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Conferences

Fatal Training Fires: Fire Analysis for the Fire Service

September 3, 2007

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has investigated the fire conditions of two very different fire training incidents that resulted in...

New Approach to Ventilation Measurements in Enclosure Fires

September 3, 2007

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant

The application of Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry (SPIV) is a new approach to quantifying the ventilation in enclosure fires. Stereoscopic PIV is a non...

Assessing the Accuracy of a Physical Fire Model for Obtaining Smoke Toxic Potency Data.

September 3, 2007

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, Nathan D. Marsh, Marc R. Nyden

A principal component of the engineering of a building is providing for the safety of occupants and responders in the event of a fire. This includes estimation...

Recent Results from the NIST Pulse-Heated Kolsky Bar

September 3, 2007

Author(s)

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

A Kolsky bar laboratory for measuring dynamic material properties, in support of improved finite-element modeling of high-speed machining processes, has been...

Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy of Biological and Chemical Agents at Terahertz Frequencies

September 2, 2007

Author(s)

Eyal Gerecht, Dazhen Gu, Lixing You, Sigfrid Yngvessen

Imaging and spectroscopy at terahertz frequencies have great potential for healthcare, plasma diagnostics, and homeland security applications. Terahertz...

JOSEPHSON VOLTAGE STANDARD INTERCOMPARISON

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Yi-hua Tang

The majority of Josephson Voltage Standard (JVS) intercomparisons have been performed by using Zener voltage transfer standards and a protocol based on the...

Sustaining Engineering Informatics: Toward Methods and Metrics for Digital Curation

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Mahesh Mani, Sudarsan Rachuri

Ensuring the long-term usability of engineering informatics (EI) artifacts is a challenge, particularly for products with longer life cycles than the computing...

Science based Information Metrology for Engineering Informatics

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Sudarsan Rachuri

Engineering informatics is the discipline of creating, codifying (structure and behavior that is syntax and semantics), exchanging (interactions and sharing)...

Investigations of Residual Stresses and Mechanical Properties of Single Crystal Niobium for SRF Cavities

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Thomas H. Gnaeupel-Herold, Ganapati Rao Myneni, Richard E. Ricker

The Potential of Highly Charged Ions: Possible Future Applications

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

John D. Gillaspy, Joshua M. Pomeroy, A C. Perrella, Holger Grube

This paper mirrors and provides references to an invited review talk delivered by the first author at the 13th International Conference on the Physics of Highly...

Applying Serious Games to Intelligence Analysis

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Don E. Libes, Theresa O'Connell

Knowledge from game design appears to offer new methods for software instruction and use that would traditionally require long, expensive, and not always...

An Integrated Simulation Environment for Incident Management Training

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Sanjay Jain, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Guodong Shao

Simulation and gaming can support decision making through all phases of incident management including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and...

Integration of Incident Management Simulation-based Training Applications

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Sanjay Jain

The nation's incident management personnel and emergency responders need to work in a coordinated, well-planned manner to best mitigate the impact of natural...

Integration, Interoperability, and Information Management: What are the Key Issues to Nanomanufacturing?

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Kevin W. Lyons

Nanomanufacturing can be defined as all manufacturing activities that collectively support an approach to design, produce, control, modify, manipulate, and...

A Novel Parameter Proposed for 2D and 3D Topography Measurements and Comparisons

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger

Based on the cross-correlation function (CCF), a new parameter called profile difference, Ds (or topography difference for 3D), is developed for measurement and...

The Helium Ion Microscope: A New Tool for Nanotechnology and Nanomanufacturing

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, John A. Kramar, L A. Stern, John Notte, Sean McVey

Helium Ion Microscopy (HIM) is a new, potentially disruptive technology for nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing. This methodology presents a potentially...

Verifying Measurement Uncertainty Using a Control Chart With Dynamic Control Limits

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger

A control chart with dynamic control limit is proposed for promoting the developing process of an uncertainty budget, and verifying the developed measurement...

The Segmented Cylinder Flexural Strength Test

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

George D. Quinn

Fracture Toughness of Ceramics by the Vickers Indentation Crack Length Method: A Critical Review

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

George D. Quinn

Instrumented Indentation Contact with Sharp Probes of Varying Acuity

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Dylan Morris

Effect of topography and multi-asperity contacts on nano-scale elastic property measurements by atomic force acoustic microscopy,

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Gheorghe Stan, Robert F. Cook

Instrumentation, Metrology, and Standards: Key Elements for the Future of Nanomanufacturing

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Kevin W. Lyons

Nanomanufacturing is the essential bridge between the discoveries of nanoscience and real world nanotech products and is the vehicle by which the Nation and the...

Issues with Imaging Drives Containing Faulty Sectors

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

James R. Lyle, Mark R. Wozar

In the ideal situation when imaging a hard drive, all sectors are completely and accurately acquired and saved to an image file. In reality, occasionally drives...

An Evaluation Mechanism for Defining Gaps and Overlaps of Product Information Exchange Standards

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Ram D. Sriram, Mehmet Sarigecili, Mehmet M. Baysal, Utpal Roy, Sudarsan Rachuri

The need to exchange information between organizations or departments of the same corporation is hampered by interoperability problems that mostly originate...

Hydrosomes: Femtoliter Containers for Fluorescence Spectroscopy Studies

August 30, 2007

Author(s)

Ana Jofre, Jianyong Tang, M E. Greene, G M. Lowman, N Hodas, Rani B. Kishore, Kristian Helmerson, Lori S. Goldner

We report on improvements and innovations in the use of hydrosomes to encapsulate and study single molecules. Hydrosomes are optically-trappable aqueous...

Absolute Flux Calibrations of Stars

August 30, 2007

Author(s)

Gerald T. Fraser, Steven W. Brown, Howard W. Yoon, Bettye C. Johnson, Keith R. Lykke

Absolute stellar photometry is based on 1970s terrestrial measurements of the star Vega referenced against the Cu fixed-point blackbody. Significant advances in...

Distinguishing Between Nonlinear Channel Transport and Contact Effects in Organic FETs

August 30, 2007

Author(s)

Behrang Hamadani, Jeremy LeBoeuf, R J. Kline, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney, Curt A. Richter, Lee J. Richter, David J. Gundlach

We investigate charge injection and transport in organic field-effect transistors fabricated by using poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecylthiophene-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b...

A Comparison of Pooled and Sampled Relevance Judgments

August 29, 2007

Author(s)

Ian M. Soboroff

Test collections are most useful when they are reusable, that is, when they can be reliably used to rank systems that did not contribute to the pools. Pooled...

Simulating the Performance of Building Are Networks as a Communication Bridge to Emergency Responders

August 28, 2007

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado, David G. Holmberg, S Cook

Standardizing Measurements of Autonomy in the Artificially Intelligent

August 28, 2007

Author(s)

Amy Hudson, Larry H. Reeker

The amount of control that an intelligent system has over their actions, whether they are able to act independently from their creator, plays a major factor in...

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