Technical Staff Activities
Publications
Presentations
Internal Research Projects
Patents
Publications
R.L. Arnoldy, K.A. Lynch, P.M. Kintner, J. Bonnell, T.E. Moore, C.J. Pollock, "SCIFER: Structure of the Cleft Ion Fountain at a 1400-km Altitude," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 23, No. 14, p. 1869, 1996.
P.D. Feldman, H.A. Weaver, D.C. Boice, S.A.
, "HST Observations of MG+ in Outburst from Comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9," Icarus, Vol. 121, pp. 442-449, 1996.
D.A. Ferrill, A.P. Morris, D.B. Henderson, B. Sagar, "Layer-Parallel Shear Above Curved Normal Faults," Proceedings, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, pp. A44-A45, 1996.
G.R. Gladstone, M. Allen, Y.L. Yung, "Hydrocarbon Photochemistry in the Upper Atmosphere of Jupiter," Icarus, Vol. 119, pp. 1-52, 1996.
D.E. Jungbauer, A.J. Smalley, "Recent North Sea Experiences Involving Fatigue Failures of Duplex Stainless Steel Piping Systems," Stainless Steel World, pp. 31-37, 1996.
P.M. Kintner, J. Bonnell. R.L. Arnoldy, K.A. Lynch, C.J. Pollock, T.E. Moore, "SCIFER: Transverse Ion Acceleration and Plasma Waves," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 23, No. 14, p. 1873, 1996.
P.M. Kintner, J. Bonnell. R.L. Arnoldy, K.A. Lynch, C.J. Pollock, T.E. Moore, J.A. Holtet, C. Deehr, H. Stenbaek-Nielsen, R. Smith, J. Olson, J. Moen, "The SCIFER Experiment," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 23, No. 14, p. 1865, 1996.
V.A. Krasnopolsky, G.R. Gladstone, "Helium on Mars: EUVE and PHOBOS Data and Implications for Mars' Evolution," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, pp. 15,765-15,772, 1996.
T.E. Moore, C.J. Pollock, M.L. Adrian, P.M. Kintner, R.L. Arnoldy, K.A. Lynch, J.A. Holtet, "The Cleft Ion Plasma Environment at Low Solar Activity," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 23, No. 14, p. 1877, 1996.
C.A. Moses, H.L. Bernstein, "Fuel-Specification Considerations for Biomass Pyrolysis Liquids to be Used in Stationary Gas Turbines," Proceedings, American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Conference, Paper No. 96-GT-406, 1996.
C.J. Pollock, T.E. Moore, M.L. Adrian, P.M. Kintner, R.L. Arnoldy, "SCIFER: Cleft Region Thermal Electron Distribution Functions," Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 23, No. 14, p. 1881, 1996.
B.C. Rubin, G.J. Fishman, B.A. Harmon, J.H. Waite, R. Link, S.N. Zhang, J.J. Brainerd, G.N. Pendelton, C.A. Meegan, W.S. Paciesas, "Limits on Hard X-ray Emission from the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact on Jupiter," Icarus, Vol. 21, p. 479, 1996.
B. Sagar, "Flow Modeling in Heterogeneous Media in the Context of Geologic Nuclear Waste Repositories," Nuclear Science and Engineering, Vol. 123, p. 443, 1996.
J.R. Sharber, R.A. Frahm, R. Link, C.A. Gurgiolo, J.D. Winningham, E.E. Gaines, D.L. Chenette, "UARS Particle Environment Monitor (PEM) Particle Observations During the November 1993 Storm: Morphology, Spectral Characterization, and Energy Deposition," EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 77, No. 17, pp. S227, 1996.
J.R. Sharber, J.D. Winningham, R. Link, R.A. Frahm, D.L. Chenette, E.E. Gaines, "UARS PEM Contribution to Radiation Belt Modeling," Workshop on Trapped Radiation Belts, J. LeMaire, ed., AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, pp. 213-218, 1996.
J.R. Sharber, R. Link, R.A. Frahm, J.D. Winningham, D. Lummerzheim, M.H. Rees, D.L. Chenette, E.E. Gaines, "Validation of UARS PEM Electron Energy Deposition," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, No. D6, pp. 9571-9582, 1996.
T.J. Warnagiris, "Legal Unlicensed Transmitting," Applied Microwave & Wireless, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 32-54, 1996.
Presentations
K.A. Behring, R.J. McKee, "Testing of Gas Sampling Methods for Industry Applications," American Gas Association (A.G.A.) Operations Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 1996.
D.C. Boice, J. Benkhoff, "Gas and Dust Release from Comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Prior to Collision," International Conference on the SL9-Jupiter Collision, Meudon, France, July 1996.
D.C. Boice, J. Benkhoff, "A Model of Comet P/Wirtanen for the Rosetta Mission," 31st Scientific Assembly of the Committee for Space Research (COSPAR), Birmingham, England, July 1996.
D.C. Boice, J. Benkhoff, "A Model of the Dusty Coma of 2060 Chiron," COSPAR Colloquium on Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors, Versailles, France, July 1996.
