "Near-Tip and Remote Characterization of Plasticity-Induced Fatigue Crack Closure," Advances in Fatigue Crack Closure Measurement and Analysis: Second Volume, ASTM STP 1343, R.C. McClung, J.C. Newman Jr., eds., 106-127, 1999.

R.C. McClung, B.H. Lawless, M. Gorelik, C. Date, Y. Gill, R.S. Piascik, "Fatigue Crack Growth of Titanium Rotor Alloys in Vacuum and Air," Fatigue Behavior of Titanium Alloys, R.R. Boyer, D. Eylon, G. Lutjering, eds., The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, 211-218, 1999.

R.C. McClung, J.C. Newman Jr., eds., Advances in Fatigue Crack Closure Measurement and Analysis: Second Volume, ASTM STP 1343, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 1999.

W.J. Merline, L.M. Close, C. Dumas, C.R. Chapman, F. Roddier, F. Ménard, D.C. Slater, G. Duvert, C. Shelton, T. Morgan, "Discovery of a Moon Orbiting the Asteroid 45 Eugenia," Nature, 401, October 1999.

S. Mohanty, Y. Lu, J.M. Menchaca, "Preliminary Analysis of the Morris Method for Identifying Influential Parameters," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 81, 55-56, November 1999.

C.A. Moses, "Aviation and the Global Atmosphere," Chapter 7, Aviation Technology and Its Relation to Emissions, J.E. Penner, D.H. Lister, D.J. Griggs, D.J. Dockken, M. MacFarland, eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 253-258, 1999.

K. Murawski, D.C. Boice, W.F. Huebner, C.R. DeVore, "Two-Dimensional MHD Simulations of the Solar Wind Interaction with Comet Halley," Acta Astronomica, Vol. 48, 803, 1999.

W.M. Murphy, "Problems in the Study of Water-Rock Interactions Related to Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Waste at Hanford, Washington, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and Vienne, France," Bulletin de Liaison de la Societe Francaise de Mineralogie et de Cristallographie, Vol. 11, 94-95, 1999.

W.M. Murphy, R.C. Codell, D.J. Wronkiewicz, J.H. Lee, eds., "Alternate Source Term Models for Yucca Mountain Performance Assessment Based on Natural Analog Data and Secondary Mineral Solubility, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 556, 551-558, 1999.

W.M. Murphy, E.L. Shock, "Environmental Aqueous Geochemistry of Actinides," Uranium: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and the Environment, Reviews in Mineralogy, P.C. Burns and R. Finch, eds., Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, D.C., Vol. 38, 221-253, 1999.

Q. Ni, J.D. King, Y.-X. Tao, "NMR Technique for Multiphase Fluid Study Involving Melting Phenomena," Proceedings of the ASME, Heat Transfer Division, Vol. 364-2, 229-235, 1999.

D.P. Nicolella, A.E. Nicholls, J. Lankford Jr., "A Comparison of Macroscopic Strains to Microstructural Strain Fields in Cortical Bone," ASTM STP, Special Symposium on Non-Traditional Methods of Measuring Stress, Strain, and Damage, Kansas City, Missouri, November 1999.

D.L. Orphal, C.E. Anderson Jr., "Streamline Reversal in Hypervelocity Penetration," International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 1, 699-710, 1999.

R.T. Pabalan, F.P. Bertetti, "Experimental and Modeling Study of Ion Exchange Between Aqueous Solutions and the Zeolite Mineral Clinoptilolite," Journal of Solution Chemistry, Vol. 28, 367-393, 1999.

C.D. Parkinson, E. Griffioen, J.C. McConnell, L.B. Jaffel, A. Vidal-Madjar, J.T. Clarke, G.R. Gladstone, "Estimates of Atomic Deuterium Abundance and Lyman-Alpha Airglow in the Thermosphere of Jupiter," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 26, 3,177-3,180, 1999.

J.O. Parra, R. Ababou, M.J. Sablik, C.L. Hackert, "A Stochastic Wavefield Solution of the Acoustic Wave Equation Based on the Random Fourier-Stieltjes Increments," Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 42, 81-97, 1999.

J.O. Parra, H.A. Collier, B.G. Angstman, "Feasibility of Detecting Seismic Waves Between Wells at the Fractured Twin Creek Reservoir, Utah-Wyoming Overthrust Belt," Reservoir Characterization -- Recent Advances, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, R.A. Schatzinger, J. Jordan, eds., Vol. 71, 251-262, 1999.

J.O. Parra, C.L. Hackert, R. Ababou, M.J. Sablik, "Dispersion and Attenuation of Acoustic Waves in Randomly Heterogeneous Media," Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 42, 99-115, 1999.

J.O. Parra, C.L. Hackert, A.W. Gorody, "Guided Seismic Waves for Gas Reservoir Characterization: Proof of Concept," Gas Tips, Vol. 7, 10-16, 1999.

J.O. Parra, C.L. Hackert, A.W. Gorody, D. Howlett, D. Melton, "Detection of Guided Waves Between Gas Wells in Gulf Coast Formations," 69th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Expanded Abstracts, Paper BH/RP P1.8, 1999.

