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Conferences

Performance evaluation of road detection and following algorithms

October 28, 2004

Author(s)

Tsai H. Hong, A Takeuchi, M Foedissch, Michael O. Shneier

We describe a methodology for evaluating algorithms to provide quantitative information about how well road detection and road following algorithms perform. The...

Achieving intelligent performance in autonomous on-road driving

October 28, 2004

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, John Evans, Tony Barbera, James S. Albus, Elena R. Messina

This paper describes NIST?s efforts in evaluating what it will take to achieve autonomous human-level driving skills in terms of time and funding. NIST has...

Metrology for Characterizing Sratch Resistance of Polymer Coatings.

October 27, 2004

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, P L. Drzal, M R. Vanlandingham, T Y. Wu

Relating Gloss Loss to Topographical Features of a PVDF Coating.

October 27, 2004

Author(s)

J Faucheu, Li Piin Sung, Jonathan W. Martin, K A. Wood

A Spectrally Tunable LED Sphere Source Enables Accurate Calibration of Tristimulus Colorimeters

October 22, 2004

Author(s)

Irena Fryc, Steven W. Brown, Yoshihiro Ohno

The Four-Color Method (FCM) was developed to improve the accuracy of chromaticity measurements of various colors of a display. The method is valid for each type...

Spherical-Scanning Measurements: Propagating Errors through the Near- to Far-Field Transformation

October 22, 2004

Author(s)

Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael H. Francis

We estimate uncertainties in the test antenna transmitting function due to uncertainties in the near-field measurements and in the probe receiving function.

Mechanism of Dynamic NBTI of pMOSFETs

October 21, 2004

Author(s)

Baozhong Zhu, John S. Suehle, Joseph B. Berstein

A series of experiments are conducted to study the physical mechanism of reduced NBTI effects observed under pulsed bias conditions. A reduction of Vth and Ion...

LED Photometric Calibrations at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Future Measurement Needs of LEDs

October 20, 2004

Author(s)

Carl C. Miller, Yuqin Zong, Yoshihiro Ohno

Validation of the Receprocity Law for Coating Photodegradation

October 20, 2004

Author(s)

Joannie W. Chin, Tinh Nguyen, Jonathan W. Martin, E Byrd

Accelerating the photodegradation of commerical polymeric materials has great practical importance in the weathering community. However, questions exist as to...

Dielectric Characterization of Single-Crystal LiF,CaF2,MgF2, BaF2, and SrF2 at Microwave Frequencyies

October 20, 2004

Author(s)

Richard G. Geyer, James R. Baker-Jarvis, Jerzy Krupka

Lithium, calcium, magnesium, and barium fluorides have widespread use in ultraviolet, infrared, and scintillation applications. Although their optical...

Analysis of Structural Steel Update. (Mechanical and Metallurgical Analysis of Structural Steel.)

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

Frank W. Gayle

Reconstruction of the Fires in the WTC Towers: Findings and Issues.

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

Emergency Response. (Fire Service Technologies and Guidelines.)

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

James R. Lawson

Simulation of the Fires in WTC 1 and 2.

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan

Simulating the Coupled Fire, Thermal, Structural Response of World Trade Center Towers.

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

Kuldeep R. Prasad, Howard R. Baum

Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications. World Trade Center Investigation Status.

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

Jason D. Averill

National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting. Construction Safety Investigations. October 19, 2004

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

National institute of standards and technology

World Trade Center Investigation Status. NIST Response to the World Trade Center Disaster. (Status of World Trade Center Investigation and Discussion.)

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

S S. Sunder

Active Fire Protection Systems Issues. (Investigation of Active Fire Protection Systems.)

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler

Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Analysis.

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

Fahim Sadek, Emil Simiu, M A. Riley, William P. Fritz, Hai S. Lew

Strength and Impact Response of SFRM.

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

John L. Gross, Nicholas J. Carino

Structural Fire Response and Collapse Analysis.

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

John L. Gross, Therese P. McAllister

Standard Fire Tests of WTC Tower Typical Floor Construction.

October 19, 2004

Author(s)

John L. Gross

Reference Scaffolds for Characterization of Porosity (Poster)

October 18, 2004

Author(s)

John A. Tesk

ASTM Task Force F04.42.06 was formed with the objective of developing reference scaffolds, with the initial thrust focused on porosity.Three dimensional test...

Estimating Multiple-Reflection Uncertainties in Spherical Near-Field Measurements

October 17, 2004

Author(s)

Michael H. Francis, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Katherine MacReynolds, Ronald C. Wittmann

We propose a method to estimate multiple-reflection effects on test-antenna pattern and gain uncertainties in the far field derived from spherical near-field...

Practical Implementation of Probe-Position Correction in Near-field Planar Scanning Measurements

October 17, 2004

Author(s)

Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Katherine MacReynolds, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Douglas T. Tamura

Planar near-field measurements require taking amplitude and phase data on an accurate and equal space grid on the plane in front of the antenna under test. The...

Robust Detection and Recognition of Buildings in Urban Enviroments from LADAR Data

October 15, 2004

Author(s)

Rajmohan (. Madhavan, Tsai H. Hong

Successful Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) navigation in urban areas requires the competence of the vehicle to cope with Global Positioning System (GPS) outages...

Adaptive Road Detection through Continuous Environment Learning

October 15, 2004

Author(s)

M Foedissch, A Takeuchi

The Intelligent Systems Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been engaged for several years in developing real-time systems for...

New Insights into Threshold Voltage Shifts for Ultrathin Gate Oxides

October 15, 2004

Author(s)

Da-Wei Heh, Eric M. Vogel, J B. Bernstein

Threshold voltage (Vth) shifts of p- and n-channel MOSFETs during a stress are analyzed from both experiment and simulation. The result of the analysis showed...

NVNA Users Forum: Mission and Overview

October 12, 2004

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Dominique Schreurs, Wendy Van Moer

This paper introduces the NVNA Users' Forum, an informal discussion group devoted to sharing information and issues related to instrumentation utilized in...

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