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Conferences

Investigating the factors that influence 3D stereo depth sensor noise

April 18, 2025

Author(s)

Terrence Pierce, Prem Rachakonda

3D stereo depth sensors have a variety of applications, including sensing for autonomous vehicles, reverse engineering, and manufacturing automation. The...

Combinatorial Methods for Enhancing the Resilience of Production Facilities

April 16, 2025

Author(s)

Klaus Kieseberg, Konstantin Gerner, Bernhard Garn, Wolfgang Czerni, David Kuhn, Raghu Kacker

In this paper, we apply combinatorial methods to generate crisis scenarios for production facilities with the goal of strengthening their resilience by...

Data Frequency Coverage Impact on AI Performance

April 15, 2025

Author(s)

Erin Lanus, Brian Lee, Jaganmohan Chandrasekaran, Laura Freeman, M S Raunak, Raghu Kacker, David Kuhn

Artificial Intelligence (AI) models use statistical learning over data to solve complex problems for which straightforward rules or algorithms may be difficult...

Opportunities for Recycling in Building Cycle Renovations: A Case Study of PVC Roofing Membranes

April 11, 2025

Author(s)

Buddhika Hapuwatte, Ashley Hartwell, Richard Krock, Brian Whelan, Tribu Persaud

Increasing global efforts towards a circular economy and emissions reductions emphasize alternative pathways for end-of-use recovery of products through value...

Gauging error of pose acquired by vision systems in bin picking applications

April 7, 2025

Author(s)

Marek Franaszek, Prem Rachakonda, Kamel Saidi

Picking a part from an unorganized pile of parts requires an accurate vision system integrated with a robotic arm. A proper metric for gauging pose error is...

Field test of ATSC 3.0/BPS precise time distribution

April 5, 2025

Author(s)

Jeffrey Sherman, David Howe

The Broadcaster Positioning System (BPS) is a protocol for high-resolution time transfer between a reference clock at a ATSC 3.0 transmitter and a BPS receiver...

Acceleration-based spindle monitoring based on geometric error motions

April 3, 2025

Author(s)

Aaron Cornelius, Gregory Vogl, Ryan Hall, Yongzhi Qu

The development of intelligent machine tools requires integrating sensors that allow the machine to monitor, diagnose, and control the machining process...

Progress on LEU U-10Mo Fuel Element Design, Testing, and Safety Analysis for Conversion of U.S. High Performance Research Reactors

April 2, 2025

Author(s)

K. Anderson, Erik Wilson, L. Hu, M. Pinilla, Abdullah Weiss, Dhongik Yoon, J. Stillman, V. Mascolino, Firat Cetinbas, A. Hebden

Increased Efficiency in Planar Near-Field Scanning Using Combined Multi-Robot Motion

March 30, 2025

Author(s)

Benjamin Moser, Joshua Gordon, Andrew J. Petruska

Robotic antenna ranges are highly configurable, but traditional pose selection methods do not utilize the collaborative capability presented by these...

Intermediate Scale Flame Spread Test Apparatus for CFD Fire Model Validation

March 27, 2025

Author(s)

Karen De Lannoye, Isaac Leventon

Upward and inclined flame spread are common fire-hazard scenarios that are particularly dangerous due to their relatively high spread rate (compared to downward...

Exploration of the viability of TiN/TiOX ReRAM in Computational Random-Access Memory (CRAM)

March 27, 2025

Author(s)

Brandon Zink, Advait Madhavan, William Borders, Jabez McClelland

In-memory computing is a promising solution for solving the Von-Neumann bottleneck. In particular, computational random-access memory (CRAM) is a promising form...

In Situ TEM with Simultaneous Nanocalorimetry of the Crystallization of Phase Change Materials

March 25, 2025

Author(s)

Tamara Koledin, Izak McGieson, Karen Bustillo, John Pettibone, William Osborn, Feng Yi, David LaVan, Melissa Santala

The Effect of Water Vapor on the Flammability of Fluorinated Refrigerants

March 24, 2025

Author(s)

Gregory Linteris, Michael Hegetschweiler, Valeri Babushok

Possible replacements for the refrigerant R-134a have been proposed in previous work based on their flammability behavior in standard tests of the Heating...

Quantitative hyperspectral microscopy from single cell to tissue imaging

March 20, 2025

Author(s)

Jeeseong Hwang

This paper showcases recent research at NIST on quantitative hyperspectral imaging of single cells and tissues with a variety of imaging contrasts including...

4-Dimensional Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction on 2-Dimensional Materials in a Scanning Electron Microscope

March 20, 2025

Author(s)

Jason Holm

BRDF measurements of ultra-black materials with THz quantum cascade lasers

March 19, 2025

Author(s)

Patrick McArdle, Bradley Pelz, Christopher Yung, Nathan Tomlin, John Lehman, Michelle Stephens

In this work we describe the use of a THz quantum cascade laser (QCL) to perform bi-directional reflectance distribution (BRDF) measurements. In particular we...

