Technical Staff Activities

C.E. Anderson Jr., C.H. Popelar, A. Nagy, J.D. Walker, "A Novel Method for Determining Dynamic Fracture Toughness," Shock Compression in Condensed Matter -- 1999, M.D. Furnish, L.C. Chhabildas, R.S. Hixson (eds.), AIP Press, Woodbury, New York, 505-508, 2000.

C.E. Anderson Jr., J.D. Walker, "Ceramic Dwell: An Analytical Model," Advances in Computational Engineering and Sciences, S.N. Atluri, F.W. Brust (eds.), Tech Science Press, Palmdale, California, Vol. 1, 390-395, 2000.

C.E. Anderson Jr., J.D. Walker, "Modeling Penetration of Long Rods into Glass Targets," Advanced in Computational Engineering and Sciences, S.N. Atluri, F.W. Brust (eds.), Tech Science Press, Palmdale, California, Vol. 1, 408-413, 2000.

A. Bhardwaj, G.R. Gladstone, "Auroral Emissions of the Giant Planets," Reviews of Geophysics, Vol. 38, 295-353, 2000.

J.S. Bishop, W. Hnatczuk, M.P. Lasecki, J. Goodell, "Parasitic Loss Reduction for 21st Century Truck," Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Paper No. 2000-01-3423, SAE Truck and Bus Conference, Portland, Oregon, December 2000.

L.B. Browning, D.L. Hughson, W.M. Murphy, "Calibration of a 2-D Reactive Transport Model of Yucca Mountain, to Ambient Conditions: Implications for Uncertainty in Thermally Perturbed Model Simulations," GSA Abstract, Vol. 32, No. 7, November 2000.

G. Chen, W.A. Illman, D.L. Thompson, V.V. Vesselinov, S.P. Neuman, "Geostatistical, Type-Curve, and Inverse Analyses of Pneumatic Injection Tests in Unsaturated Fractured Tuffs at the Apache Leap Research Site Near Superior, Arizona," Dynamics of Fluids in Fractured Rocks, B. Faybishenko, P.A. Witherspoon, S.M. Benson (eds.), Geophysical Monograph, Vol. 122, 73-98, 2000.

C.B. Connor, F.M. Conway, "Basaltic Volcanic Fields," Encyclopedia of Volcanology, Academic Press, 331-343, 2000.

C.B. Connor, J.A. Stamatakos, D.A. Ferrill, B.E. Hill, G.I. Ofoegbu, F.M. Conway, B. Sagar, J. Trapp, "Geological Controls on Patterns of Basaltic Volcanism: Application to a Volcanic Hazards Assessment at Yucca Mountain, Nevada," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, 417-432, 2000.

G.A. Cragnolino, S. Mohanty, D.S. Dunn, N. Sridhar, T. Ahn, "An Approach to the Assessment of High-Level Radioactive Waste Containment I-Waste Package Degradation," Nuclear Engineering and Design Journal, Vol. 201, 289-306, September 2000.

K.A. Dannemann, J. Lankford Jr., "High Strain Rate Compression of Closed Cell Aluminum Foams," Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. A293, 157-164, 2000.

D. Davidson, D.P. Nicolella, B.S. Spigel, "Fracture Toughness of Fabrics as Composite Reinforcements," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 40, No. 4, 408-414, December 2000.

M.P. Enright, D.M. Frangopol, "Reliability Based Lifetime Maintenance of Aging Highway Bridges," Proceedings of the SPIE 5th International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring of Aging Infrastructure, Newport Beach, California, March 2000.

M.P. Enright, D.M. Frangopol, "RELTSYS: A Computer Program for Life Prediction of Deteriorating Systems," Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Techno-Press, Vol. 9, No. 6, 147-157, 2000.

M.P. Enright, D.M. Frangopol, "Survey and Evaluation of Damaged Concrete Bridges," Journal of Bridge Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Vol. 5, No. 1, 31-38, 2000.

M.P. Enright, D.M. Frangopol, "Time-Variant System Reliability Prediction," Proceedings of the 8th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Notre Dame, Indiana, July 2000, and CD-ROM Proceedings, A. Kareem, A. Haldar, B.F. Spencer, E.A. Johnson (eds.), PMC2000-053, 2000.

M.P. Enright, D.M. Frangopol, E.S. Gharaibeh, "Reliability of Bridges Under Aggressive Conditions," Applications of Statistics and Probability, Civil Engineering Reliability and Risk Analysis, R.E. Melchers, M.G. Stewart (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 323-330, 2000.