E.B. Bowles, T.B. Morrow, C.R. Sparks, J.G. Gregor, "Automatic and Remote Valves for Pipeline Break Detection," A.G.A. Operations Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 1996.
E.B. Bowles, T.B. Morrow, C.R. Sparks, J.G. Gregor, "Gas Pipeline Rupture Detection and Control," ASME International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 1996.
G. Crowley, S. Wing, M. Buonsanto, B. Reinisich, "Transformation of Polar Cap Ionospheric Patches into Blobs on the Nightside," National Science Foundation (NSF)-Coupling Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, June 1996.
G. Crowley, S. Yee, L. Paxton, A. Christensen, "Joule Heating and the NASA-TIMED Mission," NSF-CEDAR Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, June 1996.
B.J. Flynn, J. Vallerga, F. Dalaudier, G.R. Gladstone, "EUVE Detection of the Local Interstellar Wind via Resonance Scattering of Solar HeI 584A," 188th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Madison, Wisconsin, June 1996.
C.J. Freitas, "Tutorial: Commercial CFD Codes: What Can You Really Expect," ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference, San Diego, California, July 1996.
C.J. Freitas, C.E. Anderson, J.D. Walker, D.L. Littlefield, "Hydrodynamic Ram: A Benchmark Suite," ASME Pressure Vessel Piping Conference and Symposium on Structures Under Extreme Loading Conditions, Montreal, Canada, July 1996.
P. Geno, "Multimedia Multiresidue Methods for Measurement of Occupational and Residential Exposure to Pesticides," 33rd Pesticide Residential Exposure Workshop, St. Petersburg, Florida, July 1996.
G.R. Gladstone, J.H. Waite, W.S. Lewis, "Jupiter's X-ray Emissions," AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting, San Diego, California, March 1996.
T.A. Grimley, "Multipath Ultrasonic Flowmeter Performance," A.G.A. Operations Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 1996.
M.G. Grothaus, R.A. Roush, R.K. Hutcherson, M.W. Ingram, "Effects of Pulse Risetime and Pulse Width on the Destruction of Toluene and NOx in a Coaxial Pulsed Corona Reactor," 22nd International Power Modulator Symposium, Boca Raton, Florida, June 1996.
J.E. Johnson, S.J. Svedeman, C.A. Kuhl, J.G. Gregor, A.K. Lambeth, "Pipeline Purging Principles and Practice," A.G.A. Operations Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 1996.
H. Levison, "Our Current Understanding of the Kuiper Belt," International Astronomical Union (IAU) Conference, Versailles, France, July 1996.
H.R. Millwater, "Implementation and Application of Parallel Processing Computer Methods for Probabilistic Analysis," 7th American Society of Chemical Engineers (ASCE) Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1996.
H.R. Millwater, G.G. Chell, D.S. Riha, "A Probabilistic Creep Fatigue Computer Program for Structural Integrity Analysis," ASME Turbo Expo, Birmingham, United Kingdom, June 1996.
J.W. Parker, J.K. Hill, J. Hollis, T.P. Stecher, "Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope Observations of OB Associations and HII Regions in the Magellanic Clouds," 188th Meeting of the AAS, Madison, Wisconsin, June 1996.
J.W. Parker, S.A. Stern, M. Festou, "Ultraviolet Spectra of Chiron Observed with the HST/FOS," IAU Conference, Versailles, France, July 1996.
J.O. Parra, "Evaluation of Interwell Seismic Logging Techniques Using Guided Waves for Gas Reservoir Continuity," Project Review Meeting on Reservoir Characterization, Chicago, Illinois, June 1996.
J.O. Parra, B.J. Zook, "Transmission and Detection of Guided Seismic Waves in Attenuating Media: Model Study," Society of Exploration Geophysicists Development and Production Forum, Vail, Colorado, July 1996.
D.S. Riha, H.R. Millwater, G. Vellathottam, P.R. Perumalswami, "A Finite Element Based Probability Contouring Method for Structural Analysis," 7th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1996.
M.J. Sablik, R.A. Langman, A. Belle, "Nondestructive Magnetic Measurement of Biaxial Stress Using Magnetic Fields Parallel and Perpendicular to the Stress Plane," Quantitative Nondestructive Conference, Brunswick, Maine, July 1996.
H.R. Simmons, "System Response Tools for Pre-Startup Safety Review of Gas Turbine Installations," Process Machinery Institute Symposium, Houston, Texas, March 1996.
S.A. Stern, "Collisions and the Architecture of the Kuiper Belt," Kuiper Belt Workshop, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, Canada, June 1996.
S.A. Stern, "Collisions, Erosion, and Accretion in the Kuiper Disk," New Mexico State University, Department of Astronomy, Las Cruces, New Mexico, July 1996.
S.A. Stern, "Collisions in the Massive, Ancient Kuiper Disk," IAU Conference, Versailles, France, July 1996.
S.A. Stern, J.W. Parker, E. Bowell, M. Buie, B. Bus, M. Festou, B. Flynn, M. A'Hearn, L.M. Trafton, D. Weintraub, "HST Observations of Ultraviolet Reflectance Properties of Outer Solar System Objects: Triton and Chiron," 188th Meeting of the AAS, Madison, Wisconsin, June 1996.
