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AI and Flow Cytometry Workshop

Mon, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 10 2025
A NIST–FDA–NIAID Co-Organized Workshop This workshop aims to advance AI/ML applications in flow cytometry and related

Additive Manufacturing Instruments

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Additive Manufacturing (AM) studies various material properties. If you are interested...

Work With Us

There are several ways to collaborate with our National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Additive Manufacturing (AM) team. While...

Battery Electric Vehicles

Lead Researcher: Christina C. Gore Types of Electric Vehicles A battery electric vehicle (BEV) is a vehicle that operates using the charge...
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A Better Balance for Tiny Liquid Masses

Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are developing a mass balance to measure miniscule amounts of liquid with much higher...
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Ursula Kattner Receives 2025 TMS Fellow Award

The TMS Fellow Award is presented to The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) members who have made outstanding contributions to the practice of metallurgy/materials science and technology. The award includes a life membership to TMS and is...

IEG Announcements Archive 2022

2025 2024 2023 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Return To IEG Homepage 09/01/2022 Recommendations to OSAC by discussion groups OSAC, https:/...
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NIST Wins Multiple CyberScoop 50 Awards

NIST’s Cherilyn Pascoe and the Post Quantum Cryptography Standards project team have been selected as winners of the 2024 CyberScoop 50 Awards . The winners were chosen in recognition of their important work in protecting vital networks, critical...

Additive Manufacturing Consortia

Summary The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has and participates in various additive manufacturing (AM) consortia. To...

IEG: Discussion Groups

Description (as of October 2024): The IEG Discussion Groups are ongoing, monthly, online discussions of topics of interest to IEG...
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NIST Wins Multiple CyberScoop 50 Awards

NIST’s Cherilyn Pascoe and the Post Quantum Cryptography Standards project team have been selected as winners of the 2024 CyberScoop 50 Awards . The winners...

U.S. Plastic Recycling Economy

Lead Researcher: Douglas S. Thomas As discussed in NIST AMS 100-64 , plastic is often thought of as unnatural; however, polymers are...

Digital Twin Economics

Lead Researcher: Douglas S. Thomas A digital twin is a computer model of a physical system, such as a machine or building, that has the...

Our Team

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Additive Manufacturing (AM) Team is comprised of three laboratories: Engineering...
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A House Ahead of Its Time

A decade in, NIST’s superefficient house continues to generate results and advance building science.
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Open-Source Wireless Testbed

The NIST Open-Source Wireless Testbed supports research on 5G and next generation networks. The testbed focus is on the deployment of open-source Radio Access

Careers in Manufacturing

The “Careers in Manufacturing” infographic highlights why to choose a career in manufacturing, the top five manufacturing industries...
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