M.P. Enright, Y.-T. Wu, "Probabilistic Fatigue Life Sensitivity Analysis of Titanium Rotors," Proceedings of the 41st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Non-Deterministic Approaches Forum, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000.

C.G. Fesen, G. Crowley, R.G. Roble, A.D. Richmond, B.G. Fejer, "Simulation of the Pre-Reversal Enhancement in the Low Latitude Vertical Ion Drifts," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, 1,851-1,854, July 2000.

C.J. Freitas (ed.), "Forum on Parallel Computing Methods," Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division -- 2000, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, FED-Vol. 253, 519-590, Orlando, Florida, November 2000.

C.J. Freitas, D.B. Coffin, R.L. Murphy, "Characterization of Wide Area Network Computing," Proceedings, Forum on Parallel Computing Methods, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, FED-Vol 253, 545-552, Orlando, Florida, November 2000.

K. Froelund, "Real-Time Steady-State Measurement of PCV-Contribution to Oil Consumption on Ford 4.6L SI-Engine," SAE Paper 2000-01-2876, Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2000.

K. Froelund, J. Schramm, T. Tian, V. Wong, S. Hochgreb, "Analysis of Piston Ring/Liner Oil Film Development During Warm-Up for an SI-Engine," ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 123, 1-7, January 2001.

E.S. Gharaibeh, D.M. Frangopol, M.P. Enright, "Redundancy and Member Importance Evaluation of Highway Bridges," Applications of Statistics and Probability, Civil Engineering Reliability and Risk Analysis, R.E. Melchers, M.G. Stewart (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 651-658, 2000.

C. Gonzalez, J. Mukherjee, S.J. Jeffers, "A Standard for Scientific Data Files," NASA Tech Briefs, MFS-31325, 34, July 2000.

C. Gonzalez, J. Mukherjee, S.J. Jeffers, "Software for Display and Analysis of Scientific Data," NASA Tech Briefs, MFS-31327, 35, July 2000.

B.E. Hill, C.B. Connor, P.C. La Femina, "Successful Eruption Forecasting Before Unrest at Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua," International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, General Assembly 2000 Abstracts, 152, 2000.

S.-M. Hsiung, S. Mohanty, "An Abstracted Model for Assessing the Effect of Seismically Induced Rock Fall on the Waste Package Performance for High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal," PSAM 5-Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, S. Kondo, K. Furuta (eds.), Frontiers Science Series 34, Universal Academy Press, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Vol. 3, 1,581-1,588, 2000.

W.A. Illman, S.P. Neuman, "Type-Curve Interpretation of Multi-Rate Single-Hole Pneumatic Injection Tests in Unsaturated Fractured Rock," Ground Water, Vol. 38, No. 6, 899-911, 2000.

V. Jain, Y.-M. Pan, "High-Level Waste Glass Dissolution in Simulated Internal Waste Package Environments," Atalante International Conference on Scientific Research on the Back-End of the Fuel Cycle for the 21st Century, Paper 03.04, French Atomic Energy Commission, 2000.

Y. Kasaba, T. Terasawa, K. Tsubouchi, T. Mukai, Y. Saito, H. Matsumoto, H. Kojima, J. Steinberg, D.J. McComas, R. Skoug, H. Matsui, M. Hoshino, "Magnetosheath Electrons in Anomalously Low Density Solar Wind Observed by Geotail," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, 3,253-3,256, 2000.

R.L. Mason, A.C. Matheaus, T.W. Ryan III, R.A. Sobotowski, J.C. Wall, C.H. Hobbs, G.W. Passavant, T.J. Bond, "EPA HDEWG Program -- Statistical Analysis," SAE Paper No. 2000-01-1859, Diesel and Gasoline Performance and Additives (SP-1551), International Spring Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, Paris, France, June 2000.

A.C. Matheaus, G.D. Neely, T.W. Ryan III, R.A. Sobotowski, J.C. Wall, C.H. Hobbs, G.W. Passavant, T.J. Bond, "EPA HDEWG Program -- Engine Tests Results," SAE Paper No. 2000-01-1858, Diesel and Gasoline Performance and Additives (SP-1551), International Spring Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, Paris, France, June 2000.

A.N. Maurellis, T.E. Cravens, G.R. Gladstone, J.H. Waite Jr., L.W. Acton, "Jovian X-Ray Emission from Solar X-Ray Scattering," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, 1,339-1,342, 2000.

S.T. McBroom, "Class 2B -- Light Duty Trucks and the 21st Century Truck Initiative," Clean SUV and Light Truck, SAE TOPTEC, Dearborn, Michigan, June 2000.

