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NIST Map .............................................................................................................................................. 3

Colloquium Schedule: Tuesday – August 5, 2014 Plenary Session: Admin. Bldg., Green Auditorium (Plenary) ......................................................... 5 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Lecture Room A ............................................................................ 6 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Lecture Room B ............................................................................ 7 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Lecture Room D ............................................................................ 8 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Portrait Room ...............................................................................9 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Heritage Room ............................................................................ 10

Colloquium Schedule: Wednesday- August 6, 2014 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Lecture Room A .......................................................................... 11 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Lecture Room B .......................................................................... 13 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Portrait Room ............................................................................. 15 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Heritage Room ............................................................................ 17

Colloquium Schedule: Thursday, August 7, 2014 Parallel Session: Admin Bldg., Lecture Room A ........................................................................... 19 Parallel Session: Admin. Bldg., Lecture Room B .......................................................................... 22

Parallel Session: Admin Bldg., Portrait Room .............................................................................. 23

Parallel Session: Admin Bldg., Heritage Room ............................................................................. 25

Friday, August 8, 2014 – 12N Farewell Pizza Party: Courtyard/Rear of NIST Cafeteria .............................................................. 27

Student Abstracts (Alphabetical by Student’s Last Name) ................................................................ 29

SURF Students by Organizational Unit (OU) .................................................................................... 123

• Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST)• Engineering Laboratory (EL)• Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)• Material Measurement Laboratory (MML)

- Chemical and Biochemical Sciences- Materials Science

• NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)• Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML)

- Electrical Engineering- Physics

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ctor

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jillo

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an P

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in

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ork

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k

1:30

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drew

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assa

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posa

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– Intentionally Blank –


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

ndre

w A

dam

s G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

2 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Boi

se S

tate

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Civi

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an o

n en

terin

g th

e fie

ld to

exp

lore

opt

ions

, pos

sibly

follo

wed

by

grad

uate

scho

ol.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Mat

eria

ls an

d St

ruct

ural

Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, Disa

ster

Res

ilien

ce

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: St

ephe

n Ca

uffm

an

Title

of T

alk:

Re

silie

nce:

Pla

nnin

g fo

r the

Fut

ure

Abst

ract

: O

n av

erag

e, n

atur

al a

nd m

an-m

ade

disa

ster

s cau

se a

n es

timat

ed $

57 b

illio

n in

loss

es e

very

yea

r, w

ith la

rge

singl

e ev

ents

such

as H

urric

ane

Katr

ina

capa

ble

of in

flict

ing

cost

s ove

r $10

0 bi

llion

. Cu

rren

t bui

ldin

g de

sign

met

hods

ha

ve fo

cuse

d sp

ecifi

cally

on

the

pres

erva

tion

of li

fe sa

fety

whe

n fa

ced

with

a m

ajor

haz

ard

even

t, an

d ha

ve b

een

succ

essf

ul in

doi

ng so

. Ho

wev

er in

fras

truc

ture

syst

em in

terd

epen

denc

ies a

re n

ot a

ddre

ssed

and

con

tinue

d fu

nctio

nalit

y of

bui

ldin

gs a

nd in

fras

truc

ture

pos

t-eve

nt is

ofte

n lo

st, r

equi

ring

eith

er d

emol

ition

or l

engt

hy re

pairs

. Th

ere

has b

een

a re

cent

shift

in th

inki

ng to

war

ds th

e id

ea o

f res

ilien

ce a

nd b

uild

ing

with

con

tinue

d fu

nctio

nalit

y an

d qu

ick

reco

very

in m

ind

shou

ld a

maj

or h

azar

d ev

ent o

ccur

. Th

e w

ork

bein

g do

ne a

t NIS

T in

the

Disa

ster

Re

silie

nce

grou

p is

focu

sing

on c

omm

unity

resil

ienc

e, d

efin

ed a

s the

abi

lity

of a

com

mun

ity to

abs

orb

and

reco

ver

from

the

effe

cts o

f a c

omm

unity

wid

e ha

zard

eve

nt.

A re

silie

nt c

omm

unity

is th

eref

ore

one

that

can

with

stan

d th

e im

pact

of a

haz

ard

even

t and

reco

ver q

uick

ly e

noug

h to

pre

vent

sign

ifica

ntly

det

rimen

tal l

ong

term

eco

nom

ic

and

soci

al c

onse

quen

ces.

Th

e ob

ject

ive

of m

y pr

ojec

t was

to c

ompa

re a

nd a

naly

ze e

xist

ing

met

rics f

or re

silie

nce

and

iden

tify

poss

ible

st

reng

ths a

nd w

eakn

esse

s in

orde

r to

help

info

rm N

IST’

s Disa

ster

Res

ilien

ce F

ram

ewor

k, w

hich

is b

eing

dev

elop

ed

as c

alle

d ou

t by

The

Pres

iden

t’s C

limat

e Ac

tion

Plan

. An

y pr

opos

ed m

easu

rem

ent n

eede

d to

be

flexi

ble

enou

gh to

ap

ply

to a

ll-ha

zard

s, ti

me-

trac

kabl

e pr

e-ev

ent a

nd d

urin

g re

cove

ry, a

ctio

nabl

e, o

bjec

tive,

con

siste

nt, a

nd si

mpl

e.

NIS

T’s f

ocus

is o

n de

velo

ping

a re

silie

nt b

uilt

envi

ronm

ent a

s a fo

unda

tion

to su

ppor

t the

soci

al n

eeds

of a

co

mm

unity

. I w

as a

ble

to d

istin

guish

feat

ures

from

the

diffe

rent

sets

whi

ch a

lign

with

NIS

T’s o

bjec

tives

thro

ugh

the

iden

tific

atio

n of

crit

ical

ele

men

ts d

esire

d in

met

rics f

or th

e Fr

amew

ork.

The

met

rics w

hich

I ex

amin

ed w

ere

deve

lope

d by

the

Uni

ted

Natio

ns (U

NIS

DR),

San

Fran

cisc

o Pl

anni

ng a

nd U

rban

and

Res

earc

h (S

PUR)

, and

the

Com

mun

ity &

Reg

iona

l Res

ilien

ce In

stitu

te (C

ARRI

).

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

hrist

ophe

r Add

iego

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H09

1 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Car

negi

e M

ello

n U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Phy

sics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on, Q

uant

um P

roce

sses

an

d M

etro

logy

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. J

osh

Pom

eroy

Title

of T

alk:

Si

mul

atio

n of

an

Ion

Beam

line

for I

soto

pica

lly E

nric

hed

Silic

on D

epos

ition

Abst

ract

: Si

licon

bas

ed q

uant

um c

ompu

ting

tech

nolo

gy is

an

attr

activ

e pr

ospe

ct b

ecau

se th

e cu

rren

t sem

icon

duct

or

indu

stry

has

con

stru

cted

a ro

bust

infr

astr

uctu

re fo

cuse

d on

man

ufac

turin

g sil

icon

bas

ed d

evic

es. H

owev

er,

natu

ral s

ilico

n is

not s

uita

ble

for s

uch

devi

ces d

ue to

the

pres

ence

of t

he si

licon

-29

(29Si

) iso

tope

. The

odd

num

ber

of n

ucle

ons i

n th

e 29

Si n

ucle

us m

eans

that

eac

h 29

Si a

tom

has

nuc

lear

spin

of 1

/2 w

hich

can

disr

upt t

he c

oher

ent

quan

tum

stat

es th

at m

ust b

e m

aint

aine

d in

a q

uant

um c

ompu

ter.

Ther

efor

e, it

is n

eces

sary

to e

nric

h na

tura

l sil

icon

to m

axim

ize th

e co

ncen

trat

ion

of 28

Si a

nd m

inim

ize th

e co

ncen

trat

ion

of 29

Si if

it is

to b

e ap

plie

d to

war

d qu

antu

m c

ompu

ting.

Th

e Q

uant

um P

roce

sses

and

Met

rolo

gy G

roup

at N

IST

is de

velo

ping

a m

etho

d fo

r enr

ichi

ng si

licon

that

use

s a

mas

s spe

ctro

met

er to

sele

ct o

nly

28Si

from

a b

eam

of i

onize

d sil

icon

ato

ms w

hich

is g

ener

ated

from

a n

atur

al

silic

on so

urce

. The

enr

iche

d sil

icon

is th

en d

epos

ited

onto

a si

licon

subs

trat

e. T

he g

oal o

f thi

s pro

ject

was

to

crea

te a

com

pute

r mod

el o

f the

app

arat

us u

sing

char

ged

part

icle

opt

ics s

imul

atio

n so

ftwar

e SI

MIO

N. T

hen,

by

optim

izing

the

fluen

ce o

f the

sim

ulat

ed b

eam

, we

aim

ed to

impr

ove

the

fluen

ce o

f the

bea

m in

the

actu

al

enric

hmen

t app

arat

us a

nd in

crea

se d

epos

ition

rate

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

nil A

dhik

ari

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

181

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

tate

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k at

Bin

gham

ton

M

ajor

: El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l Co

rnel

l Uni

vers

ity/ G

eorg

ia T

ech

/ NYU

Pol

ytec

h N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Phys

ical

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory

, Sem

icon

duct

or a

nd D

imen

siona

l Met

rolo

gy D

ivisi

on,

Bac

k En

d of

Lin

e (B

EOL)

Sem

icon

duct

or g

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Ya

w S

. Obe

ng /

Dr. C

hukw

udi O

koro

Title

of T

alk:

N

on-d

estr

uctiv

e an

alys

isof

ther

mal

stre

ss in

Cop

per T

hrou

gh-S

ilico

n Vi

as u

sing

Tim

e Do

mai

n Re

flect

omet

ry

Abst

ract

: El

ectr

onic

s dev

ices

und

ergo

con

tinuo

us t

empe

ratu

re f

luct

uatio

n w

hen

in u

se.

This

cont

inuo

us t

herm

al c

yclin

g ge

nera

tes t

herm

al s

tres

ses

due

to th

e di

ffere

nt c

oeffi

cien

t of

the

rmal

exp

ansio

n (C

TE) o

f mat

eria

ls of

con

stru

ctio

n.

Thes

e th

erm

al s

tres

ses

are

know

n to

be

one

of th

e m

ajor

cau

ses

of fa

ilure

in e

lect

roni

c de

vice

s, a

s th

ey re

sult

in th

e fo

rmat

ion

of d

efec

ts s

uch

as c

rack

s, v

oids

and

del

amin

atio

ns, l

eadi

ng to

sho

rts/

open

s in

the

inte

grat

ed c

ircui

ts. W

ith

the

emer

genc

e of

thre

e-di

men

siona

l sta

cked

inte

grat

ed c

ircui

ts (3

D-SI

C), a

s th

e m

icro

chip

of t

he fu

ture

, the

con

cern

fo

r str

ess-

rela

ted

failu

res

has

incr

ease

d. T

his

is be

caus

e th

e ve

rtic

al e

lect

rical

con

nect

ions

thro

ugh

the

stac

ked

chip

s ar

e ac

hiev

ed w

ith c

oppe

r in

terc

onne

cts,

cal

led

Thro

ugh-

Silic

on V

ia (

TSV)

, whi

ch a

re f

abric

ated

thr

ough

the

act

ive

silic

on. U

nfor

tuna

tely

, the

larg

e m

ismat

ch in

the

CTE

of C

oppe

r (17

X 1

0-6/

ºC) a

nd S

ilico

n (2

.3 X

10-

6/ºC

) lea

ds to

the

gene

ratio

n of

sign

ifica

nt st

ress

es.

In t

his

wor

k, r

adio

-freq

uenc

y (R

F) b

ased

tec

hniq

ue w

as u

sed

as a

non

-des

truc

tive

faul

t-de

tect

ion

tech

niqu

e to

an

alyz

e th

e im

pact

of

ther

mal

cyc

ling

on t

he s

igna

l int

egrit

y of

Cu

TSVs

. RF

bro

adba

nd (

0-40

GHz

) w

ere

pass

ed

thro

ugh

a te

st u

nder

dev

ice

(DUT

) co

mpr

ised

of a

dai

sy c

hain

con

tain

ing

60 C

u TS

Vs.

Usin

g t h

e ve

ctor

net

wor

k an

alyz

er, t

he fr

eque

ncy

and

time

dom

ain

char

acte

ristic

s of

the

DUT

wer

e de

term

ined

as

a fu

nctio

n of

the

num

ber o

f th

erm

al c

ycle

s. F

rom

the

freq

uenc

y do

mai

n an

alys

is, th

e re

flect

ion

coef

ficie

nt a

nd th

e tr

ansm

issio

n co

effic

ient

wer

e ob

tain

ed. W

hile

in t

he t

ime

dom

ain

anal

ysis,

Tim

e Do

mai

n R e

flect

rom

etry

(TDR

) was

use

d to

det

erm

ine

the

defe

ct

loca

tion

in t

he D

UT

non-

dest

ruct

ivel

y. If

str

uctu

re o

f th

e DU

T is

chan

ged

due

to t

herm

al s

tres

s, it

res

ults

in t

he

chan

ge in

the

TDR

wav

efor

m.

To lo

cate

the

defe

ct in

dai

sy c

hain

, the

cha

nge

in t

he w

avef

orm

was

mon

itore

d an

d th

e tim

e ta

ken

by t

he w

ave

to t

rave

l fro

m o

ne e

nd o

f the

DU

T to

the

def

ect

in t

he s

truc

ture

was

cal

cula

ted.

Th

e di

scon

tinui

ty o

f the

wav

efor

m is

mar

ked

by th

e fo

rmat

ion

of d

ip in

the

wav

efor

m d

ue to

incr

ease

in th

e im

peda

nce

of th

e pa

rtic

ular

cro

ss se

ctio

n of

the

DUT.

As t

he th

erm

al c

ycle

incr

ease

s, th

e ch

ange

in th

e st

ruct

ure

in D

UT is

mor

e di

stin

ct a

nd t

he im

peda

nce

mism

atch

ed is

pro

min

ent.

In c

ase

of fr

eque

ncy

dom

ain

anal

ysis,

sca

tter

ing

para

met

ers

wer

e ob

serv

ed a

nd c

ompa

red

at d

iffer

ent t

herm

o cy

cle.

As

the

ther

mal

cyc

les i

ncre

ased

the

loss

in th

e m

agni

tude

of

scat

terin

g pa

ram

eter

s wer

e di

stin

ct.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

ma

D. A

gyap

ong

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

094

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: E

lizab

eth

City

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

anni

ng o

n go

ing

to g

radu

ate

scho

ol a

t MIT

to re

ceiv

e m

y M

aste

rs a

nd P

h.D.

; I p

lan

on

wor

king

in re

sear

ch th

at g

oes h

and

in h

and

with

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

ab; S

emic

ondu

ctor

and

Dim

ensio

nal M

etro

logy

Div

ision

; N

anos

cale

Met

rolo

gy G

roup

. N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Rav

ikira

n At

tota

; Dr.

Hyeo

nggo

n Ka

ng

Title

of T

alk:

M

easu

ring

Thre

e-Di

men

siona

l Ang

le o

f Thr

ough

-Sili

con

via

Usin

g TS

OM

Met

hod

Abst

ract

: Co

pper

-fille

d th

roug

h-sil

icon

via

(TSV

s) c

onne

ct c

ircui

ts lo

cate

d in

diff

eren

t lev

els i

n an

inte

grat

ed c

ircui

t (IC

) chi

p.

Func

tioni

ng o

f an

IC c

hip

is af

fect

ed b

y pr

oper

form

atio

n of

TSV

s. T

SVs a

re tr

uly

thre

e-di

men

siona

l (3-

D), h

igh-

aspe

ct-r

atio

(HAR

) tar

gets

. Non

-des

truc

tivel

y m

easu

ring

3-D

shap

e, si

ze a

nd fo

rmat

ion

of th

e TS

Vs w

ith h

igh-

thro

ughp

ut is

a c

halle

nge

usin

g co

nven

tiona

l too

ls.

In th

is w

ork

we

pres

ent a

NIS

T-de

velo

ped

thro

ugh-

focu

s sca

nnin

g op

tical

mic

rosc

opy

(TSO

M) m

etho

d fo

r thi

s ap

plic

atio

n. T

he T

SOM

met

hod

uses

stan

dard

brig

ht-fi

eld

com

poun

d m

icro

scop

es to

mea

sure

3-D

shap

e w

ith

nano

scal

e m

easu

rem

ent s

ensit

ivity

. The

TSO

M p

roce

ss ta

kes m

ultip

le “o

ut-o

f-foc

us”

imag

es, s

tack

s the

m a

t the

pr

oper

foca

l pos

ition

s, a

nd th

en e

xtra

cts a

ver

tical

cro

ss-s

ectio

nal T

SOM

imag

e. B

y m

akin

g us

e of

the

usef

ul

char

acte

ristic

s of t

he T

SOM

imag

es, 3

-D sh

ape

of a

ny n

anos

cale

to m

icro

scal

e ta

rget

can

be

extr

acte

d. In

the

curr

ent w

ork

we

mak

e us

e of

the

TSO

M m

etho

d to

det

erm

ine

the

angl

e of

TSV

s with

resp

ect t

o th

e su

rfac

e. T

he

TSO

M m

etho

d ac

hiev

es th

is no

n-de

stru

ctiv

ely

with

hig

h-th

roug

hput

, a d

istin

ct a

dvan

tage

com

pare

d to

oth

er

conv

entio

nal m

etho

ds.

TSVs

are

exp

ecte

d to

be

norm

al (a

xis p

erpe

ndic

ular

) to

the

surf

ace

of th

e sil

icon

waf

er. H

owev

er, d

urin

g fa

bric

atio

n, th

e ac

tual

ang

le d

evia

tes f

rom

this

desir

ed a

ngle

and

cou

ld le

ad to

impr

oper

con

nect

ivity

bet

wee

n ci

rcui

ts, j

eopa

rdizi

ng p

rope

r fun

ctio

ning

of p

rodu

cts.

By

dete

rmin

ing

the

beha

vior

of T

SVs a

cros

s ind

ivid

ual d

ies o

f th

e en

tire

waf

er, a

solu

tion

can

be c

reat

ed to

solv

e pr

oble

ms c

ause

d or

rela

ted

to d

efec

ts w

ithin

TSV

s. An

gles

of T

SV a

xes l

ocat

ed in

seve

ral d

ies a

cros

s the

waf

er w

ere

mea

sure

d us

ing

the

TSO

M m

etho

d. P

relim

inar

y re

sults

indi

cate

that

the

TSVs

clo

ser t

o th

e ce

nter

of t

he w

afer

hav

e ne

ar n

orm

al a

xes.

Dev

iatio

n of

the

TSV

axis

from

nor

mal

incr

ease

s as t

he d

ie p

ositi

on re

ache

s tow

ards

the

edge

s. O

vera

ll be

havi

or o

f the

TSV

ang

les a

cros

s th

e w

afer

app

ears

to b

e ra

dial

from

the

cent

er o

f the

waf

er.

The

TSO

M-e

valu

ated

mea

sure

men

ts n

eed

to b

e co

nfirm

ed u

sing

refe

renc

e m

easu

rem

ents

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Bra

ndon

Ale

xand

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

144

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Bal

timor

e Co

unty

M

ajor

: M

ath

and

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

obt

ain

a Ph

D in

App

lied

Mat

hem

atic

s.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

and

Com

puta

tiona

l Mat

hem

atic

s Div

ision

, M

athe

mat

ical

Sof

twar

e Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch A

dvis

or:

How

ard

Cohl

Ti

tle o

f Tal

k:

R-se

para

tion

of L

apla

ce's

Equa

tion

in R

otat

iona

lly-In

varia

nt C

yclid

ic C

oord

inat

es

Abst

ract

: Th

ere

exist

17

conf

orm

ally

uni

que

coor

dina

te sy

stem

s whi

ch a

dmit

harm

onic

solu

tions

to th

e th

ree-

varia

ble

Lapl

ace

equa

tion

via

sepa

ratio

n of

var

iabl

es. O

f the

se, f

our a

re d

eter

min

ed b

y co

ordi

nate

surf

aces

giv

en b

y ro

tatio

nally

-in

varia

nt c

yclid

es: b

i-cyc

lide

coor

dina

tes,

flat

-rin

g cy

clid

e co

ordi

nate

s, fl

at-d

isk c

yclid

e co

ordi

nate

s, a

nd to

roid

al

coor

dina

tes.

With

the

exce

ptio

n of

toro

idal

coo

rdin

ates

, the

se sy

stem

s pro

duce

har

mon

ics g

iven

by

prod

ucts

of

simpl

y-pe

riodi

c La

mé

func

tions

or L

amé-

Wan

gerin

func

tions

and

com

plex

exp

onen

tials

, whe

re is

the

azim

utha

l coo

rdin

ate,

and

is

the

azim

utha

l qua

ntum

num

ber.

We

sepa

rate

Lap

lace

's eq

uatio

n fo

r thr

ee v

ersio

ns o

f bi-c

yclid

e co

ordi

nate

s: a

lgeb

raic

and

Jaco

bian

elli

ptic

form

s by

Mill

er (1

977)

and

a Ja

cobi

an e

llipt

ic fo

rm b

y M

oon

and

Spen

cer (

1961

). In

the

proc

ess,

we

re-d

eriv

e an

d co

rrec

t pas

t re

sults

, and

qua

ntify

the

conn

ectio

n be

twee

n th

ese

bi-c

yclid

e co

ordi

nate

s. W

e th

en p

rese

nt a

gen

eral

ized

form

for

bi-c

yclid

e, fl

at-r

ing

cycl

ide,

and

flat

-disk

cyc

lide

coor

dina

tes t

hat i

s abl

e to

sepa

rate

Lap

lace

's eq

uatio

n sim

ulta

neou

sly.

The

long

-term

goa

l of t

his p

roje

ct is

to p

rodu

ce e

xpan

sions

of a

fund

amen

tal s

olut

ion

for L

apla

ce's

equa

tion

in te

rms

of o

ur d

eriv

ed h

arm

onic

s.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

cott

And

erso

n G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H18

1 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

SU

NY

Bing

ham

ton

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Und

ergr

adua

te S

enio

r

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Fo

llow

ing

the

com

plet

ion

of m

y se

nior

yea

r of u

nder

grad

uate

stud

ies,

I will

con

tinue

my

educ

atio

n w

ith a

Mas

ter’s

Deg

ree

in M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

in p

ursu

it of

a c

aree

r in

Biom

edic

al re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Di

visio

n,

Poly

mer

s and

Com

plex

Flu

ids G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Ste

ven

Huds

on

Title

of T

alk:

M

icro

-Visc

omet

ry o

f Ref

eren

ce m

Ab P

rote

in S

olut

ion

Abst

ract

: An

tibod

y th

erap

y is

alre

ady

a siz

eabl

e m

edic

al fi

eld

and

is gr

owin

g ra

pidl

y, in

clud

ing

six o

f the

top-

ten-

selli

ng

biol

ogic

dru

gs o

f 201

21 . M

any

antib

odie

s are

cur

rent

ly u

nder

dev

elop

men

t, pr

omisi

ng p

ossib

le tr

eatm

ents

for

Alzh

eim

er's

dise

ase,

mul

tiple

scle

rosis

, and

diff

eren

t typ

es o

f can

cers

. Du

e to

lim

its c

once

rnin

g th

e vo

lum

e of

flu

id w

hich

can

be

inje

cted

intr

amus

cula

rly, h

igh

prot

ein

conc

entr

atio

ns m

ay b

e ne

cess

ary

for s

ome

drug

pr

oduc

ts.

The

need

for t

hese

hig

h-co

ncen

trat

ion

solu

tions

mak

es th

e vi

scos

ity o

f the

se so

lutio

ns a

n im

port

ant

para

met

er, h

avin

g an

impa

ct o

n th

e pu

rific

atio

n, fi

ll/fin

ish, a

nd sy

ringe

abili

ty o

f the

pro

tein

solu

tions

. A

mic

rolit

er c

apill

ary

visc

omet

er, d

evel

oped

at N

IST,

has

the

abili

ty to

mea

sure

the

visc

osity

of v

ery

smal

l sam

ples

of

flui

d (le

ss th

an 1

0 μL

). T

his p

artic

ular

stud

y us

es th

is vi

scom

eter

to d

eter

min

e ho

w th

e in

trin

sic v

iscos

ity a

nd

jam

min

g co

ncen

trat

ion

of p

rote

in so

lutio

ns c

hang

e w

hen

the

sam

ple

is he

at tr

eate

d to

indu

ce a

ggre

gatio

n. T

he

NIS

T pr

otei

n an

tibod

y, u

nder

dev

elop

men

t to

be a

refe

renc

e m

ater

ial,

is th

e pr

imar

y pr

otei

n so

lutio

n co

nsid

ered

in

this

stud

y.

The

se re

sults

will

be

used

to te

st th

eore

tical

mod

els o

f sol

utio

n m

ixtu

res.

Oth

er p

rote

in so

lutio

ns,

-chy

mot

ryps

inog

en, a

re a

lso te

sted

.

1 H

ugge

tt, B

. Pub

lic B

iote

ch 2

012

— th

e N

umbe

rs. N

atur

e Bi

otec

hnol

ogy,

697

-703

. Ret

rieve

d Ju

ly 1

4, 2

014


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: L

aura

And

re

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

141

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

t. M

ary’

s Col

lege

of M

aryl

and

Maj

or:

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l in

Med

ical

Phy

sics o

r Eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, R

adia

tion

Phys

ics D

ivisi

on, D

osim

etry

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Rona

ld T

osh

Title

of T

alk:

La

ser I

nter

fero

met

ry fo

r Rad

iatio

n Do

simet

ry

Abst

ract

: Cu

rren

t prim

ary

stan

dard

s for

qua

ntify

ing

the

abso

rbed

dos

e in

duce

d by

radi

atio

n (e

nerg

y de

posit

ed p

er u

nit

mas

s) u

se th

erm

istor

pro

bes t

o m

easu

re su

b-m

illiK

elvi

n ch

ange

s in

tem

pera

ture

in a

sam

ple.

In m

edic

al p

hysic

s,

the

irrad

iate

d m

ater

ial i

s usu

ally

wat

er (c

onsid

ered

tiss

ue-e

quiv

alen

t for

med

ical

dos

imet

ry),

thus

the

prob

es

them

selv

es in

trod

uce

pert

urba

tions

and

ther

mal

gra

dien

ts w

hose

effe

cts o

n m

easu

rem

ents

mus

t be

quan

tifie

d an

d re

mov

ed. S

uch

effe

cts,

mor

eove

r, w

ould

mak

e th

erm

istor

pro

bes e

ntire

ly in

adeq

uate

for m

easu

ring

dose

di

strib

utio

ns w

ithin

wat

er. T

he c

apab

ility

to im

age

radi

atio

n do

se fi

elds

with

in m

atte

r wou

ld b

e of

imm

ense

be

nefit

in in

dust

rial a

nd m

edic

al a

pplic

atio

ns, t

hus w

e ar

e pu

rsui

ng a

n al

tern

ativ

e te

mpe

ratu

re p

robe

that

wou

ld

use

lase

r int

erfe

rom

etry

to re

cons

truc

t the

rmal

dist

ribut

ions

in ti

ssue

-equ

ival

ent m

ater

ials.

For

the

prop

osed

sy

stem

to b

e us

eful

for m

edic

al d

osim

etry

, it m

ust b

e ca

pabl

e of

mea

surin

g ve

ry sm

all c

hang

es in

the

inte

rfer

ence

pa

tter

n, c

orre

spon

ding

to m

inut

e ch

ange

s in

refr

activ

e in

dex

caus

ed b

y su

b-m

illiK

elvi

n ch

ange

s in

tem

pera

ture

. Ac

cord

ingl

y, w

e ha

ve a

ttem

pted

to u

se a

cyc

lic in

terf

erom

eter

to m

itiga

te e

ffect

s due

to v

ibra

tiona

l dist

urba

nces

th

at a

re c

omm

only

obs

erve

d w

ith th

e cla

ssic

al M

iche

lson

inte

rfer

omet

er. T

his a

llow

s for

a m

ore

stab

le, s

ensit

ive

setu

p th

at a

naly

tical

est

imat

es su

gges

t wou

ld p

erm

it de

tect

ion

of te

mpe

ratu

re c

hang

es o

n th

e or

der o

f m

icro

Kelv

in, t

hus m

akin

g it

suita

ble

for c

hara

cter

izing

dos

e pr

ofile

s of t

hera

py-le

vel i

onizi

ng ra

diat

ion

beam

s. Th

e sy

stem

is u

nder

goin

g te

sts w

ith g

lass

and

pol

ymet

hylm

etha

cryl

ate

(PM

MA)

subj

ecte

d to

infr

ared

hea

ting,

and

pl

ans a

re in

pla

ce to

test

the

syst

em in

a c

linic

al ra

diat

ion

beam

her

e at

NIS

T.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

oey

Ashl

ey

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

092

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: R

adfo

rd U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s, C

ompu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

ad sc

hool

in p

hysic

s

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ce

nter

for N

anos

cale

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy,

Ene

rgy

Rese

arch

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Paul

Han

ey

Title

of T

alk:

M

odel

ling

Grai

n Bo

unda

ries i

n Th

in F

ilm P

hoto

volta

ics

Abst

ract

: So

lar e

nerg

y is

clea

n, a

bund

ant,

and

free

, mak

ing

it a

very

pop

ular

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y so

urce

. Pho

tovo

ltaic

sola

r ce

lls a

re m

ade

from

sem

icon

duct

or m

ater

ials

with

an

inte

rnal

ele

ctro

stat

ic fi

eld.

Inci

dent

pho

tons

from

the

sun

exci

te e

lect

rons

in th

e m

ater

ial i

nto

mor

e en

erge

tic st

ates

, lea

ving

beh

ind

an e

mpt

y lo

wer

ene

rgy

stat

e or

a

“hol

e”. I

deal

ly, t

he e

xcite

d el

ectr

on is

then

ext

ract

ed a

s ele

ctric

al c

urre

nt. A

ltern

ativ

ely,

how

ever

, the

ele

ctro

n ca

n re

lax

into

the

initi

al e

quili

briu

m st

ate,

rele

asin

g th

e en

ergy

as h

eat o

r by

re-e

mitt

ing

a ph

oton

(ele

ctro

n-ho

le

pair

reco

mbi

natio

n). T

he m

ost c

omm

on m

ater

ial u

sed

in so

lar c

ells

curr

ently

is m

onoc

ryst

allin

e sil

icon

, a v

ery

simpl

e m

ater

ial c

onsis

ting

of a

con

tinuo

us c

ryst

allin

e la

ttic

e w

ith v

ery

few

def

ects

and

an

effic

ienc

y of

21%

. Thi

n fil

m p

olyc

ryst

allin

e ph

otov

olta

ics s

uch

as C

adm

ium

Tel

lurid

e (C

dTe)

are

via

ble

alte

rnat

ives

due

to th

eir

inex

pens

ive

fabr

icat

ion

proc

esse

s and

reas

onab

le e

ffici

enci

es (o

f 13%

). Cd

Te so

lar c

ells

are

mor

e co

mpl

ex th

an

thei

r mon

ocry

stal

line

silic

on c

ount

erpa

rts i

n th

at th

e ef

fect

s of t

heir

poly

crys

talli

ne st

ruct

ure

on o

vera

ll de

vice

pe

rfor

man

ce a

re n

ot a

s wel

l und

erst

ood.

In p

artic

ular

, pol

ycry

stal

line

stru

ctur

es co

ntai

n gr

ain

boun

darie

s, w

hich

ar

e ex

tend

ed d

efec

ts th

at se

para

te c

ryst

allit

es w

ith d

iffer

ent o

rient

atio

ns. T

hese

gra

in b

ound

arie

s, a

re k

now

n to

fa

cilit

ate

reco

mbi

natio

n of

ele

ctro

n-ho

le p

airs

resu

lting

in a

loss

in c

onve

rsio

n ef

ficie

ncy.

How

ever

, it h

as b

een

foun

d th

at g

rain

bou

ndar

ies a

lso p

rodu

ce a

spac

e ch

arge

regi

on w

hich

inhi

bits

car

rier r

ecom

bina

tion

by

sepa

ratin

g th

e el

ectr

ons a

nd h

oles

, and

exp

erim

ent f

inds

mor

e el

ectr

on-h

ole

pairs

are

col

lect

ed in

the

grai

n bo

unda

ry th

an in

the

bulk

. By

perf

orm

ing

mod

ellin

g sim

ulat

ions

on

expe

rimen

ts w

hich

mea

sure

the

frac

tion

of

elec

tron

-hol

e pa

irs th

at a

re c

olle

cted

as a

func

tion

of w

here

they

are

cre

ated

, we

wan

t to

dedu

ce th

e el

ectr

onic

pr

oper

ties o

f the

gra

in b

ound

ary

in o

rder

to m

ore

fully

und

erst

and

thei

r effe

ct o

n de

vice

effi

cien

cy.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

oelle

Bae

r G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

0 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Ham

ilton

Col

lege

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Co

nsid

erin

g Gr

ad S

choo

l in

Phys

ics o

r Eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Wan

gchu

n Ch

en, S

hann

on W

atso

n

Title

of T

alk:

Se

e Yo

u on

the

Flip

ped

Side

: The

Con

stru

ctio

n an

d O

ptim

izatio

n of

RF

Coils

Use

d to

Flip

3 He

Pol

ariza

tion

Ab

stra

ct:

3 He n

eutr

on sp

in fi

lters

(NSF

s) a

re c

urre

ntly

use

d at

the

NIS

T Ce

nter

for N

eutr

on R

esea

rch

(NCN

R) to

bot

h po

lariz

e th

e in

cide

nt n

eutr

on b

eam

and

ana

lyze

the

neut

rons

scat

tere

d of

f of a

sam

ple.

NSF

s can

pol

arize

larg

e be

am

area

s, a

llow

ing

for t

he in

tegr

atio

n of

a sp

in fl

ippe

r with

the

pola

rizin

g de

vice

. The

refo

re, i

t is i

mpo

rtan

t to

be a

ble

to in

vert

the

spin

stat

e of

the

3 He. F

or b

eam

line

use,

the

pola

rized

3 He c

ell i

s pla

ced

insid

e a

cylin

dric

al

mag

netic

ally

-uni

form

, mag

neto

stat

ic c

avity

or s

hiel

ded

sole

noid

, and

the

3 He n

ucle

i alig

n w

ith th

e st

atic

mag

netic

fie

ld p

rodu

ced

insid

e. A

radi

o-fr

eque

ncy

(RF)

coi

l, pl

aced

aro

und

the

cell

insid

e, p

rodu

ces a

fiel

d or

thog

onal

to

the

hold

ing

field

of t

he so

leno

id a

nd c

an fl

ip th

e po

lariz

atio

n w

ith n

eglig

ible

loss

usin

g th

e Ad

iaba

tic F

ast P

assa

ge

(AFP

) nuc

lear

mag

netic

reso

nanc

e (N

MR)

tech

niqu

e. T

his p

roje

ct w

as b

ased

upo

n th

e co

nstr

uctio

n an

d op

timiza

tion

of th

ese

RF c

oils.

It is

impo

rtan

t to

avoi

d m

ater

ial i

n th

e be

am w

hen

desig

ning

RF

coils

, so

a sp

ecia

lly

desig

ned

sin(

) RF

coil

is us

ed. E

ach

coil

was

test

ed w

ithin

the

vario

us so

leno

ids t

o op

timize

the

para

met

ers t

hat

wou

ld fl

ip th

e 3 He

with

the

mos

t effi

cien

cy. T

his e

ffici

ency

is m

easu

red

usin

g Fr

ee In

duct

ion

Deca

y (F

ID) N

MR

on a

sm

all p

ortio

n of

the

cell’

s pol

arize

d ga

s, re

pres

enta

tive

of th

e w

hole

, usin

g a

smal

l NM

R co

il. W

ith th

e in

crea

se in

be

amlin

e us

e, m

ore

RF c

oils

are

nece

ssar

y to

max

imize

the

num

ber o

f sim

ulta

neou

s exp

erim

ents

, and

to si

mpl

ify

the

sole

noid

use

by

pairi

ng e

ach

one

with

its o

wn

coil.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

ndre

a Ba

jcsy

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d Co

llege

Par

k M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

att

end

Grad

uate

Sch

ool f

or a

PhD

in C

ompu

ter S

cien

ce

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Sof

twar

e &

Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, Inf

orm

atio

n Sy

stem

s Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Mar

y Br

ady,

Ya-

Shia

n Li

-Bab

oud

Title

of T

alk:

Re

latin

g Q

uant

itativ

e M

easu

rem

ents

to H

uman

Ass

essm

ents

of V

otin

g Ba

llot M

ark

Type

s

Abst

ract

: Th

e pr

esen

ce o

f mar

gina

l mar

ks o

n vo

ting

ballo

ts is

a u

biqu

itous

pro

blem

in v

otin

g sy

stem

s and

is a

com

mon

so

urce

of d

isput

e du

ring

larg

e-sc

ale,

con

test

ed e

lect

ions

. Tod

ay, m

argi

nal m

arks

are

not

cle

arly

cou

ntab

le a

s a

vote

or a

s a n

on-v

ote

by O

ptic

al M

ark

Scan

ners

or B

allo

t Rea

ders

. The

re is

a la

ck o

f qua

ntita

tive

mea

sure

men

ts

that

wou

ld a

gree

with

hum

an a

sses

smen

ts o

f mar

gina

lity

and

be u

nbia

sed

in th

eir c

lass

ifica

tion

of m

ark

type

s.

We

aim

to e

stab

lish

quan

titat

ive

mea

sure

men

ts o

f mar

gina

l mar

ks in

ord

er to

pro

vide

an

auto

mat

ed a

nd

obje

ctiv

e cl

assif

icat

ion

of b

allo

t-mar

k ty

pes.

Util

izing

800

pub

licly

-ava

ilabl

e ba

llot i

mag

e sc

ans f

rom

the

2009

Hu

mbo

ldt,

Calif

orni

a el

ectio

n, o

ur c

ontr

ibut

ions

lie

in (a

) est

ablis

hing

a p

ipel

ine

for e

xtra

ctin

g a

set o

f uni

que

imag

e fe

atur

es th

at d

istin

guish

bet

wee

n vo

tes,

non

-vot

es, a

nd m

argi

nal m

ark

type

s (ch

eck-

mar

k, c

ross

, par

tially

-fil

led,

etc

.), (b

) bui

ldin

g a

web

-app

licat

ion

for c

olle

ctin

g se

man

tic la

bels,

and

(c) r

elat

ing

imag

e fe

atur

es w

ith

sem

antic

labe

ls by

util

izing

bot

h un

supe

rvise

d an

d su

perv

ised

mac

hine

-lear

ning

met

hods

. Th

e fe

atur

e-ex

trac

tion

pipe

line

cons

ists o

f the

follo

win

g st

eps:

(1) r

egist

ratio

n of

bal

lots

to a

com

mon

-coo

rdin

ate

syst

em, (

2) e

xtra

ctio

n of

indi

vidu

al m

ark

regi

ons,

and

(3) c

ompu

tatio

n of

mar

k-re

gion

feat

ures

. We

corr

elat

e ea

ch

mar

k to

a b

asel

ine

idea

l vot

e an

d no

n-vo

te g

ener

ated

from

exa

mpl

e m

arks

pre

sent

on

each

bal

lot.

The

corr

elat

ion

to th

e ba

selin

e m

arks

sepa

rate

s mar

gina

l mar

ks fr

om v

ote

and

non-

vote

mar

ks a

t a v

ery

high

leve

l. Fu

rthe

rmor

e,

the

resu

lting

cor

rela

tions

are

use

d as

a fi

lter f

or se

lect

ing

mar

ks to

be

pres

ente

d to

hum

an a

sses

sors

via

a

deve

lope

d w

eb-a

pplic

atio

n to

col

lect

mar

gina

l-mar

k ty

pes (

6 se

man

tic la

bels)

. N

ext,

we

use

the

gath

ered

sem

antic

labe

ls an

d th

e co

rres

pond

ing

imag

e fe

atur

es a

s our

trai

ning

dat

a fo

r the

fo

llow

ing

supe

rvise

d cl

assif

icat

ion

mod

els:

dec

ision

-tre

e m

odel

and

pro

babi

listic

line

ar m

odel

. We

repo

rt

clas

sific

atio

n ac

cura

cy fo

r mul

tiple

mod

els a

nd su

mm

arize

the

bene

fits a

nd d

raw

back

s of m

ark

anal

ysis

at a

larg

er

scal

e.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

ollin

Bak

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

176

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of t

he D

istric

t of C

olum

bia

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

ndec

ided

. Fo

cus o

n na

nosc

ienc

e.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ce

nter

for N

anos

cale

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy,

Nan

oFab

Ope

ratio

ns G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. L

ei C

hen

Title

of T

alk:

Ad

vanc

ed P

lasm

a Et

chin

g fo

r Hig

h-As

pect

-Rat

io N

anom

eter

Sili

con

(Si)

Tren

ches

Abst

ract

: De

ep S

i etc

hing

(DSE

) is a

criti

cal p

roce

ss st

ep in

nan

o-fa

bric

atio

n. A

ltern

atin

g sil

icon

(Si)

surf

ace

coat

ing

and

etch

ing

(Bos

ch) p

roce

ss h

as b

een

deve

lope

d to

mak

e hi

gh-a

spec

t-ra

tio S

i tre

nche

s. H

owev

er, t

he si

dew

all o

f a

fabr

icat

ed tr

ench

usin

g th

e Bo

sch

proc

ess h

as sc

allo

ping

roug

hnes

s in

the

rang

e of

hu

ndre

d na

nom

eter

s whi

ch

bloc

ks it

s app

licat

ion

in m

akin

g na

nom

eter

scal

e Si

tren

ches

. To

redu

ce tr

ench

size

and

ext

end

aspe

ct-r

atio

s is a

cha

lleng

e to

the

Bosc

h pr

oces

s bec

ause

it re

quire

s the

pa

ram

eter

s to

be o

ptim

ized

in o

ppos

ite d

irect

ions

. In

this

stud

y, n

ew fa

st g

as sw

itch

and

pulse

d pl

asm

a po

wer

su

pply

will

be

used

to im

prov

e th

e ov

eral

l Bos

ch e

tchi

ng p

erfo

rman

ce in

mak

ing

smal

l, bu

t hig

h-as

pect

-rat

io S

i st

ruct

ures

. Ba

sed

on o

ur p

revi

ous s

idew

all s

moo

thne

ss c

ontr

ol st

udy,

Arg

on (A

r) g

as w

ill b

e in

trod

uced

in th

is st

udy

to

impr

ove

Si e

tchi

ng a

spec

t rat

io. T

wo

appr

oach

es fo

r add

ing

Ar w

ill b

e co

mpa

red.

One

is to

add

Ar g

as in

to th

e et

chin

g ga

ses d

irect

ly a

nd a

noth

er o

ne is

to a

dd A

r gas

as a

sepa

rate

etc

hing

step

. Thr

ee m

ajor

par

amet

ers w

ill b

e op

timize

d ac

cord

ing

to a

Des

ign

of E

xper

imen

t set

up u

sing

the

prog

ram

Min

itab.

Ana

lysis

of t

he re

sults

will

be

perf

orm

ed b

y sc

anni

ng e

lect

ron

mic

rosc

opy

and

will

focu

s on

the

Si a

spec

t rat

io, t

he e

tchi

ng ra

te, a

nd th

e se

lect

ivity

(etc

h ra

te o

f pho

tore

sist v

ersu

s the

etc

h ra

te o

f Si).

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: N

atha

niel

E. B

arrio

s Fue

ntes

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H16

1 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Int

eram

eric

an U

nive

rsity

of P

uert

o Ri

co,

Baya

món

Cam

pus

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eer

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

this

Fall:

Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): As

par

t of m

y fu

ture

pla

ns a

re to

att

end

to G

rad

Scho

ol a

t the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Pue

rto

Rico

Sc

hool

of E

ngin

eerin

g. A

s a c

aree

r obt

ain

a Fe

dera

l pos

ition

as a

n en

gine

er o

r res

earc

her.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

; Ene

rgy

and

Envi

ronm

enta

l Div

ision

; He

atin

g Ve

ntila

ting

Air C

ondi

tioni

ng a

nd R

efrig

erat

ion

Equi

pmen

t Per

form

ance

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. V

ance

Pay

ne (W

m.)

Title

of T

alk:

U

tilizi

ng A

NSI

/ASH

RAE

Stan

dard

37

for V

olum

etric

Airf

low

Unc

erta

inty

Abst

ract

: As

par

t of p

rom

otin

g U

.S. i

nnov

atio

n an

d in

dust

rial c

ompe

titiv

enes

s, th

e HV

AC&

R Eq

uipm

ent P

erfo

rman

ce G

roup

ha

s a p

roje

ct in

whi

ch a

n ad

vanc

e in

mea

sure

men

t sci

ence

is m

ade

for t

he im

prov

emen

t on

life

qual

ity. T

his i

s the

Fa

ult D

etec

tion

and

Diag

nost

ic (F

DD) f

or A

ir-Co

nditi

onin

g an

d He

at P

umps

pro

ject

. A p

roje

ct th

at c

onsis

ts o

f de

velo

ping

effe

ctiv

e FD

D al

gorit

hms b

y st

atin

g a

stan

dard

ized

proc

edur

e fo

r the

cla

ssifi

catio

n on

diff

eren

t co

mm

erci

al F

DD p

rodu

cts b

ased

on

thei

r cap

aciti

es, s

o as

to a

void

the

perf

orm

ance

deg

rada

tions

and

incr

ease

d en

ergy

con

sum

ptio

ns o

f the

syst

em. T

his t

alk

will

show

a p

art o

f the

FDD

pro

ject

, a H

eat P

ump

Mod

ified

Airf

low

M

easu

rem

ent A

ppar

atus

cons

truc

ted

with

the

spec

ifica

tions

of A

NSI

/ASH

RAE

Stan

dard

37-

2009

. As

stat

ed o

n th

e st

anda

rd, t

he m

etho

d is

an o

ptio

n fo

r obt

aini

ng a

irflo

w ra

te. T

he e

nerg

y ba

lanc

e of

the

syst

em,

with

the

ther

mod

ynam

ic p

rope

rtie

s of t

his a

ir th

at is

pas

sing

right

thro

ugh

this

appa

ratu

s, w

ill g

ive

the

volu

met

ric

airf

low

. The

com

miss

ioni

ng p

roce

ss o

f the

app

arat

us a

nd th

e La

bVIE

W v

irtua

l ins

trum

ent (

VI) u

sed

for a

cqui

ring

data

will

be

show

n. A

VI m

onito

rs th

e te

mpe

ratu

re se

nsor

s (th

erm

ocou

ples

), ca

lcul

ates

and

plo

ts th

e te

mpe

ratu

re

chan

ges o

n th

e sy

stem

, and

pro

duce

s dat

a th

at a

re a

lso u

sed

for t

he a

cqui

sitio

n of

vol

umet

ric a

irflo

w. T

his a

irflo

w

is al

so p

lott

ed, a

naly

zed,

and

use

d fo

r the

acq

uisit

ion

of u

ncer

tain

ty o

n th

e eq

uipm

ent.

The

unce

rtai

nty

calc

ulat

ions

will

dem

onst

rate

the

valu

es to

use

as s

tand

ards

for d

evic

es th

at c

ompl

y w

ith th

is AN

SI/A

SHRA

E St

anda

rd.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

ollie

Bie

nsto

ck

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

155

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

tate

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k at

Gen

eseo

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to a

tten

d gr

adua

te sc

hool

for a

PhD

in e

ither

Nuc

lear

or M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, R

adia

tion

Phys

ics D

ivisi

on, R

adio

activ

ity G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. R

yan

Fitz

gera

ld

Title

of T

alk:

Ca

libra

tion

of 22

Na

Usin

g th

e Su

m-P

eak

Coun

ting

Met

hod

Abst

ract

: A

calib

rate

d po

sitro

n em

itter

, 22N

a, is

nee

ded

for n

ucle

ar c

ross

sect

ion

mea

sure

men

ts. T

he c

alib

ratio

n of

this

sour

ce w

as p

erfo

rmed

usin

g a

self-

calib

ratin

g su

m-p

eak

coun

ting

met

hod

whi

ch h

as th

e po

tent

ial t

o re

plac

e ca

libra

ted

sour

ces f

or v

ario

us o

ther

app

licat

ions

. The

sum

-pea

k m

etho

d w

as u

sed

with

thre

e di

ffere

nt d

etec

tor

setu

ps: a

sing

le h

igh

purit

y ge

rman

ium

det

ecto

r, a

4”x5

” N

aI w

ell d

etec

tor a

nd th

e sa

me

NaI

wel

l det

ecto

r pai

red

-cou

ntin

g ge

omet

ry. T

he 22

Na

deca

ys v

ia p

ositr

on e

miss

ion

mos

tly to

an

exci

ted

stat

e of

22N

e w

hich

pro

mpt

ly d

e-ex

cite

s and

em

its a

127

5 ke

V ga

mm

a ra

y. T

he 5

11 k

eV g

amm

a ra

y pr

oduc

ed fr

om th

e po

sitro

n an

nihi

latio

n su

ms w

ith th

e 12

75 k

eV g

amm

a ge

nera

ting

a 17

86 k

eV p

eak

in th

e ob

serv

ed sp

ectr

a. T

he to

tal c

ount

s in

the

thre

e pe

aks a

s wel

l as t

he to

tal c

ount

s obs

erve

d in

the

spec

trum

are

us

ed to

cal

cula

te a

val

ue fo

r the

act

ivity

of t

he so

urce

. To

get a

bet

ter u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he so

urce

and

the

dete

ctor

geo

met

ries,

a sim

ulat

ion

of th

e se

tups

was

gen

erat

ed u

sing

EGSn

rc: s

oftw

are

that

use

s Mon

te C

arlo

sim

ulat

ions

to m

odel

radi

atio

n tr

ansp

ort.

Usin

g th

is pr

ogra

m, a

nd su

bseq

uent

Mon

te C

arlo

cal

cula

tions

, a m

odel

of

the

spec

tra

prod

uced

from

eac

h se

tup

was

cre

ated

and

use

d to

fit t

heor

y to

dat

a an

d ge

t a m

ore

accu

rate

nu

mbe

r for

the

activ

ity o

f the

sour

ce. T

he re

sults

obt

aine

d fr

om th

is ex

perim

ent a

re b

eing

com

pare

d to

dete

ctor

s.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: E

liann

a Bi

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Aug

sbur

g Co

llege

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s and

Che

mist

ry

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: 1st

yea

r gra

duat

e st

uden

t

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ph

D in

Med

ical

Phy

sics a

t Duk

e U

nive

rsity

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Bio

syst

ems a

nd B

iom

ater

ials

Divi

sion,

Cel

l Sys

tem

s Sc

ienc

e Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Mic

hael

Hal

ter

Title

of T

alk:

Au

tom

ated

Liv

e Ce

ll Im

agin

g of

Ste

m C

ells

Expr

essin

g Gr

een

Fluo

resc

ent P

rote

in

Abst

ract

: Fl

uore

scen

ce m

icro

scop

y is

a po

wer

ful t

ool f

or c

ell b

iolo

gy. U

sing

fluor

esce

nce

repo

rter

s (i.e

., GF

P), l

ive

cell

imag

ing

can

mon

itor d

ynam

ic p

atte

rns o

f gen

e ex

pres

sion

in c

ompl

ex a

nd e

volv

ing

cell

popu

latio

ns. W

e ha

ve

been

dev

elop

ing

imag

ing

prot

ocol

s tha

t can

be

appl

ied

to p

lurip

oten

t ste

m c

ell p

opul

atio

ns d

urin

g ex

pans

ion

or

self-

rene

wal

, and

dur

ing

diffe

rent

iatio

n. T

hese

impo

rtan

t cel

ls gr

ow a

s col

onie

s tha

t can

be

muc

h la

rger

than

a

mic

rosc

opic

fiel

d of

vie

w.

Thus

, we

have

use

d co

mpu

ter c

ontr

ol p

rogr

ams t

o op

timize

the

imag

e co

llect

ion

in

orde

r to

imag

e as

man

y co

loni

es a

s pos

sible

dur

ing

a tim

e la

pse

acqu

isitio

n w

hile

non

-per

turb

ing

grow

th

cond

ition

s for

the

cells

are

mai

ntai

ned.

Ano

ther

impo

rtan

t asp

ect o

f qua

ntita

tive

imag

ing

is as

surin

g th

at d

ata

is co

mpa

rabl

e be

twee

n di

ffere

nt e

xper

imen

ts.

We

have

also

furt

her e

nhan

ced

exist

ing

proc

edur

es fo

r ass

essin

g th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f a fl

uore

scen

ce m

icro

scop

e. T

aken

toge

ther

, thi

s wor

k ha

s ena

bled

the

colle

ctio

n of

larg

e am

ount

s of

qua

ntita

tive

imag

e da

ta th

at c

an b

e us

ed to

der

ive

a qu

antit

ativ

e de

scrip

tion

of st

em c

ell p

lurip

oten

cy.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: L

ourd

es B

obbi

o G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H08

0 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mas

sach

uset

ts In

stitu

te o

f Tec

hnol

ogy

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

in M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls M

easu

rem

ent S

cien

ce D

ivisi

on,

Surf

ace

and

Trac

e Ch

emic

al A

naly

sis G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: M

atth

ew S

taym

ates

Title

of T

alk:

M

etro

logy

and

Opt

imiza

tion

of A

dditi

ve M

anuf

actu

ring

and

3D P

rintin

g

Abst

ract

: Ad

ditiv

e m

anuf

actu

ring

(AM

) ref

ers t

o an

incr

easin

gly

popu

lar a

ppro

ach

to m

anuf

actu

re p

rodu

cts l

ayer

by

laye

r fro

m

the

grou

nd u

p. T

his r

esea

rch

proj

ect i

s the

firs

t ste

p to

hel

p id

entif

y an

d ad

dres

s the

lim

itatio

ns o

f the

curr

ent

gene

ratio

n of

tech

nolo

gy, a

s wel

l as d

evel

op m

easu

rem

ents

tool

s and

tech

niqu

es to

char

acte

rize

and

optim

ize th

ese

addi

tive

man

ufac

turin

g in

stru

men

ts. T

he g

oal o

f thi

s pro

ject

was

to id

entif

y th

e op

timize

d op

erat

iona

l cha

ract

erist

ics

and

mat

eria

l lim

itatio

ns o

f sev

eral

fuse

d-de

posit

ion-

mod

elin

g (F

DM) t

ype

3D p

rinte

rs u

sing

diffe

rent

fila

men

t m

ater

ials.

In

this

rese

arch

pro

ject

, we

used

thre

e co

mm

ercia

lly a

vaila

ble

FDM

3D

prin

ters

and

five

diff

eren

t prin

ting

mat

eria

ls.

Each

of t

hese

prin

ter-

mat

eria

l com

bina

tions

wer

e te

sted

und

er d

iffer

ent p

rintin

g co

nstr

aint

s, su

ch a

s ext

rude

r te

mpe

ratu

re (1

80-2

40°C

), ex

trud

er sp

eed

(10-

110

mm

/s) a

nd p

rinte

d la

yer t

hick

ness

(0.2

-0.4

mm

). In

ord

er to

st

anda

rdize

the

proc

ess a

nd p

erfo

rm in

ter-c

ompa

rison

stud

ies,

a be

nchm

ark

mod

el w

as cr

eate

d th

at w

ould

iden

tify

diffe

rent

feat

ures

use

d to

det

erm

ine

the

qual

ity o

f the

fini

shed

prin

t job

in te

rms o

f pro

cess

capa

bilit

ies a

nd p

rinte

r ac

cura

cy. W

e m

easu

red

and

com

pare

d ho

w ch

angi

ng e

ach

para

met

er a

ffect

ed th

e fin

al p

art w

ith th

e go

al o

f st

anda

rdizi

ng th

e pa

ram

eter

s for

eac

h pr

inte

r-m

ater

ial c

ombi

natio

n.

This

talk

will

pro

vide

a b

rief o

verv

iew

of t

he d

iver

se te

chno

logi

es u

sed

in 3

D pr

intin

g, a

nd th

en g

o in

to d

etai

l abo

ut

the

desig

n of

the

benc

hmar

k m

odel

, the

var

ious

3D

prin

ter m

achi

nes u

sed

in th

is st

udy,

the

mea

sure

men

t too

ls an

d te

chni

ques

use

d to

char

acte

rize

the

3D p

rinte

d pa

rts.

We

hope

that

by

the

conc

lusio

n of

this

sum

mer

pro

ject

, our

fin

ding

s will

pro

vide

val

uabl

e re

fere

nce

data

for t

he in

crea

singl

y gr

owin

g ad

ditiv

e m

anuf

actu

ring

and

3D p

rintin

g co

mm

unity

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: Z

ineb

Bou

izy

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

116

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: G

rove

Sch

ool o

f Eng

inee

ring

of C

ity C

olle

ge

of N

Y

Maj

or:

Civi

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

anni

ng to

go

to g

radu

ate

scho

ol fo

r ear

thqu

ake

resis

tanc

e an

d vi

brat

ion

as w

ell a

s, g

et a

jo

b in

brid

ges/

high

way

s con

stru

ctio

n.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

: M

ater

ials

and

Stru

ctur

al S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on;

Stru

ctur

es G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Da

t Dut

hinh

Title

of T

alk:

De

signi

ng B

uild

ings

for W

ind

Load

Abst

ract

: In

the

US,

the

desig

n of

bui

ldin

gs fo

r win

d is

base

d on

win

d pr

essu

re c

oeffi

cien

ts li

sted

in A

SCE

7 “M

inim

um

Desig

n Lo

ads f

or B

uild

ings

and

oth

er S

truc

ture

s” p

ublis

hed

by th

e Am

eric

an S

ocie

ty o

f Civ

il En

gine

ers (

ASCE

).

Thes

e co

effic

ient

s are

mul

tiplie

d by

the

squa

re o

f the

win

d ve

loci

ty (o

btai

ned

from

win

d m

aps)

and

oth

er fa

ctor

s ha

ving

to d

o w

ith te

rrai

n, w

ind

dire

ctio

n, e

tc. ,

to a

rriv

e at

the

desig

n w

ind

pres

sure

s for

roof

s and

wal

ls. T

hese

pr

essu

res a

re u

sed

in tw

o di

ffere

nt w

ays:

1) t

o de

sign

the

Mai

n W

ind

Forc

e Re

sistin

g Sy

stem

, i.e

., th

e bu

ildin

g fr

ame;

and

2) t

o de

sign

the

build

ing

clad

ding

(env

elop

e) a

nd it

s com

pone

nts (

C&C)

. For

C&

C, th

e sp

atia

l sca

le o

f th

e pr

essu

re c

oeffi

cien

ts m

ust b

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

bec

ause

the

cohe

renc

e in

tim

e be

twee

n pe

ak p

ress

ures

in

crea

ses a

s the

leng

th sc

ale

decr

ease

s (w

ind

is a

rand

omly

fluc

tuat

ing

phen

omen

on in

tim

e an

d sp

ace)

. Th

is pr

ojec

t aim

s at u

pdat

ing

the

pres

sure

coe

ffici

ents

for C

&C.

The

cur

rent

coe

ffici

ents

are

bas

ed o

n a

limite

d nu

mbe

r of m

odel

test

s per

form

ed in

win

d tu

nnel

s thi

rty

year

s ago

. Si

nce

then

, mor

e da

ta h

ave

beco

me

avai

labl

e,

som

e of

whi

ch h

ave

been

col

lect

ed in

a N

IST

data

base

. M

ore

impo

rtan

tly, p

rogr

ess i

n el

ectr

onic

reco

rdin

g ha

s al

low

ed m

any

mor

e pr

essu

re se

nsor

s to

be re

cord

ed si

mul

tane

ously

. Pr

essu

re is

ass

umed

to b

e un

iform

ove

r the

trib

utar

y ar

ea o

f the

sens

or, a

nd a

s the

are

a of

the

clad

ding

incr

ease

s, m

ore

sens

ors b

ecom

e re

leva

nt.

How

ever

, the

pre

ssur

es th

ey re

cord

also

lose

coh

eren

ce, w

ith th

e re

sulti

ng e

ffect

th

at a

rea-

aver

aged

pea

k pr

essu

res d

ecre

ase

as th

e ar

ea o

f the

cla

ddin

g in

crea

ses.

Thi

s is i

ndee

d w

hat w

as

obse

rved

for o

ne b

uild

ing

anal

yzed

this

sum

mer

. M

oreo

ver,

for t

his o

ne b

uild

ing,

win

d pr

essu

re c

oeffi

cien

ts a

re

signi

fican

tly h

ighe

r tha

n cu

rren

tly sp

ecifi

ed. I

f the

se re

sults

hol

d fo

r oth

er b

uild

ings

, pre

ssur

e co

effic

ient

s will

ne

ed to

be

revi

sed

upw

ard

signi

fican

tly, r

esul

ting

in h

ighe

r des

ign

win

d lo

ads.

It

shou

ld b

e no

ted

that

the

obse

rved

pea

k co

effic

ient

dep

ends

on

the

dura

tion

of th

e w

ind

tunn

el te

st.

For

cons

isten

cy, s

tatis

tical

tech

niqu

es fo

r non

-Gau

ssia

n tim

e se

ries w

ere

used

to o

btai

n th

e ex

pect

ed p

eak

for a

win

d st

orm

of o

ne h

our a

t ful

l sca

le.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

igne

Bra

afla

dt

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

174

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

aint

Ola

f Col

lege

M

ajor

: Ch

emist

ry

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Cu

rren

t pla

ns in

clud

e ex

plor

ing

a ca

reer

in M

edic

ine.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Bio

syst

ems a

nd B

iom

ater

ials

Divi

sion,

Ce

ll Sy

stem

s Sci

ence

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dona

ld A

tha

and

Vyta

s Rei

pa

Title

of T

alk:

Th

e Co

met

Ass

ay: M

etho

ds fo

r Qua

ntita

tive

Imag

e An

alys

is an

d Re

prod

ucib

ility

Abst

ract

: Th

e Co

met

Ass

ay, o

r Sin

gle

Cell

Gel E

lect

roph

ores

is, is

a se

nsiti

ve a

nd e

ffici

ent t

echn

ique

for a

naly

zing

and

quan

tifyi

ng, i

n sin

gle

cells

, DN

A da

mag

e in

the

form

of s

ingl

e an

d do

uble

stra

nd b

reak

s. D

NA

inst

abili

ty, f

rom

st

rand

bre

aks,

is as

soci

ated

with

can

cer a

nd o

ther

hea

lth ri

sks.

The

Com

et A

ssay

’s in

crea

sed

use

in a

wid

e va

riety

of

app

licat

ions

em

phas

izes t

he im

port

ance

of e

stab

lishi

ng st

anda

rd a

ssay

pro

toco

ls an

d un

ders

tand

ing

inhe

rent

so

urce

s of e

rror

and

mea

sure

men

t var

iabi

lity.

The

se so

urce

s of v

aria

bilit

y in

clud

e th

e bi

ovar

iabi

lity

of th

e pa

rtic

ular

cel

ls un

derg

oing

ana

lysis

, the

ass

ay p

roto

col u

sed

to p

roce

ss th

e ce

lls, t

he m

icro

scop

e sy

stem

use

d to

im

age

the

cells

and

the

softw

are

used

in th

e co

mpu

teriz

ed a

naly

sis o

f the

se im

ages

. To

dete

rmin

e th

e ef

fect

of

thes

e so

urce

s of v

aria

bilit

y on

the

mea

sure

d pe

rcen

tage

of d

amag

ed D

NA

(% D

NA in

tail)

, fix

ed p

repa

ratio

ns o

f m

amm

alia

n ce

lls w

ith c

hem

ical

ly a

nd e

lect

roch

emic

ally

indu

ced

DNA

dam

age

wer

e an

alyz

ed fo

r the

effe

ct o

f va

ryin

g th

e m

icro

scop

e (A

utom

ated

Oly

mpu

s BH-

2) a

nd c

amer

a (P

hoto

met

rics C

oolS

NAP

HQ

2) se

ttin

gs a

s wel

l as

imag

e an

alys

is pa

ram

eter

s usin

g Im

age

J (N

IH) a

nd C

omet

Scor

e Pr

o (T

riTek

) sof

twar

e. M

anua

l im

age

anal

ysis

reve

aled

larg

e m

easu

rem

ent v

aria

tions

due

to m

icro

scop

e fo

cus,

cam

era

expo

sure

tim

e an

d th

e so

ftwar

e im

age

inte

nsity

thre

shol

d. A

utom

ated

imag

e an

alys

is re

veal

ed le

ss v

aria

bilit

y, b

ut w

ithin

nar

row

er li

mits

of f

ocus

and

ex

posu

re se

ttin

gs.

The

varia

tions

obs

erve

d us

ing

both

of t

hese

met

hods

wer

e hi

ghly

dep

ende

nt o

n th

e ex

tent

of

DNA

dam

age.

Acc

ount

ing

for t

hese

sour

ces o

f var

iabi

lity

with

det

erm

ined

opt

imal

inst

rum

ent s

ettin

gs a

llow

ed a

n ac

cura

te e

valu

atio

n of

the

biol

ogic

al v

aria

bilit

y of

the

cells

. Th

e au

tom

ated

mic

rosc

opy

syst

em is

cur

rent

ly b

eing

us

ed to

det

erm

ine

repr

oduc

ibili

ty o

f the

com

et a

ssay

pro

toco

l use

d to

pro

cess

the

cells

. Th

is w

ill a

lso b

e cr

itica

l in

obta

inin

g th

e re

quire

d st

atist

ical

eva

luat

ion

of v

ario

us c

ell t

reat

men

ts, i

nclu

ding

the

effe

cts o

f cel

l tre

atm

ent a

t fix

ed o

xida

tive

pote

ntia

l in

the

elec

troc

hem

ical

env

ironm

ent.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

ndre

w B

riggs

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H11

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Bat

es C

olle

ge

Maj

or:

Phys

ics,

Mat

hem

atic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): At

tend

gra

duat

e sc

hool

in a

pplie

d ph

ysic

s or e

lect

rical

eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

emic

ondu

ctor

and

Dim

ensio

nal M

etro

logy

Div

ision

, N

anoe

lect

roni

cs

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Ange

la H

ight

Wal

ker

Title

of T

alk:

Ra

man

and

Infr

ared

stud

ies o

f few

laye

red

TaSe

2

Abst

ract

: Si

nce

the

disc

over

y of

gra

phen

e in

200

4, tw

o-di

men

siona

l mat

eria

ls ha

ve b

een

an im

port

ant t

opic

in p

hysic

s. M

ore

rece

ntly

diff

eren

t lay

ered

mat

eria

ls ar

e be

ing

inve

stig

ated

for t

heir

sem

icon

duct

ive

and

supe

rcon

duct

ive

prop

ertie

s. O

f par

ticul

ar in

tere

st is

the

com

poun

d 2H

-TaS

e 2, o

n w

hich

this

pres

enta

tion

will

focu

s. B

oth

sam

ple

prod

uctio

n an

d sp

ectr

al a

naly

sis w

ill b

e hi

ghlig

hted

. To

obta

in a

few

, ato

mic

ally

-thin

k la

yers

of T

aSe 2

, bul

k cr

ysta

ls ar

e ex

folia

ted

with

a st

amp

of p

olyd

imet

hylsi

loxa

ne, a

met

hod

simila

r to

the

“dou

ble

stic

ky ta

pe”

met

hod

used

to

disc

over

gra

phen

e. C

hoos

ing

a su

bstr

ate

to su

ppor

t the

se la

yers

is im

port

ant a

s wel

l, as

it m

ust b

e bo

th e

asy

to

prod

uce

and

prov

ide

a hi

gh o

ptic

al c

ontr

ast.

Onc

e pr

oduc

ed, t

he sa

mpl

es a

re a

naly

zed

usin

g tw

o m

etho

ds o

f vi

brat

iona

l spe

ctro

scop

y. T

he fi

rst,

Ram

an sp

ectr

osco

py, i

s use

ful f

or ra

pid,

relia

ble,

and

[som

etim

es] n

on-

dam

agin

g id

entif

icat

ion

of th

e la

yer n

umbe

r of 2

H-Ta

Se2.

Ram

an sp

ectr

osco

py d

epen

ds o

n th

e sc

atte

ring

of la

ser

light

off

of a

sam

ple

due

to v

ibra

tions

bet

wee

n at

oms.

The

seco

nd fo

rm o

f spe

ctro

scop

y is

calle

d Fo

urie

r tra

nsfo

rm

infr

ared

spec

tros

copy

(FTI

R). A

t the

hea

rt o

f the

FTI

R is

a M

iche

lson

inte

rfer

omet

er w

hich

allo

ws m

any

wav

elen

gths

of l

ight

to in

tera

ct w

ith th

e sa

mpl

e in

a si

ngle

scan

. Eve

n co

llect

ing

the

FTIR

of b

ulk

2H-T

aSe 2

pro

vide

s ne

w d

ata,

alth

ough

our

pla

ns in

clud

e pr

obin

g fe

w la

yers

as w

ell.

This

rese

arch

will

shed

ligh

t on

the

inte

rest

ing

optic

al p

rope

rtie

s and

phe

nom

enon

of a

tom

ical

ly th

in 2

H-Ta

Se2.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

hase

Aus

tyn

Brisb

ois

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

121

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

UN

Y Al

bany

M

ajor

: N

anos

cale

Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Bach

elor

of S

cien

ce

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): N

IH p

ost-

bacc

alau

reat

e in

tern

ship

, gra

duat

e sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

emic

ondu

ctor

& D

imen

siona

l Met

rolo

gy D

ivisi

on,

CMO

S Re

liabi

lity

and

Adva

nce

Devi

ces G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Jo

seph

Kop

ansk

i

Title

of T

alk:

Pr

obe-

Assis

ted

Dete

rmin

istic

Dop

ing

Abst

ract

: De

term

inist

ic d

opin

g te

chni

ques

use

low

thr

ough

-put

and

exp

ensiv

e eq

uipm

ent

to d

eliv

er a

pre

cise

num

ber

of

dopa

nts t

o na

nosc

ale

regi

ons o

n a

sem

icon

duct

or. W

e se

ek to

intr

oduc

e a

clus

ter o

f dop

ant a

tom

s int

o th

e su

rfac

e of

a s

ilico

n su

bstr

ate

by s

ubje

ctin

g a

dopa

nt-c

onta

inin

g th

in fi

lm to

var

ious

stim

uli u

sing

an o

rdin

ary

atom

ic fo

rce

mic

rosc

ope

(AFM

) mou

nted

with

a d

iam

ond-

coat

ed ti

p. B

y us

ing

nano

inde

ntat

ion

soft

war

e al

ong

with

a D

C (d

irect

cu

rren

t) p

ulse

, w

e ca

n ap

ply

larg

e am

ount

s of

pre

ssur

e an

d he

at t

o na

nosc

ale

regi

ons

at t

he d

opan

t-sili

con

inte

rfac

e. T

he D

C pu

lse is

trig

gere

d w

hen

the

prob

e re

ache

s m

axim

um p

enet

ratio

n de

pth.

Cur

rent

ly, t

hree

“p-

type

,” d

opan

t-con

tain

ing

thin

film

s are

bei

ng in

vest

igat

ed o

n lig

htly

dop

ed, n

-type

silic

on: a

lum

inum

, pol

ymer

of 4

-vi

nylp

heny

lbor

onic

aci

d an

d a

self-

asse

mbl

ed m

onol

ayer

of

ally

lbor

onic

aci

d pi

naco

l es

ter.

The

se l

ayer

s ar

e ch

arac

teriz

ed w

ith A

FM, F

TIR

or X

PS a

nd u

sed

in a

pro

be-a

ssist

ed d

opin

g pr

oces

s to

intr

oduc

e th

e do

pant

s. T

he

dopa

nt f

ilm i

s th

en s

trip

ped

off

and

the

sam

ples

are

pro

bed

for

coun

ter-

dope

d re

gion

s by

map

ping

sur

face

po

tent

ial a

nd c

ondu

ctiv

ity u

sing

KFM

and

TU

NA.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: N

atha

n Br

ocke

tt

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

160

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: T

he P

enns

ylva

nia

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ae

rosp

ace

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Int

ellig

ent S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on,

Prod

uctio

n Sy

stem

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

John

Slo

twin

ski

Title

of T

alk:

Lo

okin

g In

side

the

Proc

ess o

f Add

itive

Man

ufac

turin

g w

ith U

ltras

onic

s

Abst

ract

: Th

e Ad

ditiv

e M

anuf

actu

ring

(AM

) com

mun

ity is

inte

rest

ed in

the

deta

ils o

f wha

t hap

pens

dur

ing

the

an A

M b

uild

pr

oces

s, bu

t cur

rent

ly th

ere

are

very

few

exa

mpl

es o

f thi

s kin

d of

in-s

itu p

roce

ss m

onito

ring.

Hav

ing

this

kind

of

capa

bilit

y w

ould

allo

w fo

r pro

cess

opt

imiza

tion

as w

ell a

s rea

l-tim

e pr

oces

s mon

itorin

g an

d co

ntro

l, le

adin

g to

hi

gher

qua

lity

part

s. P

revi

ous w

ork

by N

IST

rese

arch

ers h

as c

orre

late

d ul

tras

onic

long

itudi

nal w

ave

spee

d ch

ange

s w

ith c

hang

es in

the

poro

sity

of th

e bu

ild p

art.

This

proj

ect w

orks

to m

easu

re th

e ul

tras

onic

long

itudi

nal w

ave

spee

d ch

ange

s dur

ing

the

build

pro

cess

by

mea

ns o

f a c

onta

ct tr

ansd

ucer

em

bedd

ed in

to th

e bu

ild p

late

. Dur

ing

a bu

ild, a

refe

renc

e pa

rt is

mad

e ab

ove

the

tran

sduc

er to

allo

w fo

r bet

ter r

eadi

ngs o

f the

tim

e-of

-flig

ht b

etw

een

echo

es. C

hang

es in

the

poro

sity

of th

e re

fere

nce

part

may

indi

cate

cha

nges

in th

e in

tern

al st

ruct

ure

of th

e pa

rt

and

prov

ide

one

way

of e

xam

inin

g th

e st

abili

ty o

f the

bui

ld p

roce

ss. T

his p

roje

ct sp

ecifi

cally

dev

elop

ed th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e sy

stem

incl

udin

g th

e co

llect

ion

and

anal

ysis

of th

e w

avef

orm

dat

a to

find

the

time-

of-fl

ight

of

the

ultr

ason

ic lo

ngitu

dina

l wav

e. F

or th

e co

llect

ion,

a c

usto

mize

d Py

thon

pro

gram

con

nect

s the

com

pute

r to

the

osci

llosc

ope,

whi

ch is

con

nect

ed to

the

tran

sduc

er. F

or th

e da

ta a

naly

sis, C

oifle

t wav

elet

de-

noisi

ng a

long

with

cr

oss c

orre

latin

g th

e sig

nal t

o on

e of

the

echo

es fi

nds t

he ti

me-

of-fl

ight

for t

he u

ltras

onic

long

itudi

nal w

ave

betw

een

the

echo

es. O

ne p

robl

em e

ncou

nter

ed w

as th

e ef

fect

s of t

he te

mpe

ratu

re o

f the

bui

ld c

ham

ber o

n th

e ul

tras

onic

cou

plan

t. Ex

perim

enta

tion

show

ed th

at th

e he

at h

arde

ned

the

coup

lant

, whi

ch d

egra

ded

the

ultr

ason

ic

signa

l, th

eref

ore

a he

avie

r visc

osity

cou

plan

t was

use

d an

d pl

iabl

e ru

bber

feet

wer

e ad

ded

to p

rovi

de p

ositi

ve

pres

sure

beh

ind

the

cont

act t

rans

duce

r. Th

is pr

ojec

t’s su

cces

s will

be

an e

arly

way

to, i

n re

al ti

me,

mon

itor t

he

build

pro

cess

for a

n AM

bui

ld.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

ndre

w B

ujar

ski

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

154

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

t. Jo

hn’s

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

and

Bus

ines

s Ad

min

stra

tion

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, App

lied

Econ

omic

s Offi

ce

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Doug

las T

hom

as

Title

of T

alk:

Co

mpa

ring

Diffe

rent

App

roac

hes f

or M

easu

ring

Envi

ronm

enta

l Per

form

ance

in th

e M

anuf

actu

ring

Indu

stry

Ab

stra

ct:

To im

prov

e in

dust

rial p

roce

sses

to b

ecom

e m

ore

sust

aina

ble,

seve

ral a

ppro

ache

s can

be

appl

ied

to id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y th

e ef

fect

s of t

he in

tera

ctio

ns b

etw

een

indu

stry

and

the

envi

ronm

ent.

The

prim

ary

met

hod

for

mea

surin

g th

e po

tent

ial e

nviro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct o

f pro

duct

s is l

ife c

ycle

ass

essm

ent (

LCA)

. Tra

ditio

nal p

roce

ss

base

d LC

A m

easu

res a

pro

duct

s env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

from

“cr

adle

-to-

gra

ve”

cove

ring

the

who

le li

fe sp

an o

f a

prod

uct f

rom

raw

mat

eria

l acq

uisit

ion

to d

ispos

al. L

CA c

an a

lso b

e m

anip

ulat

ed a

nd a

ltere

d in

to se

vera

l var

iant

s an

d st

ill a

chie

ve th

e ov

eral

l pur

pose

of i

dent

ifyin

g en

viro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce. E

cono

mic

inpu

t- o

utpu

t life

cyc

le

asse

ssm

ent (

EIO

-LCA

) is o

ne su

ch v

aria

nt w

here

tran

sact

ions

bet

wee

n in

dust

ries a

re c

onve

rted

usin

g en

viro

nmen

tally

ext

ende

d ta

bles

, in

this

case

tabl

es d

evel

oped

by

NIS

T pa

rtne

rs, i

nto

pote

ntia

l env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s. A

noth

er v

aria

nt o

f LCA

wor

th a

naly

zing

is an

eco

logi

cal l

ife c

ycle

ass

essm

ent (

ECO

-LCA

) and

the

ECO

-LCA

m

odel

use

d in

this

proj

ect w

as d

evel

oped

by

the

Cent

er fo

r Res

ilien

ce a

t Ohi

o St

ate

Uni

vers

ity. U

nlik

e EI

O-L

CA

whe

re in

dust

ry to

indu

stry

inte

ract

ions

are

mea

sure

d, E

CO- L

CA c

atal

ogs i

ndus

try’

s con

sum

ptio

n of

nat

ural

cap

ital

or g

oods

and

serv

ices

der

ived

from

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Whi

le L

CA is

the

prim

ary

mea

ns to

iden

tify

the

envi

ronm

enta

l per

form

ance

of a

n in

dust

ry, i

t is n

ot th

e on

ly m

etho

d. M

easu

ring

effic

ienc

y at

diff

eren

t lev

els o

r st

ages

of p

rodu

ctio

n is

a di

ffere

nt a

ppro

ach

entir

ely

that

eva

luat

es th

e ut

iliza

tion

of re

sour

ces a

nd e

nerg

y w

hich

co

uld

resu

lt in

mor

e in

form

ed d

ecisi

on m

akin

g le

adin

g to

an

over

all l

ower

impa

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t. Th

is pr

ojec

t ana

lyze

s, fr

om c

radl

e-to

-gat

e, th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

indu

strie

s, a

s def

ined

by

Nor

th A

mer

ican

Indu

stry

Cl

assif

icat

ion

Syst

em, a

t the

thre

e di

git s

umm

ary

leve

l and

the

six d

igit

deta

iled

leve

l with

a sp

ecifi

c fo

cus o

n th

e hi

gh te

chno

logy

man

ufac

turin

g in

dust

ries u

sing

the

prev

ious

ly m

entio

ned

appr

oach

es. A

naly

sis o

f the

m

anuf

actu

ring

indu

strie

s will

allo

w u

s to

com

pare

the

impa

ct d

iffer

ent i

ndus

trie

s hav

e on

the

envi

ronm

ent b

ased

on

a w

ide

varie

ty o

f crit

eria

; at t

he sa

me

time

com

parin

g th

e ap

proa

ches

them

selv

es a

s the

y ev

alua

te th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

indu

stry

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Lau

ra B

yrne

s-Bl

anco

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H16

8 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Sou

th F

lorid

a M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Do

ctor

al S

tude

nt

Futu

re P

lans

(Sch

ool/

Care

er):

Atte

nd g

radu

ate

scho

ol t

o pu

rsue

a P

h.D.

in

Mec

hani

cal

Engi

neer

ing

with

re

sear

ch c

once

ntra

ted

in re

habi

litat

ion

and

ther

apeu

tics.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry, D

ivis

ion,

and

G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Sci

ence

Div

ision

, N

anom

echa

nica

l Pro

pert

ies G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Adv

isor

: W

ill O

sbor

n Ti

tle o

f Tal

k:

Exam

inat

ion

of a

3D

Prin

ted

Bioc

ompa

tible

Pol

ymer

for S

tent

s Ab

stra

ct:

Thre

e-di

men

siona

l (3D

) prin

ters

hav

e be

com

e a

key

reso

urce

for b

iom

edic

al a

nd b

ioen

gine

erin

g fie

lds

beca

use

of

thei

r abi

litie

s to

prin

t com

plex

geo

met

ries a

nd u

se n

umer

ous

prin

ting

styl

es a

nd m

ater

ials

that

rang

e fr

om m

etal

s to

bio

logi

cs. F

or e

xam

ple,

3D

prin

ters

hav

e al

low

ed fo

r the

succ

essf

ul c

reat

ion

of c

usto

m, i

mpl

anta

ble

devi

ces a

nd

artif

icia

l tiss

ues.

Her

e w

e ex

amin

ed th

e to

pogr

aphi

cal a

nd n

anom

echa

nica

l pro

pert

ies o

f a b

ioco

mpa

tible

pol

ymer

th

at w

as c

reat

ed w

ith fu

sed

depo

sitio

n m

odel

ing.

Thi

s po

lym

er w

ill b

e us

ed to

cre

ate

sten

ts: d

evic

es th

at c

an b

e te

mpo

raril

y or

per

man

ently

impl

ante

d in

to a

blo

od v

esse

l or

othe

r bo

dily

pas

sage

to

help

faci

litat

e pr

oper

flui

d flo

w. W

e im

aged

the

sur

face

str

uctu

re o

f thi

s po

lym

er a

nd d

eter

min

ed if

the

She

ar a

nd Y

oung

’s M

odul

i cha

nge

signi

fican

tly a

cros

s th

e ex

trud

ed b

eads

and

the

ir fu

sion

sites

. Thi

s an

alys

is w

ill a

llow

for

the

char

acte

rizat

ion

of

the

effe

cts t

he 3

D pr

intin

g pr

oces

s has

on

the

poly

mer

and

its v

iabi

lity

for s

tent

s and

oth

er u

ses.

Al

l of

the

top

ogra

phic

al a

nd f

orce

spe

ctro

scop

y da

ta n

eede

d fo

r an

alys

is w

as c

olle

cted

by

atom

ic f

orce

m

icro

scop

y (A

FM),

whi

ch p

robe

s sa

mpl

es w

ith m

icro

-fabr

icat

ed c

antil

ever

s. A

FM d

ata

accu

racy

is d

irect

ly re

late

d to

the

accu

racy

of t

he c

antil

ever

s’ sp

ecifi

ed s

prin

g co

nsta

nts

– w

hich

are

typi

cally

def

ined

with

±50

% a

ccur

acy

by

man

ufac

ture

rs. T

o pr

omot

e th

e m

ost a

ccur

ate

mea

sure

men

ts p

ossib

le, a

Las

er D

oppl

er V

ibro

met

er w

as u

sed

to

find

all c

antil

ever

sprin

g co

nsta

nts w

ith a

ppro

xim

atel

y ±1

% a

ccur

acy.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: W

illia

m A

. Byr

on

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

132

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: T

ulan

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s and

Mat

h Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): To

kee

p le

arni

ng P

hysic

s and

Mat

h.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, R

adia

tion

Phys

ics D

ivisi

on, F

unda

men

tal P

hysic

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Scot

t Dew

ey

Title

of T

alk:

Re

sidua

l Gas

Effe

ct o

n aC

ORN

Abst

ract

: Th

e de

gree

of a

ngul

ar c

orre

latio

n be

twee

n th

e be

ta e

lect

ron

and

elec

tron

-ant

ineu

trin

o in

neu

tron

dec

ay is

den

oted

by

the

dim

ensio

nles

s par

amet

er “

a”.

