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Regional Measurement Assurance Program (RMAP): Training for the States Across the U.S.

Since the 1990s, the NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) Laboratory Metrology program has organized Regional Measurement Assurance Program (RMAP) annual

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Considerations for Class II Scale Applications

June 26, 2024

For several years, there has been an increase in the use of Class II scales in commercial applications. Previously relegated to pharmacies, jewelry stores, and...

OWM Resources for the NCWM Interim and Annual Meetings

June 26, 2024

NIST OWM produces publications, technical guidance documents, and documentary standards on legal metrology, laws, regulations, measurement devices...

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Announcing OWM’s New (Web and Excel Searchable) Technical Article Library

June 26, 2024

Update: As of FY26, we are no longer maintaining an Excel file of our technical articles. Please go to the OWM Technical Article Library page for all content...

ACMD Seminar: Mechano-pathogenesis of Esophageal Hypertrophy and Atrophy

Xinyi Liu Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Engineering Sciences & Applied Math, Northwestern University Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1...

Update on NIST Activities for EVSE

June 26, 2024

NIST OWM is striving to assist the weights and measures community meet the new technical challenges and demands of America’s continued transition to E-mobility...

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Recorded Webinars for Weights and Measures Available On-Demand!

June 26, 2024

OWM Recorded Webinars and Training Videos OWM develops and delivers a series of recorded webinars and training videos covering a wide range of legal metrology...

Nine Finalists for 2024 Baldrige Award to Get Site Visits

June 24, 2024

Nine U.S. organizations have been selected to receive site visits this summer, proceeding to the final phase of a significantly revised process for applicant...

FRIF TE Exemplar One-to-Many (FRIF TE E1N)

Test Results | Mailing List | Test Plan (PDF) and API About Friction Ridge Image and Features (FRIF) Technology Evaluation (TE) Exemplar One...

Friction Ridge Image and Features Technology Evaluations

Protocols, datasets, and software for engineering biology

OWM Welcomes Scott Simmons as NIST Associate

Byline: Tina Butcher and Katrice Lippa NIST OWM is pleased to welcome Scott Simmons as a new NIST Associate and metering device and...

Alexey Gorshkov Receives 2024 IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award

For pioneering contributions to understanding, design, and control of interacting quantum systems, with applications including quantum computers, sensors, and networks.

FireWorks Conference Presented by the MEP National Network

Mon, Sep 16 - Wed, Sep 18 2024

The FireWorks Conference is presented by the MEP National Network and brings together education and workforce

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NIST Brings Mass Measurement to the Masses

June 12, 2024

NIST has delivered a portable and highly accurate instrument for measuring mass to the U.S. Army, marking the first time in the U.S. that this technology is...

Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Visits New Mexico MEP Client Theta Plate Inc.

June 10, 2024

Dr. Laurie Locascio, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director, visited New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP...

Save the Date - 2025 MBE & QIF Summit April 15-17, 2025

June 25, 2024

In 2024, the MBE Summit in-person event returned and combined with the QIF Summit. The event was held from April 16-19, 2024 at MxD (Manufacturing x Digital)...

NIST Publishes Automated Vehicles Workshop Report

June 4, 2024

NIST held a virtual workshop in September 2023 on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles, attracting over 600 attendees from industry...

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Instrument Testing for Radiation Detection Systems

As part of the building 245 modernization project, NIST has built a new facility designed to allow the testing of small radiation detection instruments, such as

Policy-Relevant Internet Measurement

May 21, 2024 - May 22, 2024

Doug Montgomery (CTL/ Internet Technologies Research Group) participated t in the NSF Workshop on Policy-Relevant Internet Measurement at Georgia Tech...

Supply Chain Optimization and Intelligence Network Celebrates First Anniversary

May 29, 2024

June 1, 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Supply Chain...

UV Disinfection Lights Can Cause Indoor Air Pollution

May 30, 2024

Further research is needed to understand how to minimize the unintended byproducts of ultraviolet light.

MEP Advisory Board Meeting

Thu, Jun 27 2024, 12:30 - 5:00pm EDT

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory Board will

NIST Begins Cybersecurity Project for Water and Wastewater Operations

April 1, 2024

NIST researcher CheeYee Tang, with MITRE staff, have started a project to address the cybersecurity needs for water and wastewater utilities. Through...

NIST Hosts Speaker on Building Inclusive Infrastructures in Academia

April 1, 2024

In an enlightening and engaging session organized by the Belonging Initiative of NIST’s Smart Connected Systems Division, Dr. Sera Linardi (University of...

NIST Engineer Presents the Blood, STEP, and Tears Involved in Digital Manufacturing Standards

April 1, 2024

In March 2024, NIST’s Rosemary Astheimer presented efforts to capture and leverage Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) in ISO 10303, referred to as STEP...

NIST Researchers Give Webinar on Manufacturing Cybersecurity Project to Manufacturing Sector Community of Interest

April 1, 2024

NIST researchers Timothy Zimmerman, Michael Pease, and Michael Powell, with MITRE staff, hosted a webinar with over 100 participants regarding their project...

NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems Team Publishes Paper on Analytical Evaluation for Software-based TSN in Industrial Wi-Fi Networks

April 1, 2024

NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems team’s paper, titled “An Analytical Evaluation for Software-based TSN in Industrial Wi-Fi Networks,” was accepted to the 7 th...

NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems Team Publishes Paper on the Impact of TIG Welding Interference on Industrial Wi-Fi Networks

April 1, 2024

NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems team’s paper, titled “On the Impact of TIG Welding Interference on Industrial Wi-Fi Networks: Modeling of Empirical Data and...

Standards Activities

Applied and Computational Mathematics Division (ACMD) Wireless Body Area Networks NIST is a voting member of IEEE 802.15 and actively...

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