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NIST Helps Build Accurate Measurement Infrastructure for 5G Communications

March 18, 2020

As fifth-generation (5G) devices and networks begin to roll out, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping to build the crucial

Schematic shows the five layers of a typical automobile composite body. Mar and scratch damages from five objects, seen as cracks and crevices in the coating layers, are marked.

To Improve Auto Coatings, New Tests Do More Than Scratch the Surface

September 20, 2018

Know that sickening feeling when you exit the grocery store and find your car has been banged up by a runaway shopping cart? It may one day be just a bad memory

New Standard Aims to Ensure Accurate Fares in Both Ride-Hailing Technology and Traditional Taxi Services

February 15, 2018

To calculate a fare, ride-hailing apps rely on mobile devices for determining the vehicle’s movements and travel time, and to access the company’s proprietary

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

Metrology for Real-Time Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing

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

“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

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

AM Machine and Process Control Methods for Additive Manufacturing

Part quality in additive manufacturing (AM) is highly dependent on the process control, but there is a lack of adequate AM control methods and standards. In

Publications

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 R. 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

Spectral and Energy Efficiencies of Millimeter Wave MIMO with Configurable Hybrid Precoding.

June 20, 2019

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

Hybrid precoding architectures are widely studied for millimeter wave (mmWave) massive MIMO systems. A major challenge in designing hybrid precoders is the

Awards

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

This award recognizes individual employees and teams that exemplify exceptional sustainability, energy, and/or environmental performance...