This

valu

e, in

com

bina

tion

with

oth

er n

eutr

on d

ecay

par

amet

ers c

an b

e us

ed

to te

st th

e se

lf-co

nsist

ency

of t

he E

lect

row

eak

Stan

dard

Mod

el. P

revi

ous e

xper

imen

ts th

at m

easu

red

“a”

had

syst

emat

ic u

ncer

tain

ties o

n th

e or

der o

f 5%

. The

aCO

RN (a

CO

Rrel

atio

n in

Neu

tron

dec

ay) e

xper

imen

t, w

hich

is

desig

ned

to o

btai

n a

syst

emat

ic u

ncer

tain

ty o

f les

s tha

n 1%

, is b

eing

car

ried

out a

t the

NIS

T Ce

nter

for N

eutr

on

Rese

arch

. The

mea

sure

d en

ergy

of t

he b

eta

elec

tron

and

tim

e-of

-flig

ht b

etw

een

the

beta

and

pro

ton

are

used

to

dete

rmin

e th

e an

gula

r cor

rela

tion

betw

een

the

elec

tron

and

ele

ctro

n-an

tineu

trin

o. In

the

expe

rimen

t the

pro

ton

trav

els s

ever

al m

eter

s thr

ough

a 1

.33*

10-5

Pa

(10-7

Tor

r) v

acuu

m b

efor

e be

ing

dete

cted

. Thi

s wor

k ad

dres

ses a

po

tent

ially

impo

rtan

t sys

tem

atic

unc

erta

inty

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

velo

city

dep

ende

nt re

mov

al o

f pro

tons

by

the

resid

ual g

as. I

nitia

lly it

is a

ssum

ed th

at th

e re

sidua

l gas

con

sists

of p

ure

mol

ecul

ar h

ydro

gen.

The

effe

ct is

ass

esse

d w

ith a

Mon

te C

arlo

trea

tmen

t tha

t fol

low

s ind

ivid

ual p

roto

ns a

s the

y tr

avel

thro

ugh

the

resid

ual g

as a

nd w

eigh

ts

them

by

thei

r pro

babi

lity

of in

tera

ctio

n.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: G

ianl

uca

Capr

aro

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

129

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

ichi

gan

– An

n Ar

bor

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eer

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ca

reer

in t

he fi

eld

of E

ngin

eerin

g, O

pen

to G

rad

Scho

ol a

s an

optio

n

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Int

ellig

ent S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on;

Cogn

ition

and

Col

labo

ratio

n Sy

stem

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. B

rian

Wei

ss

Title

of T

alk:

Ad

vanc

ing

Man

ufac

turin

g Pr

oces

s Dia

gnos

tics a

nd P

rogn

ostic

s by

Leve

ragi

ng

Supp

ly C

hain

Str

ateg

ies

Abst

ract

: Th

e gl

obal

eco

nom

y is

depe

nden

t upo

n m

any

key

cont

ribut

ors:

dist

ribut

ors,

supp

liers

, man

ufac

ture

rs, a

nd

cust

omer

s whi

ch fa

cilit

ate

the

dist

ribut

ion,

pro

duct

ion,

and

pur

chas

ing

of g

oods

and

serv

ices

aro

und

the

wor

ld.

Thes

e in

terc

onne

cted

ent

ities

mak

e up

the

supp

ly c

hain

. The

succ

ess o

f the

supp

ly c

hain

dep

ends

on

the

effic

ienc

y, re

liabi

lity,

and

pro

duct

ivity

of i

ts v

ario

us c

ompo

nent

s, o

ne o

f whi

ch a

re m

anuf

actu

rers

. If

a m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

ess d

eclin

es o

r fai

ls al

toge

ther

, pro

duct

ion

is di

srup

ted,

dist

ribut

ion

is di

srup

ted,

and

the

supp

ly c

hain

is a

lso d

isrup

ted

thro

ugh

the

chai

n of

eve

nts.

Any

form

of d

isrup

tion

to su

pply

cha

in o

pera

tions

can

le

ad to

dev

asta

ting

effe

cts t

hat a

re fe

lt on

a g

loba

l sca

le. T

o m

aint

ain

a su

cces

sful

supp

ly c

hain

, it i

s not

onl

y ne

cess

ary

to a

ddre

ss su

pply

cha

in lo

gist

ics,

but i

t is a

lso c

ritic

al to

und

erst

and

the

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

ses t

hat

are

driv

ing

prod

uct g

ener

atio

n.

The

vast

com

plex

ity o

f sup

ply

chai

ns im

plie

s tha

t the

y ar

e su

bjec

t to

a m

ultit

ude

of ri

sks,

rang

ing

from

min

imal

to

seve

re in

impa

ct a

nd in

freq

uent

to c

omm

on in

occ

urre

nce.

The

pre

senc

e of

risk

in su

pply

cha

ins n

eces

sitat

es

stra

tegi

es a

nd m

etho

ds to

pre

dict

, miti

gate

, or r

espo

nd to

disr

uptio

ns. T

hese

supp

ly c

hain

stra

tegi

es h

ave

been

he

avily

rese

arch

ed. H

owev

er, l

ess r

esea

rch

has b

een

perf

orm

ed o

n th

e su

bjec

t of r

isk a

nd d

isrup

tion,

pre

dict

ion,

pr

even

tion,

and

reac

tion

with

in th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

ess d

omai

ns. T

he si

mila

ritie

s in

goal

s, fu

nctio

ns, a

nd

desig

ns b

etw

een

supp

ly c

hain

s and

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

ses s

ugge

st th

at st

rate

gies

use

d in

miti

gatin

g or

re

spon

ding

to su

pply

cha

in d

isrup

tions

can

yie

ld p

rom

ising

resu

lts if

app

lied

to m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

esse

s. I

pres

ent

curr

ent s

uppl

y ch

ain

miti

gatio

n an

d co

ntin

genc

y st

rate

gies

as w

ell a

s the

ava

ilabl

e di

agno

stic

and

pro

gnos

tic

tech

niqu

es a

pplie

d to

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

ses.

A c

ompa

rison

bet

wee

n su

pply

cha

in st

rate

gies

and

m

anuf

actu

ring

diag

nost

ic a

nd p

rogn

ostic

tech

niqu

es w

ill b

e pr

esen

ted.

I pr

opos

e im

plem

entin

g su

cces

sful

and

/or

prom

ising

supp

ly c

hain

stra

tegi

es to

enh

ance

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

s dia

gnos

tics a

nd p

rogn

ostic

s and

bui

ld m

ore

resil

ient

pro

cess

es. T

he p

ropo

sals

mad

e in

my

rese

arch

pro

vide

a n

ew p

ersp

ectiv

e on

the

subj

ect o

f risk

in

man

ufac

turin

g an

d m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

ess d

iagn

ostic

s and

pro

gnos

tics

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

oe V

Car

pent

er II

I G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

5 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Ariz

ona

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

& E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

1st y

ear o

f gra

duat

e sc

hool

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Di

rect

PhD

pro

gram

at A

rizon

a St

ate

Uni

vers

ity w

ith h

opes

of b

ecom

ing

a pr

ofes

sor

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

& E

ngin

eerin

g Di

visio

n,

Func

tiona

l Pol

ymer

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. J

onat

han

Dow

ning

, Dr.

Felic

ia B

okel

Title

of T

alk:

Pr

oces

s Opt

imiza

tion

of P

olym

er S

olar

Cel

ls

Abst

ract

: Bu

lk h

eter

ojun

ctio

n (B

HJ) p

hoto

volta

ic (P

V) d

evic

es w

ere

prod

uced

from

inte

rmix

ed b

lend

s of d

onor

(PBD

TTT-

C-T)

an

d ac

cept

or (P

-NDI

2OD-

T2) p

olym

ers.

The

activ

e la

yer o

f the

dev

ices

was

bla

de c

oate

d to

sim

ulat

e th

e la

rge

area

slo

t-di

e co

atin

g te

chni

que

utili

zed

in m

anuf

actu

ring.

Pow

er c

onve

rsio

n ef

ficie

ncie

s (P

CEs)

of a

ll-po

lym

er d

evic

es

wer

e m

easu

red

to b

e as

hig

h as

1.7

%.

High

PCE

s w

ere

achi

eved

by

alte

ring

the

solu

tion

to c

onta

in 2

0%v/

v ch

loro

naph

thal

ene,

a s

low

dry

ing

solv

ent

and

1%w

/w D

MDB

S, a

nuc

leat

ing

agen

t. Va

rious

bla

ding

spe

eds

wer

e at

tem

pted

fro

m 5

to

40 m

m/s

to

obta

in a

ctiv

e la

yer

film

s of

aro

und

100

nm.

Ther

mal

tre

atm

ents

wer

e al

so

atte

mpt

ed t

o in

crea

se d

ryin

g sp

eed.

Ini

tial

char

acte

rizat

ion

was

per

form

ed w

ith o

ptic

al m

icro

scop

y an

d ul

trav

iole

t-visi

ble

(UV-

Vis)

abs

orpt

ion

spec

tros

copy

. The

ele

ctric

al p

rope

rtie

s of

the

high

est p

erfo

rmin

g PV

dev

ice

wer

e an

ope

n ci

rcui

t vo

ltage

(Voc

) of 8

20 m

V, a

sho

rt c

ircui

t cu

rren

t de

nsity

(Jsc

) of 4

.6 m

A/cm

2 , and

a fi

ll fa

ctor

(F

F) o

f 46%

. Opt

imal

pro

cess

ing

cond

ition

s ha

ve b

een

used

in s

ynch

rotr

on d

iffra

ctio

n m

easu

rem

ents

to c

orre

late

pe

rfor

man

ce-p

roce

ssin

g re

latio

nshi

ps a

ble

to in

form

futu

re fo

rmul

atio

ns o

f dev

ices

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

ared

Car

ter

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

165

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of F

lorid

a M

ajor

: M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: 1st

yea

r PhD

stud

ent a

t Pen

nsyl

vani

a St

ate

Uni

vers

ity

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te w

ith a

PhD

from

Pen

nsyl

vani

a St

ate

Uni

vers

ity th

en w

ork

in a

nat

iona

l or

gove

rnm

ent l

abor

ator

y N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls M

easu

rem

ent S

cien

ce D

ivisi

on,

Mat

eria

ls St

ruct

ure

and

Data

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. I

gor L

evin

Title

of T

alk:

Sy

nthe

sis, C

ryst

al S

truc

ture

s, a

nd P

hase

Tra

nsiti

ons i

n (N

a,Li

)(Nb,

Ta)O

3 Cer

amic

s

Abst

ract

: M

ultil

ayer

cer

amic

cap

acito

rs (M

LCC)

ena

ble

man

y el

ectr

onic

dev

ices

. M

LCC

com

mon

ly e

mpl

oy B

aTiO

3-ba

sed

mat

eria

ls as

die

lect

rics.

The

max

imum

ope

ratin

g te

mpe

ratu

re o

f the

se c

apac

itors

is li

mite

d to

abo

ut 1

30°C

, whi

ch

corr

espo

nds t

o th

e te

mpe

ratu

re o

f par

aele

ctric

-to-fe

rroe

lect

ric p

hase

tran

sitio

n in

BaT

iO3.

Ho

wev

er, m

any

emer

ging

app

licat

ions

, suc

h as

eng

ine

cont

rol u

nits

for a

utom

obile

fuel

effi

cien

cy a

nd p

ower

inve

rter

s for

op

erat

ing

mot

ors o

n su

bway

car

s req

uire

cap

acito

rs to

ope

rate

at h

ighe

r tem

pera

ture

s.

Thus

, a se

arch

is u

nder

w

ay fo

r sui

tabl

e di

elec

tric

mat

eria

ls.

(Na,

Li)(N

b,Ta

)O3

cera

mic

s are

am

ong

the

cand

idat

es fo

r hig

h-te

mpe

ratu

re

MLC

C; y

et, t

he c

ryst

al st

ruct

ures

of t

hese

mat

eria

ls st

ill re

mai

n un

cert

ain.

W

e us

ed v

aria

ble-

tem

pera

ture

X-r

ay

pow

der d

iffra

ctio

n co

mbi

ned

with

tran

smiss

ion

elec

tron

mic

rosc

opy

to e

valu

ate

crys

tal s

truc

ture

s and

pha

se

tran

sitio

ns in

the

pero

vski

te p

hase

fiel

d of

the

NaN

bO3-

NaT

aO3-

LiN

bO3-

LiTa

O3

quat

erna

ry sy

stem

. T

he sa

mpl

es

wer

e pr

epar

ed u

sing

solid

-sta

te sy

nthe

sis b

oth

in a

ir an

d re

duci

ng a

tmos

pher

es.

Our

resu

lts re

veal

ed a

com

plex

in

terp

lay

betw

een

orde

ring

of p

olar

cat

ion

disp

lace

men

ts a

nd o

ctah

edra

l rot

atio

ns, w

hich

giv

es ri

se to

a v

arie

ty o

f pe

rovs

kite

-like

supe

rstr

uctu

res.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Lui

s D. C

atac

ora

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

anni

ng to

wor

k at

a S

oftw

are

com

pany

, the

n re

turn

for m

y M

aste

r’s D

egre

e

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

& C

ompu

tatio

nal M

athe

mat

ics,

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce C

ompu

ting

& V

isual

izatio

n N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Ju

dith

Ter

rill,

Wes

ley

Griff

in

Title

of T

alk:

D3

Spa

tial D

ecom

posit

ion

Visu

aliza

tion

Valid

atio

n To

ol fo

r Cem

ent H

ydra

tion

Abst

ract

: Co

ncre

te p

rovi

des s

tren

gth

and

stru

ctur

e to

a la

rge

part

of o

ur w

orld

. The

cem

ent b

inde

r in

conc

rete

und

ergo

es

mul

tiple

inte

ract

ing

chem

ical

and

stru

ctur

al c

hang

es a

s it t

rans

form

s fro

m a

liqu

id su

spen

sion

to a

solid

mas

s.

Und

erst

andi

ng th

e na

ture

of t

hese

tran

sfor

mat

ions

is im

port

ant f

or b

uild

ing

a su

stai

nabl

e ci

vil i

nfra

stru

ctur

e. T

he

Inor

gani

c M

ater

ials

Grou

p w

ithin

EL/

NIS

T is

deve

lopi

ng c

ompu

tatio

nal m

odel

s cap

able

of p

redi

ctin

g th

e flo

w,

hard

enin

g, a

nd st

reng

th o

f cem

ent.

To h

elp

unde

rsta

nd a

nd v

alid

ate

the

mod

els,

we

have

dev

elop

ed a

n in

tegr

ated

inte

ract

ive

visu

aliza

tion

and

anal

ysis

envi

ronm

ent f

or th

e m

odel

out

puts

. Our

env

ironm

ent p

rovi

des a

var

iety

of v

isual

mod

es to

ena

ble

prec

ise

quan

titat

ive

mea

sure

men

ts a

nd v

isual

info

rmat

ion.

We

also

com

bine

3D

scie

ntifi

c da

ta v

isual

izatio

ns w

ith

info

rmat

ion

visu

aliza

tion

usin

g D3

.js ru

nnin

g in

a w

eb b

row

ser.

In

this

talk

we

will

pre

sent

the

data

pro

duce

d fr

om th

e co

mpu

tatio

nal m

odes

, and

show

our

find

ings

and

resu

lts

from

usin

g ou

r D3

Spat

ial D

ecom

posit

ion

Visu

aliza

tion

Valid

atio

n to

ol.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

teph

en C

auffm

an

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

139

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

yrac

use

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Psyc

holo

gy

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Gr

adua

ted

May

201

4

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ap

plyi

ng to

gra

duat

e sc

hool

for F

all 2

015

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion;

M

anuf

actu

ring

Syst

ems I

nteg

ratio

n Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Albe

rt T

. Jon

es

Title

of T

alk:

Im

prov

ing

Situ

atio

nal A

war

enes

s in

Inci

dent

Res

pond

ers U

sing

Unm

anne

d Ae

rial S

yste

ms

Abst

ract

: In

cide

nt re

spon

se in

the

Unite

d St

ates

is la

rgel

y go

vern

ed b

y th

e N

atio

nal I

ncid

ent M

anag

emen

t Sys

tem

(NIM

S),

whi

ch is

gen

eral

fram

ewor

k de

velo

ped

by F

EMA

to st

anda

rdize

the

appr

oach

to in

cide

nt re

spon

se. T

he

fram

ewor

k ca

lls fo

r the

sele

ctio

n of

an

Inci

dent

Com

man

der (

IC) w

ho m

anag

es th

e va

rious

uni

ts in

volv

ed a

nd

wor

ks to

rela

y in

form

atio

n be

twee

n th

em. I

Cs m

ust b

e aw

are

of a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of f

acto

rs su

ch a

s gro

und

unit

posit

ion,

loca

tion

of c

asua

lties

, loc

atio

n of

inco

min

g re

sour

ces,

etc

. The

issu

e is

that

this

info

rmat

ion

is no

rmal

ly

rela

yed

via

radi

o co

mm

unic

atio

n, w

hich

can

del

ay d

ecisi

on m

akin

g. W

e fo

cuse

d on

IC d

ecisi

on-m

akin

g sp

ecifi

cally

an

d to

und

erst

and

this

proc

ess w

e de

velo

ped

func

tiona

l mod

els o

f dec

ision

-mak

ing

usin

g a

mod

elin

g la

ngua

ge

know

n as

the

Func

tiona

l Res

onan

ce A

naly

sis M

etho

d (F

RAM

). FR

AM a

llow

ed u

s to

view

the

proc

ess i

n a

way

that

co

nsid

ers t

he sy

stem

in te

rms o

f the

var

ious

func

tions

invo

lved

(not

the

com

pone

nts)

and

the

norm

al v

aria

nce

in

perf

orm

ance

of t

hese

func

tions

(fun

ctio

nal r

eson

ance

). It

was

det

erm

ined

that

in o

rder

to e

ffect

ivel

y m

ake

deci

sions

, it w

as im

port

ant t

o ha

ve a

sens

e of

situ

atio

nal a

war

enes

s, w

hich

is d

efin

ed b

y Dr

. Mic

a En

dsle

y as

the

abili

ty to

take

sens

ory

info

rmat

ion

abou

t a sc

enar

io a

nd p

roce

ss it

in o

rder

to d

evel

op p

redi

ctio

ns a

bout

how

the

scen

ario

mig

ht e

volv

e . T

o im

prov

e IC

situ

atio

nal a

war

enes

s, w

e pr

opos

e a

syst

em u

sing

an u

nman

ned

aeria

l sy

stem

(UAS

) to

gath

er in

form

atio

n on

a sc

enar

io in

volv

ing

a m

ulti-

car a

ccid

ent u

sing

vide

o an

d ra

dio

sens

ors t

hat

can

rapi

dly

gath

er n

eces

sary

info

rmat

ion

for t

he IC

and

pre

sent

it in

a w

ay th

at ca

n be

pro

cess

ed e

asily

and

op

timize

dec

ision

mak

ing

in in

cide

nt re

spon

se.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

ing

Chen

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H11

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

The

City

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k M

ajor

: El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Co

lum

bia

Uni

vers

ity,

grad

uate

stud

ent

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l at C

olum

bia

Uni

vers

ity

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ce

nter

for N

anos

cale

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy,

Nan

ofab

ricat

ion

Rese

arch

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Kart

ik S

riniv

asan

, Kris

hna

Balra

m

Title

of T

alk:

De

velo

pmen

t of a

n Ef

ficie

nt, F

iber

-Cou

pled

Qua

ntum

Dot

Sin

gle

Phot

on S

ourc

e

Abst

ract

: A

singl

e ph

oton

sour

ce is

a li

ght s

ourc

e w

hich

em

its o

nly

one

phot

on a

t a ti

me.

Thi

s so

urce

has

man

y ap

plic

atio

ns

in q

uant

um i

nfor

mat

ion

proc

essin

g an

d pl

ays

an i

mpo

rtan

t ro

le i

n st

udyi

ng t

he f

unda

men

tals

of q

uant

um

mec

hani

cs. F

or in

stan

ce, a

sin

gle

phot

on s

ourc

e ca

n be

use

d in

sec

ure

quan

tum

com

mun

icat

ions

pro

toco

ls. In

ad

ditio

n, t

his

tech

nolo

gy c

an b

e us

ed t

o im

prov

e m

etro

logi

cal a

ccur

acy

and

help

sta

ndar

dize

rad

iom

etry

too

ls.

Alth

ough

sin

gle

phot

on s

ourc

es h

ave

muc

h po

tent

ial,

ther

e ar

e m

any

cons

trai

nts

on e

ffici

ently

gen

erat

ing

singl

e ph

oton

s.

One

of t

he m

etho

ds to

gen

erat

e sin

gle

phot

ons

is op

tical

exc

itatio

n of

a s

ingl

e qu

antu

m e

mitt

er li

ke a

qua

ntum

do

t, in

whi

ch a

sin

gle

phot

on is

em

itted

whe

n an

exc

ited-

stat

e el

ectr

on r

etur

ns t

o th

e gr

ound

sta

te.

In o

ur

rese

arch

, w

e st

udy

singl

e ph

oton

sou

rces

fro

m q

uant

um d

ots

that

are

em

bedd

ed i

n a

high

ref

ract

ive

inde

x m

ater

ial,

GaAs

. Whe

n an

inci

dent

lase

r hi

ts a

qua

ntum

dot

, the

em

itted

ligh

t ra

diat

es in

all

dire

ctio

ns a

nd is

la

rgel

y tr

appe

d in

the

GaA

s m

ater

ial d

ue t

o to

tal i

nter

nal r

efle

ctio

n. T

his,

com

bine

d w

ith t

he lo

w p

hoto

n flu

x pr

oduc

ed b

y w

orki

ng w

ith ju

st a

sin

gle

quan

tum

dot

, mak

es p

hoto

n ex

trac

tion

effic

ienc

y pa

ram

ount

and

is t

he

mai

n ch

alle

nge

of o

ur re

sear

ch. T

he g

oal i

s to

desig

n a

nano

phot

onic

str

uctu

re to

funn

el th

e m

axim

um a

mou

nt o

f sin

gle

phot

ons f

rom

the

quan

tum

dot

to a

sing

le m

ode

optic

al fi

ber.

A w

aveg

uide

geo

met

ry w

ith in

tegr

ated

gra

ting

out-c

oupl

er o

n on

e en

d an

d Br

agg

refle

ctor

mirr

or o

n th

e ot

her

end

is on

e of

the

desig

ns w

e ar

e ex

plor

ing

to e

xtra

ct si

ngle

pho

tons

from

a q

uant

um d

ot.

Whe

n th

e qu

antu

m d

ot

first

em

its p

refe

rent

ially

into

the

wav

egui

de, i

ts e

miss

ion

goes

equ

ally

into

bot

h fo

rwar

d an

d ba

ckw

ard

dire

ctio

ns.

Mos

t of t

he li

ght g

oing

in th

e fo

rwar

d di

rect

ion

of th

e w

a veg

uide

is v

ertic

ally

out

-cou

pled

with

a g

ratin

g in

to a

n op

tical

fibe

r. W

e in

corp

orat

e a

rear

Bra

gg re

flect

or e

nd m

irror

so

that

ligh

t goi

ng in

the

back

war

d di

rect

ion

in th

e w

aveg

uide

get

s re

flect

ed b

ack

to th

e gr

atin

g an

d th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

qua

ntum

dot

em

issio

n ca

n be

cou

pled

out

. Th

e co

uplin

g ef

ficie

ncy

we

can

achi

eve

depe

nds

on s

ever

al p

aram

eter

s of

diff

ract

ion

grat

ings

suc

h as

gra

ting

perio

d, e

tch

dept

h an

d du

ty c

ycle

. The

opt

imiza

tion

is do

ne th

roug

h sim

ulat

ion

tool

s su

ch a

s RO

DIS,

CAM

FR, a

nd

MEE

P, e

ach

of w

hich

add

ress

es p

art o

f the

ove

rall

prob

lem

. The

gra

ting

reso

nanc

e of

refle

ctio

n an

d tr

ansm

issio

n of

gra

ting

are

foun

d us

ing

RODI

S. M

oreo

ver,

refle

ctiv

ity o

f the

Bra

gg re

flect

or a

nd th

e co

uplin

g fr

om th

e gr

atin

g to

the

fib

er a

re c

alcu

late

d us

ing

the

mod

e ex

pans

ion

met

hod

from

CAM

FR.

Fina

lly, t

he f

inite

-diff

eren

ce t

ime-

dom

ain

(FDT

D) m

etho

d is

utili

zed

in M

EEP

to s

imul

ate

the

who

le s

yste

m, e

nabl

ing

optim

izatio

n of

the

out

put

coup

ling

effic

ienc

y.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: D

avid

Lee

Chu

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H18

2 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Virg

inia

M

ajor

: El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

ndec

ided

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Life

Cyc

le E

ngin

eerin

g Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. P

aul W

ither

ell

Title

of T

alk:

U

nder

stan

ding

the

Addi

tive

Man

ufac

turin

g Di

gita

l Thr

ead

Abst

ract

: Ad

ditiv

e m

anuf

actu

ring

(AM

), th

e pr

oces

s of b

uild

ing

obje

cts l

ayer

by

laye

r, ha

s gro

wn

incr

easin

gly

popu

lar a

s it

prov

ides

a m

ore

effic

ient

alte

rnat

ive

for p

rodu

cing

com

plex

par

ts th

an c

onve

ntio

nal p

roce

sses

. Th

ere

are

seve

ral

diffe

rent

AM

pro

cess

es th

at a

re c

urre

ntly

in u

se, i

nclu

ding

dire

ct m

etal

lase

r sin

terin

g (D

MLS

) and

fuse

d de

posit

ion

mod

elin

g (F

DM).

Eac

h pr

oces

s inv

olve

s man

y di

ffere

nt fa

ctor

s (e.

g. th

e ty

pe o

f mat

eria

l tha

t is u

sed

and

mac

hine

con

trol

par

amet

ers)

that

inte

ract

with

eac

h ot

her a

nd g

ive

rise

to v

aria

bilit

y in

AM

pro

cess

es.

This

varia

bilit

y m

akes

it d

iffic

ult t

o ac

hiev

e tr

acea

bilit

y an

d re

peat

abili

ty in

par

t pro

duct

ion.

To

con

trol

var

iabi

lity,

it is

nec

essa

ry to

und

erst

and

the

flow

and

man

agem

ent o

f inf

orm

atio

n, re

ferr

ed to

as t

he

“dig

ital t

hrea

d,”

with

in a

n AM

pro

cess

. W

ith th

is co

ncep

t in

min

d, th

e ob

ject

ive

of th

is pr

ojec

t was

to id

entif

y th

e ke

y in

form

atio

n us

ed in

par

t dev

elop

men

t by

diffe

rent

AM

pro

cess

es, s

peci

fical

ly D

MLS

and

FDM

. U

nder

stan

ding

th

e cr

itica

l par

amet

ers a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith e

ach

proc

ess w

ill le

ad to

mor

e ef

ficie

nt in

form

atio

n m

anag

emen

t, fa

cilit

atin

g tr

acea

bilit

y an

d th

eref

ore

help

ing

to c

ontr

ol v

aria

bilit

y in

AM

pro

cess

es.

Indu

stry

and

lab

visit

s wer

e us

ed to

gat

her i

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t the

step

s of e

ach

AM p

roce

ss a

nd th

e im

port

ant p

aram

eter

s inv

olve

d in

eac

h st

ep.

Th

e re

sults

of t

his p

roje

ct w

ill h

elp

man

ufac

ture

rs to

mor

e ef

ficie

ntly

man

age

AM p

roce

ss in

form

atio

n. T

he

insig

ht g

aine

d w

ill e

nabl

e th

em to

repr

oduc

e pa

rts m

ore

accu

rate

ly, m

ake

mor

e in

form

ed p

roce

ss se

lect

ions

, and

im

prov

e th

eir m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

esse

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: F

redd

y Al

exis

Cisn

eros

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H08

2 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

El C

amin

o Co

mm

unity

Col

lege

M

ajor

: P

hysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): O

btai

n a

PhD

in p

hysic

s and

con

tinue

rese

arch

in p

hysic

s.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, R

adia

tion

Phys

ics D

ivisi

on, D

osim

etry

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch A

dvis

or:

Dr. M

arc

F. D

esro

siers

Ti

tle o

f Tal

k:

Eval

uatio

n of

a N

ew D

osim

eter

for I

ndus

tria

l Rad

iatio

n Pr

oces

sing

Abst

ract

: Ra

diat

ion

proc

essin

g is

wid

ely

used

for

the

ste

riliza

tion

of h

ealth

car

e pr

oduc

ts (

e.g.

, sy

ringe

s),

to e

nhan

ce t

he

chem

ical

stru

ctur

e of

eve

ryda

y pr

oduc

ts to

impr

ove

thei

r per

form

ance

(e.g

., w

ire in

sula

tion)

, to

exte

nd th

e sh

elf l

ife o

f fo

od, a

nd m

any

othe

r use

ful a

pplic

atio

ns. T

he m

ost c

omm

on ty

pe o

f ion

izing

radi

atio

n us

ed in

indu

stry

is g

amm

a-ra

y ph

oton

s fro

m ra

dioa

ctiv

e co

balt-

60 so

urce

s.

In ir

radi

atio

n fa

cilit

ies

bulk

irra

diat

ion

is co

mm

only

pra

ctic

ed w

here

larg

e am

ount

s of

pro

duct

s ar

e ex

pose

d to

ioni

zing

radi

atio

n to

max

imize

thro

ughp

ut. D

ue to

the

inte

ract

ion

of ra

diat

ion

with

mat

ter,

one

cann

ot s

impl

y as

sum

e th

at a

ll th

e pr

oduc

ts in

the

bulk

are

uni

form

ly ir

radi

ated

. To

assu

re th

at a

ll th

e pr

oduc

ts in

the

bulk

rece

ive

the

nece

ssar

y do

se,

dosim

eter

s ar

e pl

aced

in p

re-e

stab

lishe

d re

fere

nce

loca

tions

on

the

prod

uct

cont

aine

rs. U

pon

the

com

plet

ion

of t

he

radi

atio

n pr

oces

s the

se d

osim

eter

s are

mea

sure

d pr

ior t

o pr

oduc

t rel

ease

. Al

anin

e do

simet

ers

are

the

mos

t acc

urat

e an

d w

idel

y us

ed d

osim

eter

s du

e to

thei

r hig

h re

prod

ucib

ility

and

the

broa

d ra

nge

of d

ose.

Tw

o fo

rms

of a

lani

ne d

osim

eter

s ar

e co

mm

only

use

d in

indu

stry

, the

film

and

pel

let

form

s bo

th o

f w

hich

hav

e th

eir p

ros

and

cons

. The

pel

let f

orm

that

use

d by

NIS

T fo

r the

ir po

stal

-bas

ed tr

ansf

er d

osim

etry

ser

vice

s is

mor

e ac

cura

te th

an th

e fil

m fo

rm b

ut sm

all (

4.8

mm

in d

iam

eter

, 3.0

mm

in h

eigh

t) a

nd n

on-la

bele

d m

akin

g it

diffi

cult

to h

andl

e by

the

indu

stria

l irr

adia

ting

faci

litie

s. T

he fi

lm fo

rm is

less

acc

urat

e bu

t is

barc

oded

and

in th

e fo

rm o

f a lo

ng

strip

mak

ing

it m

uch

easie

r to

hand

le w

hen

irrad

iatin

g in

bul

k an

d th

roug

hput

is o

f ess

ence

. To

com

bine

the

bes

t qu

aliti

es o

f ea

ch t

ype,

ala

nine

dos

imet

er m

anuf

actu

rers

hav

e be

gun

mak

ing

prot

otyp

es o

f a

hybr

id a

lani

ne d

osim

eter

. The

se h

ybrid

dos

imet

ers

cons

ist o

f an

ala

nine

pel

let

pack

aged

at

the

end

of a

bar

code

d pl

astic

han

dle.

Thi

s ne

w f

orm

of d

osim

eter

will

be

easy

to

use,

mor

e ac

cura

te t

han

the

film

dos

imet

er, a

nd w

ill a

id

irrad

iatin

g fa

cilit

ies i

n ac

hiev

ing

a hi

gh th

roug

hput

with

hig

h pr

ecisi

on.

My

rese

arch

will

ana

lyze

the

prop

ertie

s of t

his n

ew h

ybrid

dos

imet

er c

ompa

red

to b

oth

the

pelle

t and

film

dos

imet

ers.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

abre

na C

layt

on

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

115

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: F

ayet

tevi

lle S

tate

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Chem

istry

/Che

mica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Tr

ansf

er to

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

to c

ompl

ete

chem

ical

eng

inee

ring

port

ion

of

dual

deg

ree

plan

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Engi

neer

ing

Labo

rato

ry, F

ire R

esea

rch

Divi

sion,

Fla

mm

abili

ty R

educ

tion

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Rick

Dav

is

Title

of T

alk:

Ev

alua

ting

Nan

ofilm

Coa

tings

to P

reve

nt F

lam

mab

ility

in H

ouse

hold

Fur

nitu

re

Abst

ract

: 30

00 p

eopl

e di

e ev

ery

year

in fi

res t

hat s

tart

ed w

ith h

ouse

hold

furn

iture

. Th

ere

is no

fire

reta

rdan

t ava

ilabl

e th

at

can

prev

ent t

hose

fire

s. T

his s

umm

er w

e ha

ve tr

ied

to c

reat

e a

met

hod

to p

reve

nt th

e ris

k of

fire

from

bot

h op

en

flam

e an

d sm

olde

ring.

We

utili

zed

reci

pes p

revi

ously

test

ed o

n fo

am, a

nd a

pplie

d th

em to

cot

ton

fabr

ic sa

mpl

es.

Thes

e sa

mpl

es w

ere

then

eva

luat

ed fo

r the

ir fla

mm

abili

ty u

sing

dire

ct fl

ame

and

smol

derin

g te

sts.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: E

than

Cle

men

ts

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

170

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: M

iam

i Uni

vers

ity o

f Ohi

o M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Grad

uate

Sch

ool

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Cu

rren

tly I

am e

nrol

led

in a

Mas

ter’s

Pro

gram

at M

iam

i Uni

vers

ity (O

hio)

and

upo

n co

mpl

etio

n I a

m in

tere

sted

in e

nrol

ling

in a

P.H

.D. p

rogr

am so

I ca

n co

ntin

ue to

del

ve in

to

and

broa

den

the

fron

tiers

of P

hysic

s.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Qua

ntum

Opt

ics G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Al

an M

igda

ll, Jo

ffrey

Pet

ers

Title

of T

alk:

Fe

edba

ck C

ontr

olle

d M

agne

tic F

ield

Zer

oing

for R

are

Eart

h Q

uant

um M

emor

y

Abst

ract

: In

pra

seod

ymiu

m-d

oped

Y2S

iO5,

pre

cisio

n co

ntro

l of t

he m

agne

tic fi

eld

envi

ronm

ent e

nabl

es u

s to

rem

ove

man

y of

the

deco

here

nce

mec

hani

sms i

n th

e cr

ysta

l. To

con

trol

the

mag

netic

fiel

ds w

e co

nstr

ucte

d He

lmho

ltz c

oils

orie

nted

alo

ng 3

per

pend

icul

ar a

xes.

We

also

wan

t to

ensu

re th

at fo

r lon

g pe

riods

of t

ime,

our

mag

netic

fiel

d ze

roin

g re

mai

ns st

able

and

doe

s not

cha

nge

due

to a

ltera

tion

in th

e en

viro

nmen

t. To

do

this,

we

utili

ze a

PI

(Pro

port

iona

l, In

tegr

al) f

eedb

ack

loop

so th

at o

ur sy

stem

resp

onds

to a

ny c

hang

es in

the

envi

ronm

ent.

The

syst

em w

e co

nstr

ucte

d ut

ilize

s an

Ardu

ino

Uno

to m

easu

re a

nd c

ontr

ol fe

edba

ck to

the

syst

em. T

he A

rdui

no

mea

sure

s the

mag

netic

fiel

d us

ing

a tr

iple

axi

s mag

neto

resis

tive

digi

tal m

agne

tom

eter

, com

pare

s with

the

desir

ed m

agne

tic fi

eld,

then

feed

s thi

s err

or v

alue

into

the

PI lo

op. T

he v

olta

ge o

utpu

t fro

m th

e PI

loop

is se

nt to

a

tran

scon

duct

ance

am

plifi

er w

hich

out

puts

a d

esire

d cu

rren

t pro

port

iona

l to

the

inpu

t vol

tage

. Thi

s cur

rent

pas

ses

thro

ugh

the

Helm

holtz

coi

ls ge

nera

ting

a m

agne

tic fi

eld.

Due

to o

ur a

bilit

y to

acc

urat

ely

mea

sure

the

mag

netic

fie

ld w

e ar

e ab

le to

zero

the

loca

l fie

ld o

r set

it to

a d

esire

d va

lue.

We

desig

ned

our s

yste

m to

out

put u

p to

3 m

T –

so w

e ca

n fr

eeze

out

the

nucl

ear s

pin

flips

. Our

setu

p ob

tain

s a m

agne

tic fi

eld

cont

rol o

f .4 μT

. Thi

s app

arat

us w

ill

aid

in fu

rthe

r exp

erim

enta

tion

with

pra

seod

ymiu

m-d

oped

cry

stal

s as l

ong

lifet

ime

quan

tum

mem

orie

s.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

acob

Col

lard

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H15

0 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Sw

arth

mor

e Co

llege

M

ajor

: Li

ngui

stic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

do

rese

arch

on

com

puta

tiona

l lin

guist

ics i

n pu

rsui

t of a

Ph.

D

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Sys

tem

s and

Sof

twar

e Di

visio

n, C

yber

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Er

ic S

imm

on

Title

of T

alk:

Au

tom

atic

Ont

olog

ies:

Sta

ndar

dize

d Te

rmin

olog

y Ge

nera

tion

for D

ocum

ent

Com

paris

on a

nd S

earc

h Ab

stra

ct:

The

gene

ratio

n of

dom

ain

onto

logi

es h

as se

en in

crea

sing

inte

rest

in in

form

atio

n sc

ienc

es fo

r app

licat

ions

such

as

anal

ysis

of k

now

ledg

e an

d st

anda

rdiza

tion

of te

rmin

olog

y. W

e ha

ve d

evel

oped

a to

ol fo

r the

aut

omat

ic

gene

ratio

n of

ont

olog

ies f

rom

text

. With

this

tool

, ter

min

olog

y ca

n be

ext

ract

ed fr

om n

atur

al la

ngua

ge

docu

men

ts. T

he to

ol th

en st

anda

rdize

s the

term

inol

ogy,

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt li

ngui

stic

stru

ctur

e an

d cr

eatin

g a

hier

arch

ical

set o

f cla

sses

. Be

caus

e on

tolo

gy g

ener

atio

n is

auto

mat

ic a

nd u

nsup

ervi

sed,

this

tool

can

be

appl

ied

to a

ny sc

ient

ific

field

. The

hi

erar

chic

al st

ruct

ure

allo

ws f

or d

iver

se se

arch

app

licat

ions

such

as r

ecom

men

datio

ns b

ased

on

subc

lass

es o

r su

perc

lass

es.

The

onto

logy

can

also

be

appl

ied

to d

ocum

ent c

ompa

rison

. By

com

parin

g st

anda

rdize

d te

rms i

nste

ad o

f am

bigu

ous n

atur

al la

ngua

ge, t

he to

ol a

llow

s for

sem

antic

inst

ead

of p

urel

y le

xica

l com

paris

ons.

Thr

ough

do

cum

ent c

ompa

rison

, thi

s too

l can

also

gen

erat

e co

ncep

tual

as w

ell a

s hie

rarc

hica

l lin

ks, w

hich

can

be

appl

ied

to

mor

e ad

vanc

ed se

arch

es a

nd a

naly

ses.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

penc

er C

onno

r G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H17

2 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Col

orad

o Sc

hool

of M

ines

M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Co

mpl

etin

g un

derg

radu

ate

stud

ies a

nd c

onte

mpl

atin

g gr

adua

te sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, O

pera

tions

and

Eng

inee

ring

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Joe

Reye

nga

Title

of T

alk:

De

velo

ping

a S

yste

m fo

r Mon

itorin

g N

CNR

Fum

e Ho

od R

adia

tion

Leve

ls

Abst

ract

: In

a re

sear

ch fa

cilit

y su

ch a

s the

NIS

T Ce

nter

for N

eutr

on R

esea

rch,

fum

e ho

ods a

re c

omm

only

use

d w

hen

hand

ling

radi

oact

ive

mat

eria

ls. A

serie

s of G

eige

r-M

üelle

r tub

es a

re p

ositi

oned

in th

e du

ctw

ork

of th

e ho

ods t

o m

easu

re g

amm

a ra

diat

ion

in th

e ai

r or f

rom

any

airb

orne

par

ticul

ates

that

may

exi

st. T

he sy

stem

mon

itorin

g th

ese

dete

ctor

s mus

t be

secu

re, a

cces

sible

to H

ealth

Phy

sics p

erso

nnel

, and

be

capa

ble

of ru

nnin

g fo

r ext

ende

d pe

riods

of t

ime

with

litt

le to

no

mai

nten

ance

. Thi

s rol

e is

curr

ently

serv

ed b

y th

ree

co-d

epen

dent

com

pute

rs w

ith

a sin

gle

user

-inte

rfac

e. T

he N

CNR

Hood

Mon

itor P

roje

ct is

des

igne

d to

repl

ace

the

data

logg

ing,

tren

d an

alys

is,

and

user

-inte

rfac

e of

the

curr

ent s

yste

m w

hile

reta

inin

g th

e or

igin

al d

etec

tors

and

ass

ocia

ted

hard

war

e. In

ord

er

to m

aint

ain

relia

bilit

y an

d se

curit

y, th

e da

ta fr

om e

ach

dete

ctor

is lo

gged

and

stor

ed in

an

onlin

e da

taba

se b

y a

virt

ual s

erve

r, w

hich

ale

rts H

ealth

Phy

sics p

erso

nnel

of a

ny a

bnor

mal

cha

nges

in ra

diat

ion

leve

ls. T

he N

CNR

Hood

M

onito

r pro

ject

also

incl

udes

a d

eskt

op p

rogr

am to

disp

lay

curr

ent v

alue

s, e

xam

ine

hist

oric

al tr

ends

, and

exp

ort

data

in se

vera

l for

mat

s. B

y el

imin

atin

g as

man

y of

the

phys

ical

ele

men

ts o

f the

cur

rent

syst

em a

nd a

llow

ing

Heal

th P

hysic

s to

acce

ss th

e sy

stem

from

thei

r des

ktop

com

pute

rs, t

he N

CNR

Hood

Mon

itor m

aint

ains

secu

rity

whi

le b

eing

ada

ptab

le a

nd a

cces

sible

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Lau

ren

Cron

ise

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

083

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: W

est V

irgin

ia W

esle

yan

Colle

ge

Maj

or:

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): E

ither

goi

ng to

gra

duat

e sc

hool

to p

ursu

e m

edic

al p

hysic

s or a

tten

ding

med

ical

scho

ol to

pu

rsue

a c

aree

r in

radi

atio

n on

colo

gy.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ents

Lab

orat

ory,

Rad

iatio

n Ph

ysic

s Div

ision

, Rad

ioac

tivity

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Heat

her C

hen-

May

er

Title

of T

alk:

C

T Im

agin

g of

the

Lung

s and

Inve

stig

atio

n of

Dua

l Ene

rgy

CT

Abst

ract

: Co

mpu

ted

tom

ogra

phy

(CT)

mac

hine

s are

wid

ely

used

in c

linic

al se

ttin

gs to

dia

gnos

e an

d pl

an tr

eatm

ent f

or

med

ical

issu

es, a

nd a

ccur

ate

met

hods

for a

naly

zing

the

imag

es a

re c

ruci

al fo

r pro

per d

iagn

osis.

Lun

g tis

sue

rem

ains

a d

iffic

ult t

issue

for s

tand

ardi

zatio

n du

e to

lung

’s c

hang

ing

dens

ity, a

nd th

e CT

scan

ner v

aria

tions

hav

e cr

eate

d a

signi

fican

t bar

rier f

or a

sses

sing

dise

ase

prog

ress

ion

in a

clin

ical

sett

ing.

The

refo

re, h

avin

g an

acc

urat

e st

anda

rd T

EM (t

issue

equ

ival

ent m

ater

ial)

is es

sent

ial.

To te

st N

IST’

s new

lung

refe

renc

e st

anda

rd, S

RM 2

088

(Lev

ine

and

Chen

-May

er, 2

013)

, w

e ra

n CT

scan

s of t

he m

ater

ial i

n a

anth

ropo

mor

phic

pha

ntom

, 3D

prin

ted

from

th

e W

alte

r Ree

d Ar

my

Med

ical

Cen

ter,

to m

easu

re th

e al

tera

tion

of H

U (H

ouns

field

Uni

t) in

a p

hant

om th

at

simul

ates

scat

terin

g co

mpa

red

to th

e va

lues

mea

sure

d in

air.

Thi

s pha

ntom

was

cre

ated

from

a p

roce

ss th

at

invo

lves

cre

atin

g a

dens

ity m

ask

from

reco

nstr

ucte

d CT

imag

es in

softw

are

simila

r to

SCAN

IP (S

impl

ewar

e), w

hich

se

gmen

ts th

e m

ater

ial i

n ea

ch m

ask

rela

tive

to th

e Ho

unsf

ield

Uni

t ran

ge d

esire

d to

sim

ulat

e bo

ne a

nd v

ario

us

tissu

es. T

his d

ata

can

be u

sed

by ra

diol

ogist

s and

rese

arch

ers t

o be

tter

cal

ibra

te th

eir m

achi

nes a

nd im

prov

e di

agno

sis a

ccur

acy

in a

reas

such

as e

mph

ysem

a an

d lu

ng c

ance

r. Su

ch a

n ef

fort

requ

ires q

uant

ifica

tion

of th

e sc

anne

r spe

ctra

l dep

ende

nce

of th

e Ho

unsf

ield

Uni

t. W

e ar

e in

vest

igat

ing

the

dual

ene

rgy

CT (D

ECT)

app

roac

h in

th

e po

st re

cons

truc

tion

imag

ing

spac

e, b

y fir

st c

alib

ratin

g th

e N

IST

scan

ner (

Phili

ps B

rillia

nce

16) u

sing

mat

eria

ls of

kno

wn

com

posit

ion,

by

impl

emen

ting

a m

etho

d pu

blish

ed b

y Yo

hann

es e

t al (

2011

, 201

2).

Onc

e th

e en

ergy

de

pend

ent p

aram

eter

s are

det

erm

ined

exp

erim

enta

lly fo

r eac

h sp

ectr

um, D

ECT

may

be

empl

oyed

to so

lve

the

unkn

own

mat

eria

ls by

the

deco

mpo

sitio

n m

etho

d. M

ater

ials

that

hav

e di

ffere

nt e

lem

enta

l com

posit

ions

or m

ass

dens

ities

can

hav

e th

e sa

me

phot

on a

tten

uatio

n; w

e ca

n re

cove

r the

und

erly

ing

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

mat

eria

l th

roug

h a

diffe

rent

ene

rgy

scan

(Hün

emoh

r et a

ll 20

14).

We

are

wor

king

on

this

by b

ack

calc

ulat

ing

a kn

own

mat

eria

l in

a sc

an to

test

the

accu

racy

of r

econ

stru

ctio

n w

ith d

ata

from

DEC

T.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

ustin

Cum

min

gs

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

172

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: C

olor

ado

Scho

ol O

f Min

es

Maj

or:

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

for p

hysic

s

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

enso

r Sci

ence

Div

ision

, Inf

rare

d Te

chno

logy

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. D

avid

Alle

n

Title

of T

alk:

M

icro

scen

e Gr

ave

Dete

ctio

n vi

a Hy

pers

pect

ral I

mag

ing

Abst

ract

: It

has b

een

dem

onst

rate

d th

at m

ass g

rave

site

s pro

duce

dist

inct

spec

tral

sign

atur

es in

a tr

opic

al m

oist

fore

st

envi

ronm

ent a

nd m

ay b

e lo

cate

d vi

a re

mot

e se

nsin

g (K

alcs

ka 2

009)

. I p

repa

red

six tr

ials

of fo

ur d

iffer

ent “

mic

ro-

scen

es”,

bot

h w

ith a

nd w

ithou

t bur

ied

prox

y m

eat,

to a

ttem

pt to

qua

ntify

the

signa

ture

of a

gra

ve si

te v

ersu

s a

false

gra

ve. D

irt, g

rass

, chi

a se

ed, a

nd sa

nd w

ere

chos

en to

refle

ct a

wid

e ra

nge

of e

nviro

nmen

tal s

ituat

ions

and

ge

rmin

atio

n ra

tes.

Usin

g a

stan

dard

hyp

ersp

ectr

al im

ager

, the

mea

n an

d pu

re v

eget

atio

n re

flect

ance

spec

tra

for

each

scen

e w

ere

reco

rded

ove

r the

cou

rse

of se

vera

l wee

ks, a

nd c

ompa

red

usin

g sp

ectr

al a

ngle

met

hods

. Ad

ditio

nally

, a q

uart

er-k

ilogr

am o

f pro

xy m

ater

ial w

as b

urie

d un

der s

ever

al in

ches

of s

oil,

with

gra

ss se

eds

plan

ted

on to

p, to

illu

stra

te th

e in

hibi

ting

effe

ct o

f dec

ayin

g pr

oxy

mea

t on

plan

t gro

wth

. Thr

ee re

flect

ance

st

anda

rds w

ere

also

ana

lyze

d to

hel

p as

socia

te a

n un

cert

aint

y w

ith th

e im

ager

use

d.

The

spec

tral

ang

le b

etw

een

a gr

ave

mea

n sp

ectr

a an

d its

cor

resp

ondi

ng fa

lse g

rave

mea

n sp

ectr

a w

as fo

und

to

incr

ease

ove

r tim

e, in

dica

ting

a gr

owin

g di

ffere

nce

betw

een

them

. The

spec

tral

ang

le b

etw

een

vege

tatio

n gr

own

in so

il w

ith p

roxy

mat

eria

l and

veg

etat

ion

grow

n in

soil

with

out i

t did

not

hav

e a

defin

ite tr

end

with

resp

ect t

o tim

e. F

or m

ost m

ean

spec

tra,

the

grav

e sit

e w

as fo

und

to h

ave

low

er re

flect

ance

val

ues i

n bo

th th

e vi

sible

regi

on

from

450

nm to

650

nm a

nd in

the

near

infr

a-re

d re

gion

from

800

nm to

110

0nm

. Thi

s im

plie

s a d

istin

ct sp

ectr

al

signa

ture

resu

lting

from

che

mic

al c

hang

es in

soil

and

diffe

renc

es in

the

amou

nt o

f veg

etat

ion

grow

n in

the

soil,

w

ith a

smal

ler i

mpa

ct d

ue to

cha

ngin

g pl

ant c

hem

istry

. It

was

also

obs

erve

d th

at th

e gr

ass g

row

n ab

ove

the

quar

ter-

kilo

of p

roxy

mat

eria

l was

sign

ifica

ntly

mor

e pa

le a

nd sh

orte

r tha

n th

e gr

ass g

row

n ab

ove

pure

soil.

The

se

resu

lts b

oth

pres

ent p

ossib

le sp

ectr

al in

dica

tors

of b

urie

d pr

oxy

mat

eria

l and

dem

onst

rate

the

utili

ty o

f de

velo

ping

mic

ro-s

cene

s in

orde

r to

stud

y th

e ca

pabi

lity

of lo

catin

g m

ass g

rave

s usin

g hy

pers

pect

ral i

mag

ing

in

diffe

rent

env

ironm

ents

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

dam

Dac

how

icz

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

131

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: T

he U

nive

rsity

of O

klah

oma

Maj

or: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Af

ter g

radu

atio

n, I

plan

to g

o on

to g

radu

ate

scho

ol a

nd p

ursu

e m

aste

r’s a

nd d

octo

ral

degr

ees i

n en

gine

erin

g N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Info

rmat

ion

Tech

nolo

gy L

abor

ator

y, S

oftw

are

& S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on, C

yber

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Al

den

Dim

a

Title

of T

alk:

A

Com

para

tive

Asse

ssm

ent o

f the

LPV

Alg

orith

m fo

r Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e Ke

ywor

d Ex

trac

tion

Ab

stra

ct:

Keyw

ord

extr

actio

n fr

om la

rge

bodi

es o

f tex

t is u

sefu

l in

the

early

stag

es o

f bui

ldin

g da

taba

ses a

nd o

ntol

ogie

s ov

er th

e do

mai

n th

e te

xt co

vers

. M

any

met

hods

for k

eyw

ord

extr

actio

n ar

e bu

ilt o

n na

tura

l lan

guag

e pr

oces

sing

(NLP

), w

hich

allo

ws f

or p

rogr

amm

er-a

ided

com

pute

r ext

ract

ion.

In

this

proj

ect,

the

Lim

ited

Para

digm

atic

Va

riabi

lity

(LPV

) NLP

key

wor

d ex

trac

tion

met

hod

is ev

alua

ted

to d

eter

min

e if

it w

ill b

e ef

fect

ive

in g

ener

atin

g pr

elim

inar

y ke

ywor

ds c

onta

ined

in a

larg

e m

ater

ials

scie

nce

corp

us.

The

term

s ext

ract

ed c

an th

en b

e ve

tted

by

dom

ain

expe

rts d

urin

g th

e ea

rly st

ages

of o

ntol

ogy

cons

truc

tion.

The

qua

lity

of th

e ke

ywor

d ex

trac

tion,

then

, is

of p

artic

ular

inte

rest

. A

supe

rior m

etho

d w

ill p

rodu

ce m

ore

rele

vant

key

wor

ds, m

akin

g th

e jo

b of

fiel

d ex

pert

s ea

sier a

nd im

prov

ing

the

qual

ity o

f the

fina

l ont

olog

y. T

he e

ffici

ency

of t

he m

etho

d is

also

impo

rtan

t, sin

ce a

m

ore

effic

ient

met

hod

will

redu

ce th

e tim

e (a

nd c

ost)

of th

e pr

elim

inar

y st

eps i

n on

tolo

gy c

onst

ruct

ion.

Fo

r thi

s pro

ject

, we

wor

k w

ith a

cor

pus o

f sev

eral

thou

sand

mat

eria

ls sc

ienc

e pa

pers

, con

tain

ing

abou

t 20

mill

ion

wor

ds, a

nd a

im to

ext

ract

term

s use

ful f

or a

n on

tolo

gy re

leva

nt to

the

Mat

eria

ls Ge

nom

e In

itiat

ive

(MGI

). In

pa

rtic

ular

, we

eval

uate

the

LPV

met

hod

by c

ompa

ring

resu

lts to

the

wid

ely

used

term

freq

uenc

y-in

vers

e do

cum

ent f

requ

ency

(TF-

IDF)

met

hod,

taki

ng “

gold

stan

dard

” te

rms p

rodu

ced

by d

omai

n ex

pert

s to

be e

xam

ples

of

“tr

ue”

keyw

ords

. O

ther

met

rics l

ike

term

leng

th a

nd to

tal n

umbe

r of o

ccur

renc

es in

the

corp

us a

re a

lso

cons

ider

ed w

ith LP

V an

d TF

-IDF

scor

es w

hile

per

form

ing

clas

sific

atio

n w

ith th

e W

eka

mac

hine

lear

ning

softw

are

to se

e if

this

impr

oves

cor

rect

key

wor

d id

entif

icat

ion.

Thi

s ana

lysis

is c

arrie

d ou

t on

two

sepa

rate

doc

umen

t list

s:

the

full

corp

us, a

nd c

onco

rdan

ces b

uilt

arou

nd d

iffer

ent w

ord

stem

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Ale

xand

er D

ebre

cht

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

180

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: J

unia

ta C

olle

ge

Maj

or:

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ap

plyi

ng to

Gra

duat

e Sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on, Q

uant

um P

roce

sses

an

d M

etro

logy

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Ga

rnet

t Bry

ant

Title

of T

alk:

De

scrib

ing

the

Qua

ntum

Cha

ract

er o

f Met

allic

Nan

opar

ticle

Pla

smon

s

Abst

ract

: N

anos

cale

tran

smiss

ion

of q

uant

um e

xcita

tions

in q

uant

um in

form

atio

n te

chno

logi

es m

ust p

rese

rve

the

quan

tum

ch

arac

ter o

f the

info

rmat

ion.

One

pro

pose

d re

aliza

tion

for n

anos

cale

qua

ntum

info

rmat

ion

tran

sfer

use

s hyb

rid

syst

ems o

f met

allic

nan

opar

ticle

s (M

NPs)

and

sem

icon

duct

or q

uant

um d

ots,

with

pla

smon

s in

MNP

s mov

ing

qubi

ts fr

om o

ne q

uant

um d

ot to

ano

ther

. A q

uant

um d

escr

iptio

n of

the

entir

e sy

stem

trea

ting

the

MNP

s and

qu

antu

m d

ots o

n an

equ

al fo

otin

g is

need

ed to

fully

acc

ount

for s

ize q

uant

izatio

n, q

uant

ized

plas

mon

s, c

oher

ent

coup

ling,

inte

rpar

ticle

tunn

elin

g, a

nd n

onlo

cal a

nd n

onlin

ear r

espo

nse.

To

achi

eve

this,

a q

uant

um d

escr

iptio

n of

th

e M

NPs i

s nee

ded.

A

varie

ty o

f stu

dies

hav

e ex

amin

ed th

e na

ture

of p

lasm

onic

exc

itatio

ns in

met

allic

nan

opar

ticle

s (M

NPs

). Ho

wev

er, m

ost o

f the

se st

udie

s hav

e be

en d

one

with

tim

e-de

pend

ent d

ensit

y fu

nctio

nal t

heor

y, w

hich

can

yie

ld

info

rmat

ion

on th

e na

ture

of t

he e

xcita

tions

but

not

the

quan

tum

cha

ract

er, i

nclu

ding

whe

ther

the

exci

tatio

ns a

re

ferm

ioni

c or

bos

onic

and

whe

ther

they

are

har

mon

ic o

scill

ator

-like

, as w

ell a

s the

cha

rge

dens

ities

for p

lasm

onic

st

ates

. Suc

h qu

antu

m in

form

atio

n is

nece

ssar

y to

bui

ld a

ccur

ate

mod

els f

or q

uant

ized

plas

mon

s in

MN

Ps. T

o be

gin

to a

ddre

ss th

ese

issue

s, w

e ha

ve e

xplo

red

simpl

e m

odel

s for

inte

ract

ing

elec

tron

s on

a lin

ear c

hain

. For

sh

ort c

hain

s, th

e ei

genm

odes

of t

he in

tera

ctin

g el

ectr

ons a

re fo

und

exac

tly. A

s exp

ecte

d, th

e gr

ound

stat

e sh

ows

a M

ott t

rans

ition

as t

he h

oppi

ng a

long

the

chai

n is

varie

d. F

or th

e re

gim

e w

here

the

inte

ract

ing

grou

nd st

ate

of

the

syst

em is

met

allic

, we

disc

uss i

nitia

l res

ults

that

ana

lyze

the

char

acte

r of t

he e

xcita

tions

. The

resu

lts a

re u

sed

to id

entif

y w

heth

er e

xcita

tions

are

ferm

ioni

c or

bos

onic

, whi

ch e

xcita

tions

are

col

lect

ive,

whi

ch a

re h

arm

onic

os

cilla

tor-

like,

and

whe

n no

nlin

ear e

ffect

s app

ear.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

amue

l Deg

raft

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Cu

rren

tly u

ndec

ided

, str

ongl

y co

nsid

erin

g pu

rsui

ng a

Mas

ter’s

deg

ree

follo

win

g gr

adua

tion.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory

(MM

L), M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Fu

nctio

nal P

olym

ers G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: N

icho

le N

ader

man

n, E

dwin

P. C

han

Title

of T

alk:

Ch

arac

teriz

ing

Tran

spor

t Pro

pert

ies i

n Bi

laye

r Mem

bran

es fo

r Nex

t-Gen

erat

ion

Desa

linat

ion

Tech

nolo

gy

Abst

ract

: M

ultil

ayer

mem

bran

es c

ompr

ised

of a

n ul

trat

hin,

sel

ectiv

e po

lyam

ide

laye

r at

op p

orou

s, m

echa

nica

l su

ppor

t la

yers

are

the

sta

te-o

f-the

-art

in w

ater

des

alin

atio

n. T

he f

ully

-aro

mat

ic, d

ense

pol

yam

ide

laye

r is

desig

ned

to

achi

eve

the

high

est

salt

reje

ctio

n w

hile

min

imizi

ng r

esist

ance

to

hydr

aulic

per

mea

tion.

To

deve

lop

futu

re

gene

ratio

ns o

f de

salin

atio

n m

embr

anes

, it

is cr

itica

l to

und

erst

and

the

mec

hani

sms

whi

ch c

ontr

ibut

e to

pe

rmea

bilit

y an

d se

lect

ivity

. Fro

m s

olut

ion-

diffu

sion

theo

ry, i

t is

know

n th

at t

he p

erfo

rman

ce d

epen

ds o

n th

e tr

ansp

ort

and

swel

ling

prop

ertie

s of

th

e po

lyam

ide

mem

bran

e,

ther

efor

e it

is im

port

ant

to

deve

lop

char

acte

rizat

ion

tech

niqu

es fo

r the

se p

rope

rtie

s.

In th

is w

ork,

we

use

a qu

artz

cry

stal

mic

roba

lanc

e w

ith d

issip

atio

n (Q

CM-D

), a

grav

imet

ric te

chni

que,

to m

easu

re

wat

er s

orpt

ion

beha

vior

in m

odel

pol

yam

ide

mem

bran

es.

By c

hara

cter

izing

the

se p

rope

rtie

s as

a f

unct

ion

of

rela

tive

hum

idity

, we

are

able

to o

btai

n in

form

atio

n ab

out t

he p

olym

er n

etw

ork

stru

ctur

e as

wel

l as

deve

lop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

wat

er d

iffus

ion

with

in t

he m

embr

ane.

Ful

ly a

rom

atic

, m

odel

pol

yam

ide

mem

bran

es w

ere

fabr

icat

ed in

the

exp

erim

ents

usin

g a

nove

l mol

ecul

ar la

yer-

by-la

yer

(mLb

L) t

echn

ique

. In

this

tech

niqu

e, h

ighl

y cr

ossli

nked

pol

ymer

net

wor

ks a

re d

evel

oped

one

mol

ecul

ar la

yer a

t a ti

me

thro

ugh

sequ

entia

l and

inst

anta

neou

s re

actio

n of

two

mon

omer

s sol

utio

ns.

Usin

g th

e Q

CM-D

, w

e al

so s

tudy

the

effe

ct o

f a

hydr

oxyl

-ric

h co

atin

g on

the

pol

yam

ide

laye

r, a

surf

ace

mod

ifica

tion

that

is o

ften

use

d in

com

mer

cial

app

licat

ions

to m

itiga

te t

he e

ffect

s of

foul

ing.

The

coa

ting

acts

to

incr

ease

hyd

roph

ilici

ty a

t the

sur

face

as

wel

l as

proh

ibit

bact

eria

l gro

wth

. Whi

le s

urfa

ce m

odifi

catio

ns h

ave

been

w

idel

y in

vest

igat

ed f

or t

heir

anti-

foul

ing

prop

ertie

s, lit

tle w

ork

has

been

don

e to

und

erst

and

thei

r ef

fect

s on

tr

ansp

ort

prop

ertie

s an

d ov

eral

l mem

bran

e pe

rfor

man

ce. W

e in

vest

igat

e th

e ef

fect

of a

Pol

yvin

yl A

lcoh

ol (P

VA)

coat

ing

on t

he t

rans

port

and

sw

ellin

g be

havi

or a

nd q

uant

itativ

ely

inve

stig

ate

the

valid

ity o

f a

bila

yer

mas

s tr

ansp

ort m

odel

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Son

ia D

erm

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

135

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: T

he C

olle

ge o

f Will

iam

and

Mar

y M

ajor

: N

euro

scie

nce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, C

hem

ical

Sci

ence

s Div

ision

, Ch

emic

al In

form

atic

s Res

earc

h Gr

oup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Th

omas

Alli

son

Title

of T

alk:

3-

Dim

ensio

nal S

truc

ture

s for

the

NIS

T Ch

emist

ry W

ebBo

ok: M

y Jo

urne

y fr

om M

olec

ular

O

ptim

izatio

n to

Sel

f-Opt

imiza

tion

Ab

stra

ct:

The

NIS

T Ch

emist

ry W

ebBo

ok is

a fr

ee o

nlin

e da

taba

se o

f mol

ecul

es u

sed

by re

sear

cher

s, e

ngin

eers

, and

stud

ents

w

orld

wid

e. C

urre

ntly

, the

Web

Book

con

tain

s inf

orm

atio

n on

ove

r 110

,000

stru

ctur

es, v

aryi

ng fr

om c

hem

ical

na

mes

to g

as c

hrom

atog

ram

s. O

ur g

oal w

as to

enh

ance

the

Web

Book

by

optim

izing

25,

000

mol

ecul

es a

nd a

ddin

g th

e op

timize

d st

ruct

ures

to th

e da

taba

se.

Durin

g th

is pr

oces

s, w

e al

so v

erifi

ed se

vera

l for

ms o

f ide

ntifi

catio

n in

clud

ing

Inte

rnat

iona

l Uni

on o

f Pur

e an

d Ap

plie

d Ch

emist

ry (I

UPAC

) nom

encl

atur

e, c

hem

ical

form

ulae

, and

Ch

emic

al A

bstr

act S

ervi

ces (

CAS)

num

bers

. U

sing

Gaus

sian0

9, a

com

pute

r pro

gram

for q

uant

um ch

emist

ry, w

e ca

lcul

ated

che

mic

als’

opt

imize

d st

ruct

ures

, th

ereb

y de

term

inin

g th

e at

oms’

3-d

imen

siona

l coo

rdin

ates

in e

ach

mol

ecul

e. I

n or

der t

o co

mpu

te o

ptim

ized

stru

ctur

es, w

e ap

plie

d sim

ple

New

toni

an b

all-a

nd-s

prin

g m

odel

s (M

MFF

and

MM

2) a

nd p

rogr

esse

d to

com

plex

qu

antu

m m

echa

nica

l the

orie

s (PM

6 an

d B3

LYP)

. By

the

end

of th

e su

mm

er, w

e ho

pe to

hav

e co

mpu

ted

com

preh

ensiv

e 3-

dim

ensio

nal d

ata

on e

very

mol

ecul

e in

th

e W

ebBo

ok.

In th

e fu

ture

, the

se st

ruct

ures

can

be

used

as b

ases

for e

xper

imen

tal o

r the

oret

ical

rese

arch

. Th

e ne

t res

ult i

s an

enha

nced

Web

Book

con

tain

ing

mor

e th

orou

gh, d

iver

se, a

nd re

liabl

e da

ta.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: V

igne

sh D

hana

seka

ran

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

144

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Bal

timor

e Co

unty

M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to a

tten

d gr

adua

te sc

hool

for e

lect

rical

eng

inee

ring,

the

scho

ol is

cur

rent

ly

unde

cide

d.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Mas

s and

For

ce G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Pa

tric

k Ab

bott

Title

of T

alk:

Im

prov

emen

t of S

yste

mat

ic U

ncer

tain

ties i

n M

ass C

alib

ratio

n U

sing

Robo

tic C

ompa

rato

rs

Abst

ract

: Th

e N

IST

Mas

s and

For

ce G

roup

is re

spon

sible

for d

issem

inat

ing

the

unit

of m

ass,

the

kilo

gram

, to

the

U.S

. M

easu

rem

ent S

yste

m. T

his d

issem

inat

ion

is ac

com

plish

ed th

roug

h ca

libra

tion

of c

usto

mer

mas

s art

ifact

s with

NIS

T st

anda

rds t

hat a

re tr

acea

ble

to th

e In

tern

atio

nal S

yste

m o

f Uni

ts (S

I).

Wor

king

dow

n fr

om a

1 k

g st

anda

rd to

su

bmul

tiple

s typ

ical

ly in

volv

es m

anua

l pla

cem

ent o

f art

ifact

s ont

o de

licat

e m

ass c

ompa

rato

rs, i

ntro

duci

ng so

urce

s of

unc

erta

inty

due

to fl

uctu

atio

ns in

tem

pera

ture

, pre

ssur

e, h

umid

ity a

nd p

lace

men

t pos

ition

. By

aut

omat

ing

the

proc

ess w

ith ro

botic

s, th

e hu

man

-indu

ced

unce

rtai

ntie

s can

be

larg

ely

elim

inat

ed.

Trad

ition

al w

eigh

ing

desig

ns u

sed

to c

alib

rate

mas

ses f

rom

1 k

g to

1 m

g re

quire

the

plac

emen

t of u

p to

four

m

asse

s on

the

wei

ghin

g pa

n sim

ulta

neou

sly. H

owev

er, t

his t

ype

of d

esig

n ca

nnot

be

impl

emen

ted

on th

e N

IST

robo

tic c

ompa

rato

rs, a

s the

y ar

e re

stric

ted

to h

avin

g a

max

imum

of t

hree

mas

ses o

n th

e w

eigh

ing

pan

at a

ny g

iven

tim

e. T

o co

mpe

nsat

e fo

r thi

s res

tric

tion,

it w

as n

eces

sary

to d

evel

op n

ew w

eigh

ing

desig

ns th

at w

ould

allo

w th

e ro

bots

to c

alib

rate

the

subm

ultip

les w

ith n

o lo

ss o

f acc

urac

y or

incr

ease

in u

ncer

tain

ty.

The

NIS

T St

atist

ical

En

gine

erin

g Di

visio

n de

velo

ped

a pr

actic

al d

esig

n th

at w

ould

mee

t the

se re

quire

men

ts; m

easu

rem

ents

wer

e th

en

perf

orm

ed w

ith th

e ro

botic

com

para

tors

to te

st th

e ne

w w

eigh

ing

desig

ns a

gain

st re

sults

obt

aine

d by

trad

ition

al

man

ual m

ass c

ompa

rato

rs. T

est r

esul

ts a

t the

one

kilo

gram

leve

l ind

icat

e th

at th

e ro

botic

com

para

tors

diff

er fr

om

man

ual c

alib

ratio

ns b

y le

ss th

an 0

.010

mg,

whi

ch is

the

reso

lutio

n of

the

bala

nce.

The

stan

dard

dev

iatio

ns o

f the

ro

botic

mea

sure

men

ts a

bout

thei

r mea

ns w

ere

also

less

than

0.0

10 m

g.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

ndre

w D

odd

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

079

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

assa

chus

etts

, Am

hers

t M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I w

ould

like

to g

o to

a g

radu

ate

scho

ol fo

r a b

ranc

h of

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Life

Cyc

les E

ngin

eerin

g Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Shaw

Fen

g, P

aul W

ither

ell

Title

of T

alk:

To

war

ds d

evel

opin

g co

mpo

sabi

lity

in m

odel

ing

and

simul

atio

n of

Add

itive

Man

ufac

turin

g Pr

oces

ses

Abst

ract

: Ad

ditiv

e M

anuf

actu

ring

(AM

) is e

mer

ging

as a

via

ble

solu

tion

for t

he c

reat

ion

of n

et sh

ape,

com

plex

par

ts w

ith a

sig

nific

antly

shor

ter l

ead

time.

Cut

ting

out t

he n

eed

for h

ighl

y sp

ecia

lized

man

ufac

turin

g to

ols,

dies

, and

mol

ds,

AM C

ompu

ter A

ided

Des

ign

(CAD

) too

ls al

low

us t

o ea

sily

mak

e de

sign

chan

ges i

n m

anuf

actu

red

part

s with

litt

le

to n

o in

crea

se in

cos

t or l

ead

time.

Whi

le A

M p

roce

sses

are

poi

sed

to re

volu

tioni

ze m

anuf

actu

ring

in a

eros

pace

, m

edic

al, d

enta

l and

man

y ot

her i

ndus

trie

s, th

ere

is st

ill m

uch

to b

e un

ders

tood

abo

ut th

e un

derly

ing

phys

ics

invo

lved

in th

ese

proc

esse

s.

The

focu

s of t

his p

roje

ct w

as o

n th

e m

etal

pow

der b

ed fu

sion

proc

ess,

spec

ifica

lly th

at o

f Sel

ectiv

e La

ser M

eltin

g (S

LM).

Desp

ite th

e ex

isten

ce o

f man

y di

ffere

nt m

odel

s and

sim

ulat

ions

of t

he la

ser h

eatin

g, m

eltin

g an

d co

olin

g pr

oces

s, no

ne o

f the

m a

ccur

atel

y sim

ulat

e th

e SL

M p

roce

ss in

its e

ntire

ty fr

om p

owde

r mat

eria

l pro

pert

ies (

as

wel

l as l

aser

, sca

nnin

g, a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal c

ontr

ol p

aram

eter

s) a

ll th

e w

ay to

fina

l mat

eria

l pro

pert

ies a

nd

defo

rmat

ions

. Tha

t is n

ot to

say

that

man

y sim

ulat

ions

are

not

com

ing

clos

e, b

ut n

o m

odel

acc

urat

ely

repr

esen

ts

ever

y fa

cet a

nd p

hysic

al p

heno

men

on o

f the

hig

hly

com

plex

, hea

ting,

mel

ting,

and

solid

ifica

tion

proc

esse

s. In

or

der t

o ad

dres

s thi

s iss

ue a

nd to

dev

elop

mor

e ad

apta

ble

mul

tisca

le m

odel

s, th

e re

sear

ch to

pic

of c

ompo

sabi

lity

has b

een

prop

osed

. To

dem

onst

rate

that

two

or m

ore

mod

els c

an b

e co

mpo

sabl

e, o

r int

egra

tabl

e an

d in

terc

hang

eabl

e, w

as th

e m

ain

goal

of t

his r

esea

rch.

Thi

s is b

eing

ach

ieve

d by

revi

ewin

g an

d an

alyz

ing

curr

ently

av

aila

ble

mod

els o

f SLM

and

sear

chin

g fo

r lin

ks b

etw

een

thei

r con

stra

ints

, inp

uts,

and

outp

uts i

n th

e ho

pe o

f id

entif

ying

com

plem

enta

ry m

odel

s. Id

eally

, ide

ntify

ing

area

s of c

ompo

sabi

lity

will

lead

to th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

mor

e hi

ghly

inte

grat

ed, a

ccur

ate,

and

reus

able

mod

els.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

leja

ndra

Dom

ingu

ez

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

117

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: F

lorid

a In

stitu

te o

f Tec

hnol

ogy

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I h

ope

to b

egin

my

care

er in

the

anim

atro

nics

or r

obot

ics i

ndus

try

once

I gr

adua

te.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Dat

a An

alyt

ics G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Suda

rsan

Rac

huri,

Seu

ng-Ju

ng S

hin

Title

of T

alk:

Da

ta P

repr

oces

sing

and

Char

acte

rizat

ion

for M

anuf

actu

ring

Pow

er D

ata

Abst

ract

: De

man

ds fo

r hig

h qu

ality

, pro

duct

ivity

, and

sust

aina

bilit

y ar

e sh

iftin

g th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

indu

stry

tow

ard

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Smar

t Man

ufac

turin

g Sy

stem

(SM

S). T

his i

nclu

des t

he a

pplic

atio

n of

adv

ance

d te

chno

logi

es, d

ata

anal

ytic

s, a

nd th

eir s

hare

d in

fras

truc

ture

in o

rder

to e

nabl

e ra

pid

optim

izatio

n an

d co

ntro

l for

ag

ility

, fle

xibi

lity,

and

ene

rgy

and

reso

urce

effi

cien

cy. D

ata

anal

ytic

s, th

e sc

ienc

e of

ana

lysis

of d

ata,

is a

key

co

mpo

nent

in S

mar

t Man

ufac

turin

g Sy

stem

s (SM

S) fo

r it e

nabl

es th

e da

ta se

t to

be b

ette

r rep

rese

nted

and

allo

ws

for c

lear

er in

fere

nces

to b

e m

ade

from

the

data

. The

firs

t ste

p in

dat

a an

alyt

ics i

s to

corr

ectly

pre

proc

ess t

he d

ata

and

char

acte

rize

it de

pend

ing

on it

s att

ribut

es. A

wel

l pro

cess

ed d

ata

set i

s im

port

ant b

ecau

se th

e m

achi

ne

lear

ning

per

form

ance

s are

dep

ende

nt o

f the

qua

lity

of th

e in

put d

atas

et. T

here

fore

it is

cru

cial

to c

orre

ctly

and

ac

cura

tely

filte

r, re

duce

, and

cha

ract

erize

the

man

ufac

turin

g da

ta th

at h

as b

een

acqu

ired.

Th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

proj

ect i

s to

deve

lop

a da

ta p

repr

oces

sing

and

char

acte

rizat

ion

logi

c m

odel

for a

mac

hine

’s

pow

er c

onsu

mpt

ion

durin

g m

etal

cut

ting

oper

atio

ns. T

he c

ores

of t

he lo

gic

are

to fi

lter n

oise

dat

a, re

stor

e m

issin

g da

ta, a

nd c

hara

cter

ize re

pres

enta

tive

valu

es fr

om ra

w p

ower

dat

a w

ithou

t los

ing

any

impo

rtan

t inf

orm

atio

n. A

pr

otot

ype

has b

een

impl

emen

ted

to v

alid

ate

the

logi

c an

d m

easu

re th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f the

logi

c w

ith u

se o

f the

M

atla

b pl

atfo

rm. T

he d

eliv

erab

le o

f thi

s pro

ject

can

con

trib

ute

to th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

dat

a pr

epro

cess

or th

at

crea

tes a

bet

ter i

nput

dat

a se

t for

relia

ble

and

effic

ient

ana

lytic

s mod

elin

g in

man

ufac

turin

g da

ta a

naly

tics.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: N

ick

Du

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

and

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l in

Phys

ics

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Life

Cyc

le E

ngin

eerin

g Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Kevi

n Ly

ons

Title

of T

alk:

In

form

atio

n m

odel

s for

Sus

tain

able

Man

ufac

turin

g

Abst

ract

: Cu

rren

t met

hods

for a

sses

sing

the

sust

aina

bilit

y pe

rfor

man

ce o

f man

ufac

ture

d pr

oduc

ts d

o no

t acc

ount

for

man

ufac

turin

g sy

stem

s exp

licitl

y, a

nd la

ck a

n ef

fect

ive

met

hod

of c

ompa

ring

sust

aina

bilit

y of

diff

eren

t m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

esse

s. C

hara

cter

izing

a p

rodu

ctio

n pr

oces

s int

o a

serie

s of u

nit m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

esse

s (U

MPs

) is a

met

hodo

logy

that

allo

ws f

or p

ract

ical

com

paris

ons a

mon

g di

ffere

nt m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

esse

s.

Corr

espo

ndin

g U

MP

info

rmat

ion

mod

els a

re th

en d

evel

oped

for i

ndiv

idua

l uni

t man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

ses.

The

se

info

rmat

ion

mod

els w

ill, i

n tu

rn, e

nabl

e de

cisio

n su

ppor

t for

sust

aina

ble

man

ufac

turin

g.

To d

emon

stra

te th

e us

eful

ness

of s

uch

a m

etho

dolo

gy, a

serie

s of U

MPs

wer

e de

velo

ped

to c

hara

cter

ize a

pap

er

man

ufac

turin

g fa

cilit

y an

d a

pow

der m

etal

lurg

y m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

ess.

Usin

g a

phys

ics-

base

d ap

proa

ch, a

serie

s of

equ

atio

ns w

ere

used

to m

odel

mat

eria

l tra

nsfo

rma t

ions

for i

ndiv

idua

l UM

Ps w

ithin

the

faci

lity.

The

se

equa

tions

des

crib

e th

e pa

ram

eter

s inv

olve

d in

a g

iven

UM

P as

wel

l as t

he m

inim

um e

nerg

y re

quire

d fo

r the

m

ater

ial t

rans

form

atio

n. F

urth

er, I

DEF0

(Int

egra

ted

Com

pute

r Aid

ed M

anuf

actu

ring

DEFi

nitio

n fo

r Fun

ctio

n M

odel

ing)

mod

els w

ere

crea

ted

to si

mul

ate

the

pow

der m

etal

lurg

y pr

oces

s and

dem

onst

rate

the

UMP

met

hodo

logy

and

info

rmat

ion

mod

els f

or su

stai

nabl

e m

anuf

actu

ring.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Sha

yla

Mac

he D

unca

n G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H10

5 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Ala

bam

a St

ate

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Biol

ogy

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): O

btai

ning

a M

D/Ph

.D.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Bio

syst

ems a

nd B

iom

ater

ials

Divi

sion,

Ce

ll Sy

stem

s Sci

ence

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. S

hann

on H

anna

Title

of T

alk

Deve

lopm

ent o

f a S

tand

ard

Toxi

city

Ass

ay fo

r Nan

omat

eria

ls Us

ing

Caen

orha

bditi

s ele

gans

Abst

ract

: En

gine

ered

nan

omat

eria

ls (E

NM

s) a

re b

eing

inco

rpor

ated

into

con

sum

er p

rodu

cts a

s wel

l as i

n di

ffere

nt a

reas

of

indu

stry

due

to th

eir u

niqu

e pr

oper

ties.

Eve

n th

ough

EN

Ms h

ave

been

use

d in

pro

duct

s suc

h as

suns

cree

n, p

aint

s an

d co

atin

gs, r

esea

rch

is st

ill b

eing

con

duct

ed o

n th

e po

ssib

le to

xici

ty o

f the

se m

ater

ials

and

thei

r effe

cts o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t. O

ur re

sear

ch fo

cuse

s on

eval

uatin

g th

e ef

fect

s of E

NM

s on

the

grow

th a

nd re

prod

uctio

n of

Ca

enor

habd

itis e

lega

ns b

y us

ing

the

inte

rnat

iona

l sta

ndar

d pr

otoc

ol 1

0872

. C. e

lega

ns a

re e

asy

to c

ultu

re,

repr

oduc

e ra

pidl

y an

d ha

ve a

shor

t life

cyc

le m

akin

g th

em id

eal m

odel

org

anism

s for

toxi

city

ass

essm

ent.

Addi

tiona

lly, a

stan

dard

toxi

city

ass

ay p

roto

col a

lread

y ex

ists f

or C

. ele

gans

(ISO

108

72),

how

ever

it d

oes n

ot

incl

ude

info

rmat

ion

on te

stin

g EN

Ms,

whi

ch re

quire

spec

ial c

onsid

erat

ion.

Our

goa

l is t

o ad

apt t

his s

tand

ard

prot

ocol

for u

se w

ith E

NMs.

We

asse

ssed

diff

eren

t med

ia ty

pes,

feed

ing

met

hods

, and

cha

nges

to th

e po

sitiv

e co

ntro

l ben

zylc

etyl

dim

ethy

l am

mon

ium

chl

orid

e (B

AC-1

6). T

hese

mod

ifica

tions

will

aid

in re

duci

ng v

aria

bilit

y in

th

e to

xici

ty a

ssay

and

pro

vide

a st

anda

rd p

latfo

rm fo

r eva

luat

ing

the

pote

ntia

l tox

icity

of E

NM

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Kris

tina

Dung

an

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

177

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: D

eniso

n U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Phy

sics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to a

pply

to b

oth

Uni

vers

ity o

f Illi

nois

at U

rban

a-Ch

ampa

ign

and

Uni

vers

ity o

f Co

lora

do B

ould

er fo

r my

PhD

in P

hysic

s (co

ncen

trat

ion

AMO

/Qua

ntum

). M

y ca

reer

goa

l is

to w

ork

for t

he D

irect

orat

e of

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

at th

e CI

A or

for a

noth

er a

rea

of

Nat

iona

l Sec

urity

. N

IST

Labo

rato

ry, D

ivis

ion,

an

d G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Qua

ntum

Opt

ics G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Adv

isor

: Dr

. Jos

hua

Bien

fang

Ti

tle o

f Tal

k:

Ultr

a Hi

gh S

peed

Ele

ctro

nics

for S

ingl

e-Ph

oton

Det

ectio

n in

Qua

ntum

Key

Dist

ribut

ion

Abst

ract

: Th

e fie

ld o

f qua

ntum

info

rmat

ion

is ve

ry d

iver

se in

its p

hysic

al im

plem

enta

tions

. It i

s hig

hly

adva

ntag

eous

whe

n it

com

es

to c

rypt

ogra

phy

beca

use

code

d in

form

atio

n se

nt in

this

man

ner i

s inh

eren

tly u

nbre

akab

le. T

his s

ecur

ity is

due

to th

e fa

ct

that

whe

n a

quan

tum

syst

em is

mea

sure

d, it

col

laps

es in

to o

ne sp

ecifi

c st

ate

and

dete

ctab

le ir

regu

larit

ies a

re p

rodu

ced

(Mon

roe

1164

). M

eani

ng th

at if

an

eave

sdro

pper

wer

e to

look

at t

he in

form

atio

n, th

eir a

ctio

ns c

an b

e de

tect

ed,

indi

catin

g th

at th

e in

form

atio

n is

not s

ecur

e. T

his i

s for

mal

ly k

now

n as

Qua

ntum

Key

Dist

ribut

ion.

One

com

mon

im

plem

enta

tion

of th

is fie

ld o

f Qua

ntum

Info

rmat

ion

uses

pol

arize

d sin

gle

phot

ons,

muc

h lik

e cl

assic

al in

form

atio

n ex

cept

inst

ead

of e

lect

roni

c 0s

and

1s,

vert

ical

and

hor

izont

al p

olar

izatio

n st

ates

of s

ingl

e ph

oton

s are

use

d to

enc

ode

info

rmat

ion.

