U.S.
Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program
FY 2000 Phase II -
Awards by Topic
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BIOMASS POWER |
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Altex Technologies Corporation |
Power from Farm Animals System Technology |
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Spinheat Limited |
The Development of a Modular System to Burn Farm Animal Waste to Generate Heat and Power |
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HIGH-TEMPERATURE ELECTRONICS FOR GEOTHERMAL DRILLING |
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Linear Measurements, Inc. |
High-Temperature Oscillator and Digital Clock |
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Sigma Technologies International, Inc, |
Capacitors for Extreme Temperature Applications |
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Silicon Designs, Inc. |
A High Temperature MEMS Inclination Sensor for Geothermal Drilling |
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ADVANCED MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS |
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MetroLaser, Inc. |
Fiber Optic Sensor for Industrial Process Measurement and Control |
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Nanomaterials Research Corporation |
Real-time Gas Composition Analyzers for On-Line Process Control |
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X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. |
Portable Parallel Beam X-Ray Diffraction System for In-Line Process Control in the Steel Industry |
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HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY |
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Hi-Z Technology, Inc. |
High Efficiency Thermoelectric Power Conversion Devices |
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Unique Mobility, Inc. |
Improved Rotor Cooling for PM Machines |
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SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS FOR PASSIVE SOLAR LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS |
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AIL Research, Inc. |
Passive Desiccant Air Conditioners |
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PowerLight Corporation |
SunGuard: A Roofing Tile for Natural Cooling |
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Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. |
Cost Saving Alternative for Stack Reformer Packaging in Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
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COAL/GAS POWER SYSTEMS |
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CeraMem Corporation |
Novel Backup Filter Device for Candle Filters |
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Precision Combustion, Inc. |
Advanced Catalytic Pilot for Advanced Gas Turbine Systems |
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TDA Research, Inc. |
Thermally Stable Catalysts for Methane Combustion |
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RECOVERY AND UTILIZATION OF FOSSIL FUELS |
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CeraMem Corporation |
Improved Precursors for Oxygen-Selective Membranes in Practical Devices for Methane Conversion |
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Eltron Research, Inc. |
Supported Flat Plate Thin Films for Oxygen Separation |
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FUSION PLASMA SCIENCE RESEARCH |
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FARTECH, Inc. |
A Multi-Sensor Real-Time Resistive-Wall- Mode Identification Tool |
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ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUSION PLAMA EXPERIMENTS |
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Diversified Technologies, Inc. |
Power Supply for Plasma Heating |
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Eltron Research, Inc. |
A New Radiation Resistant Epoxy Resin System for Liquid Impregnation Fabrication of Composite Insulation |
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Plasma Processes, Inc. |
Advanced Heat Sink Materials for Fusion Energy Devices |
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UTRON, Inc. |
Fast Repetitive Arc Free Current Limiting Circuit Breaker |
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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR FUTURE FUSION SYSTEMS |
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MER Corporation |
Hybrid Three Dimensional SiC/C High Thermal Conductivity Composites |
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ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS |
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Omega-P, Inc. |
Laser-Driven Cyclotron Autoresonance Accelerator - LACARA |
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Positive Light, Inc. |
Multi-Terawatt, 50fs Laser for Laser Accelerator Applications |
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Tech-X Corporation |
High-Performance 3-D Simulation Code for Laser Plasma Accelerators and Plasma Processing of Integrated Circuits, with a Graphical User Interface |
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RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND COLLIDERS |
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Calabazas Creek Research |
Design of a 10 MW, 91 GHz Gyroklystron for Linear Accelerators |
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California Tube Laboratory, Inc. |
Low Field Solenoid Periodic Focusing of Accelerator Klystrons |
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Diversified Technologies, Inc. |
New Concepts for Pulsed Power Modulators |
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HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES COLLIDERS |
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Composite Technology Development, Inc. |
Co-Processed Ceramic Insulation for High Field Accelerator Magnets |
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Plastronic, Inc., |
Low-cost, Long-Length Manufacturing of Continuously Melt-Quenched Processed, Full Stabilized, Multifilamentary High-Field Nb3AL Superconductor |
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Supercon, Inc. |
Improvement of High Field Performance and Reliability of Nb3Sn Conductor by PIT Method |
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Superconducting Systems, Inc. |
High Performance Nb3Sn (Ta)by Tin Enrichment and Increased Filament Content |
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Supergenics |
A High Current Density Very Low Cost Niobium3 Tin Titanium Doped Conductor Utilizing A Novel Internal Tin Process, with Separate Stabilizing Elements Scalable To Modern Niobium Titanium Production Economics |
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TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRON-POSITRON LINEAR COLLIDER |
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DAC International, Inc. |
Automated Diamond Turning Lathe for the Production of Copper Accelerator Cells |
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Diversified Technologies, Inc. |
Hybrid NLC Modulator |
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Diversified Technologies, Inc. |
High Power Switch |
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LMC, Inc. |
Adiabatic Forming of Copper Accelerator Cells for the NLC |
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HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS |
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HYTEC, Inc. |
Low Cost Support Structures, With New Advanced Composite Materials Tailored For Ultra-Stable Particle Tracking Detectors |
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NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES |
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Hypres, Inc. |
SQUID Susceptometers for Read Out of Magnetic Microcalorimeters |
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Scientific Digital Visions, Inc. |
Nuclear Data Evaluation Tools |
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NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY |
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Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. |
Development of High Power RF Windows for Next-Generation Superconducting and Normal Conducting Accerlerators |
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Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. |
Superconducting RF Photocathode Electron Gun |
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Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. |
Electromagnetically Forming a Seamless Niobium Radio Frequency (RF) Superconducting Cavity |
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AMAC International, Inc. |
