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Conferences

Antimicrobial Agent Evaluation Using Planktonic, Biofilm-Forming and Biofilm Cell States

April 16, 2014

Author(s)

Daneli Lopez-Perez, Nancy J. Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson

Biofilms have been implicated in 80 % of all chronic human infections1, yet little attention has been focused on studies of antimicrobial agent efficacy in...

Assessment of Guidelines for Conducting Round Robin Studies in Additive Manufacturing

April 16, 2014

Author(s)

Shawn P. Moylan, John A. Slotwinski

The uniqueness of AM makes it necessary to develop specific guidance on conducting round robin studies. The existing standards on round robin studies for...

Study of Accuracy of Parts Produced Using Additive Manufacturing

April 16, 2014

Author(s)

Marcin Bauza, Shawn P. Moylan, Robert Panas, Stephen Burke, Harry Martz, John S. Taylor, Paul Alexander, Richard Knebel

The purpose of this presentation is to focus discussion onto the issue of accuracy and uncertainty of parts made with additive manufacturing processes.

Hydrogen Field Test Standard: Laboratory Performance

April 14, 2014

Author(s)

Jodie G. Pope, John D. Wright

NIST developed a prototype field test standard (FTS) that incorporates three test methods that could be used by state weights and measures inspectors to...

Optimizing Hybrid Metrology through a Consistent Multi-Tool Parameter Set and Uncertainty Model

April 14, 2014

Author(s)

Richard M. Silver, Bryan Barnes, Nien F. Zhang, Hui Zhou, Andras Vladar, John S. Villarrubia, Regis J. Kline, Daniel Sunday, Alok Vaid

There has been significant interest in hybrid metrology as a novel method for reducing overall measurement uncertainty and optimizing measurement throughput...

Terahertz Active and Passive Imaging

April 11, 2014

Author(s)

Erich N. Grossman, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Richard A. Chamberlin

We describe the results of bistatic scattering measurements covering 325-650 GHz on a series of wellcharacterized random rough test surfaces. These have...

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF KU-BAND STANDARD GAIN HORN CHARACTERIZATION

April 11, 2014

Author(s)

Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Jason B. Coder, Joshua A. Gordon

International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today...

10 nm Three-Dimensional CD-SEM Metrology

April 10, 2014

Author(s)

Andras Vladar, John S. Villarrubia, Bin Ming, Regis J. Kline, Jasmeet Chawla, Scott List, Michael T. Postek

The shape and dimensions of a challenging pattern have been measured using a model-based library scanning electron microscope (MBL SEM) technique. The sample...

A Quantitative Study of Nanoparticle Release from Nanocoatings Exposed to UV Radiation

April 7, 2014

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Deborah S. Jacobs, Justin M. Gorham, Savelas A. Rabb, Xiaohong Gu, Lee L. Yu, Tinh Nguyen

Nanoparticles are increasingly used in polymer coatings (i.e., nanocoatings) to improve multiple properties of traditional coatings such as mechanical...

International Comparison of Ku-band Standard Gain Horn Characterization

April 6, 2014

Author(s)

Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today...

International Comparison of Ku-band Standard Gain Horn Characterization

April 5, 2014

Author(s)

Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today...

An Empirical Comparison of Combinatorial and Random Testing

April 4, 2014

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn

Some conflicting results have been reported on the comparison between t-way combinatorial testing and random testing. In this paper, we report a new study that...

Calibrated Oscilloscope Measurements for System-Level Characterization of Weakly Nonlinear Sources

April 4, 2014

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Dylan F. Williams, Paul D. Hale, Chih-Ming Wang, Jeffrey A. Jargon, Youngcheol Park

We present a technique to characterize and correct for linear and weakly nonlinear distortion introduced by the nonideal response of a wideband, high-frequency...

The Performance of Essential Facilities in Superstorm Sandy

April 4, 2014

Author(s)

Therese P. McAllister

Superstorm Sandy affected the functionality of a number of essential buildings and facilities in the flooded areas of New York and New Jersey. The flood...

Evaluating Building Ventilation Strategies Using Newly-Developed TRNSYS/CONTAM Simulation Capabilities

April 3, 2014

Author(s)

William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich, Brian J. Polidoro

Building energy analysis tools are available in many forms that provide the ability to address a broad spectrum of energy-related issues in various combinations...

