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Conferences

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF HYDROGEN-ASSISTED FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH IN PIPELINE STEELS

July 31, 2017

Author(s)

Andrew Slifka, Robert L. Amaro, Elizabeth S. Drexler, Devin T. O'Connor, Benjamin E. Long

In this work we further develop a model to predict hydrogen-assisted fatigue crack growth in steel pipelines and pressure vessels. This implementation of the...

Using DITA to Create Security Configuration Checklists

July 31, 2017

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell

Many software tools use security configuration checklists expressed in the Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) to monitor computers...

An Analysis of Vulnerability Trends, 2008 - 2016

July 29, 2017

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Mohammad Raunak, Raghu N. Kacker

This analysis reviews trends within the different vulnerability types and subsidiary weaknesses, with a goal of identifying practices that may have the...

Real-Time Scheduling for Wireless Networks with Random Deadlines

July 26, 2017

Author(s)

Mohamed Hany, Nader Moayeri

The use of wireless communications in industrial environments is motivated by the flexibility that wireless networks provide and their cost-efficient setup and...

Fabrication and Characterization of Humidity Sensors based on CVD Grown MoS2 Thin Film

July 25, 2017

Author(s)

Shiqi Guo, Abbas Arab, Sergiy Krylyuk, Albert Davydov, Mona E. Zaghloul

Recent advances in two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides have demonstrated their potential application in chemical sensors. However, the...

Performance of Composite Beams in Fire: Pre-test Analysis of Full-scale Experiments

July 23, 2017

Author(s)

Joseph Main, Fahim H. Sadek, Jonathan Weigand, Jian Jiang, Lisa Choe, Selvarajah Ramesh, Matthew Hoehler, John L. Gross

This paper presents results from pre-test analysis of a full-scale 42 ft (12.8 m) span composite beam with bolted angle connections, under uniform gravity...

Laser-induced Fluorescence for Detection of Alloying Elements During Laser Welding of Austenitic Stainless Steel

July 21, 2017

Author(s)

Brian J. Simonds, Jeffrey W. Sowards, Paul A. Williams

We demonstrate a sensitivity increase of 104 over optical emission spectroscopy by applying laser-induced fluorescence to detect evaporating alloying elements...

Analysis, Comparison, and Assessment of Latent Fingerprint Preprocessing

July 20, 2017

Author(s)

Haiying Guan, Paul Y. Lee, Curtis L. Lamp, Andrew Dienstfrey, Mary Frances Theofanos, Brian Stanton, Matthew Schwarz

Latent fingerprints obtained from crime scenes are rarely immediately suitable for identification purposes. Instead, most latent fingerprint images must be...

An Overview of Activities at NIST Towards the Proposed ASTM E57 3D Imaging System Point-to-point Distance Standard

July 20, 2017

Author(s)

Prem K. Rachakonda, Bala Muralikrishnan, Meghan Shilling, Daniel S. Sawyer, Geraldine Cheok

Terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) are a class of 3D imaging systems that measure the 3D coordinates of an object in their work volume. They capture the 3D...

Autonomous Relocation Strategies for Cells on Wheels in Public Safety Networks

July 20, 2017

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Ladan Rabieekenari

Lack of network availability or limited access to communication services are among the challenges that public safety officials and first responders could face...

Content dictionary description: select symbols from Chapter 9 of the KLS dataset in the DRMF

July 17, 2017

Author(s)

Howard S. Cohl, Moritz Schubotz

The NIST Digital Repository of Mathematical Formulae (DRMF) uses parallel MathML markup to express mathematical formulae. However currently, the content MathML...

Atom-based RF electric field metrology above 100 GHz

July 16, 2017

Author(s)

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

While atom-based radio-frequency (RF) electric field probes have the potential to improve electric field measurements for a broad range of frequencies (from a...

An HL7 v2 Platform for Standards Development and Testing

July 16, 2017

Author(s)

Sandra I. Martinez, Robert D. Snelick

Development of healthcare data exchange standards has long been problematic, plagued with ambiguous and inconsistent requirement specifications. This situation...

INVESTIGATION OF PORE STRUCTURE AND DEFECTS OF METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

July 14, 2017

Author(s)

Felix Kim, Edward Garboczi, Shawn P. Moylan, John Slotwinski

X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) revealed pore structure and defects of additively manufactured metal parts produced with various processing parameters. A...

VMEXT: A Visualization Tool for Mathematical Expression Trees

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Moritz Schubotz, Howard Cohl, Bela Gipp, Norman Meuschke, Thomas Hepp

Mathematical expressions can be represented as a tree consisting of terminal symbols, such as identifiers or numbers (leaf nodes), and functions or operators...

