Conferences

Assessing girth weld quality of pipeline steels and their susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement

June 16, 2024

Author(s)

Zack Buck, Newell Moser, May Ling Martin, Nicholas Derimow, Damian Lauria, Enrico Lucon, Douglas Stalheim, Peter Bradley, Matthew Connolly

Hydrogen is known to cause premature failure in various steel infrastructures due to effects of embrittlement, which is particularly detrimental to ferritic

Anomaly Based Intrusion Detection using Large Language Models

June 15, 2024

Author(s)

Zineb Maasaoui, Abdella Battou, Mheni Merzouki, Ahmed LBATH

In the context of modern networks where cyber-attacks are increasingly complex and frequent, traditional Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) often struggle to

The Black Hole Explorer: Instrument System Overview

June 14, 2024

Author(s)

Daniel P. Marrone, Janice Houston, Kazunori Akiyama, Bryan Bilyeu, Don Boroson, Paul Grimes, Kari Haworth, Robert Lehmensiek, Eliad Peretz, Hannah Rana, Laura Sinclair, Sridharan Tirupati Kumara, Ranjani Srinivasan, Edward Tong, Jade Wang, Jonathan Weintroub, Michael D. Johnson

The Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) is a space very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) mission concept that is currently under development. BHEX will study

Towards Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Understanding Researcher-Practitioner Interactions and Challenges in Human-Centered Cybersecurity

June 13, 2024

Author(s)

Julie Haney, Clyburn Cunningham, Susanne Furman

Human-centered cybersecurity (HCC) researchers seek to improve people's experiences with cybersecurity. However, a disconnect between researchers and

The Black Hole Explorer: Motivation and Vision

June 13, 2024

Author(s)

Michael D. Johnson, Kazunori Akiyama, Rebecca Baturin, Bryan Bilyeu, Lindy Blackburn, Don Boroson, Alejandro Cardena-Avendano, Andrew Chael, Chi-kwan Chan, Dominic Chang, Peter Cheimets, Cathy Chou, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Joseph Farah, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Charles F. Gammie, Zachary Gelles, Jose L. Gomez, Samuel E. Gralla, Paul Grimes, Shahar Hadar, Kari Haworth, Kazuhiro Hada, Michael H. Hecht, Mareki Honma, Janice Houston, Ben Hudson, Sara Issaoun, He Jia, Svetlana Jorstad, Jens Kauffmann, Yuri Kovalev, Leonid I. Gurvits, Peter Kurczynski, Robert Lafon, Alexandru Lupsasca, Robert Lehmensiek, Chung-Pei Ma, Daniel P. Marrone, Alan P. Marscher, Gary J. Melnick, Ramesh Narayan, Kotaro Niinuma, Scott C. Noble, Eric J. Palmer, Daniel C. Palumbo, Lenny Paritsky, Eliad Peretz, Dominic Pesce, Alexander Plavin, Eliot Quataert, Hannah Rana, Angelo Ricarte, Freek Roelofs, Katia Shtyrkova, Laura Sinclair, Jeffrey Small, Sridharan Tirupati Kumara, Ranjani Srinivasan, Andrew Strominger, Paul Tiede, Edward Tong, Jade Wang, Jonathan Weintroub, Maciek Wielgus, George Wong, Xinyue Alice Zhang

We present the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX), a mission that will produce the sharpest images in the history of astronomy by extending submillimeter Very-Long

Trap-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for trapped-ion qubit state readout

June 7, 2024

Author(s)

Benedikt Hampel, Daniel Slichter, Dietrich Leibfried, Richard Mirin, Varun Verma

State readout of trapped-ion qubits is usually achieved by observing qubit-state-dependent fluorescence from the ion while driving an optical cycling transition

The Effect Of The Free Surface On Penetration Depth Limited X-ray Stress Measurements

June 3, 2024

Author(s)

Thomas Gnaupel-Herold

The elastic behaviour of grains bordering a free surface is analysed through the self-consistent grain-matrix interaction model. The approach proposed here

