The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $65,700 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  SPACE EXPLORATION AND LUNAR HABITATION IS CURRENTLY LIMITED BY FACTORS SUCH AS THE EXTREME LUNAR ENVIRONMENT AND COSTS OF SHIPPING. MATERIALS ARE NEEDED THAT ARE LIGHTWEIGHT AND CAN WITHSTAND LARGE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS, IMPACT, AND RADIATION. THE STRUCTURAL THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITES DEVELOPED BY THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A LIGHTWEIGHT, LOW-COST SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM AND ALSO ADAPT WELL FOR USES ON EARTH. THE TECHNOLOGY IS ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS IN COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL INSULATION AND MARINE APPLICATIONS. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO DEVELOP COMPOSITES USING ADVANCED MATERIALS WHICH WILL PROVIDE A THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND AN IN-PLANE TENSILE STRENGTH SUITABLE FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTING HABITATS AND OTHER STRUCTURES FOR EXTREME TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS AS WELL AS SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO INVESTIGATE THE PROPERTIES OF CONSTITUENT MATERIALS AS WELL AS OPTIMIZE THE LAYERING SEQUENCES OF THESE MATERIALS IN THEIR FINAL STRUCTURAL FORM. THE APPROACHES TAKEN TO COMPLETE THIS RESEARCH ARE ORGANIZED INTO FOUR TASKS: 1 - CONSTITUENT MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION 2 - MODELING THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 3 - FABRICATION OF COMPOSITE SPECIMENS 4 - THERMAL AND MECHANICAL TESTING OF COMPOSITES THIS RESEARCH IS ANTICIPATED TO PROVIDE NASA AND THE SPACE INDUSTRY WITH A SUPERIOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL INSULATION SYSTEM FOR LUNAR HABITATIONS AND SPACE EXPLORATION IN OTHER EXTREME TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS. THIS RESEARCH APPLIES TO THE OCT S TECHNOLOGY AREAS 12 AND 14 BECAUSE IT WILL DEVELOP LIGHTWEIGHT, SPECIAL MATERIALS TO INCORPORATE INTO STRUCTURAL INSULATION COMPOSITES FOR USE IN MULTI-FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES. THE RESEARCH WILL ALSO ADDRESS HEAT TRANSFER THROUGH STRUCTURAL INSULATION COMPOSITES AND CREATE A SOLUTION FOR EXTREME TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS. THESE COMPOSITES WILL PROGRESS SPACE TECHNOLOGY TOWARD LIGHTWEIGHT, LOW-COST, INSULATING MATERIALS FOR USE IN HABITATS, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES, AND OTHER SPACE EXPLORATION.

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• $642,300 - Wednesday the 1st of February 2017
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  STRUCTURAL THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITES THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE INSULATION SYSTEM FOR LUNAR HABITATS WHICH IS OPTIMIZED TO MINIMIZE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND MAXIMIZE MECHANICAL (STRENGTH) PROPERTIES. THIS PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY ADDRESS NASA'S ESMD MISSION TO DEVELOP A SUSTAINED HUMAN PRESENCE ON THE MOON AND TO PROMOTE EXPLORATION AND COMMERCE. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL A RESEARCH TEAM COMPOSED OF FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENT MEMBERS FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY (SDSM&T) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (USD) AS WELL AS NASA AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS WILL BE ASSEMBLED. THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH WILL BE ADDRESSED BY (1) DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF CONSTITUENT INSULATING NANOMATERIALS, AND (2) FABRICATING AND TESTING STRONG, LOAD-BEARING, HIGH-THERMAL-INSULATION COMPOSITE PANELS ASSEMBLED FROM SELECTED CONSTITUENT MATERIALS. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES AN INTEGRATED PLAN TO (1) DEVELOP THERMALLY INSULATING STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES, (2) ESTABLISH A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH TEAM IN SOUTH DAKOTA FOCUSED ON ADVANCED MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND DEVELOP A THERMAL MANAGEMENT LABORATORY, (3) STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS WITH SCIENTISTS AT NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE INNOVATIVE NANOMATERIALS BASED ON HOLLOW FIBER TECHNOLOGY AND STATE-OF-THE-ART THERMAL MANAGEMENT, (4) ENHANCE MULTI-LEVEL EDUCATION ON STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND THERMAL MEASUREMENT DEVICES FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, INCLUDING NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS, AND (5) COLLABORATE WITH INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. THIS PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT THROUGH COLLABORATION OF FACULTY MEMBERS (FROM TWO RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES AND ONE TRIBAL COLLEGE IN SOUTH DAKOTA), NASA RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS. IT WILL BE MONITORED FOR BOTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH CLUSTER, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED STRUCTURAL INSULATING COMPOSITES, THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS, AND THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

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• $25,000 - Thursday the 19th of January 2012
  Department Of Army
  W071 ENDIST OMAHA
  CIVIL - PALEONTOLOGICAL WORK ON LAKE FRANCIS CAS

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• $249,497 - Tuesday the 3rd of November 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE EVER INCREASING DEMAND FOR HIGH DATA RATE SERVICES HAS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS. IN DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION, IT IS EVEN MORE CRITICAL THAT POWER CONSUMPTION BY THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BE MINIMIZED. GIVEN THE OBVIOUS NEED TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, THE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE IS HOW TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE COVERAGE, QUALITY OF SERVICE, AND RELIABILITY. WIRELESS RELAY NETWORKS (WRNS) CAN PROVIDE A FAVORABLE PLATFORM TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE. THE UNDERLYING TECHNOLOGY OF WRNS IS COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH IS SHOWN TO BE A PROMISING APPROACH TO INCREASE DATA RATES AND RELIABILITY [ L ] - [ 3 ] . IN WRNS, LOWER ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS ACHIEVED BY USING LESS TRANSMISSION POWER DUE TO SMALLER DISTANCES BETWEEN RELAYS AND THE TERMINALS, SPATIAL DIVERSITY, AND EFFICIENT SIGNAL PROCESSING SCHEMES SUCH AS DISTRIBUTED BEAMFORMING [4], DISTRIBUTED SPACE-TIME CODING [5], [6], ETC. FURTHERMORE, POWER CONTROL IS RECOGNIZED AS A POWERFUL TOOL TO MINIMIZE TOTAL TRANSMISSION POWER OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. IN A WRN, THE CHOICE OF RELAY STATIONS (RSS) TO BE OPTIMALLY ASSIGNED TO THE MOBILE STATIONS (MSS) IS CRITICAL TO THE OVERALL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.

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