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Conferences

SHREC11 Track: Shape Retrieval on Non-rigid 3D Watertight Meshes

April 7, 2011

Author(s)

Zhouhui Lian, Afzal A. Godil

Non-rigid 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...

Evaluation of 3D Interest Point Detection Techniques

April 7, 2011

Author(s)

Helin Dutagaci, Chun Pan (Benny) Cheung, Afzal A. Godil

In this paper, we compare the results of five 3D interest point detection techniques to the interest points marked by human subjects. This comparison is used to...

Analysis of Sustainable Manufacturing Using Simulation for Integration of Production and Building Service

April 7, 2011

Author(s)

John L. Michaloski, Guodong Shao, Jorge Arinez, Kevin W. Lyons, Swee K. Leong, Frank H. Riddick

The desire to be environmentally sustainable gives manufacturers the necessary impetus to implement "green" technology that previously may have been regarded as...

Communicating the Emergency: Preliminary findings on the elements of an effective public warning message

April 4, 2011

Author(s)

Erica D. Kuligowski

When an emergency occurs, it is not always sufficient to simply initiate alarm bells. Individuals may not know what the alarm bell means and, in turn, respond...

HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUSTAINABILITY?

April 1, 2011

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Primary Calibration of Accelerometers by Optical Methods, NIST and USAF

April 1, 2011

Author(s)

Beverly F. Payne, Jerry Steffen

This paper describes ongoing efforts to provide high quality calibration of accelerometers by NIST for military and civilian labs. Traditionally the approach is...

Validating the Inspection Results Specification of the Quality Information Framework (QIF)

April 1, 2011

Author(s)

Fiona Zhao, William G. Rippey

The Quality Information Framework (QIF) is a new standards effort to define standard information interfaces in dimensional inspection. Validating a...

NISTs High Frequency Metrology Programs: Current Capabilities and Future Directions

March 31, 2011

Author(s)

Ronald A. Ginley

There are several core areas that are covered by the NIST microwave metrology services. These include thermal noise, power, scattering-parameters (s-parameters)...

Density, Speed of Sound, and Viscosity Measurements of Alternative Aviation Turbine Fuels

March 27, 2011

Author(s)

Tara J. Fortin, Stephanie L. Outcalt

High fuel costs, the need to secure supply chains, and environmental concerns, have all led to an increasing interest in nonpetroleum sources such as natural...

Pressure Controlled Advanced Distillation Curve Analysis on Biodiesel Fuels

March 27, 2011

Author(s)

Bret Windom, Tara Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

Biodiesel fuel is an alternative fuel that can be derived from a number of renewable feedstocks including plant and vegetable oils, algae, animal fats, waste...

Thermoreversible Gels from Mixtures of a High-melting Ionic Liquid and a Polar Polymer for Self-Healing Materials

March 27, 2011

Author(s)

Joonsung (. Yoon, Christopher Stafford

We investigate a new kind of PVOH physical gel in which the volatile water is replaced with a non-volatile ionic liquid (IL). High melting IL containing Br-...

Comparison of Electrical Techniques for Magnetization Dynamics Measurements in Micro/Nanoscale Structures

March 25, 2011

Author(s)

SangHyun S. Lim, Thomas M. Wallis, Atif A. Imtiaz, Dazhen Gu, Pavel Kabos, Pavol Krivosik

We compared three electrical detection techniques; differential resistance (dV/dI), RF/microwave transmission, and spin rectification measurements for...

Optics contamination studies in support of high-throughput EUV lithography tools

March 25, 2011

Author(s)

Shannon B. Hill, Fardina Asikin, Lee J. Richter, Steven E. Grantham, Charles S. Tarrio, Thomas B. Lucatorto, Sergiy Yulin, Mark Schurmann, Viatcheslav Nesterenko, Torsten Feigl

We report on optics contamination rates induced by exposure to broad-bandwidth, high-intensity EUV radiation peaked near 8 nm in a new beamline at the NIST...

Modeling the transfer of line edge roughness from an EUV mask to the wafer

March 25, 2011

Author(s)

Gregg M. Gallatin, Patrick Naulleau

Contributions to line edge roughness (LER) from extreme ultraviolet (EUV) masks have recently been shown to be an issue of concern for both the accuracy of...

Thermodynamic Properties of CO2-Rich Gases, Including the Water Dew Point

March 24, 2011

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey

This presentation describes the current state of knowledge of the thermodynamic properties of pure carbon dioxide and of CO2-rich mixtures. It includes a...

Distinguishing Identical Twins by Face Recognition

March 21, 2011

Author(s)

P Phillips, Patrick J. Flynn, Kevin W. Bowyer, Richard W. Vorder Bruegge, Patrick Grother, George W. Quinn, Matthew Pruitt

The paper measures the ability of face recognition algorithms to distinguish between identical twin siblings. The experimental dataset consists of images taken...

