• Atmospheric hygrometer using absorption of ultraviolet radiation at 1216 angstroms. Ultraviolet photon counters using Geiger effect. Design of UV light sources.

• Design of UV sensitive, halogen quenched geiger tubes for use in sounding rockets to measure solar radiation. Telemetry of associated data.

• Cryogenically cooled telescope for sounding rockets using liquid helium. Application to infrared astronomy program. Rocket-borne cooled infrared spectrometer for auroral studies.

• Infrared detectors and associated low noise electronic amplification especially at very low (2.7 Kelvin) temperatures. Optical modulation and phase sensitive detection both analog and digital.

• Design and application of antennas for use at high aerodynamic speed. Use of circular polarization and polarization diversity reception.

• Radar tracking of sounding rockets and satellites with and without transponders. Processing and analysis of tracking data.

• Gyro systems for rocket attitude determination. Stabilization system for a spinning rocket using pulse modulated gas jet. Theoretical analysis of rocket motion as a semi-rigid body.

• Parachute recovery system with flotation for recovery of rocket payloads at sea. Use of dye markers and radio and acoustic location techniques.

• Data processing for the HEAO satellite (X-ray astronomy program.).

• Design and installation of integrated radio systems in light aircraft for special purposes including broadcast FM and encrypted voice communications.

• Use of gyroscopically stabilized telescopes in high altitude aircraft including C141 and Lear-24 operated by NASA.

• Design and fabrication of wideband and scanning radio receivers in the 0.3 to 60 MHz band for study of radiation from plasmas in planetary atmospheres. Antennas and preamplifiers adapted for use in the conducting environment of the ionosphere. Use of quadrature down-conversion to allow study of instantaneous waveforms present in plasma oscillations. Support of chemical release experiments in the ionosphere.

• In-flight processing of plasma wave data using digital signal processing techniques to accumulate spectra.

• Development of digital techniques to extend the applicability of Langmuir probes in the ionospheric environment.
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