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Jason B. Coder, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Michael H. Francis, Brian C. Stillwell
An improved antenna gain extrapolation measurement is proposed. The improved method consists of a vector network analyzer, a pair of RF optical links, and a...
Pavel Kabos, A Caprile, Coisson Marco, F Fiorillo, O M. Manu, E. S. Olivetti, M. A. Olariu, Pasquale Massimo, V. A. Scarlatache
Samples composed of a polymer matrix were loaded with different fractions from 0 to 30% of Fe oxide magnetic nanoparticles with an average size ranging from 50...
Solomon I. Woods, Simon G. Kaplan, Timothy M. Jung, Adriaan C. Carter, James E. Proctor
We discuss the design, construction, and initial test results of a Si:As blocked-impurity-band (BIB) trap detector. The trap consists of two rectangular BIB...
Improved structural robustness is expected for steel gravity load-resisting frames with double-angle shear connections as compared to single-plate connections...
Mark O. McLinden, Andrei F. Kazakov, J S. Brown, Piotr A. Domanski, Jae H. Heo
We explore the possibilities for refrigerants having low global warming potential (GWP) using two distinct, but complimentary, approaches. In the first approach...
Conni Hanke, Petra S. Dittrich, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez
A cell co-culture was generated on opposite sides of a permeable polyester membrane (PET) membrane by combining dielectrophoretic (DEP) and electrostatic forces...
Ronnie R. Fesperman Jr., Shawn P. Moylan, M A. Donmez
Standards committees are actively working to develop standard test methods for the performance evaluation of 5-axis machining centers through the direct and...
David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Edwin J. Heilweil, Brian C. Stillwell, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Erich N. Grossman, Shu Z. Lo
Beginning the fall of 2012, NIST will be providing scattering measurements for other government agencies. We present performance results of a bi-directional...
This paper examines the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as platforms to capture imagery at the neighborhood and individual building level for use in post...
Josh Gordon, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Jason Coder, Michael Francis
The Antenna Metrology Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder Colorado has developed a robotically controlled near-field pattern...
Jason Coder, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Michael H. Francis, Brian C. Stillwell
An improved antenna gain extrapolation measurement is proposed. The improved method consists of a vector network analyzer, a pair of RF optical links, and a...
Edwin J. Heilweil, Paul A. Lane, Okan Esenturk, Paul D. Cunningham, Joseph S. Melinger
Relative carrier mobilities in semiconducting organic polymer films measured using non-contact optical pump terahertz (THz) probe spectroscopy will be presented...
We present elegant algorithms for fitting a plane, two parallel planes (corresponding to a slot or a slab) or many parallel planes in a total (orthogonal) least...
Howard W. Yoon, Gary D. Graham, Robert D. Saunders, Yuqin Zong, Eric L. Shirley
We describe the characterization of a group of NIST spectral irradiance lamps at longer distances and larger angles than are typically issued by NIST. The...
Dong Hun Yeo, Franklin T. Lombardo, Dilip K. Banerjee, Eric J. Letvin, Emil Simiu, Marc L. Levitan, Florian A. Potra
The paper summarizes recent research and development of computer-aided and computational methods in wind engineering at the National Institute of Standards and...
Linbin Yu, Yu Lei, Raghu N. Kacker, D. Richard Kuhn, James F. Lawrence
Combinatorial testing has been shown to be a very effective testing strategy. Most work on combinatorial testing focuses on t-way test data generation, where...
Paulina Kuo, Jason S. Pelc, Oliver T. Slattery, Martin M. Fejer, Xiao Tang
We demonstrate application of a dual-channel upconversion detector as a beamsplitter that preserves photon statistics. We use this beamsplitter to characterize...
Craig I. Schlenoff, Edson Prestes, Rajmohan Madhavan, Paulo Goncalvest, Howard Li, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Thomas R. Kramer, Emilio Miguelanez
In this article, we discuss a newly formed IEEE- RAS working group entitled Ontologies for Robotics and Automation (ORA). The goal of this working group is to...
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Zeid Kootbally, Craig I. Schlenoff, Thomas R. Kramer, Satyandra K. Gupta
The IEEE RAS Ontologies for Robotics and Automation Working Group is dedicated to developing a methodology for knowledge representation and reasoning in...
Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Richard J. Norcross
Robot manufacturers are developing a new generation of industrial robots that are designed to work in collaborative environments in close proximity to humans...
Evaluation of aggregation and agglomeration of carbon nanotube (CNT) solution has been one of the key issues for applications. Here we introduce a simple method...
Chukwudi A. Okoro, Jungjoon Ahn, Meagan V. Kelso, Pavel Kabos, Joseph Kopanski, Yaw S. Obeng
In this paper, we will present an overview of metrology issues and some of the techniques currently under development in our group at NIST, aimed at...
Jing Qin, Hui Zhou, Bryan Barnes, Francois R. Goasmat, Ronald G. Dixson, Richard Silver
There has been much recent work in developing advanced optical metrology applications that use imaging optics for optical critical dimension (OCD) measurements...
A network security metric is desirable in evaluating the effectiveness of security solutions in distributed systems. Aggregating CVSS scores of individual...
Comparisons of two microscopy images can be accomplished in many different ways. This paper presents a system that recommends appropriate similarity metrics for...
Peter Bajcsy, Antoine Vandecreme, Benjamin J. Long, Paul Khouri Saba, Joe Chalfoun, Luigi Marini, Rob Kooper, Michal Ondrejcek, Kenton McHenry, Smruti Padhy
Versus is a framework for the execution and dissemination of customizable content-based file comparison methods. Given digital objects such as files, database...
An approach that combines not only the cell manipulation capabilities of dielectrophoresis (DEP), but also the conditions to promote appropriate cell function...
Craig I. Schlenoff, Sebti Foufou, Stephen B. Balakirsky
In this paper, we present initial thoughts on an approach to ontology/logic-based intention recognition based on the recognition, representation, and ordering...
Pragya R. Shrestha, Adaku Ochia, Jason P. Campbell, Canute I. Vaz, Jihong Kim, Kin P. Cheung, Helmut Baumgart, Gary Harris
The wide distribution of ON and OFF values and high SET current in resistive memory is attributed to the high current overshoot during the SET process. In this...
This paper addresses the problem of mapping application specific requirements on image similarity metrics to the plethora of existing image similarity...