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Building products contain chemical compounds, such as volatile organic compounds, which can be emitted into indoor air and result in human exposures in the
Peter Bajcsy, Joe Chalfoun, Mylene Simon, Mary C. Brady, Marcin Kociolek
This chapter addresses object measurements from 2D microscopy images. Object measurements (called image features) vary in terms of theoretical formulas for the
Jirun Sun, Nancy Lin, Joy Dunkers, Sheng Lin-Gibson
One common tissue engineering approach for regenerating or replacing damaged tissues involves a porous polymeric scaffold. The scaffolds serve as the mechanical
Machine performance evaluation is vital for objectively demonstrating that a machine can meet specification, standards and quality management system, and for
Jeffrey T. Fong, Nathanael A. Heckert, James J. Filliben
This paper is a chapter invited by the editor of a book to be published by Elsevier in 2020. The title of the book is "Durability of Composite Systems," and the
Li Piin Sung, James E. Pickett, Olga Kuvshinnikova, Brett Ermi
The NIST (National Institutes of Standards and Technology) SPHERE (Simulated Photodegradation via High Energy Radiant Exposure) was used to obtain acceleration
This work briefly reviews the classification of the different types of steels, the most common AM processes used for steel and the available powder feedstock
Vivek Prabhu, Yimin Mao, Markus Bleuel, Samim Ali, Yuanchi Ma
Associating soft matter such as surfactants, polymers, proteins, and liposomes, may form structures with dimensions not readily accessible by optical methods
The current work describes the use of DIC for full-field strain and deformation response while performing 10° off-axis tensile tests on rigidly clamped
Giuseppe Zibordi, Kenneth Voss, B. Carol Johnson, James Mueller
Procedures for calibrating and characterizing optical radiometers, including the determination of characteristics peculiar to underwater sensors, are presented
Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Li Piin Sung, Hsiang C. Hsueh, Adam L. Pintar, Deborah S. Jacobs
The NIST service life prediction program has demonstrated success in producing validated predictions for the property change resulting from outdoor exposure for
Contrary to general publics perception of ceramics as primarily encompassing art work, table ware, porcelain enamels, tiles, and sanitary ware, ceramics cover
The Josephson effect has revolutionized voltage metrology [1-5] and, together with the quantum Hall effect for resistance and atomic clocks for time and
This chapter examines how the test collection paradigm, the dominant evaluation methodology in information retrieval, has been adapted to meet the changing
Anthony P. Kotula, Jonathan E. Seppala, Chad R. Snyder
Since its development and commercialization in the 1980s, polymer additive manufacturing (AM) has become a disruptive technology. In this chapter we describe
The role of amino acid analysis in bioanalysis has changed from a qualitative to a quantitative technique. With the discovery of both electrospray ionization
Douglas M. Fox, Jeremiah Woodcock, Sindhu Seethamraju, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Katrina Wakeman, Tess Ravick
Formation of well dispersed cellulose – polymer composites is a challenge. This is magnified when preparing composites using nanoscale materials, where the bulk
Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Nicholas D. Petraco, Ryan Lilien
This chapter is designed to introduce the reader to emerging technologies relating to 3D surface topography measurement and comparative analysis. While the