Power and Energy Generation and Measurement System to Support DC Charging of Electric Vehicles

May 31, 2024

Author(s)

Bryan C. Waltrip, Thomas L. Nelson, Katya Delak

This paper describes the implementation of a system for the generation and measurement of DC power and energy for voltages with magnitudes up to 800 V DC and

Terms of Deception: Exposing Obscured Financial Obligations in Online Agreements with Deep Learning (Extended Abstract

May 23, 2024

Author(s)

Elisa Tsai, Anoop Singhal, Atul Prakash

This paper investigates one type of social engineering scam, where unsuspecting users inadvertently consent to hidden financial obligations by performing

ANT: A Multizone Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and Ventilation Analysis Plug-in for Algorithm Aided Design

May 21, 2024

Author(s)

Jialei Shen, William Stuart Dols, Brian Polidoro

To facilitate the design and analysis related to indoor air quality (IAQ) and ventilation in buildings, a plug-in named ANT (contam-in-ANT) has been developed

Mathematical Entities: Corpora and Benchmarks

May 20, 2024

Author(s)

Jacob Collard, Valeria de Paiva, Eswaran Subrahmanian

Mathematics is a highly specialized domain with its own unique set of challenges. Despite this, there has been relatively little research on natural language

A 0.1 GHz to 1.1 THz Inverted Grounded-CPW mTRL Calibration Kit Characterization in an InP HBT Process

May 13, 2024

Author(s)

Jerome Cheron, Rob Jones, Dylan Williams, Miguel Urteaga, Bryan Bosworth, Nick Jungwirth, Jeffrey Jargon, Ben Jamroz, Chris Long, Nate Orloff, Ari Feldman, Peter Aaen

We report a novel design approach of on-wafer multiline thru-reflect-line (mTRL) calibration kit fabricated on a commercial semiconductor-based transistor

An Analytical Evaluation for Software-based TSN in Industrial Wi-Fi Networks

May 12, 2024

Author(s)

Mohamed Hany, Rick Candell

Time-sensitive networking (TSN) is an emerging topic for the advancement of wireless networking for industrial applications. TSN, as defined under the umbrella

On the Impact of TIG Welding Interference on Industrial Wi-Fi Networks: Modeling of Empirical Data and Analytical Studying of Coexistence

May 12, 2024

Author(s)

Mohamed Hany, Jing Geng, Karl Montgomery, Rick Candell

The use of IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi in industrial applications has been enabled by Time-sensitive networking capabilities to achieve deterministic communications

Usability for Poll Workers: A Voting System Usability Test Protocol

May 8, 2024

Author(s)

Dana Chisnell, Sharon J. Laskowski, Karen Bachmann, Svetlana Z. Lowry

In this paper, we discuss our efforts to develop a repeatable test protocol for assessing usability for poll workers – temporary election officials who ensure

Recovery pathway assessment of recycled HDPE for circular economy: Shorter-life vs longer-life products

May 7, 2024

Author(s)

Buddhika Hapuwatte, Ashley Hartwell, Matthew Triebe, Abheek Chatterjee, Nehika Mathur, Daniel Figola, Katherine Morris

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) is a highly recyclable thermoplastic comprising 17% of all plastic produced. Yet, demand for recycled HDPE (r-HDPE) has outrun

Forecasting Rare Earth Element Demands for Clean Energy Technologies with the Bass Diffusion Model

May 7, 2024

Author(s)

Nehika Mathur, Thomas Maani, Chuanbing Rong, John Sutherland

The push to decarbonize has spurred the demand for clean energy technologies such as electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines (WTs). These technologies rely on

The intersection of noise, amplitude, and nonlinearity in a high-Q micromechanical torsion pendulum

May 6, 2024

Author(s)

Jon R. Pratt, Stephan Schlamminger, Dalziel Wilson, Charles Condos, Aman Rajendra Agrawal, Christian Pluchar

