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Conferences

Dynamic Properties for Modeling and Simulation of Machining: An Update of Results from the NIST Pulse-Heated Kolsky Bar

May 7, 2009

Author(s)

Timothy J. Burns, Steven P. Mates, Richard L. Rhorer, Eric P. Whitenton, Debasis Basak

The NIST Pulse-Heated Kolsky Bar Laboratory has been developed for the measure-ment of dynamic properties of metals, primarily for application to the study of...

Sensor Alert Web Service for IEEE 1451-Based Sensor Networks

May 7, 2009

Author(s)

Kang B. Lee, Yuyin Song

This paper describes the Sensor Alert Web Service (SAWS) for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1451-based sensor networks developed...

High-Bandwidth Thermal Microscopy of the Tool-Chip Interface during Orthogonal Machining of AISI 4140 Steel

May 7, 2009

Author(s)

April L. Cooke, Matthew A. Davies

Temperature distributions produced at the tool-chip interface were determined for AISI 4140 while undergoing orthogonal cutting operations on a Makino A-55...

PicoWatt Infrared Power Measurement using an Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer

May 7, 2009

Author(s)

Stephen Carr, Solomon I. Woods, Timothy M. Jung, Adriaan C. Carter, Raju V. Datla

We report on initial measurements of the low-temperature thermal properties of a device that is similar to the experimental apparatus used for absolute...

Testing and Analysis of Steel Beam-Column Assemblies under Column Removal Scenarios

May 6, 2009

Author(s)

Fahim Sadek, Joseph A. Main, Hai S. Lew, Stephen D. Robert, Vincent Chiarito

This paper presents an experimental and analytical assessment of the performance of steel beam-column assemblies with two types of moment-resisting connections...

Service-oriented Sensor Data Interoperability for IEEE 1451 Smart Transducers

May 5, 2009

Author(s)

Yuyin Song, Kang B. Lee

This paper describes a service-oriented sensor data interoperability architecture for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1451 smart...

Projector flux from color primaries

May 2, 2009

Author(s)

Edward F. Kelley

A standard methodology exists for estimating the flux from front projection displays by sampling the projected illuminance of a white source signal. With the...

High-Speed Microvideography Observations of the Periodic Catastrophic Shear Event in Cutting AISI 1045 Steel

May 1, 2009

Author(s)

Jarred C. Heigel, Eric P. Whitenton

Several theories exist concerning the chip formation process. These theories are used in metal cutting modeling, which is a useful tool to better understand the...

Character contrast under uniform ambient conditions

May 1, 2009

Author(s)

Edward F. Kelley, John Penczek, Paul A. Boynton

The measurement of small-area black regions on a white screen (such as a character stroke) can be subject to large errors because of veiling glare in the...

Predicting the Permeability of Pervious Concretes from Planar Images

May 1, 2009

Author(s)

Milani S. Sumanasooriya, Dale P. Bentz, Narayanan Neithalath

This paper discusses the reconstruction of three-dimensional material structures of pervious concretes using two-dimensional digital images obtained from actual...

Development of 3D Models of Steel Moment-Frame Buildings for Assessment of Robustness and Progressive Collapse Vulnerability

April 30, 2009

Author(s)

Joseph A. Main, Fahim Sadek

Several prototype steel moment-frame buildings have been designed for the purpose of assessing their reserve capacity and vulnerability to progressive collapse...

Imaging Response of Optical Microscopes Containing Angled Micromirrors

April 30, 2009

Author(s)

Andrew J. Berglund, Matthew D. McMahon, Jabez J. McClelland, James A. Liddle

We describe the aberrations induced by introducing micromirrors into the object space of a microscope. These play a critical role in determining the accuracy of...

Measuring Cell Adhesion and Proliferation in Polymer Scaffolds by X-Ray Microcomputed Tomography

April 30, 2009

Author(s)

Shauna M. Dorsey, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Carl Simon Jr.

Statement of Purpose: We have investigated the ability of X-ray microcomputed tomography (CT) to make three-dimensional (3D) measurements of cell adhesion and...

An Instrumented Bioreactor for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

April 29, 2009

Author(s)

Timothy P. Quinn, Colm Flannery, Damian S. Lauria, Douglas V. Gallagher, Kristi S. Anseth

Bioreactors for in vitro growth of engineered tissue (ET) would ideally include sensors that would continuously measure the functional quality of the construct...

The global positioning system, relativity, and extraterrestrial navigation

April 27, 2009

Author(s)

Neil Ashby

Relativistic effects play an important role in the performance of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and in world-wide time comparisons. The GPS has provided a...

