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NIST Photometry Short Course

Tue, Sep 24 - Fri, Sep 27 2019
NIST is closely monitoring guidance from Federal, State, and local health authorities on the outbreak of COVID-19. To

Baldrige Process Integrity

Multiple safeguards ensure the integrity of the Baldrige Program and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and ensure fairness and...

Baldrige by Sector: Manufacturing

Can a manufacturer facing global competition, increased pressure on costs, and the need to show quarterly profits benefit from the Baldrige...

New to Baldrige

New to Baldrige? We're Here to Help. "When we began applying the Baldrige principles to our business, little did I realize how different...

Organization

Divisions Materials And Structural Systems serves as the world-class resource for developing and promoting the use of science-based tools –...

About EL

Mission The Engineering Laboratory promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and...

Radiative Gasification Apparatus

This apparatus, developed at EL, determines gasification rate (mass loss rate) of a horizontally oriented specimen exposed in a nitrogen environment to a

Fire Emulator/Detector Evaluator

The fire emulator/detector evaluator (FE/DE) is a computer-controlled flow tunnel used to re-create the environments surrounding detectors in the early stages

EL Contact Information

EL Headquarters Joannie Chin, Director 301-975- 5900 Joannie.chin [at] nist.gov (Joannie[dot]chin[at]nist[dot]gov) Applied Economics Office David Butry, Chief 301-975-6136 david...

Line Heat-Source Guarded Hot Plate

The 1-meter guarded hot-plate apparatus measures thermal conductivity of building insulation. This facility provides for absolute measurement of thermal

Mobile Solar