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Conferences

Simple Model of the World Trade Center Fireball Dynamics.

July 25, 2004

Author(s)

Howard R. Baum, Ronald G. Rehm

Quantum information processing with trapped ions

July 25, 2004

Author(s)

Murray D. Barrett, Tobias Schaetz, J Chiaverini, Dietrich Leibfried, Joseph W. Britton, Wayne M. Itano, John D. Jost, Emanuel Knill, C. Langer, R Ozeri, David J. Wineland

We report experiments on the creation and manipulation ofmulti-particle entangled states of trapped atomic ions. The experiments reported here, quantum dense

Technique for Extrapolating Absorption Coefficient Measurements to High Temperatures

July 25, 2004

Author(s)

Kaoru Wakatsuki, Stephen P. Fuss, Anthony Hamins, Marc R. Nyden

An extrapolation technique that provides semi-quantitative estimates for the infrared absorption coefficients of gaseous fuels at temperatures beyond those for

Two-Sided Ignition of a Thin PMMA Sheet in Microgravity.

July 25, 2004

Author(s)

Y N. Nakamura, Takashi Kashiwagi, S L. Olson, K K. Nishizawa, O -. Fujita, K Ito

Improving CNC Machining Accuracy Through Thermal Model-Based Control

July 21, 2004

Author(s)

John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Johannes A. Soons, R King, W Bakula, H Dominguez, N Frampton

The United States Army has a requirement to machine munitions to strict tolerances so that the munitions will launch properly and the explosives will detonate

Analysis and Design of Parallel Mechanisms with Flexure Joints

July 15, 2004

Author(s)

Byoung H. Kang, J Wen, Nicholas Dagalakis, Jason J. Gorman

Flexure joints are frequently used in precision motion stages and micro-robotic mechanisms due lo their monolithic construction. The joint compliance, howeyer

Round Robin for Standardization of MEMS Length and Strain Measurements

July 12, 2004

Author(s)

Janet M. Cassard, Erik M. Secula, J Huang

A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) Length and Strain Round Robin is underway to compare results of in-plane length measurements, residual strain

Thermal, electrical, and mechanical characterization of a carbon nanotube-epoxy composite

July 11, 2004

Author(s)

V Sundaram, Roop L. Mahajan, Dudley Finch, Stephanie A. Hooker

Future microelectronic circuits will need to dissipate more than 100 Watts per chip for high-performance applications, posing a thermal-management challenge for

Experiences in Developing an Intelligent Ground Vehicle (IGV) Ontology in Protege

July 8, 2004

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, Tony Barbera, R Washington

Fire Performance of Partition Assemblies

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Richard G. Gann, S R. Kukuck, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Walter W. Jones

For nearly a century, the cornerstone of fire safety in buildings has been the ability to confine a fire for a time sufficient for people to reach safety and

On the Use of Bench-scale Smoke Toxicity Data in Fire Hazard and Risk Assessment

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

This paper outlines a need for accurate determination of the incapacitating potency of effluent from burning commercial products for use in fire risk and hazard

Parallel Planning in Partitioned Probelm Spaces

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Stephen B. Balakirsky, Otto H. Herzog

RCS: A Cognitive Architecture for Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

James S. Albus, Tony Barbera

RCS (Real-time Control System) is a cognitive architecture designed to enable any level of intelligent behavior, up to and including human levels of performance

Modeling Warm-Up Drift in Commercial Harmonic Phase Standards

July 2, 2004

Author(s)

Jeffrey Jargon, Jolene Splett, Dominic F. Vecchia, Donald C. DeGroot

We develop an empirical model for the warm-up drift of harmonic phase standards that are used to calibrate the phase distortion of nonlinear vector nrtworks

Linking Microwave Remote Sensing Measurements to Fundamental Noise Standards

July 2, 2004

Author(s)

James P. Randa, Dave K. Walker, Michael H. Francis

We outline the formalism for linking microwave remote-sensing measurements to fundamental noise standards and estimate the achievable uncertainty. Plans for the

