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Conferences

Instrumented Indentation for Quantifying Quasi-static and Transient Properties of Polymeric Coatings

November 26, 2008

Author(s)

Aaron M. Forster, Peter Krommenhoek, Li Piin Sung, Chris A. Michaels, Kurt Wood

Instrumented indentation was used to investigate the mechanical properties of coatings for automotive and architectural applications. First, the mechanical...

Boundary Slip Effects on the Linear Stability of Circular and Spiral Poiseuille Flow

November 25, 2008

Author(s)

Geoffrey B. McFadden, David L. Cotrell

In this work, we consider the effect of boundary slip on the linear stability of various internal flows having boundary curvature. For the case of annular flow...

Yb Optical Lattice Clock

November 23, 2008

Author(s)

Nathan D. Lemke, Andrew Ludlow, Zeb Barber, N Poli, C.W. Hoyt, Long-Sheng Ma, Jason Stalnaker, Christopher W. Oates, Leo Hollberg, James C. Bergquist, A. Brusch, Tara Fortier, Scott Diddams, Thomas P. Heavner, Steven R. Jefferts, Tom Parker

We describe the development and latest results of an optical lattice clock based on neutral Yb atoms, including investigations based on both even and odd...

Using the EAP Framework for Fast Media Independent Handover Authentication

November 17, 2008

Author(s)

Antonio Izquierdo Manzanares, Nada T. Golmie, Katrin Hoeper, Lidong Chen

In this paper we compare different authentication techniques that may be used in order to reduce the time and resources required to perform a handover, namely...

Performance Evaluation of a Secure Mac Protocol for Vehicular Networks

November 17, 2008

Author(s)

Yi Qian, Kejie Lu, Nader Moayeri

The main benefit of vehicular communication is seen in active safety systems that increase passenger safety by exchanging warning messages between vehicles...

Call Admission Control for Mobile Agent Based Handoff in Wireless Mesh Networks

November 17, 2008

Author(s)

Yi Qian, Bo Rong, Kejie Lu, Michel Kadoch

Wireless mesh network (WMN) has emerged recently as a promising technology for next-generation wireless networking. In WMN, it is important to provide an...

Performance of A Novel Topology Control Scheme for Future Wireless Mesh Networks

November 17, 2008

Author(s)

Yi Qian, Kejie Lu, Tao Zhang, Shengli Fu, Ayat Jafari

In this paper, we address the topology control issues for future wireless mesh networks (WMNs). In particular, we propose a novel topology control scheme that...

Predictive Handover Mechanism based on Required Time Estimation in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

November 17, 2008

Author(s)

Sang J. Yoo, David E. Cypher, Nada T. Golmie

In most conventional layer 2 triggering approaches, a pre-defined threshold for a specific perspective such as the received signal strength is used. This may...

Near-Field Spherical Scanning: Uncertainties in Test-Zone Field Measurements

November 16, 2008

Author(s)

Randy Direen, Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael H. Francis

The electromagnetic field within a test volume can be measured using spherical scanning techniques. Characterization of the field within the sphere requires...

HF Proximity RFID Electromagnetic Emissions and Performance

November 16, 2008

Author(s)

Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, David R. Novotny, Catherine A. Remley, Michael H. Francis

We examined the emissions, and performance of commercial High-Frequency Radio Frequency Identification (HF RFID) systems to interrupt and eavesdropping. These...

Polarimetric calibration of indoor and outdoor polarimetric radar cross section systems

November 16, 2008

Author(s)

Lorant A. Muth

We use a set of dihedrals to perform polarimetric calibrations on an indoor RCS measurement range. We obtain simultaneously hh, hv, vh, and vv polarimetric data...

Access Control Policy Composition for Resource Federation Networks Using Semantic Web and Resource Description Framework (RDF)

November 13, 2008

Author(s)

Chung Tong Hu, Stephen Quirolgico, Karen A. Scarfone

The availability of global, pervasive information relies on seamless access to federated resources through sharing and trust between the participating members...

USE OF COMBUSTION EFFLUENT DATA IN TENABILITY ASSESSMENT

November 11, 2008

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

Typical prescriptive and performance-based assessments of life safety in building fires do not explicitly consider the contributions of the toxic potency of...

Fire Effluent, People, and Standards: Standardization Philosophy for the Effects of Fire Effluent on Human Tenability ON HUMAN TENABILITY

November 11, 2008

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

It has been known for decades that people die from inhaling fire gases and that visible smoke presents challenges to people trying to escape from fires in homes...

Evaluation of Interphase Properties in Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Using Contact Resonance Force Microscopy

November 10, 2008

Author(s)

Donna C. Hurley, Sandeep S. Nair, Siqun Wang

The performance of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites as a structural material mainly depends on the quality of stress transfer in the interphase...

