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CSEAT provides an independent review of an organization¿s IT security program. The CSEAT review is not an audit or an inspection. The CSEAT review is an...
Human-robot interaction (HRI) for mobile robots is still in its infancy. Most user interactions with robots have been limited to tele-operation capabilities...
D P. Vigliotti, J B. Alcorn, N A. Neumeyer, D R. Cyr, A C. Rodriguez, C N. Farrell, L A. Leininger
The purpose of this presentation is to introduce educators to a demonstration that will expose students in grades seven through twelve to a variety of...
Subsurface machining cracks may control strength and performance of finished ceramics. Previously, machining cracks had been though to be difficult or...
David T. Read, Yi-Wen Cheng, Joseph D. McColskey, R R. Keller
Here we report the results of tensile tests of thin films of Al-0.5 % Cu deposited on bare silicon. This material was on a wafer that was subjected to the...
Gabrielle G. Long, T A. Dobbins, Andrew J. Allen, J Ilavsky, P Jemain, A Kulkarni, H Herman
Thermal barrier coatings (TBC) have complex void microstructures which control their in service properties. In the research reported here, ultra-small-angle X...
M S. Silverstein, Barry J. Bauer, V. J. Lee, R C. Hedden, B G. Landes, J L. Lyons, B Kern, J Niu, T Kalantar
Specular x-ray reflectivity and small angle neutron scattering were used to characterize changes in the porosity, pore size and pore size distribution on...
Bettye C. Johnson, Steven W. Brown, George P. Eppeldauer, Keith R. Lykke
A number of transfer radiometers have been developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with the support and funding of the National...
The polymer threading a membrane transition (PTM) which is a first-order thermodynamic phase transition for an isolated linear polymer in the limit of infinite...
Single pulse shock tube studies of the thermal decomposition of hexachloroethane at temperatures of 960 - 1080 K and pressures of 130 -1,100 kPa have been...
Jun-Feng Song, Li Ma, Eric P. Whitenton, Theodore V. Vorburger
The RM (Reference Material) 8240 standard bullets are currently under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology 9NIST) to support the...
The Object Management Group (the consortium that issues the Common Object Request Broker Architecture and Unified Modeling Language standards) is making the...
The CW Laser Radiometry project in the Optoelectronics Division at NIST is concerned with measuring steady-state laser, detector, and component properties such...
The NIST Weights and Measurements Division (WMD), formerly the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM), conducts training in mass metrology at basic, intermediate...
C D. O'Connell, Peter E. Barker, M A. Marino, P McAndrew, Donald H. Atha, Pawel Jaruga, M Birincioglu, M. Dizdaroglu, H Rodriguez
The goal of the research was to help identify cellular biomarkers and assess measurement technologies that will help manufacturers determine how cells react to...
P E. DesJardin, Cary Presser, P J. Disimile, J R. Tucker
The overall objective of this research is to gain fundamental knowledge of fire-suppression agent transport in the cluttered environments of aircraft engine...