Innovative Marketing Tools and Strategies

March 21, 2011

Author(s)

Stacy M. Bruss, Nancy Allmang

Tipsheet to be handed out at following talk: In an increasingly digital world, the ways that customers interact with their library and recognize the services...

APPLICATIONS OF THERMAL AND QUANTIZED VOLTAGE NOISE FOR INTRINSIC TEMPERATURE STANDARDS

March 18, 2011

Author(s)

Weston L. Tew, Samuel P. Benz

The recent advances in ac waveform synthesis using quantized voltage pulses have enabled new methods for the measurement of absolute temperature. At the same...

An Introduction to the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Face Recognition Challenge Problem

March 16, 2011

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, Bruce A. Draper, Geof H. Givens, Alice J. O'Toole, David Bolme, Joseph Dunlop, Yui M. Lui, Hassan A. Sahibzada, Samuel Weimer

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Face Challenge Problem was created to encourage the development of algorithms that are robust to recognition across changes that...

Confidence in VNA Measurements The ARFTG Measurement Comparison Program

March 14, 2011

Author(s)

Ronald A. Ginley

This paper describes the ARFTG scattering parameter Measurement Comparison Program (MCP) which is supported by NIST. The ARFTG MCP is designed specifically to...

Pressure Controlled Advanced Distillation Curve Analysis on Alternative Fuels

March 14, 2011

Author(s)

Bret Windom, Tara M. Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

Biodiesel fuel is an alternative fuel that can be derived from a number of renewable feedstocks including plant and vegetable oils, algae, animal fats, waste...

Comparison of 4.5 kV SiC JBS and Si PiN Diodes for 4.5 kV Si IGBT Anti-parallel Diode Applications

March 10, 2011

Author(s)

Tam H. Duong, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Karl Hobart, Sei-Hyung Ryu, David Grider, David W. Berning, Jose M. Ortiz, Eugene Imhoff, Jerry Sherbondy

A new 60 A, 4.5 kV SiC JBS diode is presented and its performance is compared to Si PiN diodes used as the anti-parallel diode for 4.5 kV Si IGBTs. The current...

Demographic Effects on Estimates of Automatic Face Recognition Performance

March 10, 2011

Author(s)

Alice J. O'Toole, P. Jonathon Phillips, Xiaobo An, Joseph Dunlop

The intended applications of automatic face recognition systems include venues that vary widely in demographic diversity. Formal evaluations of algorithms do...

When High-Quality Face Images Match Poorly

March 9, 2011

Author(s)

J. R. Beveridge, P. Jonathon Phillips, Geof H. Givens, Bruce A. Draper, Mohammad N. Teli, David Bolme

In face recognition, quality is typically thought of as a property of individual images, not image pairs. The implicit assumption is that high-quality images...

Merging Machining and Measurement for Cognitive Manufacturing

March 8, 2011

Author(s)

Fiona Zhao, Frederick M. Proctor, John A. Horst, Xun W. Xu

Machining process planning and measurement process planning have long received research attention from industry and academia. Machining and measurement process...

Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Package Seal Performance in Beyond Design Basis Thermal Exposure Scenarios

March 3, 2011

Author(s)

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

The NRC is investigating the performance of seals in SNF transportation packages exposed to fires that could exceed the HAC fire described in 10CFR Part 71...

A Component-based Approach for Manufacturing Simulation

March 2, 2011

Author(s)

Frank H. Riddick, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Deogratias Kibira, Stephen B. Balakirsky

Manufacturing systems can be very complex and are often costly to develop and operate. Simulation technology has been shown to be an effective tool for...

High Pressure Release and Dispersion of Hydrogen in a Partially Enclosed Compartment

March 1, 2011

Author(s)

Kuldeep R. Prasad, Thomas G. Cleary, William M. Pitts, Jiann C. Yang

The study of compressed hydrogen release from high-pressure storage systems has practical application for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Such releases may...

Impact of an Aortic Valve Implant on Body Surface UWB Propagation: A Preliminary Study

March 1, 2011

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Wen-Bin Yang

Efficient transceiver design in body area networks requires in-depth understanding of the propagation channel which in this case involves the human body...

Decision-Guided Self-Architecting Framework for Integrated Distribution and Energy Management

March 1, 2011

Author(s)

Jorge Arinez, Stephan Biller, Alexander Brodsky, Daniel Menasce, Guodong Shao, Joao Sousa

The future success of the Smart Grid (SG) depends on many technological developments and innovations being created. The SG will be characterized by...

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