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Conferences

An Improved Method Of Modeling Infiltration In Commercial Building Energy Models

June 1, 2016

Author(s)

Lisa C. Ng, Steven J. Emmerich, Andrew K. Persily

Different strategies for improving building envelope thermal performance are being implemented in commercial building design and construction as well as being...

Absolute Identification and Quantification of DNA Repair Proteins: An Emerging Measurement Trend in Nanotoxicology

June 1, 2016

Author(s)

Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Bryant C. Nelson, Prasad T. Reddy, M Miral Dizdar, Shareen H. Doak, Neenu Singh

Oxidatively induced DNA damage is repaired in vivo by various mechanisms involving numerous DNA repair proteins. If not repaired, DNA damage may lead to...

The evolution of the Frequency Standards and Metrology symposium and its physics

June 1, 2016

Author(s)

David J. Wineland

In this paper I recall some of the earlier developments in the physics and measurement of atomic frequency standards and clocks, as revealed in presentations at...

inf-TESLA: Multicast Delayed Authentication For Streaming Sensor Data in Electric Power Systems

June 1, 2016

Author(s)

Sergio Camara, Dhananjay Anand, Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Luiz F. Carmo

Multicast authentication of synchrophasor data is challenging due to the design requirements of electric power monitoring systems such as low security overhead...

Acceleration and Parallelization of ZENO/Walk-on-Spheres

June 1, 2016

Author(s)

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...

TOWARDS BUSINESS PROCESS CATALOG FOR CLOUD-ENABLED SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES

May 31, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Minority-carrier dynamics in semiconductors probed by two-photon microscopy

May 31, 2016

Author(s)

Benoit H. Gaury, Paul M. Haney

Two-photon time-resolved photoluminescence has been recently applied to various semiconductor devices to determine carrier lifetime and surface recombination...

Multicast Delayed Authentication For Streaming Synchrophasor Data in the Smart Grid

May 30, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Comparison of Timebase Interpolation Methods for Traceable, Wideband mm-Wave Communication Signals

May 26, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Verification of a Foundry-Developed Transistor Model with Measurement Uncertainty

May 26, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Developing Models for Type N Coaxial VNA Calibration Kits within the NIST Microwave Uncertainty Framework

May 26, 2016

Author(s)

Jeffrey Jargon, Dylan Williams, Paul D. Hale

We developed models for Type N coaxial vector network analyzer (VNA) calibration kits within the NIST Microwave Uncertainty Framework. First, we created...

DNA Damage and Repair in Cancer

May 26, 2016

Author(s)

M Miral Dizdar

Oxygen- and nitrogen-derived reactive species are constantly generated in living organisms by endogenous and exogenous sources. Reactions of reactive species...

Three-Phase Statistically Equivalent Periodic Unit Cells for Protein-Bound Soils

May 25, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Understanding sustainability data through unit manufacturing process representations: a case study on stone production

May 24, 2016

Author(s)

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...

STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR THE POLYMERS INDUSTRY

May 24, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown in high quality SiC MOS capacitors

May 23, 2016

Author(s)

Zakariae Chbili, Kin Cheung, Jason Campbell, Jaafar Chbili, Mhamed Lahbabi, D. E. Ioannou, Kevin Matocha

Towards Estimating the Uncertainty Associated with 3D Geometry Reconstructions from Medical Image Data

May 23, 2016

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, Karim O. Genc, Stephen M. Luke, Todd Pietiela, Ross T. Cotton, Benjamin Ache, Phillipe G. Young, Marc Horner, Kevin C. Townsand

3D image based modeling for visualization, physics-based simulation or additive manufacturing, is becoming more common within R&D labs in academia, government...

Thermography and Weld Strength Characterization of Thermoplastic Extrusion 3D Printing

May 23, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Near-field microwave microscopy of one-dimensional nanostructures

May 23, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Response of water systems under extreme events: a comprehensive approach to modeling water system resilience

May 22, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Optofluidic Temperature and Pressure Measurements with Fiber Bragg Gratings Embedded in Microfluidic Devices

May 21, 2016

Author(s)

Gregory A. Cooksey, Zeeshan Ahmed

The integration of photonic sensors into microfluidic devices provides opportunities for dynamic measurement of chemical and physical properties of fluids in...

Towards Annotations and Product Definitions for Additive Manufacturing

May 20, 2016

Author(s)

Paul W. Witherell, Gaurav Ameta, Jennifer Herron

As AM is viewed more and more as a production-capable technology, the costs of complexity have become increasingly apparent in the form of information...

Multiple Sensor Detection of Process Phenomena in Laser Powder Bed Fusion

May 20, 2016

Author(s)

Brandon M. Lane, Eric P. Whitenton, Shawn P. Moylan

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an additive manufacturing (AM) process in which a high power laser melts metal powder layers into complex, three-dimensional...

Theory and algorithm for planar datum establishment using constrained total least-squares

May 19, 2016

Author(s)

Craig M. Shakarji, Vijay Srinivasan

First, we present an efficient algorithm for establishing planar datums that is based on a constrained minimization search based on the L2 norm after forming a...

Inductive Micro-Flash Desorption for a Molecular-Level Understanding of Fuel Lubricity

May 19, 2016

Author(s)

Kimberly N. Urness, Thomas J. Bruno

Liquid fuels aboard high-performance aircraft currently fulfill the role of both the propellant and the heat sink for regenerative cooling. The fuels themselves...

Modeling of Suspension Flow in a Pipe Geometry and Rheometers

May 18, 2016

Author(s)

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...

Hardware Security to Mitigate Threats to Networked More-Than-Moore Sensors

May 18, 2016

Author(s)

Yaw S. Obeng

Networked sensors (a. k. a., Internet of Things (IoT)) represents a new era in the evolution of telecommunications made possible by the reduced cost of...

The New SURF Beamline 3

May 18, 2016

Author(s)

Robert E. Vest

A new beamline is being commissioned at the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF III) on the Gaithersburg, MD campus of the National Institute of...

Testing of Cementitious Materials Using a Dynamic MEMS Micro Rheometer

May 17, 2016

Author(s)

Yong Sik Kim, Nicholas G. Dagalakis, Chiara C. Ferraris, Nicos Martys

Incompatibility of cementitious materials with admixtures often requires time consuming testing. Usually, several mixtures need to be prepared either using...

Antenna Metrology 100-500 GHz: A New Approach

May 16, 2016

Author(s)

Perry F. Wilson, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

A typical near-field scanning range for antenna measurements is based on simple translation stages (planar) or stacked rotators (spherical), or both...

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