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Conferences

Performance Assessment of Resistance Ratio Bridges used for the Calibration of SPRTs

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Gregory F. Strouse, K D. Hill

Automatic balancing dc and ac resistance ratio bridges are the primary measurement devices used by National Measurement Institutes for the calibration of...

Internal Measurement Assurance for the NIST Realization of the ITS-90 from 83.8 K to 1234.93 K

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Gregory F. Strouse

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is responsible for realizing, maintaining, and disseminating the International Temperature Scale of...

Local and Macroscopic Electromagnetic Fields Using Projection-Operator Based Statistical Mechanics

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

James R. Baker-Jarvis

I study the origins of the applied, macroscopic, and local electromagnetic fields by a statistical-mechanical method. In order to obtain the macroscopic fields...

Developing Atomic-Resolution Measurements Using a Tunable Diode Laser-Based Interferometer

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Hui Zhou, Bradley N. Damazo, S Gonda, Richard M. Silver

A new implementation of a Michelson interferometer capable of resolution on the order of 20 pm has been developed. This new method uses a tunable diode laser as...

MAGF: A New Method for High-performance Focusing of Uncharged and Hydrophobic Analytes

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

David J. Ross, K M. Balss, P B. Howell, Wyatt N. Vreeland

A new method for analyte focusing is demonstrated that can be used for concentration and separation of analytes based upon their affinity for a micellar phase...

Registration of Range Data from Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Anthony J. Downs, Rajmohan Madhavan, Tsai Hong Hong

In the research reported in this paper, we propose to overcome the unavailability of GPS using combined information obtained froma scanning LADARrangefinder on...

Autonomy Level Specification for Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles: Interim Progress Report

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, James S. Albus

As unmanned systems are becoming widely employed in various applications, it is critical to have a set of standard definitions and metrics for specifying and...

An Analysis of Path Recovery Schemes in GMPLS Optical Networks with Various Levels of Pre-Provisioning

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

David W. Griffith, Richard A. Rouil, Stephan Klink, Ram D. Sriram

The amount of resource provisioning prior to failure events to support optical path recovery has a significant impact on network performance, and so designing...

Human-Robot Interaction: Development of an Evaluation Methodology for the Bystander Role of Interaction

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Jean C. Scholtz, S Bahrami

The paper describes an evaluation methodology being developed for the bystander interaction role in human-robot interaction.

Interfacial Reactions in LTTC Materials

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Lawrence P. Cook, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, J Suh

Thermal Imaging of Metals in a Kolsky-Bar Apparatus

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Howard W. Yoon, D Basak, Richard L. Rhorer, Eric P. Whitenton, Timothy J. Burns, Richard J. Fields, Lyle E. Levine

For materials testing at elevated temperatures, we describe the design and the development of a resistively heated Kolsky-bar apparatus. The temperature of the...

Calibration of Radiation Thermometers in Rapid Thermal Processing Tools Using Si Wafers with Thin Film Thermocouples

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kenneth G. Kreider, William A. Kimes, Christopher W. Meyer, Dean C. Ripple, Benjamin K. Tsai, D H. Chen, D P. DeWitt

Rapid thermal processing (RTP) tools are currently monitored and controlled with lightpipe radiation thermometers (LPRTs) which have been calibrated with...

Flexible Manufacturing System for Mass Customization Manufacturing

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Guixiu Qiao, R F. Lu, Charles R. McLean

Mass customization manufacturing (MCM) has been gaining recognition as an industrial revolution in the 21st century. This paper presents innovative approaches...

Information-Based Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicle Navigation

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Rajmohan Madhavan, Elena R. Messina

Sensor-centric navigation of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) operating in rugged and expansive terrains requires the competency to evaluate the utility of...

Space-Scale Analysis of Line Edge Roughness on 193 nm Lithography Test Structures

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ndubuisi G. Orji, Jayaraman Raja, Theodore V. Vorburger, Xiaohong Gu

Line edge roughness (LER) is a potential showstopper for the semiconductor industry. As the width of patterned line structures decreases, LER is becoming a non...