S.T. McBroom, "The 21st Century Truck -- Comparing Various Efficiencies and Emissions Using Simulation-Based Parametric Analysis," Hybrid Vehicles 2000, Windsor, Canada, September 2000.

D.J. McComas, B.L. Barraclough, H.O. Funsten, J.T. Gosling, E. Santiago-Munoz, R.M. Skoug, B.E. Goldstein, M. Neugebauer, P. Riley, A. Balogh, "Solar Wind Observations over Ulysses' First Full Polar Orbit," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, 10,419-10,433, 2000.

D.J. McComas, J.T. Gosling, R.M. Skoug, "Ulysses Observations of the Irregularly Structured Mid-Latitude Solar Wind During the Approach to Solar Maximum," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, 2,437-2,440, 2000.

P.C. McKeighan, F.E. Fess II, M. Petit, F.S. Campbell, "Quantifying the Magnitude and Effect of Loading Errors During Fatigue Crack Growth Testing Under Constant and Variable Amplitude Loading," Applications of Automation Technology in Fatigue and Fracture Testing and Analysis: Fourth Volume, STP 1411, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 2001.

H.R. Millwater, M.P. Enright, S. Fitch, Y.-T. Wu, D.S. Riha, G.R. Leverant, R.C. McClung, C.J. Kuhlman, G.G. Chell, Y.D. Lee, "A Probabilistically Based Damage Tolerance Analysis Computer Program for Hard Alpha Anomalies in Titanium Rotors," Proceedings of the 45th ASME International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Technical Congress, Munich, Germany, May 2000.

S. Mohanty, R. Codell, "A Performance Assessment Review Tool for the Proposed Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA," PSAM 5-Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, S. Kondo, K. Furuta (eds.), Frontiers Science Series 34, Universal Academy Press, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Vol. 3, 1,485-1,493, 2000.

S. Mohanty, R. Codell, T. Ahn, G.A. Cragnolino, "An Approach to the Assessment of High-level Radioactive Waste Containment-II: Radionuclide Release from an Engineered Barrier System," Nuclear Engineering and Design Journal, Vol. 201, 307-325, 2000.

S. Mohanty, R.W. Rice, "Radionuclide Release Rates at the Receptor Location for the Proposed High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site at Yucca Mountain," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, R.W. Smith, D.W. Shoesmith (eds.), Vol. 608, 135-140, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 2000.

S. Mohanty, Y-T. Wu, "CDF Sensitivity Analysis Technique for Ranking Influential Parameters in the Performance Assessment of the Proposed High-Level Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA," Foresight and Precaution, Vol. 1, M.P. Cottam, D.W. Harvey, R.P. Pape, J. Tait (eds.), A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 2000.

A. Nedungadi, L. Turner, R. Larsen, M. Duoba, S.T. McBroom, K. Wipke, "Modeling Future Automobiles: The Role of Industry and Government," COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1,036-1,044, 2000.

D.P. Nicolella, A.E. Nicholls, J. Lankford Jr., D.T. Davy, "Machine Vision Photogrammetry: a Technique for Measurement of Microstructural Strain in Cortical Bone," Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 34, No. 1, 134-139, 2001.

R.T. Pabalan, D.R. Turner, "Technetium-99 Chemistry in Reducing Groundwaters: Implications for the Performance of a Proposed High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, R.W. Smith, D.W. Shoesmith (eds.), Vol. 608, 231-236, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 2000.

Y.-M. Pan, D.S. Dunn, G.A. Cragnolino, "Effects of Environmental Factors and Potential on Stress Corrosion Cracking of Fe-Ni-Cr-Mo Alloys in Chloride Solutions," Environmentally Assisted Cracking: Prediction Methods for Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Materials, Equipment, and Structures, ASTM STP 1401, R.D. Kane (ed), ASTM, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 273-288, 2000.

J.O. Parra, H.A. Collier, "Characterization of Fractured Zones in the Twin Creek Reservoir, Lodgepole Field, Utah-Wyoming Overthrust Belt," Petrophysics, Vol. 41, No. 5, 351-362, 2000.

Y. Partom, C.E. Anderson Jr., D.L. Orphal, "Further Investigation of the Target Resistance Penetration Parameter Rt," Shock Compression in Condensed Matter -- 1999, M.D. Furnish, L.C. Chhabildas, R.S. Hixson (eds.), AIP Press, Woodbury, New York, 1,129-1,132, 2000.

O. Pensado, S. Mohanty, "Prediction of Waste Package Life for High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal at Yucca Mountain," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, R.W. Smith, D.W. Shoesmith (eds.), Vol. 608, 147-152, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 2000.

