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Conferences

Automated uncertainty quantification analysis using system model and data

October 29, 2015

Author(s)

Saideep Nannapaneni, Sankaran Mahadevan, David Lechevalier, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Sudarsan Rachuri

Understanding the sources of, and quantifying the magnitude of, uncertainty can improve decision-making and, thereby, make manufacturing systems more efficient...

A "Smart Component" Data Model in PLM

October 28, 2015

Author(s)

Yunpeng Li, Utpal Roy, Seungjun Shin, Yung-Tsun Lee

Today's physical products are becoming smarter not only because of their increasingly complex functionalities, but also for their superior capabilities of...

SIMULTANEOUS DIELECTROPHORETIC TRAPPING OF CELL ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A PERMEABLE MEMBRANE

October 25, 2015

Author(s)

Brian J. Nablo, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez

Molecular transport through permeable membranes offers a unique opportunity to investigate cellular responses to nutrients, drugs, or toxins delivered to the...

Measurement Science for Prognostics and Health Management for Smart Manufacturing Systems: Key Findings from a Roadmapping Workshop

October 23, 2015

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Gregory W. Vogl, Moneer Helu, Guixiu Qiao, Joan Pellegrino, Mauricio Justiniano, Anand Raghunathan

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Roadmapping Workshop - Measurement Science for Prognostics and Health Management for Smart...

A Sensor-Based Method for Diagnostics of Machine Tool Linear Axes

October 23, 2015

Author(s)

Gregory W. Vogl, Brian A. Weiss, Alkan Donmez

A linear axis is a vital subsystem of machine tools, which are vital systems within many manufacturing operations. When installed and operating within a...

System Interdependency Modeling in the Design of Prognostic and Health Management Systems in Smart Manufacturing

October 23, 2015

Author(s)

M Malinowski, Peter A. Beling, Amy LaViers, Jeremy Marvel, Brian A. Weiss

The development of risk analysis, and prognostics and health management (PHM) have developed in a largely independent fashion. However, both fields share a...

Adaptive Multi-scale PHM for Robotic Assembly Processes

October 23, 2015

Author(s)

Benjamin Y. Choo, Peter A. Beling, Amy LaViers, Jeremy Marvel, Brian A. Weiss

Adaptive multi-scale prognostics and health management (AM-PHM) is a methodology designed to support PHM in smart manufacturing systems. AM-PHM is characterized...

Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) Based Monitoring of Smart Manufacturing Systems

October 23, 2015

Author(s)

Gerald Heddy, Umer Huzaifa, Peter A. Beling, Yacov Haimes, Jeremy Marvel, Brian A. Weiss, Amy LaViers

The vision of Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) includes collaborative robots that can adapt to a range of scenarios. This vision requires a classification of...

Development of Standard Test Methods for Evaluation of ROV/AUV Performance for Emergency Response Applications

October 21, 2015

Author(s)

Adam S. Jacoff, Kamel Saidi, Robert Von Loewenfeldt, Yukio Koibuchi

The present paper discusses the NIST and DHS efforts to develop standard test methods for aquatic response robots. Different ROVs and AUVs were used to evaluate...

Lateral Tip Control Effects in CD-AFM Metrology: The Large Tip Limit

October 21, 2015

Author(s)

Ronald G. Dixson, Ryan Goldband, Ndubuisi G. Orji

Critical dimension atomic force microscopes (CD-AFMs) use flared tips and two-dimensional sensing and control of the tip-sample interaction to enable scanning...

The NIST IAD Data Science Research Program

October 19, 2015

Author(s)

Bonnie J. Dorr, Peter C. Fontana, Craig S. Greenberg, Mark A. Przybocki, Marion Le Bras, Cathryn A. Ploehn, Oleg Aulov, Martial Michel, Edmond J. Golden III, Wo L. Chang

We examine foundational issues in data science including current challenges, basic research questions, and expected advances, as the basis for a new Data...

Optical-to-RF Frequency Synthesis: Application Priorities for Ultra-low Phase Noise

October 18, 2015

Author(s)

David A. Howe, Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Lora L. Nugent-Glandorf

We describe operational challenges and progress of optical frequency-comb dividers (OFDs) that synthesize RF signals from the optical domain. Our priorities...

A virtual milling machine model to generate machine-monitoring data for predictive analytics

October 18, 2015

Author(s)

David Lechevalier, Seungjun Shin, Jungyub Woo, Sudarsan Rachuri, Sebti Foufou

Real data from manufacturing processes are essential to create useful insights for decision-making. However, acquiring real manufacturing data can be expensive...

NIST on a Chip: Realizing SI units with microfabricated alkali vapour cells

October 16, 2015

Author(s)

John E. Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley, Svenja A. Knappe, Matthew T. Hummon, Argyrios Dellis, Jeffrey A. Sherman, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Qiliang Li, Daron A. Westly, Brian J. Roxworthy, Amit Lal

We describe several ways in which microfabricated alkali atom vapour cells might potentially be used to accurately realize a variety of SI units, including the...

