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Conferences

On the Determination of Carbon by PGAA

November 10, 2013

Author(s)

Rolf L. Zeisler, Rick L. Paul, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Zsolt R¿vay, Stefan S¿llradl

Determination of carbon was achieved with reduction of background in prompt gamma activation analysis.

Application of a Natural Ventilation System Design Tool To A School Building

November 8, 2013

Author(s)

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

A software tool to aid in the design of natural ventilation systems has recently been udpated. This update implements a general method for sizing of natural...

Dielectrophoretic Trapping of P19 Cells on Indium Tin Oxide based Microelectrode Arrays

November 8, 2013

Author(s)

Aveek Gangopadhyay, Saugandhika Minnikanti, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Mulpuri V. Rao, Nathalia Peixoto

A microfabricated device comprised of a microelectrode array (MEA) and a microfluidic channel is presented here for the purpose of trapping cells using positive...

Fault Localization Based on Failure-Inducing Combinations

November 7, 2013

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

Combinatorial testing has been shown to be a very effective testing strategy. After a failure is detected, the next task is to identify the actual fault that...

A Baseline for Assessing Biometrics Performance Robustness: A Case Study across Seven Iris Datasets

November 7, 2013

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, James J. Filliben, Ross J. Micheals, Michael D. Garris, P J. Phillips

We examine the robustness of algorithm performance over multiple datasets collected with different sensors. This study provide insight as to whether an...

Thermally-Assisted Transient Analysis for Reducing the Response Time of Microhotplate Gas Sensors

November 6, 2013

Author(s)

Alexander (. Vergara Tinoco, Kurt D. Benkstein, Stephen Semancik

This study examines methods for decreasing the response time of chemiresistive, metal oxide microhotplate gas sensors. We describe a successful approach that...

Microsensor Analyses for Trace Targets over Extended Times in a Simulated Martian Environment

November 6, 2013

Author(s)

Kurt D. Benkstein, Phillip H. Rogers, Christopher B. Montgomery, Stephen Semancik, C. Jin, Baranidharan Raman

We have studied the performance of a chemical microsensor array in a simulated Martian environment, which involved a carbon dioxide-rich background with low...

Exploring Local Features and the Bag-of-Visual-Words Approach for BioImage Classification

November 5, 2013

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil, Asim Wagan

With recent advances in imaging technologies large numbers of bioimages are currently being acquired. Automated classification of these bio-images is a very...

Temperature-Controlled Electrochemical Microwell Platform for Studying Biomolecular Interactions

November 3, 2013

Author(s)

Stephen Semancik, Zuliang Shen, Herman O. Sintim

We designed and fabricated, on a 4-inch wafer, prototype devices for proof-of-concept studies on biomolecular interactions. The platform includes eight probe...

Fabrication and Characterization of a Dual-mode SPR/SERS Sensor Based on Plasmonic Nanodome Arrays

November 3, 2013

Author(s)

Charles J. Choi, Stephen Semancik

This work describes a label-free, optical sensor system fabricated on a flexible plastic film with dual detection modalities: surface-enhanced Raman scattering...

Acoustic and electrical properties of Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 piezoelectric resonators at elevated temperatures

November 3, 2013

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Michal Schulz, Holger Fritze

Synthetic piezoelectric crystals in the P321 crystal class have been a focus of substantial research in relation to their application in high-temperature...

High Resolution Frequency Comb Molecular Spectroscopy.

November 3, 2013

Author(s)

Ian R. Coddington, Alexander M. Zolot, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Greg B. Rieker, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury

Frequency combs serve as an extremely high accuracy reference across broad portions of the optical spectrum. Dual frequency combs harness this accuracy and...

Methods for Optimizing and Extending the Performance of Chemiresistive Gas Microsensors

November 3, 2013

Author(s)

Kurt D. Benkstein, Alexander (. Vergara Tinoco, Christopher B. Montgomery, Baranidharan Raman, Stephen Semancik

This paper briefly describes varied concepts developed and implemented to enhance the performance of gas-phase chemical microsensors. The developments are...

Does Your SEM Really Tell the Truth? Part 2

November 1, 2013

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, Premsagar P. Kavuri

The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has gone through a tremendous evolution to become indispensable for many and diverse scientific and industrial...

Demonstration Paper : Connecting Medical Devices Through ASTM-2761-09 - Schedule Conflict Detection Prototype

November 1, 2013

Author(s)

Lukas L. Diduch

The Integrated Clinical Environment (ICE) ASTM-2761 Standard specifies an architecture for real-time medical device interoperability, and a set of Clinical...