C.J. Pollock, K. Asamura, J. Baldonado, M.M. Balkey, P. Barker, J.L. Burch, E.J. Korpela, J.P. Cravens, G.J. Dirks, M.-C. Fok, H.O. Funsten, M. Grande, M. Gruntman, J.J. Hanley, J.-M. Jahn, M. Jenkins, M. Lampton, M. Marckwordt, D.J. McComas, T. Mukai, G. Penegor, S.E. Pope, W. Spurgeon, T.J. Stecklein, S. Storms, C. Urdiales, P. Valek, J.T.M. van Beek, S.E. Weidner, M.P. W�est, M.K. Young, C.J. Zinsmeyer, "Medium Energy Neutral Atom (MENA) Imager for the IMAGE Mission," Space Science Review, Vol. 91, 113-154, 2000.

C.H. Popelar, C.E. Anderson Jr., A. Nagy, "An Experimental Method for Determining Dynamic Fracture Toughness," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 40, No. 4, 401-407, 2000.

J.D. Prikryl, F.P. Bertetti, R.T. Pabalan, "Effects of Surfactant-Modification on the Sorption Behavior of Natural Zeolites for Strontium(2+) and Uranium(6+)," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, R.W. Smith, D.W. Shoesmith (eds.), Vol. 608, 281-286, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 2000.

R. Raj, M.P. Enright, D.M. Frangopol, "A System Level Partitioning Approach for Analyzing the Origins of Variability in Life Prediction of Tungsten Filaments for Incandescent Lamps," Materials and Design, Elsevier Science, Vol. 21, 9-18, 2000.

A.J. Ridley, G. Crowley, C.J. Freitas, "An Empirical Model of the Ionospheric Electric Potential," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, No. 22, 3,675-3,679, 2000.

D.S. Riha, M.P. Enright, B.H. Thacker, H.R. Millwater, Y.-T. Wu, "Probabilistic Engineering Analysis Using the NESSUS Software," Proceedings of the 41st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Non-Deterministic Approaches Forum, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000.

R.M. Skoug, W.C. Feldman, J.T. Gosling, D.J. McComas, D.B. Reisenfeld, C.W. Smith, "Solar Wind Electron Characteristics Inside and Outside Coronal Mass Ejections," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, 23,069-23,084, 2000.

R.A. Sobotowski, J.C. Wall, C.H. Hobbs, A.C. Matheaus, R.L. Mason, T.W. Ryan III, G.W. Passavant, T.J. Bond, "EPA HDEWG Program -- Test Fuel Development," SAE Paper No. 2000-01-1857, Diesel and Gasoline Performance and Additives (SP-1551), International Spring Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, Paris, France, June 2000.

J.A. Stamatakos, B.E. Hill, D.A. Ferrill, P. La Femina, D.W. Sims, C.B. Connor, A.P. Morris, M.B. Gray, "Tectonic Evolution of the Crater Flat Basin, Nevada," Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 32, No. 7, 228, 2000.

T.-J. Su, J.E. Borovsky, M.F. Thomsen, R.C. Elphic, D.J. McComas, "Plasmaspheric Material at the Reconnecting Magnetopause," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, 7,591-7,600, 2000.

T. Terasawa, Y. Kasaba, K. Tsubouchi, T. Mukai, Y. Saito, L.A. Frank, W.R. Paterson, K. Ackerson, H. Matsumoto, H. Kojima, H. Matsui, D. Larson, R. Lin, T. Phan, J. Steinberg, D.J. McComas, R. Skoug, M. Fujimoto, M. Hoshino, A. Nishida, " GEOTAIL Observations of Anomalously Low Density Plasma in the Magnetosheath," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, No. 22, 3,781-3,784, 2000.

R.L. Tokar, W.C. Feldman, S.P. Gary, J.T. Gosling, D.J. McComas, R.M. Skoug, C.W. Smith, N.F. Ness, D. Haggerty, "Suprathermal Ions and MHD Turbulence Observed Upstream of an Interplanetary Shock by Advanced Composition Explorer," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, 7,521-7,531, 2000.

J.H. Waite Jr., D. Grodent, B.M. Mauk, T. Majeed, G.R. Gladstone, S.J. Bolton, J.T. Clarke, J.-C. Gerard, W.S. Lewis, L.M. Trafton, R.J. Walker, A.P. Ingersoll, and J.E.P. Connerney, "Multispectral Observations of Jupiter's Aurora," Advances in Space Research, Vol. 26, 1,453-1,475, 2000.

C.M. Wall, "Designs on Efficiency," Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technology 2000, Annual Review, 106-109, December 2000.

