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Conferences

Determination of nicotine, NNN, and NNK in a new cigarette tobacco filler Standard Reference Material (SRM 3222) and its smoke

January 1, 2018

Author(s)

Walter B. Wilson, Jeanita Pritchett, Lane C. Sander

The United States has an annual production of approximately 800 million pounds of tobacco with estimated domestic sales of around 260 billion cigarettes/year...

Identification of harmful and potentially harmful contaminants in tobacco smoke produced from low- and high-nicotine cigarette tobacco fillers

January 1, 2018

Author(s)

Walter B. Wilson, Lane C. Sander

Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) all tobacco manufacturers and importers are required to report the levels of harmful and potentially harmful...

The Multi-Robot Large Antenna Positioning System for Over-The-Air Testing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology1

December 31, 2017

Author(s)

David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael S. Allman, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin, Kim Hassett, George McAdams, Quang Ton

To address dynamic testing requirements of new communications systems and RF processes that use non-static beam forming, NIST proposed the Large Antenna...

Cryptography Classes in Bugs Framework (BF): Encryption Bugs (ENC), Verification Bugs (VRF), and Key Management Bugs (KMN)

December 25, 2017

Author(s)

Irena Bojanova, Paul E. Black, Yaacov Yesha

Abstract—Accurate, precise, and unambiguous definitions of software weaknesses (bugs) and clear descriptions of software vulnerabilities are vital for building...

Total Break of the SRP Encryption Scheme

December 23, 2017

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner, Albrecht R. Petzoldt, Daniel C. Smith-Tone

Multivariate Public Key Cryptography (MPKC) is one of the main candidates for secure communication in a post-quantum era. Recently, Yasuda and Sakurai proposed...

A Layered Graphical Model for Mission Attack Impact Analysis

December 21, 2017

Author(s)

Changwei Liu, Anoop Singhal, Duminda Wijesekera

In this paper, we describe a layered graphical model to analyze the mission impacts of attacks for forensic investigation. Our model has three layers: the upper...

THE ROLE OF PERFORMANCE-BASED ENGINEERING IN ACHIEVING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: A FIRST STEP

December 17, 2017

Author(s)

Bruce Ellingwood, Naiyu Wang, James Harris, Therese P. McAllister

The resilience of communities depends on the performance of the built environment and on supporting social, economic and public institutions on which the...

Identifying and Quantifying the Resilience Dividend using Computable General Equilibrium Models: A Methodological Overview

December 14, 2017

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Juan F. Fung, Cheyney M. O'Fallon, David H. Webb, Harvey Cutler

This paper introduces the concept of accounting for the net co-benefits (the resilience dividend) associated with community-level resilience planning. Two...

SHREC'17 Track: Point-Cloud Shape Retrieval of Non-Rigid Toys

December 14, 2017

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil

In this paper, we present the results of the SHREC'17 Track: Point-Cloud Shape Retrieval of Non-Rigid Toys. The aim of this track is to create a fair benchmark...

Numerical study of the initial particle parking structure of cement/geopolymer pastes and dissolution of amorphous silica using real-shape particles

December 12, 2017

Author(s)

Edward Garboczi, Yibing Zuo, Zhiwei Qian, Guang Ye

Many particle-based numerical models have been used to simulate the hydration process of cementitious materials. But most of these models employ regular shape...

Automatic Localization of Casting Defects with Convolutional Neural Networks

December 11, 2017

Author(s)

Ronay Ak, Max Ferguson, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Kincho H. Law

Automatic localization of defects in metal castings is a challenging task, owing to the rare occurrence and variation in appearance of defects. Convolutional...

Estimation of On-line Tool Wear in Turning Processes Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis (RQA)

December 11, 2017

Author(s)

Sagar Kamarthi, Yung-Tsun Lee, Srinivasan Radhakrishnan

This paper exploits the underlying dynamics of a turning process captured in force measurements for online flank wear estimation. We transform the sensor...

A Data-Driven Approach for Improving Sustainability Assessment in Advanced Manufacturing

December 11, 2017

Author(s)

Yunpeng Li, Heng Zhang, Utpal Roy, Yung-Tsun Lee

Sustainability assessment (SA) has been one of the prime contributors to advanced manufacturing analysis, and it traditionally involves life cycle assessment...

Issues in Synthetic Data Generation for Advanced Manufacturing

December 11, 2017

Author(s)

Donald E. Libes, David Lechevalier, Sanjay Jain

Research into advanced manufacturing requires data for analysis. There is limited access to real-world data and a need for more data of varied types and larger...

Incorporating Abstraction Methods into System-Analysis Integration Methodology for Discrete Event Logistics Systems

December 6, 2017

Author(s)

Timothy A. Sprock, Conrad E. Bock

Analysis models, such as discrete event simulation models, are used to support design and operation of discrete event logistics systems (DELS). The time and...

