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"Vibrations of Raised Access Floors," (with Hal Amick and Michael Gendreau), Invited Paper, Proceedings of the First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics; 144th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico, December 2-6, 2002.
"Facility Vibration Issues for Nanotechnology Research," (with Hal Amick and Michael Gendreau), Proceedings of the Symposium on Nano Device Technology 2002, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 2-3, 2002.
"Generic Vibration Criteria for Vibration-Sensitive Equipment," Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Conference on Current Developments in Vibration Control for Optomechanical Systems, Denver, CO, July 1999.
"Noise of Cleanroom Recirculation Air Systems," (with Mei Wu), Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA, pp. 769-770, June 1998.
"Noise and Vibration Characteristics of Cleanroom Fan-Filter Units," (with Mei Wu), Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA, pp. 771-772, June 1998.
"Noise and Vibration Characteristics of Cleanroom Fan-Filter Units," (with Mei Wu), presented at IEST Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1998.
"Dynamics of Advanced Technology Facilities: A Historical Perspective," Proceedings of the 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, LaJolla, CA, pp. 302-305, May 1998.
"A Discussion of Vibration Issues in Microelectronics Fabrication - Past, Present and Future," (with Ahmad Bayat), Proceedings of the ICCCS 14th International Symposium on Contamination Control, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, pp. 139-143, April 1998.
"Vibration Control in Microelectronics Cleanrooms," Proceedings of Alliance for Construction Excellence, Arizona State University, March 1998.
"Cleanroom Vibration," presented at the Cleanroom Construction Workshop, Dell Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University, March 1998.
"Vibration and Noise Control in Microelectronics Cleanrooms - A Tutorial," Proceedings of Cleanrooms '97 West, Santa Clara, CA, October 1997.
"Vibration Prediction and Control in Microelectronics Facilities," Proceedings of Internoise '96, Liverpool, England, July 1996.
"Monitoring of Vibration in Vibration-Sensitive Facilities," (with Q.G. Holloter), Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 2264, July 1994.
"Investigation of Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction as it Relates to the Design of Foundation Systems for Microelectronics Fabrication Facilities," (with A. Bayat), Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 2264, July 1994.
"Methods of Developing Vibration and Acoustic Noise Specifications for Microelectronics Process Tools," (with T.L. Dresner), Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 2264, July 1994.
"Generic Vibration Criteria for Vibration-Sensitive Equipment," Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 1619, November 1991.
"The Influence of Bases and Benches on the Performance of Vibration-Sensitive Equipment," (with Yung Q. Tran), Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 1619, November 1991.
"Groundborne Vibration - Thoughts on Control by Foundation Design and Other Techniques," (with Hal Amick), Proceedings of Inter-Noise '89, Newport Beach, California, December 1989.
"Noise Prediction and Control in Microelectronics Clean Rooms," (with Amir M. Yazdanniyaz), Proceedings of Inter-noise '89, Newport Beach, California, December 1989.
"Vibration and Noise Control in State-of-the-Art Clean Rooms," (with Hal Amick), Proceedings of Microcontamination '89, Anaheim, California, October 1989.
"Specifying and Interpreting a Site Vibration Evaluation," (with Hal Amick), Microcontamination, October 1989.
"A Study of Low-Frequency Ground Vibration in Widely Differing Geographic Areas," Proceedings of Noise-Con '87, State College, Pennsylvania, June 1987.
"The Design of Low-Vibration Buildings for Microelectronics and Other Occupancies," Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 732, 1987.
"Cost-Effective Design of Practically Vibration Free High-Technology Facilities," (with Eric E. Ungar), American Society of Civil Engineers, May 1985.
"'Maturation' of the Vibration Environment in Advanced Technology Facilities," (with Hal Amick), Journal of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (JIEST), 2005.
"Micro-Vibration and Noise Design," (with Hal Amick), Chapter 39 in Semiconductor Manufacturing Handbook, Hwaiyu Geng, Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2005.
"Evolving Criteria for Research Facilities: Vibration," (with Hal Amick, Todd Busch, and Colin Gordon), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5933: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 1, 2005.
