Paving the way for transforming the world’s measurement system, an international task force has determined updated values for four fundamental constants of

Aron Laszka Department of Computer Science, University of Houston Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 11:00 – 12:00 Building 222, Room B263...

The purpose of this workshop is to review with participants, sponsors, and key interested parties the findings and

Body armor provides protection from penetrating and blunt force phenomena. Generally, body armor is classified as either being ballistic resistant or stab resistant, or both. The STG performs research that supports the standardization of both types of body armor. These research activities span the range from examining fundamental material behavior through system level performance.

Body armor testing frequently requires the use of a ballistic witness material (BWM), such as clay, to support the armor while it is being tested. The BWM is a critical component of the testing since the depth of the backface signature (BFS) generated from the ballistic impact is often used as an armor performance metric. To improve repeatability and reproducibility in testing, a particular brand and hardness of clay is typically specified. As a commercial product generally intended for use by artists, there are no specifications that precisely describe clay characteristics that are relevant for ballistic applications. To address this need, various methods are used to characterize the current clay and potential replacement BWMs.

Background: In tissue engineering laboratories, delicate fibrous scaffolds, such as electrospun nanofiber scaffolds, are often used as...

Call 41: Results for this call will be posted once the reactor restarts. Individual experiments will be scheduled once the reactor schedule...

Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy uses positrons to probe material defects/voids/free volume at the sub-nm scale. The general working principle is

X-ray backscatter systems are used for the screening of personnel for hidden weapons and other contraband. Unlike conventional radiographic x-ray systems

NIST SP 1500-100 Election Results Reporting Common Data Format Specification This page lists the XML and JSON schema for the NIST 1500...

The Smiths Detection 6046si cabinet x-ray system was designed for security screening of bags, parcels and other objects of similar size. The system runs at 160

The TA Instruments RPA elite rubber process analyzer (RPA) is a strain-controlled rotational shear rheometer for the characterization of polymers, composites

The Large Aperture Scanner (LAS) scans a radar transceiver over a 5 meter by 20 meter aperture. Image reconstruction techniques enable a three-dimensional

The NIST-developed reference ballistic chronograph (RBC) provides repeatable measurements of the speed of a bullet that will impact a test article, such as

Location: Bldg. 216, Rm. E110 With the development of CNST’s cold atom ion source technology, we have created an applications laboratory...

The primary method of obtaining beamtime is through the CHRNS proposal system. Calls for Proposals are issued approximately twice a year....

Experiment Title: A brief description of the experiment serving as an identifier. Submission Type: Normally, a user should submit a PROPOSAL...

From key fobs to 3-D printers, our world is becoming increasingly interconnected, and increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attack. Click on the...

Continuation proposals must be accompanied by an experimental report on the previous beamtime allocation. Reports should be brief, not...

The visitor network has been set up to enable our visitors' access to the Internet. The government computer security policies do not allow...

Ask most folks what they would need to find planets orbiting distant stars, and very few will list a bottle of iodine. Yet that element plays a vital role in

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new way to investigate the high-performance fibers used in modern body

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) will host an event at the National Cybersecurity Center of

Abstract: Silicon photonics has witnessed a decade of growth, from the first demonstration of microring modulators to

The National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced it will initiate a technical modification to a computer security standard used to support the