Automotive

News and Updates

Operating Envelope Specification supports automated driving safety measurement, key to testing and public acceptance of automated vehicles

NIST Proposes Operating Envelope Specification Concept to Support Automated Driving Safety

December 6, 2021

NIST released its Special Publication 1900-301, Automated Driving System Safety Measurement Part I: Operating Envelope Specification. It presents a novel

Detecting mid-infrared light, one photon at a time

June 1, 2021

For some 30 years, scientists have used superconducting materials to record the tiniest specks of light imaginable — individual photons, or single particles of

Red fire extinguisher is attached to pipes and hoses inside a vehicle.

NIST Tool Will Help Military Vehicles Fight Fires Using Less Harmful Chemicals

March 2, 2021

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U.S. military

Industry Impacts

Fare Standards for Rideshare Services

To calculate fares, app-based ride services such as Lyft and Uber don’t use traditional taxi meters, but instead combine data from GPS and cellular networks to

Projects and Programs

Hierarchical Materials

Ongoing

Nature utilizes a hierarchy of length scales and tiered structure to build lightweight, strong, and tough materials. Engineers look to exploit the advantage of

Metrology for Real-Time Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing

Ongoing

Part quality in additive manufacturing (AM) is highly variable due to inadequate dimensional tolerances, surface roughness, and defects, thereby limiting its

Data Driven Decision Support for Additive Manufacturing

Ongoing

“Digital disruption is a change in industry triggered by advances in information and communications technology. During the next few years, the technologies

AM Machine and Process Qualification

Ongoing

Machines and processes used to produce critical components for defense, aerospace, and medical applications must first be formally qualified. While

Publications

Automated Driving System Safety Measurement Part 1: Operating Envelope Specification

December 2, 2021

Author(s)

Edward Griffor, David A. Wollman, Chris Greer

The safety of Automated Driving System (ADS) equipped vehicles and reliable methods for assessing that safety are critical for successfully deploying these

Symposium on Federally Funded Research on Cybersecurity of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)

April 29, 2020

Author(s)

Suzanne Lightman, Tanya L. Brewer

Electric vehicles are becoming common on the Nation's roads, and the electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure (EVSE) is being created to support that

Investigation of the Interlaminar Shear Properties of Fiber Reinforced Polymers via Flexural Testing using Digital Image Correlation

December 2, 2019

Author(s)

Matthias J. Merzkirch, Timothy J. Foecke

Determination of the interlaminar properties of laminate composites to date have included a few direct measurement techniques: the standardized short beam test

Using Statistical Methods and Co-Simulation to Evaluate ADS-Equipped Vehicle Trustworthiness

November 11, 2019

Author(s)

Khalid Halba, Edward Griffor, Thomas P. Roth, Patrick Kamongi

With the increasing interest in studying Automated Driving System (ADS)-equipped vehicles through simulation, there is a growing need for comprehensive and

Awards

OFPM Facilities Support Division Receives 2019 Department of Commerce Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award

OFPM Facilities Support Division’s Kevin Redman and Vivian Shirley won the 2019 Department of Commerce’s Energy and Environmental