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2013 Summer Programs for Science Teachers

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications for the 2013 NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers and...
Set of Grand Master Thread Gauges

Gauging the Needs of the Petroleum Industry

When he looked at the dramatic increase in his laboratory's thread gauge calibration income – a 50 % increase over last year and a 1000 % increase from 14 years...

NCAL: Plasticity Modeling

Successful modeling of the plastic (not recovered) deformation of a part of structure relies on an accurate model of the material deformation. This material
Marlin Kraft adjusts a current shunt connection.

Minimizing Uncertainty in Current Events

The electrical power industry – and the equipment makers and calibration laboratories that serve it – need to be able to quantify DC currents of hundreds or...

Software Performance Project

NOTE: This work was succeeded by the Software Metrology Project Software Metrology: Helping physical scientists and computer scientists understand one another a

Projects

NCAL's projects are designed to fulfill the mission of NCAL: to develop next-generation mechanical and physical measurement tools to...

Facilities and Equipment

The NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting includes: Two tools funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: High-rate...

Partners

The use of lightweight alloys in vehicles will significantly increase fuel efficiency and cut emissions, but the auto industry lacks data...
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