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Teaching Materials Science to Children, Ages 8-14

June 7, 2007
Author(s)
Robert D. Shull
A pre-high school science program, Adventure In Science (AIS), has been running in the Gaithersburg, Maryland area for the past 33 years. It s President, Dr. Robert D. Shull, a scientist in the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at the National

3-D Segmentation and Motion Estimation of Range Data for Crash Prevention

June 6, 2007
Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi
In this paper we present a 3-D object segmentation and motion estimation scheme of range video data for crash prevention applications. The segmentation is based on slope values of every point in the scene with which atomic regions are constructed by region

A W-band polarization converter and isolator

June 6, 2007
Author(s)
Charles Dietlein, A. Luukanen, Zoya Popovic, Erich N. Grossman
This paper presents a 95-GHz printed low-loss linear-to-circular polarizer designed as a component of an active direct-detection millimeter-wave imaging system. The periodic printed structure presents different reactances to the TE and TM polarizations

Application of the CIPM MRA to Radionuclide Metrology

June 6, 2007
Author(s)
Lisa R. Karam
The adoption of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement by the CIPM in 1996 had an almost immediate affect on the approach national measurement laboratories took in the measurement laboratories took in the measurement of radioactivity, and how their abilities

North American Environmental Compliance Attitudes Towards Electronics

June 6, 2007
Author(s)
Krista Botsford, John V. Messina, Eric D. Simmon
More and more countries are beginning eco-compliance legislation for electronics products. Where does the USA stand? This paper will discuss the following areas and attitudes towards environmental compliance in the USA: levels of legislation, who is (or

Aging Effects on the Dynamic Tensile Response of Zylon Fibers

June 4, 2007
Author(s)
Richard L. Rhorer, Joannie W. Chin, Amanda L. Forster, Weinong W. Chen, Bo Song, Xu Nie
This paper reports on dynamic tests of fibers used in soft body armor. The type of fiber tested is poly(p-phenylene-2,6- benzobisoxaxole) (PBO), or brand name Zylon. Aged fibers were tested using a modified split Hopkinson pressure bar that loads the

An Apparatus For Folding Yarns And Woven Fabrics Of Ballistic Fibers

June 4, 2007
Author(s)
Walter G. McDonough, Jae Hyun Kim, Nolan J. Brandenburg, William R. Blair, Gale A. Holmes
Folding of ballistic fibers comprising soft body armor may be a factor in the performance deterioration that has been observed in used soft body armor. To quantify the impact of this mechanism, an apparatus was designed and built to simulate the folding

Design of SNS Josephson Arrays for High Voltage Applications

June 4, 2007
Author(s)
Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel Benz, Charles J. Burroughs, Norman F. Bergren, Yonuk Chong
The voltage from a single, microwave-biased Josephson junction is a small quantity; thus useful voltages are only generated through series arrays of many thousands of junctions. Arrays of superconductor-normal metal-superconductor junctions have been

Direct Electrostatic Calibration of Hybrid Sensors for Small Force Measurement

June 4, 2007
Author(s)
Koo-Hyun Chung, Gordon A. Shaw, Jon R. Pratt
The measurement of forces from piconewtons to millinewtons is an area of interest from both an applied and pure research standpoint, however creating a link between small forces and the International System of Units (SI) has been difficult. In this work, a

Optical and structural study of GaN nanowires grown by catalyst-free molecular beam epitaxy. II. Sub-band-gap luminescence and electron irradiation effects

June 4, 2007
Author(s)
Larry Robins, Kristine A. Bertness, Joy Barker, Norman Sanford, John B. Schlager
GaN nanowires with diameters of 50-250nm, grown by catalyst-free molecular beam epitaxy, were characterized by photoluminescence (PL) and cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy at temperatures from 3 to 297 K. Both as-grown samples and dispersions of

Precision Measurements using a 300 mV Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

June 4, 2007
Author(s)
Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Charles J. Burroughs, Norman F. Bergren
We have developed a Josephson Digital-to-Analog Converter, otherwise know as a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer, with 300 mV peak output voltage. This is the first system of its kind with demonstrated quantum accuracy. We will show precision

Broadband Characterization of Multilayer Dielectric Thin-Films

June 3, 2007
Author(s)
Nathan D. Orloff, Jordi Mateu, Makoto Murakami, Ichiro Takeuchi, James C. Booth
We develop a measurement technique for obtaining the broadband complex permittivity of thin-film dielectric materials over the frequency range from 100 Hz-40 GHz. Such broad frequency coverage can only be accomplishe3d by combining lumped-element and

Detuning and Saturation of Superconducting Devices: Formulation and Measurements

June 3, 2007
Author(s)
Carlos Collado, Jordi Mateu, James Booth, J M. Callaghan
Saturation and detuning of High Temperture Superconducting (HTS) resonators and filters may occur due to the inherent nonlinear properties of the superconductor. In HTS transmission lines, these nonlinear properties introduce a dependence of the inductance

Effects of Ozonolysis and Subsequent Growth of Quantum Dots on the Electrical Properties of Freestanding Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Films

June 2, 2007
Author(s)
L C. Teague, S Banerjee, S S. Wong, Curt A. Richter, Bindhu Varughese, J Batteas
A significant challenge exists in probing the transport behavior of chemically modified single- walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Thin films of SWNTs offer one facile approach to integration of these materials into electronics and sensing applications. Data
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