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Industrial Wireless Systems: Radio Propagation Measurements

January 30, 2017
Author(s)
Richard Candell, Catherine A. Remley, Jeanne T. Quimby, David R. Novotny, Alexandra Curtin, Peter B. Papazian, Galen H. Koepke, Joseph Diener, Mohamed T. Hany
Radio frequency (RF) propagation measurements were conducted at three facilities representing a cross-section of different classes of industrial environments. Selected sites included a multi-acre transmission assembly factory typical of the automotive

THE USE AND CHALLENGES OF PRECISE TIME IN ELECTRIC POWER SYNCHROPHASOR SYSTEMS

January 30, 2017
Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss, Alison Silverstein, Francis Tuffner, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud
Today, the principal way that power system owners and operators use precision timing is for fault recording, protection system operation and in synchrophasor applications. Synchrophasor applications have among the most stringent precision time and time

Insights into Cruciform Sample Design

January 29, 2017
Author(s)
Adam Creuziger, Mark Iadicola, Timothy J. Foecke, Evan Rust, Dilip Banerjee
Four different cruciform sample designs, based on the work of Abu-Farha et al, were studied in this paper. The original design of Abu-Farha was validated at room temperature for a thicker sample, and two modified sample geometries that would permit thinner

An Overview of Mobile Application Vetting Services for Public Safety

January 27, 2017
Author(s)
Gema E. Howell, Michael A. Ogata
The Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2012 mandated the creation of the Nation's first nationwide, high-speed communications network dedicated for public safety. The law instantiated a new federal entity, the Federal Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), to

Fabrication of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy-Atomic Force Microscopy (SECM-AFM) Probes to Image Surface Topography and Reactivity at the Nanoscale

January 27, 2017
Author(s)
Jeyavel Velmurugan, Amit K. Agrawal, Sang M. An, Eric A. Choudhary, Veronika A. Szalai
Electrocatalysts, used in energy applications, rely on the solid-liquid interface to carry out productive chemistry. This interface is generally less amenable to standard surface-science characterization methods, making the investigation of the surface

Increasing evidence indicates low bioaccumulation of carbon nanotubes

January 27, 2017
Author(s)
Rhema Bjorkland, David Tobias, Elijah Petersen
As the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) expands, so does the potential for release into the environment. The possibility of bioaccumulation and toxicological effects has prompted research on their fate and potential ecological effects. For many

Uncertainty Assessment of Equations of State Applied to Organic Rankine Cycles

January 27, 2017
Author(s)
Ian H. Bell, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, John P. O'Connell, Jens Abildskov, Jerome Frutiger, Gurkan Sin
This study presents a generic method to analyze and select equations of state (EoS) based on detailed uncertainty analysis of the respective EoS property parameters. A Cubic EoS (i.e. Soave-Redlich-Kwong SRK) is compared to PC-SAFT EoS. The uncertainty

Homogenization Kinetics of a Nickel-based Superalloy Produced by Powder Bed Fusion Laser Sintering

January 26, 2017
Author(s)
Fan Zhang, Lyle E. Levine, Andrew J. Allen, Eric Lass, Sudha Cheruvathur, Mark R. Stoudt, Maureen E. Williams, Yaakov S. Idell, Carelyn E. Campbell
Additively manufactured (AM) metal components often exhibit fine dendritic microstructures and elemental segregation due to the initial rapid solidification and subsequent melting and cooling during the build process, which without homogenization would

Measuring and Improving the Effectiveness of Defense-in-Depth Postures

January 26, 2017
Author(s)
Peter M. Mell, James Shook, Richard Harang
Defense-in-depth is an important security architecture principle that has significant application to industrial control systems (ICS), cloud services, storehouses of sensitive data, and many other areas. We claim that an ideal defense-in-depth posture is

Spatial variation in perfluoroalkyl acids in a population of wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINWR) surrounding the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

January 26, 2017
Author(s)
John Bowden, Jacqueline T. Bangma, Martin Jones, Russell H. Lowers, Frances Nilsen, Jessica L. Reiner, Thomas R. Rainwater, Stephen E. Somerville, Louis J. Guillette Jr.
This study aimed to quantify fourteen perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the plasma of a population of alligators located at Merritt Island national Wildlife Refuge (MINWR). Male (n = 117) and female (n = 112) alligators were sampled in every month during

A New Generation of Magnetoencephalography: Room Temperature Measurements using Optically-Pumped Magnetometers

January 25, 2017
Author(s)
Elena Boto, Sofie S. Meyer, Vishal Shah, Orang Alem, Svenja A. Knappe, Peter Kruger, Mark Fromhold, Peter G. Morris, Richard W. Bowtell, Gareth R. Barnes, Matthew J. Brookes, Mark Lim
Significant advances in the field of quantum sensing mean that magnetic field detectors, operating at room temperature, are now able to achieve sensitivity similar to that of cryogenically cooled devices (SQUIDs). This means that room temperature

Beyond IRBs: Designing Ethical Review Processes for Big Data Research

January 25, 2017
Author(s)
Simson L. Garfinkel
Big Data Research is something new, a practice rooted in large-scale data collection that frequently combines aspects of research, experimentation, and entertainment. Yet another mismatch between the worlds of Big Data research and IRB system are the

Compact 2.2 K Cooling System for Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors

January 25, 2017
Author(s)
Vincent Y. Kotsubo, Ray Radebaugh, Sae Woo Nam, Joel N. Ullom, Brandon L. Wilson, Paul Hendershott, Micheal Bonczyski
We are developing a compact, low power, closed cycle cooling system for Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors. The base temperature of the present prototype, which uses a helium-4 Joule-Thomson stage, is 2.2 K with over 1.2 mW of cooling. This

Static and Time-Resolved Terahertz Measurements of Photoconductivity in Solution-Deposited Ruthenium Oxide Nanofilms

January 25, 2017
Author(s)
Brian Alberding, Paul A. Desario, Adam D. Dunkelberger, Debra R. Rolison, Jeffrey C. Owrutsky, Edwin J. Heilweil
Thin film Ruthenium Oxide (RuO2) is a promising alternative material as a conductive electrode in electronic applications because its rutile crystalline form is metallic and highly conductive. Herein, a previously established solution-deposition multi

Temperature dependence of electron density and electron-electron interactions in monolayer epitaxial graphene grown on SiC

January 25, 2017
Author(s)
Chieh W. Liu, Chiashain Chuang, Yanfei Yang, Randolph Elmquist, Yi-Ju Ho, Hsin Y. Lee, Chi-Te Liang
We report carrier density measurements and electron-electron (e-e) interactions in monolayer epitaxial graphene grown on SiC. The temperature (T)-independent carrier density determined from the Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations clearly demonstrates that

Separation of Double-Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Electronic Type and Diameter

January 24, 2017
Author(s)
Jason K. Streit, Stephanie Lam, Yanmei Piao, Angela R. Hight Walker, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Ming Zheng
In this work, we introduce a new procedure for the efficient isolation and subsequent separation of double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs). A simplified rate zonal ultracentrifugation (RZU) process is first applied to obtain samples of highly enriched

Characteristics of Resistive Memory Read Fluctuations in Endurance Cycling

January 23, 2017
Author(s)
David M. Nminibapiel, Dmitry Veksler, Pragya R. Shrestha, Jihong Kim, Jason P. Campbell, Jason T. Ryan, Helmut Baumgart, Kin P. Cheung
We report on new fluctuation dynamics of the high resistance state of Hafnia-based RRAM devices after RESET. We observe that large amplitude fluctuations occur more frequently immediately after programming and their frequency of occurrence decays in the

Comprehensive atomic wavelengths, energy levels and hyperfine structure for singly-ionized iron-group elements

January 23, 2017
Author(s)
Gillian Nave, Craig J. Sansonetti, Keeley I. Townley-Smith, J C. Pickering, Florence Liggins, Anne P. Thorne, Christian Clear
We summarize recent work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Imperial College London on wavelengths, hyperfi ne structure, energy levels, and analysis of singly-ionized iron-group elements of astrophysical interest.

Examination of Compressed Air Foam (CAF) for Interior Fire Fighting

January 23, 2017
Author(s)
Craig G. Weinschenk, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Keith Stakes, Joseph M. Willi
Experiments were conducted to investigate the capabilities and limitations of compressed air foam (CAF) relative to water when used for interior structural fire fighting. The key outcomes were to measure the gas cooling and fire suppression capabilities of
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