"Vibration and Noise Criteria Used to Evaluate Environmental Impacts of Transportation Projects on Sensitive Facilities," (with Todd Busch and Hal Amick), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5933: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 1, 2005.
"On the Appropriate Timing for Facility Vibration Surveys," (with Hal Amick and Tao Xu), Semiconductor Fabtech, No. 25, Cleanroom Section, March 2005.
"Noise in Cleanrooms Served by Fan-Filter Units: Design Considerations," Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 5-8, 2004.
"Maturation of the Vibration Environment in Advanced Technology Facilities," (with Hal Amick), presented at ESTECH 2004, 50th IEST Annual Technical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, April 28, 2004.
"The Role of Buildings and Slabs-on-Grade in the Suppression of Low-Amplitude Ambient Ground Vibrations," (with Hal Amick and Tao Xu), Proceedings of the 11th Internatinal Conference on Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering (11th ICSDEE) & the 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (3rd ICEGE), Berkeley, CA, January 7-9, 2004.
"The Effects of Ground Vibrations on Nanotechnology Research Facilities," (with Hal Amick and Tao Xu), Proceedings of the 11th Internatinal Conference on Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering (11th ICSDEE) & the 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (3rd ICEGE), Berkeley, CA, January 7-9, 2004.
"Vibration Design of 300 mm Wafer Fab," (with Tao Xu and Hal Amick), presented at SEMI Technology Symposium (STS), SEMICON China 2003, Shanghai, China, March 12-14, 2003.
"Vibration Design in Advanced Technology Buildings," presented at The Scandinavian Vibration Society (SVIB) Vibrationsdagen, Norges Geotekniske Institutt (NGI), Oslo, Norway, November 25, 2003.
"Building Design for Advanced Technology Instruments Sensitive to Acoustical Noise," presented at Buildings for Advanced Technology Workshop, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, January 14-16, 2003.
"Vibrations of Raised Access Floors," (with Hal Amick and Colin G. Gordon), Invited Paper, Proceedings of the First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics & the 144th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico, December 2-6, 2002.
"Facility Vibration Issues for Nanotechnology Research," (with Colin Gordon and Hal Amick), Proceedings of the Symposium on Nano Device Technology 2002, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 2-3, 2002.
"Specification of the effects of acoustic noise on optical tools," Noise & Vibration Worldwide, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 17-22, April 2001.
"Construction Vibrations and Their Impact on Vibration-Sensitive Facilities," (with H. Amick), Proceedings of the Sixth Construction Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 758-767, Orlando, FL, February 2000.
"Environmental Noise Control for Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities," (with M. Wu), presented at Inter-Noise 99 -- The 1999 Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 1999.
"Dynamic Characteristics of Structures Extracted from In-situ Testing," (with H. Amick and A. Bayat), presented at International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Conference on Current Developments in Vibration Control for Optomechanical Systems, Denver, CO, July 1999.
"Effects of Acoustic Noise on Optical Equipment," Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Conference on Current Developments in Vibration Control for Optomechanical Systems, Denver, CO, July 1999.
"Reducing Floor Vibrations: A Polymer Admixture Provides Increased Damping in Concrete Construction of Nanotechnology Facilities," Concrete International, April 2006.
"Buildings for Nanotechnology: A Look Back at the Genesis of a New Building Type," Semiconductor FabTech, January 2006.
"'Maturation' of the Vibration and Noise Environments in Semiconductor Production Facilities," (with Michael Gendreau), Journal of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (JIEST), 2005.
"Centile Spectra, Measurement Times, and other Statistics of Ambient Ground Vibration," (with Michael Gendreau and Nat Wongprasert), Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Environmental Vibrations: Prediction, Monitoring, Mitigation and Evaluation (ISEV2005), Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, September 20-22, 2005.
"Modification of Concrete Damping Properties for Vibration Control in Technology Facilities," (with Paulo J. M. Monteiro), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5933: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 1, 2005.
"Evolving Criteria for Research Facilities: Vibration," (with Michael Gendreau, Todd Busch, and Colin Gordon), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5933: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 1, 2005.
"Use of Vibration Criteria in the Selection of Building Systems for Nanoscale Research Facilities," (with James Montgomery, et al.), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5933: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 1, 2005.
