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Conferences

Obstacle Detection and Avoidance from an Automated Guided Vehicle

September 18, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Scattering of microwaves in thin metallic films near the metal - non-metal transition

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Jan Obrzut

We present measurements demonstrating significant scattering of microwaves in a thin metal films near the metal non-metal percolation transition. Gold films 3...

Physics-based Electro-thermal Saber Model and Parameter Extraction for High-Voltage SiC Buffer IGBTs

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Technique for AFM Tip Characterization

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

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...

TRANSITIONING FROM RESISTANCE DEVICES TO PHOTONIC DEVICES FOR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS

September 12, 2014

Author(s)

Zeeshan Ahmed, Gregory F. Strouse

For the past century, industrial temperature measurements have relied on resistance measurement of a thin metal wire or filament whose resistance varies with...

PMML in Manufacturing Applications

September 12, 2014

Author(s)

Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Juyeon Lee

In manufacturing, an enormous amount of data, both real and simulation data, is being continuously generated. The appropriate information, if extracted from big...

A Hybrid CPU-GPU System for Stitching Large Scale Optical Microscopy Images

September 12, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Modeling Network Diversity for Evaluating the Robustness of Networks against Zero-Day Attacks

September 11, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Progress toward new Reference Correlations for the Transport Properties of Carbon Dioxide

September 10, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Tools for Evaluating Fault Detection and Diagnostic Methods for Dual Duct Double Fan Systems

September 10, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Foam Composite Specifications and Qualification in Support of NIJ 0115.00

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

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...

An Improvement of RINEX-Shift Algorithm for Continuous GPS Carrier-Phase Time Transfer

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Jian Yao, Judah Levine

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...

Clay composites as ballistic witness materials: time, temperature, and history dependent material properties

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Selective Area Growth of Ga- and N-polar GaN Nanowire Arrays on Non-Polar Si (111) Substrates

September 7, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Nonlinear resonant acoustic detection of cracks in multilayer ceramic capacitors

September 3, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Image Quality Testing: Selection of Images for Assessing Test Subject Input

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

John R. Jendzurski, Nicholas G. Paulter Jr.

Determining image quality is dependent to some degree on human interpretation. Although entirely subjective methods of evaluating image quality may be adequate...

Absorption Characteristics and SAR of a Lossy Sphere inside a Reverberation Chamber

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Measurement of the Stochastic Electromagnetic Field Coupling to an Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, John M. Ladbury

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...

Improvement in the Evaluation of a Rectangular Waveguide Microcalorimeter Correction Factor

August 29, 2014

Author(s)

Thomas P. Crowley, Weihai Fang

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...

The IJCB 2014 PaSC Video Face and Person Recognition Competition

August 29, 2014

Author(s)

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

Optimization of Focused Ion Beam-Tomography for Superconducting Electronics

August 27, 2014

Author(s)

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...

A Simplified Approach to Determining Resolutions for Optical, Ion and Electron Microscope Images

August 26, 2014

Author(s)

Alexandra E. Curtin, Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Aric W. Sanders

Understanding the High-Temperature Mechanical Properties of A710 (HSLA-80) Steel Using Complimentary Atom Probe Tomography and Electron Microscopy

August 26, 2014

Author(s)

Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Jeffrey W. Sowards, James R. Fekete

We investigated the mechanical properties as a function of isothermal annealing in alloy A710 (HSLA-80) using combined atom probe tomography and transmission...

Multiscale Correlative Measurements of Nanoparticles in Cells

August 26, 2014

Author(s)

Aric W. Sanders, Kavita M. Jeerage, Cindi Schwartz, Alexandra E. Curtin, Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay

Nanoparticles are emerging as invaluable tools in disease diagnosis, disease treatment and imaging contrast enhancement agents. The interactions of...

Electron and Helium Ion Imaging of Arabidopsis Affected by Genetic Mutation and Surface Acid Treatment for Biofuel Applications

August 26, 2014

Author(s)

Alexandra E. Curtin, Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Aric W. Sanders

Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopes to Address Industrial Nano-Metrology Needs of Integrated Circuits and Nanoelectronic Devices

August 25, 2014

Author(s)

Joseph J. Kopanski

Electrical modes of scanning probe microscopes have found considerable metrology applications in integrated circuits and emerging nano-electronic devices...

Milligram Mass Metrology Using Electrostatics

August 25, 2014

Author(s)

Gordon A. Shaw, John A. Kramar

Although mass has historically been defined using an artifact standard, other means of realization are possible. One alternative approach employs a precision...

Accurate High-Ohmic Resistance Measurement Techniques up to 1 Pohm

August 24, 2014

Author(s)

Dean G. Jarrett, Gert Rietveld, Beat Jeckelmann

An overview is presented on precision high-ohmic resistance measurements for values of 100 Mohmand above. The two main measurement techniques in this...

A 100 Tohm Guarded Hamon Transfer Standard

August 24, 2014

Author(s)

Dean G. Jarrett, Edward O'Brien, Marlin E. Kraft

Guarded Hamon transfer standards are used at NIST for scaling to high resistance levels. An improved design for a guarded Hamon transfer standard in the range...

The Design of the NEW NIST-4 Watt Balance

August 24, 2014

Author(s)

Leon S. Chao, Stephan Schlamminger, Frank C. Seifert, Yusi A. Cao, Darine El Haddad, David B. Newell, Jon R. Pratt

The design of the new permanent-magnet driven watt balance and novel mechanical features will demonstrate the high-precision capabilities of a large complex...

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