Y. Partom, C.E. Anderson Jr., D.L. Orphal, "Revisiting R_t," Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Ballistics, Vol. 2, 1,081-1,088, San Antonio, Texas, November 1999.

D.A. Pickett, "Protactinium," Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, C.P. Marshall, R.W. Fairbridge, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 537-538, 1999.

D.A. Pickett, W.M. Murphy, D.J. Wronkiewicz, J.H. Lee, eds., "Unsaturated Zone Waters From the Nopal I Natural Analog, Chihuahua, Mexico - Implications for Radionuclide Mobility at Yucca Mountain, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 556, 809-816, 1999.

A.M. Polansky, Y.M. Chou, R.L. Mason, "An Algorithm for Fitting Johnson Transformations to Non-Normal Data," Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 31, 345-350, 1999.

G. Raman, S.H. Walker, J.M. Charbonnier, C.J. Freitas, eds., "High Speed Jet Flows," Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FED-Vol. 248, San Francisco, California, July 1999.

S.R. Runnels, F. Miceli, I. Kim, "Validation of a Large Area 3-D Erosion Simulator for Chemical-Mechanical Polishing," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 146, No. 12, 4,619-4,625, 1999.

M.J. Sablik, B. Augustyniak, "Biaxial Stress Effects on Barkhausen Signals in a Steel Pipe for the Case of a Magnetic Field Noncoaxial with Stress Axes," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, D.O. Thompson, D.E. Chimenti, eds., Vol. 18B, 1,887-1,894, 1999.

M.J. Sablik, B. Augustyniak, "Magnetic Methods of Nondestructive Evaluation," Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vol. 12, 12-31, J.G. Webster, eds., Wiley & Sons, New York, New York, 1999.

M.J. Sablik, D.C. Jiles, "A Modified Stoner-Wohlfarth Computational Model for Hysterectic Magnetic Properties in a Ferromagnetic Composite Rod Under Torsion," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 32, 1,971-1,983, August 1999.

S.K. Sandberg, C.B. Connor, P.C. La Femina, A.J. Saballos, W. Strauch, "Transient Electromagnetic Anomalies at the New Cerro Negro Vents, Nicaragua, Following the August 1999 Eruption," EOS, Transactions of the AGU, Vol. 80, No. 46, 1999.

D.W.G. Sears, H.W. Kochan, W.F. Huebner, "Laboratory Simulation of the Physical Processes Occurring On and Near the Surfaces of Comet Nuclei," Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol. 34, 497, 1999.

H.S. Silvus, "Failure Analysis of Passive Components," Microelectronic Failure Analysis Desk Reference, Fourth Edition, R. Ross, C. Boit, D. Staab, eds., 379-399, ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, 1999.

D.C. Slater, S.A. Stern, W.M. Tomlinson, D.E. Mahoney, J.W. Parker, P.M. Tamblyn, W.B. Colwell, D.D. Durda, P.R. Weissman, F. Vilas, "SWUIS-A Compact Astronomical UV/VIS/IR Imaging System for Manned Space-Based Platforms Including the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station," Space Technology and Applications International Forum -- 1999, CP458, M.S. El-Genk, ed., 299-305, 1999.

A.J. Smalley, J.P. Harrell, "Foundation Health and Compressor Reliability," 1st European Forum for Reciprocating Compressors, 96-104, Dresden, Germany, November 1999.

A.J. Smalley, P.J. Pantermuehl, "Realistically Assessing Load Severity on Concrete Foundations and Mounting Systems for Large Reciprocating Compressors," ACI Structural Journal, Title No. 96-S85, 774-779, September-October 1999.

M.A. Smith, T. McCartin, S. Mohanty, "Demonstration of Total-System Performance Assessment (TPA) 3.2 Code's Capability to Evaluate the Effects of Human Intrusion," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 81, November 1999.

R.F. Solberg Jr., P.J. Siemsen, "Development of a Conductive-Polymer, Composite, Direction-Finding Antenna," Proceedings of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1,966-1,969, Orlando, Florida, July 1999.

L.L. Stavinoha, S. Howell, "Potential Analytical Methods for Stability Testing of Biodiesel Blends," SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, SAE Paper No. 1999-01-3520 (99-FL-322), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 1999.

S.A. Stern, "The Lunar Atmosphere: History, Status, Current Problems, and Context," Reviews of Geophysics, Vol. 37, 453-491, 1999.

S.A. Stern, W.B. Colwell, M.C. Festou, P.M. Tamblyn, J.W. Parker, D.C. Slater, P.R. Weissman, L.J. Paxton, "Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 01) Near 2.3 AU Post-Perihelion: Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System Measurements of the H₂O and Dust Production," The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 118, 1,120-1,125, 1999.

D.R. Turner, R.T. Pabalan, "Abstraction of Mechanistic Sorption Model Results for Performance Assessment Calculations at Yucca Mountain, Nevada," Waste Management, Vol. 19, 375-388, 1999.

