The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $25,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IMPLEMENTATIO OF AN ULTRA-BRIGHT THERMOGRAPHIC PHOSPHOR FOR GAS TURNBINE ENGINE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS. WORK WITH NASA AND THE REST OF THE GRMT PROJECT TEAM TO DETERMINE THE GATED EXCITATION SOURCE FROM AMONG COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE LEDS OR LASER DIODES THAT PROVIDES THE BEST COMPROMISE BETWEEN PERFORMANCE, COMPACTNESS, AND COST FOR USE WITH NASA-PROVIDED CR-DOPED GDALO3 THERMOGRAPHIC PHOSPHOR. 2. PERFORM LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS TO DEMONSTRATE LUMINESCENCE-BASED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS TO 1200C WITH ADEQUATE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE USING SELECTED COMPACT LED OR LASER DIODE EXCITATION OF NASA-PROVIDED 1 DIAM CR-DOPED GDALO3 COATED BUTTON SPECIMENS BY 2/13. 3. DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE INTEGRATION OF SELECTED LED OR LASER DIODE EXCITATION SOURCE WITH PROBE DESIGNED FOR ENGINE INSERTION PROVIDED BY GRMT TEAM. 4. VALIDATE PRACTICAL FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING COMPACT LED OR LASER DIODE EXCITATION FOR LUMINESCENCEBASED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS BY DEMONSTRASTING MEASUREMENTS WITHOUT PROBE INTEGRATION AT NASA HIGH HEAT FLUX LASER FACILITY BY 2/13 AND WITH PROBE INTEGRATION IN NASA BURNER RIG FACILITY BY 6/13. 5. MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BY 6/13 TO GRMT PROJECT TEAM ON ACCEPTABILITY OF ACCURACY DECREASE USING COMPACT EXCITATION SOURCE COMPARED TO STANDARD LASER EXCITATION SOURCE BASED ON ERROR ANALYSIS DETERMINATION OF UNCERTAINTIES IN TEMPERATURE DERIVED FROM DECAY TIME MEASUREMENTS. 6. COLLABORATE WITH NASA AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GRMT PROJECT ON WRITING AND PRESENTING PAPERS AT APPROPRIATE CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.

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