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Neuromorphic Device Measurements

Neuromorphic computing is a radical new approach to information processing for artificial intelligence where, instead of using digital electronics, inspiration

2017 Workshop Presentations

September 11-12, 2017 Presentations Application of Phase Field and CALPHAD methods to Additive Manufacturing in IN625 , Trevor Keller...

Magnetization Reversal in Strongly Coupled TbFe-based Exchange Spring Media

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 10:30 - 11:30am EST

Heat-assisted magnetic recording in bit-patterned media is one of the technologies that could possibly raise areal

ACMD Seminar: A Statistical Approach for Ill-Posed Inverse Problems

Matthew Brown Virginia Tech Friday, November 3, 2017, 15:00 – 16:00 Building 101, Lecture Room C Gaithersburg Friday, November 3...

Maynard (Scott) Dewey Named 2017 APS Fellow

For absolute measurements in neutron physics and ultra-high resolution gamma spectroscopy.

Dispersion and Burning Behavior of Hydrogen Released in a Full-Scale Residential Garage in the Presence and Absence of Conventional Automobiles

Supplemental Video Materials The experiments from which the videos were obtained were conducted at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San...

Local Government Managers Learn about NIST Community Resilience Guides

October 30, 2017

City managers, public works department directors, and county administrators learned about NIST’s Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and...

High Impact Ballistic Testing of Polymer Films

Polymer Mechanics

Polymers play a central role in high rate impact mitigation applications ranging from helmets, to body armor, to aircraft and spacecraft protective coatings. A

Interfacing Molecules with Physics and Biology

Mon, Dec 11 2017, 10:30 - 11:30am EST

Abstract: For several decades nanotechnology has promised a variety of extraordinary advances, from medical

Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships to Reduce Cyber Risks to Our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

March 26, 2014

Introduction Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn and Members of the Committee, I am Donna F. Dodson, the Chief Cybersecurity Advisor working in the...

Can Technology Protect Americans from International Cybercriminals?

March 4, 2014

Introduction Chairmen Broun and Bucshon, Ranking Members Maffei and Lipinski and Members of the Subcommittees, I am Dr. Charles Romine, the Director of the...

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established a Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP), in part as a

FRVT 1:N Identification

FRVT 1:N has moved to https://pages.nist.gov/frvt/html/frvt1N.html

Quality Assurance Programs: Historical Offerings

In the past, NIST coordinated several quality assurance programs to assist participants in identifying and understanding community-wide...

Need Entangled Atoms? Get 'Em FAST! With NIST’s New Patent-Pending Method

November 7, 2017

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have come up with a way to link a group of atoms’ quantum mechanical properties among...

Clear Talk for First Responders

October 25, 2017

For first responders, such as firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians, a successful outcome to a mission—and perhaps the difference...

It’s All About the Mix

October 24, 2017

A marriage between 3-D printer plastic and a versatile material for detecting and storing gases could lead to inexpensive sensors and fuel cell batteries alike...

Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Materials Science

We are investigating and promoting applications of uncertainty quantification to problems in computational material science. Detailed investigation of promising

Object Oriented Finite Elements (OOF)

OOF is a collaborative effort between the Information Technology Laboratory and the Material Measurement Laboratory at NIST. The intended audience of the OOF

Materials Design Toolkit

This framework provides the generic environment for materials design. The ICME (Integrating Computational Materials Engineering) approach is implemented for

Materials Data Repository

The NIST Materials Data Repository is open to the research community interested in developing best practices in the management of materials data. We are

High-Precision Structural Measurements

Atomic arrangements underpin the properties of all solids and, as such, are fundamentally important for materials development. The power of computational

Lattice constant for AI using various exchange-correlation functionals

DFT Benchmarking

DFT is a widely used computational technique in the material science community and it provides interpretative tools for understanding experimental results as

Semi-Automatic Curation

Materials Data Curation System

Transport Properties of Complex Particles and Polymers

Many computational programs exist that are being used by industry for predicting properties of polymer composites, but their general predictive power is limited

CALPHAD Data Informatics

The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) creates a new era of materials innovation that will serve as a foundation for strengthening domestic industries in these

Cloud of Reproducible Records

An important part of the NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology) MGI (Materials Genome Initiative) effort is to investigate infrastructure and tools

Automation for Atomistic Simulation

As part of NIST's response to the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), this project addresses the need for automation for the assembly and distribution of

Integrated Nanoscale Experimentation, Prediction, and Validation

The increased performance of modern computational systems has enabled the size and time scales of materials models to be increased significantly. In parallel

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