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Conferences

Designing new structures in epitaxial graphene on SiC: transport and quantum effects

May 13, 2019

Author(s)

Randolph Elmquist, Hanbyul Jin, Mattias Kruskopf, Martina Marzano, Dinesh K. Patel, Alireza Panna, Albert Rigosi

When epitaxial graphene (EG) grows on hexagonal SiC(0001), chemical doping is produced by bonds at the epitaxial interface, or buffer layer. Robust quantum Hall...

Design and performance study of actively holding-off GHz-gated InGaAs/InP SPADs

May 13, 2019

Author(s)

Alessandro Restelli, Joshua C. Bienfang, Alan L. Migdall

High-speed periodic gating of InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) has allowed these detectors to operate at count rates above $10^8$ per second...

A Testbed for Quantum Communication and Quantum Networks

May 13, 2019

Author(s)

Lijun Ma, Abdella Battou, Xiao Tang, Oliver T. Slattery

The development of Quantum Networks is underway with significant acceleration in in recent years. Meanwhile. quantum scale devices and components such as single...

Math programming to facilitate exploration of decision alternatives for community resilience planning

May 12, 2019

Author(s)

Kenneth Harrison

In the development of models to support community resilience planning, the scale and interdependencies of the system and the complexities of the planning...

Atom Probe Tomography with Extreme-Ultraviolet Light

May 10, 2019

Author(s)

Luis Miaja Avila, Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Paul T. Blanchard, Norman A. Sanford, David R. Diercks, Brian Gorman

Towards a source of entangled photon pairs in gallium phosphide

May 9, 2019

Author(s)

Paulina S. Kuo, Peter G. Schunemann, Mackenzie Van Camp, Varun B. Verma, Thomas Gerrits, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin

We investigate parametric down-conversion in orientation-patterned GaP. Pumped at 865 nm, the signal and idler are at 1350 nm and 2400 nm, respectively.

Towards Standard Exoskeleton Test Methods for Load Handling

May 9, 2019

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Ann Virts, Soocheol Yoon, Mili Shah

Exoskeletons are now being marketed by several manufacturers and yet there are currently no standard test methods to compare exoskeletons to task. The National...

Resonant acoustic nonlinearity and loss in additively manufactured stainless steel

May 8, 2019

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Justin G. Whiting, Felix H. Kim, Paul R. Heyliger, Nikolas W. Hrabe

Resonant acoustic nonlinearity and loss in additively manufactured stainless steel were measured with the aim of assessing the potential of such measurements...

Generating polarization-entangled photon pairs in domain-engineered PPLN

May 7, 2019

Author(s)

Paulina S. Kuo, Varun B. Verma, Thomas Gerrits, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin

Using a periodically poled LiNbO3 crystal that is domain-engineered for two simultaneous type-II down-conversion processes, we demonstrated polarization...

IEEE 1451 Smart Sensor Digital Twin Federation for IoT/CPS Research

May 6, 2019

Author(s)

Yuyin Song, Martin J. Burns, Abhinav Pandey, Thomas P. Roth

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are smart systems that include engineered, interacting networks of physical and cyber components. The Institute of Electrical and...

Incorporating unit manufacturing process models into life cycle assessment workflows

May 5, 2019

Author(s)

William Z. Bernstein, Cesar D. Tamayo, David Lechevalier, Michael Brundage

Life cycle assessment (LCA) carries significant uncertainties and imprecision due to a number of factors, including the framework's linearity assumptions and...

The Impact of Bromine- and Phosphorous-Based Flame Retardants on Flame Stability and Heat Feedback from Laminar Wall Flames

May 4, 2019

Author(s)

Isaac T. Leventon, Stanislav I. Stoliarov, Roland H. Kraemer

To develop new, efficient flame retardants, it is critical to understand the exact mechanisms by which they inhibit flaming combustion. Our research group has...

Environmental Friendly Flame Resistant Coatings for Soft Furnishing

May 1, 2019

Author(s)

Yeon S. Kim, Yu-Chin Li, John R. Shields, Rick D. Davis

Pending flammability regulations and scrutinizing of the environment and health consequences of fire retardants is creating opportunities for novel and greener...

X-ray computed tomography instrument performance evaluation: Detecting geometry errors using a calibrated artifact

April 30, 2019

Author(s)

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Katharine M. Shilling, Steven D. Phillips, Wei Ren, Vincent D. Lee, Felix H. Kim, Gabriel Alberts, Valentina Aloisi

X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is uniquely suitable for non-destructive dimensional metrology of delicate or internal features generated from the additive...