"An Experimental Study of Vibration Attenuation Performance of Several On-Grade Slab Configurations," (with Nat Wongprasert, et al.), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5933: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 1, 2005.
"Vibration and Noise Criteria Used to Evaluate Environmental Impacts of Transportation Projects on Sensitive Facilities," (with Todd Busch and Michael Gendreau), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5933: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 1, 2005.
"Addressing the Environmental Challenges of the NIST Advanced Measurement Laboratory," (with Ahmad Soueid and Theodore Zsirai), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5933: Buildings for Nanoscale Research and Beyond, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 1, 2005.
"Micro-Vibration and Noise Design," (with Michael Gendreau), Chapter 39 in Semiconductor Manufacturing Handbook, Hwaiyu Geng, Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2005.
"Instalaciones Para Nantecnologia," (with Paulo J. M. Monteiro), Construccion y Tecnologia, Instituto Mexicano del Cemento y del Concreto, pp. 26-32, Mexico, June 2005.
"Can Vibration be Controlled with Damped Concrete?" Semiconductor Fabtech, No. 26, Cleanroom Section, June 2005.
"A 'Toolbox' of Damping Treatments for Concrete Structures," (with Paulo J. M. Monteiro), Proceedings of Structures 2005, New York, NY, April 20-24, 2005.
"On the Appropriate Timing for Facility Vibration Surveys," (with Michael Gendreau and Tao Xu), Semiconductor Fabtech, No. 25, Cleanroom Section, March 2005.
"Damping Properties of Polymer-Modified Concrete," Proceedings of the 75th Shock and Vibration Symposium, Virginia Beach, VA, October 17-22, 2004.
"Vibration Control Using Large Pneumatic Isolation Systems with Damped Concrete Inertia Masses," (with Paulo J. M. Monteiro), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MoViC 04), Paper 118, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, August 8-11, 2004.
"Construction of Nanotechnology Facilities: Concrete Proving the Best Material for Vibration Control," (with Paulo J. M. Monteiro), Concrete International, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 68-72, March 2004.
"Maturation of the Vibration Environment in Advanced Technology Facilities," (with Michael Gendreau), presented at ESTECH 2004, 50th IEST Annual Technical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, April 28, 2004.
"The Role of Buildings and Slabs-on-Grade in the Suppression of Low-Amplitude Ambient Ground Vibrations," (with Michael Gendreau and Tao Xu), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering (11th ICSDEE) & the 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (3rd ICEGE), Berkeley, CA, January 7-9, 2004.
"The Effects of Ground Vibrations on Nanotechnology Research Facilities," (with Michael Gendreau and Tao Xu), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering (11th ICSDEE) & the 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (3rd ICEGE), Berkeley, CA, January 7-9, 2004.
"Vibration Design of 300 mm Wafer Fab," (with Tao Xu and Michael Gendreau), presented at SEMI Technology Symposium (STS),SEMICON China 2003, Shanghai, China, March 12-14, 2003.
"Vibration Control," (with Eric Ungar), presented at Buildings for Advanced Technology Workshop, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, January 14-16, 2003.
"Vibrations of Raised Access Floors," (with Michael Gendreau and Colin G. Gordon), Invited Paper, Proceedings of the First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics & the 144th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico, December 2-6, 2002.
"Facility Vibration Issues for Nanotechnology Research," (with Colin Gordon and Michael Gendreau), Proceedings of the Symposium on Nano Device Technology, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 2-3, 2002.
"Vibration Sensitivity of a Laboratory Bench Microscope," (with Matthew Stead), Invited Paper, Proceedings of the First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics & the 144th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico, December 2-6, 2002.
"Designing for Vibrations in the Laboratory," LABoratory: Earl Walls Associates Quarterly Report, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 3-4, Fall 2001.
"Meeting the Vibration Challenges Of Next-Generation Photolithography Tools," (with A. Bayat), Proceedings of ESTECH 2001, the 47th IEST Annual Technical Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, April 2001.
"Dynamic Characteristics of Structures Extracted from In-situ Testing," (with M. Gendreau and A. Bayat), Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Conference on Current Developments in Vibration Control for Optomechanical Systems, Denver, CO, July 1999.
