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NIST Announces 2019 Opportunities for Small Businesses

March 14, 2019

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the fiscal year 2019 Small Business Innovation Research

NIST Genome Editing Workshop

Fri, May 3 2019

Targeted genome editing technologies are being leveraged across many sectors including in the development of novel

How We Work

Capabilities NIST' s Smart Grid Testbed emulates the performance of selected portions of the smart grid and its devices in a laboratory...

Welcome to the NIST Smart Grid Testbed

Empowering Smart Grid Research NIST's Smart Grid Testbed is designed to be agile and reconfigurable, with capabilities that combine virtual...

Application

Follow the link below to apply to the 2019 CHRNS Summer School on the Fundamentals of Neutron Scattering - Spectroscopy. Attendance for the...

CPSC Coag Tool

This is the Size-resolved Particle Model w/ Coagulation Kernel developed for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Access Web App...

CPSC ENP Model

This is the Engineered Nano-Particle Modeling tool developed for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Access Web App: https://pages...

5597: NIST Handbook 133 - Checking the Net Contents (2 days)

Wed, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 17 2019

This 2 day seminar will focus on the requirements and basic test procedures for packages labeled by weight. This will

5596: NIST Handbook 130 - Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulations (4 days)

Mon, Oct 28 - Thu, Oct 31 2019

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Weights and Measures will hold a seminar for

AI-based measurements For Imaging

NIST streamlines deriving measurements from terabyte-sized images and improves image-based measurement accuracy via web-based applications addressing image

Deep Learning for MRI Reconstruction and Analysis

Healthcare is big part of the national economy. Medical Imaging has emerged over the past several decades as a critical diagnosis and therapeutic tool. However

Applied Economics in US Manufacturing

The Applied Economics Office is actively engaged in developing research, tools, and methods for advancing US manufacturing competitiveness...

NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide Success Stories

When communities decide to become more resilient, they need an approach that helps them identify and prioritize options consistent with...

Federal Computer Security Managers Forum Offsite

Wed, May 8 - Thu, May 9 2019

The Federal Computer Security Program Managers' Forum (Forum) is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute

CHiMaD Resources

NIST Center of Excellence https://CHIMAD.NORTHWESTERN.EDU The Materials Data Facility (MDF) is a set of data publication and data...

Materials Modeling Software and Tools

Materials Data Curation System provides a means for capturing, sharing, and transforming materials data into a structured format that is XML...

OSAC Standards Bulletin, March 2019

March 7, 2019

This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and

Housing and Transportation

2019 NCNR/NSF Summer School Housing Information NIST offers some useful visitor information . Lodging: We have reserved a block of...

Previous Schools

2018 Summer School on Methods and Applications of Small Angle Neutron Scattering and Neutron Reflectivity 2017 Summer School on...

Joint EL-MML Paper Receives Editor’s Choice Award

The joint EL-MML paper “Interlaboratory Study for Nickel Alloy 625 Made by Laser Powder Bed Fusion to Quantify Mechanical Property

Jason Fox Receives Best Oral Presentation Award

The best oral presentation award at the 2017 European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology and American Society for

Brian Weiss is awarded the 2018 PHM Contributor of the Year

For significant technical contributions and leadership in the PHM Society including overseeing the expansion of the panel sessions in 2016

2019 CHRNS Summer School on the Fundamentals of Neutron Scattering - Spectroscopy

Maximizing access for the scientific community to transformative neutron scattering instrumentation NIST Center for Neutron...

Materials Data Resources

General Materials Resource Registry allows for the registration of materials resources, bridging the gap between existing resources...

Brian Weiss Receives MVP Award - Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2016

The PHM2016 Most Valuable Player award was issued to Dr. Brian Weiss for his contributions to the organization and management of the panel

Roger Bostelman Receives 2016 Robert J. Painter Memorial Award

Roger’s work with F45 has been extremely noteworthy, and the Painter Award was especially suited to the proactive mindset he has brought to

Relevant Web Pages

Measurement Science for Additive Manufacturing Program (MSAM) The objective of the MSAM program is to develop and deploy measurement...

Relevant Publications

Open-source or pre-print copies of the following publications may be found at https://www.nist.gov/publications . Process Monitoring, Scan...

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New X-ray Measurement Approach Could Improve CT Scanners

March 1, 2019

A new measurement approach proposed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could lead to a better way to calibrate computed

Development of the NIST Prototype Advanced Biometrology Laboratory

Blog detailing the renovation, retrofitting, and assembly of new type of metrology laboratory

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