Maryland Technology Development Corporation
Federal Laboratory Partnership Program Presents
Applications for New Communications Technology:
Innovation and Imagination
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Technology Partnering Showcase
Thursday, September 4, 2003
Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)
Technology Partnering Showcase
Applications for New Communications
Technology: Innovation and Imagination
A Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Technology Partnering Showcase
Thursday, September 4, 2003
8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Kossiakoff Conference and Education Center • 11100 Johns Hopkins Road • Laurel, MD 20723
www.jhualp.edu/ott
$40 per person
Directions: From the Capital Beltway (I-495), take U.S. Rt. 29 north (Colesville Rd.) for 10 miles. Follow the signs for the
turn onto Johns Hopkins Rd. Go .6 mile on Johns Hopkins Road. Turn right onto Pond Road. The Kossiakoff center is
the first building on your left, parking is on the right - follow signs.
From points north: Take I-95 South to the Columbia exit (MD Rt. 32 West) and go 2.5 miles. Merge onto U.S. Rt. 29
South toward Washington. Follow the signs for the turn onto Johns Hopkins Rd. Go .6 mile on Johns Hopkins Road.
Turn right onto Pond Road. The Kossiakoff center is the first building on your left, parking is on the right - follow signs.
Register at www.mdhitech.org by August 28, 2003.
For Registration information, contact Angie Bergeron at
abergeron@mdhitech.org or 240-453-6267.
For Program information, contact Linda Saffer at
lsaffer@marylandtedco.org or 410-715-4175.
Important Registration Note:
Due to restrictions on the transfer of some of the technologies that
will be showcased, attendance is limited to U.S. citizens and lawful
permanent residents of the U.S. Attendees are required to provide their
social security number when registering online. Pre-registration and a
government-issued photo identification are required upon admittance.
Cosponsors
American Society of Mechanical Engineers International
NeoTech Incubator
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland, College Park
S.M.A.R.T.
Federal Laboratory Consortium
Technology Commercialization Center
Greater Baltimore Technology Council
Technology Council of Maryland
Howard County Economic Development Authority
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Maryland Small Business Development Center, Howard County Office
Maryland Technology Extension Service
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has a long history
of developing successful communications solutions.
Don’t miss this opportunity to plug into the Lab’s latest innovations.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), a research and development division of the Johns Hopkins University,
supports the Department of Defense, NASA and other government agencies through innovative applied research, technical development,
and problem solving. Established in 1942 and located on 360 acres in Laurel, Maryland, APL employs approximately 3,350 engineers,
scientists, and supporting staff in a broad range of disciplines.
APL’s projects run from basic research to full-scale operational testing, through all phases of project life cycles—from long-term
systems development and evaluation to developing quick-reaction missions and rapid prototypes for specific needs.
Learn how you can partner with APL at the APL Technology Partnering Showcase.
Opening Remarks
Wayne Swann, Director, Office of Technology Transfer,
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Phillip Singerman, Executive Director, Maryland TEDCO
SESSION I: PRESENTATIONS & POSTER SESSIONS
Wireless INtrusion Detection (WIND) System, Muaddi
• Uses physical layer information to enhance network security for
802.11b WLANs
• Detects unauthorized users by adding transmitter identification and
location capability
• Versatile design integrates into enterprise security architecture
X-Band Solid State Power Amplifier, Cheng & Wallis
• Scalable X-band power amplifier from 11 to 15 watts provides a
wide range of implementation options
• Lightweight—only 1200 grams
• Space-flight qualified design will be integrated on NASA’s
MESSENGER spacecraft scheduled for launch in May 2004
Optical Terabits Per Second Satellite Network Concepts,
Duncan, et al.
• Provides wireless (via satellite) bandwidth channels up to terabits
per second rates
• Makes use of beam-to-beam pointing for large number of users and
unprecedented pointing accuracies
Ka-Band Digital Phase Shift MMIC, Penn
• Broadband phase shifter (28-38 GHz) with 4 bits of phase shift
resolution
• Working prototype ensures that production units will be quick to
market
• Offers low insertion loss for a compact GaAs IC
System and Method of Distributing Information and Energy
Using Fiber Optic and Optical Wireless Networks,
Duncan & Krill
• Provides fiber-wireless compatibility at higher speeds than
competing technology
• Has gigabit-to-terabit data transport speeds
• Uses standard 1550 nm fiber-optic technology
• Utilizes fiber-optical pathways to deliver heating, cooling, and
lighting in buildings
• Uses same fiber-optical pathways to deliver in-building broadband
communications
• Greatly reduces building construction costs
Wireless Intra-Satellite Communications Project,
Darrin, Boone, et al.
