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Conferences

Access Specification and Validation Framework for Secure Smart ID Cards Deployment

July 10, 2009

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Stephen Quirolgico

Deployment of smart cards as identity tokens (Smart ID Cards) requires the support of an enterprise system called Identity Management System (IDMS) for...

Environmental impact of manufactured products: A measure inspired by nature

July 10, 2009

Author(s)

Prabir Sarkar, Sudarsan Rachuri, Hyo Won Suh, Kevin W. Lyons, Ram D. Sriram

Environmental impacts of products are generally determined by using criteria or indicators. There are many criteria or indicators available and during design...

Connecting Buildings to Public Safety Networks.

July 10, 2009

Author(s)

A Vinh

The operation of modem commercial buildings uses digital control systems which monitor a vast amount of sensors. These sensors in turn produce data that is...

Long-Term Performance of Nano-Filled Polymeric Materials: Effect of ZnO Nanoparticles on Photodegradation of a Waterborne Polyurethane Coating

July 8, 2009

Author(s)

Xiaohong Gu, Dongmei Zhe, Minhua Zhao, Guodong Chen, Nhieu Ly, Paul E. Stutzman, Li Piin Sung, Tinh Nguyen, Joannie W. Chin

Polymers are widely used as exterior coatings in buildings, bridges, aircrafts and automobiles for both protection and aesthetic purposes. However, the service...

Using the nonlinear Schroedinger equation for precision optical measurements

July 6, 2009

Author(s)

Nathan R. Newbury, Esther Baumann, Ian R. Coddington, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, William C. Swann

Frequency combs produce light that is both broadband and highly coherent. However, their operation relies on the nonlinear Schroedinger equation, in particular...

Magnetocorrosion Of Pipeline Steel

July 1, 2009

Author(s)

Angelique N. Lasseigne

The effects of magnetocorrosion, altered corrosion behavior in the presence of magnetic fields, are described for pipeline steels. Changes in corrosion behavior...

Uncertainty Analysis of a Simple Fringe Projection System

July 1, 2009

Author(s)

Shawn P. Moylan, Gregory W. Vogl

Fringe projection is an optical method of measuring the surface profile of a part. Most basic fringe projection processes require an initial calibration step to...

The Influence Of Hydrogen On The Elastic Modulus And Anelastic Response Of Cold Worked Pure Iron

July 1, 2009

Author(s)

Richard E. Ricker, David J. Pitchure

Understanding the influence of hydrogen on elastic deformation and anelastic response should contribute to our understanding of the influence of hydrogen on...

Crack tip opening angle: applications and developments in the pipeline industry

July 1, 2009

Author(s)

Elizabeth S. Drexler, Philippe Darcis, Richard J. Fields, Joseph D. McColskey, Christopher N. McCowan, Roni Reuven, Thomas A. Siewert

One of the most difficult safety problems associated with gas pipeline to be solved is the control of ductile fracture propagation. To address this issue, the...

Economics of Measurement Uncertainty and Tolerances

July 1, 2009

Author(s)

Steven D. Phillips, J.M. Baldwin, William T. Estler

Productivity is considered by considering Cobb-Douglas production function and focusing on total factor productivity (TFP). We argue that developed economies...

The 2008 NCSLi Josephson Voltage Standards Interlaboratory Comparison

July 1, 2009

Author(s)

Harold V. Parks, William B. Miller, Leonard P. Pardo, Curtis Kiser, Clark A. Hamilton, Yi-hua D. Tang, Barry M. Wood

Josephson voltage standards (JVS) provide a highly accurate representation of the volt. Although the Josephson Effect provides an intrinsic standard of voltage...

Characterizing Padding Rules of MD Hash Functions Preserving Collision Security

June 29, 2009

Author(s)

Mridul Nandi

This paper characterizes collision preserving padding rules and provides variants of Merkle-Damgaard (MD) which are having less or no overhead costs due to...

Diagnostics and Optimization of a Miniature High Frequency Pulse Tube Cryocooler

June 28, 2009

Author(s)

Isaac Garaway, Alexander Veprik, Ray Radebaugh

A miniature, high energy density, Pulse Tube cryocooler has been developed, tested, diagnosed and optimized to provide appropriate cooling for size-limited...

Investigation of Flow Nonuniformities in a Large 50 K Pulse Tube Cryocooler

June 28, 2009

Author(s)

Michael A. Lewis, Ryan P. Taylor, Ray Radebaugh, Isaac Garaway, Peter E. Bradley

A single stage pulse tube cryocooler was optimized to provide 50 W of net refrigeration power at 50 K when driven by a pressure oscillator that can produce up...

