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AI Visiting Fellows

The NIST AI Visiting Fellow program aims for nationally recognized leaders in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to...

Mina Seif Awarded 2018 MAJR Medal

The “McGuire Award for Junior Researchers” (MAJR Medal) is awarded by the Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC) to a junior

Alamo Colleges District

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2018 Award Recipient, Education Download Printable PDF Highest-Ranking Official* Dr. Mike Flores...

Securing Manufacturing Industrial Control Systems: Behavioral Anomaly Detection--Draft NISTIR 8219 Now Available for Comment

November 7, 2018

Many manufacturing organizations leverage industrial control systems (ICS) to monitor and control physical processes. As ICS continue to adopt standard

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Cybersecurity employees looking at there devices

New Data Show Demand for Cybersecurity Professionals Accelerating

November 7, 2018

MIAMI—Employer demand for cybersecurity professionals across the United States continues to accelerate, according to new data published today on CyberSeek™, a

Ram D. Sriram Selected as ACM Distinguished Member

Dr. Ram D. Sriram of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory has been selected as an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Model-Based Enterprise Program

The Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) program aims to answer how a manufacturer can match product needs to process capabilities to determine the best assets and ways

Full-Scale Furniture Fire Experiments

June 29, 2018

The Flammability Reduction Group recently completed a two-week-long series of full-scale furniture fire experiments in the National Fire Research Laboratory

A rectangular-shaped model of a thatched roof is attacked by embers emitted from the pipe-shaped mouth of the NIST Dragon device.

A Fire-Breathing Dragon Helps Fight Ember Attacks on Thatched-Roof Buildings

December 17, 2018

Visitors to the historic mountain villages in central Japan marvel at the elegance of the steep thatched-roof farmhouses found there. Known as “gassho-zukuri,”

Dr. Ursula Kattner Honored with 2020 William Hume-Rothery Award

Dr. Kattner received the award for outstanding contributions to the development and application of the multicomponent thermodynamics

Nanofabulous: An intern who mentored interns

October 30, 2018

When NanoFab intern Patricio Flores donned a bunny suit for the first time last January, he had never been inside a cleanroom or worked with the precision tools

NCNR Seminar Schedule

Seminars are currently hosted in either fully virtual or hybrid format: see the table entry below for specific details. Requests for sign...

left: illustration of traditional ethylene extraction. Graphic shows a cold thermometer. right: illustration showing use of MOFs

Novel Material Could Make Plastic Manufacturing More Energy-Efficient

October 25, 2018

An innovative filtering material may soon reduce the environmental cost of manufacturing plastic. Created by a team including scientists at the National

NIST invites comments on Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-179 Revision 1, Guide to Securing macOS 10.12 Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

October 19, 2018

NIST invites comments on Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-179 Revision 1, Guide to Securing macOS 10.12 Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security

NCCoE Published its First Draft of the NIST SP 1800-18, Privileged Account Management for the Financial Services Sector

September 28, 2018

The NCCoE published its first draft of the NIST SP 1800-18, Privileged Account Management for the Financial Services Sector . Comments are being accepted from

A New Way to Measure Nearly Nothing

October 19, 2018

Many semiconductor fabricators and research labs are under increasing pressure from, of all things, vacuum. These facilities need to remove greater amounts of

U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day

October 18, 2018

As prepared. Good evening — and thank you, Joe, for that kind introduction. Thanks to the band. You get us in the mood to celebrate standards tonight....

OFPM Architectural Design Review Board

In the Summer of 2018, the OFPM Architectural Design Review Board (ADRB) was created to provide a process for project review and in direct...

An electron micrograph showing a globular cluster of silver nanoparticles atop the surface of a cutting board from which it was scratched off.

Do Kitchen Items Shed Antimicrobial Nanoparticles After Use?

November 8, 2018

Because of their antimicrobial and antifungal properties, silver nanoparticles measuring between one and 100 nanometers (billionth of a meter) in size, are

Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Texas A&M Kingsville received awards in 2017, 2020, 2021, and 2023. Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical...

City University of New York (CUNY), The City College, Division of Science, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2016) Standards-Based Enhanced Academic and...

Purdue University

Purdue University received awards in 2016, 2022, and 2023. Purdue University Libraries, Physical Science, Engineering, and Technology...

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology received awards in 2016, 2020, and 2022. College of Applied Science and Technology, Department of Civil...

University of Michigan

Transportation Institute, Office of Research and the College of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering NIST...

Carnegie Mellon University

College of Engineering, Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering / Engineering and Public Policy NIST Standards Services Curricula...

Jackson State University

College of Science, Engineering and Technology NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2015)...

University of Hartford

College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering Program NIST Standards Services Curricula Development...

Salt Lake County Among Localities Using NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide

October 17, 2018

Emergency managers, industry professionals, and other staff from Salt Lake County (SLCo) and local jurisdictions gathered on Oct. 10, 2018, in West Valley, Utah

NIST Food Safety Workshop

Mon, Oct 28 - Thu, Oct 31 2019

NIST has extensive experience in preparation and characterization of reference materials and providing measurement

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