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Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) Overview

Ongoing
MINEX III Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) III is a continuing test of INCITS 378 fingerprint templates, as established in Annex A of NIST SP 800-76-2. The test is used to establish compliance of template generators and template matchers for the U.S. Government's Personal Identity
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MixMaSTR DNA Validation Software

Ongoing
We are in the process of developing a standalone help for practitioners in an easy-to-use application with a well-designed graphical user interface that will: Generating all possible mixture genotype combinations from their provided ground truth single-source profiles and selected NoCs Computing
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Mobile Application and Data Isolation

Ongoing
The security of mobile devices operating within a nationwide interoperable network is critical in maintaining a secure and reliable cellular network for first responders. The inclusion of mobile devices erodes traditional network boundaries, increasing a network’s threat surface, and adding many new

Mobile Cloud Computing

Ongoing
Design robustness using formal language This effort develops a formal specification using the π-calculus to define a virtual device representation. It also describes a way to compose multiple virtual devices representing physical devices available on the network to build a composite virtual

Mobile Security and Forensics

Ongoing
For more information regarding the Mobile Security and Forensics, please visit the Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC).

Mobility Performance of Robotic Systems

Ongoing
Objective Provide the measurement science to develop standard test methods for intelligent industrial mobility systems, including mobile and wearable robotic systems. Technical Idea This project will expand prior work on performance test methods for mobile robotic systems and wearable robots under a

Model-Based Enterprise Program

Ongoing
OBJECTIVE: The Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) Program will develop and deploy advances in standards, test methods, and measurement science that enable manufacturers to integrate system, service, product, process, and logistics models across the manufacturing enterprise. WHAT IS THE NEW TECHNICAL IDEA

Model-based Manufacturing Capability Definition

Completed
Objective - The Model-Based Manufacturing Capability Definition project will develop and deploy advances in standards and measurement science to enable manufacturers to define, measure, and control the capability of smart manufacturing systems. What is the new technical idea? Decisions across the

Model-Based Manufacturing Services

Ongoing
Manufacturing systems need to transform towards a new service-oriented architecture to benefit from new smart manufacturing technologies such as IIoT, AI, and Big Data Analytics. A service-oriented manufacturing system (SOMS) is a dynamic composition of networked manufacturing software and cyber
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Modeling Dispersion Rheology for Non-Spherical Particles

Completed
The goal of this MGI project is to establish an interactive database, generated by sophisticated modeling, such as dissipative particle dynamics and smooth particle hydrodynamics, to compute the rheological properties of polymer composites, where interaction among inclusions, inclusion particle

Modeling Methodology for Smart Manufacturing

Ongoing
Objective: Develop new modeling methodologies, guidelines, and software tools to enable manufacturers to more easily apply analytical methods to manufacturing operations and processes. Technical Idea: Manufacturers would realize great benefit were the costs of composing analytical models reduced

Modeling Photon Absorption in Composite Resin Systems

Ongoing
In this work, we establish a method to calculate the spatial absorption and scattering parameters for composite resins during photopolymerization. The inputs to this model are based on the characteristics of the resin system (e.g., monomer and filler structure and composition, filler size and

Modeling and Simulation of Nanofabrication (Archived)

Completed
While self-assembly is still in its relative infancy with respect to practical use, with much additional research required to reach maturity, the more widely utilized top-down methods will continue to require advances and modifications to improve current nanomanufacturing techniques. This modeling
Moire Systems Susceptibility TDBG

Moiré Systems

Ongoing
Twisted double bilayer graphene The moiré systems of magic angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) and related heterostructures support topological bands with nonzero Chern number, which is derived from the Berry curvature of the Bloch wave functions. Berry curvature is intimately related to orbital

Molecular Binding Prediction for Drug Design

Ongoing
Computer simulations of large multi-molecular networks are of fundamental importance to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of key biological functions in the human body. Our vision is that only the combination of computational and experimental data can lead to the needed insight into these complex
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Molecular Innovation in Agriculture

Ongoing
Plant science and breeding aim to develop new plant phenotypes with desired qualities, increased production, disease resistance, and traits that reduce water usage. At the federal level, plant research is conducted by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Agricultural
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3D Molecular Orientation Imaging

Ongoing
We have developed 3D orientation measurement techniques by analyzing polarization-dependent molecular vibrational signals based on infrared (IR) absorption [1,2] and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) [3]. The two imaging modalities are complementary to each other: IR imaging broadly
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Molecular Physiology

Ongoing
In close collaboration with experimentalists, we are seeking to increase the resolution, scope, and throughput of single-biomolecule and ensemble techniques, such as nanopore-based biomolecular analysis, ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy, and FRET, among others. These developments rely heavily on

Monitoring, Diagnostics and Prognostics for Manufacturing Operations

Completed
Objective - Develop and deploy measurement science to promote the implementation, verification, and validation of advanced monitoring, diagnostic, and prognostic technologies to minimize unplanned downtime and optimize planned downtime in manufacturing operations. What is the technical idea
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Monoclonal Antibody Mass Spectral Libraries

Ongoing
Intended Impact Modern mass spectrometers used in the field of proteomics and glycomics are capable of profiling hundreds, and even thousands of molecules in a single experiment. Each of these compounds is isolated and fragmented to form a mass spectrum. Therefore, interpretation of these mass
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