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David W. Allen, Elmer T. Slonecker, Ronald G. Resmini
Remote sensing science is currently undergoing a tremendous expansion in the area of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technology. Spurred largely by the explosive growth of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), sometimes called Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or
This article was developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) and originally titled Measurement and Marketing: Considerations when Determining the Method of Sale (MOS) for Liquefied Natural Gas
We discuss the precision of 1D chemical-shift-based 1H spin diffusion NMR experiments as well as straightforward experimental protocols for reducing errors. The 1H spin diffusion NMR experiments described herein are useful on samples that contain
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 software for 3D reconstruction offers promise for dimensional metrology in 3D. A method is described
Craig D. McGray, Craig R. Copeland, Samuel M. Stavis, Jon C. Geist
The concept of localization precision, which is essential to localization microscopy, is formally extended from optical point sources to microscopic rigid bodies. Measurement functions are presented to calculate the planar position, orientation, and motion
Sara E. Beck, Roberto A. Rodriguez, Karl G. Linden, Thomas M. Hargy, Thomas C. Larason, Michael A. Hawkins
Polychromatic UV irradiation is a common method of pathogen inactivation in the water treatment industry. To improve its disinfection efficacy, more information on the mechanisms of UV inactivation on microorganisms at wavelengths throughout the germicidal
Ronald Colle, Lizbeth Laureano-Perez, Denis E. Bergeron
A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tritiated-water (3H-labeled oxidane) standard was prepared and calibrated. It is the 17th in a series of linked standards since 1954 and will be disseminated as Standard Reference Material SRM
The paper presents a brief history and background of metrology outreach efforts to colleges and universities. It also includes a summary of a 2015 international educational survey used in part to assess colleges and universities that have measurement
Marlin E. Kraft, Randolph E. Elmquist, Gert Rietveld, Jan van der Beek, Alessandro Mortara, Beat Jeckelmann
The low-ohmic resistance measurement capabilities of the Van Swinden Laboratorium, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Federal Office of Metrology (METAS) were compared using a set of resistors with values 100 mΩ, 10 mΩ, 1 mΩ, and 100
Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Richard Y. Huang, Emma D'Ambro
The chapter examines method validation and measurement standards for measuring protein dynamics by hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. Topics examined include the rationale for a reference measurement system for HDX-MS, attaining high accuracy
Perception systems are a very important component of automation and robotics. These systems localize objects in its local coordinate frame and the data has to be available for use in another coordinate frame. This requires that the data be transformed from
K. Zhang, X.J. Feng, Keith A. Gillis, Michael R. Moldover, Jintao Zhang, Hong Lin, Jifeng Qu
Relative primary acoustic gas thermometry determines the ratios of thermodynamic temperatures from measured ratios of acoustic and microwave resonance frequencies in a gas-filled metal cavity on isotherms of interest. When measured in a cavity with known
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 are both passive (spring and counterbalance forces) and active (motor forces) are worn by humans
Alexander Tselev, Jeyavel Velmurugan, Anton Ievlev, Sergei Kalinin, Andrei Kolmakov
Noninvasive in situ nanoscale imaging in liquid environments is a current imperative in analysis of delicate bio-medical objects and electrochemical processes at reactive liquid-solid interfaces. Microwaves of a few gigahertz frequency offer photons of
This is a review of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) efforts in surface metrology and topography measurements for firearm evidence identifications in forensic science. Based on the research projects in surface metrology and
Stephan Schlamminger, Shisong Li, Darine El Haddad, Frank C. Seifert, Leon S. Chao, Jon R. Pratt
A watt balance is a precision apparatus for the measurement of the Planck constant that has been proposed as a primary method for realizing the unit of mass in a revised International System of Units. In contrast to an ampere balance, which was
Hind El Hadri, Elijah Petersen, Michael R. Winchester
Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are already incorporated into numerous consumer products, and increasing product applications are expected in future years. To enable an understanding of potential risks associated with these products, it is important to
The cryogenic current comparator is used to maintain national representations of the ohm based on the quantized Hall resistance standard. The measurement technique utilizes the Meissner effect to establish accurate resistance ratios with specialized
Andrei A. Kolmakov, Luca Gregoratti, Maya Kiskinova, Sebastian Gunther
Ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy (APPES) and microscopy are at the frontier of modern chemical analysis at liquid-gas, solid-liquid and solid-gas interfaces, bridging science and engineering of functional materials. Complementing the current
Sidewall sensing in CD-AFMs usually involves continuous lateral dithering of the tip or the use of a control algorithm and fast response piezo actuator to position the tip in a manner that resembles touch-triggering of coordinate measuring machine (CMM)
Katharina-Sofie Isleif, Oliver Gerberding, Thomas Schwarze, Moritz Mehmet, Gerhard Heinzel, Felipe Guzman
Experiments for space and ground-based gravitational wave detectors often require large dynamic range interferometric position readout of test masses with 1 pm/√Hz precision over long time scales. Heterodyne interferometer schemes that achieve such
David W. Flater, Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong, Raghu N. Kacker, Vadim Okun, Stephen S. Wood, David R. Kuhn
Much software research and practice involves ostensible measurements of software, yet little progress has been made on an SI-like metrological foundation for those measurements since the work of Gray, Hogan, et al. in 1996-2001. Given a physical object
Aaron N. Johnson, Rodney A. Bryant, Tamae M. Wong, James R. Whetstone, Eric Harman, Woong Kang, Keith A. Gillis, Hsin-Hung Lee, Iosif I. Shinder, Liang Zhang
On April 20-21, 2015, NIST hosted a workshop that, through measurement science, enabled the owners of stationary sources (primarily the electric power industry) and their regulatory agencies (federal and state) to better characterize greenhouse gas (GHG)