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Findings and Recommendations from the Joint NIST AGA Workshop on Odor Masking

November 1, 2011
Author(s)
Thomas J. Bruno, Nancy Rawson, Ali Quaraishi
… with another. Masking is a term that describes situations in which one odorant can overpower the sensation of another. There may be profound technological implications in a number of industrial sectors, most prominently in the fuel gas sector. Here, masking is suspected when the …

Assessing Library Performance Using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence: Role Model Practices

October 25, 2010
Author(s)
Mary D. Coraggio, Barbara P. Silcox, Susan L. Makar, Mylene S. Ouimette
… criteria provide a framework of requirements and results in key categories of leadership; strategic planning; customer … Division (ISD) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began its Baldrige journey in 1997; ten years later it was awarded the Maryland Silver …

Interlaboratory Comparison of Traceable Atomic Force Microscope Pitch Measurements

June 14, 2010
Author(s)
Ronald G. Dixson, Donald Chernoff, Shihua Wang, Theodore V. Vorburger, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Siew-Leng Tan, Joseph Fu
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Advanced Surface Microscopy (ASM), and the … National Metrology Centre (NMC) of the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore have undertaken a three-way interlaboratory …

Airtightness Evaluation of Shelter-in-Place Spaces for Protection Against Airborne Chembio Releases

October 15, 2009
Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily, Heather Davis, Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols
… about potential airborne chemical and biological releases in or near buildings, building owners and managers and other … and approaches being proposed and implemented is shelter-in-place (SIP). SIP strategies involve having the building … these questions, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has undertaken a project to develop and …

Test Tool for Industrial Ethernet Network Performance

June 5, 2009
Author(s)
James D. Gilsinn, Freemon Johnson
… of industrial-grade Ethernet networks on the plant floor. In addition to the sheer number of devices using industrial Ethernet, the types of devices using the technology has expanded greatly as well. No longer is … costly redesign. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing an Industrial Ethernet …

Research Required to Support Full Implementation of Performance-Based Seismic Design

April 15, 2009
Author(s)
William Holmes, Andre Filiatrault, John Hooper, Nicolas Luco, Jack Moehle, Maryann Phipps
… work plans and budgets, and these efforts culminated in 2002 when FEMA provided the Applied Technology Council (ATC) with funding to develop next … The ATC 58 project team has concluded that sufficient technology exists to create a performance-based design …

Global Information Systems in Science: Application to the Field of Thermodynamics

January 22, 2009
Author(s)
Michael D. Frenkel
… and to support any application requiring this knowledge in an on-demand mode with definitive information quality assessments. Recent advances in computer hardware technology, development of relational data management systems … (TRC) of the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The components of this system include …

NIST BusiBEES METRICS AND TOOLS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS

October 31, 2008
Author(s)
Barbara C. Lippiatt, Jennifer Helgeson
… tools, data, and case studies supporting major investments in sustainable building technologies. Proponents of green … upon which claims are based are not necessarily green in a science-based, life-cycle assessment (LCA) sense and (2) … available. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Building and Fire Research Laboratory is …

Modeling the Performance of a Naturally Ventilated Commercial Building With a Multizone Coupled Thermal/Airflow Simulation Tool.

June 26, 2004
Author(s)
James W. Axley, Steven Emmerich, George Walton
… Naural ventilation systems have long been employed in European residences to control indoor air quality and … building designers have advanced natural ventilation technology, introduced promising hybrid ventilation … naturally ventilated building recently constructed in The Netherlands is presented. A multizone coupled …

Predicting the Performance of Gaseous Air Cleaners Measurements and Model Simulations From a Residential-Scale Pilot Study

May 1, 2004
Author(s)
Cynthia H. Reed, Steven J. Nabinger, Steven Emmerich
… simulation tools, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is evaluating the ability of the multi-zone … field study of the performance of two gaseous air cleaners in a single room test house, and CONTAM simulations based on … of a portable carbon adsorption air cleaner and an in-duct chemisorption air cleaner to remove toluene from a …