T.J. Warnagiris, "Liquid Sensing at Radio Frequencies," Microwave Journal, 140-150, September 2000.

Y.-T. Wu, M.P. Enright, H.R. Millwater, "Efficient and Accurate Methods for Probabilistic Analysis of Titanium Rotors," Proceedings of the 8th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Notre Dame, Indiana, July 2000 and CD-ROM Proceedings, A. Kareem, A. Haldar, B.F. Spencer, E.A. Johnson (eds.), paper PMC2000-221, 2000.

Y.-T. Wu, H.R. Millwater, M.P. Enright, G.G. Chell, C.J. Kuhlman, G.R. Leverant, "Probabilistic Methods for Design Assessment of Reliability with INspection (DARWIN)," Proceedings of the 41st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Non-Deterministic Approaches Forum, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000.

Presentations

C.E. Anderson Jr., "From Fire to Ballistics: A Retrospective," The Distinguished Scientist Awardee Keynote Presentation, Hypervelocity Impact Symposium, Galveston, Texas, November 2000.

L.M. Bendele, N.Z. Sun, "Current and Future Trends in Automotive Lubricants," Gasoline and Diesel Engines; Automatic Transmission Fluids (ATF) and Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) Fluids; Gear Oils, SINOPEC China Petrochemical Corporation, Beijing, China, and CNPC PetroChina Co., Ltd., Lanzhou, China, December 2000.

T.C. Boschert, J.L. Zalar, W.P. Groff, "The ASTM Test Monitoring Center - Evolving in a Changing Industry," SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2000.

L.B. Browning, D.L. Hughson, W.M. Murphy, "Calibrating a 2-D Reactive Transport Model of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to Ambient Conditions: Implications for Uncertainty in Thermally Perturbed Model Simulations," Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 32, No. 7, A-69, 2000.

J.L. Burch, "First Results From the IMAGE Mission," American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2000.

J.L. Burch, "The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission," AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2000.

O.H. Burnside, "Historical Overview of the USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Program with Applications," Materials Solutions, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2000.

A.E. Crouch, "Using MFL Corrosion Signals to Determine Biaxial Stress in Operating Pipelines," International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, Canada, October 2000.

A.E. Crouch, "Pipeline Integrity Research," Pipeline Safety Hearing - the National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, D.C., November 2000.

G. Crowley, "Important Issues for Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling: Joule Heating," Coupling of Energetics and Dynamics in Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Conference, Boulder, Colorado, June 2000.

G. Crowley, "Middle and Low Latitude Ionosphere: Modeling Winds and Electric Fields," Defense Meteorological Satellite Program/Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager (DMSP/SSUSI) Calibration and Validation Team Meeting, Laurel, Maryland, October 2000.

G. Crowley, "Thermospheric Dynamics Review," AGU Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., May-June 2000.

G. Crowley, "Transformation of Patches into Blobs in the High Latitude Nightside F-Region Ionosphere," CEDAR Conference, Boulder, Colorado, June 2000.

G. Crowley, T.J. Immel, "Joule Heating: Sensitivity Studies Using AMIE," NASA/TIMED/GUVI Instrument Team Meeting, Ingram, Texas, April 2000.

G. Crowley, T.J. Immel, A. Ridley, D. Knipp, A.D. Richmond, B. Emery, D. Lummerzheim, J. Thayer, "Global Conductances from AMIE using POLAR Images," CEDAR Conference, Boulder, Colorado, June 2000.

G. Crowley, R. Niciejewski, P. Knoop, A. Burns, "Toward an Electronic Workshop Using SPARC," Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC) Team Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 2000.

G. Crowley, L.J. Paxton, "Global Joule Heating Studies for the TIMED Mission," NASA-TIMED Ground-Based Collaborators Kick-Off Meeting, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, June 2000.

G. Crowley, J. Schoendorf, F. Marcos, R. G. Roble, "Neutral Density Structures in the Lower Thermosphere at High Latitudes," Chapman Conference on Space Weather, Clearwater, Florida, March 2000, Space Weather Week, Boulder, Colorado, May 2000, and NASA Living with a Star Workshop, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, May 2000.

G. Crowley, G. Thomas, R.G. Roble, J. Olivero, H. Liu, "Modeling the Thermal Structure and Dynamics of the Mesopause at Solstice," CEDAR Conference, Boulder, Colorado, June 2000.

K.A. Dannemann, J. Lankford Jr., A.E. Nicholls, "The Effect of High Strain Rate Compression on Closed-Cell Aluminum Foams," EXPLOMET, International Conference on Fundamental Issues and Applications of Shock-Wave and High-Strain-Rate Phenomena, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2000.

