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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is conducting a study to advance the science of characterizing and modeling the appearance characteristics of
Great progress has been made in the last quarter century in fire safety engineering (FSE) and consequently further limiting the burden of uncontrolled fire. Yet
Bettye C. Johnson, Howard W. Yoon, M Feinholz, D K. Clark
The Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) and its related optical system the Marine Optical Sensor (MOS) consist of dual CCD-based spectrographs. MOBY, MOS, and other
Li Piin Sung, Maria E. Nadal, M E. McKnight, J V. Nguyen, C -. Lin
A series of experiments was carried out to investigate the relationship between the microstructure and the appearance of coated materials using confocal laser
For white LEDs to be used for general lighting, they should have appropriate white color and good color rendering performance for illuminated objects. Color
Geraldine S. Cheok, Robert R. Lipman, Christoph J. Witzgall, Javier Bernal, William C. Stone
The use of a scanning laser to measure terrain changes due to excavation at a construction site is described. The objective at this phase of the project is to
In January of 1992 the ISO Council announced the acceptance of resolution 50/1991 establishing TC202 Microbeam Analysis. The China State Bureau of Technology
Uwe Arz, Dylan F. Williams, Dave K. Walker, Hartmut Grabinski
In this paper we apply a measurement method designed for asymmetric coupled lines to determine the broadband propagation characteristics of symmetric coupled
Creating a database version of a journal by extracting data from the articles, storing those data in a database management system, and building a user interface
The machine tool industry is moving toward using linear motors for both conventional and high speed machine tools due to many advantages: low maintenance
Chris A. Michaels, Lee J. Richter, Richard R. Cavanagh, Stephan J. Stranick
The development of a scanning near-field microscope that utilizes infrared absorption as the optical contrast mechanism is described. This instrument couples
David Coombs, Karl Murphy, Alberto Lacaze, Steven Legowik
A robotic HMMWV (a.k.a. "humvee") drives autonomously offroad at speeds up to 35 km/h (10 m/s, 20 mph). Key features of the implementation that enable driving
Gabrielle G. Long, Andrew J. Allen, J Ilavsky, P R. Jemian, P Zchack
A new ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) instrument has been commissioned as part of the UNICAT facility on the 33-ID line at the Advanced Photon Source
This is a report on work in progress to understand the wide variations in sphere calibration data observed on dynamic radar cross section measurement ranges
C Habauzit, Steven W. Brown, Keith R. Lykke, B. Carol Johnson, M Yarbrough, M Feinholz, D K. Clark
The scientific objective of the Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) project is to measure the downwelling spectral irradiance, E d, and the upwelling spectral radiance
Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Joseph Fu, M Tundermann, Thomas Brian Renegar, Theodore D. Doiron, N G. Orji
Decreasing sizes and tolerances of engineering components bring a demand for decreasing uncertainty in the dimensional measurements of these parts. Hence there
We demonstrate a new method for determining the frequency-dependent dielectric properties of thin-film materials at microwave frequencies using coplanar
We have measured the influence of the electro-optic (EO) Kerr effect on the response of a spun high-birefringence (hi-bi) fiber current sensor in a simulated
Dylan Williams, A. C. Byers, V. C. Tyree, Dave K. Walker, J. J. Ou, X. Jin, M. Piket-Moy, C. Hu
We measure and compare the electrical parasitics of contact pads of different designs fabricated on silicon integrated circuits and develop a strategy for
We present a preliminary evaluation of a microwave measurement system that has been designed to determine electromagnetic fields in the quiet-zone of an antenna
David R. Novotny, Robert T. Johnk, Arthur Ondrejka
We present a method for evaluating broadband absorber in a non-ideal testing environment. Using broadband, short impulse TEM horns, a frequency-rich spectrum
Robert T. Johnk, David R. Novotny, Claude Weil, Marlene Taylor, T. J. O'Hara
This paper summarizes a joint NIST-Industry measurement effort. The purpose of this effort was to use a NIST-developed altrawide band measurement system to
E Balizer, Fred B. Bateman, A S. DeReggi, Dan A. Neumann
The time-resolved optical measurement of the electrostrictive strain of an electron-irradiated copolymer of vinylidene fluoride with trifluoroethylene produced
This paper examines broadband measurement techniques for electrical properties of planar transmission lines built on lossy silicon substrates. We start by
This paper presents further development and experimental testing of Comp-TRAK, a prototype system for identification and spatial tracking of structural steel
Testing has a vital support role in the software engineering process, but developing tests often takes significant resources. A formal specification is a
This paper discusses an easy to implement procedure for approximating the long time behavior of iterates of maps. Applications include to finding the roots of a