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Conferences

Evaluation of Ultra-Wideband Technology for use in 3D Locating Systems

September 28, 2010

Author(s)

Adam P. Kopp, Kamel S. Saidi, Hiam Khoury

A high-powered (5 Watt peak power) ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging system was evaluated for use as the basis for a 3-Dimensional (3D) locating system by comparing...

Development of Performance Metrics and Test Methods for First Responder Location and Tracking Systems

September 27, 2010

Author(s)

Camillo Gentile, Francine K. Amon, Kate Remley

The need for the development of performance requirements, metrics and test methods for evaluation of location and tracking systems is increasing as these...

SE(T) Testing of Pipeline Welds

September 27, 2010

Author(s)

Elizabeth S. Drexler, Yong-Yi Wang, Jeffrey W. Sowards, Marc Dvorak

Single edge-notch tension (referred to as SE(T) or SENT) tests are increasingly being used in the pipeline community, as they are a laboratory-scale fracture...

MEASUREMENT OF CTOA OF PIPE STEELS USING MDCB AND DWTT SPECIMENS

September 27, 2010

Author(s)

Christopher N. McCowan, S. Xu, W. R. Tyson, R. Eagleson, Elizabeth S. Drexler, J. D. McColskey, Philippe P. Darcis

Two types of specimen for crack tip opening angle (CTOA)measurement have been investigated for pipeline applications,i.e., the modified double cantilever beam...

A DS-CDMA Interference Cancellation Technique for Body Area Networks

September 27, 2010

Author(s)

Wen-Bin Yang, Kamran Sayrafian

A low complexity Parallel Interference Cancellation (PIC) technique that is applicable to body area networks is presented. Using Direct-Sequence Code Division...

Fatigue Pre-Cracking Curved Wide Plates in Bending

September 27, 2010

Author(s)

Mark D. Richards, Timothy S. Weeks, Joseph D. McColskey, Bo Wang, Yong-Yi Wang

In support of using high strength steels for strain-based design of pipeline, curved wide plate (CWP) tests in tension are being performed on API 5L X100 pipes...

Using clock accuracy to guide model synthesis in distributed systems: An application in power grid control

September 27, 2010

Author(s)

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

Practical implementations in distributed model based control face a fundamental trade-off between model complexity and the number of modeled nodes. For linear...

Toward Spin Squeezing with Trapped Ions

September 23, 2010

Author(s)

John J. Bollinger, Hermann Uys, Michael Biercuk, Joseph W. Britton

Building robust instruments capable of making interferometric measurements with precision beyond the standard quantum limit remains an important goal in many...

A Framework for Multi-Resolution Modeling of Sustainable Manufacturing

September 22, 2010

Author(s)

Sanjay Jain, Deogratias Kibira

This paper proposes a multi-resolution framework for application of system dynamics modeling to sustainable manufacturing. Sustainable manufacturing involves...

On-Board Signal Integrity for GPS

September 21, 2010

Author(s)

Marc A. Weiss, Pradipta Shome, Ron Beard

The elements of a space-based integrity approach are to monitor the signals on-board the satellite, such that signal performance can be maintained well within...

CMSD: A Model Supporting Manufacturing and Simulation Application Integration

September 20, 2010

Author(s)

Frank H. Riddick, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

Standard representations for key manufacturing entities could help reduce the costs associated with simulation model construction and data exchange between...

Advances in Modeling of Scanning Charged-Particle-Microscopy Images

September 19, 2010

Author(s)

Petr Cizmar, Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek

Modeling scanning electron microscope (SEM) and scanning ion microscope images has recently become necessary, because of its ability to provide repeatable...

Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference

September 19, 2010

Author(s)

Toshiyuki Obikawa, Michael T. Postek, David Dornfeld, C. R. Liu, Ranga Komanduri, Jing Shi, Yuebin Guo, Jian Cao, Jack Zhou, Xiaoping Yang, Xiaochun Li

A Critical Look at Damage Mechanisms in Ballistic Fibers

September 16, 2010

Author(s)

Gale A. Holmes, Eun S. Park, John R. Sieber, Jae Hyun Kim, Walter G. McDonough, Haruki Kobayashi, Kirk D. Rice

Statistical Modeling Cement Heat of Hydration

September 15, 2010

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman

The heat of hydration of hydraulic cements results from the complex sets of phase dissolution and precipitation activity accompanying the addition of water to a...