T.L. Ullman, C.C. Webb, C.C. Jackson Jr., M.H. Doorlag, "Nonroad Engine Activity Analysis and Transient Cycle Generation," SAE 1999-01-2800, 1999.

T.L. Ullman, C.C. Webb, C.C. Jackson Jr., M.H. Doorlag, "Nonroad Engine Analysis and Transient Cycle Generation," SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition, SAE Paper 1999-01-2800, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 1999.

O. Vidal, W.M. Murphy, "Calculation of the Effect of Gaseous Thermodiffusion and Thermogravitation Processes on the Relative Humidity Surrounding a High Level Nuclear Waste Canister," Waste Management, Vol. 19, 189-198, 1999.

J.D. Walker, "A Model For Penetration by Very Low Aspect Ratio Projectiles," International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 1, 957-966, 1999.

J.D. Walker, "An Analytic Velocity Field for Back Surface Bulging," Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Ballistics, Vol. 2, 1,239-1,246, San Antonio, Texas, November 1999.

J.D. Walker, "Constitutive Model for Fabrics With Explicit Static Solution and Ballistic Limit," Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Ballistics, Vol. 2, 1,231-1,238, San Antonio, Texas, November 1999.

C.C. Webb, B.B. Bykowski, P.A. Weber, D. McKinnon, "Using Advanced Emission Control Systems to Demonstrate LEV II ULEV on Light-Duty Gasoline Vehicles," SAE 1999-01-0774, 1999.

J.J. White, "Three-Way Catalyst Technology for Off-Road Equipment Engines," Small Engine Technology Conference, SAE 1999-01-3283, Madison, Wisconsin, September 1999.

J.R. Winterle, W.M. Murphy, D.J. Wronkiewicz, J.H. Lee, eds., "Time Scales for Dissolution of Calcite Fracture Fillings and Implications for Saturated Zone Radionuclide Transport at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 556, 713-720, 1999.

A. Woods, S. Sparks, O. Bokhove, A.M. LeJeune, C.B. Connor, B.E. Hill, "On the Motion of Magma Following the Intersection of a Dike with a Horizontal Subsurface Tunnel," EOS, Transactions of the AGU, Vol. 80, No. 46, F1187, 1999.

M. Wüest, "The Calibration of Satellite Particle Sensors," Advances in Space Research, Vol. 23, No. 8, 1,533-1,536, 1999.

Presentations

J.M. Ajello, G. James, K. Tobiska, W. Pryor, A.I. Stewart, G.R. Gladstone, J.H. Waite Jr., T. Majeed, D.E. Shemansky, A. Ingersoll, A. Vasvada, "Jupiter Multi-Spectral Ultraviolet Aurora Observations by Galileo," Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Paris, France, August 1999.

G.J. Bartley, "Accelerated Aging Cycles -- The Poisoning Effect," Environmental Protection Agency, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 1999.

G.J. Bartley, "Introduction of the Protection of Aftertreatment Systems from Sulfur (PASS) Concept," Diesel Engine Emission Reduction Workshop, Castine, Maine, July 1999.

G.J. Bartley, B.B. Bykowski, S. Welstand, D. Lax, "Effects on Vehicle Emissions of Catalyst Formulation with Respect to Gasoline Fuel Sulfur Level," SAE International Fall Fuel and Lubricants Meeting, SAE Paper 1999-01-3675, Toronto, Canada, October 1999.

D.S. Bass, W.M. Murphy, W.S. Lewis, J.H. Waite Jr., "The Composition of Europa's Triple Bands: Clues for the Chemistry of a Subsurface Ocean," BioAstronomy Conference, Kona, Hawaii, August 1999.

D.S. Bass, W.M. Murphy, G.P. Miller, J.D. Walker, "A Method for Delivering Prebiotic Molecules to a Planetary Surface: Results from Smashing Rock and Organics at 11.2 km/Second," BioAstronomy Conference, Kona, Hawaii, August 1999.

D.S. Bass, D.A. Paige, "Evidence for the Possible Accumulation of Ice at the North Pole of Mars," 5th International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, California, July 1999.

J. Bishop, D.J. Strickland, A.B. Christensen, J.H. Hecht, J.R. Sharber, "Strongly Perturbed Thermospheric Density Profiles Inferred from Particle and Zenith Viewing Optical Data from the ARIA II Auroral Rocket Experiment," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

L.G. Blomberg, G.T. Marklung, P. Lindqvist, T. Karlsson, J.A. Cumnock, B. Holback, O. Norberg, F. Primdahl, J.D. Winningham, "Astrid-2: The Mission and its Early Results," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

N.A. Boehmer, J. Jackson, W. McHargue, "Gyro Automatic Test Station Upgrade: Twenty Year Old Technology Grows Up," AUTOTESTCON, San Antonio, Texas, August 1999.

C.S. Brossia, G.A. Cragnolino, D.S. Dunn, O.C. Mogihissi, N. Sridhar, "Waste Package Performance Confirmation Part 1: Testing Needs and Parameters; Part 2: Water Chemistry Techniques; Part 3: Corrosion Measurement Methods," Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Laboratory Scale Heater Test Workshop, Rockville, Maryland, November 1999.