A Single-Pixel Touchless Laser Tracker Probe

October 15, 2015

Author(s)

Josh Gordon, David R. Novotny, Alexandra Curtin

We have developed a laser tracker probe, the Pixel Probe, that does not require physically contacting the object one is measuring and which has 3D spatial...

Software-defined Radio Based Measurement Platform for Wireless Networks

October 15, 2015

Author(s)

I-Chun Chao, Kang B. Lee, Rick Candell, Frederick M. Proctor, Chien-Chung Shen

There has been a dramatic push to adopting wireless networking technologies and protocols (such as 802.11, ZigBee, WirelessHART, Bluetooth, ISA100.11a, etc.)...

Confidence Estimation in Stem Cell Classification

October 15, 2015

Author(s)

Peter Bajcsy, Jana Kosecka, Zahra Rajabi

We study the problem of supervised classification of stem cell colonies and confidence estimation of the attained classification labels. The problem is...

Shape Descriptors Comparison for Cell Tracking

October 15, 2015

Author(s)

Michael P. Majurski, Christopher Zheng, Joe Chalfoun, Alden A. Dima, Mary C. Brady

New microscope technologies are enabling the acquisition of large volumes of live cell image data. Accurate temporal object tracking is required to facilitate...

Poster:A Logic Based Network Forensics Model for Evidence Analysis

October 15, 2015

Author(s)

Anoop Singhal, Changwei Liu, Duminda Wijesekera

Modern-day attackers tend to use sophisticated multi-stage/multi-host attack techniques and anti-forensics tools to cover their attack traces. Due to the...

DEVELOPING TEST METHODS FOR ASSESSING PROTECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF BARRIER FABRICS

October 13, 2015

Author(s)

Shonali Nazare

In residential upholstered furniture, the polyurethane foam (PUF) is the most flammable component. Barrier fabrics (BFs) are often used to protect PUF from heat...

Microfabricated Optically-Pumped Magnetometers for Biomagnetic Applications

October 12, 2015

Author(s)

Svenja A. Knappe, John E. Kitching, Orang Alem, Dong Sheng

We report on the progress in developing microfabricated optically-pumped magnetometer arrays for imaging applications. We have improved our sensitivities by...

Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation via microwave frequency multiplication

October 12, 2015

Author(s)

Daniel C. Cole, Katja M. Beha, Scott B. Papp, Scott A. Diddams

We demonstrate a system based on telecom components for the generation of an octave-spanning supercontinuum from a continuous-wave laser. The system utilizes...

Compact atom-interferometer gyroscope based on an expanding ball of atoms

October 12, 2015

Author(s)

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

We present a compact atom interferometer based on 87Rb atoms that can simultaneously measure rotations and accelerations with a single source of atoms in a 300...

Who Touched my Mission: Towards Probabilistic Mission Impact Assessment

October 12, 2015

Author(s)

Xiaoyan Sun, Anoop Singhal, Peng Liu

Cyber attacks inevitably generate impacts towards relevant missions. However, concrete methods to accurately evaluate such impacts are rare. In this paper, we...

Antenna Measurement Implementations and Dynamic Positional Validation Using a Six Axis Robot

October 11, 2015

Author(s)

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

We have performed spherical and extrapolation scans of two antennas at 118 GHz using a commercial 6-axis robot. Unlike spherical scanning, linear extrapolations...

Consensus Value Method to Compile On-Axis Gain Measurement Results

October 10, 2015

Author(s)

Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann

This paper shows that a consensus value method can be used to compile on-axis gain measurement data that have a large range of values and uncertainties. A...

Generalized Probe-Position Compensation Methods for Near-Field Antenna Measurements

October 10, 2015

Author(s)

Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Josh Gordon, David R. Novotny

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed computationally efficient algorithms for probe location and polarization compensation in...

A 3D PRINTING FLEXURE PRESSURE SENSOR FOR ROBOT IMPACT SAFETY TESTING

October 9, 2015

Author(s)

Hongliang Shi, Yong Sik Kim, Nicholas G. Dagalakis, Duan Xuechao

This paper presents a flexure pressure sensor fabricated by means of 3D printing. This sensor combined with a biosimulant artifact from National Institute of...

Uncertainty of FEM Solutions Using a Nonlinear Least Squares Fit Method and a Design of Experiments Approach

October 7, 2015

Author(s)

Jeffrey T. Fong, Nathanael A. Heckert, James J. Filliben, Pedro V. Marcal, Robert Rainsberger

Uncertainty in COMSOL finite element simulations due to (a) mesh-induced truncation errors, and (b) model parameter uncertainties, is estimated using a...

Numerical Simulations of Gas-Phase Interactions of Phosphorus-Containing Compounds with Cup-Burner Flames

October 5, 2015

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Fumiaki Takahashi, Viswanath R. Katta, Valeri I. Babushok

Computation has been performed for a methane-air co-flow diffusion flame, in the cup-burner configuration, with a phosphorus- containing compound (PCC)...

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