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Conferences

Evaluating Speech Translation Systems: Applying SCORE to TRANSTAC Technologies

September 29, 2009

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, Brian A. Weiss, Michelle P. Steves, Gregory A. Sanders, Frederick M. Proctor, Ann M. Virts

The Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) program is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) advanced...

Improving Data Quality in Embedded Sensor Systems for APC

September 28, 2009

Author(s)

Julien M. Amelot, YaShian Li-Baboud

Achieving next-generation factory (NGF) goals has been an industry challenge for APC applications to acquire a sufficient level of data quality to maximize the...

Nonaqueous Solvatochromic Behavior of Nile Blue A Perchlorate in Imidazolium Exchanged Clays and its Implication Toward Exfoliation in Polymeric Composites

September 28, 2009

Author(s)

Douglas M. Fox, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Paul H. Maupin

UV/VIS absorption and emission spectroscopy is a powerful tool for probing solute-solvent interactions. Recently, we have identified the use of Nile Blue as a...

A Time Synchronization Testbed to Define and Standardize Real-Time Model-Based Control Capabilities in Semiconductor Manufacturing

September 28, 2009

Author(s)

Deepak Sharma, Dhananjay Anand, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, James Moyne

Shrinking process tolerances due to decreasing device sizes and increasing chip complexity in semiconductor manufacturing are motivating efforts to improve...

Measurement Traceability and Quality Assurance in a Nanomanufacturing Environment

September 25, 2009

Author(s)

Ndubuisi G. Orji, Ronald G. Dixson, Aaron Cordes, Benjamin Bunday, John Allgair

A key requirement for nano-manufacturing is maintaining acceptable traceability of measurements performed to determine size. Given that properties and...

The Impact of Scenario Development on the Performance of Speech Translation Systems Prescribed by the SCORE Framework

September 25, 2009

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Craig I. Schlenoff

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Spoken Language Communication and Translation for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) program is a focused advanced...

High-Voltage Capacitance Measurement System for SiC Power MOSFETs

September 24, 2009

Author(s)

Parrish Ralston, Tam H. Duong, Nanying Yang, David W. Berning, Colleen E. Hood, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Kathleen Meehan

Adequate modeling of a power MOSFET is dependent on accurate characterization of the inter-electrode capacitances. With the advent of high voltage silicon...

MEASUREMENTS FOR MECHANICAL RELIABILITY OF THIN FILMS

September 23, 2009

Author(s)

David T. Read, Alex Volinsky

This paper reviews techniques for measurement of basic mechanical properties of thin films. Emphasis is placed on the adaptations needed to prepare, handle, and...

Unified Model for Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators Nonlinear Effects

September 20, 2009

Author(s)

Eduard Rocas, Juan C. Collado Gomez, James C. Booth, Enrique Iborra, Robert Aigner

We present a nonlinear model for Bulk Acoustic Wave resonators that combines different sources of nonlinearity, using device-independent material specific...

Optical performance monitoring of PSK Data Channels using artificial neural networks trained with parameters derived from delay-tap asynchronous diagrams via balanced detection

September 20, 2009

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Xiaoxia Wu, Zhensheng Jia, Loukas Paraschis, Ronald Skoog, Alan Willner

We demonstrate a technique of using artificial neural networks for optical performance monitoring of PSK data signals. Parameters for training are derived from...

A Combinatorial Approach to Building Navigation Graphs for Dynamic Web Applications

September 20, 2009

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn, James F. Lawrence, Wenhua Wang, Yu Lei, Sreedevi Sampath

Modeling the navigation structure of a dynamic web application is a challenging task because of the presence of dynamic pages. In particular, there are two...

Nanoindentation of Si Nanostructures: Buckling and Friction at Nanoscales

September 18, 2009

Author(s)

Huai Huang, Bin Li, Qiu Zhao, Zhiquan Luo, Jay Im, Min Kang, Richard A. Allen, Michael W. Cresswell, Rui Huang, Paul S. Ho

A nanoindentation system was employed to characterize mechanical properties of silicon nanolines (SiNLs), which were fabricated by an anisotropic wet etching...

Considering Discourse References in Textual Entailment Annotation

September 17, 2009

Author(s)

Luisa Bentivogli, Ido Dagan, Hoa T. Dang, Danilo Giampiccolo, Medea L. Leggio, Bernardo Magnini

In the 2009 Recognizing Textual Entailment (RTE) challenge, a Search Pilot task has been introduced, aimed at finding all the sentences in a corpus which entail...

A Statistical Path Loss Model for Medical Implant Communication Channels

September 16, 2009

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Wen-Bin Yang, John G. Hagedorn, Judith E. Terrill, Kamya Yazdandoost

Knowledge of the propagation media is a key step toward a successful transceiver design. Such information is typically gathered by conducting physical...

Message-Independent Test Harness for Content-Level Test of B2B Standards: An Application Information Mapping Test Case Study

September 16, 2009

Author(s)

Jun H. Shin, Jaewook Kim, Nenad Ivezic

NIST has developed B2B interoperability testbeds to assist the assessment of interoperability among the B2B applications. One of the capabilities provided by...

