NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

A Comparison of the CMM-Driver Specification Release #1.9 with the I++ DME-Interface Release 0.9

March 1, 2002

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, John A. Horst

This comparison focuses on the interface between high-level inspection instruction execution and low-level inspection instruction execution.This interface is...

Evaluation of the Liquid-filled Camera for Measuring Shadow Detail Part I: Sensor Evaluation

March 1, 2002

Author(s)

Paul A. Boynton

The simulated-eye-design (SED) camera is an attempt to use the technology inherent in the human eye to enable light measurements of complicated objects and...

Surge Protection in Low-Voltage AC Power Circuits - An Anthology Part 2: Development of Standards - Reality Checks

March 1, 2002

Author(s)

Francois D. Martzloff

Part 2 of a multi-part anthology. The previously published papers collected in this Part 2 were written primarily as contributions to the development of IEEE...

Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants and Elements Determined in Tissues of Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) Banked from a Mass Stranding Event

March 1, 2002

Author(s)

John R. Kucklick, Paul R. Becker, W D. Struntz, Elizabeth A. Mackey, Barbara J. Porter, Michele M. Schantz, Rabia Oflaz, Michael Epstein, Stephen A. Wise, T K. Rowles, W E. McFee, M K. Stolen

Comparison of CFAST and FDS for Fire Simulation With the HDR T51 and T52 Tests

March 1, 2002

Author(s)

J E. Floyd

This work uses three methods: hand calculations, a zone model (CFAST), and a computational fluid dynamics code (FDS), to examine two fire tests from the HDR...

Agent Technology: Feasibility for Business and Manufacturing Application

March 1, 2002

Author(s)

Elizabeth N. Fong, Nenad Ivezic, R Korchak, Y Peng, Thomas R. Rhodes

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) may be defined as the entire set of processes that support transaction activities on a network and involve information analysis...

NIST Stray Light Elimination Tube Prototype

March 1, 2002

Author(s)

Paul A. Boynton, Edward F. Kelley

Electronic projection displays involve the projection of an image, usually through a lens system, onto a viewing screen. Metrics such as light output, contrast...

IT Security for Industrial Control Systems

February 28, 2002

Author(s)

Joseph Falco, Frederick M. Proctor, Keith A. Stouffer, Albert J. Wavering

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working to improve the IT security of networked digital control systems used in industrial...

Automated Image Processing Tools for High Throughput Measurements of Polymer Coatings: Initial Report on Software to Quantify Features

February 25, 2002

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl, J. Bernstein, A Karim

We have developed a series of Matlab programs to analyze photographs of polymer dewetting. This report provides details of how the programs work, what they do...

Intelligent Systems Annotated Bibliography and Survey, Part I. Systems with Intelligent Controllers

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

A Meystel

In Part I of this report, a place of Intelligent Control in the variety of systems is discussed. In many cases it amounts to transforming the system into an...

Survey of FY 2001 Nanotechnology-Related Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Chad R. Snyder, J P. Looney, F A. Moris

This report catalogs the efforts of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in nanotechnology during FY 2001. The purpose of this report is to...

Model Checkers in Software Testing

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, P E. Ammann, W Ding

The primary focus of formal methods is static analysis of specifications and code, but there is also a long tradition of exploiting formal methods for testing...

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory FY 2001

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Hratch G. Semerjian, W Koch, Ellyn S. Beary

This report summarizes the research and services provided by the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and...

The Validation of Fourier-Transform Microwave Spectroscopy for Trace-Gas Analysis

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Pamela M. Chu, R D. Suenram, Angela R. Hight Walker, R S. DaBell, George C. Rhoderick, Gerald T. Fraser

There is strong interest by regulatory agencies and automobile manufacturers, motivated in large part by increasingly stringent emission standards, for...

Distributed Testing of a Device-Level Interface Specification for a Metrology System

January 31, 2002

Author(s)

Joseph Falco, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Thomas Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, Keith A. Stouffer, Albert J. Wavering

A test suite for an key interface within a dimensional measuring system (coordinate measuring machine or CMM) is presented. The test suite consists of test...

Electricity Division Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments 2001

January 30, 2002

Author(s)

James K. Olthoff, Barry A. Bell

A review of the Technical Accomplishments in the Electricity Division.

Semiconductor Electronics Division Programs, Acitivites, and Accomplishments 2001

January 21, 2002

Author(s)

Erik M. Secula

This document represents the fiscal year 2000 production of the Projects comprising the Semiconductor Electronics Division (SED). Project goals, customer needs...

Prototype Software for Contaminant-Based Design

January 2, 2002

Author(s)

George Walton, Andrew K. Persily

Outdoor air intake rates of mechanical ventilation systems have traditionally been determined using prescriptive methods based on ventilation requirements per...

Electromagnetic Technology Division 2001 Technical Accomplishments

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Sara E. Metz

The roughly forty staff and guest scientists in the Electromagnetic Technology Division take great pride in bringing you this brief report on recent progress in...

The First Workshop on Wireless Sensing Proceedings

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Kang B. Lee, James D. Gilsinn, Richard D. Schneeman, Hui-Min Huang

The First Wireless Sensing Workshop was held on June 4, 2001, at the Sensors Expo/Conference at the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The National...

Approach for Measuring Reductions in Operations, Maintenance, and Energy Costs for Educational Facilities.

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman

The Construction and Building Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council is developing baseline measures of current construction industry...

Simulation of the Dynamics of a Fire in a Two-Story Duplex, Iowa, December 22, 1999 (NISTIR 6854)

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Glenn P. Forney, William D. Walton

This report describes the results of calculations using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that were performed to provide insight on the thermal conditions...

Proposed Testing Methodology and Laboratory Facilities for Evaluating Residential Fuel Cell Systems

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Mark W. Davis, Arthur H. Fanney

Fuel cells are emerging as one of the most promising technologies for meeting the nation s energy needs. Fuel cell efficiencies, approaching 60 percent, are...

An Approach for Measuring Reductions in Operations, Maintenance, and Energy Costs for Educational Facilities

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman

The Construction and Building Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council is developing baseline measures of current construction industry...

Standards of Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Stephen A. Cauffman, Hai S. Lew

The seismic safety evaluation and mitigation standards, Standards for Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings, were developed for use...

Protection of Firefighters under the Building Codes

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski

Historically in the United States and in most other countries the building codes have been silent on the subject of the protection of firefighters. As these...

National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank NIST-Charleston Laboratory: Clean Room and Specimen Bank Protocols

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Rebecca S. Pugh, Barbara J. Porter, Paul R. Becker, Stephen A. Wise

Fourth Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

K J. Johnsen, K L. McIntyre, Belinda L. Collins

OMB Circular A-119 requires NIST to share annual reports from Federal agencies on their participation in voluntary standards activities. This report prepared...

Physics Laboratory Annual Report 2001

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

K B. Gebbie, William R. Ott

This report summarizes research projects, measurement method development, calibration and testing, and data evaluation activities that were carried out during...

Nanomanufacturing of Atom-Based Dimensional Standards - A Final Project Report of the NAMT

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Robert Allen, J J. Pellegrino, D Monk, E C. Teague, Dennis A. Swyt, Joseph Fu, Richard M. Silver, Theodore V. Vorburger, Bradley N. Damazo, Robert Russell, Thomas E. Wheatley, Keith A. Stouffer, Manfred Osti, David Wilmering, Richard L. Rhorer, Ram D. Sriram

This report describes the accomplishments of the Nanomanufacturing of Atom-based Dimensional Standards Project, which operated as part of the National Advanced...