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Conferences

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

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...

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...

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...

Mixture Proportioning Options for Improving High Volume Fly Ash Concretes

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Chiara F. Ferraris, Max A. Peltz, John A. Winpigler

High volume fly ash (HVFA) concretes are one component of creating a more sustainable infrastructure. By replacing 50 % or more of the portland cement with fly...

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...

X-Ray Spectroscopy of Highly Charged Ions in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

E. H. Silver, N Brickhouse, T. Lin, G X. Chen, K. Kirby, John D. Gillaspy, Joseph N. Tan, J M. Laming

This paper presents (1) new laboratory data on the x-ray spectra of He-like Ar XVII over a broad spectral range (300-3500 eV) at high resolution (2) the results...

LWA Absorption and Desorption: The Influence on the Microstructure and Transport Properties of Internally Cured Mortars

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Javier Castro, Ryan Henkensiefken, Tommy Nantung, Dale P. Bentz, Jason Weiss

The increased propensity for shrinkage cracking in low water-to-cement ratio (w/c) concrete has resulted in the development of new methods that can reduce the...

Effect of 3D Hydogel Scaffold Modulus and Topology on Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Fate

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Kaushik Chatterjee, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Sapun Parekh, Nicole M. Moore, Marcus T. Cicerone, marian F. young, Carl Simon Jr.

There is growing recognition that cells can sense and respond to the physical cues from their environment, such as stiffness, mechanical loading and topology...

Framework and Indicators for a Sustainable Manufacturing Mapping Methodology

August 31, 2010

Author(s)

Marja Paju, Juhani Heilala, Markku Hentula, Antti Heikkila, Bjorn Johansson, Swee K. Leong, Kevin W. Lyons

Increasing numbers of companies in the manufacturing industry have identified market potential for implementing sustainable and green manufacturing. Yet...

Efficient photon pair sources based on Silicon-on-Insulator microresonators

August 30, 2010

Author(s)

Jun Chen, Zachary Levine, Jingyun Fan, Alan Migdall

We present a general quantum-mechanical formalism to describe photon pair generation via four-wave mixing in a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) microresonator. We...

Towards Improved End-to-End System Efficiency of Photon Pair systems

August 30, 2010

Author(s)

Alexander E. Ling, Alan L. Migdall, Jingyun Fan

We report on our efforts in integrating a source and detection system of photon pairs that have a high end-to-end system efficiency. This requires combining...

Characterization of Two Spectrmeters in Support of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission

August 27, 2010

Author(s)

Bettye C. Johnson, Robert D. Saunders, Zhigang Li, Abra Fein, Lawrence Ong, Milton Hom, Robert Barnes, B L. Markham

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) project at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is supervising...

The Pressure-Temperature Phase Diagram of URu₂Si₂ Under Hydrostatic Conditions

August 26, 2010

Author(s)

Nicholas P. Butch, Jason R. Jeffries, William J. Evans, Song Xue Chi, Juscelino Leao, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin, James J. Hamlin, Diego A. Zocco, M. B. Maple

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