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Articles in Jun 2003 issue of NASA Tech Briefs

• Nulling infrared radiometer for measuring temperature
  by Ryan, Robert
• PC-based software for pattern, color, and color pattern matching
• Software supports distributed operations via the Internet
  by Norris, Jeffrey
• Noncircular cross sections could enhance mixing in sprays
• Detecting conductive liquid leaking from nonconductive pipe
  by Youngquist, Robert C
• Lower-conductivity thermal-barrier coatings
• Inspiring a generation through education
• Microbatteries for combinatorial studies of conventional lithium-ion batteries
• Correcting for beam aberrations in a beam-waveguide antenna
• NASA names inventions of the year
• Inverse tomo-lithography for making microscopic 3D parts
• Software for managing inventory of flight hardware
  by Salisbury, John
• MEMS-based piezoelectric/electrostatic inchworm actuator
• Treatment to destroy chlorohydrocarbon liquids in the ground
• Metallized capillaries as probes for Raman spectroscopy
• Software assists in extensive environmental auditing
  by Callac, Christopher
• Flexible composite-material pressure vessel
• Thermal load sensors for automotive applications
• NASA takes SUVs out for a spin
• NASA streamlines workforce recruiting and staffing
• Adaptation of mesoscale weather models to local forecasting
• Combining multiple gyroscope outputs for increased accuracy
• Dr. Adena Williams Loston, Associate Administrator for education, NASA headquarters
  by Loston, Adena Williams
• Preparation of regular specimens for atom probes
• yourSky: Custom sky-image mosaics via the Internet
  by Jacob, Joseph
• Predicting and preventing incipient flameout in combustors
• Software for collaborative engineering of launch rockets
  by Stanley, Thomas Troy
• Aerodynamic design using neural networks
• Product of the month
• Hot films on ceramic substrates for measuring skin friction
  by Noffz, Greg
• Paint-overspray catcher
• Software estimates costs of testing rocket engines
  by Smith, C L
• Probe without moving parts measures flow angle
  by Corda, Stephen
• Metal side reflectors for trapping light in QWIPs
• High-performance solid-state W-band power amplifiers
• Improved collision-detection method for robotic manipulator
• Linear actuator aids search for life on Mars
• Small, untethered, mobile robots for inspecting gas pipes
• Advanced rainbow solar photovoltaic arrays
• Ames Power Monitoring System, The
  by Osetinsky, Leonid
• Adaptive suppression of noise in voice communications
• 2002 PTB Annual Readers' Choice Award Winners
• Process for smoothing an Si substrate after etching of SiO^sub 2^
• AC motor-based drive system functions without gearboxes or pulse encoders