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Book Chapters

In situ Diffraction Studies of selected metal-organic framework (MOF) materials for guest capture/exchange applications

July 27, 2018

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng

This paper gives a brief review of in situ diffraction studies (including Synchrotron and conventional X-ray, energy dispersive X-ray, and neutron techniques)...

Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition: Future Tasks to Support the Development of Assembly Robotics

July 15, 2018

Author(s)

Karl Van Wyk, Joseph A. Falco, Elena R. Messina

The Robot Grasping and Manipulation Competition, held during the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in Daejeon...

Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition: Competitor Feedback and Lessons Learned

July 15, 2018

Author(s)

Joseph A. Falco, Yu Sun, Maximo Roa

The First Robot Grasping and Manipulation Competition, held during IROS 2016, allowed researchers focused on the application of robot systems to compare the...

Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition: Task Pool

July 15, 2018

Author(s)

Yu Sun, Joseph Falco, Nadia Cheng, Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Erik Engeberg, Nancy Pollard, Maximo Roa, Zeyang Xia

A Robot Grasping and Manipulation Competition was held during IROS 2016. The competition provided a common set of robot tasks for researchers focused on the...

The Evolution of Expressing and Exchanging Cyber-investigation Information in a Standardized Form

July 10, 2018

Author(s)

Eoghan Casey, Sean Barnum, Ryan Griffith, Jonathan Snyder, Harm van Beek, Alexander J. Nelson

This paper describes the evolution of a community-developed, standardized specification language for representing and exchanging information in the broadest...

State-of-the-Art in Human-Robot Interaction

June 7, 2018

Author(s)

Jeremy Marvel, Megan Zimmerman, Shelly Bagchi

In this chapter, we will discuss the applications of HRI and HMI in industrial robotics, and will discuss topics such as collaborative robot safety, advances in...

Optics Contamination

February 5, 2018

Author(s)

Charles S. Tarrio, Shannon B. Hill, Robert F. Berg, Sasa Bajt

Institutional support for combining multiple knowledge systems in planning and policy-making for community response and resilience to natural and anthropogenic hazards

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson

A given community may be considered as a system of systems (i.e., socio-economic networks and supporting physical infrastructure); if there is failure in one...

Friction and wear in micro and nanomachines

December 15, 2017

Author(s)

Maarten de Boer, Sameer Shroff, Frank W. DelRio, W R. Ashurst

The prediction and characterization of multi-length-scale tribological phenomena is challenging, yet essential for the advancement of micro- and nanomachine...

The SI and Quantum Metrology

December 1, 2017

Author(s)

Carl J. Williams

The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is playing a major role in the worldwide effort to base the International System of...

From the Mise-en-pratique for Mass to the Future of Metrology for the SI

December 1, 2017

Author(s)

Carl J. Williams

The two most troublesome issues with the SI as currently defined involve the artifact kilogram (kg) and the electrical units. Defining the kg as exactly equal...

The Future of Quantum Based Measurements and the SI

December 1, 2017

Author(s)

Carl J. Williams

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), along with other NMIs, is preparing for a new era in the history of metrology made possible by...

Challenges to Automating Security Configuration Checklists in Manufacturing Environments

November 21, 2017

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell, Timothy A. Zimmerman

Information technology is essential for today's manufacturing systems, making them more vulnerable to cybersecurity threats than ever before. This paper...

Quantitative Fluorescence Measurements with Multicolor Flow Cytometry

November 20, 2017

Author(s)

Lili Wang, Adolfas K. Gaigalas, James Wood

Multicolor flow cytometer assays are routinely used in clinical laboratories for immunophenotyping, monitoring disease and treatment, and determining prognostic...

Service Life Prediction -Why is this so hard?

November 8, 2017

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Kenneth M. White, James Pickett

Service life prediction in general and weathering lifetime in particular have been persistent problems despite nearly a century of work. Part of the problem has...

A Design Methodology for Developing Resilient Cloud Services (RCS)

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Abdella Battou, Salim Hariri

Cloud Computing is emerging as a new paradigm that aims at delivering computing as a utility. For the cloud computing paradigm to be fully adopted and...

Using Generalized Sheet Transition Conditions (GSTCs) in the Analysis of Metasurfaces

October 22, 2017

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Edward Kuester

Analytical Methods and Development of Reference Materials for Toxic Metals and Metal Species in Food and Dietary Supplements

September 18, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen E. Long, Michael B. Ellisor, Frances Nilsen, Laura J. Wood, Karen E. Murphy, Lee L. Yu

Highly toxic metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury are prevalent in the terrestrial and marine environments from both natural sources and...

Yang-Yang Critical Anomaly

September 12, 2017

Author(s)

Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin Abdulagatov, Nikolai Polikhronidi, Rabiyat Batyrova

Following a critical review of related research, a method is described to evaluate the Yang-Yang critical anomaly strength function, , from experimental...

Internal Pressure and Internal Energy of Saturated and Compressed Phases

September 12, 2017

Author(s)

Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin Abdulagatov, Nikolai Polikhronidi, Rabiyat Batyrova

Following a critical review of the field, a comprehensive analysis is provided of the internal pressure of fluids and fluid mixtures and its determination in a...

A Brief Introduction to the Winter Simulation Conference

September 1, 2017

Author(s)

Andreas Tolk, John Fowler, Guodong Shao, Enver Yucesan

In December of 2017, the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) celebrates its 50th anniversary. Among the special events planned to commemorate this milestone will...

Conceptual Modeling

August 19, 2017

Author(s)

Conrad E. Bock, Fatma Dandashi, Sanford Friedenthal, Natalie Harrison, Steven Jenkins, Leon McGinnis, Janos Sztipanovits, Adelinde Uhrmacher, Eric Weisel, Lin Zhang

Understanding and developing complex systems requires collaboration between individuals with widely varying expertise. Communication between these individuals...

Mixture Boiling

July 24, 2017

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

Color Quality (book chapter)

July 11, 2017

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Ohno

This book chapter provides the fundamentals of colorimetry and color quality for solid state lighting, including descriptions of the current standards on...

Size-exclusion chromatography

July 7, 2017

Author(s)

Andre M. Striegel

Approaches for Characterizing Nonlinear Mixtures in Hyperspectral Imagery

June 21, 2017

Author(s)

Robert S. Rand, Ronald G. Resmini, David W. Allen

This study considers a physics-based and a kernel-based approach for characterizing pixels in a scene that may be linear (areal mixed) or nonlinear (intimately...

Reliability of Nano-Electronic Devices

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Anthony S. Oates, Kin P. Cheung

This is a general overview of reliability challenge of advanced CMOS

Integrating Data Mining and Simulation Optimization for Decision Making in Manufacturing

May 24, 2017

Author(s)

Deogratias Kibira, Guodong Shao

Manufacturers are facing an ever-increasing demand for customized products on the one hand and environmentally friendly products on the other. This situation...

Assessing Ash Quality and Performance

May 3, 2017

Author(s)

Larry Sutter, Dale P. Bentz

This chapter reviews ash quality and performance issues, with special emphasis on air entrainment and early-age performance. Recent developments in testing...

Bose-Einstein Condensates in Artificial Gauge Fields

May 1, 2017

Author(s)

Ian B. Spielman, Lindsay LeBlanc

Quantum mechanically, static or applied gauge fields manifest themselves by directly coupling to a system's phase. Artificial gauge field techniques manipulate...

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