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Projects

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Material Measurement Laboratory's (MML) Additive Manufacturing Program (AM) studies the fundamental behaviors of materials under various conditions to produce reference standards that support U.S. commerce. These reference standards benefit U.S. manufacturing and competitiveness. The following are MML AM projects dedicated to the metrology of AM materials and several material types (metals, polymers, ceramics, & biomaterials). Feel free to contact us with questions or opportunities to collaborate.

Additive Manufacturing Workshops

NIST Additive Manufacturing (AM) hosts and participates in various workshops and events. Explore below for information about past and...

Material Science for Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing (AM) uses digital designs to fabricate complex, three-dimensional products that are built up, layer-by-layer . The...

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2024 - William (Mickey) Haynes Symposium Award---Marcia Huber

The Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, the leading international conference in the field, is held every three years in Boulder

Standards Development to Ensure Reliable Breath Analysis in the Field

NIST’s Material Measurement Laboratory is developing prototype “breath in a bottle” reference materials and a breath surrogate delivery system to create matrix

2024 - Institute of Physics Fellow---Vinod Tewary

In June 2024, Vinod Tewary of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Applied Chemicals and Materials Division was elected a Fellow of the

ACMD Seminar: Mechano-pathogenesis of Esophageal Hypertrophy and Atrophy

Xinyi Liu Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Engineering Sciences & Applied Math, Northwestern University Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1...

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NIST Researchers Identify a Cheaper, More Convenient Method to Detect Asbestos

June 25, 2024

Researchers have verified that scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is a highly accurate way to test air samples for the presence of asbestos.

NIST USNO 2023 Archive

UTC (USNO) - UTC (NIST) The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) make...

NIST UTC 2023 Archive

UTC - UTC (NIST) The deviation of UTC(NIST) from UTC has been less than +/-100 ns since July 6, 1994. The table below shows values of UTC -...

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World’s Most Accurate and Precise Atomic Clock Pushes New Frontiers in Physics

July 1, 2024

The clock is the latest demonstration that a much more precise definition of the official second is possible and that new applications of clocks are feasible.

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Sae Woo Nam Posthumously Receives Ho-Am Prize

The Ho-Am Prize is presented each year to individuals who have contributed to academics, the arts, and social development, or who have

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Spotlight: Geomagnetic Storm Creates Bright Northern Lights While Also Affecting NIST’s Cesium Clocks

May 21, 2024

Did you see the northern lights recently? NIST’s cesium fountain clocks did.

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With Some Bumps, NIST Scientists Devise a Novel Way to Extend the Wavelength Range of Microcombs

June 5, 2024

Microcombs – chip-scale devices that generate and measure frequencies of light with exquisite accuracy – have transformed timekeeping and boosted optical

2024 - ACS Colorado Annual Section Award---Jason Widegren

Dr. Jason Widegren of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory was presented with the 2024 ACS Colorado Section Award on May 8, 2024. A

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Johnathon Gard

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Malcolm Durkin

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Bryce Primavera

For the monolithic integration of superconducting single-photon detectors with Josephson junctions for advanced computing and single-photon

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Saeed Kahn

For the monolithic integration of superconducting single-photon detectors with Josephson junctions for advanced computing and single-photon

CHIPS R&D Standardization Readiness Level Workshop

Tue, Jun 4 - Wed, Jun 5 2024

CHIPS R&D Standardization Readiness Level (StRL) Workshop June 4-5, 2024 The CHIPS Research and Development Office’s

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The Big Quantum Chill: NIST Scientists Modify Common Lab Refrigerator to Cool Faster With Less Energy

April 23, 2024

By modifying a refrigerator commonly used in both research and industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have

Josephson Voltage Standard Workshop (JVS Workshop)

Mon, Jul 15 - Tue, Jul 16 2024

The scope of the 2024 Josephson voltage standard workshop is focused on the Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer

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CHIPS Metrology NOFO on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 3:30pm EDT

CHIPS for America recently released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY24 Small Business Innovation

RF Metrology for High-Frequency Transistor Models

Advanced semiconductor technology has led to continuous performance improvements in transistors. However, many iterations are needed to obtain optimal

RF Channel Propagation Measurements and Models for Communications Circuits

An accurate characterization of how the wireless signal propagates through different environments and frequency bands, is key to developing radio frequency (RF)

Quantitative Assessment of Defects and Related Modeling Parameters in GaN Semiconductor Devices

The power electronics and radio frequency (RF) communications industries increasingly rely on semiconductors in the GaN/AlGaN family, where performance is

Nanocalorimetry for Semiconductors and Semiconductor Process Metrology

Advanced methods to measure the thermal properties of thin films and interfaces are required to understand and improve microelectronic device fabrication

Multiscale Modeling and Validation of Semiconductor Materials and Devices

A comprehensive understanding of how current and next-generation materials impact the performance of semiconductor devices is critical to U.S. Semiconductor

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2024 Time and Frequency Seminar

Tue, Aug 13 - Thu, Aug 15 2024

NIST Time and Frequency Division's annual seminar covers precision clocks and oscillators, atomic frequency standards

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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Heat Transport in Gate-All-Around Transistors

Heat management in semiconductor devices is a crucial problem currently limiting device performance and essentially all progress involving reduction of device

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