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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Properties of Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing: A Review of the State of the Art of Metal Powder Property Testing

August 3, 2012

Author(s)

April L. Cooke, John A. Slotwinski

This report investigates the current state-of-the-art methods for determining the properties of metal powders. This assessment evaluates both existing standards...

SEABIRD TISSUE ARCHIVAL AND MONITORING PROJECT: Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2006-2009

August 2, 2012

Author(s)

Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Sylvain Berail, Russell D. Day, Olivier F. Donard, Keith A. Hobson, Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, Lauren B. Rust, David G. Roseneau

Since 1999, the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has collected, banked, and analyzed seabird eggs using established protocols to monitor...

Thermal Analysis of Refrigeration Systems Used for Vaccine Storage: Report on Pharmaceutical Grade Refrigerator and Household Refrigerator/Freezer

August 2, 2012

Author(s)

Michal J. Chojnacky, W Wyatt Miller

Each year, billions of dollars of vaccines are stored in refrigerators at the facilities of a variety of medical providers. Many vaccines must be maintained in...

A New Measure in Cell Image Segmentation Data Analysis

July 24, 2012

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Michael W. Halter, Raghu N. Kacker, John T. Elliott

Cell image segmentation (CIS) is critical for quantitative imaging in cytometric analyses. The data derived after segmentation can be used to infer cellular...

Interlaboratory Comparison Study to Support the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Description and Results for QA11Blood01- PAHs, PAH Metabolites, and DOSS in Solution and Blood

July 12, 2012

Author(s)

John R. Kucklick, Michele M. Schantz

To support natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) in response to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a large number of samples were...

NIST Test Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards

July 12, 2012

Author(s)

David A. Cooper

In order to facilitate the development of applications and middleware that support the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card, NIST has developed a set of...

A Restricted English for Constructing Ontologies (RECON)

July 10, 2012

Author(s)

Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Andreas K. Mattas

Verifying correctness of stated facts, rules, and term definitions for an industrial domain of work requires the contributions of experts in the domain...

The Common Misuse Scoring System (CMSS): Metrics for Software Feature Misuse Vulnerabilities

July 10, 2012

Author(s)

Elizabeth LeMay, Peter Mell, Karen Scarfone

The Common Misuse Scoring System (CMSS) is a set of measures of the severity of software feature misuse vulnerabilities. A software feature is a functional...

Next Generation Packaging, Kitting, and Palletizing: Can one robot do it all?

June 28, 2012

Author(s)

Rajmohan (. Madhavan, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Craig I. Schlenoff

A seminar titled "Next Generation Packaging, Kitting, and Palletizing: Can one robot do it all?" was held on February 9th 2012 at the Material Handling Industry...

Usability of PIV Smartcards for Logical Access

June 28, 2012

Author(s)

Emile L. Morse, Mary Theofanos, Yee-Yin Choong, Celeste Paul, Aiping L. Zhang, Hannah Wald

This paper presents the findings of a PIV usability pilot study conducted at NIST during the summer of 2010. The study focused on factors that affected users'...

(NISTIR 7865) A Human Factors Guide to Enhance EHR Usability of Critical User Interactions when Supporting Pediatric Patient Care

June 28, 2012

Author(s)

Svetlana Z. Lowry, Matthew T. Quinn, Mala Ramaiah, David Brick, Emily S. Patterson, Jiajie Zhang, Patricia Abbott, Michael C. Gibbons

Adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems in hospitals and physician practices is accelerating. Usability of EHRs has been identified as an important...

Guideline for the Implementation of Coexistence for Broadband Power Line Communication Standards

June 6, 2012

Author(s)

David H. Su, Stefano Galli

Power Line Communication (PLC) systems provide a bi-directional communication platform capable of delivering data for a variety of Smart Grid applications such...

Organonhalogen Contaminants and Mercury in Beluga Whale Tissues Banked by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project

June 6, 2012

Author(s)

Jessica Reiner, Jennifer Hoguet, Jennifer Lynch, John Kucklick, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Clay Davis, Amanda Moors, Rebecca Pugh, Paul R. Becker

The Benefits of U.S.-European Security Standardization

June 6, 2012

Author(s)

Erik Puskar

This paper briefly characterizes the benefits of collaboration, focusing on the innovations and efficiencies that standardization entails. EU-U.S. standization...