Simulation Model for the IEEE 802.15.3/3b WPAN Standard

September 15, 2010

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian

The1IEEE 802.15.3 is an emerging technology for high data rate wireless multimedia applications in Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN). In this paper, a...

The Thermodynamic Properties of Propane: From p-ρ-T to the Equation of State

September 14, 2010

Author(s)

Mark O. McLinden, Eric W. Lemmon

The p-ρ-T behavior of high-purity (99.999%) propane was measured from 265 K to 500 K with pressures to 36 Mpa using a two-sinker densimeter. The measurements...

Thermodynamic Network Calculations Applied to Biochemical Substances and Reactions

September 14, 2010

Author(s)

Robert N. Goldberg

Both organic and inorganic chemistry have benefited greatly from the availability of tables of standard enthalpies of formation fH, standard Gibbs energies of...

Energy Absorption Measurements to Standardize Foam in Stab Testing

September 13, 2010

Author(s)

Aaron M. Forster, Diane Mauchant, Elizabeth Wailes, Amanda L. Forster, Michael A. Riley, Kirk D. Rice

Polymer foams serve an important role in the assessment and certification of stab resistant body armor for both US and UK standards. A composite of neoprene and...

Dynamic Deformation of Copper-Jacketed Lead Bullets: Experiments and Modeling

September 13, 2010

Author(s)

Steven P. Mates

The development of high fidelity simulations of a bullet impacting soft body armor, motivated by the need for improved armor designs and performance standards...

Modeling the Inter-Electrode Capacitances of Si CoolMOSTM Transistors for Circuit Simulation in High Efficiency Power Systems

September 12, 2010

Author(s)

Nanying Yang, Jose M. Ortiz, Tam H. Duong, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Kathleen Meehan

The CoolMOSTM transistor is a novel power MOSFET type device that utilizes a super-junction embedded within its drift region in order to improve the trade-off...

Robust Fusion: Extreme Value Theory for Recognition Score Normalization

September 10, 2010

Author(s)

Ross J. Micheals, Walter Scheirer, Terrance Boult, Anderson Rocha

A More General Type A Evaluation

September 9, 2010

Author(s)

Ruediger Kessel, Raghu N. Kacker, Klaus-Dieter Sommer

The evaluation of uncertainty according to the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in measurement is the internationally agreed procedure to evaluate the...

Narrow-Band Photon Pairs Generated from Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion in a Bragg-Grating Enhanced Waveguide

September 9, 2010

Author(s)

Li Yan, Lijun Ma, Xiao Tang

We propose a new method to narrow the linewidth of photon pairs generated from spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC). The single structure device...

Study on Noise Reduction in Up-conversion Single Photon Detectors

September 9, 2010

Author(s)

Lijun Ma, Oliver T. Slattery, Xiao Tang

Up-conversion single photon detector technology has been established as efficient for photons in near infrared range. However, its dark count rate is a major...

Effect of Moisture on Copolymer Fibers based on 5-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)-benzimidazole.

September 6, 2010

Author(s)

Guillaume Messin, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley, Stephanie S. Watson

In recent years, there has been some concern in the soft body armor community that copolymer fibers based on 5-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)-benzimidazole can release...

Metrological Compatibility and Statistical Consistency

September 5, 2010

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Ruediger Kessel, Klaus-Dieter Sommer, Xin Bian

The traditional concept of consistency in multiple evaluations of the same measurand is statistical. The statistical view of consistency does not match the...

PYRAMID MODEL BASED DOWN-SAMPLING FOR IMAGE INPAINTING

September 2, 2010

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

Image inpainting is a useful and powerful technique for automatically restoring or removing objects in films and damaged pictures. In the last ten years, many...

FIRE PATTERN REPEATABILITY: A LABORATORY STUDY ON GYPSUM WALLBOARD

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Charles Fleischmann

In 2009, the National Research Council (U.S) published a report identifying the research needs of the forensic science community. In the field of fire...

A Channel Propagation Model for the 700 MHz Band

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Camillo A. Gentile, Nada T. Golmie, Catherine A. Remley, Christopher L. Holloway, William F. Young

Conversion from analog television in the United States combined with the appeal for broadband public safety communications is generating a lot of interest in...

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