Thi

s sum

mer

, my

rese

arch

focu

sed

on th

e de

tect

ion

of th

ese

phot

ons t

o im

prov

e ou

r abi

lity

to re

ceiv

e en

code

d m

essa

ges.

To a

dvan

ce th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f the

abo

ve m

etho

d, h

igh

effic

ienc

y sin

gle-

phot

on d

etec

tors

with

pre

cise

tim

ing

reso

lutio

n ar

e ne

cess

ary.

Fur

ther

mor

e, n

ot o

nly

is it

nece

ssar

y to

kno

w if

a p

hoto

n w

as d

etec

ted,

it is

also

nec

essa

ry to

re

cord

the

prec

ise a

rriv

al ti

me

of th

e ph

oton

s. To

acc

ompl

ish th

is, w

e ar

e cr

eatin

g a

time-

tagg

ing

syst

em w

ith 1

00

pico

seco

nd re

solu

tion

that

is c

apab

le o

f cou

ntin

g ph

oton

s at r

ates

abo

ve 5

00 M

Hz.

Curr

ently

, thi

s hig

h re

solu

tion

can

be

achi

eved

usin

g fie

ld p

rogr

amm

able

gat

e ar

rays

(FPG

As),

but t

his m

etho

d be

com

es im

prac

tical

as t

he c

ount

rate

in

crea

ses.

So,

we

are

now

crea

ting

a hi

gh-s

peed

circ

uit b

oard

with

an

inpu

t clo

ck o

f 10

GHz t

o ge

nera

te th

e hi

ghes

t re

solu

tion

time

tags

, com

bine

d w

ith a

n FP

GA to

kee

p tr

ack

of th

e de

tect

ion

even

ts o

ver l

onge

r per

iods

of t

ime.

The

ad

vant

age

of th

is ap

proa

ch is

that

the

arriv

al ti

me

of th

e ph

oton

is e

ncod

ed in

four

bits

dire

ctly

by

the

time

tagg

er a

nd

so w

e on

ly n

eed

four

con

nect

ions

to th

e FP

GA fo

r eac

h ch

anne

l of t

he si

ngle

pho

ton

dete

ctor

. Thi

s will

allo

w n

umer

ous

chan

nels

coun

ting

at 1

00s o

f MHz

with

100

pic

osec

ond

reso

lutio

n. T

o co

nstr

uct t

his n

ew d

etec

tor,

we

used

EAG

LE

Layo

ut E

dito

r to

desig

n a

prin

ted

circ

uit b

oard

that

we

will

ass

embl

e an

d te

st.

Mon

roe,

C.,

Kim

, J. (

2013

). Sc

alin

g th

e Io

n Tr

ap Q

uant

um P

roce

ssor

. Scie

nce,

339

(8 M

arch

), 11

64-1

169.

ht

tp:/

/ww

w.sc

ienc

emag

.org

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: E

van

Eise

nber

g G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d Co

llege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I a

m in

tere

sted

in P

rodu

ct a

nd D

esig

n Co

nsul

ting.

I a

m in

tere

sted

in g

ettin

g m

y M

aste

rs in

M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

afte

r a c

oupl

e ye

ars i

n in

dust

ry

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Fire

Res

earc

h Di

visio

n, F

lam

mab

ility

Red

uctio

n Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. W

illia

m P

itts

Title

of T

alk:

Fl

amm

abili

ty R

educ

tion

in U

phol

ster

ed F

urni

ture

Abst

ract

: Th

e fo

ams a

nd fa

bric

s com

mon

ly u

sed

in u

phol

ster

ed fu

rnitu

re in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

re v

ery

flam

mab

le a

nd

alth

ough

onl

y 4%

of r

esid

entia

l fire

s orig

inat

e fr

om u

phol

ster

ed fu

rnitu

re, t

hese

fire

s acc

ount

for 2

5% o

f dam

ages

. To

pas

s the

cur

rent

flam

mab

ility

test

s, up

holst

ered

furn

iture

now

onl

y ne

eds t

o pa

ss a

fabr

ic sm

olde

ring

test

. Ho

wev

er, s

ome

of th

e cu

rren

t fab

rics,

like

the

ther

mal

pla

stic

ole

fin/p

olye

ster

mix

, beh

ave

very

wel

l in

smol

der

test

s but

per

form

bad

ly d

urin

g op

en fl

ame

test

s. T

he p

urpo

se o

f our

rese

arch

is to

exa

min

e th

e fir

e sp

read

rate

s in

uph

olst

ered

furn

iture

with

diff

eren

t com

bina

tions

of o

uter

fabr

ics,

barr

ier m

ater

ials,

with

and

with

out

poly

este

r fib

erfil

l wra

p, a

nd fo

ams.

To st

udy

how

the

mat

eria

ls be

have

d w

hen

com

bine

d, re

al-s

cale

moc

kups

of t

he v

ario

us m

ater

ial c

ombi

natio

ns

wer

e m

ade

by p

laci

ng fo

ur c

ushi

ons o

n a

met

al fr

ame

in th

e sh

ape

of a

cha

ir, w

hich

wer

e th

en ig

nite

d by

smal

l fla

me.

Vid

eos o

f the

test

s wer

e re

cord

ed fr

om v

ario

us d

irect

ions

. Us

ing

the

reco

rdin

gs, t

he b

ack

cush

ion

and

the

seat

cus

hion

wer

e ex

amin

ed in

divi

dual

ly to

stud

y th

e fir

e sp

read

’s ve

loci

ty.

To d

o so

, im

ages

wer

e ca

ptur

ed fr

om

the

vide

o at

var

ious

tim

es d

urin

g th

e fir

e sp

read

.

Usin

g Ph

otos

hop,

a g

rid w

as c

reat

ed to

line

up

with

the

cush

ion

bein

g an

alyz

ed a

nd st

anda

rdize

the

imag

es

rega

rdle

ss o

f mag

nific

atio

n an

d pr

ovid

e a

cons

isten

t mea

sure

men

t of a

rea.

The

imag

es w

ere

edite

d to

det

erm

ine

wha

t por

tion

of th

e cu

shio

n bu

rned

at t

hat t

ime.

By

inpu

ttin

g th

e ed

ited

imag

es a

nd th

e gr

id in

to a

Mat

hem

atic

a pr

ogra

m, t

he e

dite

d im

ages

wer

e an

alyz

ed to

det

erm

ine

the

fire

spre

ad ra

te.

Alth

ough

the

proj

ect i

s stil

l con

tinui

ng, s

ome

conc

lusio

ns h

ave

alre

ady

been

mad

e. I

t is c

lear

that

cot

ton

fabr

ic’s

ch

arrin

g be

havi

or c

ause

s it t

o be

muc

h m

ore

fire

resis

tant

than

the

olef

in/p

olye

ster

mix

. Cu

shio

ns w

ith c

otto

n fa

bric

bur

n m

uch

slow

er a

nd b

ette

r pro

tect

the

very

flam

mab

le fo

am c

omm

only

use

d in

uph

olst

ered

furn

iture

. Th

e th

erm

al p

last

ic o

lefin

/pol

yest

er fa

bric

tend

s to

peel

aw

ay fr

om th

e fir

e, e

xpos

ing

the

fillin

g m

ater

ials

foam

, le

adin

g to

a h

ighe

r fire

spre

ad ra

te.

It ha

s also

bee

n fo

und

that

Nor

fab

barr

iers

, a m

ixtu

re o

f Kev

lar a

nd B

asof

il fib

ers,

gre

atly

inhi

bit f

ire sp

read

as i

t pre

vent

s the

flam

es a

nd th

e he

at fr

om re

achi

ng th

e fo

am.

How

ever

, nyl

on

zippe

rs th

at w

ere

used

in th

e cu

shio

n ar

e a

very

wea

k po

int.

If th

e fir

e re

ache

d th

e zip

per,

it w

as o

bser

ved

to

pene

trat

e th

e ba

rrie

r. In

add

ition

, it h

as b

een

foun

d th

at a

type

of f

oam

man

ufac

ture

d in

Gre

at B

ritai

n, w

hich

has

a

mor

e st

ringe

nt fu

rnitu

re fl

amm

abili

ty re

gula

tion,

con

tain

s a la

rge

amou

nt o

f fire

reta

rdan

t whi

ch w

as

cons

ider

ably

mor

e ef

fect

ive

in sl

owin

g th

e fir

e sp

read

rate

ove

r bot

h fa

bric

type

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

yed

Sam

iul E

lahi

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, C

olle

ge P

ark

Maj

or: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Rece

nt G

radu

ate

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to w

ork

at a

fede

ral r

esea

rch

agen

cy li

ke N

IST

and

take

eve

ning

cla

sses

in a

gra

duat

e sc

hool

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Engi

neer

ing

Labo

rato

ry, E

nerg

y an

d En

viro

nmen

t Div

ision

, HV

AC&

R Eq

uipm

ent P

erfo

rman

ce G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Har

rison

Sky

e

Title

of T

alk:

A

New

and

Inno

vativ

e W

ay to

Con

duct

Unc

erta

inty

Ana

lyse

s on

HVAC

&R

Equi

pmen

t!

Abst

ract

: In

Hea

ting

Vent

ilatio

n, A

ir Co

nditi

onin

g an

d Re

frig

erat

ion

(HVA

C&R)

fiel

d, h

eat p

ump

and

air c

ondi

tioni

ng

equi

pmen

t are

rate

d ac

cord

ing

to S

easo

nal E

nerg

y Ef

ficie

ncy

Ratio

(SEE

R), w

hich

qua

ntifi

es th

e en

ergy

con

sum

ed

by th

e eq

uipm

ent w

hile

pro

vidi

ng sp

ace

cond

ition

ing.

The

se p

erfo

rman

ce e

valu

atio

ns a

re c

ondu

cted

thro

ugh

the

met

hods

des

crib

ed in

the

stan

dard

s of t

he A

ir-co

nditi

onin

g, H

eatin

g, a

nd R

efrig

erat

ion

Inst

itute

(AHR

I). A

ccor

ding

to

the

AHRI

stan

dard

s, h

igh

qual

ity te

st re

sults

are

ach

ieve

d by

usin

g un

cert

aint

y an

alys

es fo

r the

sele

ctio

n of

ap

prop

riate

sens

ors t

o m

easu

re sy

stem

tem

pera

ture

s, pr

essu

res,

volu

met

ric fl

ow ra

tes,

and

ele

ctric

al e

nerg

y co

nsum

ptio

ns. T

he S

EER

calc

ulat

ion

and

rela

ted

unce

rtai

nty

anal

yses

can

be

time-

cons

umin

g an

d ex

pens

ive;

th

eref

ore,

NIS

T is

deve

lopi

ng a

softw

are

tool

that

will

ass

ist th

e HV

AC&

R in

dust

ry to

per

form

thes

e co

mpu

tatio

ns.

The

SEER

cal

cula

tion

uses

bot

h st

eady

stat

e an

d cy

clic

per

form

ance

dat

a fo

r a p

artic

ular

pie

ce o

f equ

ipm

ent.

The

st

eady

stat

e da

ta d

escr

ibe

the

equi

pmen

t cap

acity

and

effi

cien

cy a

t a sp

ecifi

ed se

t of o

pera

ting

cond

ition

s, w

here

th

e eq

uipm

ent i

s giv

en u

nlim

ited

time

to a

chie

ve st

eady

ope

ratio

n. C

onve

rsel

y, th

e cy

clic

dat

a ca

ptur

e tr

ansie

nt

perf

orm

ance

of t

he sy

stem

rela

ted

to sw

itchi

ng th

e eq

uipm

ent o

n an

d of

f. Th

e cy

clic

per

form

ance

is c

aptu

red

by

a Cy

clic

Deg

rada

tion

Coef

ficie

nt (

) th

at d

escr

ibes

the

redu

ctio

n in

syst

em c

apac

ity d

urin

g tr

ansie

nt o

pera

tion.

Th

e eq

uatio

ns u

sed

to c

alcu

late

an

d SE

ER v

alue

s are

solv

ed u

sing

the

Engi

neer

ing

Equa

tion

Solv

er (E

ES)

softw

are

pack

age.

The

softw

are

is fu

rthe

r use

d to

com

pute

the

unce

rtai

nty

in

and

SEE

R, in

clud

ing

met

rics t

hat

iden

tify

the

mea

sure

men

ts th

at m

ost s

igni

fican

tly c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

over

all u

ncer

tain

ty (i

.e. w

hich

of t

he

tem

pera

ture

, airf

low

, dew

poi

nt, p

ress

ure

mea

sure

men

ts re

quire

hig

h ac

cura

cy to

ach

ieve

a lo

w o

vera

ll un

cert

aint

y in

the

SEER

cal

cula

tion)

. The

unc

erta

intie

s in

a

nd S

EER

depe

nd b

oth

on se

nsor

unc

erta

inty

as w

ell

as te

st re

peat

abili

ty; p

art o

f thi

s ana

lysis

will

det

erm

ine

the

rela

tive

impo

rtan

ce o

f the

two

sour

ces o

f unc

erta

inty

. Th

e de

liver

able

from

this

proj

ect i

s a se

t of E

ES c

ode

that

cal

cula

tes

and

SEE

R va

lues

and

thei

r res

pect

ive

unce

rtai

ntie

s. T

hese

cal

cula

tions

and

unc

erta

inty

resu

lts a

re th

en g

oing

to b

e ad

ded

to o

ther

unc

erta

inty

ana

lyse

s to

com

plet

e th

e so

ftw

are

tool

. Fin

ally

, the

com

plet

e so

ftw

are

tool

will

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

to th

e HV

AC&

R in

dust

ry.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

ohn

Eplin

g G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H15

9 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Pur

due

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Do

ctor

ate

Degr

ee in

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Di

visio

n,

Poly

mer

s and

Com

plex

Flu

ids G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Je

ffrey

Gilm

an

Title

of T

alk:

M

echa

nica

l Pro

pert

ies C

hara

cter

izatio

n of

Uni

axia

lly A

ligne

d Ce

llulo

se N

ano-

crys

tal F

ilms

Util

izing

Buc

klin

g St

abili

ties

Abst

ract

: Ce

llulo

se is

a p

olys

acch

arid

e-ba

sed

biop

olym

er th

at se

rves

as t

he st

ruct

ural

fram

ewor

k of

cel

l wal

ls fo

und

in

plan

ts, t

rees

, alg

ae, t

unic

ates

, and

a se

lect

num

ber o

f bac

teria

l spe

cies

. The

se c

ellu

lose

mac

rom

olec

ules

org

anize

in

to c

ryst

als w

hich

then

arr

ange

into

lam

ella

r fib

rils w

ith a

n ax

ial s

tiffn

ess o

f up

to 1

30 G

Pa. D

ue to

thei

r dur

abili

ty

and

exce

ptio

nal m

echa

nica

l pro

pert

ies,

cel

lulo

se n

ano-

crys

tals

(CN

C), o

nce

abst

ract

ed fr

om th

e fib

ril n

etw

ork,

can

be

isol

ated

for u

se in

bio

degr

adab

le n

ano-

com

posit

es, o

rgan

ic e

lect

roni

c m

ater

ials,

and

bio

mat

eria

ls ap

plic

atio

ns.

CNC

thin

film

s hav

e be

en d

emon

stra

ted

as e

ffect

ive

prot

ectiv

e co

atin

gs d

ue to

thei

r mec

hani

cal a

nd o

ptic

al

prop

ertie

s. T

he m

echa

nica

l pro

pert

ies o

f CN

C th

in fi

lms,

spec

ifica

lly th

e Yo

ung’

s Mod

ulus

, can

be

enha

nced

by

unia

xial

alig

nmen

t of t

he C

NC

crys

tals

via

shea

r cas

ting

from

CN

C-w

ater

susp

ensio

ns. U

niax

ial a

lignm

ent o

f CN

C w

ithin

thes

e fil

ms c

reat

es a

niso

trop

ic m

echa

nica

l pro

pert

ies t

hat a

re sh

own

to p

eak

whe

n m

easu

red

in th

e sh

earin

g di

rect

ion.

How

ever

, a m

easu

rem

ent t

echn

ique

still

nee

ds to

be

addr

esse

d to

cha

ract

erize

the

Youn

g’s

The

Youn

g’s M

odul

us fo

r orie

nted

and

rand

omly

alig

ned

CNC

thin

film

s was

cha

ract

erize

d us

ing

the

stra

in-in

duce

d el

astic

buc

klin

g in

stab

ility

for m

echa

nica

l mea

sure

men

t (SI

EBIM

M) t

echn

ique

. Suf

ficie

nt a

dhes

ion

and

sub-

mic

rom

eter

film

thic

knes

s val

ues w

ere

cruc

ial f

or p

rope

r buc

klin

g an

d m

echa

nica

l cha

ract

eriza

tion

for b

oth

orie

nted

and

rand

omly

alig

ned

CNC

thin

film

s. S

ampl

e pr

epar

atio

n fo

r SIE

BIM

M in

volv

ed a

ffixi

ng a

sub-

mic

rom

eter

CN

C th

in fi

lm o

nto

a th

ick,

ela

stom

eric

pol

ydim

ethy

lsilo

xane

(PDM

S) su

bstr

ate

via

spin

coa

ting

and

flow

coa

ting.

Sev

eral

key

par

amet

ers w

ere

expl

ored

to o

ptim

ize a

dhes

ion

and

min

imize

film

thic

knes

s inc

ludi

ng

CNC

conc

entr

atio

n in

dist

illed

wat

er, w

ater

-eth

anol

co-

solv

ent m

ixin

g ra

tios,

spin

spee

d, d

raw

ing

rate

, spi

n co

atin

g du

ratio

n, a

nd p

lasm

a tr

eatm

ent t

ime.

Whi

le a

pply

ing

com

pres

sion,

whi

te li

ght i

nter

fero

met

ry re

ferr

ed to

as

opt

ical

pro

lifom

etry

, was

em

ploy

ed to

det

erm

ine

the

wrin

kle

wav

elen

gth

and

film

thic

knes

s. Th

e el

astic

m

odul

us o

f PDM

S (m

easu

red

inde

pend

ently

) alo

ng w

ith th

e ca

lcul

ated

wrin

kle

wav

elen

gth

and

film

thic

knes

s va

lues

wer

e us

ed to

cal

cula

te Y

oung

’s M

odul

us o

f the

CN

C th

in fi

lm a

t diff

eren

t ang

les w

ith re

spec

t to

the

shea

ring

dire

ctio

n. F

inal

ly, e

xper

imen

tatio

n sh

owed

that

stiff

ness

val

ues w

ere

grea

ter i

n th

e sh

eare

d ax

ial

dire

ctio

n as

opp

osed

to th

e tr

ansv

erse

dire

ctio

n vi

a flo

w c

oatin

g. P

rope

r im

plem

enta

tion

of a

niso

trop

ic C

NC

thin

fil

ms f

or e

lect

roni

c an

d co

atin

g ap

plic

atio

ns re

quire

s a th

orou

gh u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he e

ffect

s of m

icro

stru

ctur

e m

orph

olog

y an

d its

impa

ct o

n m

echa

nica

l pro

pert

ies a

nd d

evic

e pe

rfor

man

ce.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: G

ary

Euric

e G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

4

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Bal

timor

e Co

unty

M

ajor

: Ch

emic

al E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

5th Y

ear S

enio

r

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

con

tinue

edu

catio

n at

UM

BC to

ear

n a

Mas

ter’s

Deg

ree

in C

hem

ical

Eng

inee

ring.

De

batin

g w

heth

er to

find

an

indu

stria

l pos

ition

afte

rwar

ds o

r con

tinue

tow

ards

a P

h.D.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Engi

neer

ing

Labo

rato

ry, M

ater

ials

& S

truc

tura

l Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, Po

lym

eric

Mat

eria

ls Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Xiao

hong

Gu,

Pet

er K

rom

men

hoek

Title

of T

alk:

An

alys

is of

Fac

tors

in P

hoto

volta

ic E

VA D

egra

datio

n

Abst

ract

: Th

e us

e of

pho

tovo

ltaic

(PV)

pro

duct

s, su

ch a

s sol

ar p

anel

s, h

as e

xper

ienc

ed a

trem

endo

us g

row

th in

rece

nt y

ears

. As

a r

esul

t, co

ncer

n to

war

ds t

heir

relia

bilit

y an

d sa

fety

has

also

rise

n. P

V m

odul

es a

re o

ften

oper

ated

in h

arsh

co

nditi

ons,

such

as

heat

, m

oist

ure,

and

ultr

avio

let

radi

atio

n, t

here

fore

, lo

ng-t

erm

rel

iabi

lity

of P

V m

odul

es

rem

ains

one

of

the

field

’s gr

eate

st c

halle

nges

. Pol

ymer

ic m

ater

ials

have

bec

ome

com

mon

plac

e fo

r us

e as

an

enca

psul

ant

in p

hoto

volta

ic c

ells

to p

rovi

de m

echa

nica

l, di

elec

tric

and

moi

stur

e pr

otec

tion

for

the

silic

on

com

pone

nt. O

ne s

uch

mat

eria

l tha

t is

bein

g ab

unda

ntly

use

d is

ethy

lene

vin

yl a

ceta

te (E

VA),

a co

poly

mer

that

is

know

n fo

r its

cos

t effe

ctiv

enes

s in

the

phot

ovol

taic

fiel

d. In

ser

vice

env

ironm

ents

, the

seve

re e

xpos

ure

cond

ition

s ca

n ca

use

the

EVA

mat

eria

l to

degr

ade

whi

ch a

lso re

sults

in a

yel

low

ing

effe

ct. T

his d

egra

datio

n ge

nera

lly a

ppea

rs

alon

g w

ith d

elam

inat

ion,

cor

rosio

n an

d a

decr

ease

in so

lar m

odul

e ef

ficie

ncy,

resu

lting

in u

ltim

ate

mod

ule

failu

re.

Ther

e ar

e m

any

diffe

rent

fact

ors

that

can

affe

ct th

e de

grad

atio

n ra

te o

f EVA

incl

udin

g U

V lig

ht in

tens

ity, r

elat

ive

hum

idity

, for

mul

atio

n ty

pe, o

xyge

n di

ffusiv

ity, a

nd m

odul

e ge

omet

ry.

In t

his

proj

ect,

the

indi

vidu

al e

ffect

s of

th

ese

fact

ors

on m

odel

EVA

mod

ules

wer

e st

udie

d. U

sing

the

NIS

T SP

HERE

(Sim

ulat

ed P

hoto

degr

adat

ion

via

High

En

ergy

Rad

iant

Exp

osur

e), t

hese

mod

ules

wer

e su

bjec

ted

to U

V ex

posu

re a

t se

rvic

e co

nditi

ons.

Thr

ee d

iffer

ent

EVA

form

ulat

ions

, den

oted

A, B

, and

E, w

ere

exam

ined

as

wel

l as

two

diffe

rent

mod

ule

geom

etrie

s: a

circ

ular

19

mm

dia

met

er m

odul

e an

d a

50 m

m x

50

mm

squ

are

shap

ed m

odul

e. In

add

ition

, whi

le e

xpos

ure

tem

pera

ture

s w

ere

kept

con

stan

t at 8

0°C,

exp

osur

e w

as p

erfo

rmed

at o

ne o

f tw

o re

lativ

e hu

mid

ity le

vels:

0%

or 6

0%. C

erta

in

mod

ules

wer

e al

so e

xpos

ed to

var

ious

leve

ls of

UV

inte

nsity

. Aft

er e

ach

expo

sure

, mea

sure

men

ts w

ere

take

n on

a

UV/

Vis/

NIR

spe

ctro

met

er to

obt

ain

quan

titat

ive

estim

ates

of d

iscol

orat

ion.

The

Ram

an s

pect

ra w

ere

obta

ined

on

the

sam

e sa

mpl

es fo

r com

plem

enta

ry c

hem

ical

info

rmat

ion.

Pre

limin

ary

resu

lts h

ave

show

n th

at fo

rmul

atio

n ty

pe

and

mod

ule

geom

etry

hav

e a

maj

or e

ffect

on

the

EVA

degr

adat

ion

rate

whi

le th

e ef

fect

of h

umid

ity w

as p

rese

nt

but n

ot a

s sig

nific

ant.

In a

dditi

on, e

vide

nce

of p

hoto

blea

chin

g, a

n ef

fect

cau

sed

by o

xyge

n di

ffusio

n th

at re

vers

es

the

yello

win

g ef

fect

of E

VA d

egra

datio

n, w

as o

bser

ved

on th

e ed

ges o

f the

squa

re m

odul

es.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: B

ryan

Eye

rs

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

129

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

ichi

gan

Maj

or:

Nuc

lear

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: 1st

Yea

r Gra

duat

e Sc

hool

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

nive

rsity

of M

ichi

gan

– Nu

clea

r Eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, O

pera

tions

and

Eng

inee

ring

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Bob

Will

iam

s, M

ike

Mid

dlet

on

Title

of T

alk:

Th

e Ef

fect

s of S

him

Arm

Dep

letio

n an

d Xe

non

Build

up o

n Es

timat

ed C

ritic

al P

ositi

ons i

n N

BSR

for N

ew- a

nd M

id-C

ycle

Sta

rtup

s Ab

stra

ct:

The

NCN

R la

bora

tory

at N

IST

host

s ove

r 250

0 gu

est r

esea

rche

rs a

nd sc

ient

ists e

ach

year

to u

tilize

the

NSB

R re

acto

r and

att

ache

d fa

cilit

ies.

Thu

s, sm

all m

iscal

cula

tions

of s

tart

up re

activ

ity c

an re

sult

in si

gnifi

cant

fina

ncia

l an

d te

mpo

ral c

osts

to b

oth

NIS

T an

d its

gue

sts.

The

goa

l of t

his p

roje

ct w

as to

dev

elop

a m

ore

relia

ble

proc

edur

e th

at a

llow

s ope

rato

rs to

qui

ckly

and

acc

urat

ely

asse

ss st

artu

p re

activ

ity re

quire

men

ts o

ver a

wid

e ra

nge

of c

ore

cond

ition

s thr

ough

hist

oric

al d

ata

anal

ysis

and

by e

xplo

iting

rece

ntly

impr

oved

com

pute

r sim

ulat

ions

of t

he N

BSR.

In c

onve

ntio

nal n

ucle

ar re

acto

rs, r

eact

or c

ritic

ality

is d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e co

ncen

trat

ion

of n

eutr

on e

mitt

ers a

nd

neut

ron

poiso

ns in

the

core

. In

the

NBS

R, th

e pr

imar

y ne

utro

n em

itter

is fi

ssio

n in

the

U-2

35 fu

el, a

nd it

s maj

or

poiso

ns a

re fo

ur m

ovab

le re

acto

r shi

m a

rms a

nd th

e in

-cor

e co

ncen

trat

ion

of X

e-13

5, a

n iso

tope

com

mon

ly

prod

uced

by

fissio

n. U

nder

stan

ding

the

depl

etio

n or

bui

ldup

rate

of e

ach

fact

or is

cru

cial

– b

oth

in d

eter

min

ing

whe

ther

the

reac

tor i

s cap

able

of s

tart

ing

up, a

nd w

hen

estim

atin

g th

e cr

itica

l pos

ition

of t

he sh

im a

rms r

equi

red

to d

o so

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, a

s Xe-

135

build

s up

afte

r a re

acto

r shu

tdow

n, it

can

pre

vent

the

rest

art o

f NBS

R at

any

sh

im a

ngle

for 2

4-36

hrs

unt

il su

ffici

ently

rem

oved

by

radi

oact

ive

deca

y (t

1/2 ~

9.1

h).

Th

e re

activ

ity d

eple

tion

of th

e U

-235

fuel

was

eva

luat

ed in

a M

onte

Car

lo n

eutr

on tr

ansp

ort p

rogr

am c

alle

d M

CNP

usin

g de

plet

ion

data

pro

vide

d by

Bro

okha

ven

Natio

nal L

abor

ator

y; a

pat

tern

was

det

erm

ined

in th

e de

plet

ion

rate

of t

he sh

im a

rms b

y ev

alua

ting

the

mos

t rec

ent 1

5 ye

ars o

f ope

ratio

nal l

ogs;

and

the

time-

depe

nden

t Xe-

135

conc

entr

atio

n w

as so

lved

ana

lytic

ally

and

ver

ified

by

an it

erat

ive

met

hod.

A p

roce

dure

w

as d

evel

oped

to e

stim

ate

criti

cal s

him

pos

ition

s bas

ed o

n th

e cy

cle

num

ber,

unco

nven

tiona

l fue

l loa

ding

, the

co

re in

let t

empe

ratu

re, t

he p

ositi

on o

f the

regu

latin

g ro

d, a

nd th

e tim

e sin

ce sh

utdo

wn.

It w

as v

erifi

ed u

sing

over

10

0 hi

stor

ical

star

tups

with

an

aver

age

shim

pos

ition

err

or o

f 0.4

4 de

gree

s, a

nd a

stan

dard

dev

iatio

n of

0.3

0 de

gree

s, o

ver a

41

degr

ee ra

nge.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

ames

Fal

lon

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

116

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: C

UN

Y Ci

ty C

olle

ge

Maj

or:

Elec

tric

al E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to g

et a

gra

duat

e de

gree

in E

lect

rical

Eng

inee

ring

and

then

wor

k on

opt

oele

ctro

nics

or

the

smar

t grid

. I w

ant t

o im

prov

e ho

w e

lect

ricity

is g

ener

ated

or d

istrib

uted

. N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Phys

ical

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Qua

ntum

Mea

sure

men

t Div

ision

, Ap

plie

d El

ectr

ical

Met

rolo

gy G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Ric

hard

Ste

iner

Title

of T

alk:

Au

tom

atin

g th

e Ca

libra

tion

of D

MM

Cal

ibra

tors

and

Nav

igat

ion

Syst

ems

Abst

ract

: M

y ob

ject

ives

as a

n in

tern

in th

e Di

gita

l Mul

timet

er a

nd P

hase

Met

er C

alib

ratio

n La

bora

tory

are

to fa

cilit

ate

the

proc

ess o

f cal

ibra

ting

a di

gita

l mul

tifun

ctio

n ca

libra

tor,

use

optic

al c

hara

cter

reco

gniti

on to

read

a V

HF

Om

nidi

rect

iona

l Ran

ge (V

OR)

, and

com

pres

s sen

sor d

ata.

The

labo

rato

ry c

alib

rate

s cus

tom

er st

anda

rd

mul

timet

ers a

nd p

hase

met

ers u

sing

mea

sure

men

ts o

f res

istan

ce, D

C cu

rren

t, DC

vol

tage

, and

the

phas

e an

gle

betw

een

signa

ls. I

perf

orm

ed m

easu

rmen

ts o

n a

1000

:1 re

sisto

r div

ider

brid

ge th

at is

use

d to

scal

e fr

om a

10

volt

refe

renc

e to

100

0 vo

lts. M

y m

easu

rem

ents

agr

eed

wel

l with

a m

ore

auto

mat

ed m

etho

d. R

esist

ors a

re u

sed

for

calib

ratin

g th

e m

ultif

unct

ion

calib

rato

r. Its

cal

ibra

tion

rout

ine

was

ada

pted

to c

ontr

ol a

new

low

ther

mal

mat

rix

scan

ner a

nd g

ive

it th

e ab

ility

to se

lect

and

use

any

resis

tor a

ttac

hed

to th

e sc

anne

r. W

ires w

ere

mad

e fo

r the

sc

anne

r, bu

t the

upd

ated

pro

gram

has

not

yet

bee

n te

sted

. Th

e VO

R la

cks a

GPI

B or

any

com

pute

r int

erfa

ce. V

OR

calib

ratio

n ca

n be

impr

oved

by

crea

ting

a pr

ogra

m w

hich

re

ads i

ts d

ispla

y. T

he V

OR

is a

radi

o na

viga

tion

syst

em th

at m

easu

res t

he p

hase

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

two

signa

ls. I

mad

e an

exi

stin

g pr

ogra

m c

ompa

tible

with

two

web

cam

s, to

read

two

met

ers.

To

impr

ove

accu

racy

, the

cap

abili

ty

to u

se tw

o fo

nts i

s bei

ng a

dded

. One

font

is c

reat

ed u

sing

web

cam

imag

es a

nd th

e ot

her i

s ver

y m

inim

alist

ic.

Char

acte

rs w

ill b

e re

ad u

sing

a di

ffere

nt m

etric

for e

ach

font

. The

read

ings

will

be

inco

rpor

ated

into

the

VOR

calib

ratio

n pr

ogra

m a

t req

uire

d tim

e in

terv

als.

O

ur m

easu

rem

ents

are

influ

ence

d by

tem

pera

ture

, so

calib

ratio

n or

cer

tific

atio

n re

quire

s rec

ordi

ng te

mpe

ratu

re

data

. Sen

sors

col

lect

dat

a ev

ery

min

ute,

but

that

deg

ree

of te

mpo

ral r

esol

utio

n is

not n

eede

d. A

sum

mar

y of

te

mpe

ratu

re a

nd re

lativ

e hu

mid

ity d

ata

was

cre

ated

usin

g a

cust

om fi

lter t

hat e

limin

ated

dat

a po

ints

at t

imes

w

hen

the

data

had

low

var

ianc

e.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: N

icol

e Fa

mul

aro

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

167

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: M

onm

outh

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or: A

dvan

ced

Chem

istry

& C

hem

ical

Ph

ysic

s Dou

ble

Maj

or

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I a

m p

lann

ing

to p

ursu

e a

PhD

in C

hem

istry

or C

hem

ical

Eng

inee

ring.

I as

pire

to c

ontin

ue

doin

g re

sear

ch a

t a n

atio

nal l

abor

ator

y af

ter g

radu

ate

scho

ol.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Di

visio

n,

Poly

mer

s and

Com

plex

Flu

ids G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Pau

l Sal

ipan

te

Title

of T

alk:

pH

Dep

ende

nce

of C

ollo

id S

urfa

ce In

tera

ctio

ns in

Cha

rged

Dep

letio

n Sy

stem

s

Abst

ract

: Co

lloid

al sy

stem

s are

a m

ajor

com

pone

nt o

f our

wor

ld, a

nd c

an b

e ob

serv

ed in

vas

tly d

iffer

ent e

nviro

nmen

ts.

From

inan

imat

e ob

ject

s suc

h as

ink,

cos

met

ics,

milk

, jel

ly, d

eter

gent

s, a

nd a

eros

ols,

to b

iolo

gica

l mat

eria

ls su

ch a

s bl

ood,

cel

ls, p

rote

ins,

and

pro

topl

asm

. Bec

ause

the

maj

ority

bio

logi

cal s

yste

ms a

re c

ollo

idal

in n

atur

e, st

udyi

ng

collo

idal

syst

ems w

ill le

ad to

a b

ette

r und

erst

andi

ng o

f com

plex

bio

logi

cal p

roce

sses

such

as d

rug

deliv

ery,

pro

tein

ab

sorp

tion,

and

cel

l mem

bran

e in

tera

ctio

ns. M

ore

spec

ifica

lly, t

he p

heno

men

a ad

sorp

tion

is cr

itica

l to

the

afor

emen

tione

d pr

oces

ses.

A sim

pler

col

loid

al sy

stem

whi

ch is

com

prise

d of

pol

ysty

rene

col

loid

par

ticle

s, de

plet

ants

, and

ele

ctro

lytic

solu

tion,

is b

eing

stud

ied

in o

rder

to th

e co

nditi

ons t

hat a

ffect

ads

orpt

ion.

Th

ere

are

thre

e pr

eval

ent f

orce

s in

this

syst

em, g

ravi

ty, e

lect

rost

atic

, and

dep

letio

n fo

rces

. The

se fo

rces

co

nstit

ute

the

pote

ntia

l ene

rgy

of th

e sy

stem

, whi

ch c

an b

e pl

otte

d to

det

erm

ine

the

part

icle

’s p

roba

ble

loca

tion

rela

tive

to th

e in

terf

ace.

Co

lloid

al sy

stem

s cha

ract

erist

ical

ly fo

rm p

oten

tial w

ells

near

the

inte

rfac

e. T

he p

artic

le is

like

ly to

spen

d th

e m

ajor

ity o

f its

tim

e in

this

wel

l due

to th

e la

rge

amou

nt o

f ene

rgy

it re

quire

s to

exit.

Hen

ce, t

he p

artic

le is

ad

sorb

ed o

nto

the

inte

rfac

e. T

he p

rope

rtie

s of t

he sy

stem

det

erm

ine

how

larg

e th

e w

ell a

nd th

e po

tent

ial b

arrie

r re

quire

d to

exi

t the

wel

l are

salt

conc

entr

atio

n, p

H, a

nd d

eple

tant

con

cent

ratio

n. B

y ad

just

ing

thes

e pa

ram

eter

s, th

e ea

se a

t whi

ch a

par

ticle

can

ads

orb

to th

e in

terf

ace

or d

iffus

e in

the

bulk

solu

tion

can

be c

ontr

olle

d. S

imila

r to

dige

stio

n, th

e pa

rtic

les i

n th

e sy

stem

bei

ng st

udie

d w

ere

subj

ecte

d to

aci

dic

chan

ges i

n pH

whi

ch le

ssen

ed th

e im

pact

of t

he a

ttra

ctiv

e de

plet

ion

inte

ract

ion,

effe

ctiv

ely

wea

keni

ng th

e te

nden

cy o

f the

par

ticle

s to

adso

rb. I

n or

der t

o co

unte

r thi

s, th

e co

ncen

trat

ion

of d

eple

tant

s was

incr

ease

d. T

he e

xper

imen

tal d

ata

obta

ined

via

TIR

F m

icro

scop

y an

d M

ATLA

B im

age

proc

essin

g w

as th

en c

ompa

red

to c

urre

nt th

eore

tical

mod

els.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

ira F

ein

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

145

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: O

berli

n Co

llege

M

ajor

: Ps

ycho

logy

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te d

egre

e in

neu

rore

habi

litat

ion

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

enso

r Sci

ence

Div

ision

, Opt

ical

Rad

iatio

n Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. Y

oshi

Ohn

o an

d Dr

. Cam

eron

Mill

er

Title

of T

alk:

Cr

eatin

g a

Colo

r Pre

fere

nce

Inde

x

Abst

ract

: Li

ght s

ourc

es fo

r gen

eral

whi

te li

ghtin

g ca

n be

cre

ated

usin

g a

varie

ty o

f lig

ht sp

ectr

a.

The

spec

trum

of t

he

illum

inan

t has

an

effe

ct o

n th

e co

lor a

ppea

ranc

e of

obj

ects

, inc

ludi

ng fo

od, f

urni

ture

, dai

ly o

bjec

ts a

nd sk

in to

ne.

Som

e sp

ectr

a sh

ow th

e co

lors

of o

bjec

ts b

ette

r tha

n ot

hers

. Th

is ef

fect

is c

alle

d co

lor r

ende

ring.

Ach

ievi

ng

optim

al c

olor

rend

erin

g is

an im

port

ant g

oal f

or g

ener

al li

ghtin

g pr

oduc

ts. I

n or

der t

o ac

hiev

e th

is go

al, l

ight

so

urce

s mus

t pro

duce

a h

igh

qual

ity li

ght.

To

mea

sure

this,

ther

e is

an in

tern

atio

nal s

tand

ard

met

ric c

alle

d Co

lor

Rend

erin

g In

dex

(CRI

), de

velo

ped

som

e 40

yea

rs a

go.

This

met

ric m

easu

res “

colo

r fid

elity

,” a

qua

ntita

tive

mea

sure

of t

he a

bilit

y of

a li

ght s

ourc

e to

reve

al th

e co

lors

of v

ario

us o

bjec

ts a

ccur

atel

y in

com

paris

on w

ith a

re

fere

nce

illum

inan

t. Th

e re

fere

nce

illum

inan

t is s

imila

r to

inca

ndes

cent

lam

ps o

r day

light

. Th

is pr

oces

s fun

ctio

ns

on th

e as

sum

ptio

n th

at th

e re

fere

nce

light

is o

f the

bes

t ach

ieva

ble

colo

r qua

lity.

How

ever

, in

real

ity, o

ther

ligh

ts

and

colo

r ran

ges a

re o

ften

visu

ally

pre

ferr

ed. A

s a re

sult,

the

CRI s

core

doe

s not

oft

en re

flect

visu

al e

valu

atio

ns.

Ther

efor

e, w

e ne

ed a

met

ric th

at c

ompa

res t

he te

st la

mp

to a

new

refe

renc

e lig

ht th

at is

bas

ed o

n pr

efer

ence

s de

term

ined

by

hum

an p

erce

ptio

n, ra

ther

than

a re

fere

nce

light

bas

ed o

n th

eory

. Th

e tw

o m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t fac

tors

th

at a

ffect

the

pref

eren

ce o

f a li

ght a

re c

olor

satu

ratio

n (in

tens

ity o

f col

or) a

nd c

olor

tem

pera

ture

(the

tone

of

whi

te li

ght f

rom

war

m to

coo

l col

or).

The

new

met

ric w

ill a

ddre

ss th

ese

varia

tions

by

crea

ting

a m

ore

gene

raliz

ed

met

ric th

at c

an b

e ap

plie

d to

the

gene

ral u

sers

of l

ight

ing.

Th

e ke

y pu

rpos

e in

dev

elop

ing

the

new

met

ric is

to id

entif

y th

e m

ost s

atisf

acto

ry li

ghtin

g fo

r hum

an c

olor

visi

on.

To v

erify

this

hypo

thes

is an

d de

term

ine

the

mos

t pre

ferr

ed p

oint

of c

olor

satu

ratio

n, a

long

with

the

asso

ciat

ed

impo

rtan

ce o

f sai

d co

lor,

we

have

con

duct

ed a

visi

on e

xper

imen

t with

hum

an su

bjec

ts. U

sing

the

NIS

T Sp

ectr

ally

Tu

nabl

e Li

ghtin

g Fa

cilit

y, w

e ha

ve te

sted

a w

ide

arra

y of

col

or sa

tura

tions

and

col

or te

mpe

ratu

res i

n a

natu

ral a

nd

fam

iliar

sett

ing.

Our

pre

limin

ary

anal

ysis

of e

xper

imen

tal d

ata

supp

orts

our

hyp

othe

sis th

at a

ctua

l pre

ferr

ed

light

s hav

e hi

gher

leve

l of c

olor

satu

ratio

n th

an th

e tr

aditi

onal

refe

renc

e lig

ht.

The

findi

ngs o

f thi

s stu

dy c

an b

e us

ed a

s a b

asis

for t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f a n

ew st

anda

rd th

at e

nabl

es m

anuf

actu

rers

to p

rodu

ce li

ghtin

g pr

oduc

ts

that

are

bas

ed o

n pr

efer

ence

s est

ablis

hed

by p

eopl

e, ra

ther

than

theo

retic

al c

olor

fide

lity.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: Y

adira

Flo

res

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

124

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

mith

Col

lege

M

ajor

: M

athe

mat

ics a

nd S

tatis

tics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): W

ork

in in

dust

ry a

nd in

a fe

w y

ears

att

end

grad

uate

scho

ol

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, App

lied

Econ

omic

s Offi

ce

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Josh

ua D

. Kne

ifel

Title

of T

alk:

M

easu

ring

Sust

aina

bilit

y in

Com

mer

cial

Bui

ldin

gs

Abst

ract

: W

hat i

s the

add

ition

al c

ost o

f con

stru

ctin

g a

build

ing

in a

mor

e en

ergy

effi

cien

t man

ner?

How

can

cha

ngin

g th

e am

ount

of i

nsul

atio

n in

the

wal

l of a

bui

ldin

g im

pact

the

tota

l ann

ual e

nerg

y co

st?

Will

the

ener

gy c

ost s

avin

gs p

ay

for t

he a

dditi

onal

con

stru

ctio

n co

sts o

ver a

cou

rse

of tw

enty

yea

rs?

How

doe

s im

prov

ing

the

ener

gy e

ffici

ency

of

a bu

ildin

g im

pact

its e

nviro

nmen

tal f

ootp

rint?

The

se a

re th

e ty

pe o

f que

stio

ns th

at th

is pr

ojec

t trie

s to

answ

er.

This

proj

ect a

imed

to c

reat

e an

ext

ensiv

e ne

w c

omm

erci

al b

uild

ing

sust

aina

bilit

y da

taba

se to

supp

ort t

he B

IRDS

-Bu

ildin

g In

dust

ry R

epor

ting

and

Desig

n fo

r Sus

tain

abili

ty- o

nlin

e in

terf

ace.

Thi

s dat

abas

e is

com

prise

d of

16

com

mer

cial

bui

ldin

g ty

pes,

four

bui

ldin

g en

ergy

stan

dard

edi

tions

, 40

diffe

rent

inve

stm

ent t

ime

horiz

ons,

and

228

ci

ties (

abou

t 14,

592

uniq

ue c

ases

). Af

ter r

unni

ng w

hole

bui

ldin

g en

ergy

sim

ulat

ions

for e

ach

uniq

ue c

ase,

we

calc

ulat

ed th

e in

itial

bui

ldin

g co

nstr

uctio

n co

sts,

ann

ual o

pera

ting

ener

gy c

osts

, and

futu

re m

aint

enan

ce, r

epai

r, an

d re

plac

emen

t cos

ts u

sing

the

prog

ram

min

g la

ngua

ge P

ytho

n. T

he e

nviro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e co

nstr

uctio

n an

d op

erat

ion

of e

ach

build

ing

are

estim

ated

usin

g lif

e-cy

cle

asse

ssm

ent d

ata.

Inde

ed th

e ec

onom

ic

and

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s for

eac

h un

ique

cas

e di

ffers

as t

he b

uild

ing

type

, sta

ndar

d ed

ition

, inv

estm

ent t

ime

horiz

on a

nd c

limat

e ar

e va

ried.

In

the

end,

this

data

base

can

be

used

to th

e co

mpa

re d

iffer

ent t

ypes

of b

uild

ing

desig

ns a

nd h

ow th

at w

ould

im

pact

the

cost

and

ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y of

new

com

mer

cial

bui

ldin

gs. T

hus,

mak

ing

thes

e lif

e cy

cle

cost

ana

lyse

s re

adily

ava

ilabl

e an

d co

mpa

rabl

e co

uld

be in

valu

able

to p

olic

ymak

ers t

hat s

et th

e st

ate

build

ing

requ

irem

ents

, bu

ildin

g en

gine

ers,

arc

hite

cts,

and

des

igne

rs, a

nd th

e ge

nera

l pub

lic.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: D

erek

M. F

ogel

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H11

4 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Wak

e Fo

rest

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Phys

ics a

nd L

atin

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l in

Phys

ics o

r Ele

ctric

al E

ngin

eerin

g w

ith a

focu

s in

orga

nic

phot

ovol

taic

s

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

emic

ondu

ctor

and

Dim

ensio

nal M

etro

logy

Div

ision

, N

anoe

lect

roni

cs G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Dav

id G

undl

ach

Title

of T

alk:

Re

sidua

l Add

itive

in O

rgan

ic P

hoto

volta

ics

Abst

ract

: W

e re

port

on

the

effe

cts o

f res

idua

l 1,8

-diio

dooc

tane

(DIO

) on

the

elec

tric

al p

erfo

rman

ce o

f pol

y(3-

hexy

lthio

phen

e-2,

5-di

yl) (

P3HT

): ph

enyl

-C71

-but

yric

aci

d m

ethy

l est

er (P

C[71

]BM

) bul

k he

tero

junc

tion

(BHJ

) ph

otov

olta

ic c

ells.

DIO

is w

idel

y us

ed th

roug

hout

the

field

of o

rgan

ic p

hoto

volta

ics a

s a p

roce

ssin

g ad

ditiv

e w

hich

is

theo

rized

to in

crea

se th

e ef

ficie

ncy

of c

ells

by c

ontr

ollin

g th

e m

orph

olog

y of

the

activ

e la

yer,

but l

ittle

is k

now

n ab

out t

he e

ffect

s or q

uant

ity o

f DIO

whi

ch re

mai

ns a

fter f

abric

atio

n. W

e pe

rfor

med

det

aile

d an

alys

is of

the

elec

tric

al p

rope

rtie

s for

dev

ice

test

stru

ctur

es w

ith D

IO a

dditi

ve a

nd d

ried

for d

iffer

ent t

imes

. O

ur d

evic

es w

ere

fabr

icat

ed b

y sp

inni

ng a

30

mg/

ml s

olut

ion

of 5

:4 P

3HT:

PC[7

1]BM

in 1

,2-d

ichl

orob

enze

ne w

ith 2

% D

IO b

y vo

lum

e ov

er a

laye

r of P

EDO

T:PS

S on

a g

lass

subs

trat

e w

ith p

re-p

atte

rned

ITO

con

tact

s. T

he P

EDO

T:PS

S la

yer w

as sp

un in

a

chem

ical

hoo

d at

room

tem

pera

ture

, and

drie

d un

der A

r am

bien

t at 1

40°C

for 1

0 m

in.

The

activ

e la

yer w

as

spun

and

drie

d fo

r 5 m

inut

es a

t roo

m te

mpe

ratu

re u

nder

an

Ar a

mbi

ent a

nd th

en b

aked

for d

iffer

ent t

imes

at

60°C

und

er a

n Ar

am

bien

t. T

o co

mpl

ete

the

elec

tron

ic te

st st

ruct

ures

, we

depo

sited

Ca/

AL c

onta

cts i

n hi

gh

vacu

um (1

0-7 m

bar)

with

a to

tal t

ime

in v

acuu

m o

f app

roxi

mat

ely

45 m

inut

es.

We

optim

ized

this

proc

edur

e fo

r ef

ficie

ncy

at a

n ac

tive

laye

r thi

ckne

ss o

f app

roxi

mat

ely

220

nm, a

nd a

ll de

vice

s wer

e pr

oces

sed

near

ly in

par

alle

l to

min

imize

uni

nten

tiona

l var

iatio

ns b

etw

een

test

stru

ctur

es.

We

then

mea

sure

d th

e cu

rren

t-vo

ltage

(J-V

) ch

arac

teris

tics u

nder

one

sun

equi

vale

nt il

lum

inat

ion

inte

nsity

. W

e fo

und

that

the

effic

ienc

y, fi

ll fa

ctor

, and

shor

t ci

rcui

t cur

rent

of t

he c

ells

incr

ease

d w

ith d

ryin

g tim

e an

d pl

atea

ued

at 2

0 m

inut

es.

This

sugg

ests

that

ther

e is

som

e re

sidua

l DIO

in th

e fil

m, w

hich

eva

pora

tes s

low

ly b

ut is

nea

rly a

bsen

t afte

r 20

min

utes

. W

e ar

e aw

aitin

g Fo

urie

r Tra

nsfo

rm In

frar

ed S

pect

rosc

opy

resu

lts to

con

firm

and

qua

ntify

the

pres

ence

of t

he re

sidua

l add

itive

. W

e al

so fo

und

a sim

ilar t

rend

in 1

5 m

g/m

l cel

ls w

ith 2

% D

IO w

hich

wer

e op

timize

d fo

r fill

fact

or.

We

then

use

d im

peda

nce

spec

tros

copy

dat

a to

det

erm

ine

the

unde

rlyin

g m

echa

nism

thro

ugh

whi

ch th

e re

sidua

l add

itive

de

crea

ses e

ffici

ency

, fill

fact

or, a

nd sh

ort c

ircui

t cur

rent

. Th

e im

peda

nce

spec

tros

copy

dat

a al

low

ed u

s to

extr

apol

ate

the

num

ber o

f dee

p le

vel t

raps

in th

e fil

m fr

om th

e re

com

bina

tion

rate

and

car

rier d

ensit

y vs

vol

tage

, an

d w

e fo

und

that

ther

e is

no c

orre

latio

n be

twee

n dr

ying

tim

e an

d nu

mbe

r of d

eep

leve

l tra

ps, w

hich

indi

cate

s th

at th

e re

sidua

l DIO

is n

ot in

trod

ucin

g th

ese

deep

trap

s int

o ou

r film

s. W

e al

so e

xam

ined

plo

ts o

f con

duct

ance

vs

freq

uenc

y an

d fo

und

that

the

cells

with

the

mos

t add

itive

show

ed h

allm

arks

of i

onic

tran

spor

t, w

hich

may

ex

plai

n th

e de

crea

se in

effi

cien

cy.

Furt

her a

naly

sis o

n th

e im

peda

nce

data

will

lead

to a

mor

e de

finiti

ve

dete

rmin

atio

n of

the

dom

inan

t mec

hani

sm fo

r the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

resid

ual a

dditi

ve a

nd d

ecre

ased

ef

ficie

ncy,

fill

fact

or, a

nd sh

ort c

ircui

t cur

rent

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Beh

naz G

houc

hani

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H11

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

The

City

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k (C

UN

Y)

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

& C

ompu

tatio

nal M

athe

mat

ics,

Mat

hem

atic

al

Soft

war

e N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Ba

rry

Schn

eide

r

Title

of T

alk:

De

velo

ping

New

and

Mor

e ef

ficie

nt W

ays t

o So

lve

the

Tim

e-De

pend

ent S

chrö

ding

er

Equa

tion

(TDS

E)

Ab

stra

ct:

In m

any

inte

rest

ing

prob

lem

s in

the

quan

tum

theo

ry o

f ato

ms a

nd m

olec

ules

, it i

s nec

essa

ry to

find

the

solu

tion

to

the

time-

depe

nden

t Sch

rödi

nger

equ

atio

n (T

DSE)

whe

re a

n at

om o

r mol

ecul

e is

expo

sed

to so

me

exte

rnal

tim

e-de

pend

ent p

ertu

rbat

ion.

One

spec

ific

exam

ple

is an

ato

m in

a ti

me-

depe

nden

t las

er fi

eld.

One

mus

t pro

paga

te a

kn

own

star

ting

solu

tion

(say

, the

gro

und

stat

e of

the

syst

em) a

t t

o so

me

final

stat

e at

fin

al. In

gen

eral

, th

is be

com

es a

pro

blem

whe

re o

ne fi

rst d

iscre

tizes

the

spat

ial d

egre

es o

f fre

edom

, for

exa

mpl

e, o

n a

grid

and

then

pr

opag

ates

in ti

me

usin

g on

e of

a n

umbe

r of d

iffer

ent t

echn

ique

s. T

he m

ain

obje

ctiv

e of

this

stud

y is

to c

ompa

re

diffe

rent

app

roac

hes a

s to

accu

racy

and

com

puta

tiona

l effi

cien

cy in

per

form

ing

the

time

prop

agat

ion

and

to te

st a

ne

w a

ppro

ach,

a v

aria

nt o

f the

exp

onen

tial t

ime

diffe

renc

ing

(ETD

) met

hod,

that

has

not

bee

n se

rious

ly tr

ied

for t

he

TDSE

. Th

e ne

w a

ppro

ach

has t

he m

erits

that

the

time

step

that

mus

t be

used

in th

e pr

opag

atio

n is

gove

rned

by

the

intr

insic

tim

e va

riatio

n of

the

lase

r fie

ld ra

ther

than

the

num

eric

al st

abili

ty o

f the

pro

paga

tion

met

hod.

The

mod

el

used

for o

ur st

udy

repl

aces

the

real

ato

mic

syst

em b

y a

one-

dim

ensio

nal m

odel

that

has

bee

n w

idel

y us

ed in

the

liter

atur

e an

d w

hich

cap

ture

s the

ess

entia

l fea

ture

s of t

he fu

ll 3D

pro

blem

. Disc

retiz

ing

the

diffe

rent

ial o

pera

tors

us

ing

know

n fin

ite d

iffer

ence

form

ula

allo

ws u

s to

perf

orm

the

prop

agat

ion

via

the

know

n ap

proa

ches

and

to th

en

com

pare

them

to th

e ne

w m

etho

d fo

r bot

h ac

cura

cy a

nd e

ffici

ency

. The

stud

y is

aim

ed a

t und

erst

andi

ng b

oth

the

olde

r tim

e pr

opag

atio

n ap

proa

ches

as w

ell a

s the

new

app

roac

h. T

his h

as n

ever

bee

n se

rious

ly e

xam

ined

bef

ore

and

even

with

out E

TD, i

s of g

reat

val

ue. R

esul

ts w

ill b

e pr

esen

ted

at th

e SU

RF sy

mpo

sium

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: G

olna

z Gho

ucha

ni

Gra

nt N

umbe

r

70N

ANB1

4H11

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

City

Col

lege

of N

ew Y

ork

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pu

rsue

gra

duat

e sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Sys

tem

s Eng

inee

ring

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Yung

-Tsu

n Ti

na L

ee, J

uyeo

n Le

e

Title

of T

alk:

Da

ta M

inin

g Ap

plic

atio

n in

Web

Ser

vice

s

Abst

ract

: Da

ta m

inin

g is

a gr

owin

g fie

ld in

com

pute

r sci

ence

. It i

s the

pro

cess

of f

indi

ng p

atte

rns o

r cor

rela

tions

am

ong

data

se

ts b

y us

ing

vario

us c

ompu

tatio

nal m

etho

ds.

Man

y da

ta a

naly

tics (

DA) e

ngin

es h

ave

been

dev

elop

ed fo

r thi

s pu

rpos

e. T

he u

sefu

l inf

orm

atio

n re

trie

ved

from

man

ufac

ture

rs’ d

ata

min

ing

coul

d pr

ovid

e so

lutio

ns o

n in

crea

sing

com

pani

es’ p

rodu

ctiv

ities

and

glo

bally

com

petit

ive

adva

ntag

es. I

n th

is re

sear

ch w

e pr

opos

ed u

sing

web

serv

ices

fo

r com

mun

icat

ing

data

ana

lytic

s inf

orm

atio

n th

at is

repr

esen

ted

in P

redi

ctiv

e M

odel

Mar

kup

Lang

uage

(PM

ML)

. W

eb se

rvic

e (W

S) is

a m

etho

d th

at p

rovi

des c

omm

unic

atio

n be

twee

n tw

o sy

stem

s thr

ough

net

wor

k co

nnec

tion.

By

usin

g W

S, m

anuf

actu

ring

com

pani

es c

an e

asily

com

mun

icat

e w

ith th

e DA

eng

ines

, sen

d th

eir d

ata

sets

to th

e DA

eng

ines

, and

rece

ive

the

min

ing

resu

lts fr

om th

e DA

eng

ines

. WS

has t

hree

maj

or c

ompo

nent

s: W

S co

nsum

er,

WS

prov

ider

, and

WS

repo

sitor

y. T

heir

inte

rfac

es a

re b

ased

on

Web

Ser

vice

Des

crip

tion

Lang

uage

(WSD

L), S

impl

e O

bjec

t Acc

ess P

roto

col (

SOAP

), an

d U

nive

rsal

Des

crip

tion,

Disc

over

y an

d In

tegr

atio

n (U

DDI).

Th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

rese

arch

pro

ject

was

to d

esig

n an

d im

plem

ent a

WS

for s

uppo

rtin

g m

anuf

actu

ring

data

an

alyt

ics.

The

app

roac

hes t

aken

for t

his p

roje

ct in

clud

e id

entif

ying

WS

cons

umer

, WS

prov

ider

, and

WS

repo

sitor

y; g

ener

atin

g w

ork

flow

s am

ong

them

usin

g flo

wch

art;

and

crea

ting

a se

quen

ce d

iagr

am a

nd w

ritin

g co

des f

or th

e w

ork

flow

s.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

teph

anie

Gne

wuc

h G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H15

8 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Ott

erbe

in U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ch

emist

ry

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

for m

ater

ials

chem

istry

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Zeric

Hul

vey,

Cra

ig B

row

n

Title

of T

alk:

N

eutr

on P

owde

r Diff

ract

ion

Expe

rimen

ts o

f Nitr

ogen

and

Oxy

gen

Adso

rptio

n in

Met

al-

Org

anic

Fra

mew

orks

to E

stim

ate

Adso

rptio

n Se

lect

ivity

for G

as S

epar

atio

ns

Abst

ract

: M

etal

-org

anic

fram

ewor

ks (M

OFs

) are

mat

eria

ls co

mpo

sed

of o

rgan

ic li

nker

s con

nect

ing

met

al a

tom

s or c

lust

ers

to fo

rm p

orou

s str

uctu

res.

One

of t

he m

any

indu

stria

l app

licat

ions

und

er in

vest

igat

ion

for t

hese

mat

eria

ls is

gas

sepa

ratio

n. M

OFs

exh

ibiti

ng se

lect

ive

gas a

dsor

ptio

n co

uld

be u

sed

in se

para

tion

proc

esse

s suc

h as

the

frac

tiona

tion

of a

ir in

to N

2 and

O2 a

s an

alte

rnat

ive

to u

sing

ener

gy-in

tens

ive

cryo

geni

c di

still

atio

n. R

ecen

t wor

k at

NIS

T ha

s stu

died

the

adso

rptiv

e pr

oper

ties o

f the

MO

F-74

(M2-2

,5-d

ioxi

do-1

,4-b

enze

nedi

carb

oxyl

ate;

M =

Mg,

M

n, F

e, C

o, N

i, Cu

, Zn)

serie

s of m

ater

ials

usin

g ne

utro

n po

wde

r diff

ract

ion

expe

rimen

ts to

elu

cida

te b

indi

ng si

tes

for g

as m

olec

ules

. Ad

sorp

tion

expe

rimen

ts o

n th

ese

mat

eria

ls re

veal

that

they

ads

orb

O2

mor

e st

rong

ly th

an N

2, m

akin

g th

ese

pote

ntia

l can

dida

tes f

or u

se in

the

com

mer

cial

sepa

ratio

n of

air.

In th

is st

udy,

Mg

and

Ni a

nalo

gs o

f M

OF-

74 w

ere

synt

hesiz

ed a

nd a

ctiv

ated

to e

xpos

e th

e st

rong

bin

ding

site

s loc

ated

at a

n op

en c

oord

inat

ion

site

on

the

met

al a

tom

s in

the

stru

ctur

e. T

he m

ater

ials

wer

e th

en d

osed

with

qua

ntita

tive

amou

nts o

f O2,

N2,

and

a 79

:21

N2/

O2 m

ixtu

re a

nalo

gous

to th

e co

mpo

sitio

n of

air.

Neu

tron

pow

der d

iffra

ctio

n da

ta w

ere

then

col

lect

ed

for t

he d

osed

mat

eria

ls. R

ietv

eld

refin

emen

t and

Fou

rier d

iffer

ence

met

hods

wer

e us

ed to

det

erm

ine

the

loca

tion

of th

e ga

s bin

ding

site

s and

the

orie

ntat

ion

and

frac

tiona

l occ

upan

cy o

f the

mol

ecul

es a

t tho

se si

tes.

The

sin

gle

com

pone

nt d

iffra

ctio

n da

ta re

veal

bot

h m

olec

ules

bin

d at

the

sam

e sit

e bu

t with

diff

eren

t orie

ntat

ions

. The

m

ixtu

re d

ata

can

ther

efor

e be

refin

ed w

ith b

oth

mol

ecul

es o

ccup

ying

this

site.

Ref

inem

ent o

f the

frac

tiona

l oc

cupa

ncie

s of e

ach

mol

ecul

e at

this

site

can

give

a m

olec

ular

-leve

l pic

ture

of g

as se

para

tion

mec

hani

sms a

nd

pote

ntia

lly a

fford

a m

eans

of b

ette

r est

imat

ing

adso

rptio

n se

lect

ivity

val

ues.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Rac

hel G

olan

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d M

ajor

: Bi

oeng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ca

reer

in ti

ssue

eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, B

iom

olec

ular

Mea

sure

men

t Div

ision

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. L

eona

Sca

nlan

Title

of T

alk:

To

xici

ty o

f TiO

2 Nan

opar

ticle

s in

vitr

o an

d in

viv

o

Abst

ract

: Ti

tani

um D

ioxi

de n

anop

artic

les (

TiO

2-NPs

) are

a c

omm

on a

dditi

ve in

food

and

com

mer

cial

pro

duct

s. H

owev

er,

thes

e pa

rtic

les c

an g

ener

ate

reac

tive

spec

ies,

whi

ch le

ad to

subs

eque

nt D

NA

dam

age.

In o

rder

to in

vest

igat

e th

e pr

ecise

gen

otox

ic m

echa

nism

of T

iO2-N

Ps in

vitr

o an

d in

viv

o, th

e gr

owth

of h

uman

cel

ls an

d m

odel

org

anism

Ca

enor

habd

itis e

lega

ns (C

. ele

gans

) mus

t be

optim

ized

and

back

grou

nd D

NA

dam

age

mus

t be

quan

tifie

d in

bot

h m

odel

s. T

hus f

ar, h

uman

hep

atoc

arci

nom

a (H

epG2

) cel

ls ha

ve b

een

cultu

red

and

harv

este

d, a

nd n

ucle

ar a

nd

cyto

plas

mic

pro

tein

s hav

e be

en e

xtra

cted

for q

uant

ifica

tion

of D

NA

repa

ir en

zym

es. S

ever

al m

etho

ds fo

r ne

mat

ode

grow

th h

ave

also

bee

n in

vest

igat

ed. T

radi

tiona

lly g

row

n in

aga

r, ne

mat

odes

can

also

thriv

e in

liqu

id

cultu

res.

Exp

erim

ents

wer

e co

nduc

ted

to te

st w

hich

cul

ture

con

ditio

ns (w

orm

den

sity,

am

ount

of f

eed

and

freq

uenc

y of

med

ia re

new

al) p

rodu

ce th

e he

alth

iest

and

larg

est n

umbe

r of w

orm

s in

liqui

d cu

lture

s ove

r sev

eral

ge

nera

tions

. A M

ATLA

B pr

ogra

m w

as d

esig

ned

to se

arch

thro

ugh

the

C. e

lega

n pr

oteo

me

for s

elec

t rep

air p

rote

in

frag

men

ts. T

he p

rese

nce

of a

set t

hres

hold

of f

ragm

ents

will

ena

ble

quan

tific

atio

n of

DN

A re

pair

enzy

mes

usin

g m

ass s

pect

rom

etric

tech

niqu

es. P

rogr

ess h

as b

een

mad

e in

eac

h ar

ea o

f wor

k. T

he H

epG2

cel

ls ar

e gr

owin

g w

ell,

but,

the

MCF

10 c

ells

are

not y

et p

rolif

erat

ing

effic

ient

ly. R

esul

ts fr

om th

e liq

uid

cultu

re e

xper

imen

ts sh

ow th

at

nem

atod

es p

refe

r a m

ediu

m-fe

ed E

. col

i env

ironm

ent,

with

an

initi

al se

edin

g de

nsity

of 0

.5 w

orm

s/ μ

L. A

ccor

ding

to

the

MAT

LAB

prog

ram

, sev

en C

. ele

gan

prot

eins

con

tain

ed fo

ur o

r mor

e fr

agm

ents

from

one

hum

an D

NA re

pair

prot

ein,

Nth

-1, a

nd th

ese

prot

eins

will

be

furt

her s

tudi

ed. I

n or

der t

o pr

epar

e fo

r C. e

lega

ns D

NA

dam

age

quan

tific

atio

n, th

ree

pote

ntia

l DN

A ex

trac

tion

prot

ocol

s wer

e te

sted

: the

Qia

gen

geno

me

extr

actio

n ki

t, a

mam

mal

ian

cell

high

salt

met

hod,

and

a C

. ele

gan

met

hod

adap

ted

to e

limin

ate

phen

ol a

nd c

hlor

ofor

m. T

he

Qia

gen

kit m

ay y

ield

the

larg

est q

uant

ity o

f DN

A to

be

extr

acte

d fr

om th

e C.

ele

gans

. The

se in

itial

stud

ies w

ill

esta

blish

a fr

amew

ork

that

will

ena

ble

the

lab

to su

cces

sful

ly in

vest

igat

e of

the

geno

toxi

c ef

fect

s of T

iO2-N

Ps.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

oshu

a Go

ldm

an

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and

(Col

lege

Par

k)

Maj

or:

Elec

tric

al e

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Sci

ence

Div

ision

, Fu

nctio

nal P

rope

rtie

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Davi

d La

Van

Title

of T

alk:

O

ptic

al C

alib

ratio

n of

Nan

ocal

orim

eter

Chi

ps U

sing

Infr

ared

Cam

era

Abst

ract

: N

anoc

alor

imet

ry is

the

mea

sure

men

t of t

herm

odyn

amic

pro

pert

ies o

f sam

ples

with

mic

rogr

am to

nan

ogra

m

mas

s. T

he m

easu

rem

ent i

s bas

ed o

n a

mic

rofa

bric

ated

sens

or c

hip,

so in

ord

er to

der

ive

tem

pera

ture

, we

mus

t re

late

it to

resis

tanc

e th

roug

h a

prio

ri ca

libra

tion.

In th

is ta

lk I

desc

ribe

a ca

libra

tion

met

hod

whe

reby

an

infr

ared

th

erm

al c

amer

a w

ith a

micr

osco

pic

lens

is u

sed

to m

easu

re th

e te

mpe

ratu

re o

f the

hea

ter o

n th

e se

nsor

as i

t is

heat

ed w

ith a

pplie

d vo

ltage

. The

resis

tanc

e of

the

chip

is si

mul

tane

ously

foun

d by

a fo

ur-w

ire m

easu

rem

ent.

We

first

det

erm

ined

the

tem

pera

ture

-em

issiv

ity re

latio

nshi

p fo

r the

sens

or’s

plat

inum

surf

ace

at th

e w

avel

engt

hs

used

by

the

ther

mal

cam

era.

Usin

g th

is da

ta, t

empe

ratu

re d

ata

from

the

ther

mal

cam

era

can

be a

ccur

atel

y co

rrec

ted

for e

miss

ivity

. Du

ring

a m

easu

rem

ent,

the

tem

pera

ture

of t

he p

latin

um h

eate

r is c

ompa

red

to a

re

fere

nce

plat

inum

surf

ace

whi

ch re

mai

ns a

t roo

m te

mpe

ratu

re (o

r ano

ther

con

trol

led

tem

pera

ture

).

1 =

1

+

ln

( )

1 =

1

+

ln

( )

This

proc

ess i

s aut

omat

ed w

ith a

Lab

VIEW

virt

ual i

nstr

umen

t con

trol

ling

a di

gita

l dat

a ac

quisi

tion

syst

em.

We

valid

ated

this

met

hod

of c

alib

ratio

n by

mea

surin

g th

e m

eltin

g po

int o

f an

alum

inum

sam

ple.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

oshu

a R.

Gra

ybill

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d Co

llege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

or a

car

eer i

n in

dust

ry re

sear

ch

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Di

visio

n,

Ener

gy a

nd E

lect

roni

cs M

ater

ials

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Kirt

Pag

e, G

ery

Staf

ford

, Bra

dley

Frie

berg

Title

of T

alk:

Hy

dro-

Mec

hani

cal R

espo

nse

of T

hin-

Film

Pol

yele

ctro

lyte

Mem

bran

e M

ater

ials

fo

r Fue

l Cel

ls Ab

stra

ct:

Perf

luor

osul

foni

c ac

id (P

FSA)

iono

mer

s, p

artic

ular

ly N

afio

n, a

re th

e m

ost w

idel

y st

udie

d cl

ass o

f mat

eria

ls to

be

used

as p

roto

n ex

chan

ge m

embr

anes

(PEM

) in

fuel

cel

l app

licat

ions

. In

an o

pera

ting

fuel

cel

l the

cyc

les o

f hy

drat

ion

and

dehy

drat

ion,

and

the

mec

hani

cal r

espo

nse

ther

eto,

thre

aten

the

long

-ter

m m

echa

nica

l sta

bilit

y of

th

e PE

M a

nd, t

hus,

per

form

ance

and

dev

ice

lifet

ime.

The

refo

re, i

t is c

ritic

al th

at th

e w

ater

-dep

ende

nt, m

echa

nica

l re

spon

se a

nd p

rope

rtie

s of P

EM m

ater

ials

for f

uel c

ells

be w

ell u

nder

stoo

d. D

espi

te th

e im

port

ance

of t

he

mec

hani

cal r

espo

nse

of b

ulk

PEM

s to

hydr

atio

n cy

cles

, wh i

ch is

crit

ical

to li

fetim

e an

d du

rabi

lity,

ther

e is

an

incr

easin

g in

tere

st in

thin

film

pro

pert

ies o

f the

se m

ater

ials.

Thi

s is d

ue to

the

fact

that

ofte

n tim

es P

FSAs

are

use

d as

a b

inde

r in

the

elec

trod

e la

yer w

here

the

mat

eria

l can

be

conf

ined

to fi

lms o

n th

e or

der o

f ten

s of n

anom

eter

s th

ick.

How

ever

, the

re a

re a

lack

of m

easu

rem

ent t

echn

ique

s and

pla

tfor

ms c

apab

le o

f mea

surin

g th

e m

echa

nica

l pr

oper

ties o

f PEM

film

s tha

t are

onl

y te

ns o

f nan

omet

ers t

hick

. Giv

en th

is iss

ue a

rela

tivel

y ne

w m

easu

rem

ent

tech

niqu

e, w

hich

exp

loits

the

bend

ing

defle

ctio

n in

duce

d fr

om sw

ellin

g st

rain

in th

in N

afio

n fil

ms o

n sil

icon

su

bstr

ates

, was

use

d to

succ

essf

ully

mea

sure

and

cha

ract

erize

the

elas

tic c

antil

ever

ben

ding

stre

ss o

ver a

wid

e ra

nge

of re

lativ

e hu

mid

ity st

eps.

Mea

surin

g th

e sw

ellin

g st

rain

of t

hese

sam

e fil

ms a

llow

s the

der

ivat

ion

of th

e m

odul

us b

ehav

ior a

s bot

h a

func

tion

of th

ickn

ess a

nd a

nnea

ling.

Whi

le th

e st

ress

thic

knes

s sho

ws a

pre

dict

able

el

astic

beh

avio

r for

bot

h th

in a

nd th

ick

film

s tha

t can

be

wel

l qua

ntifi

ed th

ere

is a

dist

inct

cha

nge

in re

spon

se

upon

ann

ealin

g; n

amel

y th

e ab

senc

e of

a v

isco-

plas

tic re

spon

se th

at w

as p

revi

ously

obs

erve

d in

un-

anne

aled

N

afio

n fil

ms.

Fur

ther

mor

e, th

ere

appe

ars t

o be

a re

sidua

l bac

kgro

und

stre

ss c

orre

late

d to

phy

sical

agi

ng o

f the

fil

m a

fter a

nnea

ling

that

cou

ld p

rovi

de in

sight

s int

o th

e hu

mid

ity/t

ime-

depe

nden

t rel

axat

ion

beha

vior

of t

his

mat

eria

l und

er th

in fi

lm c

onfin

emen

t.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: B

enja

min

Gris

afe

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

121

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: C

olle

ge o

f Nan

osca

le S

cien

ce a

nd

Engi

neer

ing,

SU

NY

Uni

vers

ity a

t Alb

any

Maj

or:

Nan

osca

le E

ngin

eerin

g

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

for E

lect

rical

Eng

inee

ring

follo

wed

by

a ca

reer

in in

dust

ry

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ce

nter

for N

anos

cale

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy,

Nan

oFab

Ope

ratio

ns G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Liya

Yu

Title

of T

alk:

De

sign

and

Char

acte

rizat

ion

of P

hase

Shi

ftin

g Ph

otom

asks

for I

-Lin

e Pr

ojec

tion

Lith

ogra

phy

Abst

ract

: Ph

otol

ithog

raph

y as

a m

etho

d fo

r nan

ofab

ricat

ion

has l

imita

tions

. For

min

g pa

tter

ns sm

alle

r tha

n th

e w

avel

engt

h of

ligh

t bei

ng u

sed

requ

ires e

xpen

sive

imm

ersio

n te

chno

logy

, sup

erio

r len

sing

or sp

ecia

lly fa

bric

ated

pho

tom

asks

ca

pabl

e of

inte

nsify

ing

cert

ain

regi

ons i

n th

e pa

tter

n. T

his t

ype

of m

ask,

cal

led

a Ph

ase

Shift

ing

Mas

k (P

SM),

has

the

abili

ty to

shift

the

phas

e of

an

inco

min

g el

ectr

omag

netic

wav

e by

180

° lea

ding

to b

enef

icia

l des

truc

tive

inte

rfer

ence

that

ulti

mat

ely

enha

nces

the

inte

nsity

of e

xpos

ed w

afer

regi

ons.

Incr

ease

s in

cont

rast

and

the

capt

ured

1st

ord

er e

nhan

ce b

oth

the

reso

lutio

n of

the

feat

ures

abl

e to

be

patt

erne

d as

wel

l as t

he p

roce

ss

latit

ude.

Thi

s phy

sical

phe

nom

enon

allo

ws f

or th

e pa

tter

ning

of f

eatu

res s

mal

ler t

han

the

wav

elen

gth

of li

ght

bein

g us

ed.

This

stud

y pr

esen

ts m

etho

ds fo

r the

des

ign

and

fabr

icatio

n of

two

type

s of P

SMs o

n qu

artz

to b

e us

ed in

an

ASM

L I-l

ine

step

per:

a Di

ffrac

tive

PSM

and

an

Atte

nuat

ing

PSM

. Des

ign

of a

n at

tenu

atin

g PS

M re

quire

s a fi

lm c

apab

le o

f 5-

15%

tran

smiss

ion

at th

is w

avel

engt

h of

ligh

t to

achi

eve

phas

e sh

iftin

g. C

hrom

ium

oxi

de (C

r2O

3) e

xhib

its th

is ch

arac

teris

tic b

ased

upo

n th

e co

nditi

ons o

f dep

ositi

on a

nd fi

lms w

ere

sput

tere

d an

d ch

arac

teriz

ed u

sing

ellip

som

etry

. Diff

ract

ive

PSM

s, h

owev

er, d

o no

t hav

e a

thin

film

cau

sing

phas

e sh

ifts,

but

thic

knes

s diff

eren

ces i

n th

eir p

lace

. A d

ry e

tch

proc

ess w

as d

evel

oped

to is

otro

pica

lly e

tch

quar

tz to

des

ired

dept

hs. T

he p

roce

ss

cond

ition

s of H

eide

lber

g DW

L 20

00 la

ser w

riter

was

opt

imize

d to

obt

ain

prec

ise c

ontr

ol o

n th

e m

ask

patt

ern

dim

ensio

ns. F

inal

ly, P

SMs a

re u

sed

in th

e AS

ML

I-lin

e st

eppe

r and

the

criti

cal d

imen

sion

of th

e fe

atur

es p

atte

rned

an

alyz

ed fo

r pro

of o

f con

cept

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

oham

ed G

ueye

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H11

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

The

City

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k (C

UN

Y)

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Upp

er Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I a

m p

lann

ing

to g

o to

gra

duat

e sc

hool

aft

er b

y Ba

chel

or in

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

. I p

lan

to

look

into

diff

eren

t gra

duat

e sc

hool

s in

my

seni

or y

ear a

nd ta

ke th

e GR

E.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

and

Com

puta

tiona

l Mat

hem

atic

s Div

ision

, Hi

gh P

erfo

rman

ce C

ompu

ting

& V

isual

izatio

n Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Sand

y Re

ssle

r

Title

of T

alk:

Le

vera

ging

Web

Dev

elop

men

t Inf

rast

ruct

ure

for 2

D an

d 3D

Visu

aliza

tions

Abst

ract

: W

e de

mon

stra

te th

e us

e of

web

-bas

ed v

isual

izatio

ns fo

r com

pute

r sec

urity

, hum

an b

ody

mea

sure

men

t, an

d ne

twor

k re

sear

ch, a

ll ta

king

adv

anta

ge o

f web

dev

elop

men

t inf

rast

ruct

ure.

2D

and

3D v

isual

izatio

ns d

ispla

yed

nativ

ely

on w

eb b

row

sers

with

out t

he u

se o

f plu

gins

are

pre

sent

ed. O

ur v

isual

izatio

ns c

onsis

t mai

nly

of a

2D

visu

aliza

tions

of t

he N

VD (N

atio

nal V

ulne

rabi

lity

Data

base

) dat

a fe

eds,

and

Anth

roW

eb3D

Mea

sure

(AW

3DM

), a

3D v

isual

izatio

n of

CAE

SAR[

1] d

ata

set o

f las

er sc

anne

d hu

man

bod

ies.

The

foca

l poi

nt h

ere

is to

leve

rage

web

de

velo

pmen

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

to in

tegr

ate

man

y ty

pes o

f visu

aliza

tions

, and

to b

e ab

le to

dist

ribut

e th

e re

sults

in a

sim

ple

web

pag

e.

Firs

t, th

e N

VD d

ata

feed

s visu

aliza

tion

is a

filte

ring

web

app

licat

ion

whe

re u

sers

can

navi

gate

thro

ugh

year

ly

com

pute

r viru

s ent

ries b

ased

on

the

NVD

scor

ing

met

rics (

e.g.

, Int

egrit

y-Im

pact

, Con

fiden

tialit

y-Im

pact

, Com

pany

, et

c.).

The

user

can

then

sele

ct h

ow th

ey w

ant t

o vi

sual

ize th

ose

entr

ies (

bulle

t cha

rt, t

ree

grap

h, sc

atte

r plo

t, an

d ca

lend

ar v

iew

) usin

g D3

.js, a

Java

Scrip

t lib

rary

. Las

tly, A

W3D

M u

ses X

3DO

M[2

] and

jQue

ry,

Java

Scrip

t lib

rarie

s, to

pr

esen

t 3D

visu

aliza

tions

of h

uman

bod

ies,

a se

t of c

ontr

ols,

and

a ta

bula

r vie

w o

f dem

ogra

phic

dat

a as

soci

ated

w

ith e

ach

body

. X3D

OM

is a

3D

lang

uage

that

ena

bles

pla

cem

ent o

f gra

phic

al e

lem

ents

dire

ctly

into

the

DOM

(D

ocum

ent O

bjec

t Mod

el) o

f the

web

pag

e.

D3.js

, jQ

uery

, and

X3D

OM

pro

vide

a g

reat

dea

l of p

orta

bilit

y am

ong

mod

ern

brow

sers

and

syst

em e

xten

sibili

ty, a

s th

ey d

o no

t rel

y on

plu

gins

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

eliss

a Gu

idry

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

5 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Col

lege

of W

illia

m a

nd M

ary

Maj

or:

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ho

ping

for a

car

eer w

here

I ca

n de

sign

and

expe

rimen

t in

orde

r to

find

new

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

wor

ld a

nd/o

r cre

ate

new

tech

nolo

gy

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

enso

r Sci

ence

Div

ision

, Opt

ical

Rad

iatio

n Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. M

arito

ni L

itorja

, col

labo

ratin

g w

ith D

r. Se

rgey

Pol

yako

v

Title

of T

alk:

Ch

arac

teriz

ing

the

Firs

t All-

Biol

ogic

al S

ingl

e Ph

oton

Sou

rce

Abst

ract

: Th

e re

actio

n be

twee

n lu

cife

rin a

nd A

TP w

ith c

atal

ysis

from

the

enzy

me

luci

fera

se re

sults

in th

e em

issio

n of

a

singl

e ph

oton

. It h

as b

een

seen

to e

xhib

it lo

w c

ytot

oxic

ity, r

esul

ting

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of b

iolo

gica

l pro

bes f

or

imag

ing.

Thi

s is a

pplic

able

to b

oth

canc

er re

sear

ch a

nd d

rug

deve

lopm

ent,

whe

re th

e m

ovem

ent a

nd

quan

tific

atio

n of

mol

ecul

es is

nee

ded.

The

bio

lum

ines

cenc

e pr

oces

s dem

onst

rate

s man

y of

the

char

acte

ristic

s of

an id

eal s

ingl

e ph

oton

sour

ce, a

nd is

uni

que

from

oth

er si

ngle

-pho

ton

sour

ces i

n th

at it

doe

s not

requ

ire o

ptic

al

exci

tatio

n. N

IST’

s uni

que

tool

s will

pro

ve th

e sin

gle-

phot

on c

hara

cter

of t

he so

urce

, as w

ell a

s bet

ter d

etai

ling

the

kine

tics o

f the

reac

tion.

The

effe

cts o

f diff

eren

t che

mic

al o

r bio

logi

cal a

gent

s on

the

kine

tics o

f em

issio

n m

ay a

lso

be st

udie

d to

hel

p re

fine

in v

ivo

tech

niqu

es.