Nano-Lithography in Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) for Real World Applications

March 1, 2004
Author(s)
James D. Gilsinn, Hui Zhou, Bradley N. Damazo, Joseph Fu, Richard M. Silver
… As nano-lithography technology improves, more companies and research groups have … post-processing. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting research into developing an … be accurately created, recognized, and evaluated on a die in ultra-high vacuum (UHV). STMs scan in two directions along …

Application of Life-Cycle Cost Analysis to Homeland Security Issues in Constructed Facilities: A Case Study

October 1, 2003
Author(s)
Robert E. Chapman
… Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is developing economic tools - evaluation methods … the management of terrorist risks. This report is one in a series focused on these economic tools. It illustrates … risks are associated with the vulnerability of information technology resources and the potential for damage to the …

Modeling the Performance of a Naturally Ventilated Commercial Building With a Multizone Coupled Thermal/Airflow Simulation Tool.

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
James W. Axley, Steven Emmerich, George Walton
… Naural ventilation systems have long been employed in European residences to control indoor air quality and … building designers have advanced natural ventilation technology, introduced promising hybrid ventilation … naturally ventilated building recently constructed in The Netherlands is presented. A multizone coupled …

Atomic Force Microscopy of Semiconductor Line Edge Roughness

October 1, 2002
Author(s)
N G. Orji, Jayaraman Raja, Theodore V. Vorburger
… semiconductor devices has continuously decreased. Based on technology trends predicted by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), the linewidth … tools, analysis methods, and calibration techniques used in linewidth measurements. State-of-the-art linewidth …

Rapid Prototyping

January 1, 1998
Author(s)
Kevin K. Jurrens
… acceptance of rapid prototyping (RP) will come only if the technology reaches a broader base of users. For this to … its second decade. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is proposing that key representatives from …

Security of Personal Computer Systems: A Management Guide

January 1, 1985
Author(s)
Dennis D. Steinauer
… systems (often called desktop or professional computers) in the office and home environment has placed increasingly powerful information system technology in the hands of growing numbers of users. While … progress has been made in security management and technology for large-scale centralized data processing …

Challenges of the Changing Robot Markets

July 19, 2013
Author(s)
Gurvinder S. Virk, Carol Herman, Roger V. Bostelman, Tamas Haidegger
… bottlenecks preventing the realization of the mass-markets in robotics expected since the late 1990s. Some of the key … with the key players throughout the world, active in both robotics R&D and robotics standardization. This paper …

Metrology for High-Frequency Nanoelectronics

March 27, 2007
Author(s)
Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Atif A. Imtiaz, Hans Nembach, Paul Rice, Pavel Kabos
… (formerly titled Characterization and Metrology for ULSI Technology) …

Physics of DNA Threading Through a Nanometer Pore and Applications to Simultaneous Multianalyte Sensing

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
John J. Kasianowicz, S. E. Henrickson, Martin Misakian, H H. Weetall, B Robertson, Vincent M. Stanford
… through single protein ion channels. It was recently shown in our laboratory that individual molecules of … can be used to estimate the concentration of analytes in solution. A statistical analysis of the current blockades … Polymers (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series 3: High Technology) …

Sensing Performance of the IEEE 802.11bf Protocol and Its Impact on Data Communication

October 7, 2024
Author(s)
Anirudha Sahoo, Tanguy Ropitault, Steve Blandino, Nada Golmie
… Wi-Fi sensing has been used to detect and track movements in an environment, resulting in the emergence of several innovative applications. Wi-Fi … detect movement and locate objects by analyzing variations in the Wi-Fi signal due to its interaction with moving …

Documenting and Implementing Guidelines with Schematron

August 26, 2009
Author(s)
Joshua Lubell
… Data exchange specifications must be broad and general in order to achieve acceptance, yet they must also be customizable in a controlled and interoperable manner in order to be useful. This paper describes an approach …
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