C.S. Brossia, G.A. Cragnolino, D.S. Dunn, N. Sridhar, O. Pensado, "Life Prediction of Containers for High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal," ASTM Fall Committee Week Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri, November 1999.

J.L. Burch, "Expected Scientific Results of the IMAGE Mission," Spring Annual Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

J.L. Burch, O.L. Valsber, J.H. Waite Jr., L.A. Avanov, V.N. Smirnov, A.A. Skalsky, "Hot Flow Anomalies Observed with the Interball Tail Probe," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

G.L. Burkhardt, A.E. Crouch, "Detection of Localized Plastic Deformation in Pipelines Using the Nonlinear Harmonics Method," ASTM Second Symposium on Nontraditional Methods of Sensing Stress, Strain, and Damage in Materials and Structures, Kansas City, Missouri, November 1999.

G.L. Burkhardt, J.L. Fisher, "Eddy Current Meander Probe Array," 26th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 1999.

G.G. Chell, C.J. Kuhlman, C.H. Popelar, D.A. McKee, T.S. Rennick, M.M. Mamoun, "Establishing the Fitness for Service of Polyethylene Liners Used for Rehabilitating Natural Gas Pipelines," 16th International Plastic Pipe Fuel Gas Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1999.

J.T. Clarke, J.M. Ajello, G.E. Ballester, L.B. Jaffel, J. Connerney, J.-C. Gerard, G.R. Gladstone, W. Pryor, K. Tobiska, J. Trauger, J.H. Waite Jr., "HST/STIS Images of UV Auroral Footprints from Io, Europa, and Ganymede," AAS 31st Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS), Padua, Italy, October 1999.

J.T. Clarke, J.M. Ajello, G.E. Ballester, L.B. Jaffel, J. Connerney, J.-C. Gerard, G.R. Gladstone, W. Pryor, K. Tobiska, J. Trauger, J.H. Waite Jr., "HST/STIS Imaging and Spectra of Jupiter's Aurora," Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Paris, France, August 1999.

C.B. Connor, B.E. Hill, A.W. Woods, S. Sparks, "Volcanic Hazard Assessment for a Proposed High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada," International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and Geophysics XXII General Assembly, Birmingham, England, July 1999.

G. Cremonese, D.C. Boice, W.F. Huebner, H. Rauer, "Sources of Sodium Tails in Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 01)," Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Meeting, Ithaca, New York, August 1999.

G. Crowley, A.J. Ridley, D. Knipp, J. Lyon, C. Goodrich, M. Wiltberger, "Coupling Ionospheric-Thermosphere and MHD Magnetospheric Models," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

D.D. Daruwalla, V. Jain, "Process Hazard and Safety Issues for Tank Waste Remediation System at Hanford Low-Activity Waste Feed Makeup, Solidification, and Offgas Treatment," NRC, Washington, D.C., May 1999.

S.W. Dellenback, "Automatic Scenario Generation for Advanced Traffic Management Systems," Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) World Congress, Toronto, Canada, November 1999.

S.W. Dellenback, "Integration of Multi-Modal and Multi-Agency ITS Systems," ITS World Congress, Toronto, Canada, November 1999.

M.E. Epperly, P.H. McGaugh, B.J. Walls, "Mission Adaptable CCSDS Formatter/Command Decoder," Core Technologies for Space Systems Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 1999.

C.J. Freitas, "CFD Codes: Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty," ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, San Francisco, California, July 1999.

G.R. Gladstone, A.J. Ridley, R. Link, "Auroral Resonance Line Profile Asymmetries: A Window on the Electrojet?" Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

G.R. Gladstone, S.A. Stern, D.C. Slater, L.J. Paxton, "EUVE Observations of the Venus Dayglow," AAS 31st Annual Meeting of the DPS, Padua, Italy, October 1999.

G.R. Gladstone, J.H. Waite Jr., J.T. Clarke, "Jupiter's Auroral Lyman Alpha Emissions," Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Paris, France, August 1999.

R. Glauser, "From ABS to Carbon Fiber, Fabrication of a Carbon-Fiber Propeller Blade Using Rapid Prototyping Technology," International Rapid Prototyping Users Group, Brainerd, Minnesota, July 1999.

D.J. Grosch, D.L. Goodlin, "Orbiter Tile Impact Testing," 50th Meeting of the Aeroballistic Range Association, Pleasanton, California, November 1999.

J. Gustin, D. Grodent, J.-C. Gerard, V. Dols, G.R. Gladstone, J.H. Waite Jr., L.T. Trafton, "Far Ultraviolet Observations of Jovian Low Latitude Regions with HST/STIS," AAS 31st Annual Meeting of the DPS, Padua, Italy, October 1999.

F. Herbert, G.R. Gladstone, "Dynamical Time Scales in the Io Plasma Torus," AAS 31st Annual Meeting of the DPS, Padua, Italy, October 1999.

F. Herbert, G.R. Gladstone, B.R. Sandel, "Electron Temperature in the Io Plasma Torus: The Key to Understanding Torus Energy Flow," Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Paris, France, August 1999.

