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Cynthia Brooks, Benjamin Kidder, Michelle Grigas, Daniel Jaffe, Ulf Griesmann, Daniel Wilson, Richard Muller
We have explored a number of lithographic techniques and improvements to produce the resist lines that then define the grating groove edges of silicon immersion
Qian Gong, David Content, Margaret Z. Dominguez, Thomas Emmett, Ulf Griesmann, Jeffrey Kruk, Catherine Marx, Bert Pasquale, Thomas Wallace
The slitless spectrometer plays an important role in the WFIRST mission for the survey of emission-line galaxies. This will be an unprecedented very wide field
Audrey N. Tong, Craig S. Greenberg, Alvin F. Martin, Desire Banse, John M. Howard, G R. Doddington, Danilo B. Romero, Douglas A. Reynolds, Lisa Mason, Tina Kohler, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero, Elliot Singer, Alan McCree, Lisa Mason
In 2015 NIST coordinated the first language recognition evaluation (LRE) that used i-vectors as input, with the goals of attracting researchers outside of the
Characterize three building systems Building envelope, HVAC (heating, ventilating and air-conditioning) and interior surfaces Factors likely to impact the
We simulate the conformational structure of a coarse-grained model of dendrimer molecules in good solvent as a function of generation number G and find that
Shahana S. Khurshid, Steven Emmerich, Andrew K. Persily
The hydroxyl radical (OH) generating capacity of particles has been measured in several outdoor locations, but it remains unquantified in indoor environments
Deogratias Kibira, Guodong Shao, Bjoern J. Johansson
Production planning is a complex problem that is typically decomposed into decisions carried out at different control levels. Production planning methods
Richard A. Rouil, Fernando Cintron, Aziza Ben Mosbah, Samantha Gamboa Quintiliani
In this paper, we provide an overview of the on-going implementation of a 3rd Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) Proximity Services (ProSe) module in ns-3 to
Unsteady RANS (URANS) and Hybrid LES/RANS (specifically IDDES) simulations were conducted to numerically investigate the velocity field around, and pressures
Jian Jiang, Joseph A. Main, Jonathan M. Weigand, Fahim Sadek
This paper presents detailed and reduced-order numerical modeling of heat transfer in composite floor slabs with profiled steel decking. The detailed modeling
Empirical studies have shown that most software interaction faults involve one or two variables interacting, with progressively fewer triggered by three or more
Yi Bao, Yizheng Chen, Matthew Hoehler, Christopher M. Smith, Matthew Bundy, Genda Chen
This paper presents measurements of high temperatures using a Brillouin scattering based fiber optic sensor and large strains using an extrinsic Fabry-Perot
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is an open source CFD code, developed by NIST. It has been widely used in fire engineering for modeling the gas phase environment
Lisa Choe, Selvarajah Ramesh, Chao Zhang, John L. Gross
This paper presents the results from the open flame, localized fire tests conducted on the 6.17-m long, simply supported W16×26 beam specimens. The cross
The applicability of three steel constitutive models was evaluated using finite-element analyses and various member capacity equations. Three different high
An electrical pulse heated Kolsky Bar technique has been developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to understand dynamic properties
Ellen M. Voorhees, Shahzad K. Rajput, Ian M. Soboroff
TREC 2015 introduced the concept of Open Runs in response to the increasing focus on repeatability of information retrieval experiments. An Open Run is a TREC
Thomas P. Purdy, Karen E. Grutter, Kartik Srinivasan, Nikolai Klimov, Zeeshan Ahmed, Jacob Taylor
Thermally-driven motion of a nanomechanical resonator may be employed as an absolute thermometer. We experimentally measure radiation pressure shot noise
Dynamic tensile testing using Kolsky Bar methods are used to assess crashworthiness of new structural materials needed for lightweight automotive design. High
Mark A. Iadicola, Dilip K. Banerjee, Adam A. Creuziger
Multi-axial specimen geometry optimization through finite element analysis requires robust models that incorporate the critical physics of the experiment as
DNA repair proteins may be used as biomarkers in disease etiology and therapy. Thus, the accurate determination of DNA repair protein expression and genotype in
Pawel Jaruga, Guldal Kirkali, Prasad T. Reddy, Alessandro Tona, Bryant C. Nelson, Li Mengxia, David M. Wilson III, Erdem Coskun, M Miral Dizdar
Introduction DNA repair proteins may be used as biomarkers in disease etiology and therapy. Thus, the accurate determination of DNA repair protein expression
Paulina S. Kuo, Thomas Gerrits, Varun B. Verma, Sae Woo Nam, Oliver T. Slattery, Lijun Ma, Xiao Tang
We apply single-photon, fiber-assisted spectroscopy to characterize photon-pair generation with CW pumping. Using this spectrometer, we observe biphoton
We present an on-chip cavity optomechanical transducer platform that combines high measurement bandwidth and very low displacement noise floor with compactness
A combination of optical knife-edge and photoelastic modulation measurement techniques are presented, which are used to measure dynamic displacement and strain
Tasshi Dennis, chanud yasanayake, Tim Gerke, Alex Payne, Lars Eng, brent fisher, Matt Meitl
We built a spectrally programmable super-continuum solar simulator and applied it to the realistic laboratory testing of a multi-junction concentrator solar
We investigate the potential saturation of a silicon solar cell in response to excitation from continuous-wave and ultra-fast pulsed lasers of equivalent
The development of additive manufacturing has allowed for increased flexibility and complexity of designs over formative and subtractive manufacturing. However
Kevin O. Douglass, Zeeshan Ahmed, Douglas A. Olson
We present recent work aimed at creating a standard for the dynamic measurement of pressure. A near-IR laser spectroscopy system is demonstrated for measuring 8
The concept of a virtual factory representation and its use to support data analytics in multiple ways in manufacturing environment are proposed. The proposed