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Conferences

Large-Area Overhead Manipulator for Access of Fields

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. White, Roger V. Bostelman

Multi-axis, cable-driven manipulators have evolved over many years providing large area suspended platform access, programmability, relatively rigid and...

Used Nuclear Fuel Transportation Package Seal Performance inBeyond Design Basis Thermal Conditions

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Jiann Yang, Edward Hnetkovsky, Felix Gonzalez, Christopher Bajwa, Robert Einziger, Earl Easton

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is evaluating the performance of seals in used fuel transportation packages during beyond-design-basis fires...

Predicting Failure in Complex Systems by Perturbing Markov Chain Models

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Christopher E. Dabrowski, Fern Y. Hunt

In recent years, substantial research has been devoted to monitoring and predicting performance degradations in real-world complex systems within large entities...

Gas Hydrate Research Database and Options for Data Exchange

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Chris D. Muzny, Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Michael D. Frenkel, E. D. Sloan

To facilitate advances in application of technologies pertaining to gas hydrates, a freely available data resource containing experimentally derived information...

A public randomness service

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Michael J. Fischer, Michaela Iorga, Rene Peralta

We argue for the deployment of sources of randomness on the Internet for promoting and enhancing electronic commerce. We describe, in rough detail, our planned...

Cloud Service Feature Driven Security Policies for Virtualized Infrastructures

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

With the increasing maturity of various cloud service delivery models (Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service...

Advanced Image Composition with Intra-Frame Drift Correction

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Petr Cizmar, Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek

Drift Corrected Image Composition (DCIC) is a real-time technique that allows for acquiring significantly more accurate images compare to traditional slow or...

Comparison of Au-In Transient Liquid Phase Bonding Designs for SiC Power Semiconductor Device Packaging

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Brian J. Grummel, Z. J. Shen, Allen R. Hefner Jr.

Transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding is an advanced die-attach technique for wide-bandgap power semiconductor and high-temperature packaging. TLP bonding...

Predicting Macroscopic Dynamics in Large Distributed Systems

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, James J. Filliben

In this paper, we outline an approach that can be used to predict macroscopic dynamics when new components are deployed in a large distributed system. Our...

Increased responsivity pyroelectric radiometer with dome input and temperature control

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

George P. Eppeldauer, Jinan Zeng, Leonard M. Hanssen

Pyroelectric radiometers with noise-equivalent-power (NEP) close to 1 nW/Hz¿ have been developed to measure less than 1 microwatt radiant power levels at room...

The Effect of Folding on the Mechanical Properties and Internal Structures of Fibers Used in Ballistic Applications

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Haruki Kobayashi, Walter G. McDonough, Hae-Jeong Lee, Jae H. Kim, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes

The failure of a first responder's soft body armor (SBA) composed of poly (p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO) fibers has prompted researchers to assess the long...

A Statistical Analysis of Steel Truss Temperature Data Recorded During Fire Resistance Tests

July 15, 2011

Author(s)

Dilip K. Banerjee, Emil Simiu, John L. Gross, Raghu N. Kacker

The performance of composite floor steel trusses in fires is a function of the steel temperatures within the trusses. For any given specified fire and composite...

On the Security of Hash Functions Employing Blockcipher Postprocessing

July 14, 2011

Author(s)

Dong H. Chang, Mridul Nandi, Moti Yung

Analyzing desired generic properties of hash functions is an important current area in cryptography. For example, in Eurocrypt 2009, Dodis, Ristenpart and...

Comparison of Gas Velocity Measurements and CFD Predictions in the Exhaust Duct of a Stationary Source

July 13, 2011

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant, Olatunde B. Sanni, Elizabeth F. Moore, Robert P. Borthwick, Marco G. Fernandez, Iosif I. Shinder, Jiann C. Yang, Aaron N. Johnson

Two series of independent flow measurements were conducted for cross validation of flow velocity in the exhaust duct of the NIST Large Fire Laboratory. In the...