B.H. Thacker, Y.-T. Wu, R.C. Anderson, "Probabilistic Cervical Spine Injury Analysis Methods," 7th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1996.
A.B. Wenzel, "Laboratory Jet Fire Test Procedure for Tubular Sections," Workshop on Jet Fire Resistance Test for Passive Fire Protection Materials, Aberdeen, Scotland, July 1996.
Y.-T. Wu, "Computational Probabilistic Analysis and Design Methods and Applications," Society of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineers Reliability, Maintainability, Supportability and Logistics Conference and Workshop, Dallas, Texas, May 1996.
Y.-T. Wu, "Computational Reliability Methods and Applications," 7th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1996.
Y.-T. Wu, "Probabilistic Computer-Aided Design," Science, Engineering, and Technology Seminar, Houston, Texas, May 1996.
Y.-T. Wu, W. Wang, "A New Method for Efficient Reliability-based Design Optimization," 7th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1996.
Internal Research Projects
"Advanced Timing Methods for High Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometers," D.T. Young, R.P. Bowman
"Advanced Wideband DF Server Technology," R. Black, B. Robison, W.M. Sherrill
"Capability Development for Modeling Solar System Formation," H.F. Levison
"Determination of Maximum Operating Temperature and Breakthrough Volume of Certain Absorbents for Selected Target Analyses," E.J. Baker, S.T. Schwab, P.W. Geno
"Development of a Reliability-Based Design Tool and a Reliability Verification Methodology," W. Wang, Y.-T.Wu
"Development of Precursors to Refractory Ceramics," S.T. Schwab, P.P. Paul
"General Purpose Control Computer with Integrated GPS," W.D. Perry, J.M. Stone, M.K. McLelland, T. Jaeckle
"Hydrate Agglomeration in Multiphase Flow Lines," G.J. Hatton
"Improved Detection Capability for Smart SCF Cleaner Using Evaporative Light Scattering Detector," M.C. Marshall, H.G. Wheeler
"Improved Method of Visual Instrumentation for Ballistic Experiments," S.A. Mullin, J.P. Riegel, M. Lupkowski, D.J. Grosch, S.B. Seida
"Ink Jet Braille Printer: Proof of Concept," T.L. McDaniel, N. Vasishtha
"Innovative Coplanar Shipboard Antenna," R.R. King, N. Patton
"Laser Ignition and Combustion of Natural Gas-Fueled Engine-Phase I: Combustion Bomb Test," J.-X. Ma, T.W. Ryan
"Plasma and Field Package for the National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite," J.D. Winningham, J.R. Scherrer, P. Jenson, R.A. Frahm, J.R. Sharber
"Prediction of Occurrence and Location of Rockbursts in Highly Stressed Deep Underground Mines," S.-M. Hsiung, A. Ghosh, J. Lankford
"Proof of Concept Study for Long-Term IR Compositional Studies," T.H. Morgan
"Reducing NOx Emissions in a Heavy-Duty, Lean Burn, Stationary Natural Gas Engine by Using Natural Gas/Syngas Fuel Mixtures," J.A. Smith
"Support for the Young Engineers and Scientists (YES) Project," D.C. Boice
"Surveillance Analysis of Signals Above 1 gHz," L. Wiebush, J.W. Cuccia
"Ultraviolet Fluorescence Imaging Development," R.H. Hill, P.J. Angell
Patents
G.R. Bartlett, S.B. Farmer, L.B. Hoffman, E.C. Peterson, P.B. Wood, "Method of Wire Harness Assembly System," U.S. Patent No. 5,537,741, 7/23/96
H.L. Grothues, K.S. Pickens, "Automated Design and Manufacture of Artificial Limbs," U.S. Patent No. 5,539,649, 7/23/96
M.C. Marshall, "Apparatus for Cleaning Articles Utilizing Supercritical and Near Supercritical Fluids," U.S. Patent No. 5,533,538, 7/9/96
M. Miller, S.F. Timmons, D.E. Barlow, "Stabilization of Red Amorphous Phosphorous by Ordered Polymeric Structures for the Manufacture of Non-Emissive Fire Retardant Plastics," U.S. Patent No. 5,543,447, 8/6/96
P.D. Musgrave, J. McClusky, "Flame Spray System and Method of Using the Same," U.S. Patent No. 5,544,811, 8/13/96
A.J. Smalley, C.R. Gerlach, R.E. Harris, "Method for Detecting and Specifying Compressor Cylinder Leaks," U.S. Patent No. 5,471,400, 11/28/95
R.H. Thring, E.S. Guy, "Air Assisted Fuel Injector with Timed Air Pulsing," U.S. Patent No. 5,526,796, 6/18/96
T.J. Warnagiris, "Induction Field Coupled Transmission System Incorporating a Passive Transmitter," U.S. Patent No. 5,542,118, 7/30/96
Published in the Fall 1996 issue of Technology Today®, published by Southwest Research Institute. For more information, contact Joe Fohn.