My

wor

k in

volv

ed d

esig

ning

, bui

ldin

g, a

nd te

stin

g th

e ex

perim

enta

l set

up th

at w

ill e

vent

ually

allo

w u

s to

dete

ct

singl

e ph

oton

s fro

m th

e re

actio

n. T

wo

spec

ific

com

pone

nts w

ere

desig

ned:

a sp

ecia

lized

flow

cel

l and

a

spec

ializ

ed o

ptic

s sys

tem

. The

cel

l des

ign

allo

ws t

he b

otto

m m

icro

scop

e pl

ate

to b

e qu

ickl

y re

plac

ed, e

ssen

tial

beca

use

the

luci

ferin

mus

t be

imm

obili

zed

and

repl

aced

onc

e th

e re

actio

n is

finish

ed. A

virt

ual m

odel

was

cr

eate

d, w

hich

may

be

3D p

rinte

d an

d al

igne

d in

the

optic

s set

up. D

r. Po

lyak

ov d

esig

ned

and

asse

mbl

ed th

e op

tics

syst

em c

onsis

ting

of tw

o le

nses

, one

with

a v

ery

high

num

eric

al a

pert

ure,

and

a se

cond

use

d to

focu

s the

ligh

t on

to a

fibe

r. Ca

lcul

atio

ns w

ere

perf

orm

ed to

det

erm

ine

optim

um le

ns a

nd fi

ber c

ombi

natio

n fo

r det

ectio

n. A

3D

stag

e w

as a

ssem

bled

to a

llow

the

dete

ctor

to m

ove

acro

ss th

e sa

mpl

e. A

kni

fe-e

dge

tech

niqu

e w

as u

sed

to

char

acte

rize

the

optic

s sys

tem

. A si

lver

ed a

nd n

ano-

etch

ed fi

ber w

as b

uilt

to o

pera

te a

s a p

oint

sour

ce, w

hich

, on

ce c

hara

cter

ized

with

the

optic

s, a

llow

ed fo

r a b

ette

r rep

rese

ntat

ion

of th

e op

tical

thro

ughp

ut o

f the

setu

p. A

liq

uid

fluor

opho

re so

lutio

n w

as fl

owed

thro

ugh

a cu

vett

e to

det

erm

ine

quan

titie

s of l

ucife

rin a

nd lu

cife

rase

whi

ch

wou

ld b

e ap

prop

riate

for t

he sy

stem

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

cott

Jiaw

ei H

allo

ck

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

H14H

166

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of C

alifo

rnia

Ber

kele

y M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Co

nsid

erin

g gr

adua

te sc

hool

for a

n ad

vanc

ed d

egre

e in

eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Thom

as G

naeu

pel-H

erol

d

Title

of T

alk:

Su

per S

heet

Met

al S

tres

sing:

The

Stim

ulat

ing

Desig

n Pr

oces

s of T

wo

Stra

inin

g De

vice

s

Abst

ract

: Au

tom

otiv

e m

etal

form

ing

is so

mew

hat o

f a tr

ial-a

nd-e

rror

pro

cess

, as s

tam

ped

shee

t met

als o

ften

sprin

g ba

ck

tow

ards

thei

r orig

inal

pos

ition

and

no

long

er fi

t with

in to

lera

nces

. Am

eric

an c

ar c

ompa

nies

lose

up

to $

100

mill

ion

a ye

ar o

n st

amps

/mol

ds th

at c

reat

e fla

wed

par

ts. F

or th

is re

ason

, dat

a on

mec

hani

cal p

rope

rtie

s of s

heet

met

als

is of

par

ticul

ar in

tere

st to

the

auto

mot

ive

indu

stry

, whe

re p

oten

tially

larg

e re

duct

ions

in c

osts

are

exp

ecte

d fr

om

impr

ovem

ents

in th

e pr

edic

tabi

lity

of fo

rmin

g ou

tcom

es. T

he b

asis

of th

is pr

ojec

t was

the

desig

n of

two

nove

l de

vice

s tha

t, w

hen

used

with

the

NIS

T Ce

nter

for N

eutr

on R

esea

rch’

s BT-

8 Re

sidua

l Str

ess D

iffra

ctom

eter

, will

pr

ovid

e ne

w d

ata

on y

ield

stre

sses

as s

heet

met

al sa

mpl

es a

re lo

aded

in si

tu. T

he fi

rst d

evic

e, n

amed

Oct

o-st

rain

, is

an e

ight

-arm

load

ing

fram

e ca

pabl

e of

gen

erat

ing

any

type

of i

n-pl

ane

tens

ile lo

adin

g, g

ener

atin

g sig

nific

ant

leve

ls of

bi-a

xial

pla

stic

stra

in, a

nd th

e ab

ility

to d

efin

e di

ffere

nt st

rain

pat

hs. W

e ex

pect

that

Oct

o-st

rain

will

sig

nific

antly

incr

ease

ach

ieva

ble

stra

in le

vels

whe

n co

mpa

red

with

typi

cal c

ruci

form

stra

inin

g de

vice

s. T

he se

cond

de

vice

is a

n in

-pla

ne sh

ear d

evice

cap

able

of g

ener

atin

g bo

th a

sign

ifica

nt sh

ear f

orce

and

a te

nsile

forc

e in

the

tran

sver

se d

irect

ion.

Thi

s dev

ice

will

ena

ble

mea

sure

men

ts o

f the

gra

in o

rient

atio

n-st

ress

resp

onse

whi

ch a

re o

f gr

eat v

alue

for c

ryst

al p

last

icity

mod

elin

g, a

s wel

l as t

he in

depe

nden

t mea

sure

men

t of t

he p

rinci

pal s

tres

ses i

n sh

ear d

efor

mat

ion.

Cha

lleng

es in

des

igni

ng b

oth

devi

ces c

ome

from

the

need

to k

eep

the

desig

n re

lativ

ely

mod

ular

, fit

with

in c

erta

in si

ze/w

eigh

t bou

ndar

ies,

and

cre

ate

an e

ntry

/exi

t pat

h fo

r the

neu

tron

bea

m.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

ndy

Hein

del

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

157

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: J

ames

Mad

ison

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Biot

echn

olog

y Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pu

rsin

g Ph

.D in

Can

cer B

iolo

gy o

r rel

ated

fiel

d.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Jose

ph C

urtis

Title

of T

alk:

Co

mpu

tatio

nal M

etho

ds to

Ana

lyze

Sm

all A

ngle

Sca

tter

ing

Data

of B

iolo

gica

l Mol

ecul

es &

Fr

ee E

nerg

y Ca

lcul

atio

ns to

Val

idat

e St

ruct

ural

Ens

embl

es

Abst

ract

: Ca

rdio

myo

path

y, th

e de

terio

ratio

n of

the

myo

card

ium

with

in th

e he

art,

is on

e of

lead

ing

fact

ors c

ontr

ibut

ing

to

hear

t dise

ase.

Alth

ough

car

diom

yopa

thy

can

be a

cqui

red

thro

ugh

post

-nat

al m

utat

ion,

man

y ca

ses r

esul

t fro

m

gene

tic a

bnor

mal

ities

resu

lting

in th

e m

utat

ion

of a

pro

tein

nam

ed O

bscu

rin. M

utan

t Obs

curin

con

tain

s a si

ngle

am

ino

acid

subs

titut

ion,

Arg

4344

Gln,

with

in Ig

58/5

9, tw

o do

mai

ns in

Obs

curin

. Thi

s mut

atio

n lo

wer

s the

affi

nity

fo

r tw

o do

mai

ns o

f Tita

n, Ig

9/10

. Tita

n se

rves

as a

n ad

hesio

n te

mpl

ate

for c

ontr

actil

e m

achi

nery

in th

e sa

rcom

ere.

Whe

n th

e bi

ndin

g af

finity

is lo

wer

ed d

ue th

e m

utat

ion

with

in O

bscu

rin, t

he p

assiv

e el

astic

ity w

ithin

th

e m

uscl

e de

crea

ses.

Alth

ough

bio

logi

cal d

ata

supp

orts

this

hypo

thes

is, v

ery

little

stru

ctur

al d

ata

has b

een

colle

cted

. Con

sequ

ently

, sm

all a

ngle

X-r

ay sc

atte

ring

(SAX

S) w

as c

ondu

cted

to d

eter

min

e th

e lo

w-r

esol

utio

n so

lutio

n st

ruct

ure

of Ig

58/5

9 fr

om O

bscu

rin. G

uini

er a

naly

sis w

as th

en c

ondu

cted

and

indi

cate

d Ig

58/5

9 ha

d a

radi

us o

f gyr

atio

n of

30.

0Å. T

heor

etic

al st

ruct

ures

wer

e ge

nera

ted

usin

g M

olec

ular

Mon

te C

arlo

(MM

C) a

nd

mol

ecul

ar d

ynam

ics (

MD)

. The

oret

ical

scat

terin

g cu

rves

wer

e th

en p

redi

cted

for t

he re

sulti

ng st

ruct

ures

. The

th

eore

tical

scat

terin

g pr

ofile

s spa

nned

a re

gion

bet

wee

n ~1

8Å-~

30Å.

Sol

utio

n st

ruct

ures

wer

e de

rived

thro

ugh

com

paris

ons b

etw

een

the

theo

retic

al sc

atte

ring

prof

iles a

nd e

xper

imen

tal S

AXS

data

. Due

to th

e co

mpu

tatio

nal

com

plex

ity o

f MM

C, h

owev

er, g

ener

ated

stru

ctur

es a

re p

oten

tially

ene

rget

ical

ly u

nfav

orab

le. C

onse

quen

tly, a

pr

oof-o

f-con

cept

stud

y w

as c

ondu

cted

to d

eter

min

e th

e en

erge

tics o

f clu

ster

ed M

MC

stru

ctur

es. M

olec

ular

m

echa

nica

l ene

rgie

s and

solv

atio

n fr

ee e

nerg

ies a

re b

eing

cal

cula

ted

and

sum

med

to d

eter

min

e th

e Gi

bb’s

free

en

ergy

(DG)

of c

lust

ered

stru

ctur

al e

nsem

bles

. Fur

ther

stud

ies a

re b

eing

con

duct

ed to

det

erm

ine

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f th

e ge

nera

ted

stru

ctur

es. P

relim

inar

y SA

XS d

ata

and

othe

r str

uctu

ral m

uscl

e pr

otei

ns in

dica

te a

n ex

tend

ed fo

rm,

sugg

estin

g Ig

58/5

9 is

nativ

ely

exte

nded

. With

the

use

of S

AXS

data

and

Gib

b's f

ree

ener

gy d

ata,

a re

pres

enta

tive

solu

tion

stru

ctur

e of

Ig58

/59

is lik

ely

feas

ible

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

iche

lle H

else

l G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H17

8 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Virg

inia

Pol

ytec

hnic

Inst

itute

and

Sta

te

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Civi

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): W

ork

in C

ivil

Engi

neer

ing

field

whi

le o

btai

ning

a M

aste

r's d

egre

e.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Mat

eria

ls an

d St

ruct

ural

Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, In

orga

nic

Mat

eria

ls Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Chia

ra (C

laris

sa) F

erra

ris

Title

of T

alk:

St

anda

rd T

estin

g M

etho

d fo

r Den

sity

of H

ydra

ulic

Cem

ent

Abst

ract

: Th

e de

nsity

of h

ydra

ulic

cem

ent i

s cr

itica

l in

calc

ulat

ing

the

finen

ess

of c

emen

t pow

der a

nd h

as a

n es

sent

ial r

ole

in t

he d

eter

min

atio

n of

con

cret

e m

ixtu

re p

ropo

rtio

ns. C

onse

quen

tly, d

ensit

y ha

s th

e ab

ility

to

affe

ct s

tren

gth,

hy

drat

ion,

and

per

mea

bilit

y of

con

cret

e. T

he c

urre

nt s

tand

ard

by A

STM

is

the

“Tes

t M

etho

d fo

r De

nsity

of

Hydr

aulic

Cem

ents

” (A

STM

C18

8), w

hich

util

izes

a liq

uid

disp

lace

men

t m

etho

d to

mea

sure

the

vol

ume

of t

he

pow

der c

emen

t. Th

e ex

perim

ent o

rigin

ated

in 1

944,

and

bot

h th

e m

ater

ials

and

proc

edur

e ha

ve u

nder

gone

litt

le

chan

ge o

ver

the

past

sev

enty

yea

rs.

Impo

sitio

ns a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith t

he c

urre

nt s

tand

ard

have

for

ced

the

cons

truc

tion

indu

stry

to

ceas

e ro

utin

e de

nsity

tes

ting,

cau

sing

prob

lem

s w

ith c

emen

t vo

lum

e ra

tios.

Ther

efor

e,

the

indu

stry

req

uire

s a

read

ily a

vaila

ble

met

hod

to p

rom

ote

freq

uent

den

sity

test

ing

and

dim

inish

con

cret

e fa

ilure

s.

As th

e in

dust

ry se

eks n

ew p

ract

ical

met

hods

for t

estin

g de

nsity

of h

ydra

ulic

cem

ent,

othe

r app

roac

hes a

re b

eing

ex

plor

ed. T

he p

rese

nt re

sear

ch w

ill e

xam

ine

the

appa

rent

inte

rest

of p

oten

tial a

lcoh

ol su

bstit

utio

ns in

to th

e st

anda

rd p

roce

dure

. In

addi

tion,

rece

nt c

ompu

ter t

echn

olog

y em

brac

es g

as-c

ompa

rison

pyc

nom

etry

as a

pos

sible

al

tern

ativ

e to

the

curr

ent s

tand

ard

met

hod.

The

des

crib

ed m

etho

ds w

ill b

e co

mpa

red

to d

eter

min

e th

e m

ost

cons

isten

tly a

ccur

ate

met

hod

for w

hich

to te

st d

ensit

y of

hyd

raul

ic c

emen

ts.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

orge

Her

nand

ez S

anch

ez

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

119

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: C

lem

son

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Bioe

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Und

ergr

adua

te S

tude

nt, S

enio

r

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pu

rsue

a c

aree

r in

the

field

of B

ioen

gine

erin

g, fo

cuse

d in

ort

hope

dic

devi

ces

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Ella

Mih

aile

scu

Title

of T

alk:

Co

uld

Fish

Hel

p Tr

eat C

ance

r?

Abst

ract

: Pe

ptid

es a

re c

omm

only

foun

d w

orki

ng a

long

with

oth

er m

acro

mol

ecul

es to

fulfi

ll al

l kin

ds o

f fun

ctio

ns a

s co

mpl

exes

, but

in so

me

case

s the

y m

ay b

e fo

und

actin

g al

one.

One

gro

up o

f pep

tides

is th

e Pi

scid

ins:

pep

tides

w

ith p

rom

ising

ant

imic

robi

al a

nd p

ossib

ly a

nti-c

arci

noge

nic

activ

ity. P

iscid

ins c

onst

itute

a fa

mily

of c

atio

nic

antim

icro

bial

pep

tides

that

are

wid

espr

ead

in te

leos

t fish

and

hav

e br

oad

spec

trum

act

ivity

aga

inst

a la

rge

num

ber o

f Gra

m-p

ositi

ve a

nd G

ram

-neg

ativ

e ba

cter

ia, i

nclu

ding

MRS

A, v

iruse

s suc

h as

HIV

-1, f

ungi

, yea

sts,

and

ev

en c

ance

r cel

ls. T

eleo

st (r

ay-fi

nned

) fish

use

the

pept

ide

as a

mec

hani

sm o

f def

ense

aga

inst

infe

ctio

n. T

hese

pe

ptid

es a

re e

lect

rost

atic

ally

att

ract

ed to

ani

onic

bac

teria

l mem

bran

es. S

imila

r to

othe

r cat

ioni

c pe

ptid

es,

pisc

idin

s, a

re u

nstr

uctu

red

in w

ater

, but

bec

ome

stru

ctur

ed in

the

pres

ence

of l

ipid

bila

yers

and

exh

ibit

mem

bran

e pe

rmea

biliz

ing

capa

bilit

y. In

this

stud

y w

e in

vest

igat

e th

e ab

ility

of P

iscid

in-1

(P1)

to fo

rm p

ores

in li

pid

mem

bran

es. W

e em

ploy

seve

ral e

xper

imen

tal s

truc

tura

l tec

hniq

ues s

uch

as c

ircul

ar d

ichr

oism

, X-r

ay a

nd n

eutr

on

diffr

actio

n. I

n pa

rtic

ular

, neu

tron

diff

ract

ion

may

be

used

to o

bser

ve th

e m

orph

olog

y of

a p

eptid

e/lip

id b

ilaye

r co

mpl

ex, t

he d

epth

of i

nser

tion

of th

e pe

ptid

e in

the

lipid

mem

bran

e, a

nd th

e fo

rmat

ion

of p

ores

, whi

ch w

ould

le

ad to

cel

l lys

is. I

n th

is w

ork,

I ha

ve o

bser

ved

that

incr

easin

g th

e ra

tio o

f P1

to li

pid

resu

lts in

gra

dual

cha

nges

to

the

bila

yer s

truc

ture

such

as t

hinn

ing

of th

e bi

laye

r and

reor

ient

atio

n of

the

pept

ide

with

resp

ect t

o th

e bi

laye

r su

rfac

e. T

hese

cha

nges

cul

min

ate,

at h

igh

pept

ide

conc

entr

atio

ns, w

ith a

n in

sert

ion

of th

e pe

ptid

e in

to th

e bi

laye

r cor

e, a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith fo

rmat

ion

of p

ores

. Neu

tron

diff

ract

ion

and

spec

ific

deut

eriu

m la

belin

g is

used

to

exam

ine

in d

etai

l the

pep

tide

conf

orm

atio

n. P

ossib

le m

echa

nism

s for

por

e fo

rmat

ion

will

be

disc

usse

d.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: L

ogan

E. H

illbe

rry

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

172

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: C

olor

ado

Scho

ol o

f Min

es

Maj

or:

Engi

neer

ing

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I g

et g

reat

joy

form

bot

h le

arni

ng a

nd te

achi

ng. I

pla

n to

get

a P

hD. i

n ph

ysic

s to

cont

inue

le

arni

ng w

hat o

ther

s hav

e al

read

y di

scov

ered

. My

drea

m g

radu

ate

scho

ols i

nclu

de th

e U

nive

rsity

of C

alifo

rnia

San

ta B

arba

and

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d Co

llege

Par

k. M

y in

tere

sts a

re in

qua

ntum

com

putin

g, g

ener

al re

lativ

ity, a

nd c

osm

olog

y. I

wou

ld lo

ve to

one

da

y be

a p

rofe

ssor

of p

hysic

s to

shar

e th

e di

scov

erie

s of t

he g

iant

s who

se sh

ould

ers w

e al

l st

and

on.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent l

abor

ator

y, S

enso

r Sci

ence

Div

ision

, Inf

rare

d Te

chno

logy

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Jose

ph P

. Ric

e

Title

of T

alk:

Sp

ectr

al U

nifo

rmity

: The

HIP

Way

Abst

ract

:

An im

agin

g sp

ectr

omet

er is

a d

evic

e th

at c

aptu

res a

n im

age

whe

reby

eac

h pi

xel i

s a h

igh

reso

lutio

n sp

ectr

um. T

he

spec

tra

are

capt

ured

by

colle

ctin

g im

ages

of t

he sc

ene

in d

iscre

te w

avel

engt

h ba

nds a

nd c

ombi

ning

them

into

a

data

cub

e. A

hyp

ersp

ectr

al im

age

is on

e w

hich

is c

olle

cted

in e

noug

h ba

nds t

o re

solv

e th

e en

tire

spec

trum

ove

r a

give

n w

avel

engt

h ra

nge.

Suc

h an

imag

e is

used

in re

mot

e se

nsin

g w

ith a

pplic

atio

ns in

env

ironm

enta

l mon

itorin

g,

defe

nse,

and

hom

elan

d se

curit

y. In

an

effo

rt to

bet

ter c

alib

rate

and

test

such

imag

ers,

the

Nat

iona

l Ins

titut

e of

St

anda

rds a

nd T

echn

olog

y (N

IST)

has

bee

n de

velo

ping

a H

yper

spec

tral

Imag

e Pr

ojec

tor (

HIP)

cap

able

of p

roje

ctin

g dy

nam

ic sc

enes

with

an

arbi

trar

y pr

ogra

mm

able

spec

trum

for e

ach

of it

s 102

4x76

8 pi

xels.

The

HIP

has

a sp

ectr

al

engi

ne, c

apab

le o

f gen

erat

ing

an a

rbitr

ary

spec

trum

, cou

pled

to a

spat

ial e

ngin

e ca

pabl

e of

pro

ject

ing

that

sp

ectr

um in

to th

e co

rrec

t loc

atio

n of

the

scen

e. T

his t

alk

desc

ribes

diff

eren

t con

figur

atio

ns fo

r cou

plin

g th

e sp

ectr

al a

nd sp

atia

l eng

ines

. The

spec

tral

uni

form

ity o

f eac

h is

quan

tifie

d by

a sp

ectr

al a

ngle

map

per (

SAM

) ro

utin

e. T

he g

oal i

s a sp

ectr

ally

uni

form

and

brig

ht p

roje

cted

imag

e. U

sing

an in

tegr

atin

g sp

here

pro

vide

s the

m

ost s

pect

rally

uni

form

imag

e, b

ut a

t a g

reat

loss

of l

ight

. The

refo

re, w

e ex

plor

ed m

ore

light

effi

cien

t met

hods

: a

liqui

d lig

ht g

uide

and

a ra

ndom

ized

fiber

bun

dle.

We

pres

ent q

uant

itativ

e re

sults

com

parin

g th

ese

met

hods

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: T

aran

g Hi

rani

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Hoo

d Co

llege

M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: 5th

yea

r

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): O

btai

n m

ore

expe

rienc

e in

pro

gram

min

g an

d bu

sines

s dev

elop

men

t

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

; App

lied

Econ

omic

s Offi

ce

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Priy

a La

vapp

a

Title

of T

alk:

BI

RDS

Resid

entia

l : s

Mea

surin

g Su

stai

nabi

lity

Abst

ract

: Bu

ildin

g st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd in

vest

ors n

eed

prac

tical

met

rics,

tool

s, a

nd d

ata

to su

ppor

t inv

estm

ent c

hoic

es a

nd

polic

ymak

ing

rela

ted

to su

stai

nabl

e bu

ildin

g de

signs

, tec

hnol

ogie

s, a

nd re

gula

tions

. The

nee

d fo

r thi

s is b

eing

ad

dres

sed

by e

xten

ding

the

met

rics a

nd to

ols f

or su

stai

nabl

e bu

ildin

g pr

oduc

ts, k

now

n as

BEE

S, to

who

le

build

ings

. Thi

s pro

cess

invo

lves

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f sus

tain

abili

ty m

etric

s tha

t are

bas

ed o

n ex

tens

ions

to L

ife-

Cycl

e As

sess

men

t (LC

A) a

nd L

ife C

ycle

Cos

ting

(LCC

) app

roac

hes i

nvol

ving

bui

ldin

g en

ergy

sim

ulat

ions

. Bu

ildin

g In

dust

ry R

epor

ting

and

Desig

n fo

r Sus

tain

abili

ty (B

IRDS

) res

iden

tial m

odul

e ap

plie

s the

new

sust

aina

bilit

y m

easu

rem

ent s

yste

m to

an

exte

nsiv

e re

siden

tial b

uild

ing

perf

orm

ance

dat

abas

e co

mpi

led

by N

IST.

The

dat

abas

e in

clud

es e

nerg

y, e

nviro

nmen

tal,

and

cost

mea

sure

men

t for

resid

entia

l bui

ldin

gs in

229

citi

es a

cros

s the

U.S

. The

su

stai

nabi

lity

perf

orm

ance

of b

uild

ings

des

igne

d to

mee

t cur

rent

stat

e en

ergy

cod

es c

an b

e co

mpa

red

to th

eir

perf

orm

ance

whe

n m

eetin

g fo

ur a

ltern

ativ

e bu

ildin

g en

ergy

stan

dard

edi

tions

to d

eter

min

e th

e im

pact

of e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy

on su

stai

nabi

lity

perf

orm

ance

. BIR

DS R

esid

entia

l foc

uses

on

entit

ies s

uch

as fe

dera

l age

ncie

s, st

ate

code

of

ficia

ls, st

anda

rds o

rgan

izatio

ns, a

nd th

e pu

blic

to a

llow

for h

igh

leve

l ana

lysis

of e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy.

M

y in

volv

emen

t in

the

proj

ect w

as to

dev

elop

a w

eb a

pplic

atio

n fo

r the

BIR

DS R

esid

entia

l dat

abas

e. T

he

appl

icat

ion

relie

s on

user

-inte

ract

ion

to c

ompa

re a

nd c

ontr

ast d

iffer

ent e

nerg

y, e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd c

ost

mea

sure

men

t con

stra

ints

. Res

ults

are

disp

laye

d as

gra

phic

al re

pres

enta

tion

of th

e im

pact

of b

uild

ing

loca

tion

and

inve

stor

's tim

e ho

rizon

on

sust

aina

bilit

y pe

rfor

man

ce.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

essie

Hirt

enst

ein

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

120

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: A

mer

ican

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Phys

ics a

nd M

athe

mat

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

obt

ain

a Ph

D in

Phy

sics

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

and

Com

puta

tiona

l Mat

hem

atic

s Div

ision

, M

athe

mat

ical

Sof

twar

e Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

How

ard

Cohl

Title

of T

alk:

Co

nver

genc

e of

Mag

nus I

nteg

ral A

dditi

on T

heor

ems f

or C

onflu

ent H

yper

geom

etric

Fu

nctio

ns in

Ter

ms o

f Bes

sel a

nd P

arab

olic

Cyl

inde

r Fun

ctio

ns

Ab

stra

ct:

In h

is 19

46 p

ublic

atio

n, W

ilhel

m M

agnu

s pre

sent

ed a

n el

egan

t add

ition

theo

rem

for t

he K

umm

er co

nflu

ent

hype

rgeo

met

ric fu

nctio

n of

the

seco

nd k

ind

expr

esse

d as

an

inte

gral

of a

sim

ple

prod

uct o

f tw

o Ku

mm

er

conf

luen

t hyp

erge

omet

ric fu

nctio

ns o

f the

seco

nd k

ind.

We

take

adv

anta

ge o

f asy

mpt

otic

s for

the

Kum

mer

co

nflu

ent h

yper

geom

etric

func

tion

of th

e se

cond

kin

d to

obt

ain

prec

ise c

onve

rgen

ce d

omai

ns fo

r Mag

nus'

resu

lt.

Rece

ntly

obt

aine

d by

Nic

o Te

mm

e, th

ese

asym

ptot

ics f

or th

e Ku

mm

er c

onflu

ent h

yper

geom

etric

func

tion

of th

e se

cond

kin

d ar

e fo

r the

abs

olut

e va

lue

of th

e fir

st c

ompl

ex p

aram

eter

app

roac

hing

infin

ity. U

sing

wel

l-kno

wn

spec

ializ

atio

ns o

f the

Kum

mer

con

fluen

t hyp

erge

omet

ric fu

nctio

n of

the

seco

nd k

ind,

we

obta

in in

tegr

al a

dditi

on

theo

rem

s for

Han

kel H

0,1

(0,1

) , Mac

dona

ld K

0,1

, an

d re

spec

tivel

y, B

esse

l fun

ctio

ns o

f the

firs

t and

seco

nd k

inds

J 0

,1,

Y 0,

1. W

e al

so sh

ow h

ow th

e in

tegr

ands

of t

hese

add

ition

theo

rem

s can

be

give

n in

term

s of m

odifi

ed

para

bolic

cyl

inde

r fun

ctio

ns w

hose

arg

umen

ts li

e on

com

plex

ort

hogo

nal s

trai

ght l

ine

cont

ours

, /4

radi

ans o

ff th

e re

al a

nd im

agin

ary

axes

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: E

than

Ho

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

142

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: R

eed

Colle

ge

Maj

or:

Bioc

hem

istry

and

Mol

ecul

ar

Biol

ogy

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

or m

edic

al sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, C

hem

ical

Sci

ence

s Div

ision

, Ch

emic

al In

form

atic

s Res

earc

h Gr

oup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Ka

rl Iri

kura

Title

of T

alk:

3-

Dim

ensio

nal S

truc

ture

s for

the

NIS

T Ch

emist

ry W

ebBo

ok: M

y Jo

urne

y fr

om M

olec

ular

O

ptim

izatio

n to

Sel

f-Opt

imiza

tion

Ab

stra

ct:

The

NIS

T Ch

emist

ry W

ebBo

ok is

a fr

ee o

nlin

e da

taba

se o

f mol

ecul

es u

sed

by re

sear

cher

s, e

ngin

eers

, and

stud

ents

w

orld

wid

e. C

urre

ntly

, the

Web

Book

con

tain

s inf

orm

atio

n on

ove

r 110

,000

stru

ctur

es, v

aryi

ng fr

om c

hem

ical

na

mes

to g

as c

hrom

atog

ram

s. O

ur g

oal w

as to

enh

ance

the

Web

Book

by

optim

izing

25,

000

mol

ecul

es a

nd a

ddin

g th

e op

timize

d st

ruct

ures

to th

e da

taba

se.

Durin

g th

is pr

oces

s, w

e al

so v

erifi

ed se

vera

l for

ms o

f ide

ntifi

catio

n in

clud

ing

Inte

rnat

iona

l Uni

on o

f Pur

e an

d Ap

plie

d Ch

emist

ry (I

UPAC

) nom

encl

atur

e, c

hem

ical

form

ulae

, and

Ch

emic

al A

bstr

act S

ervi

ces (

CAS)

num

bers

. U

sing

Gaus

sian0

9, a

com

pute

r pro

gram

for q

uant

um ch

emist

ry, w

e ca

lcul

ated

che

mic

als’

opt

imize

d st

ruct

ures

, th

ereb

y de

term

inin

g th

e at

oms’

3-d

imen

siona

l coo

rdin

ates

in e

ach

mol

ecul

e. I

n or

der t

o co

mpu

te o

ptim

ized

stru

ctur

es, w

e ap

plie

d sim

ple

New

toni

an b

all-a

nd-s

prin

g m

odel

s (M

MFF

and

MM

2) a

nd p

rogr

esse

d to

com

plex

qu

antu

m m

echa

nica

l the

orie

s (PM

6 an

d B3

LYP)

. By

the

end

of th

e su

mm

er, w

e ho

pe to

hav

e co

mpu

ted

com

preh

ensiv

e 3-

dim

ensio

nal d

ata

on e

very

mol

ecul

e in

th

e W

ebBo

ok.

In th

e fu

ture

, the

se st

ruct

ures

can

be

used

as b

ases

for e

xper

imen

tal o

r the

oret

ical

rese

arch

. Th

e ne

t res

ult i

s an

enha

nced

Web

Book

con

tain

ing

mor

e th

orou

gh, d

iver

se, a

nd re

liabl

e da

ta.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

kye

Horb

rook

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H09

0 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Bow

ie S

tate

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Alum

nae

of B

owie

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): M

aste

r’s D

egre

e in

Hum

an-C

ompu

ter I

nter

actio

n, st

artin

g ne

xt y

ear

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Com

pute

r Sec

urity

Div

ision

, Sec

ure

Syst

ems &

Ap

plic

atio

ns G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Vin

cent

Hu

Title

of T

alk:

Re

al-T

ime

Acce

ss C

ontr

ol R

ule

Faul

t Det

ectio

n U

sing

a Si

mul

ated

Log

ic C

ircui

t

Abst

ract

: Ac

cess

Con

trol

(AC)

rest

ricts

the

user

s of a

syst

em to

onl

y ha

ve c

erta

in p

rivile

ges.

AC

polic

ies c

an b

e im

plem

ente

d ba

sed

on d

iffer

ent A

C m

odel

s, w

hich

are

fund

amen

tally

com

pose

d of

sem

antic

ally

inde

pend

ent A

C ru

les i

n ex

pres

sions

of p

rivile

ge a

ssig

nmen

ts d

escr

ibed

by

attr

ibut

es o

f sub

ject

s/at

trib

utes

, act

ions

, obj

ects

/att

ribut

es,

and

envi

ronm

ent v

aria

bles

of t

he p

rote

cted

syst

ems.

Inco

rrec

t im

plem

enta

tions

of A

C po

licie

s res

ult i

n fa

ults

that

no

t onl

y le

ak b

ut a

lso d

isabl

e ac

cess

of i

nfor

mat

ion,

and

faul

ts in

AC

polic

ies a

re d

iffic

ult t

o de

tect

with

out

supp

ort o

f ver

ifica

tion

or a

utom

atic

faul

t det

ectio

n m

echa

nism

s.

This

rese

arch

pro

pose

s an

auto

mat

ic m

etho

d th

roug

h th

e co

nstr

uctio

n of

a si

mul

ated

logi

c ci

rcui

t tha

t sim

ulat

es

AC ru

les i

n AC

pol

icie

s or m

odel

s. T

he si

mul

ated

logi

c ci

rcui

t allo

ws r

eal-t

ime

dete

ctio

n of

pol

icy

faul

ts in

clud

ing

conf

licts

of p

rivile

ge a

ssig

nmen

ts, l

eaks

of i

nfor

mat

ion,

and

con

flict

s of i

nter

est a

ssig

nmen

ts. S

uch

dete

ctio

n is

trad

ition

ally

don

e by

tool

s tha

t per

form

ver

ifica

tion

or te

stin

g af

ter a

ll th

e ru

les o

f the

pol

icy/

mod

el a

re

com

plet

ed, a

nd it

pro

vide

s no

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

sour

ce o

f ver

ifica

tion

erro

rs. T

he re

al-t

ime

faul

t det

ectin

g ca

pabi

lity

prop

osed

by

this

rese

arch

allo

ws a

rule

faul

t to

be d

etec

ted

and

fixed

imm

edia

tely

bef

ore

the

next

rule

is

adde

d to

the

polic

y/m

odel

, thu

s req

uirin

g no

late

r ver

ifica

tion

and

savi

ng a

sign

ifica

nt a

mou

nt o

f fau

lt fix

ing

time.

The

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

simul

ated

logi

c ci

rcui

t has

bee

n de

velo

ped

in JA

VA.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

arod

Hor

n G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mon

tgom

ery

Colle

ge

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I a

m p

lann

ing

to e

nter

a c

aree

r in

sust

aina

ble

ener

gy p

rodu

ctio

n an

d st

orag

e, w

hile

pu

rsui

ng a

gra

duat

e de

gree

in m

echa

nica

l eng

inee

ring.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls M

easu

rem

ent S

cien

ce D

ivisi

on,

Mat

eria

ls fo

r Ene

rgy

and

Sust

aina

ble

Deve

lopm

ent G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Lau

ra E

spin

al

Title

of T

alk:

Ev

alua

te C

O2 S

orpt

ion

Prop

ertie

s of M

olec

ular

Sie

ves w

ith D

istin

ct P

ore

Size

s and

Ext

ra-

Fram

ewor

k Ca

tions

Ab

stra

ct:

Solv

ent-

base

d te

chno

logi

es h

ave

trad

ition

ally

bee

n em

ploy

ed to

cap

ture

CO

2 fr

om st

atio

nary

sour

ces.

Yet

, suc

h te

chno

logi

es re

quire

sign

ifica

nt e

nerg

y fo

r reg

ener

atio

n du

e to

the

larg

e am

ount

of w

ater

(70%

by

wei

ght)

pr

esen

t in

the

solu

tion,

whi

ch is

requ

ired

to m

inim

ize c

orro

sion.

Sol

id so

rben

t mat

eria

ls ar

e be

ing

cons

ider

ed a

s a

solv

ent-

free

alte

rnat

ive

to re

duce

ene

rgy

rege

nera

tion

requ

irem

ents

and

CO

2 ca

ptur

e co

sts.

To

desig

n ne

w

sorb

ent m

ater

ials

that

mee

t suc

h pe

rfor

man

ce g

oals,

we

mus

t hav

e a

deta

iled

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

CO

2/so

rben

t in

tera

ctio

ns. W

e ha

ve e

valu

ated

the

CO2

sorp

tion

prop

ertie

s of o

ctah

edra

l mol

ecul

ar si

eves

(OM

S) w

ith

man

gane

se o

xide

fram

ewor

k in

whi

ch th

e na

nopo

res (

prio

r to

cont

act w

ith C

O2)

app

ear t

o be

of c

ompa

rabl

e siz

e to

the

kine

tic d

iam

eter

of C

O2.

Exp

erim

ents

wer

e pe

rfor

med

in a

hig

h pr

essu

re g

ravi

met

ric in

stru

men

t and

so

rptio

n da

ta w

as c

orre

cted

for b

uoya

ncy.

OM

S m

ater

ials

wer

e us

ed a

s mod

el sy

stem

s with

one

-dim

ensio

nal

1D p

ores

or t

unne

ls lim

ited

degr

ees o

f fre

edom

from

w

hich

CO

2 so

rptio

n m

echa

nism

can

be

easil

y dr

awn.

In

the

spiri

t of w

orki

ng u

nder

a m

ater

ials-

by-d

esig

n fr

amew

ork,

the

mat

eria

ls w

ere

care

fully

sele

cted

to re

pres

ent a

com

bina

tion

of e

xtra

-fram

ewor

k ca

tions

that

[s

low

ly] s

pan

the

chem

ical

spac

e of

fere

d by

the

perio

dic

tabl

e an

d te

st th

e ef

fect

of p

ore

geom

etrie

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

lexa

nder

Hul

l G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

8 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Flo

rida

A&M

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

at F

AMU

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

ndec

ided

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, O

pera

tions

and

Eng

inee

ring

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Joe

Reye

nga

Title

of T

alk:

Re

acto

r Dat

a at

you

r Des

k V2

.0

Abst

ract

: Th

e N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, h

ome

to a

20M

W re

sear

ch re

acto

r, w

as a

ppro

ved

for o

pera

tion

in 1

967,

an

d fir

st re

ache

d cr

itica

lity

in D

ecem

ber o

f tha

t yea

r. As

tech

nolo

gy a

dvan

ced,

muc

h of

the

NCN

R’s f

acili

ties h

ave

been

upg

rade

d an

d im

prov

ed, h

owev

er m

uch

of th

e re

acto

r’s d

ata

has r

emai

ned

view

able

onl

y in

the

cont

rol

room

via

con

sole

s and

ana

logu

e in

dica

tors

. The

se in

dica

tors

and

hist

oric

al lo

gs fo

r the

reac

tor w

ere

only

ac

cess

ible

to th

e re

acto

r ope

rato

rs se

ated

at t

he c

ontr

ol c

onso

le. O

nly

rece

ntly

has

the

data

bee

n m

ade

acce

ssib

le re

mot

ely.

W

ith a

PC

usin

g la

bVIE

W a

nd a

n O

PC se

rver

, the

PC

push

es a

ll of

the

data

poi

nts f

rom

the

cont

rol r

oom

thro

ugh

a se

cure

one

-dire

ctio

nal c

onne

ctio

n an

d on

to th

e N

IST

netw

ork.

A M

ySQ

L da

taba

se h

as b

een

setu

p to

acc

ept t

he

curr

ent v

alue

s and

ove

rwrit

e th

e ol

d va

lues

with

the

new

one

s at a

regu

lar i

nter

val.

A hi

stor

ical

dat

a ta

ble

is cr

eate

d by

pus

hing

the

valu

es to

a se

para

te ta

ble

that

is a

ppen

ded,

as o

ppos

ed to

ove

rwrit

ten.

To

mak

e th

e da

ta

acce

ssib

le to

end

use

rs, t

he d

atab

ase

was

use

d to

des

ign

a de

skto

p ap

plic

atio

n th

at w

ould

allo

w u

sers

to v

iew

the

data

poi

nts u

pdat

ing

in re

al ti

me

as w

ell a

s vie

w tr

ends

by

grap

hing

the

hist

oric

al d

ata;

An

inte

rnal

web

site

was

al

so m

ade,

but

with

less

func

tiona

lity.

Th

is pr

ojec

t ent

aile

d im

prov

emen

t of t

he a

lread

y ex

istin

g pr

ogra

ms w

ith a

focu

s on

user

-frie

ndlin

ess a

nd

func

tiona

lity.

Fun

ctio

nalit

y w

as im

prov

ed w

ith a

dditi

onal

feat

ures

, suc

h as

the

abili

ty to

exp

ort d

ata

as a

CS

V fil

e fo

r use

with

Mic

roso

ft E

xcel

, whi

le u

ser-

frie

ndlin

ess w

as im

prov

ed w

ith th

e ad

ditio

n of

mor

e in

tuiti

ve

aest

hetic

s and

err

or c

ontr

ol fo

r mor

e ea

se o

f use

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

riel I

sser

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d Co

llege

Par

k M

ajor

: Bi

oeng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Po

lym

ers a

nd C

ompl

ex F

luid

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Rich

ard

Sher

idan

(prim

ary)

, Edw

in C

han

Title

of T

alk:

To

war

ds R

obus

t, U

nive

rsal

Pol

ymer

Gra

ftin

g

Abst

ract

: Po

lym

er g

rafti

ng, t

he p

roce

ss o

f tet

herin

g po

lym

er c

hain

s to

a su

bstr

ate,

is a

com

mon

surf

ace

mod

ifica

tion

tech

niqu

e fo

r syn

thes

izing

surf

aces

with

uni

que

phys

ical

and

che

mic

al p

rope

rtie

s. M

any

curr

ent g

raft

ing

met

hods

ei

ther

requ

ire la

rge

amou

nts o

f pol

ymer

, uni

que

poly

mer

-sol

vent

com

bina

tions

, or c

ompl

ex sy

nthe

tic st

eps.

A sim

ple

met

hod

is pr

esen

ted

here

for g

raft

ing

poly

mer

cha

ins w

ith te

ther

-poi

nts c

lose

eno

ugh

to b

e co

nsid

ered

“d

ilute

bru

shes

” us

ing

a va

riety

of a

min

o en

d-fu

nctio

naliz

ed p

olym

ers,

incl

udin

g po

lyst

yren

e, p

oly(

2-vi

nylp

yrid

ine)

, and

pol

y(m

ethy

l met

hacr

ylat

e). P

olym

ers w

ere

depo

sited

from

a d

ilute

solu

tion

via

spin

-coa

ting

to

the

surf

ace

of a

silic

on w

afer

func

tiona

lized

with

3-g

lyci

doxy

prop

yl-tr

imet

hoxy

silan

e an

d th

en g

rafte

d th

roug

h va

por-

trea

tmen

t in

a ch

ambe

r con

tain

ing

a re

serv

oir o

f sol

vent

. The

film

s wer

e ch

arac

teriz

ed u

sing

ellip

som

etry

to

mea

sure

film

thic

knes

s and

ato

mic

forc

e m

icro

scop

y to

ass

ess f

ilm to

pogr

aphy

and

roug

hnes

s. P

relim

inar

y re

sults

show

that

smoo

th, u

nifo

rm fi

lms w

ith th

ickn

esse

s in

the

dilu

te b

rush

regi

me

wer

e ac

hiev

ed fo

r sev

eral

of

the

poly

mer

s and

con

ditio

ns st

udie

d. T

he ti

me-

and

solv

ent-

depe

nden

ce o

f bru

sh fo

rmat

ion

wer

e al

so e

valu

ated

. Cu

rren

t res

ults

sugg

est g

raft

ing

kine

tics d

epen

d on

mol

ecul

ar w

eigh

t and

solv

ent q

ualit

y.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: N

oura

Bro

ck Ja

ber

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

081

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: B

ryn

Maw

r Col

lege

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

ad sc

hool

, res

earc

h

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

ab, S

emic

ondu

ctor

and

Dim

ensio

nal M

etro

logy

Div

ision

, N

anoe

lect

roni

cs

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. A

ngel

a Hi

ght W

alke

r

Title

of T

alk:

Ex

plor

ing

the

Elec

tric

al P

rope

rtie

s of C

arbo

n N

anot

ube

Mat

eria

ls w

ith R

aman

Sp

ectr

osco

py

Abst

ract

: Si

ngle

-wal

l car

bon

nano

tube

s (SW

CNTs

), w

hich

can

be

visu

alize

d as

a ro

lled-

up, t

wo-

dim

ensio

nal c

arbo

n la

ttic

e (a

.k.a

gra

phen

e), h

ave

exci

ting

phys

ical

pro

pert

ies s

uch

as lo

w m

ass-

to-le

ngth

ratio

and

goo

d th

erm

al a

nd

elec

tric

al c

ondu

ctiv

ity. A

s a re

sult,

SW

CNTs

hol

d gr

eat p

rom

ise in

man

y ap

plic

atio

ns su

ch a

s nan

oele

ctro

nics

and

na

nom

edic

ine.

Our

stud

y of

SW

CNTs

exa

min

es tw

o di

ffere

nt a

pplic

atio

ns. T

he fi

rst i

s sub

stitu

ting

SWCN

Ts fo

r co

pper

in c

oaxi

al c

able

s and

the

othe

r is u

sing

SWCN

Ts o

n sil

icon

waf

ers a

s fie

ld-e

ffect

tran

sisto

rs (F

ETs)

. Co

axia

l cab

les,

use

d to

tran

smit

radi

o an

d m

icro

wav

e fr

eque

ncy

signa

ls, a

re a

n es

tabl

ished

tech

nolo

gica

l nec

essit

y. A

s see

n in

fig

ure

1, th

e m

etal

lic sh

ield

ing

surr

ound

ing

the

diel

ectr

ic

prot

ects

the

signa

l fro

m n

oise

and

oth

er d

isrup

tions

such

as

light

ning

strik

es. B

ecau

se c

oax

shie

lds a

nd c

ores

are

gen

eral

ly

mad

e of

met

als s

uch

as c

oppe

r, th

eir w

eigh

t can

be

a sig

nific

ant

obst

acle

whe

n us

ed o

n ai

r and

spac

ecra

ft. A

pot

entia

l alte

rnat

ive

to c

oppe

r is S

WCN

Ts w

hich

cou

ld re

duce

the

wei

ght b

y 70

%. T

he

seco

nd a

pplic

atio

n of

SW

CNTs

exa

min

ed w

as th

eir p

oten

tial u

se

as F

ETs.

Her

e SW

CNTs

wer

e di

sper

sed

from

diff

eren

t sta

rtin

g co

ncen

trat

ions

and

chi

ral p

opul

atio

ns o

nto

SiO

2/Si

. The

se

nano

devi

ces a

re im

port

ant i

n m

ultip

le fi

elds

and

are

bei

ng

expl

ored

by

indu

strie

s and

def

ense

org

aniza

tions

. Th

e m

etho

d us

ed to

pro

be th

e SW

CNT

mat

eria

ls in

thes

e ap

plic

atio

ns w

as in

situ

Ram

an sp

ectr

osco

py. M

icro

wav

e or

ele

ctro

nic

signa

ls w

ere

pass

ed th

roug

h th

e SW

CNTs

whi

le R

aman

spec

tra

wer

e sim

ulta

neou

sly c

olle

cted

. In

Ram

an sp

ectr

osco

py, i

nela

stic

ally

scat

tere

d ph

oton

s are

col

lect

ed w

hich

cor

rela

te to

the

vibr

atio

ns b

etw

een

each

at

om in

a sa

mpl

e. T

he R

aman

met

hod

was

cho

sen

beca

use

this

type

of v

ibra

tiona

l spe

ctro

scop

y pr

ovid

es a

rich

am

ount

of i

nfor

mat

ion

on S

WCN

Ts’ d

iam

eter

, cry

stal

stru

ctur

e, d

efec

t den

sity,

and

mor

e. B

y ob

serv

ing

spec

tral

ch

ange

s as i

ndic

ated

by

varia

tions

in R

aman

feat

ures

such

as t

he R

adia

l Bre

athi

ng M

ode

(RBM

), D,

G, a

nd G

pe

aks,

we

can

iden

tify

the

capa

bilit

ies a

nd li

mita

tions

of S

WCN

T-ba

sed

devi

ces.

SW

CNT

coax

cab

les a

re

illum

inat

ing

the

path

to li

ghte

r, m

ore

fuel

-effi

cien

t airp

lane

s, je

ts a

nd sp

acec

raft

—m

akin

g fly

ing

less

en

viro

nmen

tally

des

truc

tive

and

cost

ly a

s wel

l as e

nabl

ing

long

er sp

ace

miss

ions

and

bet

ter a

stro

nom

ical

re

sear

ch. S

WCN

T FE

Ts a

re le

adin

g th

e w

ay to

bet

ter n

anoe

lect

roni

cs w

hich

cou

ld b

enef

it m

any

indu

strie

s and

sc

ient

ific

field

s.

Figu

re 1

: Coa

xial

Cab

le

http

://e

n.w

ikip

edia

.org

/wik

i/Coa

xial

_cab

le

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

biga

il Ja

ckso

n G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

4 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, B

altim

ore

Coun

ty

Maj

or:

Bioc

hem

istry

and

Mol

ecul

ar

Biol

ogy

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

in c

hem

istry

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, B

iosy

stem

s and

Bio

mat

eria

ls Di

visio

n,

Biom

ater

ials

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Jir

un S

un

Title

of T

alk:

N

ew G

ener

atio

n De

ntal

Res

in C

ompo

sites

Abst

ract

: In

the

USA

alo

ne, 1

22.7

mill

ion

dent

al re

sin c

ompo

site

rest

orat

ions

wer

e pl

aced

in 2

006,

an

incr

ease

of a

bout

40%

fr

om 1

999

(ADA

Hea

lth R

esou

rces

Pol

icy

Surv

ey).

The

curr

ent t

rend

in c

linic

al d

entis

try

indi

cate

s tha

t thi

s num

ber

is lik

ely

to in

crea

se. M

any

if no

t mos

t of t

he c

urre

ntly

ava

ilabl

e m

ater

ials

and

thei

r acc

ompa

nyin

g in

stru

ctio

ns fo

r us

e do

not

pro

duce

satis

fact

ory

dura

bilit

y an

d es

thet

ics o

ver t

ime.

The

shor

t ave

rage

serv

ice

life

of th

ese

syst

ems

and

conc

erns

rega

rdin

g le

ache

d un

reac

ted

mon

omer

s, an

d po

ssib

ly b

isphe

nol A

(BPA

), an

d de

grad

atio

n pr

oduc

ts

from

thes

e sy

stem

s are

evi

ncin

g a

need

for n

ew, l

ong

last

ing

com

posit

e po

lym

ers,

fille

rs a

nd a

dhes

ive

com

pone

nts t

o im

prov

e th

e de

ntal

and

ora

l hea

lth o

f den

tal p

atie

nts e

very

whe

re. H

ere,

I pr

esen

t the

con

cept

of

nove

l den

tal r

esin

s as s

eala

nts,

resin

mat

rix, a

nd d

enta

l adh

esiv

es th

at a

re su

perio

r in

prop

ertie

s and

end

uran

ce

to c

urre

nt B

isGM

A/TE

GDM

A re

sin sy

stem

s. T

he d

urab

ility

of t

he n

ew re

sins w

ill b

e im

prov

ed b

y re

plac

ing

the

hydr

olyz

able

est

er g

roup

s in

BisG

MA/

TEGD

MA

syst

ems w

ith h

ydro

lytic

ally

stab

le e

ther

gro

ups.

New

resin

m

onom

ers t

hat a

re n

ot su

scep

tible

tow

ard

enzy

mat

ic o

r hyd

roly

tic d

egra

datio

n w

ere

synt

hesiz

ed a

nd

char

acte

rized

. In

addi

tion,

new

initi

ator

syst

ems w

ere

test

ed, a

nd m

any

com

bina

tions

of d

iffer

ent r

esin

m

onom

ers w

ere

exam

ined

to a

chie

ve re

quire

men

ts fo

r clin

ical

pra

ctic

e.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: L

eona

rd C

. Jac

ques

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

4 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, B

altim

ore

Coun

ty

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ea

rn a

PhD

in M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

or M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Mat

eria

ls an

d St

ruct

ural

Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, Po

lym

eric

Mat

eria

ls Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. A

aron

For

ster

Title

of T

alk:

In

terf

acia

l she

ar st

reng

th m

easu

rem

ents

for h

ybrid

nan

ocom

posit

es u

sing

fiber

“pu

sh”

met

hods

Abst

ract

: Th

ere

are

over

60,

000

brid

ges i

n th

e U

nite

d St

ates

cur

rent

ly c

onsid

ered

“st

ruct

ural

ly d

efic

ient

”, it

is im

port

ant t

o di

scov

er w

ays t

o de

tect

failu

res i

n st

ruct

ures

bef

ore

cata

stro

phic

eve

nts a

re a

llow

ed to

occ

ur.

Hybr

id c

ompo

sites

re

info

rced

with

car

bon

nano

tube

s are

a v

iabl

e so

lutio

n to

this

prob

lem

. Fi

ber c

ompo

sites

are

com

pose

d of

a

mat

rix th

at h

olds

fibe

rs o

rient

ed in

thei

r str

onge

st d

irect

ion.

The

inte

rfac

e be

twee

n th

e fib

er a

nd th

e m

atrix

is

impo

rtan

t to

the

over

all s

tren

gth

of th

e co

mpo

site,

bec

ause

failu

re in

this

regi

on le

ads t

o co

mpo

site

failu

re.

Hybr

id fi

ber c

ompo

sites

util

ize c

arbo

n na

notu

bes,

att

ache

d at

the

inte

rfac

e of

the

fiber

, to

enha

nce

the

inte

rfac

e st

reng

th a

nd a

dd c

ondu

ctiv

ity to

the

mat

eria

l. T

he p

urpo

se o

f thi

s pro

ject

is to

mea

sure

the

chan

ge o

f th

e in

terf

acia

l she

ar st

reng

th in

car

bon

nano

tube

rein

forc

ed c

ompo

sites

usin

g “f

iber

pus

h-ou

t” a

nd “

fiber

pus

h-in

” te

chni

ques

. Th

e “f

iber

pus

h-ou

t” te

chni

que

invo

lved

the

use

of a

Nan

oind

ente

r XP

(MTS

, USA

) to

push

in

divi

dual

fibe

rs, ~

10 m

icro

ns in

dia

met

er, o

ut o

f a m

atrix

of E

pon

828

(Epo

xy) c

ured

with

Anc

amid

e 35

1A.

The

“fib

er p

ush-

in”

tech

niqu

e in

volv

es in

dent

ing

the

surf

ace

of th

e fib

er to

det

erm

ine

the

inte

rfac

ial s

hear

stre

ngth

. Th

e te

st m

etho

ds p

ract

iced

hav

e sh

own

inte

rfac

ial d

ebon

ding

bet

wee

n th

e m

atrix

and

the

fiber

. Id

eally

, m

easu

rem

ent m

etho

ds a

re si

mpl

e, b

ut a

re su

bjec

t to

man

y ob

stac

les d

urin

g im

plem

enta

tion.

Bot

h te

chni

ques

w

ere

empl

oyed

to a

ttem

pt to

mea

sure

the

inte

rfac

ial s

hear

stre

ngth

of a

bar

e fib

er a

nd a

nan

otub

e de

cora

ted

fiber

in th

e ep

oxy

mat

rix.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

rec

Jam

goch

ian

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring,

Phy

sics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to st

art a

n en

gine

erin

g fir

m

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

enso

r Sci

ence

Div

ision

, Th

erm

odyn

amic

Met

rolo

gy G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Zee

shan

Ahm

ed

Title

of T

alk:

De

velo

pmen

t of a

Hig

h Re

solu

tion

Phot

onic

Spe

ctro

met

er

Abst

ract

: W

e ar

e de

velo

ping

the

next

gen

erat

ion

of p

hoto

nic

sens

ors f

or a

pplic

atio

ns in

tem

pera

ture

and

pre

ssur

e m

etro

logy

. Thi

s sum

mer

I w

as in

volv

ed in

exe

cutin

g cr

itica

l tes

ts fo

r val

idat

ing

perf

orm

ance

of a

new

hig

h re

solu

tion

tuna

ble

spec

trom

eter

. Thi

s spe

ctro

met

er e

mpl

oys a

C-b

and

diod

e la

ser,

a w

avem

eter

, an

InGa

As

phot

o-de

tect

or, a

nd a

tem

pera

ture

bat

h to

ena

ble

high

reso

lutio

n (0

.1 p

m re

solu

tion)

inve

stig

atio

n of

pho

toni

c se

nsor

’s te

mpe

ratu

re re

spon

se. W

e ut

ilize

d sin

gle

Fibe

r Bra

gg g

ratin

gs a

nd a

n ar

ray

of 5

gra

tings

in a

sing

le fi

ber

to d

eter

min

e la

ser p

ower

dep

ende

nce

and

tem

pera

ture

equ

ilibr

atio

n tim

e. F

urth

erm

ore,

we

succ

essf

ully

em

bedd

ed F

iber

Bra

gg g

ratin

gs in

side

3D-p

rinte

d sc

affo

lds.

Our

pre

limin

ary

resu

lts in

dica

te e

mbe

dded

FBG

show

sig

nific

ant c

hang

es in

line

wid

th a

nd te

mpe

ratu

re –

depe

nden

t fre

quen

cy re

spon

se. T

his w

ork

lays

the

grou

ndw

ork

for f

utur

e w

ork

in e

mbe

dded

sens

ors i

nclu

ding

the

use

of F

BG in

tiss

ue e

ngin

eerin

g ex

perim

ents

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

helle

y Jin

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d—Co

llege

Par

k M

ajor

: Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or (4

th) y

ear o

f und

ergr

adua

te d

egre

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

anni

ng o

n co

mpl

etin

g th

e 5

year

mas

ter’s

pro

gram

offe

red

by m

y de

part

men

t

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Fire

Res

earc

h Di

visio

n, F

ire F

ight

ing

Tech

nolo

gy G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Mic

helle

Don

nelly

Title

of T

alk:

M

ayda

y! M

ayda

y!: I

nves

tigat

ing

the

Perf

orm

ance

of R

adio

Cab

les i

n Hi

gh T

empe

ratu

re

Envi

ronm

ents

Ab

stra

ct:

Radi

os a

re li

fesa

ving

equ

ipm

ent t

hat a

llow

s fire

figh

ters

to c

omm

unic

ate

with

one

ano

ther

to c

oord

inat

e fir

efig

htin

g op

erat

ions

. The

refo

re, i

t is e

ssen

tial t

hat r

adio

s can

ope

rate

in h

igh

tem

pera

ture

scen

ario

s. T

here

are

no

cur

rent

stan

dard

s reg

ulat

ing

radi

o pe

rfor

man

ce o

r tes

ting;

how

ever

the

Nat

iona

l Fire

Pro

tect

ion

Asso

ciat

ion

(NFP

A) is

cur

rent

ly d

evel

opin

g a

code

, NFP

A180

2, w

hich

will

add

ress

radi

o pe

rfor

man

ce. T

his p

roje

ct a

ims t

o m

ake

test

ing

reco

mm

enda

tions

to th

e N

FPA1

802

com

mitt

ee.

In th

is ex

perim

ent,

inve

stig

ator

s loo

ked

spec

ifica

lly a

t the

cab

le th

at c

onne

cts t

he ra

dio

to a

spea

ker m

icro

phon

e.

Earli

er re

sults

indi

cate

the

cabl

e m

ight

be

the

first

com

pone

nt to

fail

in a

fire

. An

in h

ouse

fabr

icat

ed d

evic

e ca

lled

a flo

w lo

op w

as u

sed

to su

bjec

t the

se c

able

s to

vary

ing

amou

nts o

f con

vect

ive

heat

stre

ss. T

he fl

ow lo

op c

onta

ins

a te

stin

g ch

ambe

r equ

ippe

d w

ith a

ther

moc

oupl

e tr

ee, b

i-dire

ctio

nal v

eloc

ity p

robe

s and

hea

t flu

x ga

uges

. Sig

nals

from

thes

e de

vice

s are

reco

rded

in a

Lab

VIEW

dat

a fil

e an

d ar

e us

ed to

mon

itor t

he c

ham

ber t

o en

sure

con

siste

nt

test

ing

cond

ition

s.

Cabl

es a

re is

olat

ed fo

r tes

ting

by h

angi

ng th

em o

n a

stan

d an

d th

en st

retc

hing

them

to so

that

the

radi

o an

d sp

eake

r mic

roph

ones

are

loca

ted

outs

ide

the

test

ing

cham

ber d

urin

g th

e te

st. T

herm

ocou

ples

are

also

arr

ange

d on

the

cabl

e its

elf a

nd th

e ai

r in

betw

een

the

cabl

e lo

ops,

in o

rder

to m

onito

r tem

pera

ture

s on

the

equi

pmen

t du

ring

the

test

. The

radi

o is

dire

ctly

hoo

ked

up to

a sp

ectr

um a

naly

zer a

nd th

e sp

eake

r mic

roph

one

is ro

utin

ely

pres

sed

to e

valu

ate

radi

o sig

nal s

tren

gth.

The

two

mai

n te

stin

g co

nditi

ons a

re a

15

min

ute

expo

sure

at 1

60o C,

de

emed

a T

herm

al C

lass

II fi

re si

tuat

ion,

and

a 5

min

ute

expo

sure

at 2

60o C,

dee

med

a T

herm

al C

lass

III f

ire

cond

ition

. Res

ults

show

ed th

at a

ll ca

bles

test

ed m

anag

ed to

pas

s the

The

rmal

Cla

ss II

con

ditio

n. M

ost f

aile

d w

hen

unde

rgoi

ng T

herm

al C

lass

III,

but s

ome

spec

ified

to b

e fo

r “ex

trem

e” c

ondi

tions

surv

ived

. Bas

ed o

n th

is, th

e la

b be

lieve

s it w

ould

be

prud

ent t

o re

com

men

d th

e N

FPA1

802

com

mitt

ee to

requ

ire c

able

s pas

s thi

s crit

eria

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

aria

Kap

lan

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: Ch

emic

al E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Co

nsul

tant

in C

hem

ical

Eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing,

Fu

nctio

nal P

olym

ers G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Le

e Ri

chte

r

Title

of T

alk:

U

niax

ial O

rient

atio

n of

Pol

ymer

s: F

abric

atio

n of

Ani

sotr

opic

Org

anic

Sem

icon

duct

or F

ilms

Abst

ract

:

Org

anic

sem

icon

duct

or fi

lms h

ave

the

pote

ntia

l to

enab

le su

stai

nabl

e m

anuf

actu

ring

for p

rinte

d el

ectr

onic

s with

lo

w th

erm

al b

udge

t, ro

ll-to

-rol

l pro

cess

es.

Unl

ike

com

mon

ly u

sed

inor

gani

c sy

mm

etric

mat

eria

ls su

ch a

s Sili

con,

or

gani

c fil

ms e

xhib

it hi

ghly

ani

sotr

opic

loca

l ele

ctric

al p

rope

rtie

s. A

niso

trop

y in

org

anic

thin

film

s is i

mpo

rtan

t for

se

mic

ondu

ctor

per

form

ance

bec

ause

typi

cally

onl

y on

e di

rect

ion

in th

e un

it ce

ll w

ill e

ffect

ivel

y tr

ansm

it ch

arge

an

d ha

ve a

hig

h m

obili

ty.

It is

nece

ssar

y to

con

trol

pol

ymer

orie

ntat

ion

and

unde

rsta

nd th

e m

ater

ial p

rope

rtie

s of

prin

ted

film

s. T

his a

llow

s for

opt

imiza

tion

of th

e or

ient

atio

n of

the

activ

e la

yer w

hich

will

enh

ance

dev

ice

perf

orm

ance

. Th

e fa

bric

atio

n of

ani

sotr

opic

thin

film

s can

be

acco

mpl

ished

usin

g m

etho

ds su

ch a

s bla

de c

oatin

g an

d dr

op c

astin

g. F

ilm o

rient

atio

n by

bla

de c

oatin

g w

as st

udie

d by

usin

g tw

o ap

proa

ches

: cry

stal

lizat

ion

addi

tives

an

d na

nogr

oove

d su

bstr

ates

. O

ptic

al te

chni

ques

such

as e

llips

omet

ry, a

tom

ic fo

rce

mic

rosc

opy

UV-

vis a

bsor

ptio

n w

ere

used

to q

uant

ify th

e fil

m o

rient

atio

n on

test

subs

trat

es.

Elec

tric

al te

stin

g of

dev

ices

was

per

form

ed o

n th

in

film

tran

sisto

rs to

det

erm

ine

aniso

trop

ic p

rope

rtie

s and

mob

ility

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Luc

iann

a C.

Kiff

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

132

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: T

ulan

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: M

athe

mat

ics a

nd C

ompu

ter

Scie

nce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l in

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

& C

ompu

tatio

nal M

athe

mat

ics D

ivisi

on,

Mat

hem

atic

al S

oftw

are

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: St

ephe

n La

nger

Title

of T

alk:

Ad

just

men

ts a

nd A

dditi

ons t

o th

e O

OF

Soft

war

e

Abst

ract

: A

time

cons

umin

g pr

oces

s for

man

y so

ftwar

e de

velo

pers

is th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f use

r err

or re

port

s whi

ch g

ener

ally

co

me

in th

e fo

rm o

f em

ails

from

use

rs. T

hese

ofte

n la

ck n

eces

sary

info

rmat

ion

and

invo

lve

a lo

t of b

ack

and

fort

h be

twee

n th

e us

er a

nd th

e de

velo

per.

Part

of m

y pr

ojec

t inv

olve

d cr

eatin

g an

err

or re

port

ing

user

inte

rfac

e th

at

com

pile

s all

the

info

rmat

ion

nece

ssar

y fo

r the

dev

elop

er to

und

erst

and

whe

re th

e er

ror i

s com

ing

from

, whi

le a

lso

givi

ng th

e us

er th

e op

port

unity

to o

mit

prop

rieta

ry in

form

atio

n or

file

s. T

his e

rror

repo

rtin

g co

de w

ill b

e us

ed in

N

IST'

s Fin

ite E

lem

ent A

naly

sis o

f Mic

rost

ruct

ures

softw

are,

Obj

ect O

rient

ed F

inite

Ele

men

ts (O

OF)

. OO

F is

writ

ten

in

the

lang

uage

s Pyt

hon

and

C++

and

a se

cond

par

t of m

y pr

ojec

t inv

olve

d al

terin

g an

othe

r sof

twar

e pa

ckag

e ca

lled

Sim

plifi

ed W

rapp

er a

nd In

terf

ace

Gene

rato

r (SW

IG) t

hat O

OF

uses

to g

ener

ate

wra

pper

cod

e to

tran

slate

bet

wee

n O

OF'

s Pyt

hon

and

C++

code

. The

ver

sion

of S

WIG

use

d in

OO

F is

an o

lder

stab

le v

ersio

n th

at w

as p

rodu

cing

cod

e th

at w

as b

eing

dep

reca

ted

in m

oder

n co

mpi

lers

. The

se d

epre

catio

ns w

ere

prod

ucin

g w

arni

ngs t

hat c

ould

bec

ome

prob

lem

atic

in n

ewer

com

pile

rs. F

or p

art o

f my

proj

ect I

cle

aned

up

this

vers

ion

of S

WIG

to b

e di

strib

uted

with

OO

F.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: T

imot

hy K

im

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

on a

tten

ding

gra

d sc

hool

, but

I ha

ve n

ot y

et d

ecid

ed w

here

. I p

lan

on b

ecom

ing

a so

ftwar

e de

velo

per i

n th

e ea

rly st

ages

of m

y ca

reer

and

eve

ntua

lly m

ovin

g up

to a

m

anag

eria

l pos

ition

at a

soft

war

e de

velo

pmen

t com

pany

. N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Info

rmat

ion

Tech

nolo

gy L

abor

ator

y, S

oftw

are

& S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on, I

nfor

mat

ion

Syst

ems

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: W

alid

Key

rouz

Title

of T

alk:

La

rge

Imag

e Vi

sual

izatio

n

Abst

ract

: Pa

nora

mic

imag

ing

in c

onsu

mer

dig

ital c

amer

as a

ssem

bles

a fe

w p

artia

l im

ages

of a

scen

e in

to a

sing

le c

oher

ent

imag

e. T

his o

ccur

s bec

ause

the

cam

era’

s fie

ld o

f vie

w is

smal

ler t

han

the

scen

e be

ing

phot

ogra

phed

. Th

is ph

enom

enon

occ

urs o

n a

muc

h la

rger

scal

e in

Sci

ence

: bio

logi

sts g

ener

ate

very

larg

e im

ages

(100

000

pix

els p

er

side,

for a

file

size

of a

bout

20

GB) w

hen

imag

ing

plat

es w

ith h

igh-

end

optic

al m

icro

scop

y; a

stro

nom

ers p

rodu

ce

simila

rly la

rge

imag

es in

thei

r sky

surv

eys.

The

se la

rge

imag

es p

rese

nt tw

o ch

alle

nges

: no

disp

lay

syst

em

(incl

udin

g di

spla

y w

alls)

can

rend

er th

em a

t ful

l res

olut

ion;

mos

t wor

ksta

tions

can

not l

oad

them

into

mem

ory.

Th

ese

limita

tions

leav

e us

with

a ra

nge

of a

ltern

ativ

es fo

r vie

win

g th

e im

age.

At o

ne e

xtre

me,

the

user

can

vie

w a

do

wns

ampl

ed v

ersio

n of

the

imag

e in

ord

er to

fit t

he c

ompl

ete

imag

e on

the

disp

lay

syst

em. A

t the

oth

er e

nd, t

he

user

can

vie

w o

nly

a pa

rtia

l sec

tion

of th

e im

age

at it

s hig

hest

reso

lutio

n. I

pres

ent a

Java

app

licat

ion

prog

ram

min

g in

terf

ace

(API

) tha

t is c

apab

le o

f que

ryin

g re

gion

s of t

he im

age

at a

cer

tain

dow

nsam

ple

leve

l. Bo

th

the

win

dow

ed re

gion

and

the

dow

nsam

ple

leve

l are

spec

ified

by

the

user

. Thi

s API

allo

ws f

or p

rope

rly v

isual

izing

la

rge

imag

es b

y ge

nera

ting

the

requ

este

d re

gion

s of t

he im

age

(dow

nsam

pled

or n

ot) o

n de

man

d. T

his a

ppro

ach

optim

izes p

erfo

rman

ce a

nd sy

stem

resp

onsiv

enes

s by

load

ing

only

the

nece

ssar

y po

rtio

ns o

f the

imag

e in

to

mem

ory.

The

API

will

be

used

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith a

Gra

phic

al U

ser I

nter

face

so th

at a

s the

use

r zoo

ms o

r pan

s ac

ross

an

imag

e, th

e AP

I will

gen

erat

e an

d di

spla

y th

e co

rrec

tly d

owns

ampl

ed re

gion

in th

e vi

ew w

indo

w.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: G

edal

iah

Knizh

nik

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te fr

om U

MD,

Col

lege

Par

k. P

roba

bly

grad

uate

scho

ol a

nd a

car

eer i

n in

dust

ry.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

In

form

atio

n M

odel

ing

and

Test

ing

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Su

dars

an R

achu

ri

Title

of T

alk:

Se

man

tic in

terp

reta

tion

of B

ayes

ian

infe

renc

e in

a m

anuf

actu

ring

scen

ario

Abst

ract

: Ba

yesia

n ne

twor

ks a

re a

stat

istic

al to

ol th

at a

llow

s the

mod

elin

g of

det

erm

inist

ic a

nd p

roba

bilis

tic re

latio

nshi

ps

betw

een

varia

bles

in a

syst

em. S

uch

rela

tions

hips

are

pre

vale

nt in

mul

titud

es o

f ind

ustr

ial a

nd m

anuf

actu

ring

appl

icat

ions

. Bay

esia

n Ne

twor

ks p

rovi

de a

pow

erfu

l and

use

ful m

etho

d of

bot

h co

mpu

ting

the

likel

ihoo

d an

d an

alyz

ing

the

caus

es o

f fai

lure

s. U

nder

stan

ding

how

this

mod

ellin

g m

etho

dolo

gy c

an b

e us

ed in

man

ufac

turin

g is

impo

rtan

t to

redu

cing

cos

ts a

nd in

crea

sing

effic

ienc

y by

effe

ctiv

ely

man

agin

g an

d co

ntro

lling

failu

res.

O

ntol

ogie

s are

form

alize

d re

pres

enta

tions

of i

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t con

cept

s and

thei

r rel

atio

nshi

ps. T

hey

enco

de

info

rmat

ion

that

hum

ans u

nder

stan

d in

here

ntly

in a

lang

uage

that

com

pute

rs c

an u

nder

stan

d an

d us

e to

dra

w

infe

renc

es. O

ntol

ogie

s thu

s pro

vide

a w

ay to

link

real

wor

ld in

form

atio

n ab

out a

syst

em w

ith a

com

pute

r’s

anal

ytic

al to

ols.

In th

is pr

ojec

t I st

udie

d ex

istin

g lit

erat

ure

on b

oth

Baye

sian

netw

orks

and

ont

olog

ies i

n th

e re

alm

of

man

ufac

turin

g an

d in

vest

igat

ed th

e po

ssib

ility

and

util

ity o

f a c

onne

ctio

n be

twee

n th

e tw

o; I

used

a B

ayes

ian

netw

ork

to m

odel

a m

anuf

actu

ring

scen

ario

and

an

onto

logy

to re

pres

ent t

he se

man

tics o

f the

dom

ain.

The

aim

of

the

proj

ect i

s to

show

that

the

info

rmat

ion

in th

e Ba

yesia

n ne

twor

k ca

n be

map

ped

onto

the

onto

logy

, and

that

th

e st

atist

ical

infe

renc

es o

f the

Bay

esia

n ne

twor

k ca

n be

tran

slate

d in

to sp

ecifi

c se

man

tic a

sser

tions

and

giv

en

mea

ning

by

way

of t

he o

ntol

ogy.

Thi

s is v

alua

ble

beca

use

it ca

n br

idge

the

gap

betw

een

num

eric

al re

sults

and

th

eir r

elev

ance

to th

e ph

ysic

al sy

stem

by

givi

ng th

e co

nclu

sions

spec

ific

mea

ning

thro

ugh

sem

antic

lang

uage

. Fu

ture

goa

ls of

the

rese

arch

incl

ude

the

auto

mat

ion

of th

is pr

oces

s, pe

rhap

s by

mea

ns o

f the

Java

pro

gram

min

g la

ngua

ge.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

lexa

nder

Kor

dell

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

anni

ng o

n at

tend

ing

grad

uate

scho

ol a

t the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Th

erm

odyn

amic

s and

Kin

etic

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. C

arel

yn C

ampb

ell

Title

of T

alk:

M

ater

ials

Info

rmat

ics f

or th

e M

ater

ials

Geno

me

Initi

ativ

e

Abst

ract

: A

s ann

ounc

ed b

y th

e W

hite

Hou

se in

June

201

1, th

e go

al o

f the

Mat

eria

ls Ge

nom

e In

itiat

ive

is to

redu

ce th

e co

st

and

dura

tion

of th

e m

ater

ials

deve

lopm

ent a

nd d

eplo

ymen

t cyc

le b

y 50

per

cent

. Acc

eler

atio

n of

this

mag

nitu

de

requ

ires a

ccur

ate

and

effic

ient

mod

els f

or th

e ca

lcul

atio

n of

pha

se-b

ased

mat

eria

l pro

pert

ies,

incl

udin

g th

erm

odyn

amic

pro

pert

ies,

diffu

sion

mob

ilitie

s, e

last

ic c

onst

ants

, and

ther

mal

exp

ansio

n co

effic

ient

s. F

or a

giv

en

phas

e, th

ese

mod

els a

re e

xpre

ssed

as f

unct

ions

of t

empe

ratu

re, m

ater

ial c

ompo

sitio

n, a

nd p

ress

ure.

Cur

rent

ac

cess

to p

hase

-bas

ed p

rope

rty

data

is li

mite

d, a

s the

nee

ded

expe

rimen

tal a

nd c

ompu

tatio

nal d

ata

are

ofte

n sc

atte

red

acro

ss b

oth

real

and

virt

ual s

pace

. Thi

s pro

blem

mak

es it

diff

icul

t to

both

loca

te a

nd u

se d

ata

effic

ient

ly.

Impr

ovin

g th

e ac

cess

to o

f pha

se-b

ased

pro

pert

y da

ta re

quire

s a n

ew m

ater

ials

data

infr

astr

uctu

re th

at

inco

rpor

ates

flex

ible

, pla

tform

inde

pend

ent X

ML-

base

d da

ta fo

rmat

s. U

sing

XML-

base

d da

ta sc

hem

as w

ill

faci

litat

e ac

cess

to d

ata

repo

sitor

ies u

sing

exist

ing

and

read

ily a

vaila

ble

tool

s, an

d w

ill a

llow

for e

asy

data

m

odifi

catio

n fo

r fut

ure

appl

icat

ions

. Thi

s wor

k w

ill d

emon

stra

te th

e de

velo

pmen

t of X

ML-

base

d da

ta sc

hem

as fo

r th

erm

al e

xpan

sion

and

elas

ticity

pro

pert

y da

ta b

ased

on

past

exp

erim

ents

. Th

e th

erm

al e

xpan

sion

and

elas

ticity

da

ta w

ill b

e ac

cess

ible

in th

e N

IST

Mat

eria

ls Da

ta C

urat

or, t

he N

IST

Dspa

ce re

posit

ory,

and

the

Gran

ta M

I in

terf

ace

with

in th

e AS

M S

truc

tura

l Dat

a De

mon

stra

tion

Proj

ect


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

esse

Kos

ior

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

140

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: R

owan

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

anni

ng to

con

tinue

ont

o gr

adua

te sc

hool

pur

suin

g ei

ther

rese

arch

or e

duca

tion.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

enso

r Sci

ence

Div

ision

, Th

erm

odyn

amic

Met

rolo

gy G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: M

icha

l Cho

jnac

ky

Title

of T

alk:

In

vest

igat

ing

Met

hods

for S

afe

Vacc

ine

Tran

spor

tatio

n

Abst

ract

: Th

e Ce

nter

s for

Dise

ase

Cont

rol a

nd P

reve

ntio

n (C

DC) d

istrib

utes

$3.

6 bi

llion

wor

th o

f vac

cine

to lo

w-in

com

e an

d un

der-

insu

red

child

ren

thro

ugh

its V

acci

nes f

or C

hild

ren

(VFC

) pro

gram

eac

h ye

ar.

Vacc

ines

requ

ire st

rict

tem

pera

ture

con

trol

thro

ugho

ut st

orag

e an

d tr

ansp

ort t

o en

sure

they

rem

ain

effe

ctiv

e. Im

prop

erly

-sto

red

vacc

ines

lose

pot

ency

, res

ultin

g in

was

te, a

ccid

enta

l adm

inist

ratio

n of

inef

fect

ive

vacc

ines

, and

the

risk

of v

acci

ne-

prev

enta

ble

outb

reak

s. V

FC p

rovi

ders

may

be

requ

ired

to tr

ansp

ort v

acci

nes i

n a

varie

ty o

f circ

umst

ance

s,

incl

udin

g du

ring

emer

genc

ies l

ike

pow

er o

utag

es, t

o di

stri b

ute

vacc

ines

bet

wee

n sa

telli

te o

ffice

s, an

d to

del

iver

va

ccin

es to

fiel

d im

mun

izatio

n cl

inic

s. C

urre

ntly

, the

safe

ty a

nd e

ffect

iven

ess o

f com

mon

ly u

sed

vacc

ine

tran

spor

t m

ater

ials

is no

t kno

wn,

and

ther

e is

no p

ract

ical

met

hod

for d

eter

min

ing

vacc

ine

pote

ncy

upon

arr

ival

. For

this

reas

on, N

IST

has i

nves

tigat

ed m

etho

ds fo

r saf

e tr

ansp

ort a

nd te

mpe

ratu

re m

onito

ring

of v

acci

nes.

Rea

l–lif

e va

ccin

e tr

ansp

ort s

cena

rios w

ere

simul

ated

in te

sts u

sing

diffe

rent

con

tain

ers,

cold

pac

ks, r

efrig

eran

t con

ditio

ning

m

etho

ds, a

nd v

aria

ble

ambi

ent c

ondi

tions

to o

bser

ve th

e ef

fect

s on

cont

aine

d va

ccin

e te

mpe

ratu

re. T

-Typ

e th

erm

ocou

ples

wer

e im

mer

sed

in v

acci

nes a

nd p

lace

d th

roug

hout

the

tran

spor

t con

tain

ers t

o m

onito

r te

mpe

ratu

res t

hrou

ghou

t tes

ting.

Tem

pera

ture

dat

a lo

ggin

g de

vice

s rec

omm

ende

d fo

r use

insid

e va

ccin

e st

orag

e re

frig

erat

ors w

ere

eval

uate

d fo

r the

ir ab

ility

to tr

ack

vacc

ine

tem

pera

ture

s dur

ing

tran

spor

t. Th

e re

sults

of t

his

stud

y w

ill b

e us

ed to

dev

elop

impr

oved

, res

earc

h-ba

sed

tran

spor

t gui

delin

es fo

r VFC

pro

vide

rs, e

nsur

ing

that

va

ccin

es re

mai

n sa

fe a

nd e

ffect

ive

whe

n de

liver

ed to

the

child

ren

who

nee

d th

em.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Car

olyn

Kra

snia

k G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Roc

hest

er In

stitu

te o

f Tec

hnol

ogy

Maj

or:

Biom

edic

al E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

ndec

ided

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Po

lym

ers a

nd C

ompl

ex F

luid

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Geyo

u Ao

, Min

g Zh

eng

Title

of T

alk:

DN

A-Co

ntro

lled

Purif

icat

ion

of C

arbo

n N

anot

ubes

Abst

ract

: So

rtin

g sin

gle-

wal

l car

bon

nano

tube

s (SW

CNTs

) of d

iffer

ent c

hira

litie

s fro

m a

synt

hetic

mix

ture

pro

vide

s a

foun

datio

n fo

r man

y fu

ndam

enta

l stu

dies

and

tech

nolo

gica

l app

licat

ions

of S

WCN

Ts.

Seve

ral c

usto

mize

d sh

ort

DNA

sequ

ence

s wer

e id

entif

ied

to sh

ow re

cogn

ition

abi

litie

s for

spec

ific

SWCN

T (n

,m)s

peci

es.

This

proj

ect

focu

sed

on th

e pu

rific

atio

n of

SW

CNTs

by

DNA-

cont

rolle

d pa

rtiti

on o

f nan

otub

es in

pol

ymer

aqu

eous

two-

phas

e (A

TP) s

yste

ms.

DN

A se

quen

ces w

ere

expl

ored

and

des

igne

d by

the

mut

atio

n of

a p

artic

ular

sequ

ence

whi

ch

show

ed th

e en

richm

ent o

f spe

cific

SW

CNT

(n,m

) spe

cies

. N

ewly

des

igne

d se

quen

ces w

ere

utili

zed

to d

isper

se

SWCN

Ts in

wat

er b

y so

nica

tion.

The

resu

lting

DN

A-SW

CNT

disp

ersio

ns w

ere

furt

her s

ubje

cted

to p

urifi

catio

n by

AT

P se

para

tion

met

hod

in o

rder

to sc

reen

des

igne

d DN

A se

quen

ces w

ith re

cogn

ition

abi

litie

s for

a sp

ecifi

c (n

,m)s

peci

es.

In th

is te

n w

eek

perio

d, se

vera

l sin

gle-

chira

lity

nano

tube

spec

ies w

ere

isola

ted

usin

g th

is un

ique

ap

proa

ch in

clud

ing

the

rare

ly se

en zi

gzag

sem

icon

duct

ing

(11,

0) sp

ecie

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: G

rego

ry K

rum

mel

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, C

olle

ge P

ark

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Virg

inia

Tec

h, 1

st Y

ear G

radu

ate

Stud

ent

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ph

.D. a

t Virg

inia

Tec

h, w

ith re

sear

ch in

Bio

-Insp

ired

Aqua

tic R

obot

ics u

nder

Dr

. Sha

shan

k Pr

iya

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Int

ellig

ent S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on,

Man

ipul

atio

n an

d M

obili

ty S

yste

ms G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Jer

emy

Mar

vel

Title

of T

alk:

M

achi

ne L

earn

ing

for A

dapt

ive

Robo

t Coo

rdin

atio

n

Abst

ract

: In

indu

stria

l app

licat

ions

with

mul

tiple

robo

t col

labo

ratio

n, c

oord

inat

ion

of th

e in

divi

dual

robo

ts’ m

otio

ns is

cr

itica

l for

pro

duct

ivity

and

safe

ty. W

hen

robo

ts fr

om m

ultip

le m

anuf

actu

rers

and

mod

el li

nes a

re im

plem

ente

d to

geth

er, t

he c

ontr

ol d

ynam

ics f

or e

ach

syst

em v

arie

s due

to d

iffer

ent h

ardw

are

and

softw

are

conf

igur

atio

ns.

Thes

e di

ffere

nces

var

y ev

en m

ore

due

to e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd o

pera

tiona

l cha

nges

such

as t

empe

ratu

re, l

oad,

w

ear,

and

upda

tes t

o so

ftwar

e an

d ha

rdw

are.

Coo

rdin

atio

n m

etho

ds d

evel

oped

at N

IST

have

bee

n ab

le to

mod

el

mul

tiple

robo

ts’ t

rans

ient

beh

avio

r, bu

t the

mod

els w

ere

estim

ated

by

the

oper

ator

and

wer

e no

t ada

ptab

le to

ch

angi

ng c

ondi

tions

. In

addi

tion,

the

tran

sient

beh

avio

r of e

ach

robo

t is n

on-li

near

, whi

ch c

ompl

icat

es tr

aditi

onal

m

etho

ds fo

r mod

el e

stim

atio

n.

This

talk

will

sum

mar

ize th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

dapt

ive

robo

t coo

rdin

atio

n us

ing

mac

hine

lear

ning

. The

ada

ptiv

e co

ordi

natio

n au

tom

atic

ally

lear

ns th

e m

odel

s for

the

tran

sient

per

form

ance

of e

ach

devi

ce. T

hese

mod

els a

re

appl

icab

le fo

r a v

arie

ty o

f coo

rdin

atio

n m

etho

ds, i

nclu

ding

spee

d se

lect

ion

and

dela

y es

timat

ion

for e

ach

devi

ce.