Maturity models and tools for enabling Smart Manufacturing Systems: comparison and reflections for future developments

July 10, 2017

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Anna D. Carolis, Marco Macchi, Michael P. Brundage, Sergio Terzi

Equivalent Isotropic Response as a Surrogate for Incident Field Strength

July 9, 2017

Author(s)

Dan Kuester, Duncan McGillivray, William F. Young, John M. Ladbury, Ari Feldman, Adam Wunderlich, Sheryl M. Genco

The strength of a radiated field at some location in free space can be described in terms of the equivalent conducted output from an isotropic probe antenna...

Infrared testing of the Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope grism using Computer Generated Holograms

July 9, 2017

Author(s)

Margaret Z. Dominguez, David Content, Qian Gong, Ulf Griesmann, John Hagopian, Catherine Marx, Arthur Whipple

Infrared Computer Generated Holograms (CGHs) were designed, manufactured and used to measure the performance of the grism (grating prism) prototype which...

A Focal Plane Imager with High Dynamic Range to Identify Fabrication Errors in Diffractive Optics

July 8, 2017

Author(s)

Muhammad I. Afzal, Sofia C. Corzo Garcia, Ulf Griesmann

We describe the prototype of a focal plane imager for the characterization of fabrication errors in diffractive optics. We also demonstrate the use of a high...

Sampling Architectures for Ultra-Wideband Signals

July 3, 2017

Author(s)

Howard S. Cohl, Steve Casey

Ultra-wideband (UWB) signal processing is a technology with many features that could develop into advances in communication and information technology. The...

Measurements of Mode I Interlaminar Properties of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers using Digital Image Correlation

July 3, 2017

Author(s)

Matthias J. Merzkirch, Louise A. Ahure Powell, Timothy J. Foecke

Numerical models based on cohesive zones are usually used to model and simulate the mechanical behavior of laminated carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) in...

Prototype Tests of a Miniature Radiation Pressure Sensor

July 2, 2017

Author(s)

Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Paul A. Williams, Nathan A. Tomlin, Ivan Ryger, Michelle S. Stephens, John H. Lehman

Using reflection, radiation pressure (RP) sensors provide a means for in-situ power measurement simply and accurately. The first realization of multi-kW RP...

Uncertainty Assessment of Equations of State with Application to an Organic Rankine Cycle

July 2, 2017

Author(s)

Jerome Frutiger, Ian Bell, O'Connell J. P., Kenneth Kroenlein, Jens Abildskov, Gurkan Sin

Evaluations of equations of state (EoS) with application to process systems should include uncertainty analysis. A generic method is presented for determining...

Silicon Micromachined Capacitive Force Scale: The Way to Improved Radiation Pressure Sensing

July 2, 2017

Author(s)

Ivan Ryger, Paul A. Williams, Nathan A. Tomlin, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Michelle S. Stephens, Matthew T. Spidell, John H. Lehman

Measurement of high optical power using radiation pressure sensing [1] is attractive for its non-absorbing power measurment allowing compact sensor dimensions...

Impact of Varying Vacuum Levels on Self-Heating in Photonic Thermometers

July 1, 2017

Author(s)

Zeeshan Ahmed, Nikolai N. Klimov, James R. Hands, James A. Fedchak

Here we examine the impact of vacuum levels on self-heating in photonic crystal cavity thermometers. Our results suggest that background gas pressure has a...

Towards single atom devices for quantum information and metrology: weak localization in embedded phosphorus delta layers in silicon

June 29, 2017

Author(s)

Joseph A. Hagmann, Xiqiao Wang, Pradeep N. Namboodiri, Jonathan E. Wyrick, Roy E. Murray, Michael D. Stewart, Richard M. Silver, Curt A. Richter

The key building block for devices based on the deterministic placement of dopants in silicon is the formation of phosphorus dopant monolayers and the...

A Cross Benchmark Assessment of A Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Face Recognition

June 29, 2017

Author(s)

P J. Phillips

CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

June 28, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas P. Roth, Yuyin Song, Martin J. Burns, Himanshu Neema, William Emfinger, Janos Sztipanovits

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are smart systems that consist of highly interconnected networks of physical and computational components. The tight integration of...

Improved Attacks for Characteristic-2 Parameters of the Cubic ABC Simple Matrix Encryption Scheme

June 28, 2017

Author(s)

Dustin Moody, Ray A. Perlner, Daniel C. Smith-Tone

In the last few years multivariate public key cryptography has experienced an infusion of new ideas for encryption. Among these new strategies is the ABC Simple...

HMFEv - An Efficient Multivariate Signature Scheme

June 28, 2017

Author(s)

Albrecht R. Petzoldt, Ming-Shing Chen, Jintai Ding, Bo-Yin Yang

Multivariate Cryptography, as one of the main candidates for establishing post-quantum cryptosystems, provides strong, efficient and well-understood digital...

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