B.E. Hill, "Deciding for the Next 10 Millenia: Volcanoes and the Proposed High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada," Baylor University, Waco, Texas, October 1999, and Idaho State University, November 1999.

B.E. Hill, "Quantitative Modeling of Tephra-Fall Hazard and Risk During Volcanic Crises: Modest Examples from Cerro Negro, Nicaragua," Baylor University, Waco, Texas, October 1999, and Idaho State University, November 1999.

B.E. Hill, C.B. Connor, "Eruption Forecasting at Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua, Using Time-Volume Relationships," International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and Geophysics XXII General Assembly, Birmingham, England, July 1999.

B.E. Hill, C.B. Connor, P. Doubik, "Constraints on Shallow Basaltic Subvolcanic Conduit Dimensions," International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and Geophysics XXII General Assembly, Birmingham, England, July 1999.

S.M. Hsiung, "Effects of Repetitive Seismic Loads on Underground Excavations in Jointed Rock Mass," Seventh International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, Nagoya, Japan, September 1999.

W.F. Huebner, "Needs for Determining Material Strengths and Bulk Properties of NEOs," International Monitoring Programs for Asteroid and Comet Threat (IMPACT) Workshop, Turin, Italy, June 1999.

W.F. Huebner, J. Benkhoff, "From Coma Abundances to Nucleus Composition," International Space Science Institute Workshop, Bern, Switzerland, September 1999.

G.D. Huron, "Numerical Simulations of SAE #2 Tests," SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, Toronto, Canada, October 1999.

E.A. Idrobo, A.H. Malallan, A. Datta-Gupta, J.O. Parra, "Characterizing Fluid Saturation Distribution Using Crosswell Seismic and Well Data: A Geostatistical Study," Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, October 1999.

J.-M. Jahn, B.L. Giles, T.E. Moore, W.K. Peterson, C.J. Pollock, P.W. Valek, M.P. Wüest, "Ionospheric Outflow as a Function of Geomagnetic Activity During 1996-1999 Storms," AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1999.

V. Jain, D.D. Daruwalla, "Vitrification Technology Worldwide Experience," U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Richland, Washington, July 1999.

B.D. Kingery, "Center-to-Center Communications Project: Dallas/Ft. Worth Data Server," ITS Texas, College Station, Texas, November 1999.

D.J. Knipp, A.J. Ridley, G. Crowley, T. Immel, B.A. Emery, D. Lummerzheim, "Quantitative Sensitivity Assessments for the Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics Procedure," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

C.J. Kuhlman, G.G. Chell, D.G. Butts, D.D. Skerhut, S.E. Stewart, M.M. Mamoun, "PE Lifespan Forecasting: A Computer Program for Evaluating Polyethylene Pipelines for Long-Term Service," 16th International Plastic Pipe Fuel Gas Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1999.

H. Kwun, "Feasibility of Guided Wave Inspection of Plates Using Magnetostrictive Sensors," 26th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 1999.

P.C. La Femina, W.M. Murphy, B.E. Hill, "Hydrothermal or Deuteric Alteration of Tuffs at the Paiute Ridge Intrusive Complex, Nevada?" Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 1999.

P. Mackin, "The Development of a Plan for Review of a License Application for Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste," DOE, DOE Contractors, and Stakeholders, Las Vegas, Nevada, and NRC, Rockville, Maryland, July 1999.

A.N. Maurellis Jr., T.E. Cravens, G.R. Gladstone, J.H. Waite Jr., "Low Latitude Jovian X-ray Emission from Scattering and Fluorescence of Solar X-rays," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

R.C. McClung, "Finite Element Analysis of Fatigue Crack Closure: A Historical and Critical Review," ASTM Task Group on Crack Closure, Kansas City, Missouri, November 1999.

D.A. McKee, C.H. Popelar, C.J. Kuhlman, N. Brown, M.M. Mamoun, "Experimental Determination of Allowable Crack Depths in Polyethylene Pipes Subjected to Internal Pressure Loading," 16th International Plastic Pipe Fuel Gas Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1999.

P.C. McKeighan, "Fracture Mechanics and Structural Integrity," ASTM Second Symposium on Nontraditional Methods of Sensing Stress, Strain, and Damage in Materials and Structures, Kansas City, Missouri, November 1999.

P.C. McKeighan, "User Experience with Spectrum Fatigue Crack Growth Testing," ASTM Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri, November 1999.

P.C. McKeighan, A.E. Nicholls, L.C. Perocchi, R.C. McClung, "A Comparison Between Various Methods of Sensing Crack Nucleation and Growth in Hard Alpha Defects Embedded in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy," ASTM Second Symposium on Nontraditional Methods of Sensing Stress, Strain, and Damage in Materials and Structures, Kansas City, Missouri, November 1999.

A. Minachi, A.E. Crouch, J.L. Jackson, "Gas-Coupled Ultrasonic Inspection of Pipelines," 26th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 1999.

A. Minachi, F.J. Margetan, T.A. Gray, R.B. Thompson, "Experimental Validation of the Multi-Gaussian Beam Model," 26th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 1999.