S.W. Dellenback, "A Constraint Language for the Generation of Traffic Management Responses," Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) World Congress, Turin, Italy, November 2000.

S.W. Dellenback, "Implementing Center-to-Center Communications Using the ITS National Architecture," ITS World Congress, Turin, Italy, November 2000.

M.E. Epperly, B. Walls, "Level 0 Telemetry Collection Module," IEEE Core Technologies for Space Systems Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November-December 2000.

B.R. Furman, D.P. Nicolella, S.T. Wellinghoff, H. Dixon, H.R. Rawls, "A Radiopaque Zirconia Microfiller for Translucent Composite Restoratives," 78th General Session and Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, Washington, D.C., April 2000.

G.R. Gladstone, T. Majeed, J.I. Moses, J.H. Waite Jr., M.A. Allen, Y.L. Yung, W.R. Pryor, "Jovian Auroral Chemistry," 32nd Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, California, October 2000.

G.R. Gladstone, S.B. Mende, H.U. Frey, S.P. Geller, T.J. Immel, M. Lampton, J. Spann, J.C. Gerard, S. Habraken, E. Renotte, C. Jamar, P. Rochus, H. Lauche, "Stellar Calibration of the WIC and SI Imagers and the GEO Photometers on IMAGE/FUV," AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2000.

G.R. Gladstone, S.B. Mende, H.U. Frey, S.P. Geller, H. Lauche, "A Look at the Lyman Alpha Geocorona with the FUV/GEO Photometers on IMAGE," AGU Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., May-June 2000.

J. Grogan, "Advances and Driving Forces in Real Time Powertrain Control," SAE Electronic Powertrain Controls TOPTEC Presentation, Austin, Texas, December 2000.

M.G. Grothaus, R. Carter, "High-Power Microwave Vulnerability Field Test of a Rotary Wing Aircraft," 3rd Annual Directed Energy Symposium, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, October-November 2000.

C.L. Hackert, J.O. Parra, "Relating VSP with Well Logs in the Greater Green River Basin: Amplitude and Interval Velocity," Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) International Exposition and 70th Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada, August 2000.

B.E. Hill, C.B. Connor, P.C. La Femina, "Successful Eruption Forecasting before Unrest at Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua," International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, Bali, Indonesia, July 2000.

B.E. Hill, C.B. Connor, J.S. Trapp, "Calculating Risk from Future Basaltic Volcanic Eruptions at the Proposed Yucca Mountain Repository Site, Nevada," GSA Abstracts with Programs, Reno, Nevada, 2000.

D.L. Hughson, J.D. Prikryl, F.T. Dodge, "Fingering Flow Through a Superheated Fracture: Hele-Shaw Cell Experiment and Model Comparisons," GSA Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 32, No. 7, A-480, 2000.

T.J. Immel, G. Crowley, J.D. Craven, R.G. Roble, "Dayside Enhancement of O/N2 Ratio Caused by a Large Scale Gravity Wave," NASA/TIMED/GUVI Instrument Team Meeting, Ingram, Texas, April 2000.

T.J. Immel, G. Crowley, J.D. Craven, R.G. Roble, "Dayside Enhancements of Thermospheric O/N2 Following Magnetic Storm Onset," AGU Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., May-June 2000.

J.-M. Jahn, C.J. Pollock, M.P. W�est, D.J. McComas, J.L. Burch, et al, "Medium Energy Neutral Atom (MENA) Imaging of Magnetospheric Substorms," AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2000.

R.L. Killough, "Designing Command and Telemetry Systems Using MIL-STD-1553 and CCSDS," AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites in Logan, Utah, August 2000.

P.J. Laz Jr., B.M. Hillberry, B.A. Craig, "A Probabilistic Total Fatigue Life Model Incorporating Stress Level," International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials III, Hyannis, Massachusetts, September 2000.

J.A. Leet, "Advanced Diesel Engine Emissions Control," Engine China 4th International Exhibition on Internal Combustion Engine Technology and Equipment, Beijing, China, May 2000.

J.A. Leet, "Diesel Engine Emissions Control Technology for Euro V and USA 2007," Engine Expo, Hamburg, Germany, June 2000.

J.A. Leet, "Meeting Diesel Exhaust Emission Targets," SAE Electronic Powertrain Control TopTec, Austin, Texas, December 2000.

G.R. Leverant, "Advanced Technologies for Maintenance of Hot Section Components," Industrial/Utility Gas Turbines for Power Generation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2000.