Phase Field Modeling of Solidification Under Stress

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Julia Slutsker, Alexander L. Roytburd, James A. Warren, Geoffrey B. McFadden, William J. Boettinger

A phase-field model that includes stress field during non-isothermal solidification of a one-component system has been developed. The model has been applied to

Systematic Observations of 150 W Metal-Halide Arc Lamps Containing a Progression of Additive Chemistries

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

John J. Curry, Craig J. Sansonetti

With three complimentary diagnostic methods, we examined a series of 150 W metal-halide arc lamps containing a progression of additive chemistries: 1) pure Hg

An Uncertainty Analysis of a NIST Hydrocarbon Liquid Flow Calibration Facility

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Tsyh Tyan Yeh, Pedro I. Espina, G E. Mattingly, N Briggs, Jesus J. Aguilera

The paper presents the uncertainty characterization of NIST s new hydrocarbon liquid calibrator (HLFC). This facility uses a passive piston prover technique

Refractometry Using a Helium Standard

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jack A. Stone Jr., Alois Stejskal

The refractive index of helium at atmospheric pressure can be calculated from first principles with a very low uncertainty, on the order of 10^-10. Furthermore

Microfluidic-Assisted Lipid Nanotube Formation and Manipulation with Light in: Micro Total Analysis Systems 2004.

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Laurie E. Locascio, K P. Brazhnik, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Rani Kishore, Kristian Helmerson

Advanced Techniques for Nanocharacterization of Polymeric Coating Surfaces

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Xiaohong Gu, Tinh Nguyen, Li Piin Sung, Mark R. VanLandingham, Y C. Jean, Jonathan W. Martin

The applications of AFM and nanoindentation on study of surface property of polymeric coatings have been demonstrated. The surface microstructure of several

Real-Time Dielectric Measurements and Microstructure of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Anthony J. Bur, Y E. Lee, S C. Roth

Measuring Ineffectiveness

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

Applications of Sinkhorn Balancingto Counting Problems

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl, F Sullivan

We describe a gneral Monte Carlo technique based on work of Knuth for estimating the size of trees in backtrack algorithms. This method, based on importance

The Effects of Human Variation in DUC Summarization Evaluation

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Donna K. Harman, Paul D. Over

There is a long history of research in automatic text summarization systems by both the text retrieval and the natural language processing communities, but

Crystallite Size and Residual Strain/Stress Modeling in Rietveld Refinement

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Davor Balzar, N Popa

We consider thft problem of microstructure modeling in Rietveld refinement, in particular of crystallite size and residual strain/stress andpropose the

Systematic Errors in Noise Parameter Determination Due to Imperfect Source Impedance Measurement

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Wojciech Wiatr, Dave K. Walker

We present a rigorous analysis of systematic errors int he four-noise parameter determination of a two-port network using the cold-source technique. The method

TE_01δDIELECTRIC-RESONATOR TECHNIQUE FOR PRECISE MEASUREMENTS OF THE COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY OF LOSSY LIQUIDS AT FREQUENCIES BELOW 1 GHz.

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jerzy Krupka, Kristof Derzakowski, Michael D. Janezic, James R. Baker-Jarvis

A novel TE 01δmode cylindrical dielectric resonator has been used to measure the complex permittivity of liquids. Measurements have been performed at

A Bayesian/Maximum Entropy Method for the Certification of a Nanocrystallite-Size NIST Standard Reference Material

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

N G. Armstrong, W Kalceff, James Cline, John E. Bonevich

A Bayesian/Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) method for determining crystallite size distribution and morphology from size-broadened x-ray line profiles is presented

Deviations From Equilibrium of Thallium Level Populations in a Metal Halide Arc Lamp

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

D Karahourniotis, John J. Curry, E Drakakis, Eric C. Benck

The excitation equilibrium in a metal halide lamp was studied using a method based on optically thick lines without the assumption of local thermodynamic