W.M. Murphy, "Problems in the Study of Water-Rock Interactions Related to Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Waste at Hanford, Washington, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and Vienne, France," Interactions Fluides-Mineraux Dans la Croute, Paris, France, October 1999.

D.P. Nicolella, E. Sprague, L. Bonewald, "Measurement of Osteocyte Deformation Resulting from Fluid Flow Shear Stress," ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, November 1999.

S. Painter, D.A. Ferrill, "On the Characterization of Highly Heterogeneous Aquifers: Alternative Approaches Based on Non-Gaussian Random Fields," Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 1999.

C.D. Parkinson, E. Griffioen, J.C. McConnell, L.B. Jaffel, A. Vidal-Madjar, J.T. Clarke, G.R. Gladstone, "Estimates of Atomic Deuterium Abundance and Lyman-Alpha Airglow in the Thermosphere of Jupiter," AAS 31st Annual Meeting of the DPS, Padua, Italy, October 1999.

J.O. Parra, C.L. Hackert, A.W. Gorody, D. Howlett, D. Melton, "Detection of Guided Waves Between Gas Wells in Gulf Coast Formations," Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 69th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, October-November 1999.

O. Pensado, S. Mohanty, "Prediction of Waste Package Life for High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal at Yucca Mountain," Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1999.

J.D. Prikryl, A. Jain, D.R. Turner, R.T. Pabalan, "Uranium(VI) Sorption Behavior on Silicate Mineral Mixtures," Seventh International Conference on the Chemistry and Migration Behavior of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere, Migration '99, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, September-October 1999.

A.J. Ridley, G. Crowley, T. Immel, D. Knipp, D. Lummerzheim, J. Thayer, R. Doe, M. Ruohoniemi, B.J. Anderson, B. Emery, A.D. Richmond, R.G. Roble, "Validation of Conductivity and Joule Heating from AMIE and TIME-GCM," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

D.S. Riha, B.H. Thacker, D. Hall, T. Auel, S. Pritchard, "Capabilities and Applications of Probabilistic Methods in Finite Element Analysis," Fifth ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 1999.

T.W. Ryan III, "Effects of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on the Degradation Rates of Lubricating Oil in a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine," SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, Toronto, Canada, October 1999.

M.J. Sablik, B. Augustyniak, "Modeling the Magnetic Field Dependence of Magnetoacoustic Emission and its Dependence on Creep Damage," Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 1999.

M.J. Sablik, B. Augustyniak, M. Chmielewski, "The Magnetic Field Dependence of Magnetoacoustic Emission and its Dependence on Creep Damage," 44th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, San Jose, California, November 1999.

M.J. Sablik, R.S. Beech, and M. Tondra, "Designing a GMR Field Sensor via Inference from a GMR Hysteresis Model," 44th Annual Conference on Magnetic and Magnetic Materials, San Jose, California, November 1999.

M.J. Sablik, Y. Chen, D.C. Jiles, "Modified Law of Approach to the Magnetomechanical Model," Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 1999.

D.W.G. Sears, D.G. Akridge, W.F. Huebner, "KOSI-6, Asteroids and Comets," 62nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 1999.

J.R. Sharber, J.D. Winningham, R.A. Frahm, G. Crowley, A.J. Ridley, R. Link, "Developing a Particle Climatology for Study of the Effects of Solar Particle Fluxes on the Atmosphere," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

T. Siili, D.S. Bass, H. Savijari, "Numerical Simulations of Mesoscale Circulations and Resulting Water Vapor Transport in the Springtime Northern Polar Cap Edge Retreat," 5th International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, California, July 1999.

D.C. Slater, S.A. Stern, M. A'Hearn, J. Bertaux, M. Festou, P. Feldman, "ALICE Operational Modes and Performance Predictions," AAS 31st Annual Meeting of the DPS, Padua, Italy, October 1999.

D.C. Slater, S.A. Stern, W.B. Colwell, D.D. Durda, D.E. Mahoney, J.W. Parker, P.M. Tamblyn, W.M. Tomlinson, V. Genau, M. A'Hearn, L.J. Paxton, F. Vilas, S.K. Robinson, S.A. Hawley, P.R. Weissman, "UV Imaging Results of Comet C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp) and Other Planetary Targets Using the Southwest UV Imaging System (SWUIS) Aboard the Space Shuttle," AAS 31st Annual Meeting of the DPS, Padua, Italy, October 1999.

A.J. Smalley, S.L. Clowney, G.P. Pappas, "Evaluation and Application of Data Sources for Assessing Operating Costs for Mechanical Drive Gas Turbines in Pipeline Service," 13th Symposium on Industrial Applications of Gas Turbines, Banff, Canada, October 1999.

A.J. Smalley, J.P. Harrell, P.J. Pantermuehl, R.W. James, "Friction and Deflection Characteristics of Epoxy Material for Reciprocating Compressor Foundations," Gas Machinery Research Council Gas Machinery Conference, Houston, Texas, October 1999.