G.M. Loper, J.J. Bromenshenk, D.B. Weaver, J. Finley, R.M. Cartledge, R.H. Hill Jr., J.R. Keys, A. Rudolph, "An Attempt to Mate Queens in Confinement," Annual Convention of the American Honey Producers of America, McAllen, Texas, January 2001, and American Beekeeping Federation, San Diego, California, January 2001.

M.J. Magee, "Identifying User Data Needs for the TranStar Data Warehouse," 8th Annual ITS Texas Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November 2000.

R.L. Mason, "Exploring Multivariate Statistical Process Control," Annual Meeting of Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, San Antonio, Texas, November 2000.

D.J. McComas, "Ulysses Observations of the Three-Dimensional Solar Wind Over the Solar Cycle and Their Implications for the Outer Heliosphere," AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2000.

M.K. McLelland, R.L. Killough, "Development of the SC603e VME Based Processor Board," IEEE Core Technologies for Space Systems Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November-December 2000.

M.K. McLelland, B. Walls, S.C. Persyn, "Bridging the Gap Between Present and Future System Architectures: A PCI/VME Solution for Space," IEEE Core Technologies for Space Systems Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November-December 2000.

A. Misra, "NTCIP Standard: A NTCIP DMS Driver," ITS World Congress, Turin, Italy, November 2000.

S. Mohanty, "A Performance Assessment Review Tool for the Proposed Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA," 5th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, Osaka, Japan, November-December 2000.

S. Mohanty, "A Regulatory Approach to Performance Assessment of the Proposed Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA," Waste Management and Fuel Cycle Research Center, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute and Tokai-Works, Tokai-Mura, Japan, December 2000.

S. Mohanty, "An Abstracted Model for Assessing the Effect of Seismically Induced Rock Fall on the Waste Package Performance for High-level Radioactive Waste Disposal," 5th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, Osaka, Japan, November-December 2000.

B.M. Nowak, "Control Methodologies for Precision Assembly," NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, July 2000.

B.M. Nowak, "Industrial Robotics Research Advances and Issues," The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, September 2000.

D.L. Orphal, C.E. Anderson Jr., "Target Damage from Highly Oblique Hypervelocity Impacts of Steel Spheres Against Thin Laminate Targets," Hypervelocity Impact Symposium, Galveston, Texas, November 2000.

R.T. Pabalan, F.P. Bertetti, S. Ioannidis, "Modeling of Zeolite Ion-Exchange Equilibria Using the Wilson Equation," GSA Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, November 2000.

S.L. Painter, "Flexible Scaling Model for Use in Stochastic Simulation of Heterogeneous Reservoir Properties," American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Houston, Texas, December 2000.

S.L. Painter, "The Case for a Neoclassical Approach to Subsurface Heterogeneity Modeling, American Geophysical Society Annual Meeting, December 2000.

J.O. Parra, C.L. Hackert, "A Methodology to Calibrate Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logs with Cores," Sociedad Internacional Petrolera S.A., Santiago, Chile, 2000.

J.O. Parra, C.L. Hackert, P.-C. Xu, "A Model to Relate P-Wave Attenuation to Fluid Flow in Tight Sands, Siliceous Shales, and Carbonate Reservoirs," SEG International Exposition and 70th Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada, August 2000.

B.M. Paulsmeyer, "TxDOT NTCIP Tester," ITS World Congress, Turin, Italy, November 2000.

L. Paxton, D. Morrison, D.J. Strickland, A.B. Christensen, C.I. Meng, G. Crowley, M. McHarg, "Imaging Space Weather Impacts in the Thermosphere," AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2000.

C.J. Pollock, J.L. Burch, D.J. McComas, J.M. Jahn, et al., "ENA (Energy Neutral Atom) Observations of the Earth's Magnetosphere During the August 12, 2000, Geomagnetic Storm," AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2000.

R.J. Reeder, M. Nugent, R.T. Pabalan, "Local Structure of Uranium(VI) Sorbed on Clinoptilolite and Montmorillonite," Surface Chemical Processes in Natural Environments, Monte Verita, Switzerland, October 2000.

T.W. Ryan III, "Fuels for Compression Ignition Engines," Thiesel 2000 Conference for Thermofluidynamic Processes in Diesel Engines, Valencia, Spain, September 2000.

M.J. Sablik, "Effect of Grain Size and Dislocation Density on Nonlinear Harmonics of the Magnetic Induction," Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Nondestructive Testing, Hannover, Germany, September 2000.

M.J. Sablik, "Modeling of Magnetoacoustic Emission and Its Dependence on Magnetic Field Strength and Creep Damage in Steel," Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, September 2000.

M.J. Sablik, B. Augustyniak, "Using Magnetoacoustic Emission (MAE) to Detect Creep Damage at Seam Welds: Modeling and Experiment," ASM International Materials Solutions Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2000.

