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Darine El Haddad, Leon S. Chao, Frank C. Seifert, David B. Newell, Jon R. Pratt, Stephan Schlamminger
In the past four years, we have constructed a new watt balance at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with the goal to realize the unit
Dean G. Jarrett, Randolph Elmquist, Marlin E. Kraft, George R. Jones Jr., Shamith Payagala, Frank Seifert, Stephan Schlamminger, Darine El Haddad
Scaling from the quantum Hall resistance to 100 Ω standard resistors used by the NIST-4 Watt Balance involves multiple resistance standards and bridges to
Dean G. Jarrett, Shamith Payagala, Marlin E. Kraft, Kwang Min Yu
A third generation of adapted Wheatstone bridge is being developed at NIST to improve high resistance measurements and scaling from 1 TΩ to 10 PΩ. Improvements
In Costa Rica, the Laboratorio Metrológico de Variables Eléctricas (LMVE) at the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) develops and improves measurement
Patrick Egan, Jack A. Stone Jr., Jacob Edmond Ricker, Jay H. Hendricks
We have developed a new low pressure sensor which is based on the measurement of (nitrogen) gas refractivity inside a Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity. We compare
Alessio Pollarolo, Horst Rogalla, Anna Fox, Kevin J. Coakley, Weston L. Tew, Samuel P. Benz
SPECTRAL ABERRATION HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME THE MAIN SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE JOHNSON NOISE THERMOMETRY APPROACH TO MEASURING THE BOLTZMANN CONSTANT
Frederic Overney, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Blaise Jeanneret, Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Jason Underwood, Andrew D. Koffman, Samuel P. Benz
This paper describes a Josephson-based impedance bridge capable of comparing any types of impedance over a large bandwidth. The heart of the bridge is a dual AC
Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Paul Dresselhaus, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel P. Benz, Bryan C. Waltrip, Thomas L. Nelson
We have recently demonstrated new 2 V PJVS devices configured with two voltage outputs and two sets of least significant bits in order to simultaneously
Over the past three decades, the quantum behavior of Josephson junctions has been exploited to improve the accuracy of dc voltage measurements by five orders of
Alain Rufenacht, Yi-hua D. Tang, Paul Dresselhaus, Charles J. Burroughs, Robert E. Schwall, Samuel P. Benz
We have performed direct dc comparisons between two cryocooled 10 V programmable Josephson voltage standards utilizing an automated synchronization scheme for
Xiaohai Cui, Yu S. Meng, Rolf Judaschke, Juergen Ruehaak, Thomas P. Crowley, Ronald A. Ginley
This paper reports preliminary measurement results of an informal international power comparison in WR15 (50 GHz to 75 GHz) waveguide among NIST, NIM, PTB and
Wildfires that spread into communities, referred to as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires, have destroyed communities throughout the world. Large outdoor
Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires have become a problem of great concern worldwide. Japan is located in one of the most earthquake prone areas of the world
Guodong Shao, Peter O. Denno, Albert T. Jones, Yan Lu
Integrating advanced process control solutions with optimization (APC-O) solutions, within any factory, enables more efficient production processes. Currently
Michael Paul Majurski, Joe Chalfoun, Steven Lund, Peter Bajcsy, Mary C. Brady
Motivation Image features are computed in cell biology to derive quantitative information regarding cell state, differentiation, biological activity, and cell
Felix H. Kim, Herminso Villarraga-Gomez, Shawn P. Moylan
Advances in metal additive manufacturing (AM) have made it possible to build parts with complex geometry. Metal AM has a high potential to impact various
Curve registration problems in data analysis and com- puter vision can often be reduced to the problem of match- ing two functions defined on an interval
Minh-Son Pham, Anthony D. Rollett, Adam Abel Creuziger, Mark Iadicola, Timothy J. Foecke
Crystal plasticity constitutive equations for the multi-axial stress-strain behavior of aluminum alloy 5754 sheets have been developed. A Taylor model, a self
Additive manufacturing (AM) allows for highly complex designs that cannot be achieved through subtractive or formative manufacturing techniques. A limiting
Shawn P. Ruemler, Kyle E. Zimmerman, Nathan W. Hartman, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney
The manufacturing industry is evolving and starting to use 3D models as the central knowledge artifact for product data and product definition, or what is known
Asa Trainer, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney, Kevin Fischer, Phil Rosche
Information technology advances such as big data, service-oriented architectures, and networking have triggered a digital revolution that holds promise of
Roselyne B. Tchoua, Kyle Chard, Debra Audus, Jian Qin, Juan J. de Pablo, Ian Foster
A wealth of valuable data is locked within the millions of research articles published each year. Reading and extracting pertinent information from those
This paper investigates the measurement of machine performance errors associated with the powder bed geometry of a commercially available laser additive
John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Sid Venkatesh, Sidney Ly, Martin Manning
In order to maximize assets, manufacturers should use real-time knowledge garnered from ongoing and continuous collection and evaluation of factory-floor
Justin L. Milner, Thomas H. Gnaeupel-Herold, Jamie D. Skovron
With an increase in fuel economy standards and the need for reducing emissions set for the automotive sector, has increased the demand for lightweight vehicles
Jeanne Quimby, Alexandra Curtin, David R. Novotny, Chih-Ming Wang, Rick Candell
Uncertainties in the linear regression fit of Path Loss are derived from variability in position. These uncertainties are used to determine the required
The development of digital technologies for manufacturing has been challenged by the difficulty of navigating the breadth of new technologies available to