Using Temporal Consistency for Compressed Sensing in High-Resolution mmWave Sounding

March 18, 2025

Author(s)

Rudolph Semper, Jack Chuang, Samuel Berweger, Camillo Gentile

Switched phased array systems operating at high sample rates generate large amounts of data during measurements of radio channels, but many scenarios contain...

Measurement of the Average Molecular Weight of Gaseous Pyrolyzates Produced by Combustible SolidsF

March 16, 2025

Author(s)

Ryan Greene, Alec Tripi, Isaac Leventon, Kevin McGrattan

In order to predict fire phenomena such as flame structure, stability, and growth, computational fire models require an accurate description of the gaseous...

Measurement of the Smoldering and Flaming Heats of Combustion of Biomass and Woody Fuels

March 16, 2025

Author(s)

Isaac Leventon, Karen De Lannoye

Combustion of biomass and woody fuels is relevant to energy generation, wildfire spread, and structural fire safety. It is critical to be able to accurately...

Implementation of detailed chemistry and load balancing in the fire dynamics simulator

March 16, 2025

Author(s)

Chandan Paul, Marcos Vanella, Randall McDermott, Jason Floyd

The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a widely used software package for engineering and research applications, designed to simulate diverse fire scenarios. With...

Detection limits of AI-based SEM dimensional metrology

March 14, 2025

Author(s)

Peter Bajcsy, Brycie Wiseman, Michael Paul Majurski, Andras Vladar

The speed of in-line scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurements of linewidth, contact hole, and overlay is critically important for identifying the...

Building the Next Generation of Metrologists: Opportunities to Improve SI Education and Scientific Literacy at 150 Years and Beyond

March 14, 2025

Author(s)

Elizabeth Benham, Katrice Lippa

Through the teaching of the International System of Units (SI) principles, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) educators create a ripple...

A low-cost ultrasonic absorption spectrometer mainly using off-the-shelf parts

March 11, 2025

Author(s)

Michelle Crouse, Malgorzata Musial, Jason Widegren, Jacob Pawlik, Bryan Bosworth, Nathan Orloff, Aaron Hagerstrom, Angela Stelson, Robert Lirette

Ultrasonic absorption spectroscopy can probe intermolecular interactions that inform research into chemical engineering and pharmaceutical manufacturing...

IEEE 1451.0-based Web of Thing (WoT) Ontology

March 10, 2025

Author(s)

Eugene Song, Helbert da Rocha, Antonio Espirito-Santo, Riccardo Brama

Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems are highly heterogeneous in terms of smart sensors/devices, connectivity, communication protocols, data formats, and...

Security for IEEE P1451.1.6-based Sensor Networks for IoT Applications

March 10, 2025

Author(s)

Eugene Song, Kang B. Lee, Hiroaki Nishi, Janaka Wejekoon

There are many challenges for Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks including the lack of robust standards, diverse wireline and wireless connectivity...

Semantics for Enhancing Communications- and Edge-Intelligence-enabled Smart Sensors: A Practical Use Case in Federated Automotive Diagnostics

March 10, 2025

Author(s)

Eugene Song, Thomas Roth, David A. Wollman, Eoin Jordan, Martin Serrano, Amelie Gyrard

Modern edge artificial intelligence (AI) chipsets and edge-intelligence-enabled smart sensors frameworks support real-time data processing and event detection...

WLAN 802.11ax Airtime Utilization Measurements

February 18, 2025

Author(s)

Nadia Yoza Mitsuishi, Jason Coder, Yao Ma

Due to the increasing demand for wireless services, the IEEE 802.11ax WLAN standard was released to enable improved performance, coverage, and spectrum...

Time transfer performance of Broadcast Positioning System (BPS)

January 28, 2025

Author(s)

Tariq Mondal, Jeffrey Sherman, David Howe

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most prevalent Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) that provides Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT). GNSS...

Evaluation of L5 Band GNSS for Use in Time-Transfer

January 27, 2025

Author(s)

Benjamin Pera, Andrew Novick

The L5 frequency band of GPS features a higher power, higher code rate, and superior performance in GNSS denied or degraded environments. GPS L5 is pre...

A Novel Digital Twin Model to Support Intelligent Robotic Manufacturing System According to Industry 4.0 Trends

January 25, 2025

Author(s)

David Guerra-Zubiaga, Melody Colani, Gershom Richards, Katrina Cavens, Logan Block, George Olliff, Murat Aksu

Data, Information, and knowledge models are vital research topics explored in recent years to support advanced manufacturing decisions through important systems...

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