NOT (Faster Implementation ==> Better Algorithm), A Case Study

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Stephen B. Balakirsky, Thomas R. Kramer

Given two algorithms that perform the same task, one may ask which is better. One simple answer is that the algorithm that delivers the best answer is the...

Exercising a Native Intelligence Metric on an Autonomous On-Road Driving System

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

John A. Horst

Intelligent artificial systems can be represented by strings of bits and the intelligence of such systems is well quantified by the amount of specified...

Recent Progress in Polarization Mode Dispersion Measurement

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kent B. Rochford, Paul Leo, D Peterson, Paul A. Williams

Measurement of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) spans from precise component characterization of differential group delay (DGD) to system characterization of...

Human Identification from Body Shape

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil, Patrick J. Grother, Sanford P. Ressler

In this paper, we investigate the utility of static anthropometric distances as a biometric for human identification. The 3D landmark data from the CAESAR...

Standardizing Communication Between Lighting Control Devices: A Role for IEEE P1451

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

F Rubinstein, Stephen J. Treado, P Pettler

The paper proposes a building equipment communications network based on a federation of existing standards and communications protocols. The proposed network...

Design and Workspace Analysis of a 6-6 Cable-Suspended Parallel Robot

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

JJ Pusey, A Fattah, S K. Agrawal, Elena R. Messina, Adam S. Jacoff

In this paper, we study the design and workspaceof a 6-6 cable-suspended parallel robot. Theworkspace volume is characterized as the set ofpoints where the...

Information-based Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicle Navigation

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Rajmohan (. Madhavan, Elena R. Messina

Abstract?Sensor-centric navigation of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) operating in rugged and expansive terrains requires the competency to evaluate the utility...

Design and Workspace Analysis of a 6-6 Cable-Suspended Parallel Robot

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

H C. Pusey, A Fattah, S K. Agrawal, Elena R. Messina, Adam S. Jacoff

In this paper, we study the design and workspace of a 6-6 cable-suspended parallel robot. The workspace volume is characterized as the set of points where the...

Backup Resource Pooling in (M : N) n Fault Recovery Schemes in GMPLS Optical Networks

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kotikalapudi Sriram, David W. Griffith, San-Nan K. Lee, Nada T. Golmie

In resilient optical networks, there is a tradeoff between the amount of resources allocated for protection versus the probability that a failed working path...

Awareness in Human-Robot Interactions

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

J L. Drury, Jean C. Scholtz, Holly A. Yanco

This paper provides a set of definitions that form a framework for describing the types of awareness that humans have of robot activities and the knowledge that...

Achromatic Catadioptric Microscope Objective in Deep Ultraviolet with Long Working Distance

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

P. Huang, Dietrich Leibfried

We present a microscope imaging optics system that is suitable for simultaneously detecting two species of electrically trapped atomic ions for quantum...

Manufacturing Data Validation Through Simulation

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Yung-Tsun Lee, Charles R. McLean

In order to ensure that the process plan and numerical control (NC) programs are complete and correct before jobs are released to the shop floor, manufacturing...

Collaborative Evolution of Process Plans in Distributed Manufacturing

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Jungyub Woo, Hyunbo Cho

Global production has become a new trend in the today?s competitive business environment in pursuit of lower cost, shorter time-to-market, and better quality...

Developing World Model Data Specifications as Metrics for Sensory Processing for On-Road Driving Tasks

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Anthony J. Barbera, John A. Horst, Craig I. Schlenoff, Evan K. Wallace, David Aha

The building of knowledge-intensive real-time intelligent control systems is one of the most difficult tasks humans attempt. It is motivated by the desire to...

Optical properties of Jet-Vapor-Deposited TiAlO and HfAlO Determined by Vacuum Utraviolet Spectroscopic Elliposmetry

September 30, 2003

Author(s)

Nhan Van Nguyen, Jin-Ping Han, Yong Jai Cho, Wenjuan Zhu, Zhijiong Luo, T P. Ma

In this report, we use vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopic ellipsometry (VUV-SE) to determine the optical as well as structural properties of high-k metal oxides...

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