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Conferences

3-D Optical Metrology of Finite sub-20nm Dense Arrays With sub-nanometer Parametric Uncertainties

June 23, 2013

Author(s)

Jing Qin, Hui Zhou, Bryan M. Barnes, Ronald G. Dixson, Richard M. Silver

A new approach that involves parametric fitting of 3-D scattered field with electromagnetic simulation, Fourier domain normalization, and uncertainties analysis...

Four Measures of Nonlinearity

June 23, 2013

Author(s)

Joan Boyar, Magnus Find, Rene Peralta

Cryptographic applications, such as hashing, block ciphers and stream ciphers, make use of functions which are simple by some criteria (such as circuit...

A Classification of Differential Invariants for Multivariate Post-Quantum Cryptosystems

June 21, 2013

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner, Daniel C. Smith-Tone

Multivariate Public Key Cryptography (MPKC) has become one of a few options for security in the quantum model of computing. Though a few multivariate systems...

Exposing Software Security and Availability Risks For Commercial Mobile Devices

June 21, 2013

Author(s)

Ryan Johnson, Zhaohui Wang, Angelos Stavrou, Jeff Voas

In this manuscript, we present our efforts towards a framework for exposing the functionality of a mobile application through a combination of static and...

Of Massive Static Analysis Data

June 20, 2013

Author(s)

Aurelien M. Delaitre, Vadim Okun, Elizabeth N. Fong

Static analysis produces large amounts of data. The volume of data allows for new developments in research. Practical observations of the effectiveness of...

VULCAN: Vulnerability Assessment Framework for Cloud Computing

June 20, 2013

Author(s)

Patrick Kamongi, Srujan Kotikela, Krishna Kavi, Mahadevan Gomathisankaran, Anoop Singhal

Assessing security of software services on Cloud is complex because the security depends on the vulnerability of infrastructure, platform and the software...

Thermodynamic Analysis of Cascade Microcryocoolers with Low Pressure Ratios

June 17, 2013

Author(s)

Ray Radebaugh

The vapor-compression cycle for refrigeration near ambient temperature achieves high efficiency because the isenthalpic expansion of the condensed liquid is a...

A Thermodynamic Analysis of Refrigerants. II. Possibilities and Tradeoffs for Low-GWP Refrigerants

June 17, 2013

Author(s)

Mark O. McLinden, Andrei F. Kazakov, J. Steven Brown, Piotr A. Domanski

We explore the possibilities for refrigerants having low global warming potential (GWP) by use of two distinct approaches. In a companion paper (Domanski et al...

Distributed Coverage Optimization in a Network of Static and Mobile Sensors

June 17, 2013

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Jalal Habibi, Amir Aghdam

This paper proposes efficient schemes to increase sensing coverage in a network composed of both mobile and static sensors. The proposed deployment techniques...

Full-spectrum optical-beam-induced current for solar cell microscopy and multi-junction characterization

June 16, 2013

Author(s)

Tasshi Dennis

The design and application of a novel solar simulator based on a high-power, super-continuum laser is described in this work. The simulator light was focused to...

Radio-Frequency and DC Electrical Characterization on a Modular MEMS Mechanical Test Platform for Nanomaterials

June 16, 2013

Author(s)

J. J. Brown, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Pavel Kabos, Kristine A. Bertness, Norman Sanford, Victor Bright

In order to enable radio frequency (RF) data collection from a micromechanical system designed to strain nanomaterials, a coplanar electrical waveguide has been...

Incorporating Adult Learning Methods and Project Based Learning in Laboratory Metrology Courses

June 15, 2013

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

Measurement scientists work in calibration laboratories throughout the world. Yet, there are few university level courses available that cover the critical...

CHARACTERIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF THE INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS

June 14, 2013

Author(s)

Jatinder Madan, Mahesh Mani, Kevin W. Lyons

Presently available systems for sustainability assessment do not fully account for aspects related to a products manufacturing. In an effort to make more...

SemEval-2013 Task 7: The Joint Student Response Analysis and 8th Recognizing Textual Entailment Challenge

June 14, 2013

Author(s)

Myroslava Dzikovska, Rodney Nielsen, Chris Brew, Claudia Leacock, Danilo Giampiccolo, Luisa Bentivogli, Peter Clark, Ido Dagan, Hoa T. Dang

We present the results of the Joint Student Response Analysis and 8th Recognizing Textual Entailment Challenge, aiming to bring together researchers in...

MEMS Device for Fatigue Testing of 25 µm Thick Aluminum Specimens

June 13, 2013

Author(s)

Li-Anne Liew, David T. Read, Nicholas Barbosa

We report the development and demonstration of a MEMS test instrument to perform fatigue testing on 25 µm thick aluminum 1145 H19 foil. Both the foil material...

