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Conferences

Modeling of Bolted Connections for Collapse Analysis of Steel Structures

September 19, 2011

Author(s)

Joseph A. Main, Fahim Sadek

In structural collapse scenarios, beam to column connections can be subjected to large rotations as the structure deforms, in addition to large axial forces...

Fully lithographic fiber-coupled cryogenic radiometer for picowatt powers

September 19, 2011

Author(s)

Nathan A. Tomlin, John H. Lehman, Sae Woo Nam

A new type of absolute cryogenic radiometer has been fabricated at the microscale level for direct substitution optical fiber power measurements. It consists of...

Extending single-photon optimized superconducting transition edge sensors beyond the single-photon counting regime

September 19, 2011

Author(s)

Thomas Gerrits, Brice R. Calkins, Nathan A. Tomlin, Adriana E. Lita, Alan L. Migdall, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin

Photon number resolving transition-edge sensors (TES) are the cutting-edge enabling technology for high quantum efficiency photon number counting. The TES...

Absolute high-power laser measurements with a flowing water power meter

September 18, 2011

Author(s)

Christopher L. Cromer, Xiaoyu X. Li, John H. Lehman, Marla L. Dowell

We describe a novel flowing water power meter (FWOPM) for high-power laser radiometry in the range of 50 W to 10 kW. The FWOPM has several design features; a...

Performance of Hybrid 4.5kV SiC JBS Freewheeling Diode and Si IGBT

September 16, 2011

Author(s)

Karl Hobart, Eugene Imhoff, F. J. Kub, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Tam H. Duong, Jose M. Ortiz, Sei-Hyung Ryu, David Grider, Scott G. Leslie, Jerry Sherbondy, B Ray

Testing Passive UHF Tag Performance Evolution

September 15, 2011

Author(s)

Daniel G. Kuester, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Zoya Popovic

Trends in tag development since the introduction of the ISO 18000-6C and EPC Global standards are investigated empirically with measurements of power harvesting...

MEASUREMENTS OF EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT OF HELIUM AND HYDROGEN THROUGH GYPSUM

September 14, 2011

Author(s)

Jiann Yang, William M. Pitts, Marco Fernandez, Kuldeep Prasad

An experimental apparatus, which was based on the ¿-scale garage previously used for studying helium release and dispersion in our laboratory, was used to...

Chip-scale room-temperature atomic magnetometers for biomedical measurements

September 14, 2011

Author(s)

Svenja A. Knappe, Rahul R. Mhaskar, Jan Preusser, John E. Kitching, Lutz Trahms, Tillman H. Sander

We describe a portable 4-channel array of chip-scale atomic magnetometers in a flexible flying-lead configuration. These microfabricated, uncooled sensors with...

The mechanisms of damage in ballistic fibers

September 13, 2011

Author(s)

Walter G. McDonough, Haruki Kobayashi, Jae Hyun Kim, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes

Construction of a High Power OPO Laser system for Differential Absorption LIDAR

September 13, 2011

Author(s)

Kevin O. Douglass, Stephen E. Maxwell, David F. Plusquellic, Joseph T. Hodges, Roger D. van Zee, Daniel V. Samarov, James R. Whetstone

Our goal is to develop and characterize optical measurement technology to enable accurate quantification of greenhouse-gas emissions to meet the needs of...

High Mobility Channel from the Prospective of Random Telegraph Noise

September 12, 2011

Author(s)

Kin P. Cheung, Jason P. Campbell

We experimentally verify for the first time that random telegraph noise (RTN) in ultra-scaled MOSFETs is related to the inversion charge density in the channel...

Interference Mitigation for Body Area Networks

September 12, 2011

Author(s)

Wen-Bin Yang, Kamran Sayrafian

Due to ultra-low power communication, BAN is most likely a victim system. Interference from other BANs or other coexisting wireless communication systems may be...

Circuit-Aware Device Reliability Criteria Methodology

September 12, 2011

Author(s)

Jason T. Ryan, Lan Wei, Jason P. Campbell, Richard G. Southwick, Kin P. Cheung, Anthony Oates, John S. Suehle, Phillip Wong

Meeting reliability requirements is an increasingly more difficult challenge with each generation of CMOS technology. The disconnection between conventional one...

An IEEE 1588 Performance Testing Dashboard for Power Industry Requirements

September 12, 2011

Author(s)

Julien M. Amelot, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Clement Vasseur, Jeffrey Fletcher, Dhananjay Anand, James Moyne

The numerous time synchronization performance requirements in the Smart Grid entails the need for a set of common metrics and test methods to verify the ability...

