The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $9,975 - Tuesday the 23rd of October 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  243-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 03
  RESEARCH SCIENTIST

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• $88,089 - Tuesday the 26th of May 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  SOLAR WIND-MAGNETOSPHERE COUPLING DURING PERIODS WITH LARGE IMF THE MAJOR FACTOR IN THE SOLAR WIND THAT CONTROLS MAGNETOSPHERIC ACTIVITY IS THE DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE OF THE INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF). WHEN THE IMF IS RELATIVELY SMALL, AND THE MACH NUMBER OF THE SOLAR WIND FLOW IS LARGE, THE MAGNETOSPHERE RESPONDS LINEARLY TO CHANGES IN THE SOLAR WIND DRIVER. IN PARTICULAR, THE IONOSPHERIC POTENTIAL ACROSS THE POLAR CAP (WHICH REGULATES IONOSPHERIC AND MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA CONVECTION) IS LINEARLY RELATED TO THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRIC FIELD FOR SOUTHWARD IMF. HOWEVER, WHEN THE IMF IS LARGE, THE MAGNETOSPHERIC RESPONSE IS NON-LINEAR, AND THE POLAR CAP POTENTIAL SATURATES WITH RESPECT TO THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRIC FIELD. WE WILL INVESTIGATE THIS NON-LINEAR RESPONSE OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE USE OF GLOBAL MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND INTERACTING WITH THE MAGNETOSPHERE. SIMULATIONS RESULTS WILL BE VERIFIED USING DATA SETS FROM VARIOUS SPACECRAFT MISSIONS AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS. THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH IS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION "WHAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS THAT PRODUCES A NONLINEAR MAGNETOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO LARGE VALUES OF THE INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF) AND HOW DOES THIS MANIFEST ITSELF FOR VARIOUS ORIENTATIONS OF THE IMF?"

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• $7,680 - Friday the 6th of April 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17
  TUITION

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• $25,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  PI- DAVID KELLER THERMOREGULATORY CAPACITY LIND EXERCISE RESPONSES FOLLOWING PROLONGED LUNAR ANALOG BED REST IMPAIRED EXERCISE-THERMOREGULATION AND ALTERED CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO EXERCISE (I.E., REDUCED WORK CAPACITY, ELEVATED HEART RATE FOR A GIVEN EXERCISE WORKLOAD, ATTENUATED MAXIMAL CARDIAC OUTPUT, ETC.) OCCUR FOLLOWING ACTUAL AND SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE. LITTLE IS KNOWN REGARDING THE INTERACTION OF IMPAIRED THERMOREGULATION AND ALTERED CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO EXERCISE ON SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY REQUIRED OF ASTRONAUTS (E.G., EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES). FURTHERMORE, IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO LUNAR GRAVITY (IE., 1I6G), WILL EXACERBATE THE IMPAIRED THERMOREGULATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO EXERCISE. THE STUDIES PROPOSED IN THIS APPLICATION WILL EXAMINE THE EFFECT OF A LUNAR ANALOG BED REST (LABR) MODEL ON EXERCISE CAPACITY, THERMOREGULATORY FUNCTION DURING EXERCISE AND THE EFFECTS OF COMBINED THERMAL AND EXERCISE CHALLENGE ON CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES DURING PROLONGED SUB-MAXIMAL EXERCISE. IN ADDITION, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EXERCISE-COUNTERMEASURE THROUGHOUT BED REST, ON EXPECTED THENNAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS, WILL BE INVESTIGATED. THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHESES WILL BE TESTED: 1) PROLONGED LABR IMPAIRS EXERCISE-THERMOREGULATION, 2) PROLONGED LABR REDUCES EXERCISE CAPACITY AND AUGMENTS CARDIOVASCULAR STRAIN DURING EXERCISE-HEAT STRESS, AND 3) AN EXERCISE COUNTERMEASURE THROUGHOUT LABR WILL PRESERVE THERMOREGULATORY RESPONSES AND EXERCISE CAPACITY ASSOCIATED WITH LABR. SUBJECTS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO EITHER A CONTROL GROUP OR EXERCISE COUNTERMEASURE GROUP. DATA WILL BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO LABR, FOLLOWING 2 WEEKS OFLABR, AND AFTER 4 WEEKS OFLABR THESE DATA WILL CONSIST OF THERMOREGULATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES DURING PROLONGED STEADY-STATE SUBMAXIMAL EXERCISE. THESE STUDIES ARE IN DIRECT ACCORDANCE WITH NASA'S LUNAR ANALOG BED REST EMPHASIS, AS WELL AS NSBRI CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS TEAM'S EMPHASIS ON HOW IMPAIRED THERMOREGULATION AFFECTS HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND AEROBIC POWER. THESE DATA WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE EFFECTS OF PARTIAL GRAVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LUNAR LIVING AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON SAFETY AND SUCCESS OFEXPLORATORY MISSIONS, WITH FOCUS ON BOTH THE SHORT-DURATION (2 WEEK) LUNAR SORTIE AND LONG DURATION LUNAR OUTPOST

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• $227,297 - Friday the 26th of February 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE RESEARCH, A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL EFFORT, WILL FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE RELEVANT TO AIR-BREATHING HYPERSONIC PROPULSION. BASIC UNDERSTANDING, ACHIEVED AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, INCLUDES THE PHYSICS CONCERNING THE PROCESS OF GROWTH, MODES OF VORTICES AMALGAMATIONS, AND THE DYNAMICS OF SYSTEMS OF COHERENT, STREAMWISE, VORTICAL STRUCTURES. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION ARE TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN INJECTION AND MIXING CONCEPT BASED ON A SELECTED AND PREDETERMINED VORTREX DYNAMICS STRATEGY. THE INVESTIGATION WILL EXPLORE THE EFFECTS OF COMPRESSIBILITY AND HEAT RELEASE IN A FLOW-MIXING CONFIGURATION DESIGNED TO PROBE THE INTERACTION OF SPECIFIC STREAMWISE VORTICAL STRUCTURES. THE EMPHASIS WILL BE ON THE IMPACT OF THE RESULTING VORTICAL SYSTEM DYNAMICS ON THE MIXING AND COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK, A NUMERICAL ANALYSIS WILL BE USED TO INVESTIGATE THE EXISTENCE AND RECEPTIVITY OF CHARACTERISTIC SCALES (I.E. MODES) FOR NON-REACTIVE AND REACTIVE (INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF FINITE RATE CHEMISTRY) VORTICAL STRUCTURES GENERATED BY JETS IN A SUPERSONIC CROSS FLOW, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH SYSTEM PARAMETERS (INJECTION ANGLE, MUTUAL JET POSITION, ORIFICE GEOMETRY, INFLOW MACH NUMBER AND TOTAL CONDITIONS). THE EXPECTED OUTCOME IS TO DEVELOP REDUCED ORDER, ANALYTICAL MODELS, THAT ARE CAPABLE TO CAPTURE THE RESULTING FLOW-PHYSICS AND SUPPORT PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES FOR THE INJECTION SYSTEM DESIGN.

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• $128,268 - Wednesday the 1st of February 2012
  Federal Highway Administration
  OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT
  FUNDS OBLIGATED FOR OPTION YEAR 1.

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• $107,437 - Thursday the 20th of September 2012
  Department Of Army
  W076 ENDIST FT WORTH
  PROGRAMMING AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR FLOOD STUDIES AT JOE POOL AND GRAPEVINE LAKES.

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