"A Frequency-Dependent Soil Propagation Model," Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Conference on Current Developments in Vibration Control for Optomechanical Systems, Denver, CO, July 1999.
"Vibration Data Representation for Advanced Technology Facilities," Proceedings of the 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 302-305, May 1998.
"Dynamics of Stiff Floors for Advanced Technology Facilities," (with Ahmad Bayat), Proceedings of the 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 318-321, May 1998.
"Analytical/Experimental Study of Vibration of a Room-Sized Airspring-Supported Slab," (with Bea Sennewald, et al.), Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 39-47, March/April, 1998.
"Seismic Isolation of Semiconductor Production Facilities," (with Ahmad Bayat and Zoltan Kemeny), Proceedings of Seminar on Seismic Design, Retrofit, and Performance of Non-Structural Components, Seminar ATC 29-1, Applied Technology Council, pp. 297-312, January 1998.
"On Generic Vibration Criteria for Advanced Technology Facilities: with a Tutorial on Vibration Data epresentation," Journal of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (JIEST), pp. 35-44, September/October, 1997.
"Active Vibration Control in Fabs," (with John J. Kim), Semiconductor International, July 1997.
"Optimizing the Placement of a Road between Two Research Buildings - a Case Study," Proceedings of Inter-Noise '96, pp. 1293-1296, August 1996.
"Analytical/Experimental Study of Vibration of a Room-Sized Airspring-Supported Slab," (with B. Sennewald, et al.), Proceedings of Inter-Noise '96, pp. 1553-1556, August 1996.
"Vibration Control in Labs: How Quiet Can You get?" (with Bea Sennewald), R&D Magazine, pp. 19LS-20LS, March 1996.
"NIST - Advanced Technology Laboratories: Metrology Laboratories & Vibration Control," (with N. C. Pardue), NCSL Workshop & Symposium, Dallas, TX, July 1995.
"Siting Selection for the Advanced Technology Laboratories, National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST): Consideration of Transportation-Induced Vibrations," (with Paul Burge, et al.), Transportation Research Board, Boston, MA, July 1995.
"Facilities for Standards Laboratories," (with B. Sennewald, et al.), 1994 NCSL Workshop & Symposium, Chicago, IL, August 1994.
"Protecting Vibration-Sensitive Facilities from Transportation Vibrations," (with R. E. Nugent), Transportation Research Board Summer Conference, July 1992.
"Vibration Considerations in Land Use Planning," (with R. E. Nugent), AEP Environmental Monitor, pp. 5-8, Summer, 1992.
"Protecting Vibration Environments with Zoning and Land-Use Ordinances," (with R. E. Nugent), Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 1619, November 1991.
"Design of Stiff, Low-Vibration Floor Structures," (with S. Hardash, P. Gillett, and R. Reaveley), Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 1619, November, 1991.
"A Review of Several Methods for Processing Vibration Data," (with S. Bui), Proceedings of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 1619, November 1991.
"A Review of Noise Issues in Semiconductor Clean Rooms," (with A. M. Yazdanniyaz, K. S. Pearsons, and R. E. Nugent), Proceedings of Noise-Con '90, pp. 247-252, October 1990.
"Vibration Control Design of High Technology Facilities," (with E. E. Ungar and D. H. Sturz), Sound and Vibration, July 1990.
"Groundborne Vibration - Thoughts on Control by Foundation Design and Other Techniques," (with Colin Gordon), Proceedings of Inter-Noise '89, Newport Beach, CA, December 1989.
"Vibration Considerations in Zoning," (with R. E. Nugent), Proceedings of Inter-Noise '89, Newport Beach, CA, December 1989.
"Vibration and Noise Control in State-of-the-Art Clean Rooms," (with Colin G. Gordon), Proceedings of Microcontamination '89, Anaheim, CA, October 1989.
"Specifying and Interpreting a Site Vibration Evaluation," (with Colin Gordon), Microcontamination, October 1989.
"Aeroacoustic Study of a 26%-Scale Semispan Model of a Boeing 777 in the NASA Ames 40- by 80- Foot Wind Tunnel," (with Clifton Horne, et al.), NASA Technical Paper, TP-2004-212802, October 2004.