Robustness Assessment of RC Frame Buildings under Column Loss Scenarios

April 3, 2014

Author(s)

Yihai Bao, Joseph A. Main, Hai S. Lew, Fahim Sadek

A computational assessment of the robustness of reinforced concrete (RC) building structures under column loss scenarios is presented. A reduced-order modeling...

Robustness of Precast Concrete Frames: Experimental and Computational Studies

April 3, 2014

Author(s)

Joseph A. Main, Yihai Bao, Hai S. Lew, Fahim Sadek

This paper describes both full-scale testing and detailed finite-element modeling of a precast concrete moment-frame assembly extracted from the perimeter...

Optical volumetric inspection of sub-20 nm patterned defects with wafer noise

April 2, 2014

Author(s)

Bryan M. Barnes, Francois R. Goasmat, Martin Y. Sohn, Hui Zhou, Richard M. Silver, Andras Vladar, Abraham Arceo

We have previously introduced a new data analysis method that more thoroughly utilizes scattered optical intensity data collected during defect inspection using...

Support for ACT-R Modeling of Elliptical Endpoint Error Distributions in Mobile Touchscreen 2-D Fitts' Law Tasks

April 1, 2014

Author(s)

Kristen Greene, Melissa A. Gallagher, Franklin Tamborello

Given the high propensity of users motoric errors with smaller touchscreen usa-buttons, knowing the endpoint distributions for finger-based pointing and...

Estimating Fault Detection Effectiveness

April 1, 2014

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei

[Poster] A t-way covering array can detect t-way faults, however they generally include other combinations beyond t-way as well. For example, a particular test...

Introducing Combinatorial Testing in a Large Organization: Pilot Project Experience Report

April 1, 2014

Author(s)

Jon Hagar, D. Richard Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Thomas Wissink

This poster gives an overview of the experience of eight pilot projects, over two years, applying combinatorial testing in a large aerospace organization. While...

An Empirical Comparison of Combinatorial and Random Testing

April 1, 2014

Author(s)

Laleh Ghandehari, Jacek Czerwonka, Yu Lei, Soheil Shafiee, Raghu N. Kacker, D. Richard Kuhn

Some conflicting results have been reported on the comparison between t-way combinatorial testing and random testing. In this paper, we report a new study that...

Single PPTA fiber tensile test under high strain rate

April 1, 2014

Author(s)

Jae H. Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Steven P. Mates, Jonathan E. Seppala, Chelsea S. Davis, Walter G. McDonough, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes

Modeling of moment connections for structural fire analyses

March 25, 2014

Author(s)

Mina S. Seif, Therese P. McAllister, Joseph A. Main, William E. Luecke

Performance-based methodologies to evaluate the fire performance of structures are needed to move beyond the prescriptive procedures presently in use, which...

Adaptive Representations for Video-based Face Recognition Across Pose

March 25, 2014

Author(s)

P. Jonathon Phillips, Yi-Chen Chen, Vishal M. Patel, Rama Chellappa

n this paper, we address the problem of matching faces across changes in pose in unconstrained videos. We pro- pose two methods based on 3D rotation and sparse...

DESIGN OF TEST STRUCTURE FOR 3D-STACKED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (3D-SICS) METROLOGY

March 25, 2014

Author(s)

Lin You, Jungjoon Ahn, Joseph Kopanski

Growth and Applications of Single-Nanowire GaN Light Emitting Diodes

March 19, 2014

Author(s)

Kristine A. Bertness

We discuss two applications of single-nanowire GaN light emitting diodes, optical interconnects and multifunction scanning probes. These applications take...

Composite thermophysical property characterization of hydrotreated renewable and Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuels

March 16, 2014

Author(s)

Peter Y. Hsieh, Jason A. Widegren, Tara Fortin, Thomas J. Bruno

The rising cost of petroleum is driving the development of alternative hydrocarbon fuels for transportation. Hydrotreated renewable fuels and Fischer-Tropsch...

Objective Image Quality Assessment of Texture Compression

March 14, 2014

Author(s)

Wesley N. Griffin, Marc Olano

Texture compression is widely used in real-time rendering to reduce storage and bandwidth requirements. Recent research in compression algorithms has explored...

Virtual Design and Verification of Cyber Physical Systems: Industrial Process Plant Design

March 12, 2014

Author(s)

Peter O. Denno, Mark Blackburn

This paper discusses a research project to support virtual design and verification of industrial process plants designs. Process plants are a class of cyber...

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