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Industrial Data Integrated Ontologies and Models (IDIOM) Architecture Specification

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Allison Barnard Feeney

This document specifies specifies the components of an industrial data standard; the roles played by these components; the software technologies used to...

Future SC4 Architecture PWI - Report and Technical Discussion

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Allison Barnard Feeney

This document is the report of the Future SC4 architecture PWI. It provides information about the draft Industrial Data Integrated Ontologies and Models (IDIOM...

Annual Report of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program for Fiscal Year 2009

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

John(Jack) R. Hayes Jr., Edward Laatsch, Joy Pauschke, David Applegate, John Filson

This report about the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) during fiscal year 2009 is submitted to Congress by the Interagency Coordinating...

ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 2E-2010: Thermophysical Properties of Selected Explosive Materials

July 20, 2010

Author(s)

Preston Craig, Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Ilmutdin Abdulagatov, Thomas J. Bruno, Michael D. Frenkel

The software provides thermophysical property data for 105 selected explosive materials. The product is the result of an extensive literature search and data...

Reporting Guidelines for the Preparation of Nanoparticle Dispersions from Dry Materials

July 8, 2010

Author(s)

Julian S. Taurozzi, Vincent A. Hackley, Mark R. Wiesner

This document provides general guidelines for reporting relevant conditions and critical parameters relating to the dispersion of nanoparticles in liquid media...

We need more "smarts" for the Society activity in Smart Grid

July 6, 2010

Author(s)

Galen H. Koepke, Donald Heirman

This editorial column in the Newsletter describes a recent "EMC for the Smart Grid" workshop held at Connectivity Week 2010 in Santa Clara, CA. The text is...

Train the Trainer: Five Steps of Adult Learning Activities

July 1, 2010

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

This article is part of a series on Professional Development for NCSLI and Metrology Trainers. This article presents guidance on the five steps of adult...

Developing a Sustainability Manufacturing Maturity Model

June 30, 2010

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani

Sustainable manufacturing (SM) broadly implies the development of innovative manufacturing sciences and technologies that span the life cycle of products and...

Conductive Nanotube-based Scanning Probe Microscopy Applications

June 30, 2010

Author(s)

Paul McClure, Vladimir Mancevski, Joseph Kopanski, Ilona Sitnitsky, Vincent LaBella, Kathleen Dunn, Matthew D. Bresin, Phillip D. Rack, Victor H. Vartanian

Remembering Paul Garabedian

June 15, 2010

Author(s)

Geoffrey B. McFadden

Paul R. Garabedian, a leader in the field of computational science, passed away on May 13th, 2010, at his home in Manhattan at the age of 82 after a long battle...

From the bottom up measuring bulk mechanical properties via microtechnology

June 10, 2010

Author(s)

Nicholas Barbosa, Sudook A. Kim, David T. Read

The micromechanics community has developed a large set of tools for measuring the properties of micro- and nano-scaled materials. These new tools have been...

State of Security Readiness

June 10, 2010

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Peter M. Mell

Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly...

PREPARATION OF NANOPARTICLE DISPERSIONS FROM POWDERED MATERIAL USING ULTRASONIC DISRUPTION

June 9, 2010

Author(s)

Julian S. Taurozzi, Vincent A. Hackley, Mark Wiesner

This protocol is generic in nature and intended to provide relevant guidelines for the preparation of nanoparticle dispersions in liquid media by the...

A Comprehensive Spatial-Temporal Channel Propagation Model for the Ultra-Wideband Spectrum 2-8 Ghz.

June 7, 2010

Author(s)

Camillo A. Gentile

Despite the potential for high-speed communications, stringent regulatory mandates on Ultra-Wideband (UWB) emission have hindered its commercial success. By...

Blog Track Research at TREC

June 1, 2010

Author(s)

Ian M. Soboroff, Craig Macdonald, Rodrygo Santos, Iadh Ounis

The TREC Blog track aims to explore information seeking behaviour in the blogosphere, by building reusable test collections for blog-related search tasks. Since...