"Airframe noise study of a Bombardier CRJ-700 Aircraft Model in the NASA Ames 7- by 10 Foot Wind Tunnel," (with P. Soderman, et al.), International Journal of Aeroacoustics, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-42, 2004.
"Background Noise Sources and Levels in the NASA Ames 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel at the Turn of the Century - A Status Report," (with Christopher Allen and Paul Soderman), NASA Technical Paper, TP-2003-212259, November 2003.
"Acoustic Quality of the 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel Test Section After Installation of a Deep Acoustic Lining," (with Paul Soderman, Julie Hayes, and Christopher Allen), NASA Technical Paper TP-2002-211851, November 2002.
"Microphone Array Assessment of an Isolated, 26%-scale, High-fidelity Landing Gear," (with Nathan Burnside, et al.), AIAA Paper 2002-2410, Proceedings of the 8th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Breckenridge, CO, June 2002.
"Airframe Noise Study of a CRJ-700 Aircraft Model in the NASA Ames 7- by 10-Foot Wind Tunnel No. 1," (with P. T. Soderman, et al.), AIAA Paper 2002-2406, Proceedings of the 8th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Breckenridge, CO, June 2002.
"Effect of Surface Treatment on Array Microphone Self-Noise," (with Clifton Horne and Chris Allen), AIAA Paper 2000-1937, Proceedings of the 6th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Lahaina, HI, June 2000.
"Effects of Distributed Source Coherence on the Response of Acoustic Arrays," (with Clifton Horne, Julie Hayes, and Srba Jovic), AIAA Paper 2000-1935, Proceedings of the 6th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Lahaina, HI, June 12-14, 2000.
"One-Sided Focusing Schlieren System with Reflective Grid," (with J. T. Heineck), NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 21, No. 7, July 1997.
"Acoustic Measurements of a Model Semi-span Symmetry-Plane," (with Brian Smith), AIAA Paper 1996-1715, Proceedings of the 2nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, State College, Pennsylvania, May 6-8, 1996.
"Multi-Element Acoustic Array Calibration," Research and Technology 1995, NASA TM-110419, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, April 1996.
"HEAT Acoustic Simulation and Data Reliability," HEAT Workshop, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, March 5-7, 1996. Also NASA CDCP-21010, March 1997.
"Reduction of Background Noise in the NASA Ames 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel," (with Chris Allen and Paul Soderman), CEAS/AIAA Paper 1995-152, Proceedings of the 1st Joint CEAS/AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference, Munich, Germany, June 12-15, 1995.
"Two-Dimensional Sound Intensity Analysis of Jet Noise," (with Chris Allen), AIAA Paper 1993-4342, Proceedings of the 15th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 25-27, 1993.
"On the Prediction of Far Field Computational Aeroacoustics of Advanced Propellers," (with Kenneth Korkan), AIAA Paper 1990-3996, Proceedings of the 13th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference, Tallahassee, FL, October 22-24, 1990.
"Thin Film Characterization Using the Point-Deflection Method," (with R. L. Engelstad and E. G. Lovell), Materials Research Society Proceedings, Vol. 695, pp. 145-150, 2002.
"Point-Deflection Method for In-Situ Stress Determination of Advanced Lithographic Masks," (with R. L. Engelstad and E. G. Lovell), Microelectronic Engineering, Vol. 61-62, No. 1, pp. 271-276, 2002.
"Pellicle-Induced Distortions in Advanced Optical Reticles," (with W. H. Semke, et al.), Proceedings of SPIE 20th Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology, Vol. 4186, pp. 207-216, Monterey, CA, 2000.
"A Probabilistic Approach to the Fatigue Total Life of Structure," (with with M. Liao and Q.-X. Yang), Proceedings of the 6th International Fatigue Congress (Fatigue '96), pp. 1305-1310, Berlin, Germany, 1996.
"A Statistical Investigation of Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth Process based upon a Large Sample Size Experiment," (with with M. Liao and Q.-X. Yang), Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, Vol. 9, No.1, pp. 1-12, 1996.