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Gaithersburg

Built to House an Inferno

May 25, 2017

The new National Fire Research Laboratory aims to make buildings better and safer. The expanded facility can hold

2nd NIST Big Data Public Working Group (NBD-PWG) Workshop

Thu, Jun 1 - Fri, Jun 2 2017

Note: Captions will be posted by 6/10/17. On June 1-2, 2017, NIST will host its 2nd NIST Big Data Public Working Group

diagram of perovskite sample examined by the photothermal indued resonance technique

Unexpected Property May Raise Material’s Prospects as Solar Cell

May 22, 2017

Crystalline materials known as perovskites could become the next superstars of solar cells. Over the past few years, researchers have demonstrated that a...

5503: Compressed Natural Gas Retail Motor Fuel Dispenser

Tue, Jun 13 - Thu, Jun 15 2017

This 3-day seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test CNG RMFD systems; that is, perform an official

5499: Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers and Consoles

Mon, Jun 12 - Fri, Jun 16 2017

This seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers (RMFDs); that is, perform

5510: NIST Handbook 130 - Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulations (3 day)

Tue, Jun 5 - Thu, Jun 7 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Weights and Measures will hold a seminar for

ACMD Seminar: Modeling Diffusion and Capture

Alan Lindsay University of Notre Dame Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 11:00 - 12:00Building 101, Lecture Room BGaithersburg Tuesday, June 13, 2017...

2017 Award for Science and Policy Management - Jonathan E. Hardis

In recognition of over two decades of service in helping to guide, inform and manage the Physical Measurement Laboratory (formerly Physics Laboratory) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an organization which has yielded ground...

Call for Proposals

Next call: To be announced. Please continue checking our website for updates. Web Page Proposal Form Proposal Instructions including tips on...

Beamtime Requests vs. Proposals

A beamtime REQUEST is usually made by a NIST staff member, or a collaborator, or a PRT* member, to ask for days from the allocation of...

User Proposals

All proposals must be submitted via our web-based NCNR-IMS database application. To do so, log on to your NCNR-IMS account . Follow the same...

Obtaining Access to the NCNR Facility

The NCNR uses the web-based Information Management System (IMS) to track interactions with its facility users. The following steps must be...

X-rays from Copper Source Set New Gold Standard for Measuring Industrial Materials

May 12, 2017

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have produced and precisely measured a spectrum of X-rays using a new, state-of-the-art...

NCNR beam time proposal and request form

Proceed directly to IMS Login and the form if you already have an account and are familiar with our process. Otherwise, please read the...

Brief History of Voluntary Standards Published by the U.S. Department of Commerce

Prior to 1966 there were two types of voluntary standards published by the Department of Commerce (DOC). They were referred to as "Commodity...

Voluntary Product Standards Program

Voluntary Product Standards (VPS) published by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) are developed under procedures published by the...

PerfLoc Prize Competition Webinar

Thu, May 18 2017

Webinar Recording The webinar will review the rules and technical details of the PerfLoc Prize Competition announced by

NICE Discusses the Importance of Apprenticeships

May 8, 2017

On Friday, May 5th, Marian Merritt, the Lead for Industry Engagement at the National initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), participated in a Department...

Strengthening Cybersecurity Education and Training Efforts in Michigan

May 5, 2017

In late April 2017, Davina Pruitt-Mentle, NICE Lead for Academic Engagement, participated in multiple events across Michigan to help strengthen state and...

CFTT Raw Test Files

Overview This page allows access to the raw log files generated during CFTT tool testing. NOTE: WE are still in the process of posting...

Sample Environment

The Sample Environment group help researchers in any phase of the experiment with sample environment issues: planning an experiment, loading...

CFTT Technical Information

Cloud Data Extraction (CDX) Deleted File Recovery Disk Imaging Forensic File Carving Forensic Media Preparation Mobile Devices MS Windows...

CFTT General Information

CFTT Methodology Overview Presentations Contacts

SF-424 Research & Related (R&R) Application Package Guidance

The SF-424 Research and Related (R&R) Form is used to collect applicant information. The use of the SF-424 R&R will be specified in the NIST...

Archived Documents

Disk Imaging Specifications 3.1.6 (2001/10/12) Draft Write Blocker Specification (Jan. 07-1) Disk Imaging Specification (2001/03/09) Disk...

Forensic String Search

Forensic String Search Specs Forensic String Searching Tool Test Assertions and Test Plan, Public Draft 1 of Version 1.0, March 2018...

Forensic File Carving

Forensic File Carving Specs Forensic File Carving Tool Specification Version 1.0 Forensic File Carving Tool Test Assertions and Test Plan...

Mobile Devices

Mobile Devices Imaging Specs Growth of Data Artifacts Covered by CFTT Mobile 2025 Will be adding financial data (Google Pay, Apple Pay...

Deleted File Recovery

Deleted File Recovery Specs Active File Identification & Deleted File Recovery Tool Specification (Draft 1 of Version 1.1 March 24, 2009)...

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