• Infrared wireless data bus provides efficient and reliable data
transfer that is far superior to current methodologies
• Provides methods to reduce satellite integration and test time by as
much as 20%
• A direct replacement and interface for standard military and
avionics busses in compliance with MIL-STD-1553
Sub-Band Encoding in the Presence of Pulse Stretching,
Krill, et al.
• Uses sub-band modulation for successful reception of signals
through clouds and precipitation that would otherwise preclude
reception
• Achieves data rates in the gigabits per second range
• Provides mechanism to cope with pulse stretching in propagating
an optical communications beam through aerosol-laden media
Success Story -- Blake Henke, North Star Science
and Technology, LLC
Technology Transfer
Presentations
Kristin Gray, Assistant Director of Technology Transfer,
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Steven Fritz, Director, Technology Transfer, Maryland TEDCO
ADDITIONAL POSTER SESSIONS:
Cable-to-House Wideband Wireless Link Relay, Suter, et al.
• Efficient, low-cost method provides broadband wireless capability
for the home
• Considerably lowers cost of operational maintenance over current
cable methods
• Achieves data rates in the gigabits per second range
Networked Vehicle Security, Krill
SESSION II: PRESENTATIONS & POSTER SESSIONS
Uses of Permutations to Achieve Ultra High-Speed
Communications, Gauthier & Barrios
• Monitors vehicle alarms with a novel and value-added approach
• Networks alarm to provide real-time owner notification of vehicle
tampering
• Mechanical device with unique sensor alarms makes it difficult to
tamper or disengage
• Facilitates high-speed data clocking
• Improves data throughput and reduces bus size
• Provides the possibility for creating multiplexers with greater
addressing capability
• Potential uses for secure and covert communications
Method for Adaptable, Distributed and Synchronized
Signal Observation, Merheb, et al.
• Provides rapid assessment of sub-licensed frequency spectrum
• Trades time resolutions, frequency resolutions and instantaneous
bandwidth
• Scans frequency spectrum faster than current methods
• Synchronizes multiple units via GPS, ensuring all units start and
stop at the same time
Emergent Control of Cooperative Systems, Scheidt, et al.
• Generates unpiloted vehicle movement and actions using an adaptation
of existing new findings in the study of emergent behavior
• Provides for increased autonomy, robustness and survivability in
cooperative systems
• Provides cooperation through a novel ad hoc networking technique
that works without routers and switches, requires fewer and shorter
transmissions per message and remains effective in noisy conditions
Mechanical Mixer/filter for Radio Frequency Applications
Osiander, Higbie, Darrin, et al.
• Provides a narrowband down converter proven up to 19 GHz
• Replaces “bulky” SAW filters
• Reduces the number of IF steps needed
• Input sensitivity compares to LNA
• Has capability to be extended to array—multiple frequency
selection, scanning, spectrum analyzer
Information and Control Architecture for Cooperative
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV),
Bamberger, Gilreath, et al.
• Architecture for enabling information superiority with UAVs
• Uses a family of tasks as a foundation for performing UAV control,
simplifying the task of adding on new capabilities and features
• Applies to military operations involving reconnaissance, surveilance
and target acquisition or civilian operations such as monitoring
environmental surveys
• Can be used as the basis for an autonomous airborne WLAN
(wireless local-area network) which repositions the UAVs without
the need for human intervention and optimizes the quality of service
Schedule of Events
8:00–9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Networking
9:00–9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
9:30–10:10 a.m.
Session I: Presentations &
Poster Sessions
10:10–10:20 a.m.
Success Story
10:20–10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30–10:40 a.m.
Technology Transfer Program at The
Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory
10:40–10:50 a.m.
TEDCO Funding Opportunities
10:50–11:30 a.m.
Session II: Presentations &
Poster Sessions
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Lunch, Additional Poster Sessions,
and Networking
Quantum Computing, Franson, Pittman, et al.
• Expected to perform calculations that are not possible using
conventional computers
• Demonstrates the required quantum logic gates using single
photons as the qubits
• Source of single photons and a quantum memory also being
developed