Energy technology & engineering books

New methods for neutron detection have become an important area of research in support of national security objectives....  Read More >>

Since 9/11 protecting our critical infrastructure has become a national priority. Presidential Decision Directive...  Read More >>

A unique ASIC was designed implementing the Haar Wavelet transform for image compression/decompression. ASIC operations...  Read More >>

The objective of this research was to determine the feasibility of using a nuclear reaction heat source, such as...  Read More >>

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Sensors Directorate has constructed and tested a coherent LIght Detection...  Read More >>

This research examined the possibility of using a non-mechanical beam steering device to steer the beam of a coherent...  Read More >>

For more than 50 years the United States has explored the possibility of space borne nuclear fission reactors. The...  Read More >>

Phase conjugation properties of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a short multimode fiber have been investigated...  Read More >>

A Fermi-style thermal neutron disc chopper was designed, constructed, and calibrated in conjunction with a boron-loaded...  Read More >>

The United States has dramatically increased its production of alternative fuels over the past seven years. With...  Read More >>

A mathematical model is developed to track the amount of power delivered in a wireless laser power beaming system....  Read More >>

Based on current capabilities, we examine the feasibility of creating a carbohydratebased regenerative fuel cell...  Read More >>

""Electrical Engineering Problems"" is a comprehensive guide to understanding and solving problems related to direct...  Read More >>

The purpose of this research was to implement a Transform Domain Communication System (TDCS) in hardware and compare...  Read More >>

New applications for GPS have driven a demand for increased positioning accuracy. The emerging GPS technology particularly...  Read More >>

Investigation of the optical and electrical behavior of some semiconductors at very high temperatures has not been...  Read More >>

""Mud-laden Fluid Applied To Well Drilling"" explores the utilization of mud-laden fluid in the drilling of wells....  Read More >>

A diode-pumped, ytterbium (Yb)-doped fiber laser system was designed and demonstrated to operate in continuous wave...  Read More >>

The increase in availability and reduction in cost of commercial communication devices (IEEE compliant such as 802.11,...  Read More >>

This trade study has two objectives. The first provides a trade space analysis of differing array architectures...  Read More >>

Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century Lt Col Stearns-Boles is the Air Force Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory...  Read More >>

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have a broad and varied range of applications, yet all of these are limited by the...  Read More >>

The increasing demand for portable, high data rate communications has focused much attention on wireless technology....  Read More >>

As Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) become more widely used, security concerns have been raised regarding...  Read More >>

The goal of this research is to show in a simulated environment that security of the network can be strengthen by...  Read More >>