NIST Measurements in the 750 MHz Band to Support Emergency Response Radio Communications

May 7, 2010

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Christopher L. Holloway, william F. Young

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just released the sixth in a series of NIST technical notes (TN) on radio signal penetration of...

The Application of the Fundamental Parameters Approach as Implemented in TOPAS to Divergent Beam Powder Diffraction Data

May 1, 2010

Author(s)

James P. Cline, David R. Black, David L. Gil, Albert Henins, Donald A. Windover

The fundamental parameters approach (FPA) as implemented in TOPAS is investigated for analyses of conventional X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) data. The FPA...

Train the Trainer Writing Learning Objectives

April 25, 2010

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

This article is part of a series on Professional Development for NCSLI and Metrology Trainers. This article presents guidance on writing learning objectives for...

Adhesion research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

April 1, 2010

Author(s)

Christopher M. Stafford, Adam J. Nolte, Gale A. Holmes, Sheng Lin-Gibson, John A. Howarter

NIST s involvement in adhesion research has been wide ranging and is ultimately in response to interactions between individual project leaders and our...

Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Robotic and Automation Systems

March 31, 2010

Author(s)

Rajmohan Madhavan, Elena R. Messina, Angel P. Del Pobil

The Technical Committee on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking for Robotic and Automation Systems (TC-PEBRAS) was approved at the Technical Activities Board...

Smoke Aerosol Measuremen Experiment (SAME)

March 5, 2010

Author(s)

Jiann Yang, Thomas Cleary, D L. Urban, Gary A. Ruff, William Sheredy, Zeng-guang Yuan, G W. Mulholland

This is the final report of a research project entitled Smoke Aerosol Measurements Experiment (SAME). Smoke and/or fire detection in the spacecraft is crucial...

Matrix Relaxation After Fracture In A Toughened Epoxy

March 3, 2010

Author(s)

Aaron M. Forster, Aurelien Blond, Donald L. Hunston

The inclusion of phase-separated rubber particles in a brittle thermoset matrix has been shown to increase the Mode I fracture energies for a wide range of...

Molecular-level understanding of environmental interfaces using density functional theory modeling

February 22, 2010

Author(s)

Sara E. Mason, Anne M. Chaka, Thomas P. Trainor, Christopher Iceman

The ability to apply existing density functional theory-based modeling techniques to timely research problems in environmental chemistry is demonstrated by an {...

Complete Inspection: In-situ system to inspect 100% of micro-parts

February 1, 2010

Author(s)

Shawn P. Moylan

On-machine measurement can provide significant advantages in part metrology at the micro/meso-scale. The strengths of measurement by fringe projection...

From the Editor's Desk: The Impact Factor and How it Impacts You

February 1, 2010

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams, Catherine A. Remley

We discuss the impact factor and other metrics for rating publications in the microwave field

3-D Metallization by Damascene Electrodeposition

January 1, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas P. Moffat, Chang H. Lee, Daniel Josell

Electrodeposition is a key fabrication process used in the state-of-the-art multilevel Cu metallization of microelectronic interconnects from transistor to...

NIST Reference Material Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

December 1, 2009

Author(s)

Carl G. Simon Jr.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has deployed Reference Material (RM) scaffolds for tissue engineering: a series of well-characterized...

Movies of Optical Parametric Downconversion

November 24, 2009

Author(s)

A Rostapshov, D Martin, D A. Branning, E Dauler, S Thomas, Alan L. Migdall, N Boeuf, Andreas Muller

A series of photos of parametric downconversion are presented in movie format to help illustrate and understand the mechanics of parametric downconversion and...

Getting Closer to Redefining the Kilogram

October 30, 2009

Author(s)

Zeina J. Kubarych

A redefinition to replace the last remaining artifact based SI unit, the kilogram, may occur as early as 2011. This article presents a short summary of the...

Interoperability and the DMIS experience

October 30, 2009

Author(s)

John A. Horst

Because they enable true interoperability, information exchange standards can help manufacturers reduce cost and improve product quality, but only if the...

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