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ASTM International Committee F45 on Driverless Automatic Industrial Vehicles

Wed, Aug 17 - Thu, Aug 18 2016

To solicit F45 member input for the development of consensus standards within ASTM International Committee F45 on

Iris Experts Group II (IEG-II) June 2016 Meeting

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Location: Lecture Room A, Administration Building, NIST Campus, Gaithersburg MD 20899 Registration: IEG-II...

NIST Workshop on Software Measures and Metrics to Reduce Security Vulnerabilities

Tue, Jul 12 2016

The Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan seeks to fundamentally alter the dynamics of security

Past Events - Applied and Computational Mathematics Division

Workshop on Uncertainty Quantification in Materials Modeling, July 28-31, 2015, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Conference on...

ANSI-Accredited Group: ANSI R15.08, Subcommittee on Industrial Mobile Robot Safety

Thu, Jul 14 - Fri, Jul 15 2016

On July 14-15, NIST will host the ANSI-Accredited Group: ANSI R15.08, Subcommittee on Industrial Mobile Robot Safety

Memcomputing: a brain-inspired memory-enabled computing paradigm

Wed, May 11 2016

Which features make the brain such a powerful and energy-efficient computing machine? Can we reproduce them in the solid

Nanometer-Scale Thermal, Optical, and Mechanical Properties Using Atomic Force Microscopy: Transistors, Carbon Nanotubes, and Polymers

Wed, Jun 1 2016

This work presents atomic force microscope (AFM)-based measurements of nanometer-scale thermal, optical, and mechanical

TC on Quantifying the Weight of Forensic Evidence::Online Proceedings

May 5-6, 2016 National Institute of Standards and Technology Presentations of the first Technical Colloquium on Quantifying the weight of...

High Performance Computing and Visualization

Visualization Programs/Projects in Mathematical and Computational Sciences High Performance Computing Visualization

Scientific Computing

The ready access to powerful computational resources, whether on the desktop, in a lab, in a local computer center, in the cloud, or at a...

Mathematics

Mathematics Programs/Projects in Mathematical and Computational Sciences Foundations of Measurement Science for Information Systems...

International Legal Metrology Glossary of Acronyms

(Acronyms in Purple are cross-linked to web sites) APAC Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation APLMF Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology...

International Legal Metrology Documentary Standards

The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) OIML is the international organization for developing documentary standards related...

OIML Resources

International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) OIML Technical Committees OIML Publications OIML Meetings OIML Bulletin OIML Events...

Development of a First-Generation Community Resilience Assessment Methodology

Community resilience is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that relies on engineering, social sciences, earth sciences, and other disciplines to improve the

Development and Implementation of the Community Resilience Planning Guides

Community resilience addresses the intersection of social science, engineering, economics, and other disciplines to improve the way communities prepare for

In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy of Gas and Liquid Reactions

Wed, Jun 8 2016

In situ transmission electron microscopy is an exciting technique for visualising and quantifying materials reactions

Developing Cost-Effective Resource Allocation Strategies to Enhance Community Resilience

Advancements in measurement science are needed to estimate the economic impact from planned community resilience enhancements that address hazards (e.g

Community Resilience Program

Community resilience is the ability to prepare for anticipated hazards, adapt to changing conditions, and withstand and recover within a specified time frame

SI Education & Training

The International System of Units (SI), commonly known as the metric system, is the international standard for measurement. SI use in...

Gas Flow Standards

Summary NIST's gas flow meter calibrations support a wide range of industries that require low-uncertainty, SI-traceable measurements. These industries include

Wind Tunnel

NIST’s wind tunnel can produce air speeds between 0.15 m/s and 40 m/s. The air speed reference is a Laser Doppler Anemometer (LDA) with an uncertainty of 2.5 %

Liquid Flow Standards

Summary The Fluid Metrology Group has a dynamic, gravimetric liquid flow standard spanning the flow range 0.2 L/s to 15 L/s with uncertainty less than 0.03 % at

Synthetic Biology

Synthetic biology is an essential tool for engineering biology.

Pathogen Detection and Identification: The Next Generation of Analyses

NIST and FDA are co-developing DNA-based materials for mixed microbial detection. Our annual workshop brings together private and public interests to discuss

Gravimetric Standard for Liquid Micro-Flow

The dynamic gravimetric standard is used to calibrate micro-flow meters and to conduct research on new flow sensors. This micro-flow standard measures mass

Super-Resolution Imaging of Plasmonic Nanostructures

Mon, May 23 2016

Noble metal nanoparticles can support localized surface plasmons, which lead to strong nanoparticle coloration and

Combating Antibiotic Resistance

A Paradigm Shift in Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance: Measuring the Transition Between Antibiotic Susceptibility and Resistance With the exception of our own

Standards to Support Biological Detection in the Field

Obtaining high confidence field detection, identification, and quantification of microbial samples remains a challenge. Since 9/11 and the subsequent anthrax

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