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Conferences

Formaldehyde Concentrations in a Net-Zero Energy House: Real-time Monitoring and Simulation

April 19, 2016

Author(s)

Dustin Poppendieck, Shahana S. Khurshid, William Stuart Dols, Lisa Ng, Brian Polidoro, Steven Emmerich

Measured real-time formaldehyde concentrations in a net-zero energy house were compared to simulated concentrations from a recently-developed, coupled building

Measuring Flame Retardant Emissions from Spray Polyurethane Foam in a Home

April 19, 2016

Author(s)

Dustin Poppendieck, Angelica Connor

The use of spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation in the United States is increasing. The primary flame retardant used in SPF, Tris (1-chloro-2-propyl)

Characterizing Uncertainty of a Formaldehyde Reference Standard

April 18, 2016

Author(s)

Dustin Poppendieck

High performance buildings need to be energy efficient and provide adequate ventilation for indoor air quality, which can be made easier with low emitting

Device-Level Jitter as a Probe of Ultrafast Traps in High-k MOSFETs

April 16, 2016

Author(s)

Dmitry Veksler, Jason Campbell, Kin Cheung, J. Zhong, H. Zhu, C. Zhao

A methodology for evaluation of ultra-fast interfacial traps, using jitter measurements as a probe, is developed. This methodology is applied to study the

New Component-Based Model for Single-Plate Shear Connections with Pre-tension

April 15, 2016

Author(s)

Jonathan M. Weigand

Although simple shear connections are typically idealized as perfectly pinned, the actual resistance of the gravity framing system to flexural and axial loads

Catalyzing the Internet of Things and Smart Cities: Global City Teams Challenge.

April 11, 2016

Author(s)

Sokwoo Rhee

Many smart city and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are suffering from fragmentation and lack of economies of scale. To address this issue, the National

Kinetics of Photodegradation and Nanoparticle Surface Accumulation of a Nanosilica/Epoxy Coating Exposed to UV Light

April 11, 2016

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Justin Gorham, Deborah Jacobs, Savelas A. Rabb, Lee L. Yu, Tinh Nguyen

Temperature effect on the kinetics of photodegradation, surface accumulation of nanoparticles, and nanoparticle release in an epoxy nanocoating exposed to

Comparison of Consensus Value Methods Used to Compile On-Axis Gain Measurement Results

April 9, 2016

Author(s)

Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

This paper compares methods for computing consensus values of data sets. Three methods are used to analyze multiple data sets. The data sets are, on-axis gain

Multi-purpose Configurable Range for Antenna Testing Up To 220 GHz*

April 9, 2016

Author(s)

David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Josh Gordon, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin

NIST has developed a multi-purpose test range for performing several types of antenna testing including spherical, cylindrical and planar near-field scanning as

Enabling Quantitative Optical Imaging for In-die-capable Critical Dimension Targets

April 4, 2016

Author(s)

Bryan M. Barnes, Mark Alexander Henn, Martin Y. Sohn, Hui Zhou, Richard M. Silver

Dimensional scaling trends will eventually bring the semiconductor critical dimensions (CDs) down to only a few atoms in width. New optical techniques are

Inhibitors of DNA glycosylases as potential therapeutic drugs in cancer

April 4, 2016

Author(s)

M Miral Dizdar, Aaron C. Jacobs, Nathan Donley, Ajit Jadhav, Dorjbal Dorjsuren, David Maloney, Anton Simeonov, Pawel Jaruga, Erdem Coskun, Amanda K. McCullough, R. S. Lloyd

Ionizing radiation and most chemotherapeutic agents kill tumor cells by damaging DNA. The efficacy of DNA-damaging agents may be influenced by increased DNA

Extended Source Interferometry in the Compact Regime

April 4, 2016

Author(s)

Bruno M. Pelle, Gregory W. Hoth, Stefan Riedl, John E. Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley

We present an atom interferometer based on an expanding cloud of laser-cooled atoms sensitive to rotations along two axes and acceleration along one axis in an

A Study on Reducing the Diurnal in the Europe-to-Europe TWSTFT Links.

April 4, 2016

Author(s)

Victor S. Zhang, Thomas E. Parker, Shengkang Zhang

Most of the Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT or TW) links exhibit a daily variation (diurnal) on the order of 1 ns in the differences. The

MIMO-OFDM Transmissions Invoking Space-Time/Frequency Linear Dispersion Codes Subject to Doppler and Delay Spreads

April 4, 2016

Author(s)

Jiayi Zhang, Hamid Gharavi, Bin Hu

Linear dispersion codes (LDC) can support arbitrary configurations of transmit and receive antennas in multiinput multi-output (MIMO) systems. In this paper, we

Cross-spectral Collapse from Anti-correlated Thermal Noise in Power Splitters

April 4, 2016

Author(s)