Stabilization of the offset frequency of an all polarization-maintaining fiber erbium frequency comb

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

Laura C. Sinclair, Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury

We demonstrate a completely polarization-maintaining fiber frequency comb operating at a 200 MHz repetition rate and show initial phase-locking of the carrier...

Open-Path Dual-Comb Spectroscopy of Greenhouse Gases

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

Greg B. Rieker, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, William C. Swann, Ian R. Coddington, Laura C. Sinclair, Christopher L. Cromer, Esther Baumann, Alexander M. Zolot, Nathan R. Newbury

Frequency-comb spectroscopy in the near-infrared is used to measure atmospheric CO2 and H2O concentrations over a 2-km outdoor open-air path. This technique...

Efficient, low-noise, single-photon frequency conversion

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

Paulina S. Kuo, Jason S. Pelc, Oliver T. Slattery, Yong-Su Kim, M. M. Fejer, Xiao Tang

We demonstrate simultaneous low-noise and efficient frequency conversion in a periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguide with spectral filtering. We achieve >50%...

Automatic Clustering of Multipath Arrivals in Radio-Frequency Channels using Kurtosis

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

Camillo A. Gentile

In wireless propagation, the multipath arrivals of a transmitted signal appear clustered at the receiver. Because the notion of clusters tends to be intuitive...

Free-space optical time-frequency transfer over 2 km

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

William C. Swann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Laura C. Sinclair, Esther Baumann, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury

Precision free-space time-frequency transfer could advance fields where present microwave-based transfer is inadequate. We demonstrate an optical free-space...

The Impact of Characteristic Impedance on Waveform Calibrations

June 7, 2013

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams, Jeffrey A. Jargon, Paul D. Hale

We examine the impact of the characteristic impedance on mismatch corrections for temporal waveform calibrations based on high-speed electro-optic sampling...

Uncertainties in Complex Permittivity Extraction From Coplanar Waveguide Scattering-parameter Data

June 7, 2013

Author(s)

Uwe Arz, Dylan Williams

We analyze the uncertainties of a complex permittivity extraction procedure based on uncorrected scatteringparameter measurements of coplanar waveguides of...

SHREC13 Track: Large Scale Sketch-Based 3D Shape Retrieval

June 6, 2013

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil, Bo Li , Yijuan Lu, Tobias Schreck

Sketch-based 3D shape retrieval has become an important research topic in content-based 3D object retrieval. The aim of this track is to measure and compare the...

A Precision Millimeter-Wave Modulated-Signal Source

June 6, 2013

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Paul D. Hale, Dylan F. Williams, Chih-Ming Wang

We develop and characterize a modulated-signal source for use at millimeter-wave frequencies. Components within the source are phase locked by a 10 GHz...

Practical Challenges When Implementing a Distributed Population of Cloud-Computing Simulators Controlled by a Genetic Algorithm

June 4, 2013

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, Christopher E. Dabrowski, Darrin J. Santay

The recent explosion of affordable multicore, multichip systems, coupled with cluster management software, encourages the development of novel distributed...

Dynamic Response of Metals Subject to Rapid DC Current Pulses

June 3, 2013

Author(s)

Steven P. Mates, Graham Cullen, Eran Vax, Eli Marcus, Brad Kinsey

Recent investigations indicate that metals will deform plastically at much lower stress levels when subject to high density DC currents due to an influence of...

A REFERENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTROSHOCK WEAPONS

June 3, 2013

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Donald R. Larson

We have developed a measurement system to accurately measure the electrical current and high-voltage output of electroshock weapons (ESW) that are used to...

Effect of Organic SAMs on the Evolution of Strength of Silicon Nanostructures

June 3, 2013

Author(s)

Scott Grutzik, Brian G. Bush, Frank W. DelRio, Richard S. Gates, Melissa Hines, Alan Zehnder

The ability to accurately predict the strength of nanoscale, single crystal structures is critical in micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS)...

Traceability for Aerosol Electrometer in the fA Range

June 1, 2013

Author(s)

Dean G. Jarrett, Miles Owen

Described here are the configurations and procedures used to provide traceability to electrical standards for an aerosol electrometer calibration in the range ±...

Single fiber tensile properties measured by the Kolsky bar using Direct fiber clamping method

June 1, 2013

Author(s)

Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Walter G. McDonough, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes

The Kolsky bar test has been widely used in measuring material behavior under high strain rate conditions. In particular, polymers used in ballistic...

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