Precision Engineering Division

The Precision Engineering Division (PED), one of five divisions of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is providing the foundation of dimensional measurement that meets the needs of the industrial and scientific communities by:

  • conducting research in dimensional measurements;
  • developing new measurement methods;
  • providing measurement services;
  • developing National and International artifact and documentary standards; and
  • disseminating the resulting technology and length-based standards.

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Precision Engineering


Through-focus Scanning Optical Microscope Through-focus Scanning Optical Microscope

A novel technique* under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale …

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