Auto

mat

ical

ly le

arni

ng th

e be

havi

or o

f eac

h ro

botic

dev

ice

impr

oves

the

time

need

ed to

ada

pt to

a n

ew d

evic

e in

trod

uced

to th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

syst

em, a

s wel

l as a

dapt

to e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd o

pera

tiona

l cha

nges

. The

se

auto

mat

ed m

etho

ds w

ere

impl

emen

ted

on a

Can

onic

al R

obot

Com

man

d La

ngua

ge (C

RCL)

, whi

ch is

gen

eral

izabl

e to

con

trol

mul

tiple

het

erog

eneo

us d

evic

es. A

KU

KA L

WR

4+ a

nd a

Rob

otiq

3-F

inge

r Ada

ptiv

e Ro

bot G

rippe

r wer

e ut

ilize

d fo

r tra

inin

g, te

stin

g, a

nd v

erifi

catio

n of

the

mac

hine

lear

ning

alg

orith

ms.

The

se m

etho

ds a

nd m

etric

s can

be

util

ized

in in

dust

rial a

pplic

atio

ns w

ith m

inim

al in

put f

rom

the

oper

ator

and

min

imal

adj

ustm

ent t

ime.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: R

ache

l Kup

rena

s G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H18

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Sou

th C

arol

ina

Maj

or:

Civi

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

on g

ettin

g m

y m

aste

rs in

stru

ctur

al e

ngin

eerin

g im

med

iate

ly fo

llow

ing

grad

uatio

n in

th

e sp

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Mat

eria

ls an

d St

ruct

ural

Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, Str

uctu

res G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. E

mil

Sim

iu a

nd D

r. Do

ngHu

n Ye

o

Title

of T

alk:

An

Ana

lysis

of t

he E

ffect

s of S

imul

atio

n Pa

ram

eter

s on

CFD

Aero

dyna

mic

Blu

ff Bo

dy

Sim

ulat

ions

usin

g Ex

perim

enta

l Des

ign

Tech

niqu

e Ab

stra

ct:

In th

e fie

ld o

f str

uctu

ral e

ngin

eerin

g, th

e on

ly a

ccep

tabl

e w

ay o

f obt

aini

ng w

ind

pres

sure

dat

a fo

r str

uctu

ral

desig

n ha

s bee

n th

roug

h w

ind

tunn

el te

stin

g. T

his i

s pro

blem

atic

in th

at fu

ll sc

ale

mod

els c

an ra

rely

be

test

ed,

runn

ing

a sim

ulat

ion

is ex

pens

ive,

and

the

resu

lts te

nd to

var

y as

muc

h as

50%

bet

wee

n te

sts a

mon

g se

vera

l la

bora

torie

s. R

ecen

tly, c

ompu

tatio

nal f

luid

dyn

amic

s (CF

D) si

mul

atio

ns h

ave

been

con

sider

ed a

s an

alte

rnat

ive.

Ho

wev

er, C

FD si

mul

atio

ns w

ithou

t a p

rope

r ver

ifica

tion

proc

edur

e ca

n re

sult

in v

ery

poor

win

d ef

fect

dat

a.

Ther

efor

e, it

is n

eces

sary

to d

evel

op a

syst

emat

ic a

ppro

ach

for r

educ

tion

of n

umer

ical

err

ors a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

simul

atio

n pa

ram

eter

s whi

le m

aint

aini

ng m

anag

eabl

e co

mpu

tatio

nal r

esou

rce

requ

irem

ent.

To a

ddre

ss th

is iss

ue, t

his s

tudy

dev

elop

s an

appr

oach

for e

stim

atin

g th

e se

nsiti

vity

of C

FD a

erod

ynam

ic b

luff

body

sim

ulat

ions

to th

e va

lues

of t

he si

mul

atio

n pa

ram

eter

s. T

he a

ppro

ach

is ba

sed

on a

n ex

perim

enta

l des

ign

tech

niqu

e by

whi

ch th

e m

axim

um a

mou

nt o

f inf

orm

atio

n on

the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

inpu

t fac

tors

and

out

put

resp

onse

s can

be

obta

ined

from

a sp

ecifi

ed, m

anag

eabl

e nu

mbe

r of s

imul

atio

ns. A

CFD

pro

gram

cal

led

Ope

nFO

AM is

em

ploy

ed to

sim

ulat

e flo

w a

roun

d a

squa

re c

ylin

der i

n tw

o di

men

sions

to re

duce

the

tota

l run

tim

e of

the

simul

atio

ns in

this

stud

y; h

owev

er, a

dditi

onal

3-D

sim

ulat

ions

are

requ

ired

for a

djus

ting

para

met

ers

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e sp

an w

ise d

irect

ion

and

com

parin

g w

ith e

xper

imen

tal t

est d

ata

the

num

eric

al re

sults

of

char

acte

ristic

s of v

eloc

ity a

roun

d th

e cy

linde

r and

pre

ssur

e on

the

cylin

der s

urfa

ce. T

he u

se o

f thi

s stu

dy c

an

resu

lts in

larg

e re

duct

ion

of c

ompu

tatio

nal r

esou

rces

requ

ired

for a

sim

ulat

ion

with

min

imal

loss

of a

ccur

acy

in

the

simul

atio

n re

sults

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: D

anie

l Kut

zik

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

152

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: A

lfred

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l or a

car

eer i

n re

sear

ch

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Po

lym

ers a

nd C

ompl

ex F

luid

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. F

rede

rick

R. P

hela

n Jr

.

Title

of T

alk:

A

Mol

ecul

ar D

ynam

ics (

MD)

Stu

dy o

f Sur

fact

ant S

elf-A

ssem

bly

on S

ingl

ed-W

alle

d Ca

rbon

N

anot

ubes

(SW

CNTs

) Ab

stra

ct:

Sing

le-w

alle

d ca

rbon

nan

otub

es (S

WCN

Ts) a

re ri

gid,

hol

low

mol

ecul

ar c

arbo

n cy

linde

rs n

oted

for t

heir

stru

ctur

al

prop

ertie

s, a

s wel

l as t

heir

vary

ing

elec

tron

ic a

nd c

hem

ical

pro

pert

ies t

hat m

ake

them

app

ealin

g fo

r a m

yria

d of

ad

vanc

ed te

chno

logi

cal a

pplic

atio

ns. A

pra

ctic

al b

arrie

r tha

t sta

nds i

n th

e w

ay o

f gre

ater

tech

nolo

gica

l ada

ptat

ion

of th

ese

mat

eria

ls is

that

SW

CNT

synt

hesis

inva

riabl

y re

sults

in m

ixtu

res t

hat a

re h

ighl

y he

tero

gene

ous w

ith

resp

ect t

o siz

e an

d ch

iralit

y, th

e la

tter

of w

hich

def

ines

it a

s a d

istin

ct c

hem

ical

spec

ies a

nd g

ives

it u

niqu

e ch

emic

al p

rope

rtie

s. O

ngoi

ng re

sear

ch fo

cuss

es o

n th

e pr

oces

s of s

urfa

ctan

t-med

iate

d di

sper

sion.

In so

lutio

n,

surf

acta

nts s

elf-a

ssem

ble

arou

nd th

e hy

drop

hobi

c na

notu

be c

ore

prod

ucin

g a

mix

ture

in w

hich

tube

s are

in

divi

dual

ly d

isper

sed

and

cont

aine

d in

a su

rfac

tant

shel

l. De

term

inin

g th

e st

ruct

ure

and

prop

ertie

s of t

he

SWCN

T-su

rfac

tant

com

plex

es a

t the

mol

ecul

ar le

vel,

and

how

this

is af

fect

ed b

y ch

iralit

y, is

the

key

to

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

eir t

rans

port

pro

pert

ies a

nd so

lubi

lity

char

acte

ristic

s. In

this

proj

ect,

we

used

mol

ecul

ar d

ynam

ics (

MD)

sim

ulat

ions

to st

udy

the

self-

asse

mbl

y be

havi

or o

f a v

arie

ty o

f su

rfac

tant

s and

co-

surf

acta

nts o

n SW

CNTs

. We

test

ed m

etho

ds fo

r bui

ldin

g an

acc

urat

e m

odel

to si

mul

ate

SWCN

T-su

rfac

tant

syst

ems f

or se

vera

l bile

salt

surf

acta

nts a

nd a

nion

ic c

o-su

rfac

tant

s, c

ompo

nent

s wid

ely

used

an

d im

port

ant i

n ex

perim

enta

l sep

arat

ion

stud

ies a

t NIS

T. A

n im

port

ant f

acto

r in

this

stud

y w

as c

hoos

ing

an

inte

rato

mic

pot

entia

l, or

forc

e fie

ld.

Two

Clas

s II f

orce

fiel

ds, T

EAM

FF a

nd S

ciPC

FF, w

ere

eval

uate

d fo

r the

ir re

liabl

e pa

ram

eter

izatio

n of

mol

ecul

ar fo

rces

in o

ur si

mul

atio

n. W

e w

ill p

rese

nt re

sults

for t

he si

mul

ated

self-

asse

mbl

ed b

ehav

ior o

f the

(6,5

) SW

CNT

with

the

bile

salt

surf

acta

nt so

dium

deo

xych

olat

e (D

OC)

, the

ani

onic

su

rfac

tant

sodi

um d

odec

yl su

lfate

(SDS

), as

wel

l as a

DO

C/SD

S co

-sur

fact

ant m

ixtu

res.

The

dev

elop

men

t of

relia

ble

prot

ocol

s for

sim

ulat

ing

SWCN

T/su

rfac

tant

self-

asse

mbl

y pr

oces

ses p

aves

the

way

for f

utur

e w

ork

stud

ying

the

tran

spor

t pro

pert

ies a

nd so

lubi

lity

beha

vior

of t

hese

indi

vidu

al sy

stem

s.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

oshu

a La

nd

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l at t

he M

assa

chus

etts

Inst

itute

of T

echn

olog

y

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Int

ellig

ent S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on, P

rodu

ctio

n Sy

stem

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. S

haw

n M

oyla

n

Title

of T

alk:

M

aker

Bot R

ound

Rob

in S

tudy

: Man

ufac

turin

g Pl

an P

reci

sion

Abst

ract

: Ad

ditiv

e m

anuf

actu

ring

(AM

) is o

ne o

f the

few

tech

nolo

gies

that

will

tran

sfor

m e

very

sect

or in

mod

ern

indu

stry

. Its

app

licat

ion

is vi

rtua

lly li

mitl

ess p

rovi

ded

that

mac

hine

s and

pro

cess

par

amet

ers a

re p

rope

rly q

ualif

ied.

Yet

, pr

oces

s qua

lific

atio

n ha

s not

bee

n co

nduc

ted

on a

larg

e sc

ale.

Inst

ead,

qua

lific

atio

n ha

s bee

n an

exc

lusiv

ely

priv

ate

ende

avor

with

stud

ies,

test

s, an

d re

spec

tive

resu

lts re

mai

ning

pro

prie

tary

. NIS

T in

tend

s to

chan

ge th

is us

ing

Roun

d Ro

bin

stud

ies a

s mea

ns to

ass

ess v

ario

us A

M p

roto

cols,

spec

ifica

lly in

the

real

m o

f met

al-b

ased

AM

. St

anda

rdize

d pr

otoc

ols f

or R

ound

Rob

in st

udie

s will

faci

litat

e th

e qu

alifi

catio

n of

add

itive

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

ses a

nd m

ater

ials.

Sim

pler

fuse

d de

posit

ion

mod

elin

g (F

DM) m

achi

nes c

an b

e us

ed to

eva

luat

e va

rious

st

udy

prot

ocol

s bef

ore

impl

emen

tatio

n w

ith m

ore

adva

nced

, dire

ct m

etal

lase

r sin

terin

g (D

MLS

) mac

hine

s. T

his

pilo

t stu

dy fo

cuse

s on

the

man

ufac

turin

g pl

an u

sed

to b

uild

test

par

ts o

n se

vera

l NIS

T-ow

ned

FDM

mac

hine

s, a

nd

mea

sure

men

ts o

f dim

ensio

nal a

ccur

acy.

Res

ults

giv

e an

idea

of h

ow e

ffect

ive

the

man

ufac

turin

g pl

an is

at

cont

rolli

ng v

aria

bles

ass

ocia

ted

with

dim

ensio

nal a

ccur

acy.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

hrist

ophe

r Law

ler

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I h

ave

not y

et d

ecid

ed w

heth

er o

r not

to g

o to

gra

duat

e sc

hool

, or w

heth

er o

r not

to tu

rn

my

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

min

or in

to a

seco

nd m

ajor

. In

the

mea

ntim

e, I

simpl

y st

rive

to le

arn

as m

uch

as I

can.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Engi

neer

ing

Labo

rato

ry; I

ntel

ligen

t Sys

tem

s Div

ision

; Co

gniti

on a

nd C

olla

bora

tive

Syst

ems G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Cr

aig

Schl

enof

f

Title

of T

alk:

M

akin

g th

e ro

bot t

hink

twic

e: Im

prov

emen

ts to

an

onto

logy

-bas

ed a

gilit

y fr

amew

ork

for

man

ufac

turin

g ro

botic

s Ab

stra

ct:

One

are

a w

here

it is

cle

ar th

at th

e in

crea

sing

inte

llige

nce

of ro

bots

can

pro

duce

imm

edia

te g

ains

is a

gile

m

anuf

actu

ring,

whi

ch a

ims t

o in

crea

se e

quip

men

t fle

xibi

lity,

redu

ce c

hang

eove

r cos

ts, a

nd m

ake

smal

ler-

scal

e pr

oduc

tion

mor

e ec

onom

ical

. Com

pani

es w

ant t

o in

stal

l rob

ots w

ith c

ogni

tive

and

colla

bora

tive

capa

bilit

ies,

but

smal

ler m

anuf

actu

rers

may

not

hav

e th

e re

sour

ces t

o de

velo

p th

em in

depe

nden

tly. T

o su

ppor

t agi

le

man

ufac

turin

g, th

e In

telli

gent

Sys

tem

s Div

ision

of t

he N

atio

nal I

nstit

ute

of S

tand

ards

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

has a

gro

up

build

ing

an o

pen

onto

logy

-bas

ed fr

amew

ork,

cal

led

Agili

ty P

erfo

rman

ce o

f Rob

otic

s Sys

tem

s (AP

RS).

In th

is pr

ojec

t, m

ultip

le im

prov

emen

ts to

the

evol

ving

APR

S fr

amew

ork

wer

e re

alize

d, m

akin

g th

e sy

stem

: re

spon

sive

to re

al-t

ime

chan

ges i

n its

env

ironm

ent,

stan

dard

ized

in th

e w

ay in

repr

esen

ts ro

bot c

omm

ands

, les

s co

mpu

tatio

nally

exp

ensiv

e, a

nd a

ble

to a

ccou

nt fo

r unc

erta

intie

s.

Enab

ling

resp

onsiv

enes

s was

ach

ieve

d by

writ

ing

a pr

ogra

m th

at e

xam

ines

a S

truc

ture

d Q

uery

Lan

guag

e (S

QL)

da

taba

se re

pres

entin

g th

e cu

rren

t sta

te o

f the

wor

ld a

nd o

utpu

ts a

Pla

nnin

g Do

mai

n De

finiti

on L

angu

age

inpu

t fil

e fo

r the

pla

nner

that

dec

ides

wha

t the

con

trol

led

robo

t sho

uld

do n

ext.

New

synt

ax w

as d

evel

oped

and

do

cum

ente

d fo

r com

pact

ly re

pres

entin

g th

e lo

catio

n of

scat

tere

d in

form

atio

n in

dat

abas

es, s

o th

at th

e ad

ditio

n of

new

det

ails

to th

e w

orld

repr

esen

tatio

n w

ill n

ot n

eces

sitat

e ha

rd-c

odin

g m

appi

ngs.

To

ens

ure

com

patib

ility

bet

wee

n al

l pro

ject

s und

er th

e fr

amew

ork,

the

cust

om sy

ntax

that

pre

viou

sly w

as u

sed

for c

anon

ical

robo

t com

man

ds w

as re

plac

ed b

y an

Ext

ensib

le M

arku

p La

ngua

ge (X

ML)

sche

ma.

One

par

ser t

hat

inte

rpre

ts su

ch sc

hem

a w

as a

lso m

odifi

ed to

leak

less

mem

ory

and

be m

ore

obje

ct-o

rient

ed.

The

repr

esen

tatio

n of

unc

erta

inty

thro

ugho

ut th

e fr

amew

ork

was

pla

nned

out

and

its i

mpl

emen

tatio

n is

ongo

ing.

If

sens

or d

ata

is un

clea

r bey

ond

a le

arne

d th

resh

old,

the

robo

t will

re-e

valu

ate

the

situa

tion

inst

ead

of e

xecu

ting

a po

tent

ially

inco

rrec

t act

ion.

To

our k

now

ledg

e, th

is is

the

first

ont

olog

y-ba

sed

robo

tics f

ram

ewor

k to

inco

rpor

ate

non-

bina

ry tr

uth

valu

es.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: H

oan

Henr

y Le

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

9 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mar

quet

te U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

ad S

choo

l to

eith

er g

et a

PhD

in P

hysic

s or a

Mas

ters

in E

ngin

eerin

g

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. K

athr

yn K

ryck

a

Title

of T

alk:

Th

e Ro

le o

f Size

and

Cry

stal

linity

on

Mag

netic

Nan

opar

ticle

Res

pons

e

Abst

ract

: M

agne

tic n

anop

artic

les h

ave

a va

riety

of u

ses i

nclu

ding

MRI

con

tras

t, hy

poth

erm

ia c

ance

r tre

atm

ents

, and

bi

omed

ical

tagg

ing.

How

ever

, the

det

ails

of th

eir m

agne

tic re

spon

se c

an g

reat

ly a

ffect

effi

cacy

. Firs

t, w

e lo

oked

at

the

diffe

renc

e be

twee

n 10

nm

and

30

nm n

anop

artic

les o

f Fe 3

O4 c

oate

d in

a sh

ell o

f ole

ic a

cid

to p

rote

ct th

em

from

oxi

datio

n. C

ompa

red

to th

e 30

nm

, the

10

nm n

anop

artic

le-to

-nan

opar

ticle

dist

ance

is c

lose

r, as

exp

ecte

d.

To fi

t the

Sm

all A

ngle

Neu

tron

Sca

tter

ing

(SAN

S) d

ata,

I us

ed a

har

d sp

here

pac

king

mod

el, o

btai

ning

stru

ctur

al

diam

eter

s of t

he tw

o sa

mpl

es to

be

10 n

m +

/- 1

.4 a

nd 3

0 nm

+/-

0.4

. Sur

prisi

ngly

, as d

eter

min

ed b

y hi

gh a

ngle

x-

ray

diffr

actio

n, th

e 10

nm

nan

opar

ticle

s hav

e cr

ysta

llite

dom

ains

of 6

.84

nm, j

ust s

light

ly sm

alle

r tha

n th

eir

stru

ctur

al si

ze, w

hile

the

30 n

m n

anop

artic

les h

ave

dom

ains

of 7

.55

nm, w

hich

is si

gnifi

cant

ly sm

alle

r tha

n th

eir

stru

ctur

al si

ze. I

nter

estin

gly,

the

near

ly si

ngle

cry

stal

10

nm n

anop

artic

les w

ere

78%

as m

agne

tic a

s bul

k Fe

3O4 a

t 1.

2 T,

whi

le th

e 30

nm

nan

opar

ticle

s com

prise

d of

mul

tiple

cry

stal

line

dom

ains

wer

e on

ly 5

8% a

s mag

netic

as

bulk

. Se

cond

, we

set u

p tw

o co

nditi

ons t

o te

st th

e ef

fect

of s

patia

l con

finem

ent:

the

orig

inal

nan

opar

ticle

s tha

t wer

e or

ient

ed ra

ndom

ly b

ut h

eld

in p

lace

with

ole

ic a

cid,

and

we

crea

ted

part

icle

s tha

t wer

e ea

sier t

o ro

tate

with

the

addi

tion

of a

lubr

icat

ing

poly

ethy

lene

gly

col (

PEG)

solu

tion.

The

net

mag

netiz

atio

n of

the

nano

part

icle

s with

PEG

w

as sl

ight

ly h

ighe

r com

pare

d to

the

plai

n pa

rtic

les w

ithin

err

or fo

r bot

h th

e 10

nm

and

30

nm sa

mpl

es.

Addi

tiona

lly w

e w

ere

able

to e

xtra

ct a

n av

erag

e ca

ntin

g an

gle

betw

een

the

mag

netiz

atio

n of

the

nano

part

icle

s an

d th

e ap

plie

d fie

ld fo

r a se

ries o

f fie

lds,

to w

hich

we

appl

y a

Zeem

an v

ersu

s mag

neto

crys

talli

ne m

odel

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: E

ric L

eam

an

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

157

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: J

ames

Mad

ison

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Firs

t yea

r gra

duat

e st

uden

t Fu

ture

Pla

ns (S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Vi

rgin

ia T

ech,

M.S

. in

Mec

hani

cal E

ngin

eerin

g N

IST

Labo

rato

ry, D

ivis

ion,

and

G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Fund

amen

tal E

lect

rical

Mea

sure

men

t Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch A

dvis

or:

Davi

d Ne

wel

l Ti

tle o

f Tal

k:

Grav

imet

ry fo

r the

NIS

T-4

Wat

t Bal

ance

Abst

ract

: Th

e ki

logr

am is

the

only

SI u

nit t

o st

ill b

e de

fined

by

a ph

ysic

al a

rtifa

ct, t

he In

tern

atio

nal P

roto

type

Kilo

gram

(IPK

). Cu

rren

tly, t

here

is a

n in

tern

atio

nal e

ffort

to re

defin

e th

e ki

logr

am in

term

s of t

he P

lanc

k Co

nsta

nt, h

. One

met

hod

of li

nkin

g m

ass t

o h

is th

roug

h m

easu

rem

ents

mad

e w

ith a

wat

t bal

ance

, an

inst

rum

ent t

hat c

ompa

res m

echa

nica

l po

wer

to e

lect

rical

pow

er b

y m

ovin

g a

coil

insid

e a

mag

netic

fiel

d. C

urre

ntly

und

er c

onst

ruct

ion

is N

IST’

s fo

urth

ge

nera

tion

wat

t bal

ance

, NIS

T-4,

whi

ch w

ill b

e op

timize

d to

rea

lize

mas

s on

ce th

e va

lue

of h

has

bee

n fix

ed. A

n in

here

nt a

nd d

irect

sour

ce o

f unc

erta

inty

in w

att b

alan

ce m

easu

rem

ents

is th

e lo

cal a

ccel

erat

ion

due

to g

ravi

ty, g

. Du

ring

wat

t bal

ance

ope

ratio

n, th

e va

lue

of g

at t

he p

ositi

on o

f the

test

mas

s mus

t be

pred

icte

d ba

sed

on a

mod

el

and

mea

sure

men

ts o

f gr

avity

flu

ctua

tions

thr

ough

out

the

labo

rato

ry.

This

valu

e is

then

tie

d to

an

abso

lute

re

fere

nce

poin

t. Du

ring

the

sum

mer

of 2

014,

a t

hree

-dim

ensio

nal m

odel

was

cre

ated

for

the

entir

e la

bora

tory

w

hich

allo

ws

for t

he v

ertic

al g

radi

ent o

f gra

vity

at a

ll ve

rtic

al p

ositi

ons

of th

e m

ass

to b

e de

term

ined

. The

mod

el

was

con

firm

ed b

y co

mpa

rison

to

horiz

onta

l m

appi

ngs

mad

e us

ing

a po

rtab

le r

elat

ive

grav

imet

er.

Furt

her

mea

sure

men

ts w

ere

mad

e to

cre

ate

a tie

bet

wee

n th

e po

sitio

n of

a p

erm

anen

tly-in

stal

led

rela

tive

grav

imet

er a

nd

the

horiz

onta

l-pla

ne p

ositi

on o

f the

mas

s. B

y co

mbi

ning

mod

el p

redi

ctio

ns a

nd m

easu

rem

ents

, the

abs

olut

e va

lue

of g

at a

ll po

ssib

le m

ass

posit

ions

can

be

dete

rmin

ed a

ccur

atel

y an

d w

ith th

e lo

w u

ncer

tain

ty d

eman

ded

by s

uch

expe

rimen

ts o

f onl

y a

few

par

ts in

109

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

ames

Led

wel

l G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, C

olle

ge P

ark

Maj

or:

Elec

tric

al E

ngin

eerin

g an

d M

athe

mat

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): En

ter i

ndus

try

as a

n El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

r

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Sys

tem

s Eng

inee

ring

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Allis

on B

arna

rd F

eene

y an

d Sy

lver

e Kr

ima

Title

of T

alk:

Au

gmen

ted

Real

ity fo

r Sm

art M

anuf

actu

ring:

A G

oogl

e Gl

ass E

xplo

rato

ry P

roje

ct

Abst

ract

: Au

gmen

ted

real

ity c

onsis

ts o

f virt

ually

enh

anci

ng re

al w

orld

phy

sical

ele

men

ts w

ith c

ompu

ter-

gene

rate

d el

emen

ts, i

nclu

ding

a w

ide

rang

e of

info

rmat

ion:

from

text

s and

pic

ture

s to

soun

ds, v

ideo

s, 3D

mod

els,

GPS

in

form

atio

n an

d m

ore.

The

rapi

d sp

read

of m

obile

dev

ices

, inc

ludi

ng th

e ne

wly

dev

elop

ed w

eara

ble

sect

or is

sig

nific

antly

con

trib

utin

g to

this

field

.

To b

ring

augm

ente

d re

ality

to th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

wor

ld is

a c

halle

nge

due

to th

e co

mpl

ex p

hysic

al e

nviro

nmen

t of

oper

atio

n, th

e lim

ited

ergo

nom

ics o

f han

dhel

d de

vice

s, th

e la

ck o

f sta

ndar

diza

tion

in a

rchi

tect

ure

for t

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f mob

ile a

pps,

the

wea

k st

ate

of th

e ar

t in

the

area

of a

ugm

ente

d re

ality

for m

anuf

actu

ring,

and

th

e he

tero

gene

ity o

f pos

sible

use

cas

es.

Our

obj

ectiv

e is

to st

udy

the

feas

ibili

ty a

nd e

xplo

re th

e be

nefit

s of u

sing

Goog

le G

lass

as a

hea

d-m

ount

ed d

evic

e to

aug

men

t the

man

ufac

turin

g re

ality

by

inte

grat

ing

digi

tal v

irtua

l ele

men

ts in

to th

e ph

ysic

al w

orld

. Th

e pr

ojec

t’s

goal

is to

est

ablis

h re

fere

nce

arch

itect

ure

to su

ppor

t the

dev

elop

men

t of m

anuf

actu

ring

apps

for h

ead-

mou

nted

de

vice

s.

Our

spec

ific

use

case

invo

lves

coa

litio

n ba

sed

mili

tary

act

ivity

. In

coa

litio

n fo

rces

it is

oft

en fa

r mor

e ef

ficie

nt to

sh

are

reso

urce

s due

to g

eogr

aphi

cal a

nd e

cono

mic

real

ities

. Th

is co

mes

into

pla

y w

hen

requ

estin

g sp

are

part

s an

d m

aint

enan

ce in

the

even

t of e

quip

men

t fai

lure

. O

ur p

roje

ct c

onsis

ts o

f tra

nsm

ittin

g da

ta a

bout

the

mal

func

tion

colle

cted

thro

ugh

Goog

le G

lass

’s pi

ctur

e fu

nctio

n an

d au

dio

inpu

t to

serv

ers d

esig

ned

to si

mul

ate

thos

e of

alli

ed n

atio

ns.

The

serv

ers w

ill re

spon

d an

d pr

esen

t use

rs w

ith a

var

iety

of o

ptio

ns fo

r obt

aini

ng a

re

plac

emen

t par

t and

rece

ivin

g m

aint

enan

ce.

The

user

s will

des

igna

te th

eir c

hoic

es a

nd b

e no

tifie

d up

on th

e ar

rival

of t

he se

rvic

es.

Augm

ente

d re

ality

will

lead

to fa

ster

, saf

er a

nd m

ore

accu

rate

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

ses.

New

com

mer

cial

pr

oduc

ts li

ke G

oogl

e Gl

ass c

an b

e us

ed to

furt

her d

evel

op th

is fie

ld.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Sha

ne L

eger

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Eas

tern

Ken

tuck

y U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Fo

rens

ic S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ca

reer

as a

fore

nsic

ana

lyst

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Fire

Res

earc

h Di

visio

n, F

lam

mab

ility

Red

uctio

n Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Rick

Dav

is, S

hona

li N

azar

e

Title

of T

alk:

Th

e Ap

plic

atio

n of

Bar

rier F

abric

s to

Prev

ent S

mol

derin

g in

Uph

olst

ered

Fur

nitu

re

Abst

ract

: Ba

rrie

r Fab

rics a

re te

xtile

mat

eria

ls, u

sed

in so

ft fu

rnish

ings

to p

reve

nt o

r del

ay th

e ig

nitio

n of

the

cush

ioni

ng

mat

eria

ls in

a p

iece

of u

phol

ster

ed fu

rnitu

re.

Whi

le b

e ing

flam

e re

sista

nt is

an

impo

rtan

t asp

ect o

f a b

arrie

r fa

bric

, it c

anno

t be

the

only

fact

or ta

ken

into

con

sider

atio

n w

hen

eval

uatin

g an

effe

ctiv

e ba

rrie

r fab

ric.

Smol

derin

g is

com

bust

ion

with

out f

lam

e an

d a

smol

derin

g ci

gare

tte

is a

com

mon

igni

tion

sour

ce o

f sof

t fur

nish

ing

fires

. Ba

rrie

r fab

rics c

ould

be

a ch

eap

and

effe

ctiv

e w

ay fo

r man

ufac

ture

rs to

redu

ce th

e fla

mm

abili

ty o

f the

ir pr

oduc

ts.

Barr

ier f

abric

s cou

ld b

e us

ed a

s ind

ivid

ual c

ompo

nent

s, la

min

ated

to th

e co

ver f

abric

, or l

amin

ated

to

the

cush

ioni

ng la

yer.

In th

is st

udy

we

have

exp

lore

d ba

rrie

r fab

rics l

amin

ated

to c

over

fabr

ics.

Ear

lier s

tudi

es h

ave

show

n th

at b

arrie

r fab

rics t

hat e

xhib

it su

ffici

ent r

esist

ance

to o

pen

flam

e do

not

nec

essa

rily

offe

r sm

olde

ring

resis

tanc

e. T

he m

ain

obje

ctiv

e of

this

stud

y w

as to

exa

min

e th

e ef

fect

s of l

amin

atio

n.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

My

Duye

n Le

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mon

tgom

ery

Colle

ge

Maj

or:

Chem

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I w

ill tr

ansf

er to

Geo

rgia

Tec

h to

con

tinue

stud

y fo

r my

bach

elor

’s d

egre

e in

Che

mic

al

Engi

neer

ing.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Che

mic

al S

cien

ce D

ivisi

on,

Elem

enta

l Mea

sure

men

t Sci

ence

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Save

las R

abb,

Lee

Yu

Title

of T

alk:

In

vest

igat

ing

the

Influ

ence

of T

empe

ratu

re a

nd A

cid

Mat

rix o

n th

e De

term

inat

ion

of

Arse

nic

in th

e Ar

seni

c Sp

ecia

tion

Refe

renc

e St

anda

rds

Abst

ract

: Ar

seni

c (A

s) is

a to

xic

elem

ent a

nd it

has

bee

n lis

ted

as a

car

cino

gen

by th

e FD

A. A

rsen

ic a

ppea

rs in

the

ecos

yste

m,

in w

ater

and

in o

ur fo

ods.

Bec

ause

of i

ts to

xici

ty, i

t is i

mpo

rtan

t to

deve

lop

refe

renc

e m

ater

ials

to d

eter

min

e th

e to

tal c

once

ntra

tion

of a

rsen

ic. A

rsen

ic e

xist

s in

both

org

anic

and

inor

gani

c fo

rm.

The

toxi

city

leve

l is d

epen

dent

on

the

spec

iatio

n of

the

elem

ent.

NIS

T is

curr

ently

in th

e pr

oces

s of d

evel

opin

g an

d ce

rtify

ing

the

refe

renc

e m

ater

ials

for t

he o

rgan

ic a

rsen

ic sp

ecie

s: m

onom

ethy

lars

onic

aci

d (M

MA)

, dim

ethy

lars

inic

aci

d (D

MA)

, tr

imet

hyla

rsin

e ox

ide

(TM

AO),

arse

nobe

tain

e (A

B), a

nd a

rsen

ocho

line

(AC)

.

In

the

cert

ifica

tion

of th

ese

mat

eria

ls, a

ll As

spec

ies n

eed

to b

e co

nver

ted

from

the

resp

ectiv

e ch

emic

al fo

rm to

As

(V) t

o pr

even

t sen

sitiv

ity d

iffer

ence

s whi

ch c

ould

be

obse

rved

usin

g th

e in

duct

ivel

y co

uple

d pl

asm

a-op

tical

em

issio

n sp

ectr

omet

er (I

CP-O

ES) o

r mas

s spe

ctro

met

er (I

CP-M

S).

This

conv

ersio

n pr

oces

s gen

eral

ly re

quire

s hig

h te

mpe

ratu

res;

how

ever

, oth

er p

aram

eter

s (e.

g. a

cid

sele

ctio

n) h

ave

been

exp

lore

d to

pot

entia

lly st

ream

line

the

proc

ess.

In th

is st

udy,

resu

lts sh

ow h

ydro

chlo

ric a

cid

is su

cces

sful

in c

ompl

etel

y co

nver

ting

all A

s spe

cies

to A

s (V)

un

der o

ptim

ized

dige

stio

n co

nditi

ons.

Thi

s will

lead

to th

e ce

rtifi

catio

n of

the

five

new

As s

peci

atio

n ca

libra

tion

stan

dard

refe

renc

e m

ater

ials.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: D

anie

l Lep

kow

ski

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

153

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: L

ouisi

ana

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

and

Agr

icul

tura

l an

d M

echa

nica

l Col

lege

M

ajor

: El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

ans t

o pu

rsue

a g

radu

ate

degr

ee in

mat

eria

ls sc

ienc

e

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

i als

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Fu

nctio

nal N

anos

truc

ture

d M

ater

ials

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Cin

di D

enni

s & D

r. Ro

bert

Shu

ll

Title

of T

alk:

M

easu

rem

ent o

f the

Mag

neto

calo

ric E

ffect

in N

i-Mn-

Al ty

pe a

lloys

Abst

ract

: M

oder

n da

y re

frig

erat

ion

syst

ems u

se e

nviro

nmen

tally

har

mfu

l mat

eria

ls an

d in

effic

ient

com

pres

sion

and

expa

nsio

n cy

cles

, pro

vidi

ng a

nee

d fo

r a n

ew e

nviro

nmen

tally

safe

and

effi

cien

t met

hod

for r

efrig

erat

ion.

M

agne

tic re

frig

erat

ion,

util

izing

the

mag

neto

calo

ric e

ffect

(MCE

), is

muc

h m

ore

envi

ronm

enta

lly fr

iend

ly a

nd

theo

retic

ally

can

ach

ieve

hig

her e

ffici

enci

es th

an th

e cu

rren

t sys

tem

. Th

is st

udy

look

s at t

he N

i-Mn-

Al ty

pe a

lloys

be

caus

e th

eir s

truc

tura

l and

mag

netic

tran

sfor

mat

ions

are

nea

r roo

m te

mpe

ratu

re w

hich

man

y be

lieve

to b

e in

dica

tive

of a

larg

e M

CE in

the

sam

e te

mpe

ratu

re ra

nge.

The

spec

ific

allo

ys in

ato

mic

per

cent

wer

e

N

i 45Co

5-XF

e XM

n 32A

l 18 (x

=0, 2

.5, o

r 5).

Co

and

Fe w

ere

used

as a

dditi

ves i

n pl

ace

of N

i in

orde

r to

enha

nce

the

mag

netic

mom

ent o

f a g

ener

ally

low

mom

ent m

ater

ial.

Thi

s, in

turn

, is e

xpec

ted

to e

nhan

ce th

e M

CE.

Sam

ples

wer

e fa

bric

ated

by

arc

mel

ting

high

pur

ity m

etal

s (>9

9.9%

pur

e) in

the

corr

ect s

toic

hiom

etric

ratio

s for

th

e al

loy.

The

max

imum

wei

ght l

oss d

urin

g m

eltin

g w

as le

ss th

an 1

.1%

. The

as-

cast

sam

ples

wer

e re

ason

ably

du

ctile

, and

the

sam

ples

show

ed a

den

driti

c m

icro

stru

ctur

e w

hich

is in

dica

tive

of c

ompo

sitio

n va

riatio

ns.

The

sam

ples

wer

e th

en a

nnea

led

at 1

050o C

for 7

2 ho

urs i

n an

arg

on a

tmos

pher

e an

d qu

ench

ed in

an

icy

brin

e so

lutio

n to

ens

ure

a sin

gle

phas

e ho

mog

eneo

us m

ater

ial.

The

sam

ples

gre

w m

illim

eter

size

d cr

ysta

ls an

d be

cam

e m

uch

mor

e br

ittle

thro

ugh

the

anne

alin

g pr

oces

s. Q

uant

itativ

e en

ergy

disp

ersiv

e sp

ectr

osco

py w

as u

sed

to v

erify

the

com

posit

ions

of t

he a

nnea

led

and

as c

ast s

ampl

es w

hile

diff

eren

tial s

cann

ing

calo

rimet

ry (D

SC) w

as u

sed

to lo

cate

th

e st

ruct

ural

tran

sitio

ns fo

r all

of th

e m

ater

ials.

Fro

m th

e op

tical

met

allo

grap

hic

stud

y, th

e X=

0 (C

o on

ly)

anne

aled

sam

ple

appe

ars t

o ha

ve a

mar

tens

itic

stru

ctur

e at

room

tem

pera

ture

whi

le th

e ot

her t

wo

sam

ples

ap

pear

to h

ave

a cu

bic

stru

ctur

e. X

-ray

diff

ract

ion

will

be

perf

orm

ed to

con

firm

this

resu

lt. E

lect

ron

back

scat

ter

diffr

actio

n w

as u

sed

to m

ap th

e su

rfac

e of

the

sam

ple

and

to fi

nd th

e or

ient

atio

ns o

f the

indi

vidu

al c

ryst

als.

The

X=

5 (F

e on

ly) s

ampl

e w

as m

appe

d to

be

a sin

gle

crys

tal o

n th

e su

rfac

e, w

hile

the

X=2.

5 (h

alf F

e, h

alf C

o) sa

mpl

e sh

owed

app

roxi

mat

ely

14 c

ryst

als i

n va

rious

orie

ntat

ions

. T

he M

CE fo

r eac

h sa

mpl

e is

calc

ulat

ed u

sing

Mag

netiz

atio

n vs

. App

lied

Mag

netic

Fie

ld d

ata

mea

sure

d at

succ

essiv

e te

mpe

ratu

res.

Thi

s dat

a w

as in

tegr

ated

to

dete

rmin

e a

chan

ge in

ent

ropy

vs.

tem

pera

ture

cur

ve fo

r tha

t sam

ple.

Fro

m th

at c

urve

, the

coo

ling

capa

city

can

be

det

erm

ined

whi

ch is

then

cor

rect

ed fo

r the

mag

netic

hys

tere

sis w

ork

need

ed to

cyc

le th

e m

agne

tic fi

eld.

The

ef

fect

of t

he F

e an

d Co

add

itive

s and

the

diffe

ring

mic

rost

ruct

ures

on

the

MCE

of t

he a

lloys

will

be

disc

usse

d.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

osep

h Le

snie

wsk

i G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H17

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mou

nt S

aint

Mar

y’s U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ch

emist

ry

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

ad S

choo

l to

get a

PhD

in C

hem

istry

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. W

illia

m R

atcl

iff

Title

of T

alk:

In

tera

ctiv

e Da

ta A

naly

sis o

f Neu

tron

Sca

tter

ing

Data

Abst

ract

: Th

is pr

ojec

t con

cern

ed th

e cr

eatio

n of

a so

ftwar

e pa

ckag

e fo

r the

aut

omat

ed re

finem

ent o

f cry

stal

stru

ctur

e da

ta

colle

cted

from

ther

mal

neu

tron

diff

ract

ion

inst

rum

ents

whi

ch u

se B

ragg

’s la

w. T

he so

ftwar

e cr

eate

d is

a re

built

an

d ex

tend

ed v

ersio

n of

the

BLAN

D (B

umps

Lib

rary

for A

naly

sis o

f Neu

tron

Diff

ract

ion)

pro

ject

con

stru

cted

usin

g a

mor

e st

able

fram

ewor

k. B

LAN

D co

uple

s the

BU

MPS

libr

ary

(Bay

esia

n U

ncer

tain

ty M

odel

ing

of P

aram

etric

Sy

stem

s) d

evel

oped

by

Paul

Kie

nzle

, whi

ch p

rovi

des g

ener

alize

d au

tom

ated

fitt

ing,

with

the

Crys

FML

crys

tallo

grap

hic

libra

ry d

evel

oped

by

Juan

Rod

rígue

z-Ca

rvaj

al, w

hich

pro

vide

s a w

ide

rang

e of

neu

tron

diff

ract

ion

spec

ific

calc

ulat

ions

. The

DRE

AM a

lgor

ithm

, whi

ch u

ses a

com

bina

tion

of M

arko

v Ch

ain,

Mon

te C

arlo

, Diff

eren

tial

Evol

utio

n, a

nd B

ayes

ian

Anal

ysis,

is u

sed

to p

erfo

rm th

e au

tom

ated

fitt

ing.

Thi

s alg

orith

m a

llow

s for

a th

orou

gh

2 val

ue fo

r the

mod

el fi

t. Th

is av

oids

the

need

to p

ains

taki

ngly

han

d fit

dat

a as

wel

l as p

rovi

des a

met

hod

for q

uick

ly d

eter

min

ing

whe

ther

a d

ata

set f

its a

m

odel

at a

ll (b

y at

tem

ptin

g to

fit t

he m

odel

in q

uest

ion

and

wat

chin

g fo

r par

amet

er c

onve

rgen

ce).

BLAN

D is

desig

ned

to w

ork

both

for d

ata

sets

for m

ater

ials

cont

aini

ng n

on-m

agne

tic a

tom

s and

mat

eria

ls co

ntai

ning

m

agne

tic a

tom

s. T

hese

two

case

s wer

e te

sted

usin

g di

ffrac

tion

data

from

Al 2O

3 and

LuF

eO3 r

espe

ctiv

ely.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Dan

iel L

esso

ff G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H10

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

The

Col

lege

of N

ew Je

rsey

M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pu

rsui

ng a

gra

duat

e de

gree

in C

ompu

ter a

nd N

etw

ork

Secu

rity

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Adv

ance

Net

wor

k Te

chno

logi

es D

ivisi

on, I

nter

net &

Sc

alab

le S

yste

ms M

etro

logy

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Step

hen

Nig

htin

gale

Title

of T

alk:

Im

prov

emen

ts in

E-M

ail S

ecur

ity: A

DAN

E/O

penP

GP T

est S

yste

m

Abst

ract

: Re

cent

ly, t

here

has

bee

n a

tren

d of

secu

ring

the

initi

al e

xcha

nge

of a

sym

met

ric p

ublic

key

s via

DN

S in

stea

d of

tr

ustin

g ce

rtifi

cate

aut

horit

ies.

Thi

s met

hod,

kno

wn

as D

ANE

(DN

S-ba

sed

Auth

entic

atio

n of

Nam

ed E

ntiti

es)

com

plet

ely

cuts

out

the

need

for c

ertif

icat

e au

thor

ities

. Th

is is

a po

sitiv

e ch

ange

, as c

ertif

icat

e au

thor

ities

are

su

scep

tible

to a

ttac

k. W

hile

mos

t of t

he c

urre

nt fo

cus h

as b

een

on a

uthe

ntic

atio

n fo

r web

sites

and

rela

ted

serv

ices

, not

muc

h ef

fort

has

bee

n de

vote

d to

app

lyin

g th

e sa

me

tech

niqu

e to

em

ail s

ecur

ity.

As a

par

t of N

IST’

s Hi

gh A

ssur

ance

Dom

ain

(HAD

) pro

ject

, our

goa

l is t

o cr

eate

a te

st sy

stem

to fa

cilit

ate

the

use

of D

ANE

for t

he

Ope

nPGP

em

ail s

tand

ard.

The

inte

ntio

n is

to p

rovi

de a

syst

em th

at w

ill a

llow

use

rs to

test

eas

ily w

heth

er th

ey

have

pro

perly

upl

oade

d an

Ope

nPGP

key

cor

rect

ly a

ccor

ding

to th

e pr

ovisi

ons o

f the

cur

rent

ver

sion

of th

e IE

TF

draf

t con

cern

ing

DAN

E an

d O

penP

GP, a

nd th

at th

ey c

an u

se th

at k

ey to

pro

perly

enc

rypt

, dec

rypt

, sig

n, a

nd v

erify

th

e sig

natu

res o

f Ope

nPGP

em

ails.

Add

ition

ally

, the

test

syst

em w

ill p

rovi

de u

sefu

l fee

dbac

k if

the

test

fails

for a

ny

reas

on.

The

impl

emen

tatio

n is

in P

ytho

n, u

sing

the

dnsp

ytho

n an

d py

thon

-gnu

pg m

odul

es fo

r DN

S lo

okup

s and

the

GnuP

G im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e O

penP

GP st

anda

rd.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

asey

Lev

ine

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

181

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

tate

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k at

Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I w

ill b

e ap

plyi

ng to

a v

arie

ty o

f job

s and

gra

duat

e sc

hool

s in

the

com

ing

sem

este

r. I h

ope

to st

udy

and

or w

ork

on th

e so

ftwar

e an

d ha

rdw

are

rela

ted

to p

aral

lel c

ompu

ting.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Phys

ical

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Sem

icon

duct

or a

nd D

imen

siona

l Met

rolo

gy D

ivisi

on,

Nan

osca

le M

etro

logy

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Andr

as E

. Vla

dar

Title

of T

alk:

Pa

ralle

l Pro

gram

min

g to

Qui

ckly

Gen

erat

e Li

brar

ies o

f Im

ages

for 3

D SE

M-b

ased

Di

men

siona

l Mea

sure

men

ts

Abst

ract

: In

tegr

ated

circ

uit (

IC) m

anuf

actu

rers

, suc

h as

Inte

l, IB

M a

nd A

MD

striv

e to

cre

ate

smal

ler a

nd sm

alle

r tra

nsist

ors i

n an

att

empt

to

incr

ease

the

cap

abili

ties

of t

heir

ICs.

Cur

rent

ly, t

rans

istor

s ca

n be

con

stru

cted

effe

ctiv

ely

on t

he

nano

met

er s

cale

. To

verif

y th

e qu

ality

of

thes

e in

cred

ibly

sm

all c

ircui

ts, r

esea

rche

rs a

re u

sing

scan

ning

ele

ctro

n m

icro

scop

y (S

EM) a

nd M

onte

Car

lo s

imul

atio

ns to

gen

erat

e re

alist

ic s

et o

r lib

rarie

s of

3D

imag

es o

f the

se c

ircui

ts

on t

he n

anom

eter

sca

le.

Thes

e sim

ulat

ions

–us

ing

the

CPU

(cen

tral

pro

cess

ing

unit)

and

the

cur

rent

sof

twar

e im

plem

enta

tion–

cou

ld ta

ke u

p to

sev

eral

mon

ths

to c

ompu

te. I

n an

att

empt

to s

peed

up

the

simul

atio

n, p

aral

lel

prog

ram

ing

on a

com

mer

cial

gra

phic

s pro

cess

ing

unit

(GPU

) usin

g CU

DA is

bei

ng e

xplo

red.

In o

ther

type

s of M

onte

Ca

rlo si

mul

atio

n im

plem

enta

tions

, GPU

s hav

e de

mon

stra

ted

up to

a th

ousa

nd ti

mes

spee

d im

prov

emen

t ove

r non

-pa

ralle

l im

plem

enta

tions

. A b

asic

cod

e to

cal

cula

te e

lect

ron

traj

ecto

ries

in t

he s

imul

atio

n ha

s be

en d

evel

oped

to

eval

uate

the

pote

ntia

l val

ue o

f CU

DA in

the

mor

e so

phist

icat

ed, c

ompl

ex s

imul

atio

n. T

he c

ode

has

dem

onst

rate

d no

ticea

ble

spee

d im

prov

emen

ts w

ith li

ttle

opt

imiza

tion,

and

shou

ld u

ltim

atel

y be

cap

able

of a

chie

ving

a si

gnifi

cant

sp

eed

up c

ompa

red

to a

non

-par

alle

l im

plem

enta

tion.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: D

avid

Lic

htm

an

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

178

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: V

irgin

ia T

ech

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ca

reer

in a

dvan

ced

mat

eria

ls, p

ossib

ly in

volv

ing

grad

uate

scho

ol.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Th

erm

odyn

amic

s and

Kin

etic

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Eric

Las

s, M

ark

Stou

dt

Title

of T

alk:

Re

prod

uctio

n an

d Ch

arac

teriz

atio

n of

Com

mer

cial

Cu-

Ni-Z

n Al

loys

Abst

ract

: Th

e al

loys

in th

e co

pper

-nic

kel-z

inc

tern

ary

syst

em c

an b

e us

ed in

mus

ical

inst

rum

ents

, key

s, m

arin

e eq

uipm

ent,

and

othe

r app

licat

ions

. M

ater

ials

desig

n te

chni

ques

can

be u

sed

to c

reat

e al

loy

com

posit

ions

and

hea

t tre

atm

ent

proc

esse

s tha

t use

a p

erce

ntag

e of

zinc

whi

le re

tain

ing

the

prop

ertie

s of m

ore

expe

nsiv

e Cu

-Ni b

inar

y al

loys

, th

ereb

y gr

eatly

redu

cing

pro

duct

ion

cost

s. A

n im

port

ant s

tep

in th

e al

loy

deve

lopm

ent p

roce

ss is

und

erst

andi

ng

the

rela

tions

hips

bet

wee

n th

erm

o-m

echa

nica

l pro

cess

ing

tech

niqu

es a

nd th

e ph

ysic

al p

rope

rtie

s of t

he d

esig

ned

allo

ys.

Anal

ogs b

ased

on

the

com

posit

ions

of c

omm

erci

al te

rnar

y al

loys

wer

e ca

st a

nd d

iffer

ent t

herm

o-m

echa

nica

l pro

cess

ing

tech

niqu

es w

ere

appl

ied.

Som

e of

thes

e te

chni

ques

incl

uded

col

d ro

lling

, war

m ro

lling

, an

neal

ing,

oil

quen

chin

g, w

ater

que

nchi

ng, a

nd fu

rnac

e co

olin

g. T

he o

rder

in w

hich

the

proc

essin

g st

eps w

ere

appl

ied

can

also

be

a va

riabl

e. S

ampl

es w

ere

char

acte

rized

thro

ugh

ener

gy d

isper

sive

x-ra

y sp

ectr

osco

py (E

DS),

Vick

ers m

icro

-har

dnes

s tes

ting,

opt

ical

met

allo

grap

hy, a

nd c

ondu

ctiv

ity te

stin

g. C

hara

cter

izatio

n da

ta w

ere

inco

rpor

ated

into

pre

dict

ive

mod

els t

o de

term

ine

the

next

step

in th

e al

loy

deve

lopm

ent p

roce

ss.

The

resu

lts

from

the

char

acte

rizat

ion

as th

ey re

late

to th

e de

sign

proc

ess a

nd th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

herm

o-m

echa

nica

l pr

oces

sing

tech

niqu

es w

ill b

e pr

esen

ted

and

disc

usse

d.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Jac

ob L

ineb

erry

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H17

9 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s and

Mat

hem

atic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

anni

ng to

att

end

grad

uate

scho

ol st

udyi

ng p

hysic

s

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, R

adia

tion

Phys

ics D

ivisi

on, N

eutr

on P

hysic

s

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Piet

er M

umm

Title

of T

alk:

Si

mul

atio

n of

Cos

mic

and

Bac

kgro

und

Radi

atio

n th

roug

h De

tect

or S

hiel

ding

Abst

ract

: Th

e PR

OSP

ECT

expe

rimen

t is a

sear

ch fo

r a st

erile

neu

trin

o, a

new

type

of p

artic

le w

hose

exi

sten

ce is

sugg

este

d by

rece

nt e

xper

imen

ts c

lose

to re

acto

rs (s

hort

bas

elin

e). T

hese

shor

t bas

elin

e ex

perim

ents

show

a d

efic

it of

m

easu

red

part

icle

s dur

ing

neut

rino

mix

ing

of th

e th

ree

type

s (el

ectr

on, m

uon,

tau

neut

rinos

), su

gges

ting

ther

e m

ay e

xist

ano

ther

par

ticle

cap

able

of m

ixin

g w

ith n

eutr

inos

. The

disc

over

y of

this

theo

retic

al p

artic

le w

ould

pr

ovid

e a

stro

ng c

andi

date

for d

ark

mat

ter a

nd p

ossib

ly e

xpla

in th

e do

min

ance

of m

atte

r ove

r ant

imat

ter.

Thi

s se

arch

requ

ires h

ighl

y pr

ecise

det

ecto

rs, w

ith su

ffici

ent s

hiel

ding

to li

mit

back

grou

nd ra

diat

ion,

incl

udin

g ga

mm

a ra

ys, m

uons

, and

neu

tron

s. U

tilizi

ng M

onte

Car

lo m

etho

ds, s

imul

atio

ns m

odel

led

vario

us d

etec

tor a

nd sh

ield

ing

geom

etrie

s, e

xam

inin

g pa

rtic

le c

aptu

re a

nd c

reat

ion.

Thi

s sim

ulat

ion

data

exp

lain

s var

ious

bac

kgro

und

radi

atio

n so

urce

s, in

clud

ing

part

icle

gen

erat

ion

resu

lting

from

bui

ldin

gs, s

truc

ture

s, a

nd th

e sh

ield

ing

itsel

f. U

tilizi

ng th

is da

ta, t

he sh

ield

ing

and

loca

tion

of th

e de

tect

or m

ay th

en b

e op

timize

d to

lim

it sig

nific

ant b

ackg

roun

d ra

diat

ion,

al

low

ing

for t

he m

ost e

ffici

ent u

se o

f det

ecto

r dat

a.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Cai

tlyn

Mac

zka

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

144

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Bal

timor

e Co

unty

(U

MBC

) M

ajor

: Bi

olog

y, B

.S.

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ph

D in

eith

er C

ellu

lar B

iolo

gy o

r Bio

med

ical

Eng

inee

ring,

gra

duat

e sc

hool

und

ecid

ed.

Purs

uing

a c

aree

r in

biom

edic

al re

sear

ch

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, B

iosy

stem

s and

Bio

mat

eria

ls Di

visio

n,

Biom

ater

ials

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: W

ojte

k Tu

tak

Title

of T

alk:

Ev

alua

ting

Dual

Pla

tfor

ms f

or B

one

and

Vasc

ular

Reg

ener

atio

n

Abst

ract

: Th

e go

al o

f thi

s pro

ject

was

to e

valu

ate

vario

us m

ater

ials

and

met

hods

ava

ilabl

e fo

r cre

atin

g bo

ne sc

affo

ldin

g fo

r de

ntal

tiss

ue re

gene

ratio

n vi

a ai

rbru

shin

g. T

he st

udy

exam

ined

the

inte

ract

ions

bet

wee

n ce

lls a

nd th

eir

envi

ronm

ent,

as w

ell a

s rel

atio

nshi

ps b

etw

een

met

hod

of c

ell d

epos

ition

and

cel

lula

r via

bilit

y. T

he st

udy

was

di

vide

d in

to tw

o re

sear

ch d

irect

ions

.

In th

e fir

st, a

bilit

y to

dep

osit

cells

via

a n

ovel

met

hod

of a

irbru

shin

g w

as in

vest

igat

ed.

Cells

wer

e br

ushe

d on

to

tissu

e cu

lture

pla

tes w

ith d

iffer

ent s

peed

s of d

epos

ition

, as w

ell a

s with

diff

eren

t airb

rush

noz

zle d

esig

ns, t

o de

term

ine

optim

um p

aram

eter

s for

via

ble

hum

an b

one

mar

row

stro

mal

cel

ls (h

BMSC

). V

ario

us b

ioas

says

wer

e im

plem

ente

d to

obt

ain

resu

lts, i

nclu

ding

Pic

oGre

en a

ssay

s, W

ST c

ell-p

rolif

erat

ion

assa

ys, a

nd li

ve/d

ead

imag

ing

assa

ys.

Th

e se

cond

par

t of t

he p

roje

ct lo

oked

at t

he a

bilit

y to

coa

t syn

thes

ized

poly

mer

nan

ofib

ers w

ith v

ario

us b

ioac

tive

prot

eins

, spe

cific

ally

col

lage

n 1

and

fibrin

ogen

. SE

M im

agin

g an

d Co

omas

sie st

aini

ng w

ere

used

to e

xam

ine

prot

ein

adhe

sion

to th

e na

nofib

ers.

Co-

cultu

res c

onsis

ting

of h

BMSC

and

hum

an u

mbi

lical

vas

cula

r end

othe

lial

cells

(HU

VEC)

wer

e us

ed to

ver

ify c

ell r

espo

nse

to th

ese

coat

ed fi

bers

net

wor

ks.

Da

ta in

dica

tes t

hat o

f the

two

test

ed n

ozzle

des

igns

, one

des

ign

show

s hig

her l

evel

s of d

epos

ited

cell

viab

ility

than

th

e ot

her.

As f

or th

e se

cond

par

t of t

he st

udy,

rese

arch

indi

cate

s tha

t pol

ymer

nan

ofib

ers m

ade

of p

oly-

DL-

lact

ide

(PDL

LA) a

nd p

oly(

lact

ic-c

o-gl

ycol

ic a

cid)

(PLG

A) sh

ow th

e ab

ility

to b

e co

ated

with

test

ed p

rote

ins w

ithou

t an

y vi

sible

effe

ct o

n na

nofib

er m

orph

olog

y. I

n vi

tro

cell

stud

ies d

emon

stra

te th

at c

ells

wer

e ab

le to

reco

gnize

the

bioa

ctiv

e pr

otei

n co

atin

gs, a

s ind

icat

ed b

y flu

ores

cent

imag

ing.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Meg

an M

adon

na

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

175

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: V

ande

rbilt

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Biom

edic

al E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): M

D/Ph

D Pr

ogra

ms

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Bio

syst

ems a

nd B

iom

ater

ials

Divi

sion,

Bi

oass

ay M

etho

ds G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Sa

m F

orry

Title

of T

alk:

Au

tom

atin

g th

e Cu

lture

of M

icro

bial

Bio

film

s

Abst

ract

: Th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

aut

omat

ion

in b

iolo

gica

l pro

toco

ls ca

n in

crea

se e

xper

imen

tal t

hrou

ghpu

t, de

crea

se u

ser

erro

rs, a

nd p

oten

tially

impr

ove

expe

rimen

tal r

epro

duci

bilit

y. O

ne a

pplic

atio

n fo

r suc

h au

tom

atio

n is

the

cultu

re o

f ba

cter

ial b

iofil

ms.

Bact

eria

l bio

film

s are

com

plex

, mic

ro-e

cosy

stem

s tha

t for

m sp

onta

neou

sly o

n su

rfac

es

thro

ugho

ut n

atur

e. In

par

ticul

ar, b

iofil

ms r

epre

sent

ativ

e of

the

oral

env

ironm

ent (

e.g.

den

tal p

laqu

e) a

re u

sefu

l fo

r stu

dyin

g th

erap

ies i

mpo

rtan

t in

hum

an h

ealth

and

dise

ase.

In

the

curr

ent w

ork

we

valid

ated

aut

omat

ed li

quid

han

dlin

g op

erat

ions

for t

he g

ener

atio

n an

d an

alys

is of

cul

ture

s of

Str

epto

cocu

s mut

ans,

a co

mm

on o

ral m

icro

be. B

oth

96-c

hann

el a

nd 8

-cha

nnel

par

alle

l pip

ettin

g st

eps w

ere

valid

ated

usin

g a

BioM

ek F

X au

tom

ated

liqu

id h

andl

er. A

utom

ated

flui

d m

anip

ulat

ion

was

hig

hly

repr

oduc

ible

and

al

low

ed th

e ro

utin

e ge

nera

tion

of S

. mut

ans c

ultu

res 1

0-25

tim

es fa

ster

than

man

ual p

repa

ratio

ns. T

oxic

ity a

ssay

s pe

rfor

med

on

the

mic

robi

al c

ultu

res t

o st

udy

mou

thw

ash

ingr

edie

nts s

how

case

d th

e ut

ility

of a

utom

ated

pr

oced

ures

to a

ccel

erat

ed ro

utin

e an

alys

is. T

he h

igh-

thro

ughp

ut o

f aut

omat

ion

enab

led

rapi

d ev

alua

tion

of a

va

riety

of a

ssay

par

amet

ers a

nd c

ultu

re c

ondi

tions

. Ove

rall,

aut

omat

ed li

quid

han

dlin

g ac

cele

rate

d re

sear

ch

inve

stig

atio

ns u

sing

mic

robi

al b

iofil

ms.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: :

Dav

id M

arin

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, C

olle

ge P

ark

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

on d

oing

rese

arch

or e

ngin

eerin

g w

ork

befo

re g

oing

bac

k to

fini

sh G

radu

ate

Scho

ol

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Fu

nctio

nal N

anos

truc

ture

d M

ater

ials

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Dan

iel G

opm

an

Title

of T

alk:

An

Ext

raor

dina

ry H

all E

ffect

Sus

cept

omet

er fo

r Fas

t Mea

sure

men

ts o

f Mag

netic

Med

ia

Abst

ract

: As

the

mag

netic

reco

rdin

g in

dust

ry c

ontin

ues t

o pr

ess t

he li

mits

of h

ard

disk

driv

e ca

paci

ty, t

here

has

aris

en th

e gr

eat c

halle

nge

of p

reci

sely

con

trol

ling

the

mat

eria

l par

amet

ers o

f mag

netic

med

ia. T

his i

s bec

ause

the

decr

ease

in

mag

netic

bit

size

need

ed fo

r den

ser s

tora

ge is

acc

ompa

nied

by

enha

nced

fluc

tuat

ions

bet

wee

n in

divi

dual

m

agne

tic b

its. I

n or

der t

o ad

dres

s thi

s cha

lleng

e, a

bet

ter u

nder

stan

ding

of r

ever

sal i

n m

agne

tic m

edia

mus

t be

unde

rtak

en th

roug

h th

orou

gh in

vest

igat

ions

of m

agne

tizat

ion

reve

rsal

. We

have

dev

elop

ed a

mea

sure

men

t ap

para

tus t

o ac

hiev

e fa

st ch

arac

teriz

atio

n of

thin

film

mag

netic

med

ia u

sing

the

extr

aord

inar

y ha

ll ef

fect

to p

robe

th

e m

agne

tizat

ion

of th

e m

agne

tic m

edia

. Thi

s app

arat

us is

a ty

pe o

f sus

cept

omet

er b

ecau

se it

relie

s upo

n a

smal

l

W

e ha

ve g

ener

ated

2D

and

3D d

esig

ns a

s wel

l as 3

D, sc

aled

pla

stic

facs

imile

s for

the

purp

ose

of p

roto

typi

ng a

nd

eval

uatin

g th

e de

sign.

The

susc

epto

met

er p

rodu

ces a

n al

tern

atin

g m

agne

tic fi

eld

up to

3.9

mT

peak

am

plitu

de.

Afte

r the

sam

ple

is pl

aced

insid

e of

the

coil

with

in th

e de

vice

, the

susc

epto

met

er is

att

ache

d to

a tr

ack

whi

ch

allo

ws f

or a

ngul

ar c

ontr

ol, t

rans

latio

n in

and

out

of a

larg

er e

lect

rom

agne

t, an

d fa

st re

plac

emen

t of t

est s

ampl

es.

A di

gita

l sw

itchi

ng c

ircui

t allo

ws f

or m

ultip

le e

lect

rical

con

figur

atio

ns, i

nclu

ding

ext

raor

dina

ry h

all e

ffect

and

in-

plan

e re

sista

nce

mea

sure

men

ts. F

or N

IST

to m

aint

ain

a st

anda

rd fo

r the

mag

netiz

atio

n in

har

d dr

ives

, the

st

anda

rd d

evia

tion

of c

oerc

ivity

mus

t be

decr

ease

d w

hile

sim

ulta

neou

sly m

aint

aini

ng th

e de

sired

mea

n co

erci

vity

w

ithin

a re

ason

able

cos

t ran

ge. B

y m

akin

g qu

ick,

eas

y an

d ac

cura

te m

easu

rem

ents

, thi

s sus

cept

omet

er w

ill h

elp

indu

stry

ach

ieve

fast

er tu

rnar

ound

on

mat

eria

ls de

sign

and

cont

inue

pro

gres

s tow

ard

high

er d

ensit

y ha

rd d

rive

stor

age.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: E

ric M

arks

z G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H16

9 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Pitt

sbur

gh

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

ent

er g

radu

ate

scho

ol in

Fal

l 201

5 fo

r a d

egre

e in

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Nan

osca

le S

cien

ce a

nd T

echn

olog

y, E

lect

ron

Phys

ics G

roup

, Las

er A

tom

M

anip

ulat

ion

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. J

abez

J. M

cCle

lland

Title

of T

alk:

Ap

plic

atio

ns o

f Las

er-C

oole

d Li

thiu

m Io

n So

urce

Foc

used

Ion

Beam

Tec

hnol

ogy

for

Mat

eria

ls An

alys

is an

d Pr

oces

sing

Abst

ract

: Fo

cuse

d io

n be

ams (

FIBs

) are

wid

ely

used

tool

s in

man

y in

dust

ries,

due

to th

eir i

nval

uabl

e ab

ility

to m

ill a

way

m

ater

ial,

impl

ant i

ons d

eep

into

a m

ater

ial,

and

prov

ide

imag

ing

capa

bilit

y w

ith d

iffer

ent i

nfor

mat

ion

com

pare

d to

SEM

and

TEM

imag

es, a

ll at

hig

h re

solu

tions

. NIS

T ha

s dev

elop

ed a

one

-of-a

-kin

d io

n be

am so

urce

, usin

g lit

hium

in p

lace

of t

he tr

aditi

onal

gal

lium

. Usin

g lig

htw

eigh

t Li+ io

ns a

t ene

rgie

s of 1

-4 k

V re

duce

s spu

tter

ing

yiel

d an

d pe

netr

atio

n de

pth.

I us

ed th

is un

ique

syst

em to

exp

lore

opp

ortu

nitie

s for

a L

i+ -FIB

for a

naly

zing

and

proc

essin

g ne

w m

ater

ials,

incl

udin

g m

ater

ials

for L

i-S b

atte

ry te

chno

logy

, MW

CNT-

epox

y co

mpo

sites

, nitr

ogen

-va

canc

y (N

V) c

ente

rs in

dia

mon

d, a

s wel

l as b

iolo

gica

l sam

ples

and

gra

phen

e el

ectr

odes

. Su

lfur-

copo

lym

er c

ompo

sites

wer

e m

ade

by N

IST

rese

arch

ers f

or a

pplic

atio

n as

cat

hode

s with

impr

oved

cyc

le

lifet

ime

com

pare

d to

cur

rent

mat

eria

ls fo

r Li-S

bat

terie

s, c

onsid

ered

a p

ossib

le n

ext s

tep

in b

atte

ry te

chno

logy

for

elec

tric

veh

icle

s. T

he L

i+ -FIB

was

use

d to

con

trol

labl

y im

plan

t lith

ium

into

regi

ons o

f thi

s mat

eria

l as a

met

hod

to

bett

er u

nder

stan

d ho

w li

thiu

m in

tera

cts a

nd fu

nctio

ns in

the

mat

eria

l dur

ing

batt

ery

disc

harg

e.

The

nega

tivel

y ch

arge

d N

V- cen

ter i

n di

amon

d is

high

ly re

gard

ed fo

r its

pot

entia

l app

licat

ion

in m

agne

tom

etry

se

nsin

g an

d qu

antu

m in

form

atio

n pr

oces

sing,

due

to a

long

-live

d gr

ound

-sta

te c

oher

ence

. Nea

r-su

rfac

e N

V- ce

nter

s are

nee

ded

to fa

cilit

ate

coup

ling

and

enha

nce

sens

itivi

ty. T

he L

i+ -FIB

was

use

d to

indu

ce la

ttic

e da

mag

e in

di

amon

d sin

gle

crys

tals

with

[N] <

1 p

pm, f

ollo

wed

by

a re

crys

talli

zatio

n he

at tr

eatm

ent,

prom

otin

g di

ffusio

n of

va

canc

ies a

nd n

itrog

en im

purit

ies t

o fo

rm d

esira

ble

NV- ce

nter

s. D

ue to

the

shal

low

impl

anta

tion

dept

h (<

100

nm)

of th

e lit

hium

bea

m, t

hese

NV- c

ente

rs a

re b

elie

ved

to re

mai

n m

ore

near

the

surf

ace

than

oth

er tr

eatm

ents

pe

netr

atin

g to

dep

ths o

f sev

eral

mic

rons

. Th

e Li

+ -FIB

was

also

use

d to

imag

e M

WCN

T-ep

oxy

com

posit

e m

ater

ials,

follo

win

g tim

ed e

xpos

ures

of t

hese

m

ater

ials

to U

V la

sers

. UV

light

deg

rade

s the

epo

xy m

atrix

, lea

ving

beh

ind

a co

mpa

ct a

nd h

ighl

y co

nduc

tive

surf

ace

laye

r of M

WCN

Ts. S

urfa

ce w

ires w

ith p

ossib

le se

lf-he

alin

g pr

oper

ties w

ere

crea

ted

on th

e co

mpo

sites

by

patt

erni

ng th

e U

V la

ser e

xpos

ures

. The

Li+ F

IB w

as u

sed

to c

lear

ly im

age

the

loca

tion

of th

e M

WCN

Ts w

ithin

the

com

posit

e, ta

king

adv

anta

ge o

f the

hig

h ch

argi

ng c

ontr

ast a

vaila

ble

with

an

ion

mic

rosc

ope.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Kam

ala

May

o G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H17

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f the

Dist

rict o

f Col

umbi

a (U

DC)

Maj

or:

Info

rmat

ion

Tech

nolo

gy

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l – U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Adv

ance

Net

wor

k Te

chno

logi

es D

ivisi

on,

Inte

rnet

& S

cala

ble

Syst

ems M

etro

logy

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Do

ug M

ontg

omer

y

Title

of T

alk:

Te

st a

nd M

easu

rem

ent o

f Em

ergi

ng B

orde

r Gat

eway

Pro

toco

l Sec

urity

Mec

hani

sm

Abst

ract

: Th

e Bo

rder

Gat

eway

Pro

toco

l (BG

P) is

the

glue

that

hol

ds th

e In

tern

et to

geth

er. B

GP ro

utes

dat

a be

twee

n th

e In

tern

et’s

mai

n co

mpo

nent

s, A

uton

omou

s Sys

tem

s (AS

’s),

whi

ch a

re a

dmin

istra

tive

dom

ains

that

mai

ntai

n th

eir

own

loca

l rou

ting

polic

ies.

BGP

rout

es in

form

atio

n am

ong

AS’s

and

use

s thi

s inf

orm

atio

n al

ong

with

loca

l rou

ting

polic

ies t

o se

lect

the

best

rout

e to

a d

estin

atio

n. B

GP w

as o

rigin

ally

con

ceiv

ed w

ith n

o se

curit

y. It

is n

ow v

ulne

rabl

e to

mal

icio

us a

ttac

ks a

nd a

ccid

enta

l misc

onfig

urat

ions

, bot

h of

whi

ch c

an c

ause

Inte

rnet

out

ages

that

disr

upt t

raffi

c flo

ws.

BGP

vul

nera

bilit

ies h

ave

been

resp

onsib

le fo

r maj

or se

curit

y in

cide

nts s

uch

as P

akist

an T

elec

om’s

atte

mpt

to

cens

or Y

ouTu

be in

200

8, w

hich

kno

cked

the

site

offli

ne, a

nd th

e Ch

ina

Tele

com

BGP

hija

ck o

f 15

% o

f the

ent

ire

Inte

rnet

in 2

010.

N

IST

has b

een

wor

king

with

the

Inte

rnet

indu

stry

and

the

Inte

rnet

Eng

inee

ring

Task

For

ce (I

ETF)

to d

esig

n an

d st

anda

rdize

new

tech

niqu

es to

pre

vent

BGP

hija

cks.

One

com

pone

nt o

f the

se te

chni

ques

is a

glo

bal R

esou

rce

Publ

ic

Key

Infr

astr

uctu

re (R

PKI)

that

pro

vide

s cry

ptog

raph

ical

ly v

erifi

able

att

esta

tions

abo

ut th

e ow

ners

hip

and

use

of

Inte

rnet

reso

urce

s (e.

g., I

P Ad

dres

ses a

nd A

uton

omou

s Sys

tem

Num

bers

). I

n th

e ea

rly st

ages

of d

eplo

ymen

t, th

ere

is in

dust

ry c

once

rn a

bout

the

robu

stne

ss a

nd in

tero

pera

bilit

y of

RPK

I inf

orm

atio

n. I

n th

is ta

lk I

will

pre

sent

in

form

atio

n on

NIS

T de

velo

pmen

t tes

t and

mea

sure

men

t tec

hniq

ues d

esig

ned

char

acte

rize

the

com

plet

enes

s and

co

rrec

tnes

s of t

he e

mer

ging

glo

bal R

PKI.

In p

artic

ular

, I w

ill fo

cus o

n ex

tens

ions

I de

velo

ped

to th

e N

IST

mea

sure

men

t too

ls to

ena

ble

cont

inuo

us in

tero

pera

bilit

y te

stin

g am

ong

two

lead

ing

open

sour

ce R

PKI v

alid

atio

n pl

atfo

rms,

bei

ng d

evel

oped

by

rese

arch

ers i

n th

e U

S an

d Eu

rope

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Jar

ed M

cAnd

rew

s G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H16

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mill

ersv

ille

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Co

nsid

erin

g a

care

er in

Web

Dev

elop

men

t or G

rad

Scho

ol

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Info

rmat

ion

Acce

ss D

ivisi

on, I

mag

e Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Kevi

n M

ango

ld

Title

of T

alk:

Ev

alua

tion

of D

evel

opm

ent T

echn

olog

ies a

nd U

sabi

lity

Desig

n fo

r Cro

ss-P

latfo

rm/C

ross

-De

vice

Bio

met

ric A

pplic

atio

ns

Abst

ract

: Th

e st

anda

rd p

roto

col k

now

n as

Web

Ser

vice

s for

Bio

met

ric D

evic

es (W

S-BD

) was

dev

elop

ed b

y th

e N

IST

Biom

etric

Cl

ient

s Lab

, in

resp

onse

to th

e w

ides

prea

d sh

ift to

war

ds m

obile

com

putin

g. W

S-BD

use

s cur

rent

web

tech

nolo

gies

to

enab

le d

river

free

and

wire

less

com

mun

icat

ion

betw

een

softw

are

runn

ing

on n

early

any

pla

tfor

m a

nd n

early

any

ki

nd o

f bio

met

ric d

evic

e. W

eb-S

ervi

ces f

or A

cqui

ring

Biom

etric

Info

rmat

ion

(wsa

bi) 2

.0 is

an

iOS-

base

d ap

plic

atio

n de

velo

ped

for t

he iP

ad to

ena

ble

test

ing

and

dem

onst

ratio

n of

WS-

BD d

evic

es. I

n or

der t

o ad

dres

s the

gro

win

g po

pula

rity

of sm

artp

hone

s, th

e de

sign

for w

sabi

2.0

nee

ds to

be

reev

alua

ted

for s

mal

ler f

orm

-fact

or d

evic

es.

Addi

tiona

lly, n

ew d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d be

don

e us

ing

cros

s-pl

atfo

rm te

chno

logi

es. S

ome

of th

e cr

oss-

plat

form

de

velo

pmen

t too

ls th

at w

e re

sear

ched

incl

ude

Mos

ync,

Apa

che

Flex

, Pho

nega

p, a

nd G

oogl

e W

eb T

oolk

it (G

WT)

. We

bega

n re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent o

f int

erfa

ce g

uida

nce

for s

mar

tpho

ne a

pplic

atio

n, w

sabi

3.0

. Aft

er a

naly

sis o

f av

aila

ble

tool

s and

tech

nolo

gies

, we

deci

ded

to u

se G

WT,

and

Pho

nega

p. T

hese

tool

s fac

ilita

ted

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

app

licat

ion

that

leve

rage

d an

d im

plem

ente

d w

eb te

chno

logi

es a

vaila

ble

on e

very

Inte

rnet

-ena

bled

dev

ice,

pa

rtic

ular

smar

tpho

nes.

Bot

h th

e N

exus

4, a

nd th

e iP

hone

wer

e us

ed fo

r dev

elop

men

t and

test

ing.

Det

aile

d re

sear

ch o

n cr

oss-

plat

form

dev

elop

men

t tec

hnol

ogie

s, us

abili

ty te

st re

sults

, and

the

curr

ent s

tate

of w

sabi

3.0

will

be

pre

sent

ed.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

onor

McC

oy

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): W

ill b

e pu

rsui

ng a

Mas

ter o

f Sci

ence

deg

ree

in F

ire P

rote

ctio

n En

gine

erin

g at

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Fire

Res

earc

h Di

visio

n, E

ngin

eere

d Fi

re S

afet

y Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. A

ntho

ny P

utor

ti

Title

of T

alk:

De

velo

pmen

t of L

ow-C

ost D

ata

Acqu

isitio

n De

vice

s for

Ext

rem

e Ha

zard

App

licat

ions

Abst

ract

: Re

sear

cher

s col

lect

dat

a us

ing

diffe

rent

sens

ors t

o be

tter

und

erst

and

the

phys

ical

wor

ld. D

ata

acqu

isitio

n de

vice

s ar

e a

criti

cal p

art o

f res

earc

h be

caus

e th

ey in

terf

ace

sens

ors w

ith c

ompu

ters

for f

urth

er a

naly

sis a

nd d

ata

stor

age.

Co

mm

erci

al d

ata

acqu

isitio

n de

vice

s can

cos

t tho

usan

ds to

tens

of t

hous

ands

of d

olla

rs, m

akin

g th

eir u

se in

ex

trem

ely

haza

rdou

s env

ironm

ents

whe

re th

ere

exist

s a h

igh

risk

of d

amag

e to

the

devi

ce, p

rohi

bitiv

ely

expe

nsiv

e. T

here

fore

, the

dev

elop

men

t of a

low

-cos

t dat

a ac

quisi

tion

syst

em is

nec

essa

ry to

ove

rcom

e th

is fin

anci

al b

arrie

r to

rese

arch

. A

data

acq

uisit

ion

devi

ce w

as d

esig

ned

and

deve

lope

d sp

ecifi

cally

for u

se in

hig

h te

mpe

ratu

re fi

re e

nviro

nmen

ts w

ith th

e pr

esen

ce o

f low

, med

ium

, and

hig

h vo

ltage

haz

ards

and

serv

ed to

log

tem

pera

ture

mea

sure

men

ts o

ver t

ime

usin

g a

ther

moc

oupl

e.

This

proj

ect s

ough

t to

dete

rmin

e th

e co

mpo

nent

s nec

essa

ry in

des

igni

ng a

dat

a ac

quisi

tion

syst

em a

nd id

entif

y po

tent

ial h

azar

ds to

its p

erfo

rman

ce fo

r fut

ure

cons

ider

atio

n. T

he d

esig

n of

the

data

acq

uisit

ion

syst

em w

as

insp

ired

by th

e us

e of

the

Ardu

ino

mic

roco

ntro

ller f

ound

in p

revi

ous d

esig

ns. S

imila

r har

dwar

e w

as e

mpl

oyed

, but

ou

r des

ign

is a

stan

d-al

one

syst

em u

nlik

e its

pre

dece

ssor

s, to

ens

ure

that

it d

oes n

ot in

terf

ace

with

a c

ompu

ter

until

haz

ardo

us c

ondi

tions

are

ove

r. P

rogr

amm

ing

was

don

e in

a si

mpl

ified

C/C

++ la

ngua

ge. T

he fi

nal d

esig

n is

to

be te

sted

and

val

idat

ed b

y re

cord

ing

elev

ated

tem

pera

ture

s.

It ha

s bee

n sh

own

that

mic

roco

ntro

llers

are

a re

liabl

e, a

cces

sible

, cus

tom

izabl

e, a

nd a

fford

able

opt

ion

in

deve

lopi

ng a

dat

a ac

quisi

tion

syst

em. F

utur

e co

nsid

erat

ions

for t

his p

artic

ular

des

ign

incl

ude

the

mea

sure

men

t an

d as

sess

men

t of t

he e

ffect

s of E

lect

rical

Mag

netic

Inte

rfer

ence

and

met

hods

such

as f

ilter

ing

to m

itiga

te th

ese

effe

cts.

Fiel

d te

stin

g of

this

devi

ce w

ill ta

ke p

lace

late

r in

the

year

and

will

hel

p to

det

erm

ine

futu

re im

prov

emen

ts

to th

e de

sign.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

usan

McG

ratt

an

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

151

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: C

orne

ll U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: En

viro

nmen

tal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

ndec

ided

, pos

sibly

gra

duat

e sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

; Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

In

form

atio

n M

odel

ing

and

Test

ing

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: KC

Mor

ris

Title

of T

alk:

W

ater

Con

sum

ptio

n in

Man

ufac

turin

g Pr

oces

ses

Abst

ract

: W

ater

is ra

pidl

y be

com

ing

a sc

arce

reso

urce

in m

any

area

s of t

he w

orld

and

mill

ions

of p

eopl

e do

not

hav

e ac

cess

to

ade

quat

e am

ount

s of w

ater

for d

rinki

ng a

nd sa

nita

tion.

Cur

rent

supp

ly le

vels

may

be

unab

le to

mee

t fut

ure

dem

and

from

a g

row

ing

popu

latio

n an

d ec

onom

y, e

mph

asizi

ng th

e im

port

ance

of c

onse

rvat

ion

effo

rts.

Sin

ce

indu

stry

con

sum

es a

sign

ifica

nt a

mou

nt o

f wat

er fo

r coo

ling

and

prod

uctio

n pu

rpos

es, t

he n

eed

for s

usta

inab

le

wat

er u

se p

ract

ices

is ri

sing.

A g

oal f

or su

stai

nabl

e m

anuf

actu

ring

effo

rts i

s to

redu

ce in

dust

ry’s

cons

umpt

ion

of

wat

er a

nd o

ther

reso

urce

s, su

ch a

s ene

rgy

and

mat

eria

ls, w

hile

con

tinui

ng to

pro

duce

hig

h qu

ality

pro

duct

s. Th

is pr

ojec

t foc

uses

on

the

wat

er u

sage

asp

ect o

f sus

tain

able

man

ufac

turin

g. A

n ex

tens

ive

liter

atur

e re

view

was

co

nduc

ted

to e

xam

ine

the

wat

er re

quire

men

ts a

nd w

ater

use

in a

var

iety

of m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

esse

s. In

divi

dual

pr

oces

ses w

ere

sele

cted

at t

he u

nit m

anuf

actu

ring

leve

l and

spec

ific

wat

er c

onsu

mpt

ion

was

det

erm

ined

for

each

. Pro

cess

rate

was

use

d to

nor

mal

ize th

e da

ta fo

r com

paris

on in

ord

er to

iden

tify

wat

er in

tens

ive

proc

esse

s.