Combinatorial (t-way) testing for software: an adaptation of design of experiments

November 1, 2013

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

Most modern instruments of measurements for science, engineering, and commerce have embedded software. Also software is required for data handling and...

On the Use of Phase Data When Conducting an Extrapolation Measurement

November 1, 2013

Author(s)

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

The extrapolation measurement technique has been used with the three antenna method for more than 40 years, to determine absolute antenna gain and polarization...

Nanomanufacturing concerns about Measurements made in the SEM I: Imaging and its Measurement

November 1, 2013

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar

The high resolution of the SEM is especially useful for qualitative and quantitative applications for both nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing. But, should...

Nanomanufacturing Concerns about Measurements made in the SEM II: Specimen Contamination

November 1, 2013

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, Premsagar P. Kavuri

The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has gone through a tremendous evolution to become a critical tool for many and diverse scientific and industrial...

PDR: A Prevention, Detection and Response Mechanism for Anomalies in Energy Control Systems

October 30, 2013

Author(s)

Maria C. Alcaraz, Meltem Sonmez Turan

Prevention, detection and response are nowadays considered to be three priority topics for protecting critical infrastructures, such as energy control systems...

Enhancing the Performance of High Volume Fly Ash Concretes Using Fine Limestone Powder

October 29, 2013

Author(s)

Jussara Tanesi, Dale P. Bentz, Ahmad Ardani

One of the primary approaches being explored to produce more sustainable concretes consists of replacing a significant portion of the portland cement with...

Combining Genetic Algorithms & Simulation to Search for Failure Scenarios in System Models

October 28, 2013

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, Christopher E. Dabrowski, James J. Filliben, Sanford P. Ressler

Large infrastructures, such as clouds, can exhibit substantial outages, sometimes due to failure scenarios that were not considered during system design. We...

Structural Design for Disaster Resilience

October 28, 2013

Author(s)

Fahim H. Sadek, Joseph Main, John L. Gross, Therese P. McAllister

This paper presents a brief overview of research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on disaster resilience of buildings...

Optical Coherence Tomography for Dimensional Metrology of Lab-on-a-chip devices

October 27, 2013

Author(s)

Darwin R. Reyes-Hernandez, Michael W. Halter, Jeeseong Hwang

Here we present a new metrology tool for the determination of the dimensions of channels from final product Lab-on-a-chip devices. Using Optical Coherence...

Analyzing a Co-Polymer Aramid Fiber for Use in Soft Body Armor

October 25, 2013

Author(s)

Walter G. McDonough, Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Amanda L. Forster, Scott A. Wight, Joy P. Dunkers, Gale A. Holmes

Since the well-publicized failure of body armor used by a police officer, it has become imperative that the long-term properties and performance of new fibers...

Methods for Performance Evaluation of Single Axis Positioning Systems: A New Standard

October 25, 2013

Author(s)

Ronnie R. Fesperman Jr., Nathan Brown, Kevin Elliott, Jonathan D. Ellis, Axel Grabowski, Steve Ludwick, Serge Maneuf, Brian O'Connor, Shane Woody

Many new high-precision linear and angular positioning systems are being used in emerging micro- and nanotechnology applications. Measuring and certifying the...

Methods for Performance Evaluation of Single Axis Positioning Systems: Incremental Step Test

October 25, 2013

Author(s)

Ronnie R. Fesperman Jr., Brian O'Connor, Serge Maneuf

Many new ultra-precision linear and angular positioning systems are finding their way into emerging technologies that rely on positioning systems to make small...

Methods for Performance Evaluation of Single Axis Positioning Systems: Dynamic Straightness

October 25, 2013

Author(s)

Ronnie R. Fesperman Jr., Brian O'Connor, Jonathan D. Ellis

Many new ultra-precision linear positioning systems are finding their way into emerging technologies that are requiring exceptional straightness performance...

Towards Mobile Manipulator Safety Standards

October 24, 2013

Author(s)

Jeremy A. Marvel, Roger V. Bostelman

We present an overview of the current safety standards for industrial robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and describe how they relate to the safety...

A Literature Review of Sensor Ontologies for Manufacturing Applications

October 23, 2013

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, Tsai Hong Hong, Roger D. Eastman

The purpose of this paper is to review existing sensor and sensor network ontologies to understand whether they can be reused as a basis for a manufacturing...

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