Large-Signal-Network-Analyzer Phase Calibration on an Arbitrary Grid

April 30, 2019

Author(s)

Aric Sanders, Dylan Williams, Joshua Kast, Kate Remley, Rob Horansky

We have developed a method for improving the synchronization of large-signal network analyzers and transferring "cross-frequency" phase calibrations from a...

Long-Slotted Plate Connections for Enhancing the Robustness of Steel Gravity Systems against Column Loss: Preliminary Results

April 27, 2019

Author(s)

Jonathan M. Weigand, Travis E. Thonstad, Andrew Seamone

Steel gravity frames are commonly used in United States building construction practice, but they are potentially vulnerable to disproportionate collapse under...

Measuring Combinatorial Coverage at Adobe

April 22, 2019

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn, Riley Smith

Adobe offers an analytics product as part of the Marketing Cloud software with which customers can track many details about users across various digital...

An Approach to T-way Test Sequence Generation With Constraints

April 22, 2019

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn

In this paper we address the problem of constraint handling in t-way test sequence generation. We develop a notation for specifying sequencing constraints and...

Using Parameter Mapping to Avoid Forbidden Tuples in a Covering Array

April 22, 2019

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn, Yu Lei

This paper addresses an optimization problem that occurs when we try to remove from a covering array (CA) the rows that do not satisfy a given set of...

Applying Combinatorial Testing to Large-scale Data Processing at Adobe

April 22, 2019

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn, Riley Smith

Adobe offers an analytics product as part of the Marketing Cloud software with which customers can track many details about users across various digital...

Web-Based Calculator for ASTM-E2677 Limits Of Detection

April 15, 2019

Author(s)

Nathanael Heckert, R Verkouteren, Keith E. Kwiatek

ASTM-E2677 is a relatively new standard (approved 2014) for the limits of detection (LOD) in explosive trace detectors (ETD). A unique feature of this standard...

Sources of Errors in Structured Light 3D Scanners

April 15, 2019

Author(s)

Prem K. Rachakonda, Bala Muralikrishnan, Daniel S. Sawyer

Structured light (SL) scanners have been commercially available for over a decade and some commercial scanners are evaluated using one of two German guidelines...

A Practical Approach to Placing Coastal Sensors for Spectrum Sharing in the 3.5 GHz Band

April 15, 2019

Author(s)

Anirudha Sahoo, Thao Nguyen, Timothy Hall

Incumbent Navy shipborne radar operating in the 3.5 GHz band requires an Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) system, consisting of sensors deployed along the...

Principles for Designed-In Security and Privacy for Smart Cities

April 15, 2019

Author(s)

Corey Dickens, Paul A. Boynton, Sokwoo Rhee

This paper presents the design and implementation of a process for an exploratory study that identifies a set of principles for designed-in security and privacy...

Optimal Dynamic Spectrum Access Scheme for Utilizing White Space in LTE Systems

April 15, 2019

Author(s)

Anirudha Sahoo, Timothy Hall, Robert C. Hagwood

In this study, we design and implement an algorithm for optimal dynamic spectrum access (DSA) in a shared spectrum system where the primary user (PU) is a Long...

Analytical Modeling of White Space Utilization for a Dynamic Spectrum Access System

April 15, 2019

Author(s)

Robert Hagwood, Anirudha Sahoo, Timothy Hall

Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) promises to be a shared spectrum technology that can alleviate the artificial spectrum crunch created by the static allocation of...

Indoor Localization Accuracy of Major Smartphone Location Apps

April 14, 2019

Author(s)

Nader Moayeri, Chang Li, Lu Shi

NIST carried out comprehensive testing in five large buildings to evaluate the accuracy of Fused Location Provider (FLP) Application Programming Interface (API)...

A New Perspective on an Old Problem: Scattering by a Perfect Electric Conductor

April 14, 2019

Author(s)

Alexey J. Yuffa, Johannes Markkanen, Qiang Sun, Evert Klaseboer, Derek Y. Chan

We explore several different singular surface integral equation formulations. These formulations are specifically designed for time-harmonic scattering by a...

Towards an Automated Unified Framework to Run Applications for Combinatorial Interaction Testing

April 14, 2019

Author(s)

Bestoun Ahmed, Amador Pahim, Cleber Rosa, D. Richard Kuhn, Miroslav Bures

Combinatorial interaction testing (CIT) is a well-known technique, but industrial experience is needed to determine its effectiveness in different application...

Optimal Cache Allocation under Network-Wide Capacity Constraint

April 11, 2019

Author(s)

Van Sy Mai, Stratis Ioannidis, Davide Pesavento, Lotfi Benmohamed

Network cache allocation and management are important aspects of an Information-Centric Network (ICN) design, such as one based on Named Data Networking (NDN)...

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