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Articles in Mar 2004 issue of NASA Tech Briefs

• Multiphysics Software for Designing Planar-Lightwave Photonic Processors
• Advanced Signal Conditioners for Data-Acquisition Systems
• Utilizing Expert Knowledge in Estimating Future STS Costs
• Aligning Arrays of Lenses and Single-Mode Optical Fibers
• Mars Rovers Use CCD Chips to Capture Images of the Red Planet
• Modifying Ship Air-Wake Vortices for Aircraft Operations
• Solar Array Panels With Dust-Removal Capability
• LITERATURE & WEB SITE SPOTLIGHT
• Solution-Assisted Optical Contacting
• Technologies of the Month
• Curved-Focal-Plane Arrays Using Deformed-Membrane Photodetectors
• Blade-Pitch Control for Quieting Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
• Strain-Gauge Measurement of Weight of Fluid in a Tank
• NASA Utilizes Data Transmitters on GLAST Satellite
• AIN-Based Packaging for SiC High-Temperature Electronics
• Optical Phased Array Improves Liquid Crystal Devices Used in Laser Beam Steering Subsystems
• More About the Phase-Synchronized Enhancement Method
• NASA Research Improves Atomic Clocks
• A Building-Block Approach to COTS Technology
  by Ripley, William C
• Downlink Data Multiplexer
• Finite Element Analysis Used to Examine the Healing of Animal Bones
• Model of Mixing Layer With Multicomponent Evaporating Drops
• Autonomous Environment-Monitoring Networks
• TechNeeds - Requests for Technologies
• Parallel-Processing Equalizers for Multi-Gbps Communications
• Automatic Control of Arc Process for Making Carbon Nanotubes
• Imaging Systems: Optical Design for Close Quarters
  by Stack, John
• Software for Analyzing Laminar-to-Turbulent Flow Transitions
  by Chang, Chau-Lyan
• Improved Discrete Approximation of Laplacian of Gaussian
• New Technologies Are Revolutionizing the Driving Experience
• Elastomer Filled With Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
• PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
• Fred Schramm, Engineer, Technology Transfer Office, Marshall Space Flight Center
• Advanced Docking System With Magnetic Initial Capture
• Q&A
  by Blackwell, Tim
• Software for Optimizing Quality Assurance of Other Software
• Role of Meteorology in Flights of a Solar-Powered Airplane
• Study of Rapid-Regression Liquefying Hybrid Rocket Fuels
• TechSat 21 Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment, The
  by Sherwood, Robert; Knight, Russell; Rabideau, Gregg; Chien, Steve; Et al
• Viewing ISS Data in Real Time via the Internet
  by Myers, Gerry; Chamberlain, Jim
• Patents
  by Pope, Alan T; Severance, Kurt E; Whitacre, Jay F; Bugga, Ratnakumar V; Et al
• Readout of DSN Monitor Data
  by Levister, Katherine; Tran, May