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Yooyoung Lee, P. Jonathon Phillips, James Filliben, J. R. Beveridge, Hao H. Zhang
Methods for assessing the impact of factors and image-quality metrics for still face images are well-understood. The extension of these factors and quality
Walter G. McDonough, Joy P. Dunkers, Amanda L. Forster, Jae Hyun Kim, Scott A. Wight, Gale A. Holmes
Since the well-publicized failure of a body armor used by a police officer at a threat level the armor had been designed to survive, it has become imperative
Bettye C. Johnson, Stephen E. Maxwell, Eric L. Shirley, Kim Slack, Gary Graham
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the next generation imaging sensor for NOAAs operational meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit. One pathway
Elham Tabassi, Craig I. Watson, Gregory P. Fiumara
We report performance of one-to-many fingerprint identification algorithms using one, two, four, eight or ten fingers for recognition. Performance is quantified
Adele P. Peskin, Steven P. Lund, YaShian Li-Baboud, Michael W. Halter, Anne L. Plant, Peter Bajcsy
This paper addresses the problem of automating an image ranking process for stem cell colonies. We automate the manual process in a novel way: instead of
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Evan K. Wallace, Nenad Ivezic, Yunsu Lee
One of the characteristics of a smart manufacturing system is the ability to quickly adapt to new and changing requirements. This implies that software and
Roger V. Bostelman, William P. Shackleford, Geraldine S. Cheok
Current automated guided vehicle (AGV) technology typically provides material handling flow along single or dual opposing-flow lanes in manufacturing and
Tam H. Duong, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Jose M. Ortiz, Sei-Hyung Ryu , Edward VanBrunt, Lin Cheng, Scott Allen, John W. Palmour
The purpose of this paper is to present a physics-based electro-thermal Saber model and parameter extraction sequence for high-voltage SiC buffer layer n
We present measurements demonstrating significant scattering of microwaves in a thin metal films near the metal non-metal percolation transition. Gold films 3
Ndubuisi G. Orji, Ronald G. Dixson, Hiroshi Itoh, Chumei Wang
In atomic force microscopy (AFM) metrology, the scanning tip is a major source of uncertainty. Images taken with an AFM show an apparent broadening of feature
In manufacturing, an enormous amount of data, both real and simulation data, is being continuously generated. The appropriate information, if extracted from big
For the past century, industrial temperature measurements have relied on resistance measurement of a thin metal wire or filament whose resistance varies with
Timothy Blattner, Walid Keyrouz, Joe Chalfoun, Bertrand C. Stivalet, Mary C. Brady, Shujia Zhou
Researchers in various fields are using optical microscopy to acquire very large images, 10K--200K of pixels per side. Optical microscopes acquire these images
Lingyu Wang, Meng Zhang, Sushil Jajodia, Anoop Singhal, M. Albanese
The interest in diversity as a security mechanism has recently been revived in various applications, such as Moving Target Defense (MTD), resisting worms in
Allan H. Harvey, Marcia L. Huber, Arno R. Laesecke, Chris D. Muzny, Richard A. Perkins
The thermophysical properties of carbon dioxide are essential for accurate process design and optimization. While the thermodynamic properties of CO2 are
Shokouh Pourarian, Jin Wen, Xiwang Li, Daniel Veronica, Xiaohui Zhou, Ran Liu
Dynamic system simulation tools are needed for developing advanced control, operation, and fault detection and diagnosis techniques for heating, ventilation
Aaron Forster, Emilien J. Guigues, Amanda Forster, Jeffrey M. Davis, Kirk D. Rice
A laminate foam composite is recommended in the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 0115.00 standard as the backing material for testing stab resistant body
The wide application of GPS carrier-phase (CP) time transfer is limited by the problem of boundary discontinuity. The RINEX-Shift (RS) algorithm was designed to
Jonathan E. Seppala, Chad R. Snyder, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes
With the introduction of soft body armor in the 1970s, methods for certifying armor systems were also developed. Roma Plastilina Clay #1 (RP1) was chosen from
Matthew D. Brubaker, Shannon M. Duff, Todd E. Harvey, Paul T. Blanchard, Alexana Roshko, Aric W. Sanders, Norman A. Sanford
This study presents a technique for obtaining Ga- and N-polar Gallium Nitride nanowire (GaN NW) arrays on non-polar Si (111) substrates by use of polarity
Ward L. Johnson, Sudook A. Kim, Grady S. White, Jaemi Herzberger
AbstractMeasurements of resonant ultrasonic frequencies of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) were performed as a function of excitation amplitude to assess
Determining image quality is dependent to some degree on human interpretation. Although entirely subjective methods of evaluating image quality may be adequate
Christopher L. Holloway, Damir Senic, John M. Ladbury, Galen H. Koepke
This study presents an experimental approach to the analysis of absorption characteristics of a lossy dielectric object in a reverberant environment. The study
Abstract-Measurements of the field-to-wire coupling to an unshielded twisted pair of wires have been carried out in a reverberation chamber. The wires were
P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, Hao Zhang, Patrick J. Flynn, Venice E. Liong, Jiwen Lu, Marcus de Assis Angeloni, Tiago de Freitas Pereira, Haoxiang Li, Vitomir Struc, Janez Krizaj
The correction factor of the National Institute of Standards and Technologys WR-15 (50 to 75 GHz) microcalorimeters has been re-evaluated. Use of modeled
Aric W. Sanders, Anna E. Fox, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Alexandra Curtin
Superconducting electronics play an important role in quantum computation, ultra-low power electronics, voltage standards and magnetic sensors. Many of these