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Emerging Silicon-Carbide Power Devices Enable Revolutionary Changes in High Voltage Power Conversion

December 3, 2004
Author(s)
Allen R. Hefner Jr., Ranbir Singh, Jih-Sheng Lai
… Recent breakthroughs in Silicon Carbide (SiC) material and fabrication technology have led to the development of High-Voltage, … by extending the use of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technology to high voltage applications. … Silicon-Carbide Power Devices Enable Revolutionary Changes in High Voltage Power Conversion …

XML for Capital Facilities

April 1, 2003
Author(s)
T L. Teague, Mark E. Palmer, R H. Jackson
… Markup Language (XML) offers a promising enabling technology for improving the execution of capital projects … practitioners agree to use a common electronic vocabulary. In this article we review the business motivations for achieving software interoperability, introduce XML technology and summarize a joint-industry effort sponsored by …

Fourth Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
K J. Johnsen, K L. McIntyre, Belinda L. Collins
… reports from Federal agencies on their participation in voluntary standards activities. This report prepared for … also describes fulfillment of similar requirements of the Technology Transfer Act regarding use of voluntary standards … roles of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Further actions are recommended to strengthen the …

Ladars for Construction Assessment and Update

January 1, 2000
Author(s)
Geraldine S. Cheok, William C. Stone, Robert R. Lipman, Christoph J. Witzgall
… Work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on laser radar imaging of a construction … of the NIST research is to make measurements required in a construction project quicker and cheaper than current … models of the construction process. Once developed, this technology may be used for other applications such as …

A National Forum on the Future of Automated Materials Processing in U.S. Industry--The Role of Process Models, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Integration

September 1, 1987
Author(s)
Howard Bloom, N Kuchar
… Forum on the Future of Automated Materials Processing in U.S. Industry--The Roles of Process Models, Artificial … Institute and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Committee on Materials, Working Group on … of Materials Processing. The first workshop, held in December, 1985 was devoted to the role of process sensors. …

BRDF measurements of ultra-black materials with THz quantum cascade lasers

March 19, 2025
Author(s)
Patrick McArdle, Bradley Pelz, Christopher Yung, Nathan Tomlin, John Lehman, Michelle Stephens
… In this work we describe the use of a THz quantum cascade … reflectance distribution (BRDF) measurements. In particular we are interested in the reflectance properties of ultra-black absorbers for … Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XVIII …

Development of a Robust Early-Stage Thermal Runaway Detection Model for Lithium-ion Batteries

October 22, 2024
Author(s)
Wai Cheong Tam, Jian Chen, Wei Tang, Qi Tong, Hongqiang Fang, Anthony Putorti
… the development of a detection model that can be used in real-life settings, 1 128 samples of acoustic data, … and the effectiveness of the data augmentation methods. In addition, the model performance against two entire tests … 13th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology …

Comparing VM-Placement Algorithms for On-Demand Clouds

November 29, 2011
Author(s)
Kevin L. Mills, James J. Filliben, Christopher E. Dabrowski
… virtual machines (VMs) to physical machines (PMs) in infrastructure clouds. Many such algorithms address … often targeted to a small collection of VMs and PMs. In this paper, we describe an objective method that can be used to compare VM-placement algorithms in large clouds, covering tens of thousands of PMs and …

System Testing Using Use Cases for an ER Simulation Model

July 29, 2009
Author(s)
Guodong Shao
… being used to solve problems and aid decision making in many different fields. It is particularly useful for … decision makers, but potential errors may be introduced in the M&S development lifecycle. It is critical to make sure … lifecycle, testing can get started much earlier in the lifecycle, allowing simulation developers to identify …

Sensor Network based on IEEE 1451.0 and IEEE p1451.2-RS232

May 12, 2008
Author(s)
Yuyin Song, Kang B. Lee
… to microprocessor-based systems, instruments, and networks in a network-independent environment. The IEEE 1451.2 working group is in the process of revising IEEE p1451.2 to work with the IEEE … 2008-IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference …

Collaborative Augmented Reality for Better Standards

July 1, 2007
Author(s)
Matthew L. Aronoff, John V. Messina
… or ambiguous, most of the expected benefits are lost. In order to improve data exchange standards, explicit data … augmented reality to allow domain experts to come together in real time for data modeling. By developing Focus, we hope … the development, features, and expected benefits of Focus in a collaborative engineering environment. …

Integrity Checking of DNS Zone File Data Using XSLT

July 1, 2005
Author(s)
Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Scott W. Rose
We have implemented a quantum key distribution (QKD) system with polarization encoding at 850 nm over 1 km of optical fiber. The high-speed management of the bit-stream, generation of random numbers and processing of the sifting algorithm are all handled

Determination of Pore Size Distributions in Nanoporous Low-K Thin Films From Small Angle Neutron Scattering

April 1, 2003
Author(s)
Barry J. Bauer, R C. Hedden, Hae-Jeong Lee, Christopher L. Soles, Da-Wei Liu
… and x-ray scattering (SANS, SAXS) are powerful tools in determination of the pore size and content of nano-porous … have been previously applied to fit the scattering data in order to extract information on the average pore and/or … Materials, Technology and Reliability for Advanced Interconnects and …

Chain Conformation in Ultrathin Polymer Films

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
Ronald L. Jones, Christopher Soles, Francis W. Starr, Eric K. Lin, Joseph~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined Lenhart, Wen-Li Wu, D L. Goldfarb, M Angelopolous
… of the 3-dimensional conformation of macromolecules in thin polymer films of D < RG,Bulk. Where D is the film … are observed parallel to the surface. The observed changes in molecular size agree with predictions of molecular dynamics simulations of polymers confined in thin films, resulting from increased molecular orientation …

Speaker Recognition in a Multi-Speaker Environment

September 1, 2001
Author(s)
Alvin F. Martin, Mark A. Przybocki
… tracking, and segmentation of speakers as included in recent NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluations. We consider … European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology | 7th | | ISCA … Speaker Recognition in a Multi-Speaker Environment …

Concealed Weapons Detection System Using Uncooled, Pulsed, Imaging Arrays of Millimeter-Wave Bolometers

August 1, 2001
Author(s)
Erich N. Grossman, Shalva Nolen, Nicholas Paulter, Carl D. Reintsema
… illumination and gated detection has a large advantage in sensitivity over chopped CW illumination and synchronous … yields a noise-equivalent reflectance difference of 0.67% in a single frame. The uncooled niobium microbolometers … is provided by resonant slot-ring antennas, distributed in a focal plane array covering a single mm diameter wafer. …

Comparison of the Identities, Fluxes, and Energies of Ions Formed in High Density Fluorocarbon Discharges

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
Amanda N. Goyettes, Yicheng Wang, James K. Olthoff
… Positive ion bombardment plays an essential role in plasma processing, influencing etch rates, materials … Experimental determination of ion identities and energies in processing plasmas provides complementary data necessary … summary of ion compositions and energy distributions in inductively coupled discharges sustained in six …
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