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Shaun C. Burd, Tomi Leinonen, Jussi-Pekka Penttinen, David T. Allcock, Daniel H. Slichter, Raghavendra Srinivas, Andrew C. Wilson, Micrea Guina, Dietrich G. Leibfried
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Ed Morse, Saeed Heysiattalab, Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.
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Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Bryant C. Nelson, Prasad T. Reddy, M Miral Dizdar, Shareen H. Doak, Neenu Singh
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Sergio Camara, Dhananjay Anand, Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Luiz F. Carmo
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Derek Juba, Walid Keyrouz, Michael V. Mascagni, Mary C. Brady, Michael Mascagni
This paper describes our on-going work to accelerate ZENO, a software tool based on Monte Carlo methods (MCMs), used for computing material properties at the
Two-photon time-resolved photoluminescence has been recently applied to various semiconductor devices to determine carrier lifetime and surface recombination
Nenad Ivezic, Miroslav Ljubicic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Conrad Leiva, Scott Nieman, Zoran Marjanovic
Advances in cloud-enabled service-oriented architectures have caused a resurgence of industry interest in business process catalog as a vehicle for establishing
Sergio Camara, Dhananjay Anand, Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Luiz F. Carmo
Multicast authentication of synchrophasor data is challenging due to the design requirements of Smart Grid monitoring systems such as low security overhead
We developed models for Type N coaxial vector network analyzer (VNA) calibration kits within the NIST Microwave Uncertainty Framework. First, we created
Dylan Williams, Richard Chamberlin, Wei Zhao, Jerome Cheron, Urteaga Miguel
We verify a foundry model for state-of-the-art 250 nm heterojunction bipolar transistors with large-signal measurements. We demonstrate the propagation of
Diogo Ribeiro, Kate Remley, Paul D. Hale, Chih-Ming Wang, Dylan Williams
An integral part of processing a signal from a calibrated, equivalent-time sampling oscilloscope is accurately determining sampling times and then interpolating
Oxygen- and nitrogen-derived reactive species are constantly generated in living organisms by endogenous and exogenous sources. Reactions of reactive species
Edward Garboczi, Isamar Rosa, Michael Lepech, Henning Roedel, David Loftus
This work focuses on a novel class of composites that can be produced extraterrestrially, or in situ, by desiccating a mixture of soil, water, and protein
Bjoern J. Johansson, Mahesh Mani, William Z. Bernstein, Kevin W. Lyons, KC Morris, Laurie Rebouillat, Ilaria Barletta
Efficiency of natural stone production processes in quarries directly affects the economic output and environmental performances, such as production lead times
Walter G. McDonough, Sara Orski, Charles M. Guttman, Kalman Migler, Kathryn L. Beers
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides science, industry, and government with a central source of well-characterized materials
Zachary H. Levine, Karim O. Genc, Stephen M. Luke, Todd Pietiela, Ross T. Cotton, Benjamin Ache, Phillipe G. Young, Marc Horner, Kevin C. Townsand
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Jonathan E. Seppala, Kaitlyn E. Hillgartner, Chelsea S. Davis, Kalman D. Migler
In fused filament fabrication (FFF), a material extrusion additive manufacturing (AM) method, thermoplastic filament is extruded though a rastering nozzle on
Samuel Berweger, Paul T. Blanchard, Rebecca C. Quardokus, Frank W. DelRio, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Pavel Kabos, Sergiy Krylyuk, Albert Davydov
With the ability to measure sample conductivity with nanometer spatial resolution, scanning microwave microscopy (SMM) is a powerful tool to study nanoscale
Hana T. Chmielewski, Roberto Guidotti, Therese P. McAllister, Paolo Gardoni
Water systems (e.g. potable water, wastewater, and storm water systems) are regarded as "lifeline" infrastructure. They play a key role in supporting the
The integration of photonic sensors into microfluidic devices provides opportunities for dynamic measurement of chemical and physical properties of fluids in
Brandon M. Lane, Eric P. Whitenton, Shawn P. Moylan
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Nicos Martys, Chiara F. Ferraris, William L. George
Abstract Measurement and prediction of the flow of suspensions like cement based materials represents a significant challenge for both the experimentalist and
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