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The NIST 20 MW Calorimetry Measurement System for Large-Fire Research

December 26, 2019

Author(s)

Rodney Bryant, Matthew Bundy

The National Fire Research Laboratory is a unique large-fire research facility; able to characterize the response of full-scale building systems to realistic...

NIST Special Publication 2100-03: Proceedings of the International Conference on Atom-Probe Tomography and Microscopy (APT&M 2018)

December 23, 2019

Author(s)

Keith Knipling, Frederick Meisenkothen, Eric B. Steel

The biennial International Field Emission Symposium (IFES), recently renamed Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy (APT&M), has been in existence since 1952. The...

Formalizing ISA-95 Level 3 Control with Smart Manufacturing System Models

December 23, 2019

Author(s)

Leon F. McGinnis

Achieving the vision of "smart manufacturing and "Industrie 4.0" requires building on successes in computational control of processes to create generic...

Research Needs Concerning the Performance of Fiber Reinforced (FR) Composites Retrofit Systems for Buildings and Infrastructure

December 20, 2019

Author(s)

David Goodwin, Siamak Sattar, Jazalyn Dukes, Jae H. Kim, Li Piin Sung, Chiara C. Ferraris

Face Recognition Vendor Test Part 3: Demographic Effects

December 19, 2019

Author(s)

Patrick Grother, Mei Ngan, Kayee Hanaoka

Theoretical Basis of the Direct-Comparison System for Power Calibration Including Equivalent Source Mismatch

December 19, 2019

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Dazhen Gu, Christian J. Long, Aaron M. Hagerstrom, Angela C. Stelson, Ann F. Monke

In this report, we provide derivations for two equations that serve as the basis for the direct-comparison system, a transfer technique for comparing microwave...

Resilient Interdomain Traffic Exchange: BGP Security and DDos Mitigation

December 17, 2019

Author(s)

Kotikalapudi Sriram, Douglas C. Montgomery

In recent years, numerous routing control plane anomalies, such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) prefix hijacking and route leaks, have resulted in denial-of...

RF Dataset of Incumbent Radar Signals in the 3.5 GHz CBRS Band

December 17, 2019

Author(s)

Raied Caromi, Michael R. Souryal, Timothy Hall

This Radio Frequency (RF) dataset consists of synthetically generated waveforms of incumbent 3.5 GHz radar systems. The intended use of the dataset is for...

Laboratory Information Management Systems for Electron Microscopy: Evaluation of the 4CeeD Data Curation Platform

December 17, 2019

Author(s)

June W. Lau, Rachel F. Devers, Marcus W. Newrock, Gretchen R. Greene

An evaluation of the feasibility and the requirements associated with a facility-wide deployment of a Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) at an...

Measurement of Airborne Emissions from Extinguished Cigarettes: Final Report

December 16, 2019

Author(s)

Dustin G. Poppendieck

Three series of experiments were conducted in this study. First, studies were performed to the determine the relative distributions of the target chemicals in...

Practical Guide to the Design, Fabrication and Calibration of NIST Nanocalorimeters

December 16, 2019

Author(s)

Feng Yi, Michael D. Grapes, David A. LaVan

We report here on the design, fabrication and calibration of nanocalorimeter sensors used in the NIST Nanocalorimetry Measurements Project. These small scale...

Economics of Interoperability in the Context of Smart Grid Architectures

December 16, 2019

Author(s)

Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein

Technological change in the electric power sector has progressed rapidly and there now is need for the development and evaluation of new smart grid...

The Economics of Firefighter Injuries in the United States

December 11, 2019

Author(s)

David T. Butry, David H. Webb, Stanley W. Gilbert, Jennifer Taylor

This report identifies, summarizes, and evaluates the available data and the literature describing the economic costs associated with non-fatal firefighter...

NIST Special Database 302: Nail to Nail Fingerprint Challenge

December 11, 2019

Author(s)

Gregory P. Fiumara, Patricia A. Flanagan, John D. Grantham, Kenneth Ko, Karen Marshall, Matthew Schwarz, Elham Tabassi, Bryan Woodgate, Christopher Boehnen

In September 2017, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) held a data collection as part of its Nail to Nail (N2N) Fingerprint Challenge...

On the Cooling of a 360º Video Camera to Observe Fire Dynamics In Situ

December 11, 2019

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang

An analysis was performed to provide design guidance on the cooling of an NIST-developed in situ fire visualization device, called Burn Observation Bubble (BOB)...

NIST Air Leakage Calculation Tools for Commercial Buildings

December 9, 2019

Author(s)

Lisa C. Ng, Shrestha Som, William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich

The Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that air leakage (or infiltration) through building envelopes accounted for 6 % of the total energy consumed by...

Election Results Common Data Format Specification Revision 2.0

December 3, 2019

Author(s)

John P. Wack

This publication describes an election results common data format specification for pre-election setup information and post-election results reporting. It...

Economic Guide for Identifying and Evaluating Industry Research Investments: A Focus on Applied Manufacturing Research

December 3, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas, Anand M. Kandaswamy

This guide was assembled to aid change agents, such as research and trade organizations, in evaluating potential research and development investments in the...

Characterization of Residential Air Distribution System Performance for Thermal Comfort

December 3, 2019

Author(s)

Hyojin Kim, Khiem Nguyen, Anne McGuinness, Toan V. Dai

Despite broad recognition that air distribution plays an important role in comfort for residential buildings, previous efforts to evaluate and characterize the...