Random Telegraph Noise in Highly Scaled nMOSFETs

April 26, 2009

Author(s)

Jason P. Campbell, Jin Qin, Kin P. Cheung, Liangchun (. Yu, John S. Suehle, A Oates, Kuang Sheng

Recently 1/f and random telegraph noise (RTN) studies have been used to infer information about bulk dielectric defects' spatial and energetic distributions...

Spin Dependent Recombination Study of the Atomic-Scale Effects of Fluorine on the Negative Bias Temperature Instability

April 26, 2009

Author(s)

J.T. Ryan, Patrick M. Lenahan, A.T. Krishnan, S. Krishnan, Jason Campbell

Recent work has shown that the negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) can be significantly suppressed through the incorporation of fluorine in the gate...

Combinatorial Method for Screening the Effect of Nanofiber Scaffold Composition on Cell Response

April 25, 2009

Author(s)

Murugan Ramalingam, Marian F. Young, Vinoy Thomas, Carl Simon Jr.

Statement of Purpose: We are developing combinatorial methods for screening cell-material interactions. Although previous approaches for rapid screening have...

Expanding Environmental Information Management: Meeting Future Requirements

April 25, 2009

Author(s)

John V. Messina, Eric D. Simmon

The environmental impact of product manufacturing, use, and disposal has become a worldwide concern. Laws and regulations designed to protect human health and...

Rapid Screening of Hydrogel Properties for 3D Tissue Culture: Effect of Modulus on Encapsulated Osteoblasts

April 25, 2009

Author(s)

Kaushik Chatterjee, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Marian F. Young, William E. Wallace, Carl Simon Jr.

Statement of Purpose: With few successful products in the market despite large investments in tissue engineering research, there is a need to accelerate tissue...

From Network Microeconomics to Network Infrastructure Emergence

April 24, 2009

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

This paper suggests that evolutionary models of network infrastructure in market economy can be derived from the underlying selfish behavior of users and...

Response of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Under Mechanical Deformation Using Silane-Linked Laminin

April 22, 2009

Author(s)

Joy P. Dunkers, Juan M. Taboas

For mechanotransduction studies, extracellular matrix proteins should be robustly attached to the surface to prevent cell delamination during deformation. The...

EtherNet/IP Interoperability Recommendations

April 22, 2009

Author(s)

James D. Gilsinn, Kevin Knake

The EtherNet/IP interoperability recommendations are a result of work generated by the ongoing series of EtherNet/IP Implementors Workshops. The recommendations...

Frequency comb spectroscopy with coherent optical sampling

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

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

A stabilized frequency comb provides a broadband array of highly resolved comb lines. Using a multiheterodyne technique, we measure the amplitude and phase of...

Integration of a Mobile Terahertz Spectroscopic System based on HEB Heterodyne Detection

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Jack T. Surek, Eyal Gerecht, Thomas J. Hofer

We are developing a mobile heterodyne terahertz system based on hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixer receivers to both image and obtain spectroscopic signatures...

Effect of Vibration on PM and AM noise of Oscillatory and Non-oscillatory Components at 10 GHz

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, David A. Howe

The performance of microwave components is sensitive to vibrations to some extent. Among them, microwave cables and connectors, bandpass filters, mechanical...

A microfabricated photonic magnetometer

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Jan Preusser, Svenja A. Knappe, John Kitching, Vladislav Gerginov

We present initial measurements of an atomic magnetometer in which the microfabricated sensor head is coupled to the control system by optical fibers. Since...

Advancing Manufacturing Research Through Competitions

April 17, 2009

Author(s)

Stephen B. Balakirsky, Rajmohan Madhavan

Competitions provide a technique for building interest and collaboration in targeted research areas. This paper will present a new competition that aims to...

Measuring 6LI(N,T) and 10B(N,A) Cross Sections Using the NIST Alpha-Gamma Device

April 15, 2009

Author(s)

Maynard S. Dewey, David M. Gilliam, Jeffrey S. Nico, G.L. Green, A. Laptev, A. Yue

The 6LI(N,T) and 10B(N,A) cross sections are important neutron cross section standards. Precise knowledge of these cross sections is essential because they are...

Quantum Resistant Public Key Cryptography: A Survey

April 14, 2009

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner, David A. Cooper

Public key cryptography is widely used to secure transactions over the Internet. However, advances in quantum computers threaten to undermine the security...

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