A.J. Smalley, D.A. Mauney, D.I. Ash, S.L. Clowney, G.P. Pappas, "Evaluation and Application of Data Sources for Assessing Operating Costs for Mechanical Drive Gas Turbines in Pipeline Service," ASME Turbo Expo, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 1999.

N. Sridhar, D.S. Dunn, G.A. Cragnolino, "Container Life and Source Term," DOE/NRC Technical Meeting on Container Life and Source Term Related to the Proposed High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Livermore, California, July 1999.

B.H. Thacker, D.P. Nicolella, G.M. Jones, "Finite Element Methods," Summer Bioengineering Conference, Big Sky, Montana, June 1999.

O.L. Vaisberg, J.H. Waite Jr., J.L. Burch, V.N. Smirnov, L.A. Avanov, A.A. Skalsky, D. Korotkov, N.L. Borodkova, V.S. Nikolaev, "Properties of LLBL Plasma Transients," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

J.H. Waite Jr., F. Bagenal, W.S. Lewis, S.J. Bolton, J. Connerney, P. Drossart, D. Gautier, "Jovian Auroral and Inner Magnetospheric Explorer (JAIME) Mission," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999.

J.H. Waite Jr., G.R. Gladstone, J.L. Burch, W.S. Lewis, R.J. Walker, J.T. Clarke, J.C. Gerard, "Jovian Auroral Morphology: Relationship to Physical Processes," Spring Meeting of the AGU, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999, and Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Paris, France, August 1999.

J.H. Waite Jr., G.R. Gladstone, P. Robertson, T. Majeed, J.T. Clarke, "Rapidly Varying Emissions in Jupiter's Polar Cap: A Signature of Reconnection in the Jovian Magnetotail?" AAS 31st Annual Meeting of the DPS, Padua, Italy, October 1999.

A.B. Wenzel, R.E. White, J.E. Johnson, "Methods for Evaluating Fires and Explosions of Offshore and Onshore Upstream Production Systems," 18th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, St. John's, Newfoundland, July 1999.

J.J. White, "Small Engines -- A Bright Future," Small Engine Technology Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, September 1999.

A.W. Woods, S. Sparks, C.B. Connor, B.E. Hill, "A Model of the Interaction of a Fissure Eruption With a Horizontal Tunnel," International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and Geophysics XXII General Assembly, Birmingham, England, July 1999.

P.C. Xu, J.O. Parra, "Effects of a Vertical Fluid-Filled Fracture on Borehole Dipole Logs," Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 69th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, October-November 1999.

J.C. Young, Y.M. Chou, R.L. Mason, "A Practical Application of Hotelling's T-Square to Batch Processes," 159th Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, Baltimore, Maryland, August 1999.

Internal Research Projects

Funded October 1, 1999

M.E. Epperly, "A Very High-Speed Mixed Mode Time-to-Digital ASIC For Space."

S.E. Griffin, "A Study of High-Performance, NASCAR Winston Cup, Engine Combustion and Air/Fuel Ratio Distribution."

D.M. Hassler, "Sophie Rocket Stray Light Analysis."

D.M. Hassler, D.C. Slater, W.C. Gibson, "Solar Instrument Technology Development for NASA Explorer Class Missions."

K.A. Lysiak, "Design and Test of a Tower-Mounted VHF Antenna Array."

G.B. Miller, M.D. Wüest, "A Combined Optical Emission and Absorption Spectrometer Utilizing Micromachined Optical Components."

J.E. Navarro, H.S. Hanson, J.N. Mitchell, "The Investigation of MEMS-Fabricated Actuators for Use in Optical and Mechanical Applications."

Q. Ni, J.D. King, "Structural Characteristics of Gels by NMR Techniques."

W. Schlameus, J.D. Trevino, "Encapsulation of an Oral Rabies Antigen."

M.J. Smith, "New Filtering/Regulation Techniques with Applications to Airborne Pointing Systems."

H. Spence, S.W. Zogbi, "The Investigation of Micro-Machine Based Inertial Sensors."

R.H. Stanglmaier, "Fuel-Wall Interactions Within the Cylinder of Direct-Injected Spark-Ignition Engines."

S.A. Stern, "Capability Demonstration for Applied Information Systems Research in Astronomy and Planetary Science."

J.M. Stone, "Adapt the Telemetry Collection Module as a VME Master Controller."

S.A. Timmons, "Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Chlorpyrifos."

D.C. Varner, J.A. Sills, B.C. Brown, R.T. Bentley, "Automatic Parsing of Spectrograms for Signal Recognition."

T.J. Warnagiris, "Investigating the Radar Design Options for Inadvertent Deployment Prevention of an Instantaneous Personal Protection System."

M.D. Wüest, G.B. Miller, "A Field Emission Ionization Source Using Spindt Cathodes."

Funded January 1, 2000

W.C. Couvillion, R.R. Lopez, S.M. Porter, "Using Pressure Patterns to Detect Natural Motions for Traversing Virtual Environments."

S.H.K. Fitch, S.W. Dellenback, "Interfacing Personal Data Assistants for Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications."