A Field Study of User Behavior and Perception in Smartcard Authentication

September 9, 2011

Author(s)

Emile L. Morse, Celeste L. Paul, Aiping L. Zhang, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos

A field study of 24 participants over 10 weeks explored user behavior and perception in a smartcard authentication system. Ethnographic methods used to collect...

Linking Degree of Filler Dispersion to Photodegradation Rate in a NanoTiO2-Latex Coating: An Accelerated Weathering Study

September 4, 2011

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Yongyan Pang, Stephanie S. Watson

The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of the filler dispersion of nano-TiO2 in polymeric coatings on the surface morphology evolution of...

Cost-Efficient Routing with Controlled Node Mobility in Sensor Networks

September 1, 2011

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian

In this paper, an energy-efficient strategy is proposed for tracking a moving target in a mobile sensor network. The energy expenditure of the sensors in the...

SURF III: A flexible Synchrotron Radiation Source for Radiometry and Research

September 1, 2011

Author(s)

Uwe Arp, Charles W. Clark, Lu Deng, Nadir S. Faradzhev, Alex P. Farrell, Mitchell L. Furst, Steven E. Grantham, Edward W. Hagley, Shannon B. Hill, Thomas B. Lucatorto, Ping-Shine Shaw, Charles S. Tarrio, Robert E. Vest

The calculability of synchrotron radiation (SR) makes electron storage rings wonderful light sources for radiometry. The broadband nature of SR allows coverage...

DEXML: A FIRST STEP TOWARD A UML BASED IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR PLCS

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Sylvere I. Krima, Joshua Lubell, Sudarsan Rachuri, Roch Bertucat, Sebti Foufou

Data exchange specifications not only must be broad and general to achieve acceptance, but also must be customizable in a controlled and interoperable manner to...

A Decision-Guided Energy Management Framework for Sustainable Manufacturing

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Alexander Brodsky, Jorge Arinez , Daniel A. Menasce , Paul Ammann

A growing number of manufacturing industries are initiating efforts to address sustainability issues. According to the National Association of Manufacturers...

AN INFORMATION MODELING METHODOLOGY FOR STANDARDS

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Jae H. Lee, Paul W. Witherell, Prabir Sarkar, Sudarsan Rachuri

Standards are developed and introduced in the market to meet the needs of specific domains. Developed by experts within a particular domain, the modeling...

A STANDARD ANALYSIS APPROACH TO DETERMINE PRODUCT APPLICABILITY

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Paul W. Witherell, Prabir Sarkar, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Jae H. Lee, Sudarsan Rachuri

Standards and regulations have become an important part of todays society. Organizational and geographical dispersions of standards often create situations...

TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGING SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Paul W. Witherell

In this paper, we identify five main obstacles in the development of an industry-ready application of semantic knowledge management systems and discuss how each...

BUSINESS OBJECTS FOR INDUSTRIAL DATA STANDARDS

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Allison Barnard Feeney, Keith A. Hunten

Business objects, as proposed for inclusion in the ISO 10303 family of industrial data standards developed in ISO TC 184/SC4 (SC4), are a layer over the ISO...

A Two Degree of Freedom Nanopositioner with Electrothermal Actuator for Decoupled Motion

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Yong Sik Kim, Nicholas G. Dagalakis, Satyandra K. Gupta

Building a two degree-of-freedom (2 DOF) MEMS nanopositioner with decoupled X-Y motion has been a challenge in nanopositioner design. In this paper a novel...

Effects of Oscillating Incoming Flow on Flow-Induced Forces on a Yawed Circular Cylinder

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Dong Hun Yeo, Nicholas P. Jones

A detached eddy simulation (DES) study was conducted on oscillating flow around a yawed circular cylinder at Re = 1.4×105 to investigate how the oscillating...

Process Intermittent Measurement for Powder-Bed Based Additive Manufacturing

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

April L. Cooke, Shawn P. Moylan

Process intermittent measurements of parts fabricated by additive manufacturing (AM) can enable both in-process improvement and characterization of parts'...

Database-Assisted Design for High-Rise Structures in Mixed Extreme Wind Climates

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Dong Hun Yeo

The use of the DAD methodology in conjunction with multiple wind climatological databases was developed in this study to estimate peak wind effects induced by...

Multi-Relationship Evaluation Design: Formalizing Test Plan Input and Output Elements for Evaluating Developing Intelligent Systems

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Linda C. Schmidt

Advanced and intelligent systems within the manufacturing, military, homeland security, and automotive fields are constantly under development or improvement...

Integration of Life Cycle Inventories Incorporating Manufacturing Unit Processes

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Mark B. Campanelli, Jonatan K. Berglund, Sudarsan Rachuri

Sustainable manufacturing (SM) concerns the manufacture of products with regard to environmental, social, and economic impacts over the entire life cycle. With...

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