Craig Nelson, Archita Hati, David A. Howe

We discuss the cross-spectral collapse due to anti-correlated thermal noise that originates from the common-mode power divider (splitter) in a cross-spectrum

The 2015 TWSTFT calibration for UTC and related time links

April 4, 2016

Author(s)

Zhiheng Jiang, Dirk Piester, Christian Schlunegger, Erik Dierks, Javier Galindo, Demetrios Matsakis, Victor S. Zhang

Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT or TW) is one of the primary time transfer techniques for UTC generation. Although it has expensive

Cyber-Physical Systems: A Framework for Dynamic Traffic Light Control at Road Intersections

April 2, 2016

Author(s)

Ossama M. Younis, Nader Moayeri

Traffic control at road intersections is based on traffic lights. The control mechanism typically used for traffic lights operates based on a periodic schedule

The Need for Realism when Simulating Network Congestion

April 2, 2016

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, Christopher E. Dabrowski

Many researchers use simulation to investigate network congestion, often finding congestion spread can be modeled as percolation, spreading slowly under

SOLID-STATE LIGHTING MEASUREMENT ASSURANCE PROGRAM SUMMARY WITH ANALYSIS OF METADATA

March 31, 2016

Author(s)

Carl C. Miller, Yoshihiro Ohno, Maria E. Nadal, Benjamin K. Tsai, Yuqin Zong

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began to offer proficiency testing for Solid-State Lighting (SSL) products through a Measurement

Vision experiment ii on white light chromaticity for lighting

March 30, 2016

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Ohno, Semin Oh

In response to a published discussion (Wei & Houser, 2015) on the 2013 NIST experiment on white light chromaticity for lighting (Ohno & Fein, 2013), the second

Optimizing noise for defect analysis with through-focus scanning optical microscopy

March 25, 2016

Author(s)

Ravikiran Attota, John A. Kramar

Virtual rough samples to test 3D nanometer-scale SEM stereo photogrammetry

March 22, 2016

Author(s)

John S. Villarrubia, Vipin N. Tondare, Andras Vladar

The combination of SEM for high spatial resolution, images from multiple angles to provide 3D information, and commercially available stereo photogrammetry

A domain-specific language for model composition and verification of multidisciplinary models

March 22, 2016

Author(s)

Peter O. Denno, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Amogh Kulkarni, Daniel Balasubramanian, Gabor Karsai

Complex, engineered products and manufacturing processes often necessitate integrated analysis that cuts across physical domains and engineering disciplines

A domain-specific language for model composition and verification of multidisciplinary models

March 21, 2016

Author(s)

Peter O. Denno, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Amogh Kulkarni, Daniel Balasubramanian, Gabor Karsai

Complex, engineered products and manufacturing processes often necessitate integrated analysis that cuts across physical domains and engineering disciplines

Analysis of Virtual Networking Options for Securing Virtual Machines

March 20, 2016

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Virtual Machines (VMs) constitute the primary category of resources to be protected in virtualized infrastructures. Out of the two types of protection for VMs -

SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF DNA GLYCOSYLASES AS POTENTIAL DRUGS IN CHEMO- AND RADIOTHERAPIES

March 19, 2016

Author(s)

M Miral Dizdar, Aaron C. Jacobs, Nathan Donley, Marcus J. Calkins, Ajit Jadhav, Dorjbal Dorjsuren, David Maloney, Anton Simeonov, Amanda K. McCullough, R S. Lloyd, Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga

Introduction: Ionizing radiation and most chemotherapeutic agents kill tumor cells by damag-ing DNA. The efficacy of DNA-damaging agents may be influenced by

Laser Welding of Dual-Phase Galvanized Sheet Steel

March 18, 2016

Author(s)

Stephanie L. Miller, Erik A. Pfeif, Andrei F. Kazakov, Esther Baumann, Marla L. Dowell

Laser welding has many advantages over traditional joining methods, but remains underutilized. NIST has undertaken an initiative to improve predictions of

Characterization of type-II spontaneous parametric down-conversion in domain-engineered PPLN

March 15, 2016

Author(s)

Paulina S. Kuo, Thomas Gerrits, Varun B. Verma, Sae Woo Nam, Oliver T. Slattery, Lijun Ma, Xiao Tang

Dual-beam laser thermal processing of silicon photovoltaic materials

March 14, 2016

Author(s)

Brian J. Simonds, Anthony Teal, Tian Zhang, Joshua A. Hadler, Zibo Zhou, Sergey Varlamov, Ivan Perez-Wurfl

Laser processing for photovoltaics (PV) has traditionally been used for very small dimension features where focused beams are rastered to create lines for edge

Hypothetical Accident Analyses of the Proposed Split Core at NIST using ANL-Paret Code

March 13, 2016

Author(s)

Zeyun NMN Wu, Robert E. Williams, J. Michael Rowe

Preliminary design basis accident analyses have been performed on the proposed split core to examine the thermal-hydraulics (T/H) safety characteristics of the

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