S.J. Hudak Jr., S.R. Runnels, D.P. Nicolella, R.A. Page, G.G. Chell, "MEMS Materials Testing and Quality Assurance System."

R.L. Johnson, B.W. Fessler, "Development of Optimization Techniques for E911 Wireless Location Performance."

I.A. Khalek, "Diesel Engine Particle-Free EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation)."

M.K. McLelland, "The Preliminary Design of PCI/VME Bridge Chip."

W.D. Perry, Michael McLelland, "A Mars Solar-Electric Airship Design Study and Mission Simulation."

T.A. Ryan III, A.C. Matheaus, "Investigation of Diesel Fuel Properties on Emissions."

D.A. Tong, J.M. Pickard, "Cardiac Rhythm Identification Based on Chest Wall Motion."

T.J. Warnagiris, "A Novel Ultra-Wideband Antenna."

S.W. Zogbi, L.D. Canady, K.S. Honeyager, J.A. Helffrich, "Development of a Diagnostic Method for Spinal Fusion."

SwRI Patents

E.A. Bass, P.M. Merritt, C.A. Sharp, C.M. Wall, J.B. Campbell, "Cylindrical Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Methods of Making Same," U.S. Patent No. 6,001,500, December 1999.

J.W. Brophy, H. Kwun, "Method for Determining Average Wall Thickness for Pipes and Tubes Using Guided Waves," U.S. Patent No. 5,970,434, October 1999.

S.A. Cerwin, "Pressure and Temperature Sensor Transducer Array," U.S. Patent No. 5,984,874, November 1999.

G. Dearnaley, "Bearing Surfaces of Hypereutectic Alloys Modified to Increase Lubricant Effectiveness," U.S. Patent No. 5,976,711, November 1999.

G. Dearnaley, "Non-Irritating Antimicrobial Coating for Medical Implants and a Process for Preparing Same," U.S. Patent No. 5,984,905, November 1999.

G. Dearnaley, "Non-Irritating Antimicrobial Coating for Medical Implants and a Process for Preparing Same," U.S. Patent No. 5,945,153, August 1999.

G. Dearnaley, S.J. Lukezich, "Porous Anodized Aluminum Surfaces with Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings," U.S. Patent No. 6,001,481, December 1999.

S.C. Grigory, J.A. Villarreal, J.G. Wright, D.W. Johnson, "Apparatus and Method for Sealing a Damaged Pipe," U.S. Patent No. 5,954,095, September 1999.

M.G. Grothaus, "Electrohydraulic Transducer for Cleaning the Inner Surface of Pipes," U.S. Patent No. 5,948,171, September 1999.

H. Kwun, K.A. Bartels, "Determining Average Wall Thickness and Wall-Thickness Variation of a Liquid-Carrying Pipe," U.S. Patent No. 6,000,288, December 1999.

J. Ling, D.C. Winter, B.L. Robey, "Cardiac Output Monitor Using Fuzzy Logic Blood Pressure Analysis," U.S. Patent No. 6,007,491, December 1999.

M.B. Lyles, C.A. McLaughlin, G.A. Halff, W.A. Mallow, "Implantable System for Cell Growth Control," U.S. Patent No. 5,964,745, October 1999.

W.A. Mallow, "Fixation of Hazardous Wastes and Related Products," U.S. Patent No. 5,976,244, November 1999.

W.A. Mallow, "Method of Making Amino Acid Acrylic Monoesters," U.S. Patent No. 5,945,558, August 1999.

P.P. Paul, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Composites for Dental Restorative Material," U.S. Patent No. 6,005,028, December 1999.

P.P. Paul, S.T. Schwab, "Metal Complex Derived Catalyst and Method of Forming," U.S. Patent No. 5,990,039, November 1999.

H.H. Peel III, "System and Method for Accurately Monitoring the Cardiovascular State of a Living Subject," U.S. Patent No. 5,931,790, August 1999.

H.W. Schlameus, D.E. Barlow, "Method for Preparing Polymeric Beads," U.S. Patent No. 5,959,073, September 1999.

J.A. Smith, D.J. Podnar, J.J. Cole, J.T. Kubesh, G.J. Bartley, "Stoichiometric Synthesis, Exhaust, and Natural-Gas Combustion Engine," U.S. Patent No. 5,947,063, September 1999.

S.F. Timmons, R.C. Graef, S.T. Schwab, M.D. Grimes, "Method for Preparing Silicon Nitride and Silicon Nitride Composites," U.S. Patent No. 5,980,699, November 1999.

S.T. Wellinghoff, "Controlled Release Coated Agricultural Products," U.S. Patent No. 5,939,356, August 1999.

S.T. Wellinghoff, S.A. Barenberg, P.N. Gray, "Methods of Deodorizing and Retarding Contamination or Mold Growth Using Chlorine Dioxide," U.S. Patent No. 5,980,826, November 1999.

M.P. Wüest, "Large Aperture Particle Detector with Integrated Antenna," U.S. Patent No. 5,962,850, October 1999.

Published in the Spring 2000 issue of Technology Today®, published by Southwest Research Institute. For more information, contact Maria Martinez.

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