We derive a nonlinear equation of motion for a chip-scale pendulum comprising a thick plate suspended from a tensioned nanoribbon. Recently we explored the use

Programmable Synapses and Dendritic Circuits for Superconducting Optoelectronic Neuromorphic Computing

May 3, 2024

Author(s)

Bryce Primavera, Saeed Khan, Samuel Adler, Jeff Shainline

Superconducting optoelectronic hardware is promising for large-scale neuromorphic computing. In this work, analog circuits combining Josephson junctions and

The NIST Material Flammability Database

May 1, 2024

Author(s)

Isaac Leventon, Morgan Bruns, Michael Heck

7 The fire modeling community is actively working to develop the tools needed to quantitatively predict material 8 and product flammability behavior (e.g

Working equation for a Fabry-Perot cavity based optical pressure standard

May 1, 2024

Author(s)

Yuanchao Yang, Patrick Egan, Tom Rubin

From basics of Fabry-Perot (FP) resonator and roundtrip phase, a complete working equation for a FP cavity based optical pressure standard (OPS) is derived and

Poster: Green Network Optimization with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Work in Progress

May 1, 2024

Author(s)

Vladimir Marbukh

This paper proposes a distributed Green Network Optimization (GNO) with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL). GNO-MARL combines: (a) Network Utility

Evaluating the security of CRYSTALS-Dilithium in the quantum random oracle model

April 29, 2024

Author(s)

Kelsey Jackson, Carl A. Miller, Daochen Wang

In the wake of recent progress on quantum computing hardware, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is standardizing cryptographic protocols

Practical Attack on All Parameters of the DME Signature Scheme

April 28, 2024

Author(s)

Pierre Briaud, Maxime Bros, Ray Perlner, Daniel Smith-Tone

DME is a multivariate scheme submitted to the call for additional signatures recently launched by NIST. Its performance is one of the best among all the

Instrument Development for Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Diffractometry in the EUV

April 24, 2024

Author(s)

Stephanie Moffitt, Bryan Barnes, Thomas A. Germer, Steven Grantham, Eric Shirley, Martin Sohn, Daniel Sunday, Charles S. Tarrio

Semiconductor devices are noted for ever-decreasing dimensions but now are also becoming more complex. While scanning probe microscopy can still resolve the

Towards the development of standards and performance metrics for 3D imaging systems

April 22, 2024

Author(s)

Prem Rachakonda, Kamel S. Saidi, Marek Franaszek, Helen Qiao, John Sweetser, Armin Khatoonabadi, David Dechow, Wesley Rhodes

NIST is leading and supporting multiple efforts to develop standards for 3D imaging systems for manufacturing automation applications. Many manufacturers

Performance evaluation of ground-source integrated heat pump for residential net-zero energy buildings across different climates

April 22, 2024

Author(s)

Dongsoo Jang, Harrison M. Skye

Ground-source integrated heat pumps (GSIHPs) can save energy in residential buildings by providing all the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning (HVAC), and

Current State and Benchmarking Generative Artificial intelligence for Additive Manufacturing

April 22, 2024

Author(s)

Nowrin Akter Surovi, Paul Witherell, Kumara Sundar, Vinay Saji Mathew

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is becoming increasingly popular in academia and industry due to its cost-effectiveness and time-saving benefits. However, AM faces

Dynamic Calibration of Instrumented Charpy Strikers

April 22, 2024

Author(s)

Akobuije Chijioke, Nicholas Vlajic, Enrico Lucon

Charpy V-notch testing of metallic materials involves application of kilonewton-range force pulses on millisecond time scales, generated by impacting the

CHIP SCALE FORCE ELASTIC PROVING DEVICE FOR INSTRUMENTED INDENTER FORCE CALIBRATION

April 22, 2024

Author(s)

Gordon A. Shaw

A chip-scale elastic fused silica parallelogram flexure device has been fabricated for use as a reference spring for force calibration in instrumented