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Combinatorial Materials Synthesis and High-Throughput Characterization

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Ichiro Takeuchi, Lauterbach Jochen, Michael J. Fasolka
… arrival of new materials has always played a key role in bringing advances to our society. There is no wonder then … has been embraced by practitioners of materials science in virtually every field. Pioneered by the pharmaceutical … combinatorial method is now widely considered a watershed in the accelerated discovery and optimization of new …

Group-Based Ad-hoc Network for Multimedia Communications

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
K Ban, Hamid Gharavi
… under various test scenarios using IEEE 802.11 WLAN technology. We have shown that the cellular network, which operates in two modes: infrastructure for intracell and ad-hoc for …

Protected Elevators and the Disabled

August 31, 2005
Author(s)
Richard W. Bukowski
… into the World Trade Center attacks has renewed interest in the deployment of protected elevators that can be used to … by first responders during fires and other emergencies in tall buildings. In addition, people with disabilities, who … and the elevator and fire alarm industries to develop the technology and associated regulations needed to put it into …

The Critical Value of NIST to the Worldwide Metrology Interoperability Effort

December 31, 2004
Author(s)
John A. Horst, R Waite
… and defended. The highlights of accomplishments by NIST in support of metrology interoperability are recounted, … and sufficiently functional specification before technology changes declare the specification obsolete. The rewards of a hearty NIST participation in the effort are depicted, largely as substantive savings of …

Simulating the Fires in the World Trade Center

July 7, 2004
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, C P. Bouldin
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting a two year investigation of … a detailed description of the gas and steel temperatures. In support of the computer simulation, large scale fire … Simulating the Fires in the World Trade Center …

NIST Experiments in Gas Atomization 1986-1999

June 1, 2004
Author(s)
Steven P. Mates, Frank S. Biancaniello, S D. Riddle
… of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST) involving the gas atomization of liquid metals has resuletd in approximately 300 experiments since 1983. The data … alloys, is presented here to augment the data already in the literature and thereby expand the resources available …

Microfabricated alkali atom vapor cells

April 5, 2004
Author(s)
Li-Anne Liew, Svenja A. Knappe, John M. Moreland, Hugh Robinson, David C. Larbalestier, John Kitching
… cells using silicon micromachining and anodic bonding technology. Such cells may find use in highly miniaturized atomic frequency references or magnetometers. The cells consist of cavities etched in silicon, with internal volumes as small as 1 mm 3 . Two …

Absolute frequency measurements with a stabilized near-infrared optical frequency comb from a Cr:forsterite laser

February 15, 2004
Author(s)
Kristan L. Corwin, I Thomann, A Bartels, Tasshi Dennis, W. Fox, William C. Swann, E. A. Curtis, C. W. Oates, G Wilpers, Sarah L. Gilbert, Leo W. Hollberg, Nathan R. Newbury, Scott A. Diddams, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, M. Yan
… forsterite femtosecond laser, spectrally broadened in dispersion-shifted highly nonlinear fiber, and stabilized. … simultaneously to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's optical frequency standard based on neutral … With this comb, we measured two frequency references in the telecommunications band: one half the frequency of the …

Color Measurements for Pearlescent Coatings

February 1, 2004
Author(s)
Maria E. Nadal, E A. Early
… developments at the National Institution of Standards and Technology in the colorimetric characterization of pearlescent coatings. … of interference pigmented coatings show general trends in the color variations with illumination and viewing angles. …

DC Conductivity Measurements of Metals

January 1, 2004
Author(s)
Michael D. Janezic, Raian K. Kaiser, James R. Baker-Jarvis, George Free
… In this paper we examine a measurement method for … the dc conductivity of metal alloys commonly-used in hand weapons. From accurate measurements of the voltage … comparison with a National Institute of Standards and Technology Standard Reference Materila (SRM) for …

Small Angle X-Ray Scattering for Sub-100 nm Pattern Characterization

November 1, 2003
Author(s)
Ronald L. Jones, T Hu, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, R Kolb, D Casa, P J. Bolton, G G. Barclay
… measurements with equivalent capabilities for future technology nodes of the semiconductor industry, organic and … such as periodicity and line width are extracted in a model independent fashion, while additional parameters …

Bench-Scale Flammability Measures for Electronic Equipment

July 1, 2003
Author(s)
Matthew F. Bundy, Thomas J. Ohlemiller
… was conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The performance of these materials was … evaluated at two material thicknesses and are discussed in terms of fire safety. This report details the first of a two part study in which the relationship between bench-scale and full-scale …

Automated Security Self-Evaluation Tool User Manual

February 1, 2003
Author(s)
Marianne M. Swanson, J Fabius, Marc Stevens, Mark McLarnon
… a system self-assessment. ASSET will assist organizations in completing the self-assessment questionnaire contained in NIST Special Publication 800-26, Security Self-Assessment Guide for Information Technology Systems. This manual is intended to help users of …

Constitutive Model Data for Machining Simulation Using the NIST Pulse-Heat Kolsky Bar

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
Eric P. Whitenton, Michael Kennedy, Matthew A. Davies, Gerald V. Blessing, Brian S. Dutterer, Richard L. Rhorer, Howard W. Yoon, Richard J. Fields, D Basak, Timothy J. Burns
… been established at the National Institute of Standrds and Technology (NIST). Dynamic stress-strain data have been … can be obtained. These data are being generated to assist in the simulation of machining processes. …

Impact of Model-Driven Standards

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
David W. Flater
… is making the transition from a standards architecture in which only interface definitions are normative to one in which the model is normative and takes precedence over all … opportunity for users of standards and standards workers, in OMG and elsewhere, to protect their investments of time, …

Numerical Simulation of the Howard Street Tunnel Fire, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2001

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Anthony P. Hamins
… the thermal environment of the Howard StreetTunnel in Baltimore, Maryland, following the derailment in July 2001of a freight train and the burning of spilled … model developed by the National Institute of Standardsand Technology (NIST) has been used to simulate the fire's growth …

Applications Panel: Agents Applied to Autonomous Vehicles

October 1, 2002
Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff
… In order to make an unmanned vehicle drive truly … this paper is the RCS Control System (RCS) [1] developed in the Intelligent Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). …
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