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Gaithersburg

EL’s Shaw Feng Leads Standardization for Key Performance Indicators for Assessing Manufacturing Sustainability Performance

August 4, 2017

ASTM International’s committee on sustainability ( E60) has developed a new guide that will help companies set reasonable, realistic operational objectives for...

IROS 2017Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition: Manufacturing Track

The goal of the competition is to test the capabilities of a robot system in performing assembly operations relevant to a manufacturing...

Double-Shear of Bolts at High Temperatures

The behavior of high-strength structural steel at elevated temperatures, especially under shear loading, is not well established in the...

Diagram of resistive ram on/off states with moving on/off switch.

With a Gentle Touch, NIST Scientists Push Us Closer to Flash Memory Successor

August 8, 2017

Sometimes a light touch is best: When you're telling a joke or hammering a tiny finishing nail into a wall, a gentle delivery often succeeds most effectively...

ThermoChemical NanoLithography: a new approach to materials patterning

Mon, Sep 18 2017, 10:30am - 11:59pm EDT

Progress in nanotechnology depends on the capability to fabricate, position, and interconnect nanometer-scale structures

NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Education Conference: Registration Open Now!

August 4, 2017

Join us at the NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Education Conference! This year, the conference will take place December 4-5, 2017 at the Omni Nashville Hotel in...

ACMD Seminar: Part-of-Math Tagging and Applications

Abdou Youssef Department of Computer Science, George Washington University and NIST Thursday, August 10, 15:00 - 16:00Building 101, Lecture...

ACMD Seminar: Binomial and logarithmic Gegenbauer expansions for the even-dimensional polyharmonic equation

Howard Cohl Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, ITL, NIST Monday, August 7, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00Building 101, Lecture Room...

NIST Locations

NIST operates in two main locations: Gaithersburg, MD (headquarters—234-hectare/578-acre campus) and Boulder, CO (84-hectare/208-acre campus...

Nanoscale Thermal Imaging of Dissipation in Quantum Systems and in Encapsulated Graphene

Thu, Aug 3 2017, 10:30 - 11:30am EDT

Energy dissipation is a fundamental process governing the dynamics of physical systems. In condensed matter physics, in

5520: Handbook 133 - Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods - Basic

Mon, Apr 16 - Thu, Apr 19 2018

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

Picture of PBD set up for wavelength measurement

The Parallel Beam Diffractometer (PBD) Laboratory

The Parallel Beam Diffractometer laboratory is a highly-controlled space (0.01 degree C stability) containing a set of absolutely calibrated stacked goniometer

The Divergent Beam Diffractometer Laboratory

The Divergent Beam Diffractometer is the primary instrument at NIST used to certify powder SRMs for their X-ray diffraction properties. It is a custom-built

Sub-nanoscale electron microscopy of complex nanostructures

The aim of this project is to develop robust, quantitative measurement methods utilizing transmission electron microscopy methods for complex, nanostructured

Future Plans

New rounds of benchmark tests are planned following a three-year cycle. Work on the 2021 benchmarks started in Fall 2019 with participation...

How To Get Involved

AM-Bench is an international organization that strongly encourages broad participation from industry, academia and national labs from around...

Completed Challenge Problem Submissions and Awards

Challenge Problem Submissions and Awards AM Bench releases challenge problems to the modeling community that are associated with each set of...

David Ferraiolo Receives 2018 IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award

Congratulations to David Ferraiolo on receiving the 2018 IEEE Innovation Award in Societal Infrastructure Award, for advancing the foundations and practice of information security through creation, development, and technology transfer of role-based...

Gaithersburg

EL’s Shaw Feng Leads Standardization for Key Performance Indicators for Assessing Manufacturing Sustainability Performance

IROS 2017Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition: Manufacturing Track

Double-Shear of Bolts at High Temperatures

With a Gentle Touch, NIST Scientists Push Us Closer to Flash Memory Successor

ThermoChemical NanoLithography: a new approach to materials patterning

NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Education Conference: Registration Open Now!

ACMD Seminar: Part-of-Math Tagging and Applications

ACMD Seminar: Binomial and logarithmic Gegenbauer expansions for the even-dimensional polyharmonic equation

NIST Locations

Nanoscale Thermal Imaging of Dissipation in Quantum Systems and in Encapsulated Graphene

5520: Handbook 133 - Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods - Basic

The Parallel Beam Diffractometer (PBD) Laboratory

The Divergent Beam Diffractometer Laboratory

Sub-nanoscale electron microscopy of complex nanostructures

Future Plans

How To Get Involved

Completed Challenge Problem Submissions and Awards

David Ferraiolo Receives 2018 IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award

Richard Kuhn Receives 2018 IEEE Innovation Award in Societal Infrastructure Award

5517: Dimensional Metrology Hands-on Workshop

NIST Funds 12 Projects to Make Communities More Resilient to Disasters

Measurements of Point-Defect Chemistry in Complex Oxides

5428: Internal Auditing Best Practices

5519: Balance and Scale Calibration and Uncertainties, plus User Uncertainties

Standard for Glass Comparison Approved for OSAC Registry

Wireless M2M Network For Power Grid

Collaborative Microgrid for Smart Buildings

Preserving History

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