Wat

er c

onse

rvat

ion

effo

rts c

an b

e fo

cuse

d on

thes

e pr

oces

ses t

o re

duce

wat

er c

onsu

mpt

ion

and

prov

ide

pote

ntia

l sav

ings

. The

se fi

gure

s will

serv

e as

a u

sefu

l gui

de fo

r fut

ure

inve

stig

atio

ns in

to th

e im

pact

of w

ater

usa

ge

on m

anuf

actu

ring.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

onat

han

Mic

helso

n G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H18

1 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity, S

tate

Uni

vers

ity o

f N

ew Y

ork

Maj

or:

Elec

tric

al E

ngin

eerin

g

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l Ca

reer

in P

rofe

ssio

nal A

udio

Har

dwar

e/So

ftwar

e De

velo

pmen

t and

/or I

nnov

atio

n N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Phys

ical

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Sem

icon

duct

or &

Dim

ensio

nal M

etro

logy

Div

ision

, Ad

vanc

ed D

evic

e Re

liabi

lity

and

Char

acte

rizat

ion

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Li

n Yo

u, Jo

seph

Kop

ansk

i

Title

of T

alk:

Sc

anni

ng M

icro

wav

e M

icro

scop

y: A

Pro

misi

ng T

echn

ique

for 3

D-IC

Sub

surf

ace

Met

rolo

gy

Abst

ract

: In

tegr

ated

circ

uit d

evel

oper

s, in

sear

ch o

f eve

r im

prov

ing

chip

effi

cien

cies

, hav

e sh

ifted

att

entio

n aw

ay fr

om th

e st

anda

rd, t

wo-

dim

ensio

nal,

plan

ar d

esig

ns to

war

ds a

mor

e pr

omisi

ng b

uild

: the

thre

e-di

men

siona

l sta

cked

in

tegr

ated

circ

uit (

3D-IC

, or 3

D-SI

C). A

ttra

ctin

g tr

emen

dous

rese

arch

inte

rest

, the

se 3

D-IC

arc

hite

ctur

es in

dica

te

nove

l per

form

ance

adv

ance

men

ts –

an

entic

ing

bit f

or th

e se

mic

ondu

ctor

and

ele

ctro

nics

indu

strie

s. H

owev

er,

wha

t wou

ld b

e be

nefic

ial i

n fu

rthe

r dev

elop

ing

this

exci

ting

tech

nolo

gy’s

pot

entia

l are

robu

st te

chni

ques

for t

he

char

acte

rizat

ion

& m

etro

logy

of t

he su

bsur

face

“met

allic

fore

sts”

of e

lect

rical

con

nect

ions

and

dev

ices

bur

ied

in

thes

e m

ultil

ayer

3D-

ICs.

The

pro

cedu

re o

f sca

nnin

g m

icro

wav

e m

icro

scop

y (S

MM

), w

ith it

s non

-inva

sive,

hig

h-re

solu

tion,

subs

urfa

ce im

agin

g ca

pabi

litie

s, a

ppea

rs to

be

a st

rong

can

dida

te fo

r thi

s tas

k. S

MM

ope

rate

s by

send

ing

mic

row

ave-

freq

uenc

y (1

-20G

Hz) s

igna

ls th

roug

h a

nano

met

er-s

cale

con

duct

ive

tip a

s it s

cans

acr

oss a

sa

mpl

e of

inte

rest

, con

sequ

ently

det

ectin

g th

e ch

ange

s in

ampl

itude

and

pha

se o

f the

refle

cted

mic

row

ave

signa

ls (c

alle

d S1

1-pa

ram

eter

s) th

at a

re d

ue to

min

ute

varia

tion

in ti

p-sa

mpl

e im

peda

nce.

In o

ther

wor

ds, t

he S

MM

pr

oced

ure

can

"map

" S11

-am

plitu

de a

nd -p

hase

ver

sus t

ip p

ositi

on, o

btai

ning

use

ful i

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t the

am

plitu

de-a

lterin

g su

bsur

face

geo

met

ry. I

n th

is SU

RF p

roje

ct, t

he fi

nite

-ele

men

t-ana

lysis

softw

are

COM

SOL

Mul

tiphy

sics w

as e

mpl

oyed

to m

odel

a si

mpl

ified

SM

M se

tup

with

var

ious

spec

ific

subs

urfa

ce te

st st

ruct

ures

. The

S1

1 re

spon

se fo

r the

sim

ulat

ions

was

obt

aine

d an

d co

mpa

red

with

exp

erim

enta

l S11

dat

a. A

goo

d ag

reem

ent

betw

een

the

COM

SOL

mod

el d

ata

and

expe

rimen

tal d

ata

was

ach

ieve

d, il

lust

ratin

g th

e ef

fect

iven

ess o

f the

sim

ulat

ion

appr

oach

as a

n in

vest

igat

ive

and

pred

ictiv

e to

ol. T

his w

ork

help

s int

erpr

et S

MM

subs

urfa

ce re

sults

, an

d pr

ovid

es a

func

tiona

l pla

tfor

m fo

r fut

ure

subs

urfa

ce im

agin

g sim

ulat

ions

of o

ther

test

stru

ctur

es o

f int

eres

t. Co

ntin

ued

refin

emen

t of t

hese

, and

cre

atio

n of

oth

er, s

oftw

are

simul

atio

ns fo

r fut

ure

SMM

-met

rolo

gy

inve

stig

atio

n is

just

ified

and

enc

oura

ged

by th

e re

sults

pre

sent

ed in

this

wor

k.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: R

yan

Mill

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

184

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of T

exas

at D

alla

s M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

for a

M.S

. in

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

or a

car

eer i

n Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Life

Cyc

le E

ngin

eerin

g Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. G

ordo

n Sh

ao

Title

of T

alk:

De

velo

ping

a D

omai

n Sp

ecifi

c M

odel

Lib

rary

and

Sup

port

ing

Tool

s for

Man

ufac

turin

g M

odel

ing

and

Opt

imiza

tion

Abst

ract

: Th

ere

are

man

y ex

istin

g ap

plic

atio

ns a

vaila

ble

for a

naly

zing

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

ses.

How

ever

, the

lear

ning

cu

rves

for m

ost o

f the

se a

pplic

atio

ns a

re st

eep

and

requ

ire e

xten

sive

prog

ram

ing

and/

or m

athe

mat

ical

kn

owle

dge.

Pro

cess

eng

inee

rs a

re c

urre

ntly

miss

ing

an in

tuiti

ve a

nd e

asy

met

hod

to m

odel

, sim

ulat

e, a

nd

optim

ize th

eir m

anuf

actu

ring

prob

lem

s. W

ith a

man

ufac

turin

g do

mai

n m

odel

libr

ary,

a d

omai

n us

er su

ch a

s a

proc

ess e

ngin

eer c

ould

mod

el m

anuf

actu

ring

proc

esse

s usin

g a

Mod

elic

a Gr

aphi

cal U

ser I

nter

face

(GU

I).

Thes

e m

odel

ed p

roce

sses

can

be

simul

ated

to p

erfo

rm w

hat-

if an

alys

is fo

r dec

ision

supp

ort.

Th

e sa

me

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

s mod

els c

an a

lso b

e op

timize

d w

ith re

gard

to sp

ecifi

c pa

ram

eter

s and

met

rics.

For

this

purp

ose,

the

Mod

elic

a m

odel

s will

be

tran

slate

d to

the

Sust

aina

ble

Proc

ess A

naly

tics F

orm

alism

(SPA

F) m

odel

s, a

n ap

plic

atio

n-in

depe

nden

t for

mat

, whi

ch c

an th

en b

e co

mpi

led

to a

stan

dard

opt

imiza

tion

mod

el a

nd e

xecu

ted

usin

g op

timiza

tion

solv

ers s

uch

as C

PLEX

to d

eriv

e op

timal

resu

lts.

Thes

e re

sults

will

be

prov

ided

to th

e us

ers t

hrou

gh

the

Mod

elic

a GU

I as a

ctio

nabl

e re

com

men

datio

ns.

In

this

proj

ect,

an e

xten

dabl

e m

anuf

actu

ring

dom

ain

mod

el li

brar

y is

crea

ted

usin

g th

e M

odel

ica

mod

elin

g la

ngua

ge a

nd e

nviro

nmen

t. Re

usab

le m

anuf

actu

ring

mod

els a

nd c

ompo

nent

s are

dev

elop

ed.

Mor

e m

odel

co

mpo

nent

s can

be

adde

d as

nee

ded.

A

tran

slato

r is d

evel

oped

usin

g Ja

va to

tran

slate

Mod

elic

a m

odel

s to

SPAF

m

odel

s and

inst

antia

te o

ptim

al re

sults

thro

ugh

the

Mod

elic

a GU

I.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Maj

a M

ilosa

vlje

vic

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

124

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

mith

Col

lege

M

ajor

: M

athe

mat

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Co

llege

Gra

duat

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): W

ork

for 1

-2 y

ears

and

then

pur

sue

a Ph

.D. i

n St

atist

ics

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Sta

tistic

al E

ngin

eerin

g Di

visio

n

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Anto

nio

Poss

olo

Title

of T

alk:

Se

ason

al a

nd S

patia

l Pat

tern

s in

the

Atm

osph

eric

Con

cent

ratio

n of

Gre

enho

use

Gase

s

Abst

ract

: Di

scre

te m

easu

rem

ents

of t

he a

bund

ance

s of g

reen

hous

e ga

s mad

e at

var

ious

obs

erva

torie

s wor

ldw

ide

serv

e to

ch

arac

teriz

e th

e st

ate

of th

e at

mos

pher

e an

d he

lp tr

ack

chan

ges o

ver t

ime

that

may

be

rela

ted

to c

limat

e ch

ange

. Ti

me

serie

s of m

easu

rem

ents

of t

he a

tmos

pher

ic c

once

ntra

tion

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses p

rovi

ded

by th

e N

atio

nal

Oce

anic

and

Atm

osph

eric

Adm

inist

ratio

n (N

OAA

) at s

ix o

bser

vato

ries p

rovi

de th

e ra

w m

ater

ials

to c

hara

cter

ize th

e sp

atia

l and

tem

pora

l asp

ects

of t

he th

ose

patt

erns

of v

aria

bilit

y. A

key

tech

nica

l too

l tha

t I h

ave

empl

oyed

for t

his

purp

ose

prod

uces

a d

ecom

posit

ion

of a

tim

e se

ries i

nto

seas

onal

, tre

nd, a

nd re

mai

nder

com

pone

nts.

The

n,

com

paris

ons b

etw

een

obse

rvat

orie

s and

diff

eren

t gas

eous

spec

ies (

carb

on d

ioxi

de, c

arbo

n m

onox

ide,

met

hane

, et

c.) c

an b

e m

ade

for b

oth

the

seas

onal

and

tren

d co

mpo

nent

s. I

n th

is pr

esen

tatio

n I w

ill d

escr

ibe

how

thes

e co

mpa

rison

s wer

e do

ne, a

nd th

e co

rres

pond

ing

resu

lts.

The

tren

d co

mpo

nent

s sho

w d

ecre

asin

g le

vels

of c

arbo

n m

onox

ide

and

met

hane

gas

as l

atitu

de d

ecre

ases

. Add

ition

ally

, the

re a

re d

istin

ct se

ason

ality

pat

tern

s for

all

obse

rved

gas

es, a

nd th

e co

ncen

trat

ions

in th

e no

rthe

rn a

nd so

uthe

rn h

emisp

here

s are

out

of p

hase

. In

both

he

misp

here

s, g

reen

hous

e ga

s em

issio

ns a

re h

ighe

st in

the

win

ter a

nd lo

wes

t in

the

sum

mer

. So

me

of th

e ob

serv

ed

patt

erns

disc

usse

d in

this

pres

enta

tion

are

supp

orte

d by

pub

lishe

d lit

erat

ure,

but

oth

ers l

eave

ope

n qu

estio

ns o

f po

tent

ial i

nter

est t

o at

mos

pher

ic sc

ient

ists a

nd w

orth

y of

furt

her s

tudy

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: R

ohan

Mitt

al

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Col

lege

Par

k M

ajor

: M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to o

btai

n ei

ther

a M

aste

rs o

r Ph.

D de

pend

ing

on w

hich

fiel

d I d

ecid

e on

pur

suin

g

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Sci

ence

Div

ision

, Se

curit

ies T

echn

olog

y Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. A

man

da F

orst

er

Title

of T

alk:

U

nidi

rect

iona

l Bal

listic

Res

istan

t Lam

inat

es

Abst

ract

: In

the

sum

mer

of 2

003,

a p

olic

e of

ficer

’s p

olyb

enzo

biso

xazo

le (P

BO) a

rmor

was

pen

etra

ted

by a

roun

d th

e ar

mor

sh

ould

hav

e be

en a

ble

to w

ithst

and.

Thi

s was

the

first

tim

e a

balli

stic

-res

istan

t bod

y ar

mor

faile

d in

the

30 y

ear

hist

ory

of th

e N

atio

nal I

nstit

ute

of Ju

stic

e (N

IJ) B

ody

Arm

or S

tand

ard.

NIS

T le

d an

inve

stig

atio

n in

to th

e fa

ilure

of

this

vest

, and

it w

as d

eter

min

ed th

at h

ydro

lytic

deg

rada

tion

play

ed a

role

in it

s fai

lure

. As a

resu

lt, a

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ondi

tioni

ng p

roto

col w

as in

stat

ed in

the

NIJ

Body

Arm

or S

tand

ard

in 2

008

to b

ette

r scr

een

arm

or

for s

usce

ptib

ility

to d

egra

datio

n du

e to

hyd

roly

sis. N

IST

cont

inue

s to

eval

uate

the

arm

or se

rvic

e lif

e th

roug

h its

lo

ng-t

erm

stab

ility

of h

igh

stre

ngth

fibe

rs re

sear

ch p

rogr

am.

The

obje

ctiv

e of

my

wor

k is

to re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

op a

met

hod

to st

udy

unid

irect

iona

l bal

listic

-res

istan

t fab

ric

lam

inat

es. W

hile

ther

e ar

e m

any

diffe

rent

type

s of b

ody

arm

or, m

y w

ork

focu

ses o

n un

idire

ctio

nal (

UD)

lam

inat

es

mad

e w

ith a

ram

id a

nd u

ltra-

high

mol

ecul

ar w

eigh

t pol

yeth

ylen

e (U

HMW

PE).

The

UD

lam

inat

es c

onsis

t of f

our

nonw

oven

laye

rs o

f fib

ers t

hat a

re o

rient

ed in

a 0

°/90

°/0°

/90°

pat

tern

, bou

nd w

ith a

resin

, and

are

cov

ered

by

a lo

w d

ensit

y th

in fi

lm o

f pol

yeth

ylen

e on

bot

h sid

es. T

he c

halle

nge

was

to se

para

te th

e bo

dy a

rmor

into

thei

r in

divi

dual

con

stitu

ents

, whi

ch in

clud

e th

e fib

ers,

film

s and

resin

. Onc

e th

ey a

re se

para

ted,

it is

pos

sible

to

char

acte

rize

thei

r che

mic

al a

nd p

hysic

al p

rope

rtie

s usin

g te

chni

ques

such

as F

TIR,

DSC

, TGA

and

tens

ile te

stin

g.

Body

arm

or is

subj

ecte

d to

mec

hani

cal d

egra

datio

n su

ch a

s fol

ds o

r abr

asio

n du

ring

use

that

can

pot

entia

lly a

lter

the

perf

orm

ance

of t

he a

rmor

. To

simul

ate

thes

e sit

uatio

ns, a

shee

t of a

rmor

was

fold

ed a

nd p

lace

d un

der

pres

sure

, and

then

a te

ar te

st w

as p

erfo

rmed

to in

vest

igat

e ch

ange

s in

perf

orm

ance

. The

se re

sults

will

be

furt

her

disc

usse

d in

my

pres

enta

tion.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: B

rook

e Ta

ylor

Mor

gan

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

104

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: M

iddl

e Te

nnes

see

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: For

ensic

Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to a

tten

d gr

adua

te sc

hool

in F

all 2

015

in p

ursu

it of

a M

aste

r of S

cien

ce in

For

ensic

Sc

ienc

e.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Bio

mol

ecul

ar M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Appl

ied

Gene

tics G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Mic

hael

Cob

le a

nd D

r. Pe

ter V

allo

ne

Title

of T

alk:

M

IX 1

3: A

NIS

T In

terla

bora

tory

Stu

dy o

n th

e Pr

esen

t Sta

te o

f DN

A M

ixtu

re In

terp

reta

tion

Abst

ract

: DN

A ev

iden

ce in

terp

reta

tion

for s

ingl

e-so

urce

pro

files

-whe

re si

ngle

evi

dent

iary

pro

file

mat

ches

the

prof

ile fr

om

the

susp

ecte

d pe

rpet

rato

r-ar

e re

lativ

ely

easy

to d

eter

min

e an

d re

port

to a

jury

. Fo

r man

y ca

ses t

he

inte

rpre

tatio

n is

not a

s str

aigh

t-fo

rwar

d. I

n fa

ct, o

ne o

f the

big

gest

obs

tacl

es fa

ced

in to

day’

s for

ensic

la

bora

torie

s is i

nter

pret

ing

DNA

mix

ture

s, w

here

two

or m

ore

indi

vidu

als a

re in

the

evid

entia

ry p

rofil

e.

Hist

oric

ally

ther

e ha

s bee

n lit

tle g

uida

nce

to a

ssist

the

anal

yst i

n de

term

inin

g th

e co

mpo

nent

s of t

he m

ixtu

re.

Pete

r Gill

, a le

ader

in th

e fie

ld o

f DN

A ty

ping

onc

e sa

id, “

If yo

u sh

ow 1

0 co

lleag

ues a

mix

ture

, you

will

pro

babl

y en

d up

with

10

diffe

rent

ans

wer

s”

In 2

010,

the

Scie

ntifi

c W

orki

ng G

roup

on

DNA

Anal

ysis

Met

hods

(SW

GDAM

) pub

lishe

d gu

idel

ines

to a

ssist

labs

in

mix

ture

inte

rpre

tatio

n. S

ince

then

, man

y la

bora

torie

s hav

e im

prov

ed th

eir S

tand

ard

Ope

ratin

g Pr

oced

ures

(SO

Ps)

base

d up

on th

e 20

10 S

WGD

AM g

uide

lines

. An

inte

rlabo

rato

ry st

udy

is a

usef

ul to

ol th

at a

llow

s lab

orat

orie

s to

com

pare

thei

r ana

lyse

s to

othe

r lab

orat

orie

s an

d de

term

ine

if ad

ditio

nal t

rain

ing

is ne

cess

ary.

Pre

viou

s NIS

T in

terla

bora

tory

stud

ies o

n m

ixtu

re in

terp

reta

tion

resu

lted

in a

wid

e ra

nge

of v

aria

tion

with

in a

nd b

etw

een

labo

rato

ries.

In

2013

, NIS

T co

nduc

ted

an in

terla

bora

tory

st

udy

(MIX

13) t

o ex

amin

e th

e pr

esen

t sta

te o

f DN

A m

ixtu

re in

terp

reta

tion

in th

e U

.S. a

fter

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

th

e 20

10 S

WGD

AM g

uide

lines

. He

re w

e pr

esen

t res

ults

from

one

of f

ive

MIX

13 c

ases

. A su

bsta

ntia

l am

ount

of v

aria

tion

was

foun

d w

ithin

and

be

twee

n la

bs w

hen

inte

rpre

ting

a tw

o-pe

rson

mix

ture

of e

qual

pro

port

ion.

The

se fi

ndin

gs c

an h

elp

the

labo

rato

ry to

iden

tify

pote

ntia

l lim

itatio

ns in

thei

r SO

Ps, p

rovi

de re

sour

ces f

or fu

ture

trai

ning

, and

con

duct

re

sear

ch to

impr

ove

mix

ture

inte

rpre

tatio

n an

d re

port

ing

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: E

ric B

. Nel

son

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

122

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: B

oise

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l fol

low

ed b

y Pr

ivat

e Se

ctor

Res

earc

h Ad

visin

g an

d Ex

perim

enta

l Pro

cess

En

gine

erin

g N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls M

easu

rem

ent S

cien

ce D

ivisi

on,

Mat

eria

ls St

ruct

ure

and

Data

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. E

ric C

ocka

yne

Title

of T

alk:

M

odel

ing

Mat

eria

ls fo

r a B

ette

r Tom

orro

w: C

ompu

tatio

nal S

tudi

es o

f Car

bon

Capt

ure

Mat

eria

ls M

IL-5

3 an

d BP

ene

Abst

ract

: Th

e ris

ing

leve

l of a

tmos

pher

ic c

arbo

n di

oxid

e is

one

of th

e la

rges

t con

cern

s in

our s

ocie

ty to

day,

for r

easo

ns b

oth

econ

omic

and

hea

lth-c

ente

red.

CO

2 em

issio

ns a

re p

rodu

ced

pred

omin

atel

y fr

om th

e co

mbu

stio

n of

coa

l, oi

l and

na

tura

l gas

es (c

a. 8

0% o

f CO

2 em

issio

ns w

orld

wid

e), a

nd a

re p

roje

cted

to ra

pidl

y in

crea

se d

ue to

glo

bal e

cono

mic

de

velo

pmen

t [S.

Ene

rgy

Polic

y 20

07, 3

5, 5

938]

. In

June

200

9, th

e U

.S. H

ouse

of R

epre

sent

ativ

es p

asse

d th

e Am

eric

an C

lean

Ene

rgy

and

Secu

rity

Act,

whi

ch p

ropo

ses e

cono

my-

wid

e CO

2 red

uctio

n go

als o

f 83%

bel

ow 2

005'

s pr

oduc

tion

leve

ls by

205

0. C

aptu

ring

CO2

at th

e so

urce

pre

vent

s dam

agin

g m

olec

ules

from

bei

ng re

leas

ed in

to th

e en

viro

nmen

t. M

etal

-org

anic

fram

ewor

k (M

OF)

mat

eria

ls ar

e a

likel

y ca

ndid

ate

for c

aptu

ring

CO2 m

ore

effic

ient

ly

than

cur

rent

tech

nolo

gies

. Com

puta

tiona

l wor

k th

at c

an a

ccur

atel

y pr

edic

t str

uctu

re-p

rope

rty

rela

tions

hips

in

MO

F m

ater

ials

wou

ld su

bsta

ntia

lly re

duce

the

deve

lopm

ent t

ime

for m

ater

ials

with

des

ired

prop

ertie

s. T

he fo

cus

of th

is st

udy

is to

refin

e pr

evio

us st

udie

s on

MIL

-53

and

BPen

e, fl

exib

le n

anop

orou

s mat

eria

ls w

hich

flex

whe

n CO

2 or o

ther

gas

eous

mol

ecul

es a

re a

dsor

bed

and

deso

rbed

. MIL

-53

is a

wel

l-stu

died

flex

ible

MO

F fo

r ads

orpt

ion

and

deso

rptio

n pr

oper

ties;

how

ever

, les

s is k

now

n ab

out i

ts b

ehav

ior d

urin

g ch

ange

s bet

wee

n hi

gh a

nd lo

w

tem

pera

ture

pha

ses.

Mod

elin

g M

IL-5

3 an

d BP

ene

prov

ides

info

rmat

ion

into

the

ener

getic

s of t

he p

hase

tr

ansf

orm

atio

n w

hich

est

ablis

hes m

ater

ials

perf

orm

ance

. The

stud

y us

es d

ensit

y fu

nctio

nal t

heor

y (D

FT)

calc

ulat

ions

to st

udy

MIL

-53

and

BPen

e. T

he e

xper

imen

tal s

truc

ture

and

ban

dgap

of t

he re

late

d m

ater

ial C

rom

ium

(II

I) O

xide

wer

e us

ed a

s a te

st b

ed fo

r opt

imizi

ng D

FT p

aram

eter

s and

then

app

lied

to M

IL-5

3. P

relim

inar

y re

sults

ar

e en

cour

agin

g, a

nd su

gges

t tha

t the

cry

stal

stru

ctur

e an

d re

lativ

e en

ergi

es a

re in

goo

d ag

reem

ent w

ith

expe

rimen

tal v

alue

s. F

inal

resu

lts fr

om th

ese

findi

ngs a

re to

be

com

pare

d w

ith e

xper

imen

tal v

alue

s and

use

d as

a

benc

hmar

k fo

r fur

ther

theo

retic

al st

udie

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: B

onni

e N

ewm

an

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

127

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: G

enev

a Co

llege

M

ajor

: Ap

plie

d M

athe

mat

ics/

Chem

istry

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): At

tend

gra

duat

e Sc

hool

inte

grat

ing

Mat

hem

atic

s and

Che

mist

ry th

roug

h m

ater

ials.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Katie

Wei

gand

t

Title

of T

alk:

Ex

tens

iona

l Flo

w-S

ANS

of W

orm

like

Mic

elle

s

Abst

ract

: Ex

tens

iona

l flo

ws a

re o

bser

ved

in m

any

indu

stria

l app

licat

ions

incl

udin

g po

lym

er e

xtru

sion

as w

ell a

s ph

arm

aceu

tical

con

sum

er p

rodu

ct p

roce

ssin

g an

d de

liver

y, w

here

safe

ty, q

ualit

y as

sura

nce,

and

mar

keta

bilit

y ar

e cr

ucia

l. U

nfor

tuna

tely

, pur

e ex

tens

iona

l flo

w is

diff

icul

t to

obta

in a

nd th

e as

soci

ated

pro

pert

ies c

an b

e ch

alle

ngin

g to

mea

sure

. Mic

elle

s are

stru

ctur

es w

hich

form

in su

rfac

tant

solu

tions

at c

once

ntra

tions

abo

ve th

e cr

itica

l mic

elle

co

ncen

trat

ion

(CM

C). W

orm

like

mic

elle

s are

a sp

ecifi

c ty

pe o

f hig

h as

pect

ratio

mic

elle

with

a m

icel

le le

ngth

that

ex

ceed

s the

per

siste

nce

leng

th. T

hese

solu

tions

are

goo

d ca

ndid

ates

for m

easu

rem

ent w

ith e

xten

siona

l flo

w-

SAN

S be

caus

e th

e st

ruct

ure

and

rheo

logy

of t

hese

syst

ems h

ave

been

stud

ied

exte

nsiv

ely

in sh

ear f

low

s, w

hile

lim

ited

exte

nsio

nal f

low

dat

a ex

ists.

Add

ition

ally

, pre

viou

s stu

dies

hav

e us

ed m

icro

-par

ticle

imag

e ve

loci

met

ry

(μPI

V) a

nd o

ptic

al b

irefr

inge

nce

mea

sure

men

ts to

cha

ract

erize

wor

mlik

e m

icel

les i

n m

icro

fluid

ic c

ross

-slo

ts. S

mal

l an

gle

neut

ron

scat

terin

g (S

ANS)

, how

ever

, is a

gre

at te

chni

que

to c

hara

cter

ize w

orm

like

mic

elle

s und

er fl

ow,

beca

use

the

char

acte

ristic

dim

ensio

ns o

f the

mic

elle

s are

on

the

orde

r of n

anom

eter

s to

hund

reds

of n

anom

eter

s.

In th

is w

ork,

we

have

beg

un to

cha

ract

erize

the

stru

ctur

e an

d rh

eolo

gy o

f cet

ylpy

ridin

ium

chl

orid

e an

d so

dium

sa

licyl

ate

wor

mlik

e m

icel

le so

lutio

ns, u

sing

a sp

ecia

lly d

esig

ned

cros

s-slo

t flo

w c

ell.

This

stud

y ex

plor

es th

e ef

fect

s of

cha

nnel

dep

th a

nd fl

ow ra

te o

n th

e st

ruct

ural

tran

sitio

ns o

f the

wor

mlik

e m

icel

les.

Fur

ther

, we

mea

sure

the

flow

-indu

ced

alig

nmen

t of t

he w

orm

like

mic

elle

s and

thei

r sub

sequ

ent r

elax

atio

n du

ring

star

t-st

op fl

ow

expe

rimen

ts. T

he re

sults

of t

his s

tudy

will

be

used

to h

elp

optim

ize th

e ne

w c

ross

-slo

t flo

w c

ell b

efor

e it

is us

ed

for e

xper

imen

ts w

ith m

ore

com

plex

flui

ds.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: D

enni

s Ngo

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mon

tgom

ery

Colle

ge

Maj

or:

Elec

tric

al E

ngin

eer

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to a

tten

d Gr

ad sc

hool

at t

he U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and

Colle

ge P

ark.

I am

pur

suin

g a

care

er in

eith

er c

ontr

ol sy

stem

s or s

igna

l pro

cess

ing.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Engi

neer

ing

Labo

rato

ry, F

ire D

ivisi

on, E

ngin

eere

d Fi

re S

afet

y Gr

oup,

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Isra

el L

opez

-Cot

o, K

ulde

ep P

rasa

d

Title

of T

alk:

Id

entif

ying

the

Sour

ces o

f Err

or in

Atm

osph

eric

Tra

nspo

rt G

ases

Abst

ract

: Th

ere

are

man

y at

mos

pher

ic tr

ansp

ort m

odel

s tha

t stu

dy a

nd a

naly

ze th

e be

havi

ors o

f gre

enho

use

gase

s;

how

ever

, mos

t mod

els r

un in

to th

e po

tent

ial o

f pro

duci

ng e

rror

s and

unc

erta

intie

s. T

he u

ncer

tain

ties w

ill

misg

uide

mod

eler

s fro

m p

redi

ctin

g th

e ou

tcom

e of

met

eoro

logi

cal c

ondi

tions

and

con

cent

ratio

n of

gre

enho

use

gase

s in

the

atm

osph

ere.

The

pur

pose

of t

his r

esea

rch

was

to e

valu

ate

the

perf

orm

ance

s of t

he a

tmos

pher

ic

tran

spor

t mod

el W

eath

er R

esea

rch

and

Fore

cast

ing

(WRF

). Th

is w

ill p

rovi

de in

form

atio

n fo

r mod

eler

s to

impr

ove

mod

els b

y pr

oper

ly re

pres

entin

g th

e er

rors

and

unc

erta

intie

s fro

m th

e at

mos

pher

ic tr

ansp

ort m

odel

s.

By d

irect

com

paris

on o

f sim

ulat

ed d

ata

agai

nst f

ield

dat

a co

llect

ed d

urin

g th

e co

ntro

lled

rele

ase

expe

rimen

t ETE

X (E

urop

ean

Trac

er E

xper

imen

t), w

e w

ere

able

to q

uant

ify th

e un

cert

aint

ies o

f diff

eren

t WRF

con

figur

atio

ns o

n th

e sim

ulat

ed c

once

ntra

tions

, tem

pera

ture

s, an

d w

ind

field

s. T

he e

valu

atio

n of

all

case

stud

ies r

evea

led

that

the

vert

ical

and

hor

izont

al re

solu

tion

affe

ct th

e re

sults

sign

ifica

ntly

. How

ever

, the

sele

ctio

n of

the

Plan

etar

y Bo

unda

ry

Laye

r (PB

L) p

aram

eter

izatio

n ha

d by

far t

he m

ost s

igni

fican

t im

pact

on

the

simul

atio

n er

rors

sinc

e it

is co

ntro

lling

th

e ve

rtic

al m

ixin

g. O

vera

ll, th

e sim

ulat

ions

wel

l-cap

ture

d th

e pl

ume

disp

ersio

n in

spac

e an

d in

tim

e.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Edw

ard

O’B

rien

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

181

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

UN

Y Bi

ngha

mto

n M

ajor

: El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Gr

adua

te S

choo

l

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): 4+

1 Gr

adua

te P

rogr

am a

t Bin

gham

ton

Uni

vers

ity

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Fund

amen

tal E

lect

rical

Mea

sure

men

t Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dean

Jarr

ett

Title

of T

alk:

Hi

gh R

esist

ance

Cha

ract

eriza

tion

To 1

00 T

Abst

ract

: Th

e pr

imar

y go

al o

f thi

s res

earc

h is

to e

xpan

d up

on h

igh

resis

tanc

e m

easu

rem

ent t

echn

ique

s and

stan

dard

s. A

use

d to

mea

sure

and

cal

ibra

te o

ther

st

anda

rd re

sisto

rs a

nd b

uild

-st

abili

ty w

as d

eter

min

ed b

ased

on

its te

mpe

ratu

re c

oeffi

cien

t, vo

ltage

coe

ffici

ent,

chan

ge in

cor

rect

ion

over

tim

e,

RC ti

me

cons

tant

, and

repe

ated

tran

sfer

s fro

m p

aral

lel t

o se

ries-

para

llel a

nd se

ries c

onfig

urat

ions

. Hig

h re

sista

nce

resis

tor e

lem

ents

wer

e m

easu

red

usin

g a

mod

ified

Whe

atst

one

brid

ge. T

he e

lem

ents

, ran

ging

bet

wee

n -2

0,00

0 -

smal

lest

coe

ffici

ents

will

be

used

to m

ake

mul

tiple

new

Ham

ons w

hich

will

hav

e a

build

-

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

att O

ehle

r G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H15

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Jam

es M

adiso

n U

nive

rsity

, und

ergr

adua

te

Maj

or:

Biop

hysic

al C

hem

istry

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): M

edic

al S

choo

l

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, B

imol

ecul

ar M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Mac

rom

olec

ular

Str

uctu

re a

nd F

unct

ion

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Aman

da A

ltier

i and

Sus

an K

rueg

er

Title

of T

alk:

Rh

odop

sin/G

-pro

tein

Sol

utio

n St

udie

s via

Nan

odisc

Lip

id B

ilaye

r

Abst

ract

: G-

prot

ein

coup

led

rece

ptor

s (G

PCRs

) ar

e th

e la

rges

t an

d m

ost

dive

rse

clas

s of

mem

bran

e re

cept

ors

amon

g eu

kary

otes

. Th

eir

resp

onse

to

an e

xtra

-cel

lula

r ag

onist

is c

oord

inat

ed w

ith t

he a

ctiv

atio

n of

a c

ytop

lasm

ic G

-pr

otei

n w

hich

, on

ce a

ctiv

ated

, ki

ck-s

tart

s an

im

men

se i

ntra

cellu

lar

casc

ade.

Bec

ause

of

thei

r ub

iqui

ty a

nd

rele

vanc

e in

med

iatin

g an

eno

rmity

of

phys

iolo

gica

l fun

ctio

ns,

GCPR

s ar

e th

e ta

rget

of

a la

rge

perc

enta

ge o

f ph

arm

aceu

tical

dru

gs. W

hile

ther

e ar

e GC

PRs

that

resp

ond

to a

div

erse

rang

e of

sign

als,

her

e w

e ai

m to

stu

dy th

e ef

fect

of

light

act

ivat

ion

upon

the

GCP

R, R

hodo

psin

usin

g th

e lig

ht s

tabl

e ho

mol

ogue

of

the

spec

ies

Sepi

a of

ficin

alis.

Env

elop

ing

the

Rhod

opsin

GCP

Rs in

lipi

d-m

embr

ane

nano

disc

s w

ill p

rovi

de a

nat

ive

stat

e bi

laye

r th

at

shou

ld o

ffer

a m

ore

accu

rate

str

uctu

ral

repr

esen

tatio

n of

rho

dops

in i

n th

e ce

ll co

mpa

red

to m

ore

com

mon

de

terg

ent

met

hods

. So

lubi

lizat

ion

of r

hodo

psin

in n

anod

iscs

can

gen

erat

e a

mon

odisp

erse

sys

tem

in s

olut

ion

amen

able

to s

mal

l ang

le n

eutr

on s

catt

erin

g ex

perim

ents

(SAN

S). T

his

will

allo

w u

s to

obs

erve

, at l

ow re

solu

tion,

th

e pa

rtic

ular

con

figur

atio

n of

rhod

opsin

with

in a

nan

odisc

as a

firs

t ste

p to

und

erst

andi

ng it

s int

erac

tion

with

the

guan

osin

e-nu

cleo

tide

bind

ing

prot

ein

unde

r the

sam

e pa

ram

eter

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: T

om O

este

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, C

olle

ge P

ark

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Ente

ring

first

yea

r of g

radu

ate

scho

ol a

t the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, C

olle

ge P

ark

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): M

.S. i

n Sy

stem

s Eng

inee

ring

focu

sed

in a

dvan

ced

man

ufac

turin

g te

chno

logi

es

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Int

ellig

ent S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on,

Man

ipul

atio

n an

d M

obili

ty S

yste

ms G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Nic

hola

s Dag

alak

is

Title

of T

alk:

Th

e Im

pact

of H

uman

-Rob

ot C

olla

bora

tion

Abst

ract

: Th

e m

ovem

ent o

f man

ufac

turin

g to

cou

ntrie

s fea

turin

g la

bor w

ith lo

w h

ourly

wag

es o

ver t

he la

st fi

fteen

yea

rs h

as

mot

ivat

ed th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

new

gen

erat

ion

of in

dust

rial r

obot

s tha

t can

wor

k sid

e-by

-sid

e w

ith h

uman

w

orke

rs. T

his h

as c

reat

ed th

e ne

w te

chno

logy

of H

uman

-Col

labo

rativ

e Ro

botic

s, w

hich

com

bine

s the

inte

llige

nce

and

dext

erity

of h

uman

s with

the

stre

ngth

, rep

eata

bilit

y an

d en

dura

nce

of in

dust

rial r

obot

s. S

ince

mos

t rob

ots

are

pow

erfu

l mov

ing

mac

hine

s, th

e sa

fety

of w

orke

rs w

orki

ng a

roun

d th

ese

robo

ts h

as b

ecom

e a

top

prio

rity

for

safe

ty st

anda

rds d

evel

opm

ent t

hat w

ill p

rovi

de g

uida

nce

for t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f a c

ompr

ehen

sive

risk

asse

ssm

ent o

f the

robo

t arm

, its

tool

s, it

s con

trol

ler,

and

the

who

le o

pera

ting

wor

kspa

ce w

here

hum

ans m

ight

be

pres

ent.

We

are

usin

g bi

osim

ulan

t mat

eria

ls fo

r the

con

stru

ctio

n of

disp

osab

le H

uman

-Col

labo

rativ

e Ro

botic

s sa

fety

test

ing

artif

acts

. The

se te

stin

g ar

tifac

ts w

ill m

ake

poss

ible

the

mea

sure

men

t of d

amag

e w

hen

hum

ans a

nd

robo

ts c

ome

into

con

tact

and

the

seve

rity

of in

jurie

s cau

sed

by ro

bot s

tatic

and

impa

ct p

ress

ure.

In o

rder

to te

st

and

calib

rate

thes

e ar

tifac

ts w

e ha

ve c

onst

ruct

ed a

Dyn

amic

Impa

ct T

estin

g an

d Ca

libra

tion

Inst

rum

ent (

DITC

I).

The

subj

ect o

f thi

s pro

ject

is th

e m

easu

rem

ent o

f dam

age

caus

ed b

y sim

ulat

ed im

pact

s. W

e ap

ply

varie

d im

pact

fo

rces

and

pre

ssur

es in

ord

er to

exp

lore

the

rang

e an

d se

verit

y of

thes

e in

jurie

s, us

ing

diffe

rent

impa

ct ti

ps to

sim

ulat

e ro

bots

equ

ippe

d w

ith a

rang

e of

com

mon

tool

s (i.e

. scr

ewdr

iver

s or c

ircui

t pro

bes)

. Our

test

ing

artif

acts

cu

rren

tly c

onsis

t of c

owhi

de le

athe

r and

bal

listic

gel

atin

, to

simul

ate

the

hum

an a

bdom

en, b

ut fu

ture

wor

k w

ill

inve

stig

ate

bone

bio

simul

ant m

ater

ials

as w

ell.

We

have

bee

n de

velo

ping

nov

el m

etho

ds fo

r cha

ract

erizi

ng in

jury

us

ing

high

-spe

ed v

ideo

, whi

ch is

com

plim

ente

d by

forc

e an

d ac

cele

ratio

n da

ta c

olle

cted

by

the

DITC

I sys

tem

. We

also

hop

e to

em

bed

pres

sure

sens

ors w

ithin

the

artif

acts

them

selv

es, s

o th

at lo

caliz

ed in

jury

dat

a ca

n be

ob

tain

ed. T

his t

echn

olog

y co

uld

enab

le m

ore

man

ufac

ture

rs to

impl

emen

t Hum

an-C

olla

bora

tive

Robo

tics b

y of

ferin

g a

simpl

e, st

anda

rdize

d sa

fety

test

ing

syst

em w

hich

requ

ires l

ittle

exp

ertis

e to

ope

rate

. The

DIT

CI sy

stem

ca

n al

so se

rve

as a

test

bed

for f

urth

er sa

fety

rese

arch

, as a

var

iety

of i

mpa

ct e

nviro

nmen

ts c

an b

e sim

ulat

ed.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Sun

g-ho

Just

in O

h G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H08

8 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Bro

wn

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Mat

hem

atic

s-Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Co

llege

, Gra

duat

e Sc

hool

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

and

Com

puta

tiona

l Mat

hem

atic

s Div

ision

, M

athe

mat

ical

Ana

lysis

and

Mod

elin

g Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. F

ern

Hunt

Title

of T

alk:

M

axim

izing

the

Spre

ad o

f Inf

orm

atio

n in

Com

mun

icat

ion

Net

wor

ks

Abst

ract

: Th

e fir

st re

cipi

ents

of a

mes

sage

cru

cial

ly d

eter

min

e w

heth

er in

form

atio

n go

es v

iral t

hrou

ghou

t a c

omm

unity

or

quic

kly

dies

dow

n. In

form

atio

n is

mor

e lik

ely

to sp

read

in a

net

wor

k if

first

giv

en to

the

mos

t inf

luen

tial m

embe

rs.

We

anal

yze

how

to d

eter

min

e th

e in

fluen

tial m

embe

rs o

f net

wor

ks a

nd n

etw

ork-

like

stru

ctur

es. F

indi

ng su

ch

mem

bers

aid

s in

mak

ing

inte

llige

nt d

ecisi

ons i

n no

tifyi

ng c

omm

uniti

es o

f em

erge

ncie

s, a

dver

tisin

g pr

oduc

ts,

plac

ing

sens

ors i

n w

ater

mai

n ne

twor

ks, a

nd m

ore.

We

mod

el c

omm

unic

atio

n ne

twor

ks m

athe

mat

ical

ly a

s a g

raph

an

d m

ainl

y sim

ulat

e th

e sp

read

of i

nfor

mat

ion

via

rand

om w

alks

on

the

grap

h. In

tuiti

vely

, a m

ore

influ

entia

l nod

e in

a g

raph

wou

ld h

ave

a sh

orte

r exp

ecte

d ra

ndom

wal

k le

ngth

to o

ther

nod

es o

f the

gra

ph. T

hus o

ur m

ain

goal

is to

fin

d su

bset

s of t

he g

raph

nod

es th

at m

inim

ize th

e tim

e fo

r ran

dom

wal

ks to

firs

t rea

ch th

em. C

alcu

latin

g th

e ex

pect

ed ti

me

for a

rand

om w

alk

to h

it a

cert

ain

node

is e

asy

to c

ompu

te w

ith li

near

alg

ebra

and

Mar

kov

chai

n th

eory

. Hen

ce w

e pr

esen

t the

follo

win

g op

timiza

tion

prob

lem

: giv

en a

gra

ph w

ith n

nod

es, f

ind

a su

bset

of k

nod

es

that

min

imize

s the

obj

ectiv

e fu

nctio

n of

mea

n hi

ttin

g tim

e. W

e sh

ow th

at su

ch a

pro

blem

is N

P-Co

mpl

ete,

how

ever

pr

evio

us re

sults

show

that

gre

edy

algo

rithm

s can

app

roxi

mat

e th

e op

timal

solu

tion

to w

ithin

a c

erta

in g

uara

ntee

d fa

ctor

. We

are

wor

king

on

deve

lopi

ng n

ew a

lgor

ithm

s bas

ed o

n th

e ge

omet

ry o

f the

gra

ph th

at w

ill p

rodu

ce b

ette

r ap

prox

imat

ions

than

the

gree

dy a

ppro

ach.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

yotu

nde

Olu

segu

n O

luta

de

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

136

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: J

acks

on S

tate

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

ad. S

choo

l

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

& C

ompu

tatio

nal

Mat

hem

atic

s Div

ision

, Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce C

ompu

ting

& V

isual

izatio

n Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch A

dvis

or:

Judy

Ter

rill

Title

of T

alk:

Ex

plor

atio

n of

NIS

T M

ass S

pect

rosc

opy

Data

with

D3

Abst

ract

: W

e us

e tw

o ty

pes o

f visu

aliza

tion

to v

isual

ize m

ass s

pect

rom

eter

dat

a. T

he fi

rst t

ype

of v

isual

izatio

n is

calle

d In

form

atio

n Vi

sual

izatio

n. T

his c

onsis

ts o

f a v

arie

ty o

f 2-D

imen

siona

l visu

aliza

tions

, whi

ch a

bstr

act t

he d

ata

in so

me

way

. We

disp

lay

thes

e in

web

pag

es u

sing

the

Data

Driv

en D

ocum

ents

(D3)

Java

Scrip

t lib

rary

. We

are

usin

g D3

be

caus

e it

is ex

trem

ely

fast

, sup

port

s dat

aset

s of v

aryi

ng si

zes,

and

faci

litat

es in

tera

ctiv

ity. I

t also

requ

ires n

o br

owse

r pl

ug-in

s and

wor

ks a

cros

s diff

eren

t web

bro

wse

rs a

nd o

pera

ting

syst

ems.

The

seco

nd ty

pe o

f visu

aliza

tion

is im

mer

sive

3D. W

e us

e th

e N

IST

Imm

ersiv

e Vi

sual

izatio

n so

ftw

are

to d

ispla

y th

e m

ass s

pect

rom

eter

dat

a as

pur

e sp

ectr

a. W

e de

velo

ped

visu

aliza

tions

of t

he li

brar

ies o

f pre

-cla

ssifi

ed m

ono-

and

di-s

acch

arid

es a

nd a

gro

up o

f un

know

ns in

ord

er to

cla

ssify

the

unkn

owns

into

one

of t

he g

roup

s.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

anue

l Ort

iz G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H16

1 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Pol

ytec

hnic

Uni

vers

ity o

f Pue

rto

Rico

M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ph

.D. i

n Co

mpu

ter E

ngin

eerin

g

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Adv

ance

d N

etw

ork

Tech

nolo

gies

, In

tern

et &

Sca

labl

e Sy

stem

s Met

rolo

gy

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Doug

Mon

tgom

ery

Title

of T

alk:

Re

al-T

ime

Anal

ysis

of R

oute

Orig

in V

alid

atio

n of

Bor

der G

atew

ay U

pdat

e St

ream

Abst

ract

: Th

e Bo

rder

Gat

eway

Pro

toco

l (BG

P) is

con

sider

ed to

be

the

glue

that

bin

ds to

geth

er th

e di

ffere

nt n

etw

orks

w

ithin

the

Inte

rnet

. Th

is co

ntro

l pro

toco

l is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r exc

hang

ing

the

rout

ing

info

rmat

ion

betw

een

the

BGP

rout

ers o

f diff

eren

t aut

onom

ous s

yste

ms (

AS’s

). It

help

s in

dete

rmin

ing

how

the

Inte

rnet

traf

fic sh

ould

be

rout

ed. B

ased

on

info

rmat

ion

in B

GP m

essa

ges o

r upd

ates

, BGP

rout

ers c

onst

ruct

rout

ing

tabl

es th

at

enab

le fo

rwar

ding

of t

he d

ata

pack

ets f

rom

thei

r orig

inat

ion

poin

t, th

roug

h a

sequ

ence

of A

S’s,

and

fina

lly to

th

e de

stin

atio

n ad

dres

s.

The

orig

inal

des

ign

of B

GP d

id n

ot c

onta

in a

ny se

curit

y fe

atur

es, a

nd h

ence

BGP

is v

ulne

rabl

e to

add

ress

hi

jack

ing,

eav

esdr

oppi

ng a

nd o

ther

att

acks

. NIS

T ha

s bee

n w

orki

ng w

ith th

e In

tern

et E

ngin

eerin

g Ta

sk F

orce

(IE

TF) t

o se

cure

the

BGP

prot

ocol

usin

g cr

ypto

grap

hic

met

hods

. The

Res

ourc

e Pu

blic

Key

Infr

astr

uctu

re (R

PKI)

enab

les t

he c

reat

ion

of c

rypt

ogra

phic

ally

sign

ed o

bjec

ts c

alle

d Ro

ute

Orig

in A

utho

rizat

ions

(RO

As).

The

ROAs

ca

n be

use

d to

val

idat

e ro

ute

orig

inat

ions

and

pre

vent

pre

fix h

ijack

ing.

The

nex

t ste

p th

at N

IST

and

othe

rs

are

wor

king

on

is th

e BG

PSec

pro

toco

l, w

hich

is a

n en

hanc

emen

t of B

GP th

at w

ould

furt

her a

dd A

S pa

th

valid

atio

n to

BGP

.

I hav

e de

velo

ped

a to

ol u

sing

Wire

shar

k th

at e

nabl

es v

isual

izatio

n of

the

valid

atio

n st

ate

of B

GP u

pdat

es. M

y to

ol sp

ecifi

cally

ext

ract

s the

pre

fix a

nd th

e or

igin

AS

pair

info

rmat

ion

from

upd

ates

, fee

ds th

e sa

me

to R

IPE’

s on

line

upda

te v

alid

ator

and

obt

ains

a v

alid

atio

n re

sult.

Usin

g th

is to

ol, a

net

wor

k op

erat

or o

r res

earc

her c

an

iden

tify

and

visu

alize

in re

al-ti

me

any

anom

alie

s in

BGP

upda

tes s

een

on th

e w

ire. T

hen

the

user

can

sp

ecifi

cally

inve

stig

ate

the

unde

rlyin

g ca

uses

for t

hose

ano

mal

ies.

I w

ill b

e ex

tend

ing

the

tool

to e

xtra

ct a

nd

disp

lay

the

BGP

exte

nded

com

mun

ity in

form

atio

n al

so w

hich

is u

sed

by B

GPSe

c ro

uter

s with

in a

n AS

to

conv

ey v

alid

atio

n re

sults

inte

rnal

ly.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Jan

e Pa

n G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

4 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, B

altim

ore

Coun

ty

(UM

BC)

Maj

or:

Mat

hem

atic

s/Ap

plie

d St

atist

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l in

Appl

ied

Mat

hem

atic

s

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

App

lied

& C

ompu

tatio

nal M

athe

mat

ics D

ivisi

on,

Mat

hem

atic

al S

oftw

are

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Gu

nay

Doga

n

Title

of T

alk:

Id

entif

ying

Dist

inct

Reg

ions

in M

ulti-

mat

eria

l Mic

rost

ruct

ure

Imag

es w

ith C

lust

erin

g Al

gorit

hms

Abst

ract

: M

any

field

s of s

cien

ce a

nd e

ngin

eerin

g re

ly o

n di

gita

l im

ages

for a

sses

smen

t, an

alys

is an

d so

lutio

ns, e

.g. c

ell

biol

ogy,

met

eoro

logy

, and

dia

gnos

tic ra

diol

ogy.

The

imag

e da

ta th

at e

xper

ts in

thes

e fie

lds n

eed

to d

eal w

ith a

re

usua

lly la

rge

and

com

plex

, and

imag

e pr

oces

sing

algo

rithm

s bec

ome

nece

ssar

y to

faci

litat

e an

alys

is an

d en

able

di

scov

ery.

Imag

e se

gmen

tatio

n is

a fu

ndam

enta

l too

l with

in im

age

proc

essin

g, in

whi

ch o

ur o

bjec

tive

is to

par

titio

n a

give

n im

age

into

dist

inct

regi

ons r

epre

sent

ing

diffe

rent

obj

ects

or e

ntiti

es, e

.g. c

ells

and

mat

eria

ls. T

here

are

m

any

met

hods

to p

erfo

rmin

g im

age

segm

enta

tion,

and

one

logi

cal a

ppro

ach

is th

roug

h cl

uste

ring.

With

clu

ster

ing,

w

e ca

n tr

eat t

he g

iven

noi

sy im

age

as a

larg

e da

ta se

t of s

cala

r poi

nts,

and

our

end

goa

l wou

ld b

e to

syst

emat

ical

ly

cate

goriz

e th

ese

poin

ts in

to g

roup

s—or

clu

ster

s. A

ple

thor

a of

clu

ster

ing

algo

rithm

s hav

e be

en u

sed

in th

e at

tem

pts o

f obt

aini

ng id

eal c

lust

ers f

rom

noi

sy d

ata

sets

, but

a p

rom

inen

t iss

ue m

any

expe

rts h

ave

stru

ggle

d w

ith is

ac

hiev

ing

cons

isten

cy in

the

clus

ters

that

are

form

ed a

nd th

e nu

mbe

r of c

lust

ers t

hat a

re e

stim

ated

. Thi

s brin

gs u

s to

the

ques

tion

of w

hat d

efin

es a

“go

od”

clus

ter a

nd w

heth

er th

ere

is a

clus

terin

g m

etho

d th

at e

nsur

es

cons

isten

cy. B

y an

alyz

ing

a m

ultit

ude

of m

ater

ial i

mag

es u

sing

simpl

e cl

uste

ring

tech

niqu

es, w

e w

ere

able

to a

sses

s cl

uste

ring

met

hods

usin

g va

rious

clu

ster

ing

eval

uatio

n te

chni

ques

and

com

e up

with

effe

ctiv

e al

gorit

hms t

o cl

uste

r m

ultip

hase

mat

eria

l mic

rost

ruct

ure

imag

es.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

eaga

n Pa

pac

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

122

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: B

oise

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Af

ter I

com

plet

e m

y un

derg

radu

ate

degr

ee, I

inte

nd to

pur

sue

a Ph

.D. i

n M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls M

easu

rem

ent S

cien

ce D

ivisi

on,

Mat

eria

ls St

ruct

ure

and

Data

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. A

ndre

w A

llen

Title

of T

alk:

M

ulti-

Scal

e Ch

arac

teriz

atio

n of

Sel

ectiv

e So

rben

t Mat

eria

ls th

roug

h X-

ray

Scat

terin

g Te

chni

ques

Ab

stra

ct:

Rece

nt d

evel

opm

ents

in m

ater

ials

mea

sure

men

t tec

hniq

ues c

ombi

ne u

ltra-

smal

l ang

le X

-ray

scat

terin

g (U

SAXS

), sm

all-a

ngle

X-r

ay sc

atte

ring

(SAX

S), a

nd w

ide-

angl

e X-

ray

scat

terin

g (W

AXS)

, to

prov

ide

mul

ti-sc

ale

char

acte

rizat

ion

of c

ompl

ex m

ater

ial s

truc

ture

s. S

catt

erin

g is

char

acte

ristic

of m

icro

stru

ctur

al h

eter

ogen

eitie

s,

whi

le d

iffra

ctio

n pe

aks f

ound

in S

AXS

and

WAX

S da

ta p

rovi

de st

ruct

ural

info

rmat

ion.

In a

dditi

on, a

stat

e-of

-the-

art s

ampl

e ch

ambe

r allo

ws s

catt

erin

g an

d di

ffrac

tion

expe

rimen

tatio

n ac

ross

a w

ide

rang

e of

tem

pera

ture

s and

pr

essu

res.

Thu

s, en

viro

nmen

tal e

ffect

s on

stru

ctur

e an

d m

icro

stru

ctur

e ca

n be

obs

erve

d in

situ

, pro

vidi

ng g

reat

er

insig

ht in

to m

ater

ial b

ehav

ior i

n re

spon

se to

cha

ngin

g en

viro

nmen

tal c

ondi

tions

.

Whi

le th

is ap

proa

ch sh

ows g

reat

pro

mise

for p

robi

ng c

ompl

ex m

ater

ials

with

mic

rost

ruct

ural

het

erog

enei

ties a

nd

larg

e at

omic

stru

ctur

es, i

t mus

t be

prov

en th

roug

h co

mpa

rativ

e m

etro

logy

. To

eval

uate

the

appl

icat

ion

of

SAXS

/WAX

S da

ta fo

r pha

se id

entif

icat

ion

and

latt

ice

para

met

er d

eter

min

atio

ns, s

elec

tive

sorp

tion

mat

eria

ls (s

odiu

m a

lum

inum

silic

ate

and

bis(

2-m

ethy

limid

azol

yl)-z

inc,

com

mon

ly N

aY ze

olite

and

ZIF

-8) w

ere

empl

oyed

to

gene

rate

bot

h SA

XS/W

AXS

and

conv

entio

nal X

-ray

diff

ract

ion

patt

erns

for c

ompa

rison

. Whi

le d

iffer

ence

s exi

st

betw

een

thes

e pa

tter

ns, t

heir

over

all s

imila

rity

sugg

ests

that

, with

app

ropr

iate

dat

a ac

quisi

tion

and

anal

ysis,

co

mbi

ned

SAXS

/WAX

S di

ffrac

tion

coul

d be

effe

ctiv

ely

used

for m

ater

ial c

hara

cter

izatio

n.

To e

xplo

re fu

rthe

r use

fuln

ess o

f thi

s met

hod,

SAX

S/W

AXS

data

of o

ther

sele

ctiv

e ga

s sor

ptio

n m

ater

ials

(Ni(1

,2-

bis(

4-py

ridyl

)eth

ylen

e)[N

i(CN

4)] a

nd c

aten

a-bi

s(di

benz

oylm

etha

nato

)-(4,

4’-b

ipyr

idyl

)nic

kel(I

I), c

omm

only

N

i(bpe

ne)[N

i(CN

4)] a

nd N

iDBM

-Bpy

) was

ana

lyze

d ac

ross

a C

O2 p

artia

l pre

ssur

e ra

nge

of 1

bar

to 1

7 ba

r. Ch

ange

s in

pea

k po

sitio

ns a

nd in

tens

ities

as a

func

tion

of C

O2 p

artia

l pre

ssur

e w

ere

obse

rved

. A si

mila

r dat

a se

t, in

volv

ing

the

sam

e m

ater

ials

and

CO2 p

artia

l pre

ssur

es a

nd in

clud

ing

N2 g

as a

t equ

al p

artia

l pre

ssur

es, w

as u

sed

to e

xplo

re

the

effe

cts o

f the

seco

nd g

as o

n th

e m

ater

ials’

ads

orpt

ion

beha

vior

. Th

e re

sults

indi

cate

that

furt

her

deve

lopm

ent o

f ins

trum

enta

tion,

such

as a

n ex

tend

ed q

-ran

ge a

nd m

ore

accu

rate

inte

nsity

dat

a, w

ould

faci

litat

e th

e us

e of

SAX

S/W

AXS

diffr

actio

n pe

aks f

or st

ruct

ural

cha

ract

eriza

tion

as w

ell.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: K

arla

Par

raga

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H11

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

The

City

Col

lege

of N

ew Y

ork

Maj

or:

Elec

tric

al E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Upp

er S

enio

r

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): M

aste

r in

Busin

ess o

r Com

pute

r Sci

ence

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

emic

ondu

ctor

and

Dim

ensio

nal M

etro

logy

Div

ision

, Ad

vanc

ed D

evic

e Re

liabi

lity

and

Char

acte

rizat

ion

Grou

p. 6

83.0

6N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Ya

w S

. Obe

ng, J

oe K

opan

ski

Title

of T

alk:

El

ectr

onic

Tes

t Equ

ipm

ent I

nter

face

with

Lab

VIEW

for C

harg

e Ba

sed

Capa

cita

nce

Mea

sure

men

tAb

stra

ct:

As d

evic

es g

et s

mal

ler,

espe

cial

ly t

he o

nes

that

are

use

d as

sci

entif

ic t

ools,

the

ir ch

arac

teriz

atio

n be

com

e m

ore

com

plic

ated

, esp

ecia

lly fo

r mea

sure

men

t of c

apac

itanc

e. It

is o

ur g

oal t

o de

velo

p a

relia

ble

met

hod

for m

easu

ring

capa

cita

nce

at th

e at

toFa

rad

leve

l (10

-18 ) i

n na

noel

ectr

onic

dev

ices

. In

orde

r to

mak

e th

e m

easu

rem

ent e

xper

ienc

e ra

ther

fast

and

use

r frie

ndly

, we

have

opt

ed to

inte

rfac

e th

e in

stru

men

ts w

e w

ill b

e us

ing

with

a p

ower

ful a

nd w

ell

know

n so

ftw

are

deve

lope

d by

Nat

iona

l Ins

trum

ents

, Lab

VIEW

. Lab

VIEW

allo

ws

us to

hav

e ev

eryt

hing

we

need

in

only

one

pan

el. F

rom

this

pane

l, w

e w

ant t

o be

abl

e to

con

trol

the

num

ber o

f cha

nnel

s w

e w

ill b

e us

ing,

cho

ose

the

freq

uenc

y w

e ne

ed a

nd d

ispla

y gr

aphs

and

dat

a th

at w

ill h

elp

us u

nder

stan

d ho

w c

lose

we

are

from

ach

ievi

ng

our g

oals.

To

take

the

mea

sure

men

ts n

eede

d in

this

expe

rimen

t, w

e ne

ed to

con

nect

an

arbi

trar

y w

avef

orm

gen

erat

or w

ith

two

pow

er s

uppl

ies,

an

osci

llosc

ope

and

a so

urce

met

er. S

ettin

g up

all

thes

e in

stru

men

ts m

anua

lly ta

kes t

ime

and

it is

rath

er te

diou

s, e

spec

ially

whe

n m

ultip

le m

easu

rem

ents

are

nee

ded.

Thu

s, in

terf

acin

g th

ese

inst

rum

ents

with

La

bVIE

W is

impo

rtan

t be

caus

e it

allo

ws

the

user

to

take

mor

e m

easu

rem

ents

eve

n fa

ster

whi

le h

avin

g al

l the

co

mm

ands

nee

ded

from

diff

eren

t ins

trum

ents

on

the

sam

e co

ntro

l pan

el.

Even

thou

gh L

abVI

EW is

abl

e to

exe

cute

diff

eren

t par

ts o

f cod

e at

the

sam

e tim

e or

in p

aral

lel,

the

inst

rum

ents

we

are

usin

g ex

ecut

e in

stru

ctio

ns i

n se

ries

and

in a

spe

cific

ord

er;

this

impo

ses

both

a p

robl

em a

nd a

was

te o

f re

sour

ces.

For

exa

mpl

e, if

two

chan

nels

are

to b

e ph

ase

lock

ed to

geth

er, o

ne a

s a

mas

ter a

nd th

e ot

her o

ne a

s a

slave

, the

ord

er o

f exe

cutio

n th

at th

e in

stru

men

t exp

ects

is to

ass

ign

the

chan

nel f

irst,

and

then

to tu

rn th

e ph

ase

lock

ing

mod

e on

. Oth

erw

ise d

one,

the

inst

rum

ent w

ill c

all a

n er

ror.

Furt

herm

ore,

the

assig

nmen

t of t

he c

hann

els

both

mas

ter a

nd s

lave

cou

ld b

e do

ne a

t the

sam

e tim

e or

exe

cute

in p

aral

lel;

how

ever

, thi

s w

ould

cau

se a

n er

ror

since

the

inst

rum

ent o

nly

acce

pts

inst

ruct

ions

in s

erie

s. T

hus,

eve

n th

ough

Lab

VIEW

offe

rs th

e co

nven

ient

feat

ure

of p

aral

lel c

ode

exec

utio

n, th

e in

stru

men

t has

its

own

seria

l exe

cutio

n co

de li

mita

tions

that

nee

d to

be

take

n in

to

acco

unt.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Cat

hryn

Plo

ehn

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

184

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: T

he U

nive

rsity

of T

exas

at D

alla

s M

ajor

: Em

ergi

ng M

edia

and

Co

mm

unic

atio

n, m

inor

in S

oftw

are

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Gr

adua

ted

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pu

rsui

ng c

aree

r in

data

visu

aliza

tion

and

user

exp

erie

nce

desig

n

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Info

rmat

ion

Acce

ss D

ivisi

on, V

isual

izatio

n an

d U

sabi

lity

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: M

ary

Theo

fano

s, Kr

isten

Gre

ene

Title

of T

alk:

Th

e Au

then

ticat

ion

Equa

tion:

Visu

alizi

ng th

e Co

nver

genc

e of

Sec

urity

and

Usa

bilit

y of

Sy

stem

-Gen

erat

ed P

assw

ords

Ab

stra

ct:

Pass

wor

d m

anag

emen

t is t

he u

biqu

itous

stru

ggle

of t

he m

oder

n hu

man

. How

ever

, des

pite

usa

bilit

y fa

ctor

s pl

ayin

g a

vita

l rol

e in

aut

hent

icat

ion,

pas

swor

d po

licie

s and

requ

irem

ents

focu

s sol

ely

on th

e se

curit

y w

ithou

t re

gard

to h

uman

com

pone

nts.

In fa

ct, p

assw

ord

polic

ies a

nd u

sabi

lity

need

s are

oft

en in

con

tent

ion.

U

ntil

an im

prov

ed a

uthe

ntic

atio

n m

etho

d be

yond

cha

ract

er in

put i

s dev

elop

ed a

nd im

plem

ente

d on

a la

rge

scal

e,

deve

lopi

ng m

etho

dolo

gies

for c

ompr

ehen

ding

and

bal

anci

ng th

ese

com

petin

g re

quire

men

ts is

vita

l. Th

ese

met

hodo

logi

es a

re c

ritic

al in

info

rmin

g ne

w re

quire

men

ts, i

ncre

asin

g ov

eral

l cyb

erse

curit

y of

the

larg

e en

terp

rises

th

at im

plem

ent t

hem

. The

dev

elop

men

t of t

hese

met

hodo

logi

es w

ill im

prov

e th

e ab

ility

of N

IST

to in

form

how

to

impr

ove

the

gove

rnm

ent’s

ove

rall

cybe

rsec

urity

pos

ture

. In

part

icul

ar, a

visu

aliza

tion

tool

will

aid

in p

ragm

atic

ally

ex

plor

ing

of th

e co

nver

genc

e of

secu

rity

and

usab

ility

in p

assw

ord

com

pone

nts.

This

rese

arch

pro

ject

cul

min

ated

in b

uild

ing

such

a d

ata

visu

aliza

tion

tool

to e

xplo

re d

iffer

ent p

assw

ord

usab

ility

an

d se

curit

y m

etric

s. T

he v

isual

izatio

n to

ol in

tegr

ates

var

ious

met

rics (

such

as e

ntro

py o

r pre

dict

ed d

iffic

ulty

), en

ablin

g th

e ex

plor

atio

n of

the

inte

rsec

tion

of u

sabi

lity

and

secu

rity

in p

assw

ord

gene

ratio

n. T

he to

ol in

tegr

ates

fin

ding

s fro

m p

revi

ous N

IST

pass

wor

d us

abili

ty st

udie

s and

leve

rage

s web

tech

nolo

gies

in o

rder

to fl

exib

ly d

ispla

y da

tase

ts a

utom

atic

ally

gen

erat

ed fr

om se

ts o

f pas

swor

ds.

High

-leve

l and

low

-leve

l tre

nds i

n pa

ssw

ord

data

sets

of v

aryi

ng si

zes c

an b

e ex

plor

ed d

ynam

ical

ly. T

he to

ol

prov

ides

thre

e le

vels

of g

ranu

larit

y to

vie

w p

assw

ord

met

rics.

The

dat

a ca

n be

filte

red

and

sort

ed b

y va

rious

pa

ssw

ord

char

acte

ristic

s inc

ludi

ng: l

engt

h, n

umbe

r of k

eyst

roke

s req

uire

d ba

sed

on d

evic

e (t

radi

tiona

l des

ktop

co

mpu

ter,

iOS,

and

And

roid

mob

ile d

evic

es),

lingu

istic

and

pho

nolo

gica

l diff

icul

ty, e

ntro

py, a

nd o

ther

fact

ors.

The

to

ol is

des

igne

d in

a w

ay to

pro

vide

flex

ible

ana

lysis

of d

ata,

pro

vidi

ng g

roun

dwor

k to

mor

e th

orou

ghly

stud

y th

e in

tera

ctio

n of

secu

rity

and

usab

ility

in th

e ge

nera

tion

and

man

agem

ent o

f pas

swor

ds.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: B

enja

min

Pou

nd

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

110

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

tah

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I a

m p

lann

ing

on a

pply

ing

to g

radu

ate

scho

ols i

n th

e fa

ll as

pre

para

tion

for a

car

eer i

n co

nden

sed

mat

ter p

hysic

s. N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Cent

er fo

r Nan

osca

le S

cien

ce a

nd T

echn

olog

y (C

NST

), Di

visio

n 62

0, E

lect

ron

Phys

ics G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Mar

k St

iles,

Gur

u Kh

alsa

Title

of T

alk:

Tw

o-Di

men

siona

l Ele

ctro

n Ga

ses a

t the

Sur

face

of P

otas

sium

Tan

tala

te

Abst

ract

: Tr

ansis

tors

are

the

wor

k ho

rse

of m

oder

n el

ectr

onic

s, a

nd a

s suc

h th

e el

ectr

onic

s ind

ustr

y is

bein

g dr

iven

to m

ake

tran

sisto

rs sm

alle

r, fa

ster

, mor

e du

rabl

e, a

nd m

ore

effic

ient

to m

eet e

ver-

incr

easin

g co

mpu

tatio

nal d

eman

ds. T

he

thre

e m

ain

part

s of a

tran

sisto

r are

the

sour

ce, d

rain

, and

gat

e. W

hen

a vo

ltage

is a

pplie

d to

the

gate

of a

fiel

d ef

fect

tran

sisto

r (FE

T), a

thin

laye

r of s

emic

ondu

ctor

mat

eria

l ben

eath

the

gate

bec

omes

ele

ctric

ally

con

duct

ive

and

allo

ws c

urre

nt to

pas

s bet

wee

n th

e so

urce

and

dra

in. T

he u

sefu

lnes

s of F

ETs i

n el

ectr

onic

s com

es fr

om th

eir

abili

ty to

be

“tur

ned

on”

or “

turn

ed o

f f” b

y ch

angi

ng th

e ga

te v

olta

ge.

Beca

use

of li

mits

inhe

rent

to tr

aditi

onal

tran

sisto

r des

ign

and

mat

eria

ls, h

owev

er, i

nnov

atio

ns in

tran

sisto

r te

chno

logy

will

soon

not

be

suffi

cien

t to

satis

fy so

ciet

y’s c

ompu

tatio

nal n

eeds

. Re

cent

ly it

was

foun

d th

at m

any

mem

bers

of a

ver

satil

e cl

ass o

f mat

eria

ls –

pero

vski

tes –

also

supp

ort t

hin

cond

uctin

g ch

anne

ls, c

alle

d tw

o-di

men

siona

l ele

ctro

n ga

ses (

2DEG

s).

Se

vera

l key

adv

ance

men

ts in

this

field

incl

ude

the

abili

ty to

eng

inee

r hig

h pr

ecisi

on, h

igh

mob

ility

inte

rfac

es o

f pe

rovs

kite

s on

silic

on –

a n

eces

sary

step

for i

nteg

ratio

n w

ith c

urre

nt te

chno

logi

es -

and

the

fabr

icat

ion

of a

sing

le

tran

sisto

r with

a 1

.5 n

anom

eter

feat

ure

size.

Thi

s fea

ture

size

is fa

r sm

alle

r tha

n cu

rren

t ind

ustr

y st

anda

rds,

high

light

ing

the

pote

ntia

l of t

he p

erov

skite

cla

ss o

f mat

eria

ls in

futu

re tr

ansis

tor t

echn

olog

y. In

add

ition

, the

re is

a

hope

that

the

dive

rse

phys

ical

pro

pert

ies o

f per

ovsk

ites -

incl

udin

g m

agne

tism

, pie

zoel

ectr

icity

, and

su

perc

ondu

ctiv

ity –

can

be

acce

ssed

in n

ovel

ele

ctro

nic

devi

ces.

Th

is re

sear

ch fo

cuse

s on

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

e 2D

EG fo

und

at g

ated

surf

aces

of t

he p

erov

skite

pot

assiu

m ta

ntal

ate

(KTa

O3).

We

have

dev

elop

ed a

sim

plifi

ed p

orta

ble

mod

el fo

r the

ele

ctro

nic

stru

ctur

e of

this

2DEG

that

take

s its

in

put f

rom

bul

k ex

perim

enta

l inf

orm

atio

n. T

his m

odel

will

be

desc

ribed

with

par

ticul

ar e

mph

asis

on d

iffer

ence

s be

twee

n th

e 2D

EG in

KTa

O3 a

nd c

onve

ntio

nal t

echn

olog

ies.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e:Sw

aksh

a Ra

chur

iG

rant

N

umbe

r70

NAN

B14H

137

Aca

dem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

dM

ajor

: Bi

oche

mist

ryA

cade

mic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

:So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Car

eer)

:M

edic

al S

choo

l/Gra

duat

e Sc

hool

(Bio

chem

istry

)

NIS

T L

abor

ator

y,

Div

isio

n, a

nd

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mol

ecul

ar M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y,

Mac

rom

olec

ular

Str

uctu

re a

nd F

unct

ion

NIS

T R

esea

rch

Adv

isor

:Pr

asad

Red

dy

Titl

e of

Tal

k:M

olec

ular

Clo

ning

and

Cha

ract

eriza

tion

of A

deny

lyl C

ycla

se C

lass

II S

ecre

ted

from

Ps

eudo

mon

as A

erug

inos

aAb

stra

ct:

Back

grou

nd: A

deny

lyl C

ycla

se (A

C) is

an

enzy

me

with

key

role

s in

cellu

lar r

egul

atio

n. A

ll cl

asse

s of A

C ca

taly

ze th

e co

nver

sion

of A

deno

sine

Tri-P

hosp

hate

(ATP

) to

cycl

ic A

MP

(cAM

P). F

our m

ajor

cla

sses

of A

C ex

ist in

nat

ure.

Cla

ss I

AC’s

are

of e

nter

ic b

acte

rial o

rigin

and

are

regu

late

d by

suga

r tra

nspo

rt p

rote

ins.

The

y oc

cur i

n ba

cter

ia su

ch a

s E.

Coli.

Cla

ss II

AC’

s are

viru

lent

fact

ors s

ecre

ted

by p

atho

geni

c ba

cter

ia su

ch a

s Bac

illus

Ant

hrac

is (B

A) a

nd B

orde

tella

Pe

rtus

sis (B

P). T

his c

lass

of A

C is

activ

ated

with

in th

e ho

st c

ell b

y ho

st-c

alm

odul

in a

nd p

rodu

ces s

upra

phy

siolo

gica

l co

ncen

trat

ion

of c

AMP,

lead

ing

to h

ost c

ell d

eath

. Cla

ss II

I AC’

s are

of e

ukar

yotic

orig

in w

ith so

me

bact

eria

l spe

cie

exce

ptio

ns a

nd a

re p

rom

inen

tly re

gula

ted

by g

uani

ne n

ucle

otid

e bi

ndin

g pr

otei

ns. C

lass

IV A

C’s a

re o

nly

pres

ent i

n ad

ditio

n to

ano

ther

cla

ss o

f AC.

Suc

h is

the

case

of Y

ersin

ia P

estis

, a p

lagu

e-ca

usin

g ba

cter

ium

con

tain

ing

Clas

s IV

AC in

add

ition

to C

lass

I AC

. Cla

ss IV

AC’

s pro

duce

cAM

P co

nsta

ntly

, und

er u

nreg

ulat

ed c

ondi

tions

. Thi

s cla

ss is

the

smal

lest

of a

ll th

e AC

’s w

ith n

o kn

own

regu

latio

n m

etho

d.

Prop

osed

Res

earc

h: T

he h

uman

pat

hoge

n Ps

eudo

mon

as A

erug

inos

a (P

A) is

an

oppo

rtun

istic

, nos

ocom

ial

path

ogen

that

infe

cts t

hose

with

wea

kene

d im

mun

e fu

nctio

n. G

enom

e se

quen

ce a

naly

sis o

f PA

reve

aled

thre

e ge

nes w

ithin

the

geno

me

that

cod

e fo

r the

exp

ress

ion

of A

C Cl

ass I

, II a

nd II

I. In

this

stud

y, w

e ai

m c

lone

the

gene

fo

r Cla

ss II

AC

from

PA

(PAA

CII),

and

then

ove

rpro

duce

and

pur

ify th

e re

sulti

ng p

rote

in. T

hen,

we

can

unde

rsta

nd

how

it is

regu

late

d.

Acco

mpl

ishe

d Re

sear

ch: I

n or

der t

o st

udy

the

regu

latio

n sy

stem

, I fi

rst c

lone

d th

e ge

ne b

eing

stud

ied

via

PCR

ampl

ifica

tion.

Ana

lysis

of t

he g

ene

sequ

ence

for r

estr

ictio

n re

cogn

ition

reve

aled

the

pres

ence

of i

nter

nal N

DE1

and

BAM

H1 si

tes.

Thes

e un

ique

clo

ning

site

s are

pre

sent

in m

ost o

f the

pro

tein

exp

ress

ion

vect

ors s

uch

as p

ET15

B.

Clon

ing

was

a tw

o-st

ep p

roce

ss: f

irst,

I clo

ned

a ND

E1 to

BAM

H1 fr

agm

ent a

nd th

en I

clon

ed th

e BA

MH1

to

BAM

H1 fr

agm

ent.

I des

igne

d pr

imer

s with

app

ropr

iate

rest

rictio

n re

cogn

ition

sequ

ence

s, N

DE1

and

BAM

H1 fo

r PC

R am

plifi

catio

n of

two-

third

s of t

he g

ene.

The

resu

lting

PCR

frag

men

t was

then

clo

ned

into

the

sam

e sit

es

pres

ent i

n pE

T15b

, cre

atin

g a

uniq

ue B

AMH1

site

. The

rem

aini

ng o

ne-t

hird

of t

he g

ene

was

am

plifi

ed w

ith p

rimer

s ha

ving

BAM

H1 si

tes a

t bot

h en

ds. T

his f

ragm

ent w

as th

en c

lone

d in

to th

e un

ique

BAM

H1 si

te p

rese

nt in

the

pET1

5b re

com

bina

nt. H

owev

er, t

his f

ragm

ent h

as th

e po

tent

ial t

o be

com

e lig

ated

in th

e tw

o po

ssib

le o

rient

atio

ns.

To fi

nd th

e fr

agm

ent i

n th

e co

rrec

t orie

ntat

ion,

we

anal

yzed

num

erou

s fin

al re

com

bina

nts f

or a

n in

sert

that

was

ap

prox

imat

ely

900

base

pai

rs in

size

. The

n, a

fina

l rec

ombi

nant

in th

e co

rrec

t orie

ntat

ion

was

sele

cted

for D

NA

sequ

enci

ng a

nd p

rote

in e

xpre

ssio

n. E

. Col

i BL2

1(DE

3) c

ells

wer

e tr

ansf

orm

ed w

ith th

e re

com

bina

nt a

nd P

AACI

I w

as o

verp

rodu

ced

by in

duct

ion

with

IPTG

(ind

ucer

). Th

e ov

erpr

oduc

ed p

rote

in co

ntai

ns a

min

o te

rmin

al H

istid

ine

tags

, cod

ed b

y th

e ve

ctor

sequ

ence

, allo

wed

reco

gniti

on o

f Nic

kel-a

ffini

ty re

sin. T

here

fore

, pur

ifica

tion

was

ac

hiev

ed in

a si

ngle

step

. Cry

stal

lizat

ion

of th

e pr

otei

n w

ill b

e pu

rsue

d ne

xt to

stud

y th

e m

olec

ule

in d

etai

l.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

hris

Reyn

olds

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H17

8 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Virg

inia

Tec

h M

ajor

: M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: B.

S. M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Fu

ture

Pla

ns

(Sch

ool/

Care

er):

VCU

MBA

Pro

gram

Fal

l 201

4

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Sci

ence

Div

ision

, N

anom

echa

nica

l Pro

pert

ies G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: M

ark

Vaud

in

Title

of T

alk:

RM

for S

trai

n M

easu

rem

ents

in S

EM

Abst

ract

: Hi

gh re

solu

tion

elec

tron

bac

k-sc

atte

r diff

ract

ion

(HR-

EBSD

) is a

n ev

olvi

ng te

chni

que

for m

easu

ring

latt

ice

stra

ins

and

rota

tions

in c

ryst

allin

e m

ater

ials

in th

e Sc

anni

ng E

lect

ron

Mic

rosc

ope

(SEM

). T

here

is n

ot c

urre

ntly

a st

rain

m

easu

rem

ent s

tand

ard

that

can

be

used

to v

erify

the

accu

racy

of e

xper

imen

tal s

etup

or a

naly

sis m

etho

d.

As a

re

sult

the

need

for a

refe

renc

e m

ater

ial (

RM) w

ith k

now

n st

rain

was

est

ablis

hed

to im

prov

e th

e ac

cura

cy o

f str

ain

mea

sure

men

ts. O

ne a

pplic

atio

n fo

r thi

s RM

is b

and

gap

engi

neer

ing

in th

e m

icro

elec

tron

ics i

ndus

try.

Si

Ge a

nd S

i ar

e co

mm

on se

mic

ondu

ctin

g m

ater

ials

whi

ch a

re b

eing

inve

stig

ated

for r

efer

ence

mat

eria

l dev

elop

men

t. T

hin

film

s of S

iGe

wer

e de

posit

ed e

pita

xial

ly o

nto

Si w

afer

s by

com

mer

cial

ven

dors

. In

ord

er to

be

suita

ble

for E

BSD

anal

ysis,

stru

ctur

es w

ere

etch

ed in

to th

e Si

Ge fi

lms u

sing

the

NIS

T na

nofa

bric

atio

n fa

cilit

y. A

par

amet

ric st

udy

of

stra

in m

easu

rem

ents

usin

g th

e HR

-EBS

D te

chni

que

was

per

f orm

ed fo

r eva

luat

ion

of st

rain

mea

sure

men

ts o

n th

e Si

Ge st

ruct

ures

. Be

caus

e Si

and

Ge

have

a d

iffer

ence

in c

ryst

al la

ttic

e siz

e, st

rain

is m

easu

red

usin

g th

e sh

ifts o

f th

e EB

SD p

atte

rns.

The

se sh

ifts a

re u

sed

to m

easu

re st

rain

in th

e Cr

ossC

ourt

3 st

rain

mea

sure

men

t sof

twar

e by

cr

oss-

corr

elat

ing

the

Si a

nd S

iGe

EBSD

pat

tern

s.

This

expe

rimen

t inv

estig

ated

the

effe

cts o

f SEM

par

amet

ers o

n th

e ca

lcul

ated

stra

in.

Cons

isten

cy o

f cal

cula

ted

stra

in sh

ould

be

obse

rved

in si

mila

r fea

ture

s of t

he sa

mpl

es a

t di

ffere

nt w

orki

ng d

istan

ces a

nd v

ario

us E

BSD

patt

ern

proc

essin

g pa

ram

eter

s. H

owev

er th

is w

as n

ot a

lway

s the

ca

se a

nd th

is pr

esen

tatio

n w

ill p

rovi

de so

me

insig

ht fo

r why

diff

eren

t val

ues a

nd tr

ends

wer

e ob

serv

ed in

this

expe

rimen

t. R

esul

ts w

ill c

ontr

ibut

e to

a R

M st

anda

rd fo

r ind

ustr

y to

sele

ct th

e pr

oper

par

amet

ers t

o ca

libra

te

EBSD

equ

ipm

ent.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

lana

Rist

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

112

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: M

ary

Bald

win

Col

lege

M

ajor

: Ch

emist

ry/ S

exua

lity

and

Gend

er

Stud

ies

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I w

ould

like

to o

btai

n a

Ph.D

. in

Org

anic

Che

mist

ry w

ith a

gra

duat

e ce

rtifi

cate

in S

exua

lity

and

Gend

er st

udie

s. E

vent

ually

, fin

ding

a c

aree

r whe

re I

can

com

bine

bot

h pa

ssio

ns.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

l Sci

ence

Mea

sure

men

t Div

ision

, Su

rfac

e an

d Tr

ace

Chem

ical

Ana

lysis

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Jess

ica

Stay

mat

es a

nd D

r. Gr

eg G

illen

Title

of T

alk:

Pr

intin

g Dr

ugs o

n Ed

ible

Sub

stra

tes

Abst

ract

: Th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

proj

ect i

s to

dete

rmin

e a

met

hod

of p

rintin

g m

edic

atio

ns o

nto

edib

le su

bstr

ates

. Thi

s res

earc

h is

impo

rtan

t bec

ause

it c

ould

be

used

to m

ake

med

icin

e di

strib

utio

n sy

stem

s tha

t are

inex

pens

ive,

acc

urat

e, a

nd

indi

vidu

alize

d. It

will

also

pro

vide

med

icat

ion

for p

eopl

e w

ho c

anno

t sw

allo

w p

ills,

whi

ch m

ay b

e es

peci

ally

use

ful

for t

he e

lder

ly a

nd c

hild

ren.

Inkj

et p

rintin

g ha

s bee

n sh

own

to b

e a

repe

atab

le m

etho

d fo

r dep

ositi

ng sm

all

volu

mes

of s

olut

ion

onto

a v

arie

ty o

f sub

stra

tes [

ref 1

-3].

This

proj

ect h

ad th

ree

mai

n fo

cus a

reas

: Ink

form

ulat

ion,

su

bstr

ates

, and

cha

ract

eriza

tion.

With

Ink

form

ulat

ion,

we

wor

ked

with

diff

eren

t med

icin

es in

clud

ing

Acet

amin

ophe

n an

d Fo

lic A

cid

to p

rodu

ce p

rinta

ble

“ink

s” th

at w

e co

uld

use

with

a p

iezo

elec

tric

inkj

et p

rinte

r. Th

is in

clud

ed e

xper

imen

ting

with

diff

eren

t sol

vent

s and

con

cent

ratio

ns to

det

erm

ine

a su

itabl

e so

lutio

n.

Seco

ndly

, we

wor

ked

with

diff

eren

t typ

es o

f sub

stra

tes,

from

rice

pap

er a

nd ic

ing

shee

ts to

gel

atin

mol

ds, f

or

iden

tific

atio

n of

whi

ch su

bstr

ates

wou

ld w

ork

best

to p

rint o

nto.