Guidelines for NIST Staff Participating in Documentary Standards Developing Organizations Activities

June 6, 2012

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux, Erik Puskar, Mary J. DiBernardo

These guidelines were prepared by Standards Services of the Standards Coordination Office (SCO), the NIST organization that coordinates the formulation and...

ELFT-EFS Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies: Extended Feature Sets [Evaluation #2]

June 4, 2012

Author(s)

Michael D. Indovina, Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, R. A. Hicklin, G I. Kiebuzinski

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies - Extended Feature Sets (ELFT-EFS) consists of multiple...

A Review of Test Artifacts for Additive Manufacturing

May 24, 2012

Author(s)

Shawn P. Moylan, April L. Cooke, Kevin K. Jurrens, John A. Slotwinski, M A. Donmez

A standardized test part can be used to quantitatively evaluate the performance of a machine or process. This document reviews existing test artifacts used to...

Applied and Computational Mathematics Division. Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year 2011

May 18, 2012

Author(s)

Ronald F. Boisvert

This report summarizes the technical work of the Applied and Computational Sciences Division of NISTs Information Technology Laboratory.Part I (Overview)...

Sensitivity Analysis for Biometric Systems: A Methodology Based on Orthogonal Experiment Designs

May 17, 2012

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, James J. Filliben, Ross J. Micheals, P J. Phillips

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an effective and structured methodology for carrying out a biometric system sensitivity analysis. The goal of...

Computer Security Division 2011 Annual Report

May 8, 2012

Author(s)

Patrick D. O'Reilly

Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, requires NIST to prepare an annual public...

Workshop on Addressing Key Technology Gaps in Implementing AHSS for Automotive Lightweighting

May 1, 2012

Author(s)

James R. Fekete, Jody Hall

Customer demand and regulatory requirements continue to drive automakers to develop vehicles with higher levels of fuel efficiency and structural performance...

Comparison of the WSQ and JPEG 2000 Image Compression Algorithms On 500 ppi Fingerprint Imagery

April 23, 2012

Author(s)

John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi, John D. Grantham

This paper presents the findings of a study conducted to compare the effects of WSQ and JPEG 2000 compression on 500 ppi fingerprint imagery at a typical...

IREX III Supplement 1: Failure Analysis

April 18, 2012

Author(s)

George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother

Iris recognition has the potential to be extremely accurate, but it is highly dependent on the quality of the input data. Iris occlusion, off-axis gaze, blurred...

IREX III - Performance of Iris Identification Algorithms

April 3, 2012

Author(s)

Patrick J. Grother, George W. Quinn, James R. Matey, Mei L. Ngan, Wayne J. Salamon, Gregory P. Fiumara, Craig I. Watson

Iris recognition has long been held as an accurate and fast biometric. In the first public evaluation of one-to-many iris identification technologies, this...

A Testbed for Evaluation of Speed and Separation Monitoring in a Human Robot Collaborative Environment

March 29, 2012

Author(s)

Sandor S. Szabo, William P. Shackleford, Richard J. Norcross, Jeremy A. Marvel

Collaborative robots are under development throughout the world that will allow humans and robots to operate in close proximity while performing a variety of...

A Prototype Web-Based User Interface for Sustainability Modeling and Optimization

March 28, 2012

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, David Westbrook, Alexander Brodsky

A growing number of manufacturing industries are initiating efforts to address sustainability issues. Energy efficient manufacturing and low carbon...

Mechanical Properties Testing for Metal Parts Made via Additive Manufacturing: A Review of the State of the Art of Mechanical Property Testing

March 26, 2012

Author(s)

John A. Slotwinski, April L. Cooke, Shawn P. Moylan

Determining the properties of the powder used for metal‐based additive manufacturing, as well as the properties of the resulting bulk metal material, is a...

Advanced Mass Calibration and Measurement Assurance Program for State Calibration Laboratories (NISTIR 5672, 2012 ed)

March 20, 2012

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris, Kenneth L. Fraley

This publication provides guidelines for evaluating mass calibrations and for establishing measurement assurance programs in precision mass calibrations...

Survey of Industrial Manipulation Technologies for Autonomous Assembly Applications

March 16, 2012

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Joseph A. Falco

The need for agile manufacturing is moving the manufacturing industry towards more flexible and complex assembly operations involving, for example: - multiple...

Selected Procedures for Volumetric Calibrations

March 16, 2012

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

This NIST IR of Selected Publications has been compiled as an interim update for a number of Good Laboratory Practices, Good Measurement Practices, and Standard...

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