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2024 Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Mathematics

Congratulations to Justyna Zwolak, who has been selected by the Washington Academy of Sciences (WAS) to receive its 2024 Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Mathematics. The citation for the award reads “For outstanding contributions in the...

Jonathon Phillips elected AAAS Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Dr. P. Jonathon Phillips as an AAAS Fellow. Dr. Phillips was given this honor for his distinguished contributions to the field of computer vision and pattern recognition...

NanoFab Tool: Zeiss Gemini 560 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope

The Zeiss Gemini 560 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) is a high resolution FE-SEM which provides nanoscale imaging from 100 mm diameter

Data Infrastructure for Critical Material Recovery

The Data Infrastructure for Critical Material Recovery project aims to strengthen critical materials recovery data infrastructure via the development of

Julie Borchers Distinguished Mentoring award

2024 Sustained Research Prize of the Neutron Scattering Society of America - Julie Borchers

For groundbreaking contributions to understanding the structure and behavior of magnetic nanostructures using neutron techniques, and for exceptional service to the scientific community. https://neutronscattering.org/2024/04/congratulation-to-the...

2024 Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America - Michihiro Nagao

For seminal neutron scattering studies revealing new dynamic modes in soft membranes. https://neutronscattering.org/2024/04/congratulation-to-the-2024-prize-…

2024 Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America - Yun Liu

For his substantial contributions to the understanding of concentrated colloidal solutions using neutron scattering and his significant efforts to educate the next generation of neutron scatterers. https://neutronscattering.org/2024/04/congratulation...

2024 Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America - Peter Gehring

For seminal contributions to the understanding of the dynamics and structures of relaxor ferroelectrics using neutron scattering and for outstanding commitment to the education of young scientists and service to the neutron scattering community...

Temperature & Humidity Group

Moonlight Measurement on a Hawaiian Volcano

April 22, 2024

For several years, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been building a robotically operated moonlight...

Advanced Informatics and Artificial Intelligence for Additive Manufacturing

Advancements in additive manufacturing (AM) are increasingly driven by advanced sensors and measurements informing increasingly complex modeling and simulation

Metric in Sports: Track and Field

NICE Webinar: Empowering Refugee Communities in Cybersecurity Roles

Wed, Jun 12 2024, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

The presentation slides are available here. Download the Continuing Education Units form . Provide event feedback here

Fundamental Measurements for Metal Additive Manufacturing

Critical parts for defense, aerospace, and medical applications must be formally qualified prior to use. Currently, extensive empirical testing consisting of

Data Integration, Management and Fusion for AM Industrialization

The maturation of additive manufacturing (AM) into an industrialization (wide-scale production) technology requires an expanded notion of integration of both AM

Advanced Machines, Monitoring, and Control for Additive Manufacturing

Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables the direct production of functional metal components from three-dimensional digital

Metrology for AM Model Validation

Multi-physics and data-driven models are necessary to simulate, study, and optimize metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes, such as powder bed fusion (PBF)

A Standard for Quantifying Yohimbe in Dietary Supplements

April 17, 2024

SRM 3383 Yohimbe-Containing Solid Oral Dosage Form is part of a continuing collaboration with NIH-Office of Dietary Supplements to develop dietary supplement...

An SRM for Measuring Arsenic in Shellfish

April 16, 2024

NIST has developed many environmentally relevant Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) over the years, including whale blubber, fish and mussel tissues, human...

Balloting of IEEE 3388 Standard for the Performance Assessment of Industrial Wireless Systems

March 1, 2024

The IEEE draft standard, P3388 , titled “Standard for the Performance Assessment of Industrial Wireless Systems,” has been submitted for IEEE Standards...

NIST Automated Vehicles Team Visits Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to Discuss Collaborative Efforts

March 1, 2024

On February 28-29, 2024, the NIST Automated Vehicles team , representing multiple NIST laboratories, visited the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI)...

SAE Establishes Exploratory Working Group to Develop Automated Vehicles ‘Usage’ Concept

March 1, 2024

What city infrastructure could be used or developed to support automated vehicles (AVs) is a recent topic of discussion in the AV research community. NIST...

NIST Researcher Presents Simulation-Based Approach to Assess Condition Monitoring-Enabled Maintenance in Manufacturing

March 1, 2024

At the 2023 International Conference on System Reliability and Safety (ICSRS) in Bologna, Italy, NIST researcher Mehdi Dadfarnia presented research findings...

NIST Researchers Present to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Systems Analysis Integration

March 1, 2024

NIST’s Systems Analysis Integration (SAI) project was invited to present its research to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Systems Engineering Solutions...

NIST Researchers Publish New Libraries for SysPyS Modeling and Simulation in Manufacturing

March 1, 2024

NIST published Physical Component Libraries for SysPhS Modeling and Simulation in Manufacturing , a NIST interagency report (NIST IR 8490) by Charlie Manion...

NIST Contributes to New Modeling Capability in ISO Product Data Interoperability Standard

March 1, 2024

In January 2024, NIST researchers Allison Barnard Feeney and Rosemary Astheimer worked with Ben Urick (nVariate) and Thomas Thurman (TRThurman Consulting) to...

Last Chance to Register for Virtual Participation in NIST Named Data Networking Community Meeting

March 1, 2024

NIST is hosting the Named Data Networking (NDN) Community Meeting 2024 as a hybrid meeting on March 6-7, 2024. NDNComm provides a community forum to discuss the...

Human/Machine Teaming for Manufacturing Digital Twins

Small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) are falling behind larger firms in efficiency and productivity, and this gap is widening [1, 2]. This is

Digital Twins for Advanced Manufacturing

Manufacturing is undergoing a digital transformation. At the center of this transformation are digital twins: synchronized virtual models that help

Graduating Baldrige Fellows Inspired to Continue Excellence

April 22, 2024

Fifteen senior leaders from a variety of U.S. organizations recently joined 149 other executives as graduates of the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program . Using...

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