High Power RF Window and Its Input Coupler Technology |
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Berkeley Ion Equipment, Inc. |
A High Efficiency Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source System for the Production of Radioactive Ion Beams |
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Ceradyne, Inc. |
Development of New Lossy Material for Cryogenic and Ambient Applications |
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Energen, Inc. |
A High Force Actuator for SRF Cavity Tuning |
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WASTE CHARACTERIZATION |
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Photon Imaging, Inc. |
Next-Generation Portable XRF System |
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Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. |
An Advanced Avalanche-Photo diode Based Spectroscopic Radiation Monitor |
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WASTE TREATMENT AND STABILIZATION |
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Applied Sciences, Inc. |
Separation of Metal Ions From Liquid Waste Streams |
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Lynntech, Inc. |
Enhanced Selective Leaching of Chromium from Radioactive Sludges |
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TECHNOLOGY FOR TREATMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND DISPOSITION OF URANIUM HEXAFUORIDE |
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Starmet Corporation |
Production of High Value Fluorine Gases for the Semiconductor Industry |
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ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGY |
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Blue Road Research |
Fiber Optic Grating Based Mositure Sensor |
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ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT AND SAMPLING TECHNOLOGY |
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Avyd Devices, Inc. |
Development of III-Nitride UV Detectors |
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Avyd Devices, Inc. |
Mercury Cadnium Telluride Detectors for Near Infrared Applications |
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Nanomaterials Research Corporation |
Low Temperature, High Altitude Humidity Sensor |
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Physical Optics Corporation |
A Multi-Holographic Filter with a Liquid Crystal Scanner for Surface Optical Reflectance |
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Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc. |
A Low-Cost Automated Radiosonde Launch System |
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CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BIOSPHERE |
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Physical Sciences, Inc. |
A Diode Laser Sensor for High Precision Measurement of Terrestrial CO2 Sources and Sinks |
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MEDICAL APPLICATIONS |
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PEM Technologies, Inc. |
Rapid Processing of Positioning Information for Hand-Held Gamma Camera |
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Photon Imaging, Inc. |
Small Animal SPECT Camera for Quantitative Molecular Medicine |
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GENOME, STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES |
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CyberConnect Corporation |
A Visual Data-Flow Editor Capable of Integrating Data Analysis and Database Querying |
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Genome Informatics Corporation |
Genome Analysis Tools and Information Services |
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Physical Optics Corporation |
Versatile Liquid Crystal Tunable Interference Filter for Chromosome Analysis |
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METAL FORMING |
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Chesapeake Composites Corporation |
A Generic Approach to Improved Semi-Solid Forming of Metals |
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Materials Modification, Inc. |
High-Strain-Rate Superplastic Forging of Aluminum Alloys |
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PROCESSING FOR SURFACE HARDNESS |
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Spire Corporation |
Functionally Graded, Nanocrystalline Multiphase, Boron- and Carbon-Based Superhard Coatings |
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UES, Inc. |
Large Area Filtered Arc Deposition of Carbon and Boron Based Hard Coatings |
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MATERIALS JOINING |
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FM Technologies, Inc. |
Hermetic Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide Tube Joints with Microwave Heating |
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY MATERIALS FOR ELECTRIC POWER |
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American Superconductor Corporation |
Meter Length YBCO Coated Conductor Development |
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NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION |
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Cryogenic Applications F, Inc. |
An Advanced Cold Moderator Using Solid Methane Pellets |
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IntraSpec, Inc. |
Three Dimensional Si Imaging Array For Cold Neutrons |
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Science Research Laboratory, Inc. |
A High-Pressure3He Neutron Spin Filter |
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ALTERNATIVE SYNTHETIC PATHWAYS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT AND ECONOMIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE |
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CeraMem Corporation |
Novel Catalyst for CH4-CO Conversion |
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REACTIVE SEPARATIONS |
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Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. |
Membrane Reactor Designs for the Production of Olefins |
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Montec Associates, Inc. |
Sonic Assisted Membrane Processing |
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PTC Value Recovery |
Economic and Self-Sustaining Production of Saleable Products from Waste Anions Using Phase-Transfer Catalysis |
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INNOVATIVE R&D FOR ADVANCED, LOW-EMISSION, ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES |
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EIC Laboratories, Inc. |
Flame Retardant Electrolytes for Li-ion Batteries |
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TechDrive, Inc. |
Nonflammable Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes |
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COMPUTATIONAL GEOSCIENCES |
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Thunderhead Engineering Consultant |
A Geometry-Based Interactive Pre- and Post-Processor for Reservoir Simulation and Visualization |
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HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS AND APPLICATIONS |
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Aldea Communication, Inc. |
Al, An ESNET Differentiated Services Allocation System |
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MetroLaser, Inc. |
Holographic Memory Module with Ultra-High Capacity and Throughput |
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Physical Optics Corporation |
Plug-and-Play Phase Conjugate Quantum Cryptography for Secure Private and Public Key Distribution |
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Princeton Electronic Systems, Inc. |
Low Cost 10Gb/s Optical Links for Gigabit Networks |
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ADVANCED SENSORS AND DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS |
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Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. |
Chemosensor Array for Detecting the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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Lynntech, Inc. |
A New Microfluidic System for Detection of Bacterial Agents on Contaminated Surfaces |
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Optra, Inc. |
Compact Reflector Telescope |
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Spectral Sciences, Inc. |
Fast Analysis of Ultraspectral Measurements of Chemical Plumes |
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ADVANCED RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST BAN TREATY |
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Multimax, Inc. |
Seismic Monitoring System Calibration Using Ground Truth Database |