In a

dditi

on, w

e w

ere

look

ing

to se

e ho

w m

any

drop

s the

subs

trat

e co

uld

hold

, whe

ther

the

ink

wou

ld d

issol

ve th

e su

bstr

ate,

and

how

wel

l we

coul

d co

ntro

l the

de

posit

ion

on th

e su

bstr

ate.

Thi

rdly

, we

used

var

ious

tool

s to

char

acte

rize

wha

t was

prin

ted.

We

expe

rimen

ted

with

diff

eren

t way

s to

dete

rmin

e th

e co

ncen

trat

ion

of w

hat w

e w

ere

prin

ting.

In a

dditi

on, w

e an

alyz

ed sa

mpl

es

with

seve

ral d

iffer

ent m

icro

scop

y m

etho

ds th

at in

clud

e SI

MS,

SEM

, RAM

AN, a

nd F

TIR-

mic

rosc

opy

to v

iew

the

crys

talli

zatio

n of

our

prin

ted

med

icin

es a

nd to

det

erm

ine

the

spre

ad th

e de

posit

s on

subs

trat

es. A

ll in

all,

the

rese

arch

con

duct

ed th

roug

h th

is pr

ojec

t can

con

trib

ute

to m

ost i

mpo

rtan

tly b

eing

abl

e to

qua

ntify

wha

t you

are

pr

intin

g on

to a

subs

trat

e th

at w

ould

ulti

mat

ely

be ta

ken

as a

med

icin

e. F

utur

e re

sear

ch w

ill in

vest

igat

e di

ffere

nt

subs

trat

es a

nd n

ew m

edic

ine-

solv

ent m

ixtu

res t

o pr

epar

e di

ffere

nt ty

pes o

f med

icin

es.

Refe

renc

es:

[1] R

. Mic

hael

Ver

kout

eren

et a

l., A

nal.

Chem

. 200

9, 8

1, 8

577–

8584

[2

] R. M

icha

el V

erko

uter

en e

t al.,

Lang

mui

r 201

1, 2

7, 9

644–

9653

[3

] Win

dsor

E. e

t al.,

Ana

l. Ch

em. 2

010

82 8

519-

8524

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: P

aul S

abba

gh

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

090

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: B

owie

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: 1st

yea

r Gra

duat

e Sc

hool

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

ad S

choo

l at B

owie

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Sof

twar

e an

d Sy

stem

s Div

ision

, Cy

ber I

nfra

stru

ctur

e Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Eric

Sim

mon

Title

of T

alk:

CP

CC: A

Cyb

er P

hysic

al C

loud

Com

putin

g Te

stbe

d

Abst

ract

: Cy

ber P

hysic

al S

yste

ms (

CPSs

) con

nect

the

“cyb

er a

nd p

hysic

al w

orld

s by

usin

g se

nsor

s and

act

uato

rs to

brid

ge

the

com

putin

g do

mai

n to

the

phys

ical

dom

ain”

[NIS

TIR

7951

]. Th

e se

nsor

s mon

itor p

hysic

al p

rope

rtie

s whi

le

actu

ator

s con

trol

the

phys

ical

env

ironm

ent w

ith c

ompu

ting

elem

ents

in-b

etw

een

to p

roce

ss d

ata.

Add

ing

clou

d ch

arac

teris

tics t

o CP

S w

ill a

llow

com

pone

nts t

o be

rapi

dly

prov

ision

ed a

nd d

e-pr

ovisi

oned

for u

se in

mul

tiple

vi

rtua

l sys

tem

s sim

ulta

neou

sly, i

ncre

asin

g ef

ficie

ncy,

resil

ienc

y, a

nd fl

exib

ility

[NIS

TIR

7951

] and

enc

oura

ging

in

nova

tion.

To

val

idat

e th

e Cy

ber P

hysic

al C

loud

Com

putin

g (C

PCC)

mod

el a

nd te

st c

ompo

nent

inte

rope

rabi

lity,

a C

PCC

test

be

d w

as b

uilt

upon

whi

ch a

n in

dust

rial s

ous-

vide

syst

em w

as im

plem

ente

d to

dem

onst

rate

diff

eren

t asp

ects

of

the

CPCC

mod

el.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

enni

fer A

. San

dova

l Cas

as

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

161

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: P

olyt

echn

ic U

nive

rsity

of P

uert

o Ri

co

Maj

or:

Bach

elor

of S

cien

ce in

Ele

ctric

al

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): M

y fu

ture

pla

n is

to h

ave

a ca

reer

in th

e El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

ring

field

, foc

used

eith

er o

n th

e ex

trem

ely

low

freq

uenc

ies a

nd c

ontin

ue w

orki

ng o

n th

e sy

nchr

onize

d el

ectr

ical

pow

er

mea

sure

men

ts o

r at r

adio

freq

uenc

ies a

nd w

orki

ng o

n th

e te

leco

mm

unic

atio

ns in

dust

ry.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Appl

ied

Elec

tric

al M

etro

logy

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Alle

n Go

ldst

ein

Title

of T

alk:

Te

stin

g an

Ele

ctric

al P

ower

Fre

quen

cy D

istur

banc

e Re

cord

er (F

DR) D

evic

e

Abst

ract

: Am

ong

the

smar

t grid

pro

gram

s tha

t sin

ce 2

009

have

bee

n sp

onso

red

by th

e U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of E

nerg

y (D

OE)

, di

ffere

nt se

ctor

s of t

he e

lect

ric u

tility

indu

stry

hav

e be

en in

stal

ling

Phas

or M

easu

rem

ent U

nits

(PM

Us)

and

de

ploy

ing

tech

nolo

gies

to m

oder

nize

and

mon

itor i

n a

prop

er w

ay th

e co

nditi

ons a

long

the

elec

tric

grid

. The

se

PMU

devi

ces a

re p

lace

d at

the

tran

smiss

ion

leve

l and

send

dat

a re

gard

ing

the

inst

anta

neou

s vol

tage

, cur

rent

and

fr

eque

ncy.

Pur

suin

g th

at sa

me

obje

ctiv

e, a

Fre

quen

cy M

onito

ring

Net

wor

k (F

NET

) was

dep

loye

d by

the

Uni

vers

ity

of T

enne

ssee

by

deve

lopi

ng F

requ

ency

Dist

urba

nce

Reco

rder

s (FD

Rs) a

nd p

laci

ng th

em a

t the

dist

ribut

ion

leve

l of

the

pow

er g

rid. T

he F

DR w

orks

as a

sens

ing

devi

ce th

at m

onito

rs th

e re

al-t

ime,

GPS

tim

e-st

ampe

d, si

ngle

-pha

se

volta

ge p

haso

r and

the

freq

uenc

y ou

t of a

120

V el

ectr

ical

out

let.

The

FNET

mea

sure

s and

che

cks t

he d

evia

tion

of

freq

uenc

y fr

om th

e no

min

al 6

0Hz v

alue

, whi

ch in

dica

tes t

he st

abili

ty b

etw

een

the

elec

tric

gen

erat

ion

and

the

load

, an

d se

nds d

ata

to F

NET

serv

ers.

Thi

s dat

a is

used

by

the

Nor

th A

mer

ican

Ele

ctric

Rel

iabi

lity

Corp

orat

ion

(NER

C) fo

r ev

ent a

naly

sis a

nd p

redi

ctio

ns o

f the

grid

inst

abili

ty. T

he re

sear

ch p

roje

ct is

focu

sed

on c

ompa

ring

the

FDR’

s ph

asor

info

rmat

ion

with

the

IEEE

Std

. C37

.118

.1-2

011

(IEEE

Sta

ndar

d fo

r Syn

chro

phas

or M

easu

rem

ents

for P

ower

Sy

stem

s). A

serie

s of t

ests

in st

eady

and

dyn

amic

stat

e ar

e m

ade

to th

e FD

R, c

ompa

ring

the

Tota

l Vec

tor E

rror

(T

VE) a

nd th

e Fr

eque

ncy

Erro

r (FE

) of t

he d

ata

stre

ams f

rom

the

devi

ce w

ith th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

stan

dard

. Su

ch li

mits

are

that

the

TVE

rem

ains

und

er 1

% a

nd th

e FE

bel

ow 0

.005

Hz o

r 0.0

25Hz

(dep

endi

ng o

n th

e te

st).

The

resu

lts w

ill p

rovi

de d

etai

ls on

the

accu

racy

of a

sam

ple

FDR

and

on it

s cor

rela

tion

with

the

IEEE

Std

. C37

.118

.1-

2011

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

arah

Sch

effle

r G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H10

0 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Har

vey

Mud

d Co

llege

M

ajor

: Com

pute

r Sci

ence

and

Mat

hem

atic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

go

to g

rad

scho

ol in

the

field

of c

ompu

ter s

cien

ce, p

ossib

ly st

udyi

ng q

uant

um

com

putin

g al

gorit

hms.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Com

pute

r Sec

urity

Div

ision

, Sec

urity

Tes

ting,

Va

lidat

ion,

& M

easu

rem

ent G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Al

len

Rogi

nsky

, Ran

dy E

aste

r

Title

of T

alk:

Pr

opos

als f

or N

IST

Stan

dard

s on

Gene

ratio

n of

Ran

dom

Prim

es fo

r Cry

ptog

raph

y

Abst

ract

: M

ost m

oder

n cr

ypto

syst

ems r

ely

on th

e ge

nera

tion

of ra

ndom

prim

e nu

mbe

rs a

s par

t of t

he p

roce

ss u

sed

to

crea

te k

eys w

ith w

hich

to e

ncry

pt a

nd d

ecry

pt d

ata.

The

gen

erat

ion

of ra

ndom

, sec

ret p

rimes

is a

t the

hea

rt o

f th

e se

curit

y of

all

encr

ypte

d da

ta. T

he N

atio

nal I

nstit

ute

of S

tand

ards

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

(NIS

T) h

as st

anda

rds f

or th

e pr

oces

s by

whi

ch a

cry

ptog

raph

ic p

rime

num

ber i

s gen

erat

ed, w

hich

invo

lves

a R

ando

m N

umbe

r Gen

erat

or (R

NG)

an

d a

test

for p

rimal

ity.

In th

is ta

lk, I

will

disc

uss t

hree

adj

ustm

ents

to th

e pr

ime

gene

ratio

n pr

oces

s. I

pro

vide

a

way

to c

usto

mize

the

prim

e fo

r use

rs w

ho w

ish to

impo

se a

n ad

ditio

nal c

onst

rain

t to

thei

r gen

erat

ed p

rimes

. I

show

that

NIS

T’s s

tatis

tical

test

suite

for R

NGs

is in

suffi

cien

t by

itsel

f to

prov

e th

e se

curit

y of

that

RN

G. I

also

di

scus

s mod

ifica

tions

to th

e er

ror b

ound

s on

the

prim

ality

test

s.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

harle

s For

d Sc

ott

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

140

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: R

owan

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

and

/or w

orki

ng in

avi

atio

n or

aer

ospa

ce

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Sci

ence

Div

ision

, M

ater

ials

for E

nerg

y &

Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

t Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Brad

Boy

erin

as

Title

of T

alk:

M

icro

- and

Mes

o-Po

rous

Str

uctu

re A

naly

sis o

f CO

2 Cap

ture

Mat

eria

ls U

sing

Gas S

orpt

ion.

Abst

ract

: Th

e ex

pect

atio

n of

pos

sible

CO

2 em

issio

ns r

egul

atio

n in

the

U.S

. ha

s na

tura

lly le

d to

an

incr

ease

d in

tere

st in

de

velo

ping

cos

t-ef

ficie

nt c

arbo

n ca

ptur

e m

ater

ials

to m

inim

ize e

nviro

nmen

tal

carb

on d

ioxi

de p

ollu

tion

from

st

atio

nary

sou

rces

. Th

e ra

tiona

l des

ign

and

optim

izatio

n of

ads

orbe

nts

for t

his

appl

icat

ion

requ

ires

know

ledg

e of

th

e co

rrel

atio

n be

twee

n th

e CO

2 cap

ture

beh

avio

r and

phy

sicoc

hem

ical

cha

ract

erist

ics

of th

ese

mat

eria

ls. I

n th

is lig

ht, c

hara

cter

izatio

n of

the

mic

ro-

and

mes

o-po

rous

str

uctu

re o

f ca

ndid

ate

adso

rben

t m

ater

ials

(e.g

., su

rfac

e ar

ea,

pore

vol

ume,

and

por

e siz

e di

strib

utio

n) u

sing

Argo

n so

rptio

n m

easu

rem

ents

at

LAr

tem

pera

ture

is

an

esse

ntia

l com

pone

nt o

f a m

ater

ials-

by-d

esig

n ap

proa

ch.

Ther

e ar

e a

wid

e va

riety

of m

etho

ds fo

r th

e an

alys

is of

m

icro

- and

mes

o- p

ore

stru

ctur

es b

ased

on

gas s

orpt

ion

data

such

as D

FT, B

JH, H

K, S

F, e

tc. (

mos

t nam

ed a

fter

the

initi

als

of t

hose

sci

entis

ts w

ho d

evel

oped

the

m).

The

sel

ectio

n of

the

met

hod

is ty

pica

lly t

ied

to t

he m

ater

ial

chem

istry

and

por

e ge

omet

ry o

f the

sam

ple

bein

g in

vest

igat

ed.

In t

his

wor

k, w

e re

view

ed th

e va

rious

met

hods

av

aila

ble

and

sele

cted

the

mos

t sui

tabl

e m

etho

d fo

r the

cha

ract

eriza

tion

of a

sel

ecte

d se

t of p

orou

s ca

rbon

s an

d m

olec

ular

siev

es.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: P

aul A

lexa

nder

Sco

tt II

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H07

8 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mor

ehou

se C

olle

ge

Maj

or:

Dual

Deg

ree-

Appl

ied

Phys

ics/

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Fi

nish

my

dual

deg

ree

prog

ram

, att

end

grad

uate

scho

ol.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Mat

eria

ls an

d St

ruct

ural

Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, Po

lym

eric

Mat

eria

ls Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Chris

Whi

te, N

icho

las C

arbo

ne

Title

of T

alk:

Fu

n in

the

Sun:

Cha

ract

eriza

tion

and

Anal

ysis

of P

hoto

degr

aded

Pol

yeth

ylen

e

Abst

ract

: St

udie

s wer

e co

nduc

ted

on th

e ph

otod

egra

datio

n of

the

com

mon

ther

mop

last

ic p

olym

er p

olye

thyl

ene

(PE)

, mos

t co

mm

only

use

d in

pac

kagi

ng, c

onta

iner

s and

pip

ing.

As e

xpec

ted

expo

sure

to e

xtre

me

tem

pera

ture

fluc

tuat

ions

as

wel

l as U

V irr

adia

tion

caus

es p

hoto

degr

adat

ion

over

the

lifes

pan

of th

ese

prod

ucts

. Lab

bas

ed d

egra

datio

n or

ac

cele

rate

d de

grad

atio

n, a

chie

ved

thro

ugh

the

use

of a

SPH

ERE

(Sim

ulat

ed P

hoto

deg

rada

tion

by H

igh

Ener

gy

Radi

ant E

xpos

ure)

bas

ed u

ltrav

iole

t rad

iatio

n ex

posu

re c

ham

ber,

was

use

d to

sim

ulat

e pr

olon

ged

expo

sure

. Ad

ditio

nal w

eath

erin

g da

ta w

as o

btai

ned

from

sam

ples

exp

osed

out

door

s in

Hom

este

ad F

lorid

a. A

var

iety

of

anal

ytic

al a

nd sp

ectr

osco

pic

tech

niqu

es, i

nclu

ding

Att

enua

ted

Tota

l Ref

lect

ance

Fou

rier T

rans

form

Infr

ared

Sp

ectr

omet

ry, D

iffer

entia

l Sca

nnin

g Ca

lorim

etry

, and

Inst

ron

test

ing

wer

e us

ed to

det

erm

ine

base

lines

for

poly

ethy

lene

and

com

pare

d to

sam

ples

that

had

und

ergo

ne a

ccel

erat

ed a

nd n

atur

al d

egra

datio

n. T

he m

echa

nica

l pr

oper

ties a

nd c

hem

ical

deg

rada

tion

of th

e sa

mpl

es w

ere

corr

elat

ed w

ith e

xpos

ure

time

and

the

corr

elat

ions

ex

plor

ed.

Reci

proc

ity p

aram

eter

s wer

e al

so e

xtra

cted

from

the

corr

elat

ions

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

effr

ey S

elf

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

138

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of T

exas

Aus

tin

Maj

or:

Chem

istry

and

Che

mic

al E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pu

rsui

ng a

PhD

in M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. A

nton

io F

arao

ne

Title

of T

alk:

Q

uasi-

Elas

tic N

eutr

on S

catt

erin

g of

Met

hano

l Agg

rega

tes

Abst

ract

: It

is w

ell k

now

n th

at li

quid

alc

ohol

s for

m su

perm

olec

ular

agg

rega

tes b

ecau

se o

f the

ir hy

drog

en b

ondi

ng te

nden

cy.

How

ever

, the

resu

ltant

stru

ctur

ing

of e

ven

the

simpl

est a

lcoh

ol—

met

hano

l—is

not y

et fu

lly u

nder

stoo

d. T

he

asso

ciat

ive

prop

ertie

s of s

impl

e al

coho

ls in

the

liqui

d st

ates

hav

e be

en in

vest

igat

ed m

ostly

from

the

stru

ctur

al

poin

t of v

iew

usin

g st

atic

neu

tron

and

x-r

ay sc

atte

ring

as w

ell a

s com

pute

r sim

ulat

ions

. We

perf

orm

ed

Qua

siEla

stic

Neu

tron

Sca

tter

ing

(QEN

S) to

obs

erve

exp

erim

enta

lly th

e dy

nam

ics o

f the

se su

perm

olec

ular

fo

rmat

ions

ove

r mol

ecul

ar le

ngth

- and

tim

e-sc

ales

. The

use

of p

olar

ized

neut

rons

and

isot

opic

subs

titut

ion

allo

wed

for t

he st

atic

and

dyn

amic

al c

hara

cter

izatio

n of

stru

ctur

es w

ith a

typi

cal l

engt

hsca

le o

f 5

Å. I

will

repo

rt

resu

lts o

n th

e lif

etim

e of

thes

e st

ruct

ures

inve

stig

ated

as a

func

tion

of te

mpe

ratu

re. A

mol

ecul

ar d

ynam

ic

simul

atio

n w

as a

lso c

ondu

cted

and

ana

lyze

d to

gai

n a

bett

er u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he o

btai

ned

data

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

orda

n Se

nato

re

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

117

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: F

lorid

a In

stitu

te o

f Tec

hnol

ogy

Maj

or:

Aero

spac

e En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Grad

uate

Stu

dent

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): St

art a

car

eer a

t Nor

thro

p Gr

umm

an, w

hile

fini

shin

g th

e la

st h

alf o

f my

mas

ter’s

deg

ree

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

b, S

yste

ms I

nteg

ratio

n Di

visio

n, In

form

atio

n M

odel

ing

and

Test

ing

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

KC M

orris

, Qai

s Hat

im, D

eogr

atia

s Kib

ira

Title

of T

alk:

Th

e us

e of

Disc

rete

Eve

nt S

imul

atio

n fo

r Ass

urin

g th

e Pe

rfor

man

ce o

f a M

anuf

actu

ring

Syst

em

Abst

ract

: Th

is re

sear

ch a

ims t

o de

mon

stra

te a

met

hod

for o

ptim

izing

per

form

ance

bas

ed u

pon

mul

tiple

Key

Per

form

ance

In

dica

tors

(KPI

s) su

ch a

s cos

t, en

ergy

con

sum

ptio

n, c

arbo

n em

issio

n, a

nd to

tal p

rodu

ctio

n tim

e. O

ften

tim

es

thes

e KP

Is ar

e co

nflic

ting

and

so a

mid

dle

grou

nd m

ust b

e fo

und

that

strik

es a

bal

ance

bet

wee

n th

e ob

ject

ives

. In

cu

rren

t man

ufac

turin

g sy

stem

s ind

ustr

y ex

perie

nce

is of

ten

used

to m

inim

ize p

rodu

ctio

n tim

e or

cos

t; ho

wev

er,

to fa

ctor

in su

stai

nabi

lity

goal

s with

com

petin

g ob

ject

ives

, a m

ore

obje

ctiv

e to

ol is

nee

ded.

W

e us

e di

scre

te e

vent

sim

ulat

ion

as a

met

hod

for a

ssur

ing

the

perf

orm

ance

of m

anuf

actu

ring

syst

ems i

n lig

ht o

f co

mpe

ting

prio

ritie

s. S

imul

atio

n pr

ovid

es a

n ob

ject

ive

met

hod

to q

uick

ly a

nd a

ccur

atel

y pl

an p

lant

ope

ratio

ns

base

d up

on a

sing

le o

bjec

tive

or m

any

com

petin

g ob

ject

ives

. Pl

ant m

anag

ers c

an q

uick

ly a

nd e

asily

exp

lore

man

y op

tions

at t

he b

egin

ning

of e

ach

day

or a

t the

arr

ival

of a

new

bat

ch o

f ord

ers.

Sim

ulat

ion

will

allo

w fo

r opt

imal

co

nfig

urat

ions

to b

e ch

osen

that

not

onl

y m

inim

ize c

ost o

r tim

e, b

ut a

lso ta

ke su

stai

nabi

lity

goal

s int

o ac

coun

t.

We

cons

truc

ted

a m

odel

usin

g Ar

ena,

a c

omm

erci

al si

mul

atio

n so

ftwar

e pa

ckag

e, o

f a m

achi

ne sh

op w

ith se

vera

l m

achi

nes t

hat c

ould

eac

h pe

rfor

m m

ultip

le p

roce

sses

. Th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

of a

bat

ch o

f par

ts w

as th

en si

mul

ated

us

ing

the

mod

el w

hile

impo

rtan

t KPI

s wer

e m

onito

red.

Mac

hine

sett

ings

(e.g

. cut

ting

spee

d, fe

ed ra

te, d

epth

of

cut,

etc.

) wer

e va

ried

over

a se

t ran

ge, t

hus a

llow

ing

an o

ptim

al c

onfig

urat

ion

to b

e fo

und

for e

ach

mac

hine

that

le

ads t

o th

e hi

ghes

t per

form

ing

syst

em.

Mul

tiple

scen

ario

s wer

e co

mpl

eted

that

test

the

abili

ty o

f the

syst

em to

fin

d op

timal

sett

ings

rang

ing

from

a si

mpl

e on

e pa

rt sc

enar

io w

ith a

pre

defin

ed p

rodu

ctio

n pl

an to

a m

uch

mor

e co

mpl

ex sy

stem

with

mul

tiple

par

ts a

nd n

o pr

edef

ined

pro

duct

ion

plan

. Th

e sim

ulat

ion

mod

el is

use

d to

de

term

ine

optim

al se

ttin

gs fo

r eac

h in

divi

dual

mac

hine

in th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

syst

em a

nd th

en it

is u

sed

to

dete

rmin

e th

e op

timal

pro

duct

ion

plan

to le

ad to

the

high

est p

erfo

rmin

g sy

stem

.

The

man

ufac

turin

g in

dust

ry is

tend

ing

tow

ards

agi

le, m

ore

resp

onsiv

e pl

ant d

esig

ns a

nd o

pera

tions

. Thi

s res

earc

h w

ill n

ot o

nly

help

opt

imize

mac

hine

sett

ings

and

con

figur

atio

ns, b

ut c

ould

also

be

used

to e

xplo

re th

e ef

fect

s of

disr

uptio

ns a

nd p

oten

tial s

olut

ions

. Di

srup

tions

can

be

inte

rnal

(e.g

. mac

hine

failu

re) o

r ext

erna

l (e.

g. la

te

mat

eria

l arr

ival

or c

hang

ed o

rder

s).

The

rese

arch

will

hel

p im

prov

e ov

eral

l ind

ustr

y ef

ficie

ncy,

whi

le o

peni

ng u

p m

any

poss

ibili

ties f

or th

e fu

ture

of S

mar

t Man

ufac

turin

g.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Will

iam

Ser

rano

-Gar

cía

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

161

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of P

uert

o Ri

co a

t Hum

acao

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s App

lied

to E

lect

roni

cs

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ph

.D.

Phys

ics:

Con

dens

ed M

atte

r

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y (P

ML)

, Sem

icon

duct

or &

Dim

ensio

nal M

etro

logy

Di

visio

n, N

anoe

lect

roni

cs G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Dav

id G

undl

ach,

Dr.

Emily

Bitt

le

Title

of T

alk:

Fa

bric

atio

n an

d El

ectr

ical

Cha

ract

eriza

tion

of R

ubre

ne S

ingl

e - C

ryst

al

Abst

ract

: O

rgan

ic se

mic

ondu

ctor

s are

att

ract

ive

for r

ealiz

ing

flexi

ble

and

nove

l ele

ctro

nic-

base

d so

lutio

ns to

non

trad

ition

al,

non-

silic

on c

entr

ic p

robl

ems.

Ele

ctro

nic

devi

ces s

uch

as li

ght e

mitt

ing

diod

es (O

LEDs

), tr

ansis

tors

(OTF

Ts),

sens

ors

and

sola

r ce

lls (

OPV

s) h

ave

all

been

dem

onst

rate

d by

usin

g or

gani

c se

mic

ondu

ctor

s, a

nd O

LEDs

are

alre

ady

pres

ent

in h

igh

volu

me

com

mer

cial

ele

ctro

nic

appl

icat

ions

lik

e ce

ll ph

ones

poi

ntin

g to

the

tre

men

dous

co

mm

erci

al o

ppor

tuni

ties.

OTF

Ts h

ave

yet t

o fin

d sim

ilar w

ide

adop

tion

in e

xist

ing

tech

nolo

gies

and

fund

amen

tal

phys

ical

und

erst

andi

ng re

mai

ns li

mite

d. I

mpo

rtan

tly, c

harg

e tr

ansp

ort a

nd tr

appi

ng m

echa

nism

s di

ffer i

n or

gani

c tr

ansis

tors

as

com

pare

d to

ino

rgan

ic t

rans

istor

s, an

d as

a r

esul

t co

mm

only

use

d an

alog

ies

of o

rgan

ic

sem

icon

duct

ors

to in

orga

nic

band

tran

spor

t the

ory

can

brea

k do

wn.

Thi

s is

espe

cial

ly a

ppar

ent i

n th

eir r

espo

nse

to s

mal

l sig

nal s

timul

us a

nd a

t hi

gh fr

eque

ncie

s re

quire

d fo

r so

me

anal

og c

ircui

t ap

plic

atio

ns. I

n th

is st

udy,

we

perf

orm

det

aile

d el

ectr

ical

cha

ract

eriza

tion

on o

rgan

ic f

ield

effe

ct t

rans

istor

s (O

FET)

mad

e us

ing

singl

e cr

ysta

l ru

bren

e, a

con

juga

ted

orga

nic

sem

icon

duct

ing

mat

eria

l gro

wn

by p

hysic

al v

apor

tra

nspo

rt a

nd la

min

ated

ont

o th

erm

ally

oxi

dize

d sil

icon

waf

ers.

We

stud

y th

e AC

beh

avio

r of s

ingl

e cr

ysta

l org

anic

tran

sisto

rs u

sing

impe

danc

e sp

ectr

osco

py to

inve

stig

ate

"idea

l" el

ectr

onic

beh

avio

r in

orga

nic

tran

sisto

rs. I

mpe

danc

e m

easu

rem

ents

per

mit

us

acce

ss t

o sm

all

signa

l, hi

gh f

requ

ency

beh

avio

r an

d al

low

us

mor

e nu

ance

d in

vest

igat

ion

of t

he s

mal

l sig

nal

resp

onse

tra

pped

vs.

mob

ile c

harg

e, a

nd t

he d

eter

min

atio

n of

the

low

fiel

d m

obili

ty a

nd t

hres

hold

vol

tage

. For

so

me

OFE

T te

st s

truc

ture

s w

e m

odifi

ed t

he s

ilico

n di

oxid

e ga

te i

nsul

ator

int

erfa

ce w

ith a

sel

f-ass

embl

ed

mon

olay

er, o

ctad

ecyl

tric

hlor

osila

ne (O

STS)

, to

the

prob

e tr

appi

ng a

t the

insu

lato

r-ru

bren

e in

terf

ace

whe

re c

harg

e ac

cum

ulat

ion

and

tran

spor

t oc

curs

. Usin

g a

tran

smiss

ion

line

mod

el t

o fit

the

AC

impe

danc

e of

the

tra

nsist

or

chan

nel c

oupl

ed w

ith a

par

alle

l res

istor

-cap

acito

r m

odel

of t

he c

onta

ct im

peda

nce,

we

gain

insig

ht in

to c

harg

e tr

ansp

ort

in t

he c

hann

el w

hile

disc

rimin

atin

g th

e ef

fect

s du

e to

con

tact

im

peda

nce.

We

com

pare

mob

ility

, th

resh

old

volta

ge, a

nd c

hara

cter

istic

tra

nsist

or c

hann

el r

espo

nse

dete

rmin

ed b

y im

peda

nce

mea

sure

men

ts t

o va

lues

foun

d th

roug

h m

ore

wid

ely

empl

oyed

DC

char

acte

rizat

ion

of t

rans

istor

s to

ver

ify t

he e

ffect

iven

ess

of D

C m

easu

rem

ents

to p

redi

ct A

C pe

rfor

man

ce li

mits

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: K

omal

Sha

ikh

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

156

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: T

he P

enns

ylva

nia

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

, Yor

k, P

A M

ajor

: Li

fe S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

to a

tten

d de

ntal

scho

ol a

nd sp

ecia

lize

in c

osm

etic

or r

econ

stru

ctiv

e de

ntist

ry a

fter

grad

uatio

n.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, B

iosy

stem

s and

Bio

mat

eria

ls Di

visio

n,

Biom

ater

ials

Grou

p.

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Mar

tin C

hian

g

Title

of T

alk:

St

ress

Dev

elop

men

t in

Flow

able

Den

tal R

esin

s usin

g a

Cant

ileve

r Bea

m-B

ased

Dev

ice.

Abst

ract

: Th

e go

al o

f thi

s stu

dy is

to m

easu

re p

olym

eriza

tion

shrin

kage

stre

ss, d

egre

e of

con

vers

ion,

and

cha

nge

in

tem

pera

ture

of a

den

tal c

ompo

site

that

is p

hoto

cure

d w

ith a

toot

h se

ctio

n (c

ompr

ised

of d

entin

). Th

e lig

ht fr

om

the

curin

g la

mp

refle

cts o

ff of

the

surf

ace

of th

e to

oth,

and

this

may

hav

e an

effe

ct o

n co

nver

sion

and

tem

pera

ture

, con

sequ

ently

the

shrin

kage

stre

ss. H

igh

leve

ls of

shrin

kage

stre

ss c

an re

stric

t the

use

of c

erta

in

dent

al c

ompo

sites

, so

it is

impo

rtan

t to

dete

rmin

e th

e st

ress

of t

he c

ompo

sites

to se

e if

they

can

be

used

in a

cl

inic

al se

ttin

g. In

exp

erim

ents

, the

den

tal c

ompo

site

is a

50:5

0 m

ass r

atio

solu

tion

of b

isphe

nol A

dig

lyci

dyl e

ther

m

etha

cryl

ate

(BisG

MA)

and

trie

thyl

eneg

lyco

l dim

etha

cryl

ate

(TEG

DMA)

, with

0.2

mas

s per

cent

cam

phor

quin

one

(CQ

) and

0.8

mas

s per

cent

eth

yl 4

-dim

ethy

lam

inob

enzo

ate

(4E)

pho

toin

itiat

ors a

nd v

aryi

ng g

lass

fille

r con

tent

s (5

5, 6

5, a

nd 7

5 pe

rcen

t). A

can

tilev

er b

eam

bas

ed in

stru

men

t (ca

lled

tens

omet

er) w

as u

sed

for t

he st

ress

m

easu

rem

ent a

nd w

as c

ompl

emen

ted

with

a n

ear i

nfra

red

(NIR

) spe

ctro

met

er a

nd th

erm

ocou

ple

for m

easu

ring

the

conv

ersio

n an

d te

mpe

ratu

re d

urin

g th

e po

lym

eriza

tion,

resp

ectiv

ely.

The

com

posit

e sa

mpl

es w

ere

cure

d in

th

ree

sets

of i

nter

face

: 1. C

ompo

site/

quar

tz ro

d in

terf

ace,

in w

hich

the

rod

was

not

sila

nize

d (t

he ro

d is

used

to

tran

smit

curin

g lig

ht),

2. U

sing

quar

tz ro

ds th

at w

ere

silan

ized,

and

3. U

sing

quar

tz ro

ds w

ith a

toot

h se

ctio

n at

tach

ed th

at w

ere

both

sila

nize

d. A

tten

uate

d to

tal r

efle

ctan

ce (A

TR) w

as a

lso c

ompl

eted

on

the

sam

ple

72 h

ours

af

ter i

t was

cur

ed. T

his a

llow

s us t

o co

mpa

re th

e de

gree

of c

onve

rsio

n on

the

bott

om a

nd to

p su

rfac

es o

f the

sa

mpl

e. T

his s

tudy

hel

ps u

s det

erm

ine

whi

ch fi

ller c

onte

nts a

re su

itabl

e in

a c

linic

al e

nviro

nmen

t, an

d w

heth

er a

co

mpo

site

that

is c

ured

with

a to

oth,

as c

ompa

red

to w

ithou

t one

, has

an

effe

ct o

n st

ress

, con

vers

ion,

and

te

mpe

ratu

re d

urin

g th

e po

lym

eriza

tion

proc

ess.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

hake

ria S

tew

art

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

105

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: A

laba

ma

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Bi

olog

y Pr

e-He

alth

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Af

ter g

radu

atio

n, I

wou

ld li

ke to

enr

oll i

n m

edic

al sc

hool

and

bec

ome

a pa

rt o

f a M

D/Ph

D pr

ogra

m. I

hav

e fu

rthe

r pla

ns to

bec

ome

a de

rmat

olog

ist.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, B

iosy

stem

s and

Bio

mat

eria

ls Di

visio

n,

Biom

ater

ials

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Di

ane

Bien

ek/J

irun

Sun

Title

of T

alk:

As

sess

ing

Antib

acte

rial P

rope

rtie

s of N

ovel

Den

tal R

esin

s Con

tain

ing

Tita

nium

N

anop

artic

les

Abst

ract

: De

ntal

car

ies (

i.e.,

toot

h de

cay

and

cavi

ties)

is o

ne o

f the

mai

n ca

uses

of t

ooth

loss

and

ora

l pai

n. T

here

are

m

etho

ds c

urre

ntly

bei

ng im

plem

ente

d to

com

bat t

his u

nive

rsal

pro

blem

. The

mos

t com

mon

met

hod

used

to tr

eat

carie

s is t

o re

mov

e th

e de

cay

and

rest

ore

the

toot

h w

ith a

filli

ng. T

ooth

rest

orat

ives

are

idea

l bec

ause

they

im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of a

pat

ient

’s o

ral h

ealth

and

retu

rn fo

rm a

nd fu

nctio

n to

the

toot

h; h

owev

er, r

esto

rativ

e m

ater

ials

ofte

n fa

il. F

ailu

re c

an o

ften

resu

lt fr

om d

enta

l pla

que

adhe

ring

to th

e su

rfac

e of

the

toot

h as

wel

l as t

he

rest

orat

ive

mat

eria

l. De

ntal

pla

que

is a

biof

ilm o

f ora

l bac

teria

. Alth

ough

ther

e ar

e m

any

spec

ies o

f bac

teria

that

ar

e fo

und

in d

enta

l pla

que,

the

mos

t com

mon

that

adh

ere

to o

ral s

urfa

ces a

re S

trep

toco

ccus

mut

ans,

St

rept

ococ

cus s

obrin

us, a

nd la

ctob

acill

i. In

ord

er to

ach

ieve

long

last

ing

toot

h re

stor

ativ

es, i

t may

be

desir

able

th

at th

ese

rest

orat

ive

mat

eria

ls ha

ve a

ntib

acte

rial p

rope

rtie

s.

A co

mpo

nent

of p

olym

er-b

ased

rest

orat

ive

mat

eria

ls is

resin

mat

rix. P

rodu

cing

dur

able

as w

ell a

s ant

ibac

teria

l de

ntal

pol

ymer

s are

impe

rativ

e. T

itani

um d

ioxi

de n

anop

artic

les h

ave

alre

ady

exhi

bite

d im

prov

ed m

echa

nica

l pr

oper

ties a

s wel

l as u

niqu

e ph

otoa

ctiv

ities

. It

is kn

own

that

one

of t

he u

niqu

e ph

otoa

ctiv

ities

of t

itani

um d

ioxi

de

nano

part

icle

s is t

hat i

t has

the

abili

ty to

exh

ibit

antib

acte

rial a

nd a

ntiv

iral p

rope

rtie

s via

the

chem

ical

ene

rgy

that

is

rele

ased

. Alth

ough

ther

e ar

e so

me

antib

acte

rial p

rope

rtie

s of t

he ti

tani

um d

ioxi

de n

anop

artic

les,

furt

her t

estin

g is

need

ed in

ord

er to

succ

essf

ully

dev

elop

a n

ovel

den

tal r

esin

that

con

tain

s tita

nium

dio

xide

nan

opar

ticle

s.

Our

rese

arch

test

ed v

ario

us n

anop

artic

le so

lutio

ns fo

r ant

ibac

teria

l pro

pert

ies.

The

nan

opar

ticle

solu

tions

that

w

ere

test

ed v

arie

d in

con

cent

ratio

ns o

f tita

nium

dio

xide

, eth

anol

, and

met

hyle

ne b

lue.

Som

e sa

mpl

es w

ere

pre-

expo

sed

to a

visi

ble

light

cur

ing

syst

em a

nd su

bseq

uent

ly e

xpos

ed to

the

sam

e lig

ht p

rior t

o 48

-hr i

ncub

atio

n.

Antib

acte

rial p

rope

rtie

s wer

e as

sess

ed b

y m

easu

ring

the

zone

of i

nhib

ition

via

aga

r ass

ays.

The

Kirb

y Ba

uer d

isk

diffu

sion

antib

iotic

sens

itivi

ty p

roce

dure

was

use

d to

det

erm

ine

if th

e tit

aniu

m d

ioxi

de sa

mpl

es e

xhib

ited

zone

s of

inhi

bitio

n on

ce e

xpos

ed to

S. m

utan

s. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

test

ing

for t

he a

ntim

icro

bial

pro

pert

ies,

con

ditio

ns h

ad to

fir

st b

e op

timize

d. F

acto

rs th

at w

ere

incl

uded

whi

le d

eter

min

ing

an o

ptim

al p

roce

dure

wer

e di

sk m

atric

es,

conc

entr

atio

n of

tita

nium

dio

xide

sam

ples

, dry

tim

e (w

hich

wer

e m

easu

red

usin

g pe

rcen

tage

s), a

s wel

l as

tem

pera

ture

. Onc

e op

timal

con

ditio

ns w

ere

esta

blish

ed, w

e w

ere

able

to a

ccur

atel

y te

st th

e na

nopa

rtic

le

solu

tions

for a

ntib

acte

rial p

rope

rtie

s.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

artin

Girc

his S

hett

y G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Mon

tgom

ery

Colle

ge

Maj

or:

Appl

ied

mat

hem

atic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or (f

or a

seco

nd b

ache

lor’s

deg

ree)

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Th

e po

ssib

ilitie

s are

end

less

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Che

mic

al S

cien

ces D

ivisi

on,

Elem

enta

l Mea

sure

men

t Sci

ence

(at N

CNR)

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Do

nna

O’K

elly

Title

of T

alk:

Da

ta A

cqui

sitio

n an

d Re

duct

ion

Soft

war

e fo

r Mul

ti-De

tect

or P

rom

pt G

amm

a N

eutr

on

Activ

atio

n An

alys

is Sy

stem

at N

CNR

Abst

ract

: N

eutr

on a

ctiv

atio

n an

alys

is is

a no

n-de

stru

ctiv

e m

etho

d fo

r det

erm

inin

g th

e el

emen

tal c

onst

ituen

ts o

f a sa

mpl

e.

The

prec

ision

of s

uch

mea

sure

men

ts c

an b

e in

crea

sed

by c

reat

ing

a m

ulti-

dete

ctor

syst

em fo

r the

cap

ture

of

gam

ma

rays

. One

of t

he m

ain

limita

tions

on

such

an

inst

rum

ent i

s the

rate

at w

hich

dat

a ca

n be

col

lect

ed a

nd

anal

yzed

. My

cont

ribut

ion

to th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

his i

nstr

umen

t is t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f sof

twar

e fo

r the

ac

quisi

tion

and

redu

ctio

n of

dat

a in

real

tim

e.

As a

sam

ple

is bo

mba

rded

with

neu

tron

s, it

pro

duce

s gam

ma

radi

atio

n ch

arac

teris

tic to

the

nucl

ides

pre

sent

. Si

nce

cert

ain

nucl

ides

em

it m

ultip

le g

amm

a ra

ys, w

e m

ay in

crea

se th

e ce

rtai

nty

of th

eir i

dent

ifica

tion

by d

etec

ting

coin

cide

nt g

amm

a ev

ents

with

mul

tiple

det

ecto

rs. I

n a

prom

pt g

amm

a ap

plic

atio

n, a

sing

le d

etec

tor m

ay p

rodu

ce

up to

100

GB

of d

ata

per d

ay.

It is

ther

efor

e ad

vant

ageo

us to

bui

ld sp

ectr

a as

eve

nts a

re d

etec

ted.

It is

not

en

ough

to h

ave

spec

tra

for e

ach

chan

nel s

epar

atel

y, si

nce

simul

tane

ous e

vent

s fro

m d

iffer

ent d

etec

tors

mus

t also

be

cla

ssifi

ed. T

here

fore

, a ro

bust

and

cus

tom

izabl

e pi

ece

of so

ftw

are

is re

quire

d.

Germ

aniu

m d

etec

tors

are

aim

ed a

t a sa

mpl

e on

the

NG-D

neu

tron

bea

m li

ne a

t NCN

R. C

aptu

red

gam

ma

rays

re

sult

in v

olta

ge p

eaks

pro

port

iona

l to

the

ener

gy o

f eac

h ev

ent.

Fou

r suc

h de

tect

ors a

re c

onne

cted

to a

XIA

Pi

xie-

4 de

vice

, whi

ch d

igiti

zes t

he si

gnal

s at 1

00M

hz a

nd u

ses a

n FP

GA c

hip

to a

naly

ze a

nd re

cord

the

time

and

ener

gy o

f eac

h ev

ent i

nto

a bu

ffer.

New

softw

are

writ

ten

in C

++ re

trie

ves t

he b

uffe

red

even

t dat

a fr

om th

e Pi

xie-

4, p

arse

s it a

nd b

uild

s spe

ctra

in re

al ti

me.

The

nec

essa

ry th

roug

hput

is m

ade

poss

ible

by

mul

tithr

eadi

ng th

e va

rious

task

s of t

his p

roce

ss. A

buf

fer a

cqui

sitio

n th

read

com

man

ds th

e Pi

xie-

4 to

initi

ate

runs

and

dow

nloa

ds th

e da

ta w

hen

the

exte

rnal

mem

ory

fills

up. T

he re

trie

ved

data

is p

lace

d on

a th

read

-saf

e FI

FO q

ueue

and

a n

ew ru

n is

initi

ated

imm

edia

tely

to m

inim

ize d

ead

time.

A p

aral

lel w

orke

r thr

ead

wai

ts fo

r new

buf

fers

to a

rriv

e, p

arse

s the

m

and

pass

es e

vent

s int

o an

othe

r que

ue. A

noth

er w

orke

r thr

ead

is ta

sked

with

bin

ning

thes

e ev

ents

to g

ener

ate

spec

tra.

The

softw

are

is co

mpi

led

for a

Lin

ux 6

4-bi

t env

ironm

ent f

or im

prov

ed p

erfo

rman

ce, s

tabi

lity

and

secu

rity.

Fu

rthe

r opt

imiza

tions

are

env

ision

ed to

dec

reas

e ac

quisi

tion

dead

tim

e an

d pr

ovid

e no

vel r

epre

sent

atio

ns o

f the

ga

ther

ed c

oinc

iden

ce d

ata.

The

softw

are

will

also

be

augm

ente

d w

ith to

ols d

edic

ated

to c

oinc

iden

ce a

naly

sis.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: T

anya

Shi

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H10

9 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Yal

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: En

viro

nmen

tal E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

ndec

ided

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, C

hem

ical

Sci

ence

s D

ivis

ion,

Inor

gani

c M

easu

rem

ent

Sci

ence

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Jingy

u Li

u, M

icha

el W

inch

este

r

Title

of T

alk:

M

easu

ring

the

Conc

entr

atio

n of

Spe

cific

Met

allic

Ions

in S

olut

ion

Thro

ugh

Indu

ced

Nan

opar

ticle

Agg

rega

tion

Abst

ract

: Th

e de

tect

ion

of b

iolo

gica

l and

che

mic

al a

gent

s pla

ys a

fund

amen

tal r

ole

in a

vas

t var

iety

of s

cien

tific

fiel

ds.

Engi

neer

ed g

old

nano

part

icle

s (Au

NPs

) are

em

ergi

ng a

s a p

ower

ful t

ool f

or th

e m

easu

rem

ent o

f the

se sm

all

mol

ecul

es, p

artic

ular

ly in

env

ironm

enta

l and

bio

logi

cal s

yste

ms.

The

y po

sses

s uni

que

phys

ical

and

che

mic

al

prop

ertie

s, su

ch a

s tun

abili

ty, b

ioco

mpa

tibili

ty w

ith m

any

ligan

ds, a

nd a

hig

h su

rfac

e-to

-vol

ume

ratio

, whi

ch m

ake

them

exc

elle

nt p

latf

orm

s for

the

fabr

icat

ion

of c

hem

ical

and

bio

logi

cal s

enso

rs. I

n ad

ditio

n, fu

nctio

naliz

ed A

uNPs

ca

n be

mad

e to

agg

rega

te in

the

pres

ence

of c

erta

in re

agen

ts a

nd a

spec

ific

met

allic

ion

in so

lutio

n.

The

goal

of t

his p

roje

ct w

as to

sele

ctiv

ely

quan

tify

iron

(III)

ions

in so

lutio

n by

mea

surin

g in

duce

d go

ld

nano

part

icle

agg

rega

tion.

In o

rder

to d

o so

, the

gol

d na

nopa

rtic

les h

ad to

firs

t be

func

tiona

lized

, mea

ning

the

surf

ace

chem

istry

alte

red,

in su

ch a

way

that

the

iron

ions

wou

ld c

ross

link

the

func

tiona

l gro

ups o

n th

e pa

rtic

le

surf

ace

and

resu

lt in

agg

rega

tion.

In th

is pr

ojec

t, do

pam

ine

was

use

d as

the

com

plex

ing

agen

t for

ferr

ic io

ns.

Seve

ral p

hysic

oche

mic

al re

actio

n sc

hem

es w

ere

desig

ned

and

test

ed w

ith th

e go

al o

f cre

atin

g bo

nds b

etw

een

iron

(III)

and

the

AuN

Ps, b

ut a

lso o

f pre

vent

ing

aggr

egat

ion

prio

r to

the

intr

oduc

tion

of fe

rric

ions

. In

add

ition

to u

sing

ultr

avio

let-v

isibl

e (U

V-vi

s) sp

ectr

osco

py a

nd d

ynam

ic li

ght s

catt

erin

g (D

LS) t

o ch

arac

teriz

e th

e Au

NP

sam

ples

, a n

ew te

chni

que

calle

d sin

gle

part

icle

indu

ctiv

ely

coup

led

plas

ma

mas

s spe

ctro

met

ry (s

pICP

-MS)

w

as e

mpl

oyed

to m

easu

re th

e siz

e di

strib

utio

n of

AuN

Ps a

nd q

uant

itate

the

degr

ee o

f agg

rega

tion.

Ope

ratin

g in

sin

gle

part

icle

mod

e an

d ut

ilizin

g a

high

-tem

pera

ture

pla

sma

disc

harg

e to

ioni

ze th

e sa

mpl

e, th

e IC

P-M

S w

as u

sed

to d

eter

min

e th

e nu

mbe

r con

cent

ratio

n an

d pa

rtic

le si

ze o

f dilu

te n

anop

artic

le su

spen

sions

. The

pro

ject

also

ex

plor

ed th

e ef

fect

of v

aryi

ng th

e lig

and

coat

ing

thic

knes

s, g

old

conc

entr

atio

n, d

opam

ine

load

ing,

and

buf

fer

com

posit

ion

(pH)

on

the

dete

ctio

n of

ferr

ic io

ns. I

n th

e fu

ture

, the

goa

l is t

o us

e th

is m

etho

d to

ena

ble

sele

ctiv

e an

d se

nsiti

ve m

easu

rem

ents

of m

etal

lic io

ns in

env

ironm

enta

l sam

ples

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

acob

Sie

gel

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

137

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and

Colle

ge P

ark

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Eng

inee

ring

and

Mat

hem

atic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ap

ply

to g

rad

scho

ol a

nd lo

ok fo

r em

ploy

men

t, de

cide

on

whi

ch b

ased

on

resu

lts o

f ap

plic

atio

ns.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Sof

twar

e an

d Sy

stem

s Div

ision

, Inf

orm

atio

n So

ftw

are

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Pe

ter B

ajcs

y, D

erek

Juba

Title

of T

alk:

Vi

ewin

g St

em C

ells

in T

hree

Dim

ensio

ns o

n a

Larg

e Sc

ale

Abst

ract

:

W

ith th

e cu

rren

t cap

abili

ties o

f con

foca

l las

er sc

anni

ng m

icro

scop

es, a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of 3

D im

ages

can

be

acqu

ired

rapi

dly.

Bio

logi

sts h

ave

been

leve

ragi

ng th

ese

rapi

d m

icro

scop

y im

agin

g ca

pabi

litie

s to

stud

y sh

ape

prop

ertie

s of

stem

cel

ls pl

aced

on

vario

us sc

affo

lds.

Whi

le th

e la

rge

num

ber o

f cel

ls pr

ovid

es st

atist

ical

sign

ifica

nce

to b

iolo

gica

l st

udie

s, th

ere

are

miss

ing

tool

s to

visu

ally

insp

ect a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of c

ells

simul

tane

ously

and

col

labo

rativ

ely.

To

add

ress

the

gap

in st

udyi

ng c

ell-s

caffo

ld in

tera

ctio

ns fr

om a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of 3

D im

ages

, we

have

cre

ated

a to

ol

calle

d th

e M

ass S

tem

Cel

l 3D

Web

Vie

wer

. Th

e de

sign

of th

e vi

ewer

allo

ws b

iolo

gist

s to

com

pare

cel

l sha

pes i

n th

ree

dim

ensio

ns a

t mul

tiple

reso

lutio

ns, i

dent

ify u

niqu

e an

d di

scrim

inat

ing

shap

e ch

arac

teris

tics f

or 1

0 sc

affo

ld

type

s and

abo

ut 1

00+

cells

per

scaf

fold

, and

shar

e al

l acq

uire

d an

d pr

oces

sed

cells

am

ong

geog

raph

ical

ly

dist

ribut

ed c

ell b

iolo

gist

s.

Mas

s Ste

m C

ell 3

D W

eb V

iew

er is

a c

lient

-ser

ver s

yste

m th

at c

onsis

ts o

f a m

ulti-

reso

lutio

n py

ram

id o

f cel

ls on

a

serv

er si

de fr

om w

hich

dat

a ar

e re

trie

ved

and

rend

ered

on

a cl

ient

side

in a

web

bro

wse

r. Th

e py

ram

id o

n a

serv

er

side

is bu

ilt u

sing

Java

and

the

Imag

eJ 3

D lib

rary

. The

clie

nt si

de is

writ

ten

in H

TML5

/Jav

aScr

ipt a

nd u

ses t

he X

TK

libra

ry fo

r ren

derin

g 3D

con

tent

. Due

to th

e lim

ited

disp

lay

scre

en si

ze in

pix

els a

nd th

e am

ount

of R

AM to

load

3D

imag

es o

n a

clie

nt si

de, a

dow

n-sa

mpl

ed v

ersio

n of

eac

h ce

ll is

retr

ieve

d fr

om th

e py

ram

id. T

he p

yram

id le

vel

is de

term

ined

bas

ed o

n th

e nu

mbe

r of c

ells

requ

este

d to

be

disp

laye

d on

a sc

reen

and

the

avai

labl

e RA

M. U

sing

this

appr

oach

, if t

he u

ser o

nly

choo

ses t

o di

spla

y on

e ce

ll th

en a

cel

l is d

ispla

yed

at fu

ll re

solu

tion

othe

rwise

a c

ell

is sh

own

at a

low

er re

solu

tion.

Fur

ther

mor

e, th

e 3D

vol

umet

ric m

ulti-

reso

lutio

n re

pres

enta

tion

of e

ach

cell

is co

nver

ted

to a

mes

h re

pres

enta

tion

cons

istin

g of

ver

tices

and

face

s whi

ch lo

wer

s the

mem

ory

requ

irem

ents

as

wel

l. T

he c

urre

nt p

roto

type

has

bee

n de

ploy

ed o

n on

e of

the

NIS

T in

tern

al se

rver

s and

is b

eing

eva

luat

ed b

y bi

olog

ists.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: N

asif

Sikd

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

144

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Bal

timor

e Co

unty

M

ajor

: Co

mpu

ter S

cien

ce

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I p

lan

on g

oing

to g

rad

scho

ol, p

ossib

ly to

UM

D Co

llege

Par

k. I’

m p

lann

ing

on p

ursu

ing

a ca

reer

in c

ompu

ter s

cien

ce a

fter

war

d.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Pro

cess

Eng

inee

ring

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. B

oons

erm

Kul

vatu

nyou

Title

of T

alk:

Se

man

tic R

efin

emen

t Too

l Dev

elop

men

t

Abst

ract

: Sy

stem

s int

egra

tion

is co

stly

and

tim

e co

nsum

ing.

One

of t

he re

ason

s is t

hat m

etho

ds u

sed

to sp

ecify

inte

rfac

e de

scrip

tions

(how

syst

ems s

houl

d co

mm

unic

ate

with

eac

h ot

her)

toda

y ar

e ty

pica

lly se

man

tical

ly im

prec

ise. T

his

issue

is w

orse

ned

in c

loud

bas

ed e

nviro

nmen

ts. S

mar

t man

ufac

turin

g sy

stem

s are

env

ision

ed to

be

dyna

mic

ally

co

mpo

sed

from

softw

are

and

hard

war

e co

mpo

nent

s pro

vide

d by

var

ious

ven

dors

, som

e of

whi

ch a

re c

loud

se

rvic

es; t

here

fore

, the

abi

lity

to p

reci

sely

spec

ify in

terf

ace

desc

riptio

ns is

impo

rtan

t for

the

succ

ess o

f the

smar

t m

anuf

actu

ring

visio

n. T

oday

’s in

terf

ace

desc

riptio

ns re

ly o

n m

essa

ging

stan

dard

s del

iver

ed in

XM

L sc

hem

as th

at

are

larg

e an

d ag

greg

ate.

Inte

rfac

es ty

pica

lly u

se o

nly

subs

ets o

f the

se sc

hem

as; h

owev

er, s

oftw

are

vend

ors h

ave

no w

ay to

pre

cise

ly d

ecla

re th

e su

bset

use

d by

a p

artic

ular

inte

rfac

e. In

this

rese

arch

, we

colla

bora

te w

ith th

e st

anda

rd d

evel

opm

ent o

rgan

izatio

n, n

amel

y O

pen

Appl

icat

ions

Gro

up (O

AG),

and

indu

stry

par

tner

s suc

h as

O

racl

e, In

for,

ADP,

and

Boe

ing

to d

evel

op a

met

hod

and

tool

to c

lose

the

gap.

The

met

hod

is an

ada

ptio

n of

the

UN

/CEF

ACT

Core

Com

pone

nt S

peci

ficat

ion

(CCS

also

kno

wn

as IS

O 1

5000

-5) a

nd it

s con

text

met

hodo

logy

. In

this

rese

arch

, we

alig

n O

AG st

anda

rds w

ith th

e CC

S m

eta-

mod

el, i

mpl

emen

t the

resu

lting

mod

el in

the

rela

tiona

l da

taba

se (R

DB) s

chem

a, im

port

OAG

stan

dard

s int

o th

e da

taba

se, a

nd im

plem

ent t

he c

onte

xt m

etho

dolo

gy in

the

sem

antic

refin

emen

t too

l. Th

e O

AG st

anda

rds w

ithin

the

RDB

are

the

synt

ax in

depe

nden

t rep

rese

ntat

ion

of th

e st

anda

rds.

The

refo

re, t

he se

man

tic re

finem

ent t

ool a

llow

s the

use

r to

prec

isely

spec

ify a

synt

ax in

depe

nden

t in

terf

ace

desc

riptio

n ac

cord

ing

to th

e ne

eds o

f his/

her i

nfor

mat

ion

syst

em, a

nd e

xpor

t it n

ot o

nly

in X

ML

Sche

ma

synt

ax, b

ut a

lso in

oth

er sy

ntax

es su

ch JS

ON

(whi

ch is

impo

rtan

t for

inte

grat

ion

with

mob

ile sy

stem

s). F

or m

y pr

ojec

t, I a

m u

tilizi

ng th

e CC

S m

etho

dolo

gy a

nd O

AG st

anda

rds i

n or

der t

o im

plem

ent s

oftw

are

whi

ch im

port

s the

st

anda

rd in

to th

e RD

B. O

ne o

f the

maj

or c

halle

nges

is to

dev

elop

a m

etho

d to

val

idat

e th

e im

port

ed c

onte

nt w

ith

the

orig

inal

, as w

e de

al w

ith p

artia

lly o

rder

ed c

onte

nt.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

axim

ilian

o Si

lva-

Feav

er

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

093

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

anta

Cla

ra U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): 1-

2 ye

ars w

orki

ng th

en g

rad

scho

ol

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ce

nter

for N

anos

cale

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy,

Nan

ofab

ricat

ion

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Vlad

imir

Aksy

uk

Title

of T

alk:

AF

M A

pplic

atio

ns o

f Opt

omec

hani

cal T

rans

duct

ion

by a

Mic

rodi

sk R

eson

ator

Abst

ract

: A

stan

dard

Ato

mic

For

ce M

icro

scop

e (A

FM) u

ses a

micr

osca

le c

antil

ever

with

a n

anos

cale

tip

to sc

an a

sam

ple’

s su

rfac

e. A

lase

r is f

ocus

ed o

n th

e en

d of

the

cant

ileve

r and

the

refle

cted

bea

m is

cap

ture

d in

a q

uad

dete

ctor

use

d to

det

ect b

eam

def

lect

ion.

To

prod

uce

an im

age

the

tip is

bro

ught

into

con

tact

with

the

surf

ace

and

held

at s

ome

set d

efle

ctio

n as

x a

nd y

stag

es m

ove

to sc

an a

n ar

ea o

f the

sam

ple.

As t

he ti

p en

coun

ters

surf

ace

topo

grap

hy o

r ot

her f

orce

s ind

uced

by

the

tip-s

ampl

e in

tera

ctio

n th

e be

am is

def

lect

ed m

ore

or le

ss th

an th

e se

tpoi

nt. I

n re

spon

se, a

feed

back

loop

mov

es a

z st

age

up o

r dow

n in

resp

onse

to th

e to

pogr

aphy

to c

reat

e an

imag

e of

su

rfac

e to

pogr

aphy

or o

ther

det

ecta

ble

tip-s

ampl

e fo

rces

. O

ur g

roup

has

des

igne

d an

alte

rnat

ive

way

to se

nse

cant

ileve

r def

lect

ion

usin

g ne

ar fi

eld

optic

s ins

tead

of t

he

trad

ition

al fa

r fie

ld b

eam

bou

ncin

g te

chni

que.

Our

des

ign

inte

grat

es a

mic

rodi

sk c

avity

reso

nato

r clo

se to

a

nano

scal

e ca

ntile

ver b

eam

. As t

he b

eam

is d

efle

cted

it sh

ifts t

he re

sona

nce

of th

e ca

vity

and

by

trac

king

the

reso

nanc

e sh

ift w

e ca

n de

tect

tip

mot

ion.

Thi

s con

figur

atio

n al

low

s us t

o ha

ve n

ano-

scal

e in

stea

d of

mic

ro-s

cale

be

ams w

hich

incr

ease

s the

Q fa

ctor

by

grea

tly d

ecre

asin

g ai

r dam

ping

. The

dec

reas

ed m

ass a

llow

s us t

o ha

ve v

ery

high

reso

nant

freq

uenc

ies w

ith m

uch

low

er sp

ring

cons

tant

s (k)

than

trad

ition

al m

icro

-sca

le le

vers

. The

se

diffe

renc

es w

ill a

llow

us t

o sc

an fa

ster

, pro

duce

hig

her r

esol

utio

n im

ages

, and

reso

lve

soft

er sa

mpl

es b

ette

r tha

n a

trad

ition

al A

FM c

antil

ever

. To

dem

onst

rate

our

tran

sduc

er’s

incr

ease

d pe

rfor

man

ce in

thes

e ar

eas w

e se

t up

test

s to

com

pare

our

syst

ems

perf

orm

ance

to c

omm

erci

ally

ava

ilabl

e tip

s. T

ests

incl

ude

fast

forc

e cu

rves

, fas

t and

hig

h pi

xel c

ount

imag

es, a

s w

ell a

s Pho

toth

erm

al In

duce

d Re

sona

nce

(PTI

R or

AFM

-IR) A

FM. I

n ad

ditio

n w

e im

aged

sam

ples

with

ver

y sm

all,

atom

ic sc

ale,

feat

ures

(Gra

phite

) as w

ell a

s ver

y so

ft sa

mpl

es (t

eflo

n ta

pe &

DN

A). O

ur re

sults

show

that

we

are

able

to sc

an a

s fas

t as o

r fas

ter t

han

the

fast

est t

ips o

n th

e m

arke

t and

onl

y se

em to

be

limite

d by

the

hard

war

e of

co

mm

erci

al A

FMs.

In a

dditi

on, w

e ar

e ab

le to

ach

ieve

thes

e fa

st sc

an ra

tes w

ith m

uch

less

sam

ple

dam

age

than

co

mm

erci

ally

ava

ilabl

e tip

s sca

nnin

g at

the

sam

e ra

te.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

nany

a Si

tara

m

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

085

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of R

oche

ster

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s, M

athe

mat

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

app

ly to

gra

duat

e sc

hool

in p

hysic

s

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ent D

ivisi

on,

Lase

r Coo

ling

and

Trap

ping

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Step

hen

Ecke

l

Title

of T

alk:

Cr

eatin

g a

Fast

Pie

zo-A

ctua

ted

Mirr

or fo

r the

Elim

inat

ion

of F

iber

Noi

se

Abst

ract

: W

hen

a di

lute

gas

of b

oson

s is c

oole

d to

tem

pera

ture

s clo

se to

abs

olut

e ze

ro, B

ose-

Eins

tein

con

dens

atio

n an

d su

perf

luid

ity o

ccur

. Our

lab

inve

stig

ates

supe

rflu

idity

and

the

char

acte

ristic

s of t

oroi

dal B

ose-

Eins

tein

con

dens

ates

(B

ECs)

. The

torio

idal

BEC

s are

stud

ied

afte

r firs

t cre

atin

g a

curr

ent a

nd th

en a

pply

ing

a “b

arrie

r” to

a p

ortio

n of

the

ring.

The

bar

rier i

s a fo

cuse

d la

ser b

eam

and

cre

ates

a re

pulsi

ve p

oten

tial.

The

goal

is to

cre

ate

a sm

all e

noug

h po

tent

ial b

arrie

r (<

1 m

icro

n) so

that

tunn

elin

g be

havi

or c

an o

ccur

in th

e BE

C. In

ord

er to

cre

ate

a su

ffici

ently

sm

all b

arrie

r, th

e di

ffrac

tion

limit

of th

e op

tics b

eing

use

d to

focu

s the

lase

r mus

t be

over

com

e. O

ne w

ay to

go

abou

t thi

s is t

o us

e a

diffe

rent

type

of b

arrie

r tha

t use

s tw

o la

ser b

eam

s ins

tead

of o

ne. O

ne p

robl

em th

at a

rises

in

this

setu

p is

that

the

detu

ning

bet

wee

n th

e tw

o be

ams o

f lig

ht m

ust b

e pr

ecise

ly c

ontr

olle

d.

To so

lve

this

issue

, a c

lose

d fe

edba

ck lo

op w

as d

esig

ned

and

built

usin

g a

prop

ortio

nal-i

nteg

ral-d

eriv

ativ

e (P

ID)

circ

uit,

whi

ch lo

cks t

he fr

eque

ncy

of o

ne b

eam

of l

ight

ont

o th

e se

t fre

quen

cy o

f the

oth

er b

eam

of l

ight

. Thi

s way

, if

the

phas

e of

one

bea

m c

hang

es, t

he o

ther

var

ies d

irect

ly w

ith it

, and

the

two

beam

s of l

ight

will

be

phas

e lo

cked

. In

addi

tion

to th

e fe

edba

ck lo

op c

ircui

t, a

piez

o-el

ectr

ic m

irror

with

a b

andw

idth

of ~

100

kHz w

as b

uilt.

W

hen

inst

alle

d in

an

inte

rfer

omet

er, t

he p

iezo

act

uate

d m

irror

can

be

cont

rolle

d by

the

feed

back

loop

circ

uit t

o m

inut

ely

adju

st th

e pa

th le

ngth

and

the

phas

e of

the

beam

s of l

ight

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: T

sega

Sol

omon

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d

Maj

or:

Bioc

hem

istry

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

1st Y

ear G

radu

ate

Scho

ol -

(Mill

igan

Sch

olar

)

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ph

D in

Bio

chem

istry

at t

he U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ials

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Bio

mol

ecul

ar M

easu

rem

ents

Div

ision

, Bi

opro

cess

Mea

sure

men

ts

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. J

effr

ey H

udge

ns

Title

of T

alk:

O

ptim

izing

Onl

ine

Prot

eoly

sis fo

r Hyd

roge

n De

uter

ium

Exc

hang

e-M

ass S

pect

rom

etry

(H

DX-M

S)

Abst

ract

: Hy

drog

en d

eute

rium

exc

hang

e-m

ass

spec

trom

etry

(HD

X-M

S) is

a u

sefu

l met

hod

for

stud

ying

pro

tein

str

uctu

re

and

dyna

mic

s. In

thi

s te

chni

que,

the

rat

e of

exc

hang

e of

am

ide

hydr

ogen

for

deu

teriu

m is

det

ecte

d by

mas

s sp

ectr

omet

ry (M

S) a

nd u

sed

as a

bas

is fo

r str

uctu

ral s

tudi

es. T

o ob

tain

hig

h re

solu

tion

stru

ctur

al in

form

atio

n, th

e ap

proa

ch in

volv

es th

e pr

oteo

lytic

dig

estio

n of

deu

teriu

m-la

bele

d pr

otei

n, fo

llow

ed b

y liq

uid

chro

mat

ogra

phy

(LC)

-M

S an

alys

is of

the

resu

lting

pep

tides

. The

dig

estio

n is

carr

ied

out u

nder

aci

dic

cond

ition

s w

ith a

n ac

id p

rote

ase

to

min

imize

the

back

-exc

hang

e of

deu

teriu

m to

hyd

roge

n. T

o ob

tain

use

ful r

esul

ts fr

om H

DX-M

S ex

perim

ents

, the

on

line

LC d

iges

tion

met

hod

need

s to

be

optim

ized

for e

ffici

ent d

iges

tion

of la

bele

d pr

otei

n. In

this

stud

y, s

ever

al

prot

eoly

tic e

nzym

e-im

mob

ilize

d co

lum

ns a

re t

este

d fo

r th

e di

gest

ion

of u

biqu

itin

and

Fab

(frag

men

t of

NIS

T-m

Ab).

The

effic

ienc

y of

labo

rato

ry p

repa

red

colu

mns

con

sistin

g of

pep

sin o

r pro

teas

e XI

II im

mob

ilize

d on

PO

ROS-

AL p

artic

les a

re c

ompa

red

with

com

mer

cial

ly a

vaila

ble

peps

in c

olum

ns, i

mm

obili

zed

on B

EH (e

thyl

-brid

ged

hybr

id)

or a

garo

se p

artic

les.

The

dig

estio

n ef

ficie

ncy

of th

ese

acid

pro

teas

e-im

mob

ilize

d co

lum

ns is

det

ecte

d by

tand

em

mas

s spe

ctro

met

ry (M

S/M

S) a

nd th

e re

sulti

ng d

ata

is an

alyz

ed b

y M

ASCO

T an

d By

onic

softw

are.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: R

ober

t Sta

ples

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Hoo

d Co

llege

M

ajor

: Do

uble

Maj

or in

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

an

d M

usic

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): W

ork,

whi

le a

tten

ding

gra

d sc

hool

par

t-tim

e, so

mew

here

in th

e M

D/DC

/VA

area

.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Com

pute

r Sec

urity

Div

ision

, Se

curit

y, V

alid

atio

n,

Test

ing,

and

Mea

sure

men

t Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. T

im H

all

Title

of T

alk:

M

assiv

e Vi

rtua

lizat

ion

and

Its E

ffect

s on

Soft

war

e En

trop

y So

urce

s

Abst

ract

: An

y da

ta e

ncry

ptio

n m

etho

d is

only

as s

ecur

e as

the

key

that

is u

sed

in it

s enc

odin

g. K

eys a

re o

ften

prod

uced

by

pseu

do-r

ando

m n

umbe

r gen

erat

ors t

hat u

se a

trul

y ra

ndom

“se

ed”

valu

e. T

hese

seed

val

ues m

ust b

e in

depe

nden

t, se

cure

, and

pre

fera

bly

acce

ssib

le o

n-de

man

d. T

he so

urce

s of t

hese

seed

val

ues a

re k

now

n as

“E

ntro

py S

ourc

es,”

bec

ause

they

are

sour

ces f

rom

whi

ch ra

ndom

ness

, or “

entr

opy,

” is

harv

este

d.

In re

cent

yea

rs, v

irtua

lizat

ion

has e

xplo

ded

in p

opul

arity

, as g

ener

al-p

urpo

se c

ompu

ters

hav

e be

com

e po

wer

ful

enou

gh to

run

mul

tiple

“vi

rtua

l” m

achi

nes o

n th

e sa

me

hard

war

e. W

hat I

wan

ted

to k

now

was

whe

ther

vi

rtua

lizat

ion

had

any

effe

ct, n

egat

ivel

y or

pos

itive

ly, o

n en

trop

y so

urce

s. G

iven

that

a si

ngle

pie

ce o

f phy

sical

ha

rdw

are

unde

rlies

ofte

n hu

ndre

ds o

f con

curr

ently

-run

ning

virt

ual m

achi

nes,

and

oft

en w

ithou

t the

virt

ualiz

ed

mac

hine

eve

n be

ing

awar

e of

it, i

s the

re a

ny se

curit

y vu

lner

abili

ty in

trod

uced

ther

e?

I use

d tw

o m

etho

ds to

find

any

effe

cts:

the

NIS

T SP

800

-90B

ent

ropy

est

imat

ion

test

s, a

nd a

cro

ss-c

orre

latio

n te

st.

I cre

ated

a b

asel

ine

set o

f dat

a us

ing

mul

tiple

inst

ance

s of t

he e

ntro

py so

urce

s run

ning

con

curr

ently

on

the

sam

e m

achi

ne; a

nd I

now

pla

n to

run

mul

tiple

inst

ance

s of i

dent

ical

virt

ual m

achi

nes o

n th

e sa

me

hard

war

e, a

nd

com

pare

the

resu

lts o

f the

90B

and

cro

ss-c

orre

latio

n te

sts.

Thro

ugh

this

rese

arch

, NIS

T ho

pes t

o ga

in v

alua

ble

insig

ht in

to a

ny p

ossib

le se

curit

y iss

ues s

urro

undi

ng

virt

ualiz

atio

n te

chno

logy

and

the

gene

ratio

n of

cry

ptog

raph

ic ra

ndom

num

bers

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

ara

Stou

dt

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

124

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

mith

Col

lege

M

ajor

: M

athe

mat

ics a

nd S

tatis

tics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pu

rsue

a P

h.D.

in S

tatis

tics;

Wor

k in

a G

over

nmen

t Lab

or I

ndus

try

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Div

isio

n,

and

Gro

up:

Info

rmat

ion

Tech

nolo

gy L

abor

ator

y, S

tatis

tical

Eng

inee

ring

Divi

sion,

Sta

tistic

al D

esig

n,

Anal

ysis,

and

Mod

elin

g Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch A

dvis

or:

Anto

nio

Poss

olo

Title

of T

alk:

Co

rrec

ting

Tem

pera

ture

Rec

ords

for B

iase

s Unr

elat

ed to

the

Clim

ate

Abst

ract

: Th

e se

ries o

f dai

ly su

rfac

e te

mpe

ratu

re m

easu

rem

ents

reco

rded

at a

met

eoro

logi

cal o

bser

ving

stat

ion

may

be

affe

cted

by

fact

ors t

hat a

re u

nrel

ated

to c

limat

e: fo

r exa

mpl

e, c

hang

es in

the

phys

ical

loca

tion

of th

e st

atio

n, g

row

th o

f nea

rby

vege

tatio

n, o

r cha

nges

in la

nd u

se in

its s

urro

undi

ngs,

incl

udin

g ur

bani

zatio

n an

d ro

ad c

onst

ruct

ion.

The

se fa

ctor

s bia

s th

e te

mpe

ratu

re re

cord

, and

may

mas

k an

y tr

end

in te

mpe

ratu

re th

at m

ay b

e an

exp

ress

ion

of c

limat

e ch

ange

. Sin

ce

thes

e fa

ctor

s and

the

spur

ious

effe

cts t

hey

indu

ce o

ften

are

undo

cum

ente

d, th

ere

is a

need

for d

ata

anal

ytic

pr

oced

ures

to c

orre

ct th

e te

mpe

ratu

re re

cord

s, w

hich

is g

ener

ally

refe

rred

to a

s hom

ogen

izatio

n.

Seve

ral e

xist

ing

appr

oach

es to

hom

ogen

izatio

n in

volv

e pr

elim

inar

y de

tect

ion

of c

hang

e-po

ints

, whi

ch a

re th

e ep

ochs

at

whi

ch sp

urio

us e

ffect

s kic

k in

. NIS

T st

atist

icia

ns h

ave

deve

lope

d an

alg

orith

m th

at h

omog

enize

s sur

face

tem

pera

ture

re

cord

s with

out e

xplic

itly

findi

ng c

hang

e-po

ints

firs

t. Th

is al

gorit

hm e

stim

ates

the

corr

ectio

n di

rect

ly a

nd a

lso

char

acte

rizes

the

unce

rtai

nty

surr

ound

ing

the

hom

ogen

izatio

n us

ing

the

stat

istic

al b

oots

trap

.

Durin

g th

e re

cent

SAM

SI W

orks

hop

on th

e In

tern

atio

nal S

urfa

ce T

empe

ratu

re In

itiat

ive,

whi

ch to

ok p

lace

at t

he

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter f

or A

tmos

pher

ic R

esea

rch

(Bou

lder

, Col

orad

o), a

wor

king

gro

up w

as o

rgan

ized

to e

xten

d th

e ra

nge

of

appl

icab

ility

and

impr

ove

this

algo

rithm

. An

addi

tiona

l goa

l was

to c

reat

e an

R p

acka

ge w

ith th

e fin

al p

rodu

ct. I

was

a

mem

ber o

f thi

s gro

up a

nd m

y m

ain

cont

ribut

ion

was

to d

eter

min

e th

e fo

rm o

f boo

tstr

appi

ng th

at is

mor

e ap

prop

riate

fo

r the

unc

erta

inty

qua

ntifi

catio

n: p

aram

etric

or n

on-p

aram

etric

. In

my

talk

I w

ill d

iscus

s the

clim

ate

scie

nce

mot

ivat

ion

for t

his w

ork,

whi

ch fa

lls u

nder

the

scop

e of

the

NIS

T Pr

ogra

m o

n Gr

eenh

ouse

Gas

es a

nd C

limat

e Sc

ienc

e M

easu

rem

ents

. I w

ill a

lso d

escr

ibe

an e

xam

ple

of th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f the

ho

mog

eniza

tion

algo

rithm

on

a re

al-w

orld

surf

ace

tem

pera

ture

dat

a se

t, w

ith re

cord

ed c

hang

e-po

ints

so th

at w

e ca

n ea

sily

asse

ss it

s acc

urac

y, a

nd c

ompa

re th

e tw

o al

tern

ativ

e bo

otst

rapp

ing

met

hods

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: K

yle

Strit

ch

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

148

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: L

ehig

h U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: O

hio

Stat

e, g

radu

ate

stud

ent

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I w

ill b

e at

tend

ing

grad

uate

scho

ol a

t Ohi

o St

ate

for a

M.S

in W

eldi

ng E

ngin

eerin

g.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Fu

nctio

nal N

anos

truc

ture

d M

ater

ials

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Ju

ne L

au a

nd V

irgil

Prov

enza

no

Title

of T

alk:

FO

RC M

easu

rem

ents

usin

g th

e An

omal

ous H

all E

ffect

: A F

eCuP

t L1 0

Cas

e St

udy

Abst

ract

: Th

e fir

st o

rder

reve

rsal

cur

ve (F

ORC

) met

hod

has b

een

used

for s

ever

al y

ears

to u

nder

stan

d th

e m

agne

tic

phen

omen

a in

var

ious

mag

netic

syst

ems.

The

con

vent

iona

l met

hod

for t

akin

g FO

RC m

easu

rem

ents

invo

lves

the

use

of a

vib

ratin

g sa

mpl

e m

agne

tom

eter

(VSM

). H

owev

er, i

t has

rece

ntly

bee

n di

scov

ered

that

FO

RC

mea

sure

men

ts c

an a

lso b

e ac

quire

d us

ing

a tr

ansp

ort t

echn

ique

such

as t

he a

nom

alou

s Hal

l Effe

ct (A

HE).

The

FO

RCs g

ener

ated

from

bot

h of

thes

e m

etho

ds re

veal

man

y sim

ilarit

ies a

nd k

ey d

iffer

ence

s tha

t nee

d to

be

mor

e fu

lly e

xplo

red

and

unde

rsto

od.

The

FORC

s of a

serie

s of f

ive

FeCu

Pt fi

lm sa

mpl

es, p

revi

ously

subj

ecte

d to

rapi

d th

erm

al a

nnea

ling

(RTA

) in

the

tem

pera

ture

rang

e of

300

o C to

400

o C in

25o C

incr

emen

ts, w

ere

mea

sure

d. W

ithin

this

tem

pera

ture

rang

e, th

e Fe

CuPt

syst

em tr

ansf

orm

s fro

m th

e di

sord

ered

A1

phas

e at

300

o C to

the

orde

red

L10 p

hase

at 4

00o C.

Ful

l in

terp

reta

tion

of th

e FO

RCs a

re b

eyon

d th

e sc

ope

of th

is pr

ojec

t, ho

wev

er, h

ypot

hese

s can

be

mad

e fo

r the

re

ason

s beh

ind

the

diffe

renc

es o

bser

ved

in th

e sh

ape

of th

e FO

RCs f

or th

e sa

mpl

es a

nnea

led

at th

e fiv

e di

ffere

nt

tem

pera

ture

s. A

t a la

ter t

ime,

the

FORC

s mea

sure

d by

the

AHE

met

hod

will

ulti

mat

ely

be fu

lly in

terp

rete

d an

d co

mpa

red

to th

e co

nven

tiona

l VSM

mea

sure

men

ts to

bet

ter u

nder

stan

d th

e sim

ilarit

ies a

nd d

iffer

ence

s bet

wee

n th

e tw

o m

etho

ds.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

ara

Stut

zman

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H17

4 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

St.

Ola

f Col

lege

M

ajor

: Ec

onom

ics

Conc

entr

atio

ns:

Stat

istic

s & C

hina

Stu

dies

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): I w

ill st

udy

abro

ad a

t Eas

t Chi

na N

orm

al U

nive

rsity

in S

hang

hai f

or th

e Fa

ll 20

14 se

mes

ter.

Afte

r gra

duat

ion

I pla

n to

att

end

grad

uate

scho

ol.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Sta

tistic

al E

ngin

eerin

g Di

visio

n

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Stev

e Lu

nd &

Ant

onio

Pos

solo

Title

of T

alk:

St

em C

ell E

num

erat

ion:

Usin

g Si

mul

atio

ns to

Info

rm E

xper

imen

tal D

esig

n

Abst

ract

: St

em c

ells

are

used

in b

asic

scie

ntifi

c re

sear

ch, r

egen

erat

ing

hum

an o

r ani

mal

tiss

ues,

and

cel

l the

rapy

, whe

re th

e ce

lls a

re in

ject

ed in

to a

pat

ient

’s b

ody

to fa

cilit

ate

reco

very

from

dise

ase

or in

jury

. Usin

g th

e ap

prop

riate

num

ber

of c

ells

is cr

ucia

l in

both

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd a

pplic

atio

n of

new

trea

tmen

ts. T

he c

urre

nt c

ell e

num

erat

ion

indu

stry

stan

dard

is th

e He

moc

ytom

eter

, a m

anua

l cou

ntin

g m

etho

d w

hich

has

bee

n us

ed fo

r ove

r 100

yea

rs; t

his

tech

niqu

e is

time

and

labo

r int

ensiv

e, a

nd p

rone

to h

uman

err

or a

nd b

ias.

Typi

cally

, new

cel

l cou

ntin

g m

etho

ds

are

test

ed fo

r acc

urac

y by

com

parin

g th

eir r

esul

ts to

thos

e of

the

Hem

ocyt

omet

er. I

n th

is st

udy,

pre

cisio

n an

d re

lativ

e ac

cura

cy o

f bot

h th

e He

moc

ytom

eter

and

a n

ew a

utom

ated

met

hod,

the

Nuc

leoC

ount

er 2

00, w

ere

estim

ated

in th

e ab

senc

e of

a re

fere

nce

mea

sure

men

t or g

roun

d tr

uth

cell

coun

t. Fo

r eac

h m

etho

d, st

em c

ell

conc

entr

atio

ns w

ere

estim

ated

usin

g a

serie

s of k

now

n d i

lutio

ns o

rigin

atin

g fr

om a

stoc

k st

em c

ell s

olut

ion.

The

re

lativ

e ac

cura

cy o

f eac

h m

etho

d w

as e

valu

ated

by

exam

inin

g th

e pr

opor

tiona

lity

of th

e re

sulti

ng c

ell

conc

entr

atio

ns to

the

know

n di

lutio

n fr

actio

ns.

Initi

al e

xper

imen

tal d

ata

show

ed th

e N

ucle

oCou

nter

to b

e fa

r m

ore

prec

ise a

nd n

o le

ss re

lativ

ely

accu

rate

than

the

Hem

ocyt

omet

er; h

owev

er, t

hese

con

clus

ions

wer

e w

eake

ned

by th

e la

rge

unce

rtai

ntie

s ass

ocia

ted

with

the

Hem

ocyt

omet

er re

sults

. A

simul

atio

n st

udy

was

co

nduc

ted

to il

lust

rate

the

effe

ct o

f alte

rnat

ive

expe

rimen

tal d

esig

ns, i

nclu

ding

mea

surin

g ce

ll co

ncen

trat

ions

at

addi

tiona

l dilu

tion

frac

tions

or a

dditi

onal

repl

icat

es a

t eac

h di

lutio

n fr

actio

n. B

ased

on

thes

e sim

ulat

ions

, the

cel

l en

umer

atio

n ex

pert

s will

con

duct

a re

desig

ned

expe

rimen

t whi

le o

bser

ving

fisc

al a

nd ti

me

rest

rain

ts.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: K

evin

R. T

alle

y G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

2 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Boi

se S

tate

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seco

nd d

egre

e se

ekin

g se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

: Ph

D se

ekin

g in

mat

eria

l sci

ence

and

eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

:

Divi

sion

:

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Mat

eria

ls M

easu

rem

ent S

cien

ce D

ivisi

on

Mat

eria

ls fo

r Ene

rgy

& S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch A

dvis

or:

Dr

. Win

nie

Won

g-N

g

Title

of T

alk:

O

ptim

izatio

n an

d Ch

arac

teriz

atio

n of

Per

ovsk

ite O

xide

s as P

oten

tial

Ther

moe

lect

ric M

ater

ials

Abst

ract

: Hi

gh e

nerg

y co

st, g

reen

hous

e ga

s em

issio

n, a

nd c

limat

e ch

ange

hav

e in

crea

sed

inte

rest

in e

nerg

y co

nver

sion

mat

eria

ls. T

herm

oele

ctric

mat

eria

ls pr

oduc

e an

ele

ctric

pot

entia

l whe

n ex

pose

d to

a te

mpe

ratu

re g

radi

ent,

enab

ling

the

reco

very

of l

ost e

nerg

y, a

nd e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy

impr

ovem

ent.

