The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $97,520 - Tuesday the 31st of January 2017
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WE PROPOSE HERE TO CONTINUE MODELING THE PHOTOCHEMICAL ESCAPE FLUXES AND RATES OF THE ATOMS 16O, 12C, AND 14N FROM THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE USING AN ENHANCED VERSION OF A MONTE CARLO ESCAPE CODE THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED WITH PREVIOUS FUNDING. WE WILL ALSO DETERMINE THE ISOTOPE EFFECTS INHERENT IN THE MECHANISMS, WHICH OPERATE IN ADDITION TO ANY FRACTIONATION DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE ALTITUDE PROFILES OF THE ISOTOPOMERS INVOLVED IN THE NON-THERMAL ESCAPE MECHANISMS. WE WILL DO THIS BY DETERMINING THE ESCAPE PROBABILITIES FOR 18O, 17O, 13C, AND 15N AND COMPARING THEM TO THOSE OF THE MAJOR ISOTOPES. UNDER THE CURRENT GRANT, WE HAVE COMPUTED THE ESCAPE FLUX OF 16O DUE TO DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION (DR) OF O2+, AND THE PROBABILITY OF ESCAPE OF 18O FOR TWO MODELS: 60 DEGREE SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE LOW AND HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY MODELS. WE HAVE FOUND (SURPRISINGLY, AND IN CONTRAST TO THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM) THAT THERE IS A LARGE FRACTIONATION FACTOR OF 0.2 TO 0.37 FROM 150 TO 300 KM INHERENT IN THE DR MECHANISM. WE HAVE ALSO SHOWN THAT THE EXOBASE APPROXIMATION FAILS TOTALLY FOR ESCAPE OF O SINCE THE FRACTION OF ESCAPING O ATOMS ARISING FROM BELOW THE EXOBASE IS GREATER THAN 0.9. WE HAVE ALSO COMPLETED THE CALCULATIONS FOR 4 OF THE 7 PHOTOCHEMICAL ESCAPE MECHANISMS FOR C. IN THE PERIOD OF THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION, WE WILL: ADD INELASTIC PROCESSES TO THE O ESCAPE CALCULATIONS, AND THE ABILITY FOR THE PROJECTILE TO CHANGE IDENTITIES; DETERMINE THE 13C/12C ISOTOPE EFFECTS INHERENT IN THE MECHANISMS; WE WILL CARRY OUT CALCULATIONS FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL ESCAPE FLUXES OF 14N, AND THE 15N/14N ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION FACTORS INHERENT IN THE MECHANISMS; WE WILL CARRY OUT CALCULATIONS FOR VARIOUS LATITUDES, LOCAL TIMES, SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES, AND SEASONS; WE WILL MODEL THE ANCIENT IONOSPHERES (AT 2.5 GYR AND 3.5 GYR BEFORE PRESENT) USING NEUTRAL THERMOSPHERES FROM COLLABORATOR S. BOUGHER. THE MODEL ATMOSPHERES ARE VERTICAL SLICES OF HIS MARS THERMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (MTGCM). FINALLY, USING ESTIMATES OF OTHER NON-THERMAL ESCAPE MECHANISMS, WE WILL INTEGRATE BACKWARD IN TIME TO DETERMINE THE ISOTOPE RATIOS AT ABOUT 3.8 GYR, AT THE END OF THE CATASTROPHIC PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF MARS. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO ANSWER "THE FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC QUESTION" OF "HOW THE CLIMATE OF MARS HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME TO REACH ITS CURRENT STATE" (MEPAG GOAL II, LINE 1). IT IS MOST RELEVANT TO MEPAG GOAL II.C.1 "DETERMINE THE RATES OF ESCAPE OF KEY SPECIES FROM THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH SEASONAL AND SOLAR VARIABILITY".

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• $8,749 - Friday the 29th of June 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  541-BRECKSVILLE
  LIBRARY CIRCULATION SERVICES FEE

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• $8,000 - Thursday the 24th of May 2012
  Department Of Army
  W7NU USPFO ACTIVITY OH ARNG
  ADVERTISING-SIGNAGE

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• $7,048 - Tuesday the 29th of May 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  552-DAYTON
  PAYMENT TO LOCAL UNIVERSITY FOR SPRING SCHALORSHIP.

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• $7,030 - Thursday the 27th of September 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  552-DAYTON
  GRADUATE LEVEL AND UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL COLLEGE COURSES (NURSING)

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• $65,000 - Tuesday the 27th of December 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE VISION OFTHIS PROGRAM IS TO CONTINUE EDUCATING HIGHLY MOTIVATED PHYSICIANS ENABLING THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR CAREERS AND PRACTICE AS WORLD-CLASS SPECIALISTS IN AEROSPACE MEDICINE. THE PROGRAM AT WSU IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A FULL ACGME-ACCREDITED ENVIRONMENT SUITED AND CONDUCIVE TO PROMOTING CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY FOR GRADUATES TO BE SUCCESSFUL ASM PRACTITIONERS SUITABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT BY NASA. GRADUATES ARE ALSO COMPETENT AND EMPLOYABLE BY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA), MILITARY AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE AVIATION-RELATED MISSIONS, PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE OPERATIONS, AIRLINES, ACADEMIA, AND AS INDEPENDENT CONSUITANTS.

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• $6,288 - Friday the 5th of October 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  552-DAYTON
  NNEI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TUITION

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• $56,322 - Wednesday the 20th of June 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL
  TUITION AND FEES

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• $525,000 - Friday the 27th of April 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  INC FUND - INTER W/SEMI AUTO REMOTE PILOT AIRCRAFT

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• $520 - Wednesday the 27th of June 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVY MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL
  TUITION AND FEES

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