PEG-HYDROGELS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CELL ENCAPSULATION

September 15, 2009

Author(s)

Sheng Lin-Gibson, Kaushik Chatterjee, James A. Cooper, William E. Wallace, Matthew Becker, Carl G. Simon Jr., Ferenc Horkay

A simple reaction to prepare controlled molecular mass (MM) poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylates (PEGDMs) of high purity and low polydispersity is outlined...

Practical method for measurement of AC-driven LEDs at a given junction temperature by using active heat sinks

September 15, 2009

Author(s)

Yuqin Zong, Pei-ting Chou, Min-Te Lin, Yoshihiro Ohno

Alternating-current (AC) driven high-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have become available and introduced into solid-state lighting (SSL) products. AC LEDs...

Microbial colonization on polymers: Effects of sample preparation and incorporation of quaternary ammonium salts

September 13, 2009

Author(s)

Nancy Lin, Diana N. Zeiger, Joseph M. Antonucci, Bruce O. Fowler, Christopher Stafford, Sheng Lin-Gibson

Controlling bacterial growth in the oral environment presents many challenges. To address these challenges, new materials and treatments are needed along with...

An electrical pulse-heated Kosky bar technique for high strain rate flow stress measurements of rapidly heated metals

September 13, 2009

Author(s)

Steven P. Mates, Stephen W. Banovic, Richard L. Rhorer, Timothy J. Burns, Eric P. Whitenton, D Basak

We have developed a unique electrical pulse-heated Kolsky Bar technique for measuring the flow stress of metals at heating rates of up to 6000 °C per second and...

A Spectroscopic Polarimeter For Detecting Chiral Signatures In Astrobiological Samples

September 11, 2009

Author(s)

Baoliang Wang, William Sparks, Thomas Germer, Andy Leadbetter

We have developed a polarimeter for accurately measuring both the circular and linear polarization components of a light beam from 400 nm to 800 nm. This...

Studying Long-term Performance of a Nano-ZnO filled Waterborne Polyurethane Coating using Spectroscopies and Microscopies

September 9, 2009

Author(s)

Xiaohong Gu, Dongmei Zhe, Stephanie S. Watson, Guodong Chen, Minhua Zhao, Paul E. Stutzman, Deborah S. Jacobs, Tinh Nguyen, Joannie W. Chin, Jonathan W. Martin

Although inorganic UV absorbers such as zinc oxide (ZnO) and cerium oxide (CeO2) exhibit numerous advantages compared to organic UV absorbers, the mechanisms of...

Testing the Performance of Hydrogen Sensors

September 8, 2009

Author(s)

Nathan D. Marsh, Thomas G. Cleary

The acceptance of hydrogen as a widely-available energy source will depend to some extent on the perceived and actual safe dispensing and storage of hydrogen by...

Prediction of Light Scattering and Ionization Chamber Sensor Response to Smolder Smoke Aerosols

September 8, 2009

Author(s)

Thomas G. Cleary, Jiann C. Yang

Diagnostic equipment developed for an International Space Station experiment, the Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment (SAME), utilized three measurement...

Full-Scale Residential Smoke Alarm Performance

September 8, 2009

Author(s)

Thomas G. Cleary

A series of 24 full-scale experiments were conducted in a multi-room structure to examine the effects of alarm type (photoelectric, ionization, and dual sensor)...

Alkylammonium Functionalized Montmorillonite-Epoxy Composites: Improvements in Mechanical Properties

September 7, 2009

Author(s)

Mickey Richardson, Gale A. Holmes

Organofunctionalized montmorillonite clays (MM) have been prepared with ammonium cations having a distribution of alkyl chain lengths. Relative to clays treated...

Correlation in Uncertainty of Measurement - A Discussion of State of the Art Techniques

September 6, 2009

Author(s)

Ruediger Kessel, Raghu N. Kacker

The Guide to the expression of uncertainty has been around for 15 years and has been widely adopted by science and industry. Over time more and more complex...

GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENT COMPARISONS FOR ROCKWELL DIAMOND INDENTERS

September 6, 2009

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Samuel R. Low III, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

In the uncertainty budget of Rockwell C hardness (HRC) tests, geometric error of the Rockwell diamond indenter is a major contributor. The geometric calibration...

NIST Experience with Non-Rotating Force-Balanced Piston Gauges for Low Pressure Metrology

September 6, 2009

Author(s)

Jay H. Hendricks, Douglas A. Olson

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Low Pressure Manometry Project maintains and operates primary standard ultrasonic interferometer...

Microfabricated multispectral MRI agents: a brief overview

September 3, 2009

Author(s)

Gary Zabow

This paper provides an introductory overview on recent top-down microfabricated, as opposed to traditional bottom-up chemically synthesized, magnetic resonance...

Accurate Picoscale Forces for Insitu Calibration of AFM

September 3, 2009

Author(s)

Koo-Hyun Chung, Gordon A. Shaw, Jon R. Pratt

The force sensitivity of an atomic force microscope is calibrated directly using an in situ realization of primary electrostatic forces ranging from 320 pN to 3...

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