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Conferences

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...

Detecting GNSS Spoofing using a Network of Hardware Oscillators

March 11, 2016

Author(s)

Dhananjay Anand, Tanvir M. Arafin, Gang Qu

In the face of growing concern about spoofing attacks on GNSS transmissions, we propose a scheme to cross validate GNSS based timing against intrinsic...

Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) and Next Generation Access Control (NGAC)

March 11, 2016

Author(s)

David F. Ferraiolo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, David R. Kuhn, Chung Tong Hu

Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) and Next Generation Access Control (NGAC) are very different attribute based access control standards with...

Lambertian nature of tissue phantoms for use as calibrators in near infrared fluorescence imaging

March 9, 2016

Author(s)

Maritoni Litorja, Simon Lorenzo, Banghe Zhu, Eva Sevick Muraca

The use of tissue phantoms as calibrators to transfer SI-referenced scale to an imager offers convenience, compared to other methods of calibration. The tissue...

The 21st Century Library: Building on Customer Relationships

March 8, 2016

Author(s)

Stacy M. Bruss, Kathleen A. Rapp, Vicky Spitalniak

Measurement and accumulation of electric charge on a single dielectric particle trapped in air

March 4, 2016

Author(s)

Thomas W. LeBrun, Haesung Park

Normally occurring charges on small particles provide a means to control the motion of the particles. Using a piezoelectric- based resonator to launch...

Vulnerabilities of "McEliece in the World of Escher"

March 3, 2016

Author(s)

Dustin Moody, Ray A. Perlner

Recently, Gligoroski et al. proposed code-based encryption and signature schemes using list decoding, blockwise triangular private keys, and a nonuniform error...

The Magnetic Transitions and Dynamics in the Multiferroic Lu_0.5Sc_0.5FeO₃

February 26, 2016

Author(s)

Junjie Yang, Chunruo Duan, John R. Copley, Craig Brown, Despina Louca

In spite of its frustrated lattice, the multiferroic Lu 0.5Sc 0.5FeO 3 exhibits two consecutive magnetic transitions at T% N1approximately equal to}175 K and T...

A set-theoretic approach to analyzing timing uncertainty within cyber-physical systems

February 25, 2016

Author(s)

DJ Anand

Clocks are deeply integrated into practically every cyber-physical system either explicitly as provenance for time-triggered actions, or implicitly in cases...

An Optomechanical Accelerometer with a High-Finesse Hemispherical Optical Cavity

February 22, 2016

Author(s)

Yiliang Bao, Felipe Guzman, Arvind Balijepalli, John Lawall, Jacob Taylor, Thomas W. LeBrun, Jason J. Gorman

A new design for an optomechanical accelerometer is presented. The design includes a hemispherical optical cavity that can achieve high finesse and a proof mass...

Cross-Industry Standard Test Method Developments – from Manufacturing to Wearable Robots

February 20, 2016

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Elena R. Messina, Sebti Foufou

Manufacturing robotics are moving towards human-robot collaboration with light duty robots being used side-by-side with workers. Similarly, exoskeletons that...

Measuring laser power as a force: A new paradigm to accurately monitor optical power during laser-based machining operations

February 14, 2016

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams, Brian J. Simonds, Jeffrey W. Sowards, Joshua A. Hadler

In laser manufacturing operations, accurate measurement of laser power is important for product quality, operational repeatability, and process validation...

Optical system design for femtosecond-level synchronization of clocks

February 13, 2016

Author(s)

Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Hugo Bergeron, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Esther Baumann, Michael A. Cermak, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury

Synchronization of optical clocks via optical two-way time-frequency transfer across free-space links can result in time offsets between the two clocks below...

Impact of Monovalent Counter-ions on the Conformation of Flexible Polyelectrolytes Having Different Molecular Architectures

February 10, 2016

Author(s)

Alexandros Chremos, Jack F. Douglas

We explore the condensation of monovalent counter-ions on the molecular conformation of highly charged flexible polyelectrolytes for a range of molecular...

Security Analysis and Key Modification for ZHFE

February 4, 2016

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner, Daniel C. Smith-Tone

ZHFE, designed by Porras et al., is one of the few promising candidates for a multivariate public-key encryption algorithm. In this article we extend and...

Bottom Up Approaches to Improved Polyolefin Measurements

February 4, 2016

Author(s)

Sara Orski, Thomas W. Rosch, Anthony Kotula, Richard J. Sheridan, Frederick R. Phelan Jr., Kalman Migler, Chad R. Snyder, Luis F. Vargas Lara, Jack F. Douglas, Kathryn L. Beers

As a class of materials, polyolefins remain the largest production volume polymer in the world, as well as a highly desirable medium from which to engineer high...

A Regret Matching Strategy Framework for Inter-BAN Interference Mitigation

February 4, 2016

Author(s)

Vladimir Marbukh, Kamran Sayrafian, Martina Barbi, Mehdi Alasti

A Body Area Network (BAN) is a radio standard for wireless connectivity of wearable and implantable sensors located inside or in close proximity to the human...

On the Differential Security of the HFEv^- Signature Primitive

February 4, 2016

Author(s)

Ryann Cartor, Ryan Gipson, Daniel Smith-Tone, Jeremy Vates

Multivariate Public Key Cryptography (MPKC) is one of the most attractive post-quantum options for digital signatures in a wide array of applications. The...

Impact of the Energy Detection Threshold on Performance of the IEEE 802.15.6 CSMA/CA

January 28, 2016

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Martina Barbi, Mehdi Alasti

A Body Area Network (BAN) is a radio interface standard for wireless connectivity of wearable and implantable sensors located inside or in close proximity to...

Kinetic-Based Micro Energy-Harvesting for Wearable Sensors

January 28, 2016

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Dora Budic, Dina Simunic

Wearable sensors are considered to be a key component of cognitive infocommunications systems. These sensors, which are basically enabler of inter-cognitive...

The Performance of an Auxiliary Heat Pump Water Heater Installed in a Dual-Tank System in a Net-Zero Energy Residence

January 27, 2016

Author(s)

Tania Ullah, William M. Healy

In the effort to achieve low-energy operation of residential buildings, advanced water heating technologies are vitally important. This paper explores the year...

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