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Documentary Standards and Resources for Laboratory Metrology

The Laboratory Metrology Program generates a series of Documentary Standards and NIST Internal Reports to support its programmatic...

Anyone for Anyons?

February 12, 2025

Researchers have demonstrated that a strange type of quantum particle called the anyon, believed to exist in only two dimensions, can also be created in one...

Jeffrey Voas named as 2024 ACM Distinguished Member

Jeffrey Voas has been selected as a 2024 ACM Distinguished Member for his contributions to software fault injection methodologies, software testability assessments, and software certification methods. The ACM Distinguished Member designation is...

Standards in Visualization

Standards in visualization has a profound impact on the ability for an industry to produce portable and interoperable applications. The...

Carl Miller and Angela Robinson receive Research Impact Award

Cryptographic Technology Group wins Research Impact Award

NIST's Cryptographic Technology Group has been selected to receive the Research Impact Award for their research leading to new post-quantum cryptographic standards. Congratulations to Dr. Dustin Moody, Dr. Angela Robinson, Mr. Andrew Regenscheid, Dr...

Extracellular Vesicles Focus Areas

To enhance measurement reliability in extracellular vesicle (EV) technology, NIST's flow cytometry research focuses on: Standardized cell...

Characterization of Lentiviral Vectors

Physical and functional characterization of lentiviral vectors Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy is a cellular immunotherapy...

Sub-micrometer Particle Standards for Quantitative Flow Cytometry

Interlaboratory Comparison of Number Concentration Measurements The number concentrations of both unstained and fluorescently-labeled...

Quantification of Cells with Specific Phenotypic Characteristics

A Broad International Collaborative Effort for the Development of Human Blood Cell-Based Reference Materials and Controls Accurate...

ACMD Seminar: Calibration and Verification of Expensive Chaotic Models; Short Runs, Ensembles, and Approximate Gradients

Expensive chaotic models, like those used in weather simulation, present a unique set of challenges for tasks like validation and calibration. Often, they are computationally expensive, highly sensitive to parameters, and are written in languages that don't support approaches like automatic differentiation. This talk will provide an overview of approaches that employ ultra-short runs and ensembles to address these challenges with a specific focus on methods to detect unwanted changes in large model codes.

2025 - 2028 ISAC International Innovator - Matthew DiSalvo

My research in flow cytometry focuses on fundamental metrology challenges such as uncertainty quantification (UQ) and measurement comparability. I create microfluidic serial flow cytometers that replicate optical measurements on particles for direct...

Calibrations: Calibrating a secondary standard ionization chamber for photon-emitting radionuclides in ISO 10R vials

NIST has begun a project to expand capabilities in calibrating short-lived radionuclides. Our customers—primarily the radiopharmaceutical segment—currently

IASG Members

IASG has members from nine institutions spanning the globe. New members are welcome to reach out to organizers to join. Imperial College...

International Atomic Spectroscopists Group (IASG)

Mission The International Atomic Spectroscopists Group was organized to increase global collaboration in the atomic spectroscopy community...

2056 Fundamentals of Metrology

Mon, Apr 20 - Fri, Apr 24 2026

The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to the concepts of

2057 Mass Metrology Seminar

Mon, Mar 2 - Fri, Mar 13 2026

The two-week Mass Metrology Seminar is a "hands-on" seminar that incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70

2055 Fundamentals of Metrology

Mon, Jan 26 - Fri, Jan 30 2026

The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to the concepts of

NCAL: Quantifying Crystallographic Texture and Phase Fraction

Most engineering metals are composed of tiny individual granules (grains) sharing a common crystal structure but having different crystallographic orientations

NCAL: Data Management

NCAL applies a variety of mechanical test machines and other characterization equipment to material we are researching. To aid our research, we have developed a

NCAL: International Documentary Standards Activities

As the National Measurement Institute (NMI) for the United States of America, a primary focus of NIST is the development of documentary standards for

An RM for Temperature and Enthalpy Calibration of Differential Scanning Calorimeters

January 31, 2025

A new Reference Material (RM) has been developed for the temperature and enthalpy calibration of differential scanning calorimeters (DSCs). The addition of this...

Open Access to Research (OAR)

The NIST Open Access to Research (OAR) is a collaborative organizational effort established to support the NIST Plan for Providing Public Access to the Results

NCAL: Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Measurement Systems

Over 10 independent digital image correlation (DIC) measurement systems are available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. The majority of these

NCAL: Diffraction Stress Measurement Systems

Two independent x-ray diffraction stress measurement systems are available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. These systems are integrated with

NCAL: Octostrain Test Machine

An octostrain (8 tensile arms) test machine is available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. By increasing the number of arms from the four used

Tension compresion fixturing with upper and lower loadcells and grips and lateral anti-buckling guides with pneumatic actuators

NCAL: Tension-Compression Test Machine

A uniaxial sheet tension-compression test machine is available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. This machine provides additional constraints to

NCAL: Forming Limit Press

A forming limit press is available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. This machine has been designed based on a modified Marciniak punch

Creating Benchmark Datasets for Electron Microscopy-Based Machine Learning Models

We are developing benchmark datasets for machine learning (ML) models trained on electron microscopy data, using NIST’s NexusLIMS dataset to decrease the black

Speakers and Panelists Biographies

Speakers and Panelists information in order of appearance following the Agenda Dianne Poster, NIST Dr. Dianne Poster provides more than two...

Now Announcing: The 2025 Baldrige Award Application is Open!

January 28, 2025

Apply now for the nation’s highest recognition for excellence in organizational performance! The 2025 Baldrige Award Application is open! Baldrige Award...