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NIST's seeks a high resolution DIC technology for qualification of complex AM parts. To meet this critical need, X-wave Innovations Inc. proposes to develop a 3-Dimentional Digital Image Correlation (3-D DIC) based NDT system. The proposed effort builds upon the success of XII in developing a variety of NDT technologies (including DIC system) for advanced materials evaluation. The success of the p ...

HISTORICALLY, DATABASE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN A TASK FOR EXPERTS, AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (DBMS) HAVE RESIDEDLARGELY ON MAINFRAME COMPUTERS. TODAY, HOWEVER, WITH THE TREMENDOUS VARIETY OF USER-FRIENDLY SOFTWARE, THE POWER OF MICROCOMPUTER HARDWARE, AND THE STORAGE CAPACITY OF PERIPHERALS, MANY DATABASES INITIALLY ESTABLISHED ON MAINFRAME MAY NOW PRACTICALLY BE INSTALLED ON PERSONAL COMPUTERS. ...

CURRENT SMOKE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES SUFFER FROM SIGNIFICANT FALSE ALARM RATES. THESE PROBLEMS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED BY REDUCING THE SENSITIVITY OF EXISTING PARTICULATE DETECTORS. IN THIS WORK, THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMBINED PARTICULATE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR WILL BE EVALUATED. THE USE OF MULTIPLE FIRE SIGNATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR REDUCING THE FALSE ALARM PROBLEMS WHILE INCREASING ...

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST) HAS UNDERTAKEN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE SOLID STANDARDS AND ALGORITHMS FOR THE STANDARDIZATION OF NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETERS. THIS EFFORT, COUPLED WITH RECENT ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS FOR REGRESSION MODEL TRANSFER, HAS CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD CALIBRATION MODELS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH FOCUSES ON TH ...

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING (HTSC) FILMS HAVE A LARGE POTENTIAL AS DETECTORS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. TO BE USEFUL FOR TRANSFER STANDARD RADIOMETERS, IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE HTSC FILM QUALITY SHOULD BE VERY HIGH, BOTH FROM THE VIEW POINTS OF STRUCTURE AND SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES. A MAJOR TASK, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE HIGH SENSITIVITY, FAST RESPONSE, LOW NOISE LEVELS, AND UNIFORM SPECTRAL ...

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THE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE IS AN EVOLVING INSTRUMENT FOR MICROTOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF REFINED SURFACES WITH RESOLUTION ON THE ATOMIC SCALE. THE GOAL OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE A NEW AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN FOR THE STM, EXTENDING ITS FLEXIBILITY AND ACCURACY. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE DESIGN GOALS ARE: 1) TO PROVIDE A COMPACT INSTRUMENT SUITABLE FOR VACUUM FLANGE MOUNTING ...