SDR-Based Experiments for LTE-LAA Based Coexistence Systems with Improved Design

December 4, 2017

Author(s)

Yao Ma, Ryan T. Jacobs, Daniel G. Kuester, Jason B. Coder, William F. Young

To enhance spectrum efficiency in next generation heterogeneous wireless systems, it is important to improve shared spectrum usage between unlicensed long-term...

Three Antenna Ranges Based on Articualted Robotic Arms at the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyDescribing Usability for Over-the-Air and Standard Near-Field Measuremnts

December 3, 2017

Author(s)

David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael S. Allman, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin

NIST has developed an antenna range that uses coordinated industrial robotic systems for measuring milli-meter wave (mmWave) antenna patterns and gain. The...

A Layered and Aggregated Queuing Network Simulator for Detection of Abnormalities

December 3, 2017

Author(s)

Junfei Xie, Chenyan He, Yan Wan, Kevin L. Mills, Christopher E. Dabrowski

Driven by the needs to monitor, detect, and prevent catastrophic failures for complex information systems in real-time, we develop in this paper a discrete-time...

Phototransferred thermoluminescence (PTTL) dosimetry using Gorilla® glass from mobile phones

November 30, 2017

Author(s)

Ronaldo Minniti, S Sholom, S W. Mckeever

Samples of Gorilla® glass (Corning®) from several touchscreen mobile phones were prepared and analyzed using phototransferred thermoluminescence (PTTL) in an...

Quantifying Variance Components for Repeated Scattering-Parameter Measurements

November 30, 2017

Author(s)

Amanda Koepke, Jeffrey Jargon

We quantify random uncertainties for scattering-parameters repeatedly measured with a vector network analyzer (VNA), focusing on variations due to multiple...

Composition analysis of CT lung density reference (SRM 2088) using neutron induced Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA)

November 30, 2017

Author(s)

Heather H. Chen-Mayer, Danyal J. Turkoglu, Rick L. Paul, Zachary H. Levine

Sensors for Safe, Collaborative Robots in Smart Manufacturing

November 30, 2017

Author(s)

Jeremy Marvel

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing performance metrics for collaborative robotic systems for smart manufacturing...

Characterization of Transmission Lines with Nonlinear Dielectric Materials

November 28, 2017

Author(s)

Aaron M. Hagerstrom, Christian J. Long, Nathan D. Orloff, James C. Booth, Eric J. Marksz

Nonlinear transmission lines are interesting for two broad reasons: first, they have several direct device applications (i.e. harmonic generation, and phase...

Establishing Traceability for SOLT Calibration Kits*

November 28, 2017

Author(s)

Ronald A. Ginley

Establishing traceability for a measurement is very important so that the results of the measurement can be used in a common framework for comparisons and...

Rydberg Atom Electric-Field Metrology

November 28, 2017

Author(s)

Joshua A. Gordon, Christopher L. Holloway, Matthew T. Simons

We present a technique which shows great promise for realizing an atomic standard measurement of RF fields that is intrinsically calibrated, directly linked to...

Kicking the Tires of the NIST Microwave Uncertainty Framework Part 2*

November 27, 2017

Author(s)

Ronald A. Ginley

Traceability of a measurement requires two parts. An unbroken chain of measurements and uncertainties for each link of the chain. The NIST Microwave Uncertainty...

Towards a Hybrid Human-Computer Scientific Information Extraction Pipeline

November 27, 2017

Author(s)

Roselyne B. Tchoua, Kyle Chard, Debra Audus, Logan T. Ward, Lequieu Joshua, Juan J. de Pablo, Ian Foster

The emerging field of materials informatics has the potential to greatly reduce time-to-market and development costs for new materials. The success of such...

Observation of Triplet Level Crossing in Single Crystal Organic Transistors Using Magnetoconductance

November 26, 2017

Author(s)

Emily G. Bittle, Hyuk-Jae Jang, Qin Zhang, Curt A. Richter, David J. Gundlach

Organic semiconductors provide a unique set of properties that provide for the manufacture of large and flexible LED screens and photovoltaic arrays. In order...

3.5 GHz Waveform Generation for Testing and Development of ESC Detectors

November 17, 2017

Author(s)

Raied M. Caromi, John Mink, Michael R. Souryal

Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) sensors will be used in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) to detect and report the presence of federal...

Modeling the Internet of Things (& People): A Foundational Approach

November 16, 2017

Author(s)

Spencer J. Breiner, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Ram D. Sriram

This talk provides an overview of recent NIST work in the Internet of Things (IoT) domain in the Information Technology Laboratory. We begin with some examples...

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