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5560: NIST Handbook 133 - Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods - Basic

Mon, Apr 1 - Thu, Apr 4 2019

This 4 day seminar will focus on the requirements and basic test procedures for packages labeled by weight. This will

Data Driven

June 5, 2018

NIST accelerates the discovery of new materials critical to industry. NIST’s Material Measurement Lab provides data and computational resources to

Technical Support

May 15, 2018

NIST’s nSoft consortium helps product developers solve difficult problems by giving them access to a powerful tool, unlike anything in an industry R&D lab, for

Strength in Numbers

May 1, 2018

NIST is building an infrastructure for advanced data integration and management that promotes scientific innovation in the biological, chemical, and materials

NIST engineer Rick Candell is seen monitoring the strength and clarity of a wireless signal run through a virtual factory environment (a graphic of which is seen on a monitor above Candell's head).

Want to Make Your Factory Wireless? NIST Can Guide You!

May 29, 2018

It’s been called the “smart factory” and even given the lofty moniker of “the fourth industrial revolution.” The manufacturing operation of the just-around-the

Triatomic Spectral Database, Table A.2.1

Table A.2.1. Centrifugal Distortion Analysis of F 2O Transition $$J^{'}_{K^{'}_{P},~K^{'}_{O}}~~J^{''}_{K^{''}_{P},~K^{''}_{O}}$$...

Triatomic Spectral Database, Table A.2.2

Table A.2.2. New Millimeter Measurements on F 2O a $$J^{'}_{K^{'}_{-1},~K^{'}_{+1}}~-~J^{''}_{K^{''}_{-1},~K^{''}_{+1}}$$ Measured...

Triatomic Spectral Database, Rotational and Centrifugal Distortion Constants for F₂O

Rotational and Centrifugal Distortion Constants for 19F 2 16O NOTE: Reanalysis was carried out with new unpublished millimeter...

NIST Flammability Reduction Group Commissioned a Second Cone Calorimeter for Use in its Cone Calorimetry Lab

April 17, 2018

The NIST Flammability Reduction group recently commissioned a second cone calorimeter for use in its cone calorimetry lab. Originally developed in 1982 by

Continuity Planning to Sustain Your Business Forum Being Offered in Puerto Rico

May 24, 2018

PRiMEX, the MEP Center in Puerto Rico and part of the MEP National Network, is offering a free forum on Continuity Planning to Sustain your Business—Tools to

Triatomic Spectral Database, Appendix

1. Molecular Structures for Triatomic Molecules Although none of the structures reported in the literature were reanalyzed in the present...

Convective Accelerometer

NIST’s Michael Gaitan and his colleagues patented a new type of acceleration sensor in the late 1990s. Known as the “convective...

CHAL-AMB2018-02-DMGS

Results for CHAL-AMB2018-02-GS and CHAL-AMB2018-02-DM Cross section characterization: The AMB2018-02 AMMT laser tracks were cross sectioned...

5571: Volume Metrology Seminar

Mon, Aug 12 - Fri, Aug 16 2019

This 5 day OWM volume metrology seminar is designed to enable metrologists to apply fundamental measurement concepts to

CHAL-AMB2018-01-RS

Results for CHAL-AMB2018-01-RS: Part Residual Strains Using Neutron Diffraction 1. Overview Figure 1 indicates the measurement positions for...

man on a phone sitting in front of two computer screens. Other men on computers in the background

Report: U.S. needs immediate and sustained improvements in its cybersecurity workforce

May 30, 2018

WASHINGTON—In a report released by the White House today, the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security urge immediate and sustained improvements in

Triatomic Spectral Database, Acknowledgments

6. Acknowledgments The author is grateful to the many Microwave Spectroscopists who provided reprints, preprints, and data prior to...

a forensic face examiner considers whether two images show the same person

NIST Study Shows Face Recognition Experts Perform Better With AI as Partner

May 29, 2018

Experts at recognizing faces often play a crucial role in criminal cases. A photo from a security camera can mean prison or freedom for a defendant—and

5567: Fundamentals of Metrology - Reschedule

Mon, Mar 11 - Fri, Mar 15 2019

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

Forensic Handwriting Examination and Human Factors

The Expert Working Group for Human Factors in Handwriting Examination has conducted a scientific assessment of the effects of human factors on forensic

Past Meetings

RHGM Meetings Please join us for a series of teleconferences lead by NIST and sponsored by IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Robotic Hands...

Publications

Documents for Public Review Performance Metrics and Test Methods for Robotic Hands Proposed Standard Terminology for Robotic Hands and...

Performance Data Analytics

Performance Data Analytics Attribute and Ordinal Data: Algorithms: Probability of Success (PS) - a PS is calculated from a confidence level...

Grasping Performance Metrics and Test Methods

Summary With a growing number of robot hands, there is an increasing need to capture their individual competencies and characteristics...

Assembly Performance Metrics and Test Methods

Summary New technologies in the areas of robotic arms and end-effectors have the potential to accelerate the use of robotics for assembly...

Robotic Grasping and Manipulation for Assembly

Recent advancements in robotic arms and end-effectors have the potential to accelerate the use of robotics for assembly. The force sensing...

NSCI Seminar: Beyond CMOS Technology Landscape for Future HPC Applications

Wed, Jun 13 2018, 11:00am EDT

The United States has a new HPC roadmap that includes the National Strategic Computing Initiative to build within the

NIST Puts the Optical Microscope Under the Microscope to Achieve Atomic Accuracy

May 22, 2018

Over the last two decades, scientists have discovered that the optical microscope can be used to detect, track and image objects much smaller than their

CNST Releases Spring 2018 Edition of the CNST News

May 22, 2018

The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the Spring 2018 edition of the CNST News. This quarterly

OSAC Releases Draft Implementation Plan and Draft Human Factors Technical Publication for Comment

May 21, 2018

DRAFT Guidance on Testing the Performance of Forensic Examiners The Human Factors Committee (HFC) of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for

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