Seismic Assessment of a Steel Moment Frame Designed Per ASCE 7 with ASCE 41

July 13, 2011

Author(s)

Matthew S. Speicher, John L. Harris

Dimensional Analysis of Through Silicon Vias Using the TSOM Method

July 12, 2011

Author(s)

Ravikiran Attota, Andrew Rudack

There is a great need for accurate, truly-3D metrology solutions that can be used for analysis of high aspect ratio features such as through-silicon-vias (TSVs)...

ACCELERATING STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENTS FOR THE SMART GRID

July 12, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Wollman

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has efforts underway to accelerate the international development of interoperability standards to...

USABILITY STANDARDS ACROSS THE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton

In 2005 the International Standards Organization published ISO/IEC 25062 Common Industry Format (CIF) for Usability Test Reports. This standard focused on...

How to measure the size of tumors: The RECIST standard vs. volumetrics

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine

Response Evaluation Criteria for Solid Tumours (RECIST) proposed 1D criteria for determining if 3D tumors are growing malignantly. Here, the error introduced is...

Fate of nanoparticles during life cycle of polymer nanocomposites

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

Tinh Nguyen, Bastien T. Pellegrin, Coralie Bernard, Xiaohong Gu, Justin M. Gorham, Paul E. Stutzman, Deborah S. Jacobs, Walter E. Byrd, John W. Hettenhouser, Joannie W. Chin

Nanoparticles are increasingly used in consumer and structural polymeric products to enhance a variety of properties. Under the influences of environmental...

Robust Cross-Layer Network Optimization for Diverse QoS Requirements: Work in Progress

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

AbstractConventional approach to cross-layer network optimization assumes elastic users adjusting their bandwidth requirements in response to the resource...

Seismic Assessment of New Steel Buildings Designed Per ASCE 7 with ASCE 41

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

John L. Harris, Matthew S. Speicher

Characterization of Nanoparticle Release from Polymer Nanocomposites Due to Fire

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

Nasir M. Uddin, Marc R. Nyden, Rick D. Davis

Engineered nanoparticles, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers (CNFs) are increasingly being used as fire retardants and performance additives in...

Automation Tools Supporting the Development of Information Standards for Complex Systems

July 5, 2011

Author(s)

Eric D. Simmon, Arthur Griesser, Samuel Dana

As information systems continue to become more complex, the data standards to support them grow in complexity as well. To meet the needs of todays systems, not...

An Efficient Sensitivity Analysis Method for Large Cloud Simulations

July 4, 2011

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills

We describe Koala, an infrastructure Cloud simulator inspired by the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). We conduct a sensitivity analysis of Koala, revealing...

Model Based Enterprise for Manufacturing

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Simon P. Frechette

A Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) is an organization that applies modeling and simulation technologies to integrate and manage its technical and business processes...

Overall and Local Movement Speeds During Fire Drill Evacuations in Buildings up to 31 Stories

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Bryan L. Hoskins, Erica D. Kuligowski

The time that it takes an occupant population to reach safety when descending a stairwell during building evacuations is typically described by measureable...

IEEE TC-10: Update 2011

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Thomas E. Linnenbrink, W. B. Boyer, S. J. Tilden, Travis Ellis

There is a world-wide need to standardize terms, test methods, and the computation of performance parameters for devices that generate, measure, and analyze...

Thermodynamic Evaluation of Hydrogen Absorption by Niobium During SRF Fabrication

June 30, 2011

Author(s)

Richard E. Ricker, Ganapati R. Myneni

The properties and performance of the ultra high purity Nb used to fabricate superconducting radio frequency (SRF) particle accelerator cavities have been found...

Recent Developments in Millimeter and Submillimeter Metrology at NIST

June 30, 2011

Author(s)

Ronald A. Ginley

The millimeter and submillimeter frequency ranges are becoming very important to todays electronics, security and communication industries. NIST has undertaken...

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