Ontology-based Technologies - Technology Transfer from Bioinformatics?

November 5, 2008

Author(s)

Fabian M. Neuhaus

In the call for paper for OIC 2008 the description of the conference contains the following optimistic outlook: New approaches are required to enable greater...

Proceedings of IS&T/SPIE 21st Annual Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2009 - 3D Imaging Metrology Conference

November 5, 2008

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, Kamel S. Saidi, Marek Franaszek

The ASTM E57.02 Test Methods Subcommittee is developing a test method to evaluate the ranging performance of a 3D imaging system. The test method will involve...

HF RFID Electromagnetic Emissions and Performance

November 4, 2008

Author(s)

David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Michael H. Francis, Catherine A. Remley

We examined the emissions, and susceptibility of commercial High-Frequency Radio Frequency Identification (HF proximity RFID) systems to interrupt and...

Calibration of a Computer Assisted Orthopedic Hip Surgery Phantom

November 4, 2008

Author(s)

Daniel S. Sawyer, Nicholas G. Dagalakis, Craig M. Shakarji, Yong Sik Kim

Orthopedic surgeons have identified a need for calibration artifacts (phantoms) to establish the traceability (to the SI unit of length) of measurements...

Thermal Decomposition of RP-1, RP-2, and Mixtures of RP-2 With Stabilizing Additives

November 3, 2008

Author(s)

Jason A. Widegren, Thomas J. Bruno

----- FOR POLICY REVIEW ONLY ----- The thermal decomposition of RP-1, RP-2, and mixtures of RP-2 with three different additives has been investigated. The...

Training of neural networks to perform optical performance monitoring of a combination of accumulated signal nonlinearity, CD, PMD, and OSNR

November 1, 2008

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Xiaoxia Wu, Louis Christen, Alan Willner

We propose a technique using artificial neural networks to simultaneously identify fiber nonlinearity, OSNR, CD, and PMD from eye-diagram and eye-histogram...

Monitoring I/Q data and pulse carving misalignments in RZ-DQPSK transmitters using a neural network approach

November 1, 2008

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Xiaoxia Wu, Louis Christen, Alan Willner, Loukas Paraschis

We propose a technique using artificial neural networks (ANNs) to simultaneously identify I/Q data misalignment and data/carver misalignment in both parallel...

Local Geometric Projection-Based Noise Reduction for Vibration Signal Analysis in Rolling Bearings

October 31, 2008

Author(s)

Kang B. Lee, Steven E. Fick, Robert Gao, Ruqiang Yan

This paper presents a noise reduction technique for vibration signal analysis in rolling bearings, based on local geometric projection (LGP). LGP is a non...

NIST BusiBEES METRICS AND TOOLS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS

October 31, 2008

Author(s)

Barbara C. Lippiatt, Jennifer Helgeson

Building stakeholders need compelling metrics, tools, data, and case studies supporting major investments in sustainable building technologies. Proponents of...

UV pulse response nonlinearity of two Si photodiodes

October 30, 2008

Author(s)

Shao Yang, Darryl A. Keenan, Marla L. Dowell

We measured the pulse response nonlinearity of two silicon photodiodes at 193 and 248 nm with different measurement conditions. We found large and different...

Vulnerability Scoring for Security Configuration Settings

October 29, 2008

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Peter M. Mell

The best-known vulnerability scoring standard, the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), is designed to quantify the severity of security-related software...

MOLECULAR RELAXATIONS AND MORPHOLOGY OF PERFLUOROSULFONATE IONOMERS FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS

October 28, 2008

Author(s)

Kirt A. Page, Alamgir Karim

Perfluorosulfonate ionomers (PFSIs) are of great importance in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) applications. In order to optimize membrane...

Broadband Dielectric Material Characterization: A Comparison of On-Wafer and Split-Cylinder Resonator Measurements

October 27, 2008

Author(s)

Michael D. Janezic, Uwe Arz

We examine a broadband method to extract the relative permittivity and loss tangent of low-loss dielectric substrates from on-wafer scattering-parameter...

A microfabricated photonic magnetometer

October 26, 2008

Author(s)

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

An integrated optically-controlled sensor, suitable for remote, high-sensitivity detection of magnetic fields is presented. The sensor head is free of...

Characterization and Modeling of Random Vector Network Analyzer Measurement Errors

October 24, 2008

Author(s)

Arkadiusz C. Lewandowski, Dylan F. Williams

We present a technique for characterizing and modeling random vector-network-analyzer measurement errors. These errors manifest themselves as random changes or...

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