The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $77,000 - Saturday the 21st of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
  SERDP PROJECT WP-2142

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• $65,834 - Thursday the 29th of September 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  OBJECTIVES THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL COMBINE THE AREAS OF COMPLIANT MECHANISMS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY. COMPLIANT MECHANISMS PERFORM THEIR FUNCTION THROUGH THE ELASTIC DEFLECTION OF THEIR MEMBERS. THE ADVANTAGES OF COMPLIANT MECHANISMS INCLUDE INCREASED PERFORMANCE, REDUCED OR ELIMINATED ASSEMBLY, NO FRICTION OR WEAR, FEWER PARTS, LOWER COST, AND LOWER WEIGHT. THESE ADVANTAGES MAKE COMPLIANT MECHANISMS IDEALLY SUITED FOR SPACE OR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS, WHERE LOW WEIGHT AND NO LUBRICATION ARE ESSENTIAL. MY RESEARCH WILL EXPLOIT THE ADVANTAGES OF COMPLIANT MECHANISMS IN THE AREAS OF HUMAN SAFETY IN PROXIMITY TO ROBOTS AND IN FLEXIBLE DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS. METHODS THE TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE: (1) IDENTIFY COMPLIANT MECHANISM REPLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS, INCLUDING BACK-DRIVEABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, REACTIVE SURFACES, AND COMPLIANT JOINTS; (2) CREATE FUNDAMENTAL COMPLIANT MECHANISM BUILDING BLOCKS THAT CAN BE USED IN A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS; AND (3) DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS OF DESIGNS IN APPLICATIONS. BENEFITS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A NASA MENTOR (AT JPL), I WILL APPLY COMPLIANT MECHANISM THEORY TO CREATE COMPLIANT-SPACE-MECHANISM DESIGNS THAT ENABLE THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE GAINS IN CRITICAL APPLICATIONS. IN DOING SO, I WILL PERSONALLY BENEFIT IN ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE, BUT SO WILL BYU AND JPL IN THE BUILDING OF A TECHNOLOGY RELATIONSHIP OFFERING NEW BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BOTH. THE RESULTING SHIFT IN MECHANISM DESIGN WILL INCREASE ROBUSTNESS AND SIMPLIFY MANUFACTURING, LEADING TO REDUCED RISK AND COST IN SPACE MISSION PLANNING. COUPLING COMPLIANT MECHANISM TECHNOLOGY WITH ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY WILL INTEGRATE THESE FUNCTIONS IN FEWER COMPONENTS, REDUCING MASS AND COST WHILE INCREASING RELIABILITY. THE WORK PROPOSED HERE NOT ONLY ANSWERS SOME OF THE NEEDS PUT FORTH IN SEVERAL OF THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPS, BUT IT ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO APPLY IN OTHER AREAS OF NATIONAL INTEREST, INCLUDING REHABILITATION ROBOTICS AND SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS. CONCURRENT RESEARCH IN THESE AREAS IS BEING CONDUCTED AT BYU. FURTHER, COMPLIANT MECHANISMS SPAN ALL SIZE SCALES, PROVIDING MANY UNIQUE SOLUTIONS TO TECHNICAL CHALLENGES CURRENTLY BEING FACED AT THE NANO- AND MICRO-SCALES AS WELL.

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• $5,370 - Thursday the 16th of August 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6EC PEO STRI ORLANDO
  COST GROWTH TO OPTION 3 (PHASE 4)

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• $34,050 - Friday the 30th of March 2012
  Department Of Army
  W2R2 USA ENGR R AND D CTR
  U433D80 FULLY FUNDING YEAR 2 OF BAA #11-4876

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• $288,670 - Friday the 3rd of February 2012
  Bureau Of Land Management
  NV - NEVADA STATE OFFICE
  LINCOLN COUNTY NEVADA ARCHAEOLOGICAL INITIATIVE - ROUND 4 OBSIDIAN CROSSROADS

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• $20,000 - Wednesday the 26th of September 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QM MICC-DUGWAY PROV GRD
  STUDENT INTERN SUPPORT PROGRAM

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• $19,946 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  Geological Survey
  OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS - SACRAMENTO
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: SOIL AND PLANT ANALYSIS, YEAR 3

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• $121,451 - Thursday the 29th of March 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6EC PEO STRI ORLANDO
  INCORPORATE M4A ECP TO ESTABLISH OPTION 3,PHASE 4, CLIN 0005.

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• $100,000 - Friday the 9th of March 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9101 AEDC PKP PROCRMNT BR
  ANALYZE JET ENGINE FAN GEOMETRY FOR THE FIREBOLT CREATE-AV PROGRAM. VALIDATE SOFTWARE ANALYSIS TOOL.

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