M.J. Sablik, D. Stegemann, A. Krys, "Modeling Grain Size and Dislocation Density Effects on Harmonics of the Magnetic Induction," 8th Intermag-MMM Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 2000.

M.J.Sablik, C. Weidner, B.Augustyniak, "Finite Element Modeling of Magnetoacoustic Emission and of Stress-Induced Magnetic Effects at Seam Welds in Steel Pipes," 8th Intermag-MMM Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 2000.

B.S. Spigel, "Repairing Corrosion Grind-Out with Composite Doublers," USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Conference, San Antonio, Texas, December 2000.

K.L. Sweetland, A. Tobin, "Evaluation of Technologies to Improve Truck Efficiency," 17th Annual International Electric Vehicle Symposium, Montreal, Canada, October 2000.

B.H. Thacker, D.P. Nicolella, S. Kumaresan, N. Yoganandan, F.A. Pintar, "Probabilistic Finite Element Analysis of the Human Lower Cervical Spine," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, November 2000.

J.A. Waynick, "The Development and Use of Metal Deactivators in the Petroleum Industry: A Review," 7th International Conference on Stability and Handling of Liquid Fuels, Graz, Austria, September 2000.

Internal Research (Funded January 1, 2001)

C.S. Barossia, D.S. Dunn, "Condition-Based Coating Evaluation Sensor Proof-of-Concept."

J.E. Hipp, "Impact Study for Direction Finding Antenna Count Reduction."

J.H. Hughes, "Proof-of-Concept Wearable Direction Finding Vest for the Joint Threat Warning System."

J.E. Johnson, "Impact of Heat Soak after Engine Shutdown on Fuel Nozzle Deposits."

R.M. Killen, D.C. Boice, "Code Development for Monte-Carlo Modeling of Magnetosphere-Exosphere-Solar Wind Interaction."

H. Kwun, G.M. Light, "Development of a Prototype MsS Torsional Wave Probe for Detection of Corrosion in Insulated Piping Filled with Liquid."

R. Link, W.F. Huebner, "Capability Development for Space Missions: Nonthermal Gas Kinetics."

D.J. McComas, "Space Applications of MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems)."

R.H. Peterson, J.L. Fisher, "Modernization and Performance Improvement of EDAS Instrumentation."

C.J. Pollock, R. Goldstein, D.J. McComas, M.P. W�est, "Enhanced Dynamic Range 3D Plasma Composition Analyzer for the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission."

S.J. Schneider, R.D. Lamm, "Investigation into the Development of a Wireless Ethernet Backbone."

W.R. Ward, R.M. Canup, H.F. Levison, "Algorithm Development for Numerically Simulating Planet-Disk Interactions."

SwRI Patents

R.E. Beissner, E.A. Creek, "Method, Apparatus, and Article of Manufacture for Modeling Eddy Current Probes and Simulating Eddy Current Examinations," U.S. Patent No. 6,135,627, October 2000.

M.P. Castles, A.W. Boyd Jr., J.A. Moryl, "Geolocation Communications Method During Visibility Between an Earth-Orbit Satellite and a Transmitter and Receiver," U.S. Patent No. 6,157,896, December 2000.

G. Dearnaley, J.H. Arps, "Amorphous Carbon Comprising a Catalyst," U.S. Patent No. 6,153,327, November 2000.

M.K. Khair, C.A. Sharp, "Fast-Acting Exhaust Gas Recirculation System," U.S. Patent No. 6,138,649, October 2000.

H. Kwun, "Load Sensor for Measuring Engine Cylinder Pressure and Seat Occupant Weight," U.S. Patent No. 6,134,947, October 2000.

G.R. Leverant, J.H. Arps, J.B. Campbell, R.A. Page, "Method of Forming a Diffusion Barrier for Overlay Coatings," U.S. Patent No. 6,143,141, November 2000.

M.A. Miller, S.J. Hudak Jr., "Electromechanical and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Measuring and Imaging Fatigue Damage," U.S. Patent No., 6,151,969, November 2000.

J.O. Parra, "Method for Predicting Continuous and Discontinuous Waveguide Targets Using Interwell Seismic Signature Characteristics," U.S. Patent No. 6,147,929, November 2000.

M.Q. Smith, W. Wang, C.H. Popelar, J.A. Maple, "Method for the Prediction of Rupture in Corroded Transmission Pipes Subjected to Combined Loads," U.S. Patent No. 6,000,277, December 1999.

Published in the Spring 2001 issue of Technology Today®, published by Southwest Research Institute. For more information, contact Maria Martinez.

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