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Conferences

Quantum Efficiency of Spectral UV on Polyurethanes

Author(s)
Tinh Nguyen, Jonathan W. Martin, E Byrd, E Embree
Polyurethanes (PU) are used extensively as exterior building materials. However, PU undergoes degration during outdoor exposure. The quantum efficiency of

The DUC Summarization Evaluations

Author(s)
Donna K. Harman, Paul D. Over
There has been a long history of research in text summarization by both the text retrieval and the natural language processing communities, but evaluation of

Broadband Direct Detection Submillimeter Spectrometer with Multiplexed Superconducting Transition Edge Thermometer Bolometers

Author(s)
D. J. Benford, Troy A. Ames, Jay A. Chervenak, S. H. Mosely, Rick A. Shafer, Johannes G. Staguhn, George M. Voellmer, Francois Pajot, Cyrille Rioux, Thomas G. Phillips, Bruno Maffei, Kent D. Irwin
We present performance results based on the first astronomical use of multiplexed superconducting bolometers. The Fabry-Perot Interferometer Bolometer Research

CD Reference Materials for Sub-Tenth Micrometer Applications

Author(s)
Richard A. Allen, Michael W. Cresswell, William F. Guthrie, Loren W. Linholm, H Bogardus, J V. Martinez de pinillos, B A. Am ende, Christine E. Murabito, M H. Bennett
Prototype linewidth reference materials with Critical Dimensions (CDs) as narrow as 70 nm have been patterned in (110) silicon-on-insulator films. The sidewalls

Intelligent Control For Off-Road Driving

Author(s)
Karl Murphy, Marilyn N. Abrams, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Tommy Chang, Tsai Hong Hong, Alberto Lacaze, Steven Legowik
The NIST robot vehicle, a HMMWV with sensors and computer controlled actuators, detects how traversable the terrain is near the vehicle and computes its path

Molecular Basis of Lubrication

Author(s)
Stephen M. Hsu
Lubrication is an art that has been practiced for thousands of years from the early days of our human civilization. The study of lubricatin as a science began

SCUBA-2: Application of LTD Technology

Author(s)
William Duncan, Wayne Holland, Damian Audley, D R. Kelly, Tully Peacock, Peter Hastings, Michael MacIntosh, Kent D. Irwin, Sae Woo Nam, Gene C. Hilton, Steven Deiker, Anthony Walton, Alan Gundlach, William Parkes, Camilla Dunare, Peter Ade, Ian Robson
We outline the need for SCUBA 2, its goals and specifications. We give reasons for the choice of the low temperature detector technology of TES arrays and SQUID

First Astronomical Use of Multiplexed Transition Edge Bolometers

Author(s)
D. J. Benford, Troy A. Ames, James A. Chervenak, Erich N. Grossman, Kent D. Irwin, S. A. De Kotwara, B. Maffci, S. H. Mosely, Francois Pajot, Thomas G. Phillips, Carl D. Reintsema, Cyrille Rioux, Rick A. Shafer, Johannes G. Staguhn, C. Vastel, George M. Voellmer
We present performance results based on the first astronomical use of mutiplexed superconducting bolometers. The Fabry-Perot Interferometer Bolometer Research

Time-Division SQUID Multiplexers

Author(s)
Kent D. Irwin, Leila R. Vale, Norman F. Bergren, Steven Deiker, Erich N. Grossman, Gene C. Hilton, John M. Martinis, Sae Woo Nam, Carl D. Reintsema, David A. Rudman, Martin Huber
SQUID multiplexers (MUX) make is possible to build arrays of thousands of low-temperature bolometers and microcalorimeters based on superconducting transition

Using Sensor Signals to Analyze Fires

Author(s)
William D. Davis, Thomas G. Cleary, Michelle K. Donnelly, S. D. Hellerman
Building fire sensors are capable of supplying substantially more information to the fire service than just the simple detection of a possible fire. Nelson, in
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