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Baldrige Examiner Code of Ethical Conduct

Members of the Board of Examiners (members) for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award® pledge to uphold their professional principles...

Level 1 Basic Proficiency Trial

Presentation o Level 1-3 Open Environments Guide o Level 1 Trifold - Print double sided [TOP] Scoresheet Can print double sided and laminate...

Levels of Proficiency Introduction

Introduction o Levels of Proficiency - Flyer o Levels of Proficiency - Brochure Presentation o Level 1-5 Overview [TOP]

RaDAR Training Materials

This webpage provides training materials for collecting samples for the Rapid Drug Analysis and Research (RaDAR) program. Training material for both qualitative

Baldrige 2025 Examiner Application Now Open

January 6, 2025

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking applicants for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award ® Board of Examiners for the 2025 award...

Isaac Leventon Receives The University of Maryland's Early Career Distinguished Alumni Society

Selected for the Early Career Distinguished Alumni Society (ECDA) in the James Clark School of Engineering for his outstanding professional achievements in the field of engineering.

Ann Marie Virts was Awarded The Exo Technology Center of Excellence Award of Excellence

In grateful appreciation and distinguished recognition for coordinating, planning, and organizing the 2024 ASTM International Exo Games.

Measuring Cell Viability in Scaffolds

Website Serves as a Hub for Federal Government Manufacturing Resources

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched an enhanced manufacturing.gov website...

Consumer examining bottle labels in grocery store

Best Practices for Uniform Unit Pricing: An Update to NIST SP 1181 and NIST Handbook 130 Regulations

December 13, 2024

To help shoppers everywhere get the best value for their money, the NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) convened a unit price working group comprised of...

Left side is a photo of a firefighter dressed in full equipment, including heavy clothing, a helmet and a breathing mask. Right side is a diagram showing the three layers typically found in firefighter gear: outer shell, moisture barrier and thermal barrier.

PFAS Found in Firefighter Gloves, Hoods and Wildland Gear

December 17, 2024

The amount of PFAS in each sample varied greatly, so it may be possible to design gear that reduces exposure.

CESMII and NIST MEP Partner to Boost U.S. Manufacturing with Smart Technologies

November 20, 2024

The Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), part of the Manufacturing USA network, and the National Institute of Standards and...

NanoFab Tool: ThermoFisher Hydra PFIB Dual Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Focused Ion Beam (FIB)

The ThermoFisher Helios 5 Hydra PFIB dual-beam microscope combines a monochromated field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) with an advanced plasma

2025 IEEE Fellow - Dean G. Jarrett

For contributions to high resistance metrology and measurement standards and techniques.

CTL Roadmaps

Overview The National Institute of Standards and Technology Communications Technology Laboratory (NIST CTL) is dedicated to advancing the...

Chuck Ehrlich, Program Leader, International Legal Metrology

Chuck Ehrlich Retires from NIST OWM

Dr. Charles (Chuck) Ehrlich will retire from the NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) on January 25, 2025, after 40 years with NIST and...

Instruments by Category

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Additive Manufacturing (AM) has a variety of tools for AM. If you are interested in...

Instruments by Project

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Additive Manufacturing (AM) has a variety of tools for additive manufacturing. Click...

Instruments by Location

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Additive Manufacturing (AM) has a variety of tools for AM. If you are interested in...

2024 - Presidential Rank Award---Nada Golmie

Dr. Nada Golmie, a NIST Fellow and globally recognized expert in wireless communications, has made significant contributions advancing U.S. wireless technology. With decades of experience, she has led programs focused on advancing next-generation...

ACMD Seminar: nmrPype: Utilizing Linear Algebra to Decompose NMR Signal Data

Mykah Smith Post-baccalaureate Researcher, Delaglio Group, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, 3:00...

NIST Leader Provides Insights on Connected Technologies for Smart Infrastructures at Imagine Nation Executive Leadership Conference 2024

November 1, 2024

On October 28, 2024, NIST Leader Dr. David Wollman, Deputy Division Chief of NIST’s Smart Connected Systems Division, participated in an invited panel session...

NIST Hosts Annual Meeting for the Technical Language Processing Community of Interest

November 1, 2024

On 24-25 September 2024, NIST hosted the annual meeting for the Technical Language Processing Community of Interest (TLP COI) . This year’s meeting centered on...

NIST Engineers Support Vendor Implementations of STEP to Evolve Digital Manufacturing

November 1, 2024

In September 2024, NIST Engineers Rosemary Astheimer and Allison Barnard Feeney participated in meetings held by the MBx Interoperability Forum - a...

NIST Engineer Presents at Women in Manufacturing Summit

November 1, 2024

In October 2024, NIST Researcher Rosemary Astheimer presented at the 2024 Women in Manufacturing Summit in Boston, Massachusetts. The Summit, attended by over 2...

NIST Research Leader Featured at IECON 2024 Industry Forum

November 1, 2024

At the 50 th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society ( IECON 2024 ) in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Richard (Rick) Candell, Principal...

NIST Researchers Give Presentation on High-reliability Industrial Wireless Communications at IECON 2024

November 1, 2024

At the 50 th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society ( IECON 2024 ), Dr. Richard (Rick) Candell presented a collaborative effort between...

NIST Industrial Wireless Team Supports Kick-off of the ASTM F45.04 Task Group on Mitigation of Interference in Wireless Communication Systems

November 1, 2024

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Research Lead Dr. Richard (Rick) Candell participated in the kick-off meeting for the ASTM F45.04 System Communication and...

NIST Hosts Workshop on “Whole Community Preparedness for Smart Cities and Communities”

October 1, 2024

On 27-28 August 2024, NIST’s Smart Connected Systems Division hosted a workshop at the George H. W. Bush School of Government and Public Service in Washington D...

NIST Introduces a Meta-Framework to Strengthen Supply Chain Traceability in Critical Infrastructure Sectors

October 1, 2024

The security and stability of the United States’ national manufacturing and critical infrastructure supply chains are vital to the health, security, and growth...

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