Development of a 4 K Stirling-Type Pulse Tube Cryocooler for a Mobile Terahertz Detection System

June 28, 2009

Author(s)

Peter E. Bradley, Eyal Gerecht, Ray Radebaugh, Isaac Garaway

We discuss in this paper the design and development of a 4 K Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler for a mobile terahertz detection system. This system integrates...

Optimization Calculations for a 30 HZ, 4 K Regenerator with Helium-3 Working Fluid

June 28, 2009

Author(s)

Ray Radebaugh, Yonghua Huang, Agnes A. O'Gallagher, John M. Gary

The NIST numerical software, REGEN3.3, which incorporates both He-4 and He-3 properties, was used to calculate the losses and second law efficiencies of 4 K...

Steep Subthreshold Slope Nanowire FETs with Gate-Induced Schottky-Barrier Tunneling

June 24, 2009

Author(s)

Qiliang Li, Xiaoxiao Zhu, D. Ioannou, John S. Suehle, Curt A. Richter

Viscosity and Density of CuO Nanolubricant

June 23, 2009

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper presents liquid kinematic viscosity and density measurements of a synthetic polyolester based copper (II) oxide (CuO) nanoparticle dispersion...

CYCLE D Version 4.0: Theoretical Vapor Compression Cycle Design Program

June 23, 2009

Author(s)

J S. Brown, Piotr A. Domanski

This paper presents Version 4.0 of the CYCLE_D: NIST Vapor Compression Cycle Design Program. The model can simulate a basic subcritical or transcritical...

Microfluidic Mixer for Polymer Melts

June 22, 2009

Author(s)

Doyoung Moon, Kalman D. Migler

We present a novel microfluidic mixer for high temperature polymer melts based on the platform of the Multi-sample Micro-slit Rheometer (MMR). The device is...

Atomic layer deposition enabled interconnect technology for vertical nanowire array devices

June 20, 2009

Author(s)

Myongjai Lee, Jen-Hau Cheng, Kristine A. Bertness, Norman Sanford, Dragos Seghete, Steven M. George, Y.C. Lee

We have demonstrated an atomic layer deposition (ALD) enabled interconnect technology for vertical, c-axis oriented gallium nitride (GaN) nanowire (NW, 5-10m...

Autonomous Migration with Admission Control for Mobiles Affected by Access Network Failures

June 18, 2009

Author(s)

David W. Griffith

The loss of a set of wireless network access resources causes every mobile user that is connected through the failed resources to perform an unanticipated hard...

Precision ranging LIDAR using femtosecond fiber lasers

June 17, 2009

Author(s)

Nathan R. Newbury, Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann

We discuss a coherent laser radar that uses two coherent femtosecond fiber lasers to perform absolute ranging at long distance. One coherent femtosecond fiber...

AN ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES UNDERGOING SMALL EQUIBIAXIAL STRAINS

June 17, 2009

Author(s)

Martin Y. Chiang, Joy P. Dunkers

Cells can distinguish between different types of mechanical signals, such as stretch (tension), pressure (compression), and shear, to guide mechanosensitive...

Predicting Material In-Service Performance using the NIST SPHERE

June 17, 2009

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan

Selecting a polymeric material for an application exposed to outdoor weathering is a challenging task. The proper selection requires knowledge of the behavior...

An Introduction to Biometric-completeness: The Equivalence of Matching and Quality

June 16, 2009

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge

This paper introduces the concept of biometric-completeness. A problem is biometric-complete if solving the problem is equivalent to solving a biometric...

Versatile co-sputtered Nb/NbxSi1-x/Nb Josephson junctions for Josephson voltage standards and high-speed superconducting digital electronics

June 16, 2009

Author(s)

David I. Olaya, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel Benz

Josephson junctions that use co-sputtered amorphous Nb-Si barriers can be made with a wide variety of electrical properties depending on both the thickness of...

Arrays with double-stacked NbxSi1-x-Barrier Junctions for Use in Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards driven at 70 GHz

June 16, 2009

Author(s)

Franz Mueller, Ralf Behr, R. Wendisch, Johannes Kohlmann, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel Benz

Double-stacked Nb junctions with NbxSi1-x barriers were inserted into previously successfully tested 1 V and 10 V designs for Programmable Josephson voltage...

Niobium-silicide Junction technology for superconducting digital electronics

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

David I. Olaya, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz

Digital superconducting electronics (SCE), which allows for very low power consumption and fast switching speeds, are a promising technology to deliver ultra...

A Measure of Product Sustainability Based on Triple Bottom Line

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

Prabir Sarkar, Sudarsan Rachuri, Hyo Won Suh, Kevin W. Lyons, Ram D. Sriram

Sustainable societies require the use of sustainable products. Sustainability is generally expressed in terms of Triple Bottom Line (TBL) - people, planet, and...

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