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Conferences

Research Trends in Lead-Free Soldering in the U.S.: NCMS Lead-Solder Project

Author(s)
I Artaki, D Noctor, C Desantis, W Desaulnier, L Felton, M Palmer, J Felty, J Greaves, C A. Handwerker, J D. Mather, S Schroeder, D Napp, TG Y. Pan, J Rosser, P Vianco, G Whitten, Y Zhu
In 1997, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Lead Free Solder Project carried out by a consortium of 11 industrial corporations, academic...

Collaboration Technologies for Global Manufacturing

Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves, Amy Knutilla
One impact of the globalization of manufacturing is the growing requirement for teams that are not co-located to collaborate using shared information. In this...

Variation in Optical Disc Retardance Measurements

Author(s)
Kent B. Rochford, S. T. Kreger, John W. West
An intercomparison of optical disc birefringence measurements using commercial instrumentation found in manufacturing settings showed significant measurement...

Toward a 2-eV Microcalorimeter X-ray Spectrometer for Constellation-X

Author(s)
C. K. Stahle, Simon R. Bandler, T W. Barbee, J. Beeman, R.P. Brekosky, B. Cabrera, M. Cunningham, Steven Deiker, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, F. M. Finkbeiner, G R. Frank, K. C. Gendreau, E. E. Haller, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, R. L. Kelley, S. E. Labov, M. J. Li, N. Madden, John M. Martinis, D. McCammon, Sae Woo Nam, F. S. Porter, H. Schnopper, E. H. Silver, A. E. Szymkowiak, G. S. Tucker, A. Walker, David A. Wollman
Constellation-X is a cluster of identical observatories that together constitute a promising concept for a next-generation, high-throughput, high-resolution...

A Welding Cell That Supports Remote Collaboration

Author(s)
James D. Gilsinn, William G. Rippey, Joseph A. Falco, Timothy P. Quinn, Robert Russell, Keith A. Stouffer
Discrete part manufacturers using robotic arc welding cells often have several more geographically distributed plants than welding experts. This ratio often...

The Application of HFCs as Refrigerants

Author(s)
David Didion
The technical criteria for using hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), as refrigerants in the vapor compression cycle, is presented. If thermodynamic performance is to be...

Advances in Concrete Mixture Optimisation. Keynote Paper

Author(s)
Kenneth A. Snyder, G J. Frohnsdorff, M Simons
The complexity of high performance concrete (HPC) mixture designs continues to increase, along with the number of criteria that a particuhu mixture must satisfy...

Thermophysical Properties of Natural Refrigerants

Author(s)
Joe W. Magee
Natural refrigerants are candidates to replace halogenated hydrocarbons as working fluids in refrigeration systems. This class of substances is loosely defined...

The Representation of Function in Computer-Based Design

Author(s)
Simon Sykman, Ram D. Sriram, J Racz
This paper proposes a standardized representation of function for use by the research community, industry, and eventually commercial software vendors. This...
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