The

conv

ersio

n ef

ficie

ncy

of

ther

moe

lect

ric m

ater

ials

is re

late

d to

the

figur

e of

mer

it ZT

, S2

the

Seeb

eck

coef

ficie

nt (v

olta

ge

gene

rate

d pe

r deg

ree

of te

mpe

ratu

re d

iffer

ence

), is

the

elec

tric

al c

ondu

ctiv

ity, a

nd

is th

e th

erm

al

cond

uctiv

ity. R

are-

eart

h co

balt

pero

vski

te o

xide

s are

bei

ng in

vest

igat

ed a

s the

rmoe

lect

ric m

ater

ials

due

to lo

w

ther

mal

con

duct

ivity

and

hig

h Se

ebec

k co

effic

ient

val

ues.

Effo

rts h

ave

been

mad

e to

incr

ease

the

elec

tric

al

cond

uctiv

ity b

y pa

rtia

l sub

stitu

tion

of c

obal

t with

var

ious

tran

sitio

n m

etal

s. In

effo

rt to

opt

imize

the

conv

ersio

n ef

ficie

ncy

of th

ese

mat

eria

ls, tw

o ap

proa

ches

wer

e us

ed to

inve

stig

ate

the

stru

ctur

e-pr

oper

ty re

latio

nshi

p.

Firs

t, a

trad

ition

al m

etho

d of

solid

stat

e pr

oces

sing

was

use

d on

the

RCo .

75M

.25O

3 (R=

La,P

r,Nd

&

M=C

o,N

i,Fe,

Mn,

Cr) s

yste

m. S

ubse

quen

t X-r

ay a

nd n

eutr

on p

owde

r diff

ract

ion

wer

e us

ed in

det

erm

inat

ion

of th

e cr

ysta

l str

uctu

res,

and

TEM

ana

lysis

was

foun

d to

supp

ort t

he re

sults

. Mag

netic

susc

eptib

ility

mea

sure

men

ts

show

ed th

e ex

isten

ce o

f var

ious

mag

netic

stru

ctur

es, a

nd lo

w te

mpe

ratu

re n

eutr

on st

udie

s wer

e su

bseq

uent

ly

perf

orm

ed. S

truc

tura

l fea

ture

s wer

e co

rrel

ated

to th

e Se

ebec

k co

effic

ient

, res

istiv

ity, a

nd th

erm

al c

ondu

ctiv

ity

mea

sure

men

ts.

Seco

nd, a

hig

h-th

roug

hput

com

bina

toria

l tec

hniq

ue w

as e

mpl

oyed

. In

this

appr

oach

a p

ulse

d la

ser d

epos

ition

te

chni

que

was

use

d to

epi

taxi

ally

gro

w a

LaC

o (1-

x)Cr

xO3-

z com

bina

toria

l thi

n fil

m li

brar

y on

to a

sing

le c

ryst

al L

aAlO

3 su

bstr

ate

usin

g La

CoO

3 and

LaC

rO3 t

arge

ts. X

-ray

diff

ract

ion

was

use

d to

ver

ify th

e ex

isten

ce o

f a si

ngle

pha

se

solid

solu

tion,

and

app

roxi

mat

e th

e co

mpo

sitio

n ra

nge

(x) a

cros

s the

film

libr

ary.

Cus

tom

NIS

T sc

reen

ing

met

rolo

gy w

as u

sed

to sc

reen

the

com

bina

toria

l film

libr

ary

for t

he S

eebe

ck c

oeffi

cien

t and

resis

tivity

val

ues.

Usin

g th

is hi

gh-t

hrou

ghpu

t tec

hniq

ue w

e w

ere

able

to id

entif

y po

tent

ial c

ompo

sitio

ns o

f int

eres

t for

furt

her

inve

stig

atio

n by

bul

k sy

nthe

sis.

In th

is ta

lk, a

disc

ussio

n w

ill b

e pr

esen

ted

on th

e st

ruct

ural

feat

ures

, and

pro

pert

y m

easu

rem

ents

resu

lting

from

th

e se

rial,

and

high

-thr

ough

put c

ombi

nato

rial m

etho

d.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Tim

Tay

lor

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

172

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: C

olor

ado

Scho

ol o

f Min

es

Maj

or:

Engi

neer

ing

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l at t

he C

olor

ado

Scho

ol o

f Min

es in

Ele

ctric

al E

ngin

eerin

g\

Sens

or R

esea

rch

and

Deve

lopm

ent

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, S

emic

ondu

ctor

Ele

ctro

nics

Div

ision

, CM

OS

and

Nove

l Dev

ices

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Joe

Kopa

nski

Title

of T

alk:

In

terf

acin

g a

Char

ge B

ased

Cap

acita

nce

Mea

sure

men

t Dev

ice

with

Ato

mic

For

ce

Mic

rosc

opy

Abst

ract

: As

Moo

re’s

law

con

tinue

s to

prov

e its

elf c

orre

ct, c

hara

cter

izatio

n of

dev

ices

bec

omes

mor

e an

d m

ore

diffi

cult.

Sm

alle

r dev

ices

mea

n sm

alle

r cha

ract

erist

ics s

uch

as c

apa c

itanc

e. N

orm

al m

etho

ds o

f mea

surin

g ca

paci

tanc

e vi

a im

peda

nce

do n

ot h

ave

the

reso

lutio

n ne

cess

ary,

due

to th

e pa

rasit

ic c

apac

itanc

es a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith c

onne

ctio

n w

ires.

Cha

rge

Base

d Ca

paci

tanc

e M

easu

rem

ent (

CBCM

) is a

new

met

hod

of e

asily

cha

ract

erizi

ng th

e ca

paci

tanc

e of

a d

evic

e do

wn

to th

e at

to-F

arad

s by

avoi

ding

and

nul

ling

para

sitic

cap

acita

nces

. Th

is is

done

by

mea

surin

g th

e av

erag

e cu

rren

t by

char

ging

and

disc

harg

ing

a de

vice

like

a c

apac

itor i

n pa

ralle

l to

a re

fere

nce

or c

ontr

ol b

ranc

h.

The

goal

of t

his p

roje

ct is

to p

roto

type

a m

odul

ar C

BCM

dev

ice

to in

terf

ace

with

an

Atom

ic F

orce

Mic

rosc

ope

(AFM

) and

an

ampl

ifier

circ

uit.

The

AFM

will

allo

w fo

r a ti

p, 1

0s o

f nm

s wid

e, to

com

e in

con

tact

with

a te

st

devi

ce, a

nd th

en C

BCM

will

be

used

. Th

e am

plifi

er c

ircui

t will

am

plify

a d

iffer

entia

l out

put t

o al

low

for e

asy

and

accu

rate

mea

sure

men

ts o

f cap

acita

nces

of a

ny n

ano-

scal

e st

ruct

ure.

To

achi

eve

this,

sim

ulat

ions

in S

PICE

wer

e co

mpl

eted

to a

rriv

e at

a c

ombi

natio

n of

a d

iffer

entia

l am

plifi

er a

nd a

n am

plifi

ed in

tegr

ator

. To

pro

toty

pe, a

pr

inte

d ci

rcui

t boa

rd w

as d

esig

ned

to a

llow

for t

estin

g of

the

circ

uit p

erfo

rman

ce. A

n ov

ervi

ew o

f eac

h st

ep in

the

proc

ess w

ill b

e di

scus

sed.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: Y

ing-

Heng

(Sum

mer

) Tei

n G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

8 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tex

as a

t Aus

tin

Maj

or:

Chem

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

ad S

choo

l

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

En

ergy

and

Ele

ctro

nic

Mat

eria

ls Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dani

el S

unda

y

Title

of T

alk:

Th

e Ch

arac

teriz

atio

n of

Rel

ativ

e Hy

drog

en-B

ondi

ng S

tren

gths

in A

B Bl

ock

copo

lym

er/C

Ho

mop

olym

er B

lend

s Ab

stra

ct:

Dire

cted

self-

asse

mbl

y (D

SA) o

f blo

ck c

opol

ymer

s has

bee

n ex

tens

ivel

y st

udie

d as

an

adva

nced

pat

tern

ing

met

hod

for e

lect

roni

c de

vice

s. A

key

cha

lleng

e re

mai

ning

bef

ore

DSA

can

be im

plem

ente

d is

redu

cing

the

patt

erni

ng p

itch

leng

th,

whi

le a

lso d

ecre

asin

g th

e lin

e-ed

ge r

ough

ness

(LE

R).

One

app

roac

h to

for

min

g sm

alle

r fe

atur

es a

nd

decr

easin

g LE

R is

to u

se p

re-e

xist

ing

mat

eria

ls to

pro

duce

an

AB b

lock

cop

olym

er/C

hom

opol

ymer

ble

nd th

at h

as

sele

ctiv

e hy

drog

en-b

ondi

ng in

tera

ctio

ns. T

he o

bjec

tive

of th

is pr

ojec

t is

to q

uant

itativ

ely

char

acte

rize

the

rela

tive

hydr

ogen

-bon

ding

str

engt

hs o

f pol

ymer

ble

nds

via

four

ier t

rans

form

infr

ared

spe

ctro

scop

y (F

TIR)

and

to fi

nd th

e Fl

ory-

AB b

lock

cop

olym

er/C

hom

opol

ymer

ble

nd v

ia s

mal

l-ang

le n

eutr

on

scat

terin

g (S

ANS)

. Va

rious

com

posit

ions

of

poly

styr

ene-

bloc

k-po

ly(m

ethy

l m

etha

cryl

ate)

(PS

-b-P

MM

A) w

ith p

oly(

4-vi

nylp

heno

l) (P

VPh)

wer

e qu

antit

ativ

ely

char

acte

rized

by

rela

tive

hydr

ogen

-bon

ding

str

engt

hs.

PS-b

-PM

MA

is a

wid

ely

acce

ssib

le b

lock

cop

olym

er t

hat

has

a w

eak

segr

egat

ion

stre

ngth

; ho

wev

er, b

y ad

ding

PVP

h in

the

ble

nd, t

he

PMM

A bl

ock

can

sele

ctiv

ely

asso

ciat

e w

ith P

VPh

via

hydr

ogen

bon

ding

. Bas

ed o

n pr

evio

us s

tudi

es o

f di

ffere

nt

poly

mer

ble

nds,

it’s

hyp

othe

sized

that

thro

ugh

the

sele

ctiv

e as

soci

atio

n of

a lo

w m

olec

ular

wei

ght h

omop

olym

er

with

one

blo

ck o

f the

blo

ck c

opol

ymer

, the

add

ition

of t

he h

omop

olym

er c

an o

rder

a d

isord

ered

blo

ck c

opol

ymer

to

form

smal

ler p

itche

s in

DSA.

U

sing

FTIR

, th

e re

lativ

e hy

drog

en-b

ondi

ng s

tren

gths

are

stu

died

as

a fu

nctio

n of

tem

pera

ture

and

are

qu

antit

ativ

ely

char

acte

rized

by

findi

ng th

e fr

actio

n of

hyd

roge

n-bo

nded

car

bony

ls in

the

poly

mer

ble

nd. T

he sa

me

sam

ples

wer

e ex

amin

ed w

ith S

ANS

to c

alcu

labe

twee

n fr

actio

n of

hyd

roge

n bo

nds a

nd c

hang

e in

the

inte

ract

ion

para

met

er w

ill b

e ex

amin

ed.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: B

lake

Thr

ift

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

115

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: F

ayet

tevi

lle S

tate

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Chem

istry

/Che

mica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Tr

ansf

er to

NC

Stat

e in

Fal

l 201

5.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Mat

eria

ls an

d St

ruct

ural

Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, Po

lym

eric

Mat

eria

ls Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. S

teph

anie

Wat

son

Title

of T

alk:

Ex

amin

ing

Elec

tric

al C

able

Deg

rada

tion

in N

ucle

ar P

ower

Pla

nts

Abst

ract

: In

nuc

lear

pow

er p

lant

s, el

ectr

ical

cab

les p

erfo

rm c

ritic

al ta

sks s

uch

as c

onve

ying

pow

er, f

acili

tatin

g co

mm

unic

atio

n fu

nctio

ns, a

nd m

onito

ring

the

stat

us o

f the

reac

tor.

As su

ch, t

heir

perf

orm

ance

is v

ital f

or th

e sa

fe

oper

atio

n of

a n

ucle

ar p

ower

pla

nt. E

lect

rical

cab

les i

n nu

clea

r pow

er p

lant

s are

oft

en su

bjec

ted

to a

var

iety

of

dam

agin

g co

nditi

ons s

uch

as h

igh

tem

pera

ture

s and

hum

idity

, wat

er a

nd li

ght e

xpos

ure,

and

radi

atio

n. P

rem

atur

e el

ectr

ical

cab

le fa

ilure

s hav

e be

en o

bser

ved

in n

ucle

ar p

ower

pla

nts a

nd h

ave

raise

d in

tere

st in

inve

stig

atin

g th

e se

rvic

e lif

e of

ele

ctric

al c

able

s. T

o th

is en

d, th

e po

lym

er ja

cket

s and

insu

latio

n of

nin

e di

ffere

nt ty

pes o

f cab

les

com

mon

ly u

sed

in n

ucle

ar p

ower

pla

nts w

ere

char

acte

rized

by

ATR-

FTIR

(Att

enua

ted

tota

l ref

lect

ion

- Fou

rier

tran

sfor

m in

frar

ed) s

pect

rosc

opy,

den

sity,

and

inde

nter

mod

ulus

. The

ele

ctric

al c

able

s wer

e th

en a

ged

in th

ree

diffe

rent

env

ironm

ents

: 55°

C an

d 75

% re

lativ

e hu

mid

ity, s

ubm

erge

d in

tap

wat

er a

t 75°

C, o

r sub

mer

ged

in

deio

nize

d w

ater

at 7

5°C.

The

effe

cts o

f the

ele

vate

d te

mpe

ratu

re a

nd h

umid

ity o

r exp

osur

e to

wat

er w

ere

dete

rmin

ed u

sing

the

sam

e ch

arac

teriz

atio

n m

etho

d de

scrib

ed. D

egra

ded

cabl

es sh

owed

litt

le to

no

chan

ge

in d

ensit

y, a

dec

reas

e in

inde

nter

mod

ulus

, and

an

incr

ease

in c

arbo

nyl b

onds

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: B

enja

min

Tom

s G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

1 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Okl

ahom

a M

ajor

: Ci

vil E

ngin

eerin

g an

d M

eteo

rolo

gy

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Af

ter f

inish

ing

my

doub

le m

ajor

, I in

tend

to im

med

iate

ly p

ursu

e a

PhD

in e

ither

app

lied

fluid

dyn

amic

s or h

ydro

logy

/hyd

rom

eteo

rolo

gy in

terd

iscip

linar

y st

udy.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Engi

neer

ing

Labo

rato

ry, F

ire R

esea

rch

Divi

sion,

Eng

inee

red

Fire

Saf

ety

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Rand

y M

cDer

mot

t

Title

of T

alk:

La

rge-

Eddy

Sim

ulat

ion

of F

low

Ove

r a B

ackw

ard

Faci

ng S

tep

Abst

ract

: La

rge-

eddy

sim

ulat

ion

(LES

) of t

urbu

lent

flow

ove

r a b

ackw

ard

faci

ng st

ep is

stud

ied

usin

g th

e Fi

re D

ynam

ics

Sim

ulat

or (F

DS).

FDS

is a

NIS

T in

-hou

se C

ompu

tatio

nal F

luid

Dyn

amic

s (CF

D) m

odel

that

util

izes L

ES to

mod

el lo

w-

Mac

h nu

mbe

r flo

ws d

riven

by

com

bust

ion

heat

rele

ase

and

buoy

ancy

forc

es.

LES

effic

ient

ly si

mul

ates

turb

ulen

t flo

w b

y di

rect

ly re

pres

entin

g th

e la

rge-

scal

e tu

rbul

ent m

otio

ns, w

hile

mod

elin

g sm

alle

r sca

le m

otio

ns w

ith e

ddy

visc

osity

mod

els.

Rec

ently

, FDS

has

bee

n ap

plie

d to

urb

an c

anop

y m

odel

ing

and

win

d en

gine

erin

g. A

s suc

h, it

is

impo

rtan

t to

stud

y ge

omet

rical

ly in

fluen

ced

flow

s, in

clud

ing

the

appr

opria

te sp

ecifi

catio

n of

bou

ndar

y co

nditi

ons

and

resu

ltant

dow

nstr

eam

flow

evo

lutio

n.

For t

he p

rese

nt st

udy,

a se

t of c

ases

is d

esig

ned

to te

st th

e in

fluen

ce o

f grid

reso

lutio

n, in

let t

urbu

lenc

e, w

all

boun

dary

trea

tmen

ts, a

nd e

ddy

visc

osity

mod

els.

The

com

puta

tiona

l res

ults

are

val

idat

ed w

ith e

xper

imen

tal

data

. A

grid

reso

lutio

n of

a

dequ

atel

y m

odel

ed th

e flo

w, a

lthou

gh a

dou

blin

g of

reso

lutio

n re

sulte

d in

th

e re

aliza

tion

of sm

alle

r sca

le k

inem

atic

feat

ures

. Th

e in

let t

urbu

lenc

e co

nditi

ons w

ere

dete

rmin

ed to

be

the

mos

t sig

nific

ant c

ontr

ibut

or to

dow

nstr

eam

flow

evo

lutio

n. R

eatt

achm

ent l

engt

h w

as fo

und

to b

e di

rect

ly re

late

d to

the

mag

nitu

de o

f RM

S ve

loci

ty in

inje

cted

turb

ulen

ce.

The

choi

ce o

f edd

y vi

scos

ity m

odel

was

foun

d to

hav

e ne

glig

ible

influ

ence

, whi

le th

e no

-slip

con

ditio

n an

d an

LES

log-

law

-bas

ed w

all f

unct

ion

perf

orm

ed si

mila

rly fo

r the

gi

ven

flow

.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

ames

R. T

orre

s G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

0 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Row

an U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Uni

vers

ity o

f Miss

ouri,

1st

yea

r gra

duat

e st

uden

t

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Cu

rren

tly a

ccep

ted

to M

U a

s a R

esea

rch

assis

tant

wor

king

at t

he M

U Re

sear

ch R

eact

or.

Ther

e I w

ill e

arn

my

PhD

in P

hysic

s and

pos

sibly

wor

k fo

r NRC

or o

ther

rela

ted

field

. N

IST

Labo

rato

ry, D

ivis

ion,

an

d G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, R

eact

or O

pera

tions

and

Eng

inee

ring

Grou

p

NIS

T Re

sear

ch A

dvis

or:

Mic

hael

Mid

dlet

on

Title

of T

alk:

Co

ld S

ourc

e En

gine

ers:

Mai

nten

ance

and

Ope

ratio

n of

the

PeeW

ee C

old

Sour

ce

Abst

ract

: A

Cold

Sou

rce

Engi

neer

has

the

resp

onsib

ility

of o

pera

ting,

mai

ntai

ning

, and

upg

radi

ng th

e Co

ld N

eutr

on S

ourc

e (C

NS)

on

the

Neu

tron

-Bea

m S

plit

Core

Rea

ctor

(NBS

R). F

or th

e fir

st p

roje

ct, r

eact

or e

ngin

eers

do

not h

ave

suffi

cien

t te

mpe

ratu

re c

ontr

ol o

f hel

ium

affe

ctin

g th

e th

erm

osip

hon

at th

e sm

all B

T-9

cold

sour

ce, n

ickn

amed

“Pee

Wee

.” A

col

d so

urce

, suc

h as

Pee

Wee

at t

he N

CNR,

is a

mod

erat

or p

rovi

ding

“co

ld,”

or l

ow e

nerg

y, n

eutr

ons w

hen

plac

ed n

ear t

he

reac

tor c

ore.

Low

flow

of c

ryog

enic

hel

ium

cau

ses e

xces

s hea

t abs

orpt

ion

for w

hich

a so

lutio

n is

the

inst

alla

tion

of a

by

pass

with

a p

rogr

amm

able

cry

ogen

ic v

alve

supp

lyin

g gr

eate

r hel

ium

mas

s flo

w ra

te.

For t

he se

cond

pro

ject

, man

ual o

pera

tion

of v

acuu

m li

nes i

s nee

ded

whe

n th

e Pr

ogra

mm

able

Log

ic C

ontr

olle

r (PL

C)—

the

I/O d

evic

e op

erat

ing

vacu

um—

is of

f (m

ost l

ikel

y du

ring

mai

nten

ance

of B

T-9)

. Th

e Pe

eWee

vac

uum

now

has

man

ual

oper

atio

n an

d aw

aits

the

inst

alla

tion

of a

new

LD

2 sou

rce.

Spe

cific

ally

, a p

ropo

sed

conv

ersio

n of

the

NBS

R to

Low

-En

riche

d U

rani

um (L

EU) f

uel w

ill c

ause

a 1

0% d

rop

in n

eutr

on fl

ux. T

o of

fset

the

loss

, the

col

d so

urce

mod

erat

or w

ill b

e sw

itche

d fr

om li

quid

hyd

roge

n (L

H 2) t

o liq

uid

deut

eriu

m (L

D 2).

Afte

r thi

s con

vers

ion,

the

vacu

um li

nes w

ill se

rve

a fe

w

purp

oses

incl

udin

g pr

even

tion

of h

eat t

rans

fer f

rom

hel

ium

to L

D 2 a

nd p

reve

ntio

n of

flam

mab

le m

ixtu

re o

f LD 2

and

air.

Co

ntam

inat

ion

of v

acuu

m w

ill p

reve

nt re

acto

r sta

rtup

for s

ever

al d

ays,

and

so m

aint

aini

ng c

lean

vac

uum

line

s is

esse

ntia

l at a

ll tim

es

Fina

lly, i

n up

grad

ing

to n

ew so

ftw

are,

CN

S al

arm

s nee

ded

to b

e up

date

d to

be

mor

e in

tuiti

ve fo

r tra

inin

g an

d op

erat

ion.

Th

e so

lutio

n is

to se

t, up

date

, and

che

ck e

very

ala

rm u

sing

the

RS L

OGI

X 50

00 la

dder

logi

c so

ftwar

e.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: K

eele

y Ire

ne M

ay T

ownl

ey-S

mith

G

rant

Num

ber

N/A

Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Lam

ar U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s and

Ele

ctric

al E

ngin

eerin

g Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Seni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l pur

suin

g a

PhD

in p

hysic

s. Ev

entu

al c

aree

r in

atom

ic p

hysic

s stu

dyin

g lig

ht

mat

ter i

nter

actio

n.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, Q

uant

um M

easu

rem

ents

Div

ision

, Ato

mic

Sp

ectr

osco

py G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Dr

. Gill

ian

Nav

e

Title

of T

alk:

Hy

perf

ine

Stru

ctur

e in

Sin

gly

Ioni

zed

Man

gane

se

Abst

ract

: At

omic

spec

tros

copy

is th

e an

alys

is of

ligh

t em

itted

from

a h

ot p

lasm

a us

ed to

det

erm

ine

its p

rope

rtie

s and

co

mpo

sitio

n an

d th

us it

has

impo

rtan

t app

licat

ions

in a

stro

phys

ics.

Cur

rent

ly, t

here

is a

n on

-goi

ng p

roje

ct in

the

Atom

ic S

pect

rosc

opy

Grou

p at

NIS

T to

obt

ain

com

preh

ensiv

e sp

ectr

al d

ata

for a

ll of

the

singl

y io

nize

d iro

n gr

oup

elem

ents

and

acq

uire

mor

e ac

cura

te e

nerg

y le

vels

and

wav

elen

gths

. The

hea

vy a

bund

ance

of t

he ir

on g

roup

el

emen

ts a

nd th

eir c

ontr

ibut

ions

to a

wid

e ra

nge

of st

ella

r spe

ctra

mak

es th

em o

f int

eres

t for

ast

roph

ysic

al

obse

rvat

ions

. How

ever

, the

exi

stin

g sp

ectr

osco

pic

data

for M

n II

does

not

agr

ee w

ell w

ith th

e ex

perim

enta

l

mor

e ac

cura

te v

alue

s are

nee

ded

to b

ette

r fit

the

mod

el.

Sinc

e m

anga

nese

has

an

odd

num

ber o

f nuc

leon

s, it

s spe

ctra

l lin

es g

ener

ally

exh

ibit

hype

rfin

e st

ruct

ure

(HFS

), a

rela

tivist

ic e

ffect

due

to in

tera

ctio

n be

twee

n th

e m

agne

tic m

omen

t of t

he n

ucle

us a

nd th

e or

bitin

g el

ectr

ons.

If

hype

rfin

e st

ruct

ure

is co

mpl

etel

y ne

glec

ted,

then

der

ived

abu

ndan

ces i

n st

ars m

ay b

e ov

eres

timat

ed b

y as

muc

h as

thre

e or

ders

of m

agni

tude

and

if ro

ughl

y es

timat

ed, a

bund

ance

s can

still

be

over

estim

ated

by

a fa

ctor

of f

our.

The

purp

ose

of m

y pr

ojec

t is t

o ob

tain

acc

urat

e hy

perf

ine

stru

ctur

e co

effic

ient

s for

the

diffe

rent

ene

rgy

leve

ls in

sin

gly-

ioni

zed

man

gane

se. I

n th

e pa

st, s

cien

tists

hav

e us

ed la

ser s

pect

rosc

opy

to in

depe

nden

tly d

eter

min

e th

ese

valu

es fo

r 28

leve

ls in

Mn

II. A

naly

sis o

f hyp

erfin

e st

ruct

ure

cons

tant

s is d

one

with

the

XGRE

MLI

N so

ftwar

e pa

ckag

e w

here

spec

tral

line

s are

fit u

sing

an in

tera

ctiv

e le

ast s

quar

es fi

t of e

ight

diff

eren

t par

amet

ers.

Thi

s can

be

used

if so

me

hype

rfin

e st

ruct

ure

cons

tant

s of s

ome

ener

gy le

vels

are

alre

ady

know

n. I

impo

rted

spec

tral

dat

a of

va

rious

wav

elen

gth

rang

es re

ceiv

ed fr

om th

e Im

peria

l Col

lege

in L

ondo

n in

to X

GREM

LIN

to v

erify

som

e pr

evio

us

HFS

valu

es a

nd th

en d

eriv

ed n

ew H

FS v

alue

s for

mor

e en

ergy

leve

ls. W

ork

for H

FS in

Mn

II is

still

on-

goin

g.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: V

icto

r Man

uel T

rujil

lo Jr

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

3 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

McL

enna

n Co

mm

unity

Col

lege

M

ajor

: El

ectr

ical

Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Te

xas A

&M

Uni

vers

ity

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): At

tend

gra

duat

e sc

hool

at T

he U

nive

rsity

of T

exas

at A

ustin

and

get

a M

aste

rs in

Che

mic

al

Engi

neer

ing

or C

omm

unic

atio

ns, N

etw

orks

and

Sys

tem

s N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Engi

neer

ing

Labo

rato

ry, I

ntel

ligen

t Sys

tem

s Div

ision

, Co

gniti

on a

nd C

olla

bora

tion

Syst

ems G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: W

illia

m S

. Har

rison

Title

of T

alk:

Vi

rtua

l Fus

ion:

Hum

an P

rese

nce

in M

anuf

actu

ring

Sim

ulat

ion

Abst

ract

: Vi

rtua

l Rea

lity

has

long

sin

ce b

een

a dr

eam

firm

ly e

ntre

nche

d in

the

psy

che

of a

ny t

echn

olog

y en

thus

iast

. Unt

il re

cent

ly, V

irtua

l Rea

lity

(VR)

was

a d

ream

that

seem

ed o

ut o

f rea

ch. T

he O

culu

s Rift

is a

VR

cons

umer

pro

duct

that

al

low

s its

use

rs t

o im

mer

se t

hem

selv

es in

a v

irtua

l env

ironm

ent.

The

rele

ase

of t

he O

culu

s Ri

ft ha

s op

ened

up

man

y w

indo

ws

for t

he u

se o

f Virt

ual R

ealit

y ap

plic

atio

ns o

ther

than

just

for v

ideo

gam

es. O

ur fo

cus

is to

com

bine

th

e O

culu

s Ri

ft an

d M

icro

soft

’s K

inec

t, to

cre

ate

an in

tera

ctiv

e vi

rtua

l man

ufac

turin

g en

viro

nmen

t for

sim

ulat

ion

and

syst

ems

valid

atio

n. B

lend

er,

whi

ch i

s a

mod

elin

g an

d an

imat

ion

softw

are

tool

, is

used

to

desig

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t in

whi

ch t

he u

ser

will

inte

ract

. The

Uni

ty g

ame

engi

ne is

use

d to

inco

rpor

ate

both

, the

Ocu

lus

Rift

an

d th

e Ki

nect

with

the

mod

els

that

are

cre

ated

in B

lend

er. T

he O

culu

s Ri

ft w

ill d

ispla

y th

e en

viro

nmen

t, w

hile

tr

acki

ng h

ead

mov

emen

ts b

y us

ing

a gy

rosc

ope,

an

acce

lero

met

er, a

nd a

mag

neto

met

er. T

he K

inec

t w

ill t

rack

bo

dy m

otio

n an

d al

low

for

rel

ativ

ely

free

mov

emen

t in

the

env

ironm

ent.

With

the

Ocu

lus

Rift

and

the

Kin

ect

runn

ing

simul

tane

ously

, the

use

r will

be

able

to in

tera

ct w

ith th

e vi

rtua

l env

ironm

ent a

s the

y w

ould

with

the

real

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: T

eres

a Tu

rman

ian

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

180

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: J

unia

ta C

olle

ge

Maj

or:

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Po

ssib

ly g

radu

ate

scho

ol fo

r a P

hD in

som

e ty

pe o

f phy

sics o

r pos

sibly

a m

aste

r’s d

egre

e in

en

gine

erin

g N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

NIS

T Ce

nter

for N

eutr

on R

esea

rch,

Neu

tron

Con

dens

ed M

atte

r Sci

ence

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. B

rian

Kirb

y

Title

of T

alk:

M

agne

tic G

roun

d St

ate

of In

dust

rial S

enso

rs

Abst

ract

: N

eutr

ons a

re a

use

ful t

ool f

or e

xplo

ring

the

mic

rosc

opic

nat

ure

of m

ater

ials.

Po

lariz

ed N

eutr

on R

efle

ctom

etry

(P

NR)

is u

sed

to d

eter

min

e th

e st

ruct

ural

and

mag

netic

dep

th p

rofil

es o

f thi

n fil

ms a

nd m

ultil

ayer

stru

ctur

es.

We

have

use

d PN

R to

stud

y th

e m

agne

tic o

rder

ing

of g

iant

mag

neto

resis

tive

(GM

R) se

nsor

s. T

he m

ater

ial u

sed

to

sens

e th

e pr

esen

ce o

f an

exte

rnal

mag

netic

fiel

d is

a re

peat

ing

stru

ctur

e of

met

allic

thin

film

s ato

p a

subs

trat

e an

d se

vera

l see

d la

yers

. The

repe

ated

stru

ctur

e is

surr

ound

ed b

y Si

, Si 3N

4, Ta

, and

NiF

eCo

laye

rs b

elow

and

a T

a ca

p ab

ove.

The

uni

t cel

l whi

ch, i

s rep

eate

d fo

ur ti

mes

, con

sists

of f

our t

hin

(nm

-sca

le) l

ayer

s, n

amel

y Cu

, NiF

eCo,

Cu

, and

CoF

e. T

he fe

rrom

agne

tic la

yers

hav

e m

agne

tizat

ions

that

, in

the

abse

nce

of a

mag

netic

fiel

d, a

lign

antip

aral

lel t

o on

e an

othe

r. In

the

pres

ence

of a

mag

netic

fiel

d, th

e la

yer m

agne

tizat

ions

alig

n w

ith th

e fie

ld.

The

tran

sitio

n fr

om a

nti-p

aral

lel t

o pa

ralle

l alig

nmen

t giv

es ri

se to

a d

ecre

ase

in e

lect

rical

resis

tanc

e, a

llow

ing

for t

he

dete

ctio

n of

the

mag

netic

fiel

d. C

onse

quen

tly it

is im

port

ant t

o un

ders

tand

the

mag

netic

gro

und

stat

e of

the

sens

or w

hen

no fi

eld

is ap

plie

d. T

o pe

rfor

m a

PN

R ex

perim

ent,

a po

lych

rom

atic

neu

tron

bea

m p

asse

s thr

ough

a

mon

ochr

omat

or, p

olar

izer,

and

spin

flip

per.

Aft

er re

flect

ing

off t

he sa

mpl

e, th

e ne

utro

ns p

ass t

hrou

gh a

noth

er

spin

flip

per,

a su

perm

irror

ana

lyze

r, an

d fin

ally

into

a d

etec

tor.

The

sam

ple

is m

ount

ed o

n a

stag

e w

hich

is

rota

ted

in u

niso

n w

ith th

e de

tect

or in

ord

er to

var

y th

e ne

utro

n’s a

ngle

of i

ncid

ence

. Th

e re

flect

ed in

tens

ity a

s a

func

tion

of a

ngle

ove

r tim

e w

as m

easu

red

on a

waf

er a

t roo

m te

mpe

ratu

re in

mag

netic

fiel

ds o

f str

engt

hs 2

0mT

and

0.5

mT.

The

softw

are

prog

ram

Ref

l1D

was

use

d to

fit a

mod

el o

f the

stru

ctur

al a

nd m

agne

tic sc

atte

ring

leng

th d

ensit

y as

a fu

nctio

n of

dep

th.

The

high

fiel

d da

ta is

fit w

ell b

y a

mod

el in

whi

ch C

u is

mag

netiz

ed.

This

resu

lt w

as n

ot e

xpec

ted

since

Cu

is no

t fer

rom

agne

tic, i

mpl

ying

that

ther

e is

mix

ing

of m

agne

tic N

iFeC

o an

d Co

Fe

laye

rs a

nd th

e no

n-m

agne

tic C

u la

yers

that

sepa

rate

them

. Th

e lo

w fi

eld

data

was

fit u

sing

the

thic

knes

s and

sc

atte

ring

leng

th d

ensit

y va

lues

det

erm

ined

from

hig

h fie

ld d

ata.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

helse

a Va

ne

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

144

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of M

aryl

and,

Bal

timor

e Co

unty

M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te fr

om U

MBC

with

a B

ache

lor’s

in M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

Info

rmat

ion

Mod

elin

g an

d Te

stin

g Gr

oup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Su

dars

an R

achu

ri

Title

of T

alk:

Ap

plic

atio

n of

Mac

hine

Lea

rnin

g Te

chni

ques

for M

anuf

actu

ring

Abst

ract

: Al

thou

gh to

day’

s man

ufac

turin

g co

mpa

nies

are

alre

ady

effic

ient

, dat

a an

alyt

ics c

ould

hel

p dr

ive

them

to th

e ne

xt

step

. Dat

a an

alyt

ics c

onsis

ts o

f com

puta

tiona

lly m

anag

ing

data

to e

xtra

ct h

idde

n pa

tter

ns a

nd to

be

able

to

pred

ict t

he u

pcom

ing

data

stat

es. T

he d

ata

anal

ytic

s wor

kflo

w is

com

pose

d of

diff

eren

t ste

ps: d

ata

acqu

isitio

n,

data

cle

anin

g, d

ata

anal

ysis,

and

dat

a in

terp

reta

tion

(incl

udin

g da

ta v

isual

izatio

n). I

n or

der t

o pr

oces

s and

find

kn

owle

dge

in th

e da

ta, d

ata

anal

ysis

is cr

itica

l and

invo

lves

, am

ong

othe

rs, m

achi

ne le

arni

ng. M

achi

ne le

arni

ng, a

br

anch

of a

rtifi

cial

inte

llige

nce,

con

cern

s the

con

stru

ctio

n an

d st

udy

of sy

stem

s tha

t can

lear

n fr

om d

ata.

The

goa

l of

this

proj

ect i

s to

stud

y ho

w m

achi

ne le

arni

ng c

an b

e ap

plie

d to

pre

dict

pow

er c

onsu

mpt

ion

in a

turn

ing

proc

ess

in m

anuf

actu

ring.

We

com

pare

the

effic

ienc

y of

diff

eren

t tec

hniq

ues a

nd so

ftw

are

on a

sim

ilar s

et o

f dat

a. W

e al

so st

udy

the

nece

ssar

y se

t of f

eatu

res t

o ge

nera

te a

use

ful m

achi

ne le

arni

ng m

odel

that

we

coul

d us

e to

pre

dict

po

wer

con

sum

ptio

n. T

he o

bjec

tive

is to

com

pare

the

outp

ut o

f thi

s mod

el w

ith th

e th

eore

tical

pow

er

cons

umpt

ion

in d

iffer

ent s

cena

rios a

nd st

udy

wha

t cou

ld im

prov

e th

e pr

edic

tion

qual

ity.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

ark

S. V

erdi

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

0 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Am

eric

an U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ap

plie

d M

athe

mat

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Gr

adua

te

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): So

ftw

are

Engi

neer

ing

Asso

ciat

e at

Acc

entu

re F

eder

al S

ervi

ces (

Augu

st 2

014)

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Po

lym

ers a

nd C

ompl

ex F

luid

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Debr

a J.

Audu

s and

Jack

F. D

ougl

as

Title

of T

alk:

Ca

lcul

atin

g El

ectr

osta

tic P

rope

rtie

s Usin

g Lé

vy F

light

s

Abst

ract

: In

mol

ecul

ar p

hysic

s, th

e m

otio

n of

a m

olec

ule

can

be m

odel

ed u

sing

rand

om w

alks

with

step

s who

se le

ngth

s are

de

term

ined

by

a no

rmal

dist

ribut

ion.

How

ever

, the

se ra

ndom

wal

ks a

re a

lso u

sefu

l in

mod

elin

g a

varie

ty o

f oth

er

proc

esse

s ran

ging

from

phy

sics t

o fin

ance

. One

not

able

exa

mpl

e is

usin

g ra

ndom

wal

ks to

com

pute

the

self-

ca

paci

tanc

e an

d ch

arge

den

sity

of a

n ar

bitr

arily

shap

ed p

erfe

ct c

ondu

ctor

as i

mpl

emen

ted

in th

e pr

ogra

m Z

ENO

[1

]. Al

thou

gh ra

ndom

wal

ks b

ased

on

the

norm

al d

istrib

utio

n, a

lso k

now

n as

Gau

ssia

n ra

ndom

wal

ks, a

re th

e m

ost c

omm

on ty

pe, t

hey

are

not t

he o

nly

type

. Gen

eral

ized

rand

om w

alks

kno

wn

as L

évy

fligh

ts, w

hose

step

le

ngth

s are

det

erm

ined

by

a pa

rtic

ular

hea

vy-

-sta

ble

dist

ribut

ion,

can

be

used

to m

odel

oth

er p

roce

sses

su

ch a

s hum

an m

obili

ty [2

]. Th

ese

dist

ribut

ions

, who

se m

ost n

otab

le c

hara

cter

istic

is th

eir i

nfin

ite v

aria

nce,

aris

e fr

om a

gen

eral

izatio

n of

the

Cent

ral L

imit

Theo

rem

. We

expl

ore

diffe

rent

way

s of v

isual

izing

and

und

erst

andi

ng

thes

e di

strib

utio

ns a

nd u

se th

em to

com

pute

phy

sical

qua

ntiti

es. S

peci

fical

ly, w

e fo

cus o

n th

e ca

lcul

atio

n of

-c

apac

itanc

e an

d di

rect

ly c

ompa

re o

ur re

sults

bot

h to

the

ZEN

O m

etho

d an

d to

an

alyt

ic re

sults

for t

he d

isk a

nd sp

here

. We

also

disc

uss t

he c

halle

nges

that

aris

e in

per

form

ing

thes

e sim

ulat

ions

-c

apac

itanc

e of

obj

ects

with

gen

eral

shap

e.

[1] w

eb.st

even

s.ed

u/ze

no

[2] I

. Rhe

e et

al.

IEEE

ACM

T N

etw

ork

19 6

30-6

43 (2

011)


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: M

atth

ew W

ade

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

107

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: C

ase

Wes

tern

Res

erve

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Hi

gher

leve

l deg

ree

at G

rad

Scho

ol

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: M

ater

ial M

easu

rem

ent L

abor

ator

y, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce

and

Engi

neer

ing

Divi

sion,

Po

lym

ers a

nd C

ompl

ex F

luid

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Thom

as R

osch

Title

of T

alk:

Ca

lcul

atio

n Ha

nsen

Sol

ubili

ty P

aram

eter

s for

Org

anic

Sol

ar C

ells

by th

e Co

hesiv

e En

ergy

De

nsity

Met

hod

Abst

ract

: In

org

anic

pho

tovo

ltaic

(OPV

) sol

ar c

ells,

the

conv

ersio

n of

pho

tons

to e

lect

ricity

is fa

cilit

ated

by

a m

ixtu

re o

f ph

ase-

sepa

rate

d po

lym

ers a

nd fu

nctio

naliz

ed n

anop

artic

les.

The

pow

er c

onve

rsio

n ef

ficie

ncy

of th

ese

sola

r cel

ls is

larg

ely

depe

nden

t on

the

initi

al m

orph

olog

y of

the

mix

ture

. An

indi

catio

n of

whe

ther

the

mor

phol

ogy

of a

sy

stem

is st

able

ove

r a lo

ng p

erio

d of

tim

e is

the

rela

tive

solu

bilit

y of

the

com

poun

ds in

the

mix

ture

. O

ne p

ossib

le

way

to re

pres

ent t

his p

rope

rty

is th

e Ha

nsen

and

Hild

ebra

nd so

lubi

lity

para

met

ers.

For

thes

e va

lues

a sm

alle

r di

ffere

nce

betw

een

the

valu

es fo

r tw

o di

ffere

nt m

olec

ules

indi

cate

s a g

reat

er li

kelih

ood

that

they

will

diss

olve

an

d fo

rm a

solu

tion.

Phy

sical

mea

sure

men

t of t

hese

solu

bilit

y pa

ram

eter

s can

be

diffi

cult,

tim

e-co

nsum

ing,

and

re

quire

ded

icat

ed a

ppar

atus

es.

To a

void

thes

e iss

ues,

mol

ecul

ar d

ynam

ics s

imul

atio

ns w

ere

cond

ucte

d fo

llow

ing

the

prev

ious

ly e

stab

lishe

d co

hesiv

e en

ergy

den

sity

(CED

) met

hod

of G

odda

rd [1

] to

calc

ulat

e th

e so

lubi

lity

para

met

ers.

Ini

tial d

ata

indi

cate

that

min

or c

hang

es to

the

setu

p of

the

simul

atio

n re

sult

in si

gnifi

cant

cha

nges

in

the

calc

ulat

ed v

alue

s. T

o ob

tain

acc

urat

e re

sults

, sim

ulat

ion

setu

p pa

ram

eter

s and

par

tial a

tom

ic c

harg

es w

ere

take

n fr

om a

vaila

ble

liter

atur

e. L

ater

test

s with

thes

e in

itial

con

ditio

ns in

dica

ted

that

the

CED

met

hod

accu

rate

ly

refle

cted

solu

bilit

y pa

ram

eter

s fro

m v

ario

us d

atab

ases

. Th

is m

etho

d w

as th

en u

sed

to d

eter

min

e th

e so

lubi

lity

para

met

ers f

or 3

hexy

lthip

hene

-2,5

diyl

(P3H

T) a

nd p

heny

l-c61

-but

yric

aci

d m

ethy

l est

er (P

CBM

). F

utur

e w

ork

will

ex

amin

e a

num

ber o

f mol

ecul

es to

opt

imize

the

misc

ibili

ty o

f com

poun

ds u

sed

in O

PVs,

and

thus

impr

ove

thei

r lo

ngev

ity.

[1] M

. Bel

mar

es, M

. Bla

nco,

W. A

. God

dard

, R. B

. Ros

s, G.

Cal

dwel

l, S.

H. C

hou,

J/ P

ham

, P. M

. Olfs

on, C

. Tho

mas

, J.

Com

put.

Chem

. 200

4, 2

5, 1

814

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

erge

i Wal

lace

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H17

1 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ala

bam

a - T

usca

loos

a M

ajor

: M

athe

mat

ics,

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

in p

hysic

s or a

pplie

d m

athe

mat

ics

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ce

nter

for N

anos

cale

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy,

Ele

ctro

n Ph

ysic

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. R

ober

t McM

icha

el

Title

of T

alk:

M

odel

ing

Lase

r Pul

sed

Heat

Con

duct

ion

in S

olid

s for

All-

Opt

ical

Fer

rom

agne

tic R

eson

ance

Sp

ectr

osco

py

Abst

ract

: Th

e go

al o

f thi

s pro

ject

is to

dev

elop

an

all-o

ptic

al fe

rrom

agne

tic re

sona

nce

(FM

R) sp

ectr

omet

er th

at e

nabl

es: (

1)

high

er fr

eque

ncy

mea

sure

men

ts (5

0 GH

z to

THz)

on

high

-ani

sotr

opy

mat

eria

ls (2

) dyn

amic

mea

sure

men

ts o

f nm

-th

ickn

ess m

agne

tic fi

lms t

hrou

gh u

se o

f the

mag

neto

-opt

ical

Ker

r effe

ct (M

OKE

) (3)

waf

er-le

vel,

in-s

itu

mea

sure

men

ts d

urin

g fil

m g

row

th d

ue to

non

-con

tact

inst

rum

enta

tion.

Cur

rent

FM

R m

etho

ds in

clud

e tim

e-re

solv

ed m

agne

to-o

ptic

Ker

r effe

ct (T

RMO

KE) w

here

stro

ng “

pum

p” la

ser p

ulse

s driv

e a

mat

eria

l’s m

agne

tizat

ion

to p

roce

ssio

n w

hile

wea

ker,

dela

yed

“pro

be”

pulse

s mea

sure

the

mag

netiz

atio

n th

roug

h ch

ange

s in

pola

rizat

ion

and

inte

nsity

of t

he re

flect

ed li

ght i

.e. K

err e

ffect

. Usin

g a

pulse

d fib

er m

icro

wav

e la

ser s

etup

, our

FM

R te

chni

que

will

inst

ead

use

mul

tiple

, rap

id p

ulse

s fro

m a

sing

le so

urce

to si

mul

tane

ously

pum

p an

d pr

obe

the

mag

netiz

atio

n up

to o

nce

per m

agne

tizat

ion

prec

essio

n pe

riod,

app

roxi

mat

ely

102 to

104 ti

mes

mor

e of

ten

than

the

typi

cal 8

0 M

Hz la

ser p

ulse

repe

titio

n ra

te u

sed

for e

xist

ing

TRM

OKE

tech

niqu

es. T

he m

ater

ial’s

osc

illat

ing

tem

pera

ture

from

th

e m

icro

wav

e pu

lses i

nduc

es p

rece

ssio

n, so

the

bene

fits o

f thi

s inc

reas

ed m

easu

rem

ent r

ate

may

be

limite

d if

the

tem

pera

ture

var

iatio

ns b

ecom

es to

o sm

all t

o dr

ive

the

mag

netiz

atio

n. T

here

fore

, it i

s nec

essa

ry to

mod

el th

e m

ater

ial’s

tem

pera

ture

resp

onse

to a

rang

e of

lase

r pul

se fr

eque

ncie

s in

orde

r to

know

the

pulse

rate

lim

its o

f our

TR

MO

KE e

xper

imen

ts. I

n th

is ta

lk, I

will

pre

sent

a m

odel

bas

ed o

n Fo

urie

r’s c

lass

ical

hea

t con

duct

ion

law

for a

se

mi-i

nfin

ite so

lid w

ith n

o co

nvec

tion

and

a sin

usoi

dal p

ulse

d, 2

-dim

ensio

nal (

surf

ace)

Gau

ssia

n he

at so

urce

. Re

sults

of t

he m

odel

for v

ario

us m

agne

tic sy

stem

s of i

nter

est w

ill b

e di

scus

sed.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Jac

ob W

olfg

ang

War

d G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H12

5 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Ariz

ona

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s and

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te S

choo

l pur

suin

g a

PhD

in a

stro

phys

ics.

Eve

ntua

l car

eer s

tudy

ing

star

form

atio

n an

d ev

olut

ion.

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Phys

ical

Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Qua

ntum

Mea

sure

men

ts D

ivisi

on,

Atom

ic S

pect

rosc

opy

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Adv

isor

: Dr

. Gill

ian

Nav

e Ti

tle o

f Tal

k:

Anal

ysis

of F

e V

and

Ni V

Wav

elen

gth

Stan

dard

s in

the

Vacu

um U

ltrav

iole

t

Abst

ract

: Th

e re

cent

pub

licat

ion

Lim

its o

n th

e De

pend

ence

of t

he F

ine-

Stru

ctur

e Co

nsta

nt o

n Gr

avita

tiona

l Pot

entia

l fro

m

Whi

te-D

war

f Spe

ctra

by

Bere

ngut

and

Bar

row

sugg

ests

a p

oten

tial v

aria

tion

in th

e fin

e-st

ruct

ure

cons

tant

in th

e pr

esen

ce o

f hig

h gr

avita

tiona

l pot

entia

l. Th

e re

sult

of su

ch v

aria

tion

wou

ld su

gges

t new

phy

sics.

Give

n th

at th

e sp

ectr

um o

f whi

te-d

war

f sta

rs is

dom

inat

ed b

y Fe

V a

nd N

i V, t

he p

ropo

sed

valu

e fo

r the

fine

-st

ruct

ure

depe

nden

ce u

pon

grav

itatio

nal p

oten

tial w

as d

eter

min

ed v

ia o

bser

ved

shift

s in

the

posit

ions

of F

e V

and

Ni

V lin

es in

the

vacu

um u

ltrav

iole

t reg

ion

(110

0-22

00 A

ngst

rom

s).

U

ncer

tain

ties f

or th

e w

avel

engt

h st

anda

rds o

f the

se sp

ecie

s hav

e be

en id

entif

ied

as th

e m

ajor

sour

ce o

f unc

erta

inty

in

the

publ

icat

ion’

s pre

sent

ed v

alue

for g

ravi

tatio

nal d

epen

denc

e. G

iven

the

uniq

ue in

stru

men

tatio

n av

aila

ble

at

NIS

T, a

n in

vest

igat

ion

of F

e V

and

Ni V

spec

tra

in th

e va

cuum

Ultr

avio

let r

egio

n ha

s bee

n co

nduc

ted

to re

duce

the

wav

elen

gth

unce

rtai

ntie

s cur

rent

ly li

miti

ng m

oder

n as

trop

hysic

al st

udie

s.

The

anal

yzed

spec

tra

wer

e pr

oduc

ed b

y a

slidi

ng-s

park

ligh

t sou

rce

with

inva

r (Fe

/Ni a

lloy)

ele

ctro

des a

t pea

k cu

rren

ts o

f 750

-200

0 am

pere

s and

pro

cess

ed v

ia th

e N

IST

Nor

mal

Inci

denc

e Va

cuum

Spe

ctro

grap

h. C

alib

ratio

n w

as

done

with

Pt-

II pr

oduc

ed b

y a

Plat

inum

-Neo

n ho

llow

cat

hode

lam

p ut

ilize

d in

the

NIS

T Pt

Atla

s.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4 N

ame:

Pau

l Wat

robs

ki

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

181

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: S

tate

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k –

Bing

ham

ton

Uni

vers

ity

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: 1st

yea

r gra

duat

e st

uden

t

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

pon

com

plet

ion

of M

aste

r of S

cien

ce in

ele

ctric

al e

ngin

eerin

g at

Bin

gham

ton

Univ

ersit

y,

plan

pur

suit

of P

hD a

t ano

ther

uni

vers

ity

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

orat

ory,

Adv

ance

d N

etw

ork

Tech

nolo

gies

Div

ision

, Em

ergi

ng a

nd M

obile

Net

wor

k Te

chno

logi

es G

roup

N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: M

icha

el S

oury

al, D

.Sc.

Title

of T

alk:

So

ftw

are

Defin

ed R

adio

Dev

elop

men

t for

Spe

ctru

m M

onito

ring

Abst

ract

: De

velo

pmen

t of s

pect

rum

sens

ors i

s ess

entia

l to

mon

itorin

g th

e ra

dio

freq

uenc

y sp

ectr

um.

Ther

e ar

e se

vera

l re

ason

s for

spec

trum

mon

itorin

g: t

o in

form

pol

icy

mak

ers,

ena

ble

polic

y en

forc

emen

t, an

d co

ordi

nate

spec

trum

us

age.

The

cur

rent

spec

trum

sens

or p

roto

type

dev

elop

ed a

t NIS

T re

quire

s bot

h a

softw

are-

defin

ed ra

dio

(SDR

) and

ho

st c

ompu

ter w

ith a

gen

eral

pur

pose

Cen

tral

Pro

cess

ing

Uni

t (CP

U) t

o pe

rfor

m th

e di

gita

l sig

nal p

roce

ssin

g (D

SP),

a m

ajor

ity o

f whi

ch is

don

e on

the

CPU

. Th

ere

are

seve

ral b

enef

its to

ent

irely

offl

oadi

ng th

e DS

P to

the

SDR.

Po

rtab

ility

is su

bsta

ntia

lly im

prov

ed w

ith a

sing

le u

nit p

erfo

rmin

g th

e DS

P. I

n ad

ditio

n th

e m

onito

ring

band

wid

th,

prev

ious

ly li

mite

d by

the

CPU

, can

be

incr

ease

d.

The

SDR

used

in th

is re

sear

ch c

onta

ins a

fiel

d pr

ogra

mm

able

gat

e ar

ray

(FPG

A).

The

key

bene

fit to

usin

g an

FPG

A is

that

it a

llow

s for

inex

pens

ive

on-t

he-fl

y ha

rdw

are

deve

lopm

ent,

allo

win

g fo

r ded

icat

ed D

SP h

ardw

are

to b

e cr

eate

d. P

revi

ous d

evel

opm

ent f

or a

rela

ted

proj

ect u

sed

a fa

st F

ourie

r tra

nsfo

rm to

con

vert

the

signa

l to

the

freq

uenc

y do

mai

n. T

his a

nd se

vera

l oth

er D

SP c

ompo

nent

s fro

m th

e re

late

d pr

ojec

t are

ada

pted

to th

e cu

rren

t pr

ojec

t. A

dditi

onal

pro

cess

ing,

incl

udin

g tim

e av

erag

ing

and

conv

ersio

n to

a lo

garit

hmic

scal

e, is

offl

oade

d fr

om th

e ho

st to

the

FPGA

. Th

is ne

w sy

stem

is e

valu

ated

in c

ompa

rison

to th

e ex

istin

g pr

otot

ype

in te

rms o

f acc

urac

y,

mon

itorin

g ba

ndw

idth

, and

CPU

util

izatio

n. B

ecau

se th

is sy

stem

wou

ld b

e im

plem

ente

d on

an

embe

dded

syst

em

cont

aini

ng a

low

-end

pro

cess

or th

ere

shou

ld b

e ve

ry li

ttle

pro

cess

ing

done

on

the

CPU

. Se

vera

l of t

hese

em

bedd

ed

syst

em sp

ectr

um se

nsor

s will

be

depl

oyed

and

use

d to

retu

rn sp

ectr

um o

ccup

ancy

dat

a to

a c

entr

al d

atab

ase

for

stor

age

and

furt

her a

naly

sis.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: A

aron

Fla

vius

Wes

t G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H16

2 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Was

hing

ton

Maj

or: C

ompr

ehen

sive

Phys

ics

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Gr

adua

ted

with

Bac

helo

r of P

hysic

s deg

ree

with

Hon

ors

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ev

entu

ally

att

end

grad

uate

scho

ol a

t Uni

vers

ity o

f Was

hing

ton,

to p

ursu

e a

PhD

in p

hysic

s an

d te

achi

ng.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: N

IST

Cent

er fo

r Neu

tron

Res

earc

h, N

eutr

on C

onde

nsed

Mat

ter S

cien

ce G

roup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Mat

thew

Was

brou

gh, P

aul B

utle

r, Pa

ul K

ienz

le

Title

of T

alk:

Ex

plor

ing

the

Stru

ctur

e of

Sur

fact

ants

with

Rhe

o-SA

NS

in T

wo

Dim

ensio

ns

Abst

ract

: M

icel

lar p

hase

s cre

ated

by

surf

acta

nt se

lf-as

sem

bly

have

bee

n st

udie

d fo

r the

ir br

eadt

h us

es in

scie

ntifi

c re

sear

ch

and

indu

stria

l app

licat

ions

. The

wid

e us

e of

thes

e m

icel

lar f

orm

atio

ns m

otiv

ates

the

stud

y of

the

stru

ctur

al

evol

utio

n in

dyn

amic

al sy

stem

s pre

sent

in in

dust

rial p

roce

sses

. Und

ulat

ion

stab

ilize

d la

mel

lar p

hase

s hav

e be

en

pred

icte

d to

col

laps

e at

hig

h sh

ear r

ates

due

to lo

ss o

f pre

ssur

e be

twee

n bi

laye

rs. S

mal

l ang

le n

eutr

on sc

atte

ring

data

has

bee

n co

llect

ed a

t var

ious

shea

r rat

es a

nd v

iscos

ities

, sho

win

g ev

iden

ce o

f a tr

ansit

ion

to th

is co

llaps

ed

stru

ctur

e an

d a

prev

ious

ly u

nkno

wn

met

asta

ble

stru

ctur

e. In

ord

er to

pro

perly

cha

ract

erize

this

stru

ctur

e an

d un

ders

tand

the

mec

hani

sm o

f for

mat

ion,

new

ana

lysis

usin

g re

cent

adv

ance

s in

2-di

men

siona

l dat

a fit

ting

proc

edur

es is

requ

ired.

Thr

ough

visu

al o

bser

vatio

n of

the

2D d

ata,

a se

ries o

f sca

tter

ing

mod

els w

ill b

e ap

plie

d to

1-

dim

ensio

nal c

uts o

f the

2D

data

to fi

nd th

e be

st p

ossib

le d

escr

iptio

ns o

f diff

eren

t asp

ects

of t

he sc

atte

ring

prof

ile, w

hich

can

then

be

used

as s

tart

ing

valu

es fo

r 2D

fittin

g. T

he c

ompl

ex m

ixed

syst

ems p

rese

nt in

this

stru

ctur

al e

volu

tion

proc

ess w

ill b

e th

e m

ajor

focu

s of t

his w

ork.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: S

cott

Wie

rcin

ski

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

111

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of N

ew H

aven

M

ajor

: Fi

re/A

rson

Inve

stig

atio

n &

Fire

Ad

min

istra

tion

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ei

ther

Gra

d sc

hool

at t

he U

niv.

of M

aryl

and

or U

niv.

of N

ew H

aven

, or s

tart

a c

aree

r in

a pa

id fi

re d

epar

tmen

t. N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Engi

neer

ing

Labo

rato

ry, F

ire R

esea

rch

Divi

sion,

Fire

Fig

htin

g Te

chno

logy

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dani

el M

adrz

ykow

ski

Title

of T

alk:

Im

pact

of C

onve

ctiv

e He

at o

n Fi

refig

hter

Tur

nout

Gea

r

Abst

ract

: In

201

2 th

ere

wer

e 31

,490

repo

rted

fire

fight

er in

jurie

s on

the

fire

grou

nd a

nd 2

2 fir

efig

hter

s wer

e ki

lled

durin

g fir

e gr

ound

ope

ratio

ns. F

irefig

hter

turn

out g

ear (

jack

et a

nd p

ants

) are

a m

ain

com

pone

nt to

the

firef

ight

er’s

pe

rson

al p

rote

ctiv

e eq

uipm

ent (

PPE)

. NFP

A 19

71, t

he st

anda

rd o

n pr

otec

tive

ense

mbl

es fo

r str

uctu

ral f

irefig

htin

g an

d pr

oxim

ity fi

refig

htin

g, p

rovi

des g

uide

lines

for t

estin

g ho

w w

ell t

he tu

rnou

t gea

r will

pro

tect

skin

from

seco

nd

degr

ee b

urns

cal

led

the

ther

mal

pro

tect

ive

perf

orm

ance

test

. The

thre

e la

yers

of t

he tu

rnou

t gea

r are

pla

ced

abov

e a

radi

ant h

eat s

ourc

e an

d a

conv

ectiv

e fla

me;

abo

ve th

e la

yers

is a

sens

or th

at d

etec

ts th

e te

mpe

ratu

re

that

the

firef

ight

er’s

skin

wou

ld b

e fe

elin

g. T

he te

st g

ives

a g

ood

scop

e on

the

conv

ectiv

e he

at tr

ansf

er o

ver t

ime

(thr

ough

the

turn

out g

ear)

and

how

it w

ould

affe

ct a

fire

fight

er’s

skin

in fl

asho

ver c

ondi

tions

. Fi

refig

hter

turn

out g

ear i

s com

prise

d of

thre

e di

ffere

nt la

yers

: the

out

er sh

ell,

the

moi

stur

e ba

rrie

r and

the

ther

mal

line

r. T

he o

uter

shel

l is d

esig

ned

as th

e fir

st la

yer o

f def

ense

and

pro

vide

s min

imal

am

ount

s of t

he

ther

mal

pro

tect

ion.

Alo

ng w

ith th

erm

al p

rote

ctio

n, th

e ou

ter s

hell

prov

ides

cut

and

abr

asio

n re

sista

nce

and

min

imal

wat

er re

pelle

ncy.

The

moi

stur

e ba

rrie

r, lo

cate

d be

neat

h th

e ou

ter s

hell,

pro

vide

s res

istan

ce to

wat

er,

chem

ical

s and

vira

l age

nts.

This

barr

ier i

s also

the

mos

t del

icat

e an

d pr

one

to d

amag

e. T

he la

st la

yer i

s the

th

erm

al li

ner w

hich

is w

here

the

maj

ority

of t

herm

al p

rote

ctio

n co

mes

from

with

in tu

rnou

t gea

r. Th

e th

erm

al

liner

trap

s air

betw

een

laye

rs o

f non

wov

en m

ater

ial t

hat i

s att

ache

d to

a fa

ce m

ater

ial.

Air i

s an

exce

llent

in

sula

tor;

how

ever

moi

stur

e an

d co

mpr

essio

n ca

n gr

eatly

influ

ence

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of t

he th

erm

al la

yer.

Moi

stur

e is

an e

xcel

lent

con

duct

or o

f hea

t and

disp

lace

s the

air,

whi

le c

ompr

essio

n el

imin

ates

air

allo

win

g an

un

impe

ded

cond

uctio

n of

hea

t thr

ough

the

turn

out g

ear.

Th

is pr

ojec

t foc

used

on

the

impa

ct o

f con

vect

ive

heat

tran

sfer

thro

ugh

turn

out g

ear,

usin

g ex

perim

enta

l dat

a fr

om fi

re e

xper

imen

ts th

at re

sulte

d in

an

exha

ust f

low

pat

h ex

posu

re, t

o de

term

ine

the

impa

ct o

n th

e fir

efig

hter

’s

turn

out g

ear.

Both

ben

ch sc

ale

and

full

scal

e ex

perim

ents

exa

min

ing

the

heat

ing

of th

e tu

rnou

t gea

r wer

e co

nduc

ted.

Also

, fire

fight

er li

ne o

f dut

y de

aths

wer

e ex

amin

ed a

nd c

ompa

red

to th

e ex

perim

enta

l dat

a.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

osep

h W

illi

Gra

nt N

umbe

r 70

NAN

B14H

108

Acad

emic

Inst

itutio

n: U

nive

rsity

of I

llino

is at

Urb

ana-

Cham

paig

n M

ajor

: Gen

eral

Eng

inee

ring

with

Sec

onda

ry

Fiel

d in

Fire

Pro

tect

ion

Engi

neer

ing

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Se

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): At

tend

gra

duat

e sc

hool

and

obt

ain

a M

.S. i

n Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n En

gine

erin

g

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Fire

Res

earc

h Di

visio

n, F

ire F

ight

ing

Tech

nolo

gy

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dani

el M

adrz

ykow

ski

Title

of T

alk:

Im

pact

of D

iffer

ent H

ose

Stre

am A

pplic

atio

ns d

urin

g Fi

re S

uppr

essio

n

Abst

ract

: A

varie

ty o

f hos

e st

ream

s and

app

licat

ion

tech

niqu

es a

re u

sed

by fi

refig

hter

s to

extin

guish

fire

s. T

he ty

pe o

f hos

e st

ream

and

the

way

it is

app

lied

durin

g fir

e su

ppre

ssio

n ha

s a si

gnifi

cant

impa

ct o

n th

e co

olin

g an

d m

ovem

ent o

f ho

t gas

es in

side

a st

ruct

ure.

Thu

s, it

is im

pera

tive

for f

irefig

hter

s to

have

ext

ensiv

e kn

owle

dge

of th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of d

iffer

ent h

ose

stre

am a

pplic

atio

ns so

the

corr

ect t

echn

ique

can

be

exec

uted

on

the

fireg

roun

d.

This

sum

mer

, res

earc

hers

from

the

NIS

T Fi

re F

ight

ing

Tech

nolo

gy G

roup

con

duct

ed a

var

iety

of l

ive-

fire

expe

rimen

ts a

t the

Del

awar

e Co

unty

Em

erge

ncy

Serv

ices

Tra

inin

g Ce

nter

nea

r Phi

lade

lphi

a, P

enns

ylva

nia.

The

m

ain

purp

ose

of th

ese

expe

rimen

ts w

as to

qua

ntify

the

impa

ct o

f diff

eren

t hos

e st

ream

app

licat

ions

on

the

mov

emen

t and

coo

ling

of g

ases

in v

ario

us fi

re sc

enar

ios.

One

set o

f the

exp

erim

ents

spec

ifica

lly m

easu

red

how

di

ffere

nt h

ose

stre

am a

pplic

atio

ns m

oved

the

air i

nsid

e a

stru

ctur

e w

ithou

t any

fire

invo

lved

. A se

cond

set o

f ex

perim

ents

illu

stra

ted

how

thes

e di

ffere

nces

affe

ct th

e m

ovem

ent a

nd c

oolin

g of

hot

gas

es in

ven

tilat

ion-

limite

d fir

es. T

he d

ata

from

thes

e tw

o se

ts o

f exp

erim

ents

can

be

used

to e

valu

ate

and

expl

ain

the

impa

ct o

f diff

eren

t ho

se st

ream

app

licat

ions

dur

ing

fire

supp

ress

ion.

Dur

ing

this

pres

enta

tion,

two

spec

ific

type

s of h

ose

stre

ams,

st

raig

ht a

nd fo

g, w

ill b

e co

nsid

ered

, and

thei

r im

pact

on

air m

ovem

ent a

nd fi

re su

ppre

ssio

n w

ill b

e di

scus

sed.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

hrist

ophe

r Won

g G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, C

olle

ge P

ark

Maj

or:

Mat

eria

ls Sc

ienc

e an

d En

gine

erin

g,

Chem

istry

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Pl

an to

pur

sue

a Ph

.D. i

n m

ater

ials

scie

nce

or c

hem

istry

, with

focu

s on

poly

mer

ic

appl

icat

ions

N

IST

Labo

rato

ry,

Divi

sion

, and

Gro

up:

Mat

eria

l Mea

sure

men

t Lab

orat

ory,

Bio

syst

ems a

nd B

iom

ater

ials

Divi

sion,

Bi

omat

eria

ls Gr

oup

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Gil K

aufm

an, J

irun

Sun

Title

of T

alk:

En

zym

atic

Bio

degr

adat

ion

of T

radi

tiona

l and

Nov

el R

esto

rativ

e De

ntal

Res

ins

Abst

ract

: Po

lym

er b

ased

com

posit

es h

ave

wid

ely

repl

aced

mer

cury

am

alga

m a

s den

tal r

esto

ratio

ns w

ith d

ecre

ased

toxi

city

an

d in

crea

sed

aest

hetic

s. H

owev

er, e

ster

ase

enzy

mes

foun

d in

bot

h sa

liva

and

cario

geni

c ba

cter

ia su

ch a

s St

rept

ococ

cus m

utan

s hav

e be

en fo

und

to c

leav

e es

ter b

onds

foun

d in

the

trad

ition

ally

use

d bi

sphe

nolg

lyci

dyl

dim

etha

cryl

ate

(bisG

MA)

and

trie

thyl

ene

glyc

ol d

imet

hacr

ylat

e (T

EGDM

A) b

ased

resin

s, re

sulti

ng in

rest

orat

ion

degr

adat

ion

and

failu

re in

the

long

term

. A n

ovel

den

tal m

onom

er w

ithou

t est

er b

onds

, trie

thyl

ene

glyc

ol

divi

nylb

enzy

leth

er (T

EGDV

BE),

has b

een

synt

hesiz

ed in

ord

er to

circ

umve

nt e

ster

ase

degr

adat

ion.

Usin

g m

odel

en

zym

es c

hole

ster

ol e

ster

ase

(CE)

and

pse

udoc

holin

este

rase

(PCE

), as

wel

l as S

. mut

ans c

ultu

res,

this

stud

y ai

ms

to c

ompa

re d

egra

datio

n of

bot

h m

onom

eric

and

pol

ymer

ic fo

rms o

f the

trad

ition

al a

nd n

ovel

resin

s. Hi

gh

perf

orm

ance

liqu

id c

hrom

atog

raph

y is

used

to is

olat

e an

d qu

antif

y de

grad

atio

n pr

oduc

ts a

fter i

ncub

atio

n w

ith

enzy

me

or b

acte

ria. I

n ad

ditio

n, su

rfac

e ro

ughn

ess o

f pol

ymer

pel

lets

bef

ore

and

afte

r deg

rada

tion

is ch

arac

teriz

ed b

y at

omic

forc

e m

icro

scop

y. In

the

pres

ence

of C

E, P

CE, a

nd S

. mut

ans,

the

nove

l TEG

DVBE

is

expe

cted

to re

leas

e no

deg

rada

tion

prod

ucts

and

exh

ibit

no in

crea

se in

surf

ace

roug

hnes

s com

pare

d to

the

cont

rol.

The

trad

ition

al re

sin is

exp

ecte

d to

deg

rade

into

met

hacr

ylic

aci

d (M

A), t

rieth

ylen

e gl

ycol

(TEG

), an

d 2,

2-bi

s[4p

heny

l]pro

pane

(bisH

PPP)

and

incr

ease

in su

rfac

e ro

ughn

ess.

If S.

mut

ans i

s abl

e to

deg

rade

TEG

DVBE

, fut

ure

stud

ies w

ill n

eed

to b

e pe

rfor

med

to is

olat

e an

d id

entif

y no

n-es

tera

se e

nzym

es ca

pabl

e of

invo

lved

in th

e de

grad

atio

n.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: J

osep

h W

u G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H14

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Sta

nfor

d U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Sy

mbo

lic S

yste

ms

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): U

ndec

ided

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: In

form

atio

n Te

chno

logy

Lab

, Sof

twar

e an

d Sy

stem

s, Sm

art G

rid

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

DJ A

nand

, Ya-

Shia

n Li

-Bab

oud,

Kev

in B

rady

Title

of T

alk:

Sm

art a

nd S

ynch

roni

zed!

: M

odel

ing

the

Effe

ct o

f Tim

e O

ffset

in P

ower

Flo

ws a

cros

s the

Sm

art G

rid

Abst

ract

: Th

e de

velo

pmen

t of S

mar

t Grid

tech

nolo

gy h

as p

rovi

ded

seve

ral m

etho

ds to

enh

ance

the

conv

entio

nal e

lect

ric

grid

. One

key

impr

ovem

ent t

hat i

s fun

dam

enta

l to

the

Smar

t Grid

app

roac

h is

the

abili

ty to

gat

her a

nd m

onito

r in

form

atio

n fr

om th

e el

ectr

ic g

rid a

t unp

rece

dent

ed sc

ale

and

gran

ular

ity. I

n or

der t

o ac

cura

tely

mea

sure

and

pr

oces

s the

larg

e vo

lum

e of

dat

a fr

om th

e gr

id, t

ime

mea

sure

men

ts n

eed

to b

e sy

nchr

onize

d ac

ross

all

sens

ors a

nd

actu

ator

s. In

this

proj

ect,

a M

ATLA

B da

shbo

ard

will

be

deve

lope

d to

visu

alize

real

-tim

e vo

ltage

and

tim

e da

ta

stre

amed

dire

ctly

from

the

NIS

T Sm

art G

rid te

st b

ed. A

s eac

h su

bsta

tion

on th

e gr

id fe

eds l

ive

data

to th

e da

shbo

ard,

its v

olta

ge, t

ime

stam

p, a

s wel

l as t

ime

offs

et fr

om a

refe

renc

e cl

ock

will

be

reco

rded

and

gra

phed

. Th

e da

shbo

ard

also

allo

ws t

he u

ser t

o ev

alua

te th

e im

pact

of d

rift a

nd v

aria

tion

of ti

me

keep

ing

cloc

ks o

n th

e fid

elity

of m

easu

rem

ents

. In

orde

r to

pres

ent t

he im

pact

of c

lock

offs

et a

nd ji

tter

on

mea

sure

men

ts, a

pha

sor

repr

esen

tatio

n of

the

sam

pled

vol

tage

mea

sure

men

t is d

ispla

yed

and

cont

inua

lly u

pdat

ed o

n th

e GU

I. U

sers

can

ad

just

par

amet

ers s

uch

as th

e sa

mpl

ing

rate

, rep

ortin

g ra

te, p

refe

rred

refe

renc

e cl

ock,

etc

. The

com

plet

ed G

UI w

ill

be a

dded

to th

e N

IST

Smar

t Grid

test

bed

to h

elp

proc

ess a

nd p

rese

nt li

ve d

ata

durin

g ex

perim

ents

and

de

mon

stra

tions

.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: C

alvi

n Ze

hnde

r G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H10

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Cas

e W

este

rn R

eser

ve U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: Ju

nior

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): In

dust

ry Jo

b/Gr

adua

te S

choo

l

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Int

ellig

ent S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on, P

rodu

ctio

n Sy

stem

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Bran

don

Lane

Title

of T

alk:

Dy

nam

ic P

rope

rtie

s of M

etal

s Use

d in

Add

itive

Man

ufac

turin

g

Abst

ract

: Se

lect

ive

met

al si

nter

ing

(SLS

) is o

ne o

f the

few

add

itive

man

ufac

turin

g m

etho

ds th

at c

an ‘p

rint’

met

al in

to sh

apes

un

obta

inab

le b

y co

nven

tiona

l (su

btra

ctiv

e) m

anuf

actu

ring

met

hods

. SLS

use

s met

al p

owde

r tha

t is s

prea

d on

to a

bu

ild p

late

, and

then

is m

elte

d an

d so

lidifi

ed in

the

desir

ed sh

ape

by a

com

pute

r con

trol

led

lase

r. Th

is pr

oces

s re

peat

s, la

yer b

y la

yer,

until

the

requ

ired

thic

knes

s is a

chie

ved.

It is

des

irabl

e to

mak

e an

acc

urat

e co

mpu

ter

simul

atio

n of

the

spre

adin

g of

the

pow

der o

nto

the

build

pla

te so

par

ts a

nd b

uild

par

amet

ers c

an b

e m

odel

ed

accu

rate

ly a

nd q

uick

ly, s

o th

e pa

rt c

an b

e ‘b

uilt’

seve

ral t

imes

with

out t

he w

aitin

g an

d th

e co

st th

at is

ass

ocia

ted

with

phy

sical

ly m

akin

g th

e pa

rt m

ultip

le ti

mes

. In

orde

r to

acco

mpl

ish th

is, a

ccur

ate

phys

ical

pro

pert

y da

ta m

ust

be k

now

n ab

out t

he m

etal

pow

der.

To c

reat

e a

disc

rete

ele

men

t met

hod

simul

atio

n, th

e co

effic

ient

of r

estit

utio

n,

stiff

ness

, and

dam

ping

coe

ffici

ents

mus

t be

know

n. T

o m

easu

re th

ese,

we

used

a se

t-up

con

sistin

g of

a h

igh-

spee

d ca

mer

a w

ith a

mic

rosc

ope

obje

ctiv

e, a

nd a

cus

tom

bui

lt po

wde

r dro

ppin

g m

echa

nism

, des

igne

d to

acc

urat

ely

and

relia

bly

drop

a v

ery

smal

l vol

ume

of p

owde

r in

fron

t of t

he c

amer

a. T

his c

aptu

res i

ncom

ing

and

post

-impa

ct

velo

citie

s whi

ch c

an b

e us

ed to

find

the

dyna

mic

mat

eria

ls pr

oper

ty d

ata.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: K

evin

Zen

g G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H18

2 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Virg

inia

M

ajor

: M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

Acad

emic

Sta

ndin

g (S

ept.

‘14)

: So

phom

ore

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Ca

reer

in M

echa

nica

l Eng

inee

ring

or G

radu

ate

Scho

ol

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Int

ellig

ent S

yste

ms D

ivisi

on, P

rodu

ctio

n Sy

stem

s Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Dr. J

ohn

Slot

win

ski,

Dr. S

haw

n M

oyla

n

Title

of T

alk:

Cr

itica

l Geo

met

ries i

n Ad

ditiv

e M

anuf

actu

ring

Abst

ract

: Im

agin

e th

e da

y w

hen

you

can

fabr

icat

e an

eng

ine

bloc

k or

win

g fr

om m

etal

pow

der i

n yo

ur o

wn

gara

ge u

sing

addi

tive

man

ufac

turin

g. C

urre

ntly

, add

itive

man

ufac

turin

g is

mak

ing

strid

es to

bec

ome

wid

espr

ead

and

stan

dard

ized.

One

of t

he ro

adbl

ocks

that

is h

inde

ring

the

stan

dard

izatio

n of

add

itive

man

ufac

turin

g is

that

the

real

izatio

n of

crit

ical

geo

met

ries s

uch

as in

tern

al fe

atur

es a

nd la

ttic

es th

roug

h ad

ditiv

e m

anuf

actu

ring

has y

et to

be

com

plet

ely

unde

rsto

od.

The

obje

ctiv

e of

this

proj

ect i

s to

desig

n an

d bu

ild a

test

art

ifact

con

tain

ing

inte

rnal

feat

ures

and

stru

ctur

es th

at

cann

ot b

e m

easu

red

with

pos

t pro

cess

ext

erna

l tec

hniq

ues (

e.g.

, by

coor

dina

te m

easu

ring

mac

hine

). A

test

ar

tifac

t, na

med

the

Mod

ular

Art

ifact

for M

easu

ring

Inte

rnal

Fea

ture

s (M

AMIF

), w

as p

roto

type

d on

the

Mak

erbo

t Re

plic

ator

and

Obj

et st

ereo

litho

grap

hy 3

D pr

inte

r, an

d pr

oduc

ed o

n th

e EO

SIN

T M

270

Dire

ct M

etal

Las

er

Sint

erin

g (D

MLS

) mac

hine

. Non

-des

truc

tive

tech

niqu

es su

ch a

s ultr

ason

ic te

stin

g w

ere

utili

zed

to m

easu

re a

nd

char

acte

rize

the

dim

ensio

nal a

ccur

acy

in b

uild

ing

such

feat

ures

. Th

e re

sults

of t

his p

roje

ct w

ill b

e us

ed to

dev

elop

m

etho

ds u

sing

NDE

(non

-des

truc

tive

exam

inat

ion)

tech

niqu

es to

qua

lify

and

mea

sure

thes

e cr

itica

l geo

met

ries i

n m

etal

-bas

ed a

dditi

ve m

anuf

actu

ring.

SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: B

owen

Zhi

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H13

7 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mar

ylan

d, C

olle

ge P

ark

Maj

or:

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Soph

omor

e

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): N

o co

ncre

te p

lans

; pla

nnin

g to

hav

e a

care

er in

com

pute

r sci

ence

and

/or r

obot

ics.

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: En

gine

erin

g La

bora

tory

, Sys

tem

s Int

egra

tion

Divi

sion,

In

form

atio

n M

odel

ing

and

Test

ing

Grou

p N

IST

Rese

arch

Ad

viso

r: Do

nald

Lib

es

Title

of T

alk:

Se

eing

is B

elie

ving

: Visu

al D

ata

Anal

ytic

s for

Sm

art M

anuf

actu

ring

Abst

ract

: Vi

sual

izing

dat

a –t

rans

crib

ing

data

into

gra

phic

al fo

rms –

is a

use

ful t

ool f

or p

rese

ntin

g, a

naly

zing,

and

min

ing

data

. As o

ld a

s the

met

hod

is ho

wev

er, d

ata

visu

aliza

tion

is of

ten

used

poo

rly; v

isual

izing

a d

atas

et e

ffect

ivel

y in

an

intu

itive

, mea

ning

ful,

and

aest

hetic

ally

app

ealin

g w

ay c

an b

e de

cept

ivel

y di

fficu

lt. In

rece

nt y

ears

, the

shee

r am

ount

of d

ata

colle

cted

has

incr

ease

d, a

nd th

us th

e di

fficu

lty o

f visu

alizi

ng th

is da

ta e

ffect

ivel

y ha

s lik

ewise

in

crea

sed.

In

the

man

ufac

turin

g in

dust

ry, i

mpr

ovem

ents

and

opt

imiza

tions

to fa

ctor

y flo

or p

rodu

ctio

n sy

stem

s req

uire

the

anal

ysis

of la

rge

volu

mes

of d

ata

with

com

plex

stru

ctur

e, w

hich

in tu

rn re

quire

effe

ctiv

e da

ta v

isual

izatio

n m

etho

ds. T

hese

met

hods

wou

ld n

eed

to h

andl

e va

rious

type

s of d

ata:

raw

num

eric

sens

or d

ata

from

eac

h fa

ctor

y m

achi

ne (a

bout

pow

er c

onsu

mpt

ion,

was

te, h

umid

ity, t

empe

ratu

re, n

oise

leve

ls, a

nd so

on)

, cat

egor

ical

and

nu

mer

ic d

ata

on th

e m

ater

ials

bein

g im

port

ed to

the

fact

ory,

as w

ell a

s mor

e ab

stra

ct d

ata

such

as m

achi

ne

spec

ifica

tions

, mat

hem

atic

al m

odel

s, a

lgor

ithm

resu

lts, a

nd b

usin

ess g

oals.

In th

is pr

ojec

t, w

e ev

alua

te v

ario

us

data

visu

aliza

tion

tech

niqu

es fo

r the

ir us

eful

ness

in v

isual

izing

this

mul

tidim

ensio

nal,

mul

tilay

ered

dat

a, w

hile

also

ta

king

into

acc

ount

com

puta

tion

com

plex

ity a

nd a

lgor

ithm

stru

ctur

e. W

e th

en fo

rmul

ate

som

e sp

ecifi

c da

ta

visu

aliza

tions

for p

oten

tial u

se in

dat

a an

alyt

ics f

or m

anuf

actu

ring,

with

the

goal

to th

en d

evel

op a

n in

terf

ace

to

impl

emen

t the

se v

isual

izatio

ns.


SURF

Stu

dent

Col

loqu

ium

N

IST

– Ga

ither

sbur

g, M

D Au

gust

5-7

, 201

4

Nam

e: K

ayla

Zim

mer

man

G

rant

Num

ber

70N

ANB1

4H10

6 Ac

adem

ic In

stitu

tion:

App

alac

hian

Sta

te U

nive

rsity

M

ajor

: Ph

ysic

s Ac

adem

ic S

tand

ing

(Sep

t. ‘1

4):

Juni

or

Futu

re P

lans

(S

choo

l/Ca

reer

): Gr

adua

te sc

hool

for e

lect

rical

eng

inee

ring

NIS

T La

bora

tory

, Di

visi

on, a

nd G

roup

: Ph

ysic

al M

easu

rem

ents

Lab

orat

ory,

Sem

icon

duct

or a

nd D

imen

siona

l Met

rolo

gy D

ivisi

on,

Nan

oele

ctro

nics

Gro

up

NIS

T Re

sear

ch

Advi

sor:

Sujit

ra P

ookp

anra

tana

and

Chr

istin

a Ha

cker

Title

of T

alk:

El

ectr

ical

Mea

sure

men

ts o

f Mol

ecul

ar L

ayer

s by

Eute

ctic

Gal

lium

-Indi

um

Abst

ract

: O

rgan

ic m

olec

ules

are

app

ealin

g in

ele

ctro

nic

appl

icat

ions

bec

ause

they

are

che

ap, a

bund

ant,

and

can

be m

ade

so

that

they

hav

e sp

ecifi

c pr

oper

ties.

Whe

n us

ing

orga

nic

mol

ecul

es in

ele

ctro

nics

, it i

s nec

essa

ry to

ele

ctric

ally

co

nnec

t the

m, w

ithou

t dam

agin

g th

em, t

o th

e ou

tsid

e w

orld

. Eva

pora

tion

tech

niqu

es c

anno

t be

used

to m

ake

elec

tric

al c

onta

ct w

ith th

e m

olec

ular

laye

rs b

ecau

se th

e m

olec

ules

use

d ar

e or

gani

c an

d ca

nnot

with

stan

d th

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Pennsylvania State University York

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Alabama State University

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PML/Physics

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PML/Physics

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PML/Physics


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PML/Physics

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