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Conferences

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'...

Constraints on Monopole-Dipole Interactions of Wisps from Polarized Gas Relaxation Time

August 31, 2011

Author(s)

Changbo Fu, Thomas R. Gentile, W M. Snow

Various theories beyond the Standard Model predict new particles with masses in the sub-eV range with very weak couplings to ordinary matter. A P-odd, T-odd...

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS OF THE Ba2YCu3O6+x SUPERCONDUCTOR WITH COATED CONDUCTOR BUFFER LAYERS

August 30, 2011

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Zhi Yang, Guangyao Liu, Qingzhen Huang, Lawrence P. Cook, Shailee P. Diwanji, Christopher E. Lucas, Mi-Hye Jang, James A. Kaduk

Continued research on high Tc superconductors has led to the promise of a wide variety of industrial applications. To implement these applications, the...

Reduction of Exposure to Ultrafine Particles by Kitchen Exhaust Fans of Varying Flow Rates

August 30, 2011

Author(s)

Dong H. Rim, Andrew K. Persily, Lance L. Wallace

This study has investigated the effect of a kitchen exhaust hood on the reduction of exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) from a gas stove. Size-resolved UFP...

Nucleation and Growth of Freshly-Formed Particles from Limonene Ozonolysis

August 30, 2011

Author(s)

Chi P. Hoang, Dong H. Rim, Lance L. Wallace, Andrew K. Persily

In building environments, oxidation reactions involving ozone and terpenoids lead to nano-sized particle formation [Jang et al. 1999]. Low volatility products...

Ventilation Measurements in IAQ Studies: Problems and Opportunities

August 30, 2011

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Hal Levin

Building and space ventilation rates are primary determinants of indoor pollutant levels and occupant exposures, and the impacts of ventilation on health and...

Diffusion-controlled reference material for VOC emissions testing: validation and application of a mass transfer model

August 30, 2011

Author(s)

Zhe Liu, Cynthia H. Reed, Steven Cox, John Little

To reduce indoor exposure to harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs), low VOC-emitting products are increasingly in demand. These are usually tested in...

A Comparative Study of Estimating Particle Resuspension Rate using a Consistent Test Mechanism

August 30, 2011

Author(s)

Yilin Tian, Kyung Sul, Cynthia H. Reed, Dennis D. Leber, Andrea Ferro

Human walking influences indoor air quality by resuspending dust particles that have deposited on the floor. Previous research shows that particle resuspension...

The NIST EUV facility for advanced photoresist qualification using the witness-sample test

August 29, 2011

Author(s)

Steven E. Grantham, Charles S. Tarrio, Shannon B. Hill, Lee J. Richter, J. van Dijk, C. Kaya, N. Harned, R. Hoefnagels, M. Silova, J. Steinhoff

Before being used in an extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) scanner, photoresists must first be qualified to ensure that they will not excessively contaminate the scanner...

Validation of Uniaxial Data Beyond Uniform Elongation

August 29, 2011

Author(s)

Mark A. Iadicola

Uniaxial testing is one of the simplest methods used to determining mechanical properties for sheet metals, but the classic test does not determine properties...

DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR VOC EMISSIONS TESTING

August 29, 2011

Author(s)

Zhe Liu, Cynthia H. Reed, Steve Cox, John Little

To improve the reliability and accuracy of tests used to measure emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from samples of interior building products, the...

Characterizing the Mechanical Properties and Degradation of Thin Polymer Membranes

August 28, 2011

Author(s)

Christopher M. Stafford, Jun Y. Chung, Junghyun Lee

The elasticity, strength, and toughness of thin polymer membranes are of considerable interest since direct knowledge of these key mechanical properties can...

Extent and Quality of Interface in Cellulose-PE Nanocomposites

August 28, 2011

Author(s)

Mauro Zammarano, Paul H. Maupin, Li Piin Sung, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Edward D. McCarthy, Yeon S. Kim, Douglas M. Fox

Quantifying the Transport Properties of Thin Polymer Gels via an Indentation-Based Technique

August 28, 2011

Author(s)

Edwin P. Chan, Yuhang Hu, Peter M. Johnson, Zhigang Suo, Christopher M. Stafford

Recently, an indentation approach has been demonstrated to quantify the poroelastic relaxations of hydrogels. Although the approach has been demonstrated to...

Investigation of Thermally Responsive Block Copolymer Thin Film Morphology using Gradient Libraries

August 28, 2011

Author(s)

Jennifer Y. Kelly, Christopher M. Stafford, Michael J. Fasolka, Thomas H. Epps, John A. Howarter, Shuhui Kang, Julie N. Albert

Fracture of X100 Pipeline Steel: Combined Experimental-Numerical Process

August 26, 2011

Author(s)

Mordechai Szanto, Christopher N. McCowan, Elizabeth S. Drexler, Joseph D. McColskey

Accurate characterization of material fracture properties is necessary for reliable numerical prediction of rupture in gas pipelines. In the current work the...

The Residual Resistance Ratio of High-Purity Platinum

August 22, 2011

Author(s)

Weston L. Tew, William E. Murdock, Michal J. Chojnacky, Dean C. Ripple

High-purity platinum wire is produced for use in both Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometers (SPRTs) and type S and type R thermocouples. The resistance...

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