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Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.

October 16, 2005
Author(s)
S S. Sunder
… as it is not a regulatory agency and does not issue standards or codes. The primary objectives of the … of the WTC DT which building and fire safety practices, standards, and codes warrant revision. This session will … for improvements to building and fire codes, standards, and practices, including improvements to …

A Survey of Key Comparisons

January 1, 2005
Author(s)
Adriana Hornikova, William F. Guthrie
… the degree of equivalence between national measurement standards. These studies, carried out by National Metrology … Database (ICDB) maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. As with many new …

Analysis of Ventilation Data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study. (NIST IR 7145) [SUPERSEDED BY NIST IR 7145-R, Published 3/10/2009]

December 1, 2004
Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily, J Gorfain
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) study included a range of measurements in 100 randomly selected U.S. office buildings for the purpose of characterizing the existing building stock with respect

Traceable Pico-Meter Level Step Height Metrology

December 1, 2004
Author(s)
Ndubuisi G. Orji, Ronald G. Dixson, Joseph Fu, Theodore V. Vorburger
… from 8 nm to a few μm, however there are no calibration standards at the sub-nanometer level. Recently we have … traceability to the definition of length to calibrate standards for other AFMs. Earlier, we evaluated the step …

Troubleshooting Key Comparisons

December 1, 2004
Author(s)
Adriana Hornikova, William F. Guthrie
… the degree of equivalence between national measurement standards. These studies, carried out by National Measurement … Database (ICDB) maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. As with many new …

STEP - Compliant NC Research: The Search for Intelligent CAD/CAPP/CAM/CNC Integration

May 31, 2004
Author(s)
Xun W. Xu, H Wang, Jian Mao, S T. Newman, Thomas Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, John L. Michaloski
Since the first generation of NC machine tool was developed in 1950s, there have been many developments, which make today's NC machines completely unrecognisable from their early ancestors. These developments however are now being significantly limited by

Troubleshooting Key Comparisons

Author(s)
Adriana Hornikova, William F. Guthrie
… the degree of equivalence between national measurement standards. These studies, carried out by National Metrology … Database (ICDB) maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. As with many new …

Calibration of Lightpipe Radiation Thermometers in a RTP Tool at 1000 C

April 1, 2000
Author(s)
Kenneth G. Kreider, D P. DeWitt, Christopher W. Meyer, Vincent P. Scheuerman
We are developing an instrumented calibration wafer for radiometric temperature measurements in rapid thermal processing (RTP) that uses Pt/Pd wire and noble metal thin-film thermocouples that are welded to thin-film pads of Pt. The Pt/Pd wire

Real-Time Particulate Monitoring - Detecting Respiratory Threats for First Responders: Workshop Proceedings

December 1, 2007
Author(s)
Rodney A. Bryant, Kathryn M. Butler, R Vettori, P Greenberg
… Particulate Monitoring at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on 3-4 May 2007. This … professionals, airborne particulate researchers, and standards organizations to discuss the need for better … following topics: Research Needs, Performance Criteria, Standards, and Technological Advances. The consensus among …

Fire Performance of Partition Assemblies

July 7, 2004
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Richard G. Gann, S R. Kukuck, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Walter W. Jones
… and updated periodically by ASTM Committee on E5, Fire Standards. The similar international standard is ISO 834 [2], … is maintained by ISO TC92 SC2, Fire Containment. These standards have been influential in reducing the number of …

Overview of the Radiometric Calibration of MOBY

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
D K. Clark, M Feinholz, M Yarbrough, B. Carol Johnson, Steven W. Brown, Y S. Kim, R Barnes
… solar irradiance just above the surface. The radiance standards for MOBY are two integrating spheres with calibrations based on standards traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For irradiance, the MOBY …

Dual comb spectroscopy from 1.25 to 1.7 ym

May 1, 2011
Author(s)
Alexander M. Zolot, Ian R. Coddington, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Esther Baumann, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury
… and characterized toward establishing new frequency standards. …

Dimensional measurement traceability of 3D imaging data

January 19, 2009
Author(s)
Steven D. Phillips, Craig M. Shakarji, Michael Krystek, K Summerhays
This paper discusses the concept of metrological traceability to the SI unit of length, the meter. We describe how metrological traceability is realized, give a recent example of the standardization of laser trackers, and discuss progress and challenges to

Robustness of display hemispherical reflectance measurement apparatus

October 1, 2008
Author(s)
John Penczek, Edward F. Kelley, Seugkwan Kim
Reflection measurements are critical to the evaluation of display performance under ambient illumination conditions. Various hemispherical reflection methods are evaluated for their suitability and robustness across display technologies. The standard

Software Assurance During Maintenance

September 1, 2006
Author(s)
Paul E. Black
Software testing and maintenance tools must yield widely accepted assurance information in a standardized form. We can then use this information as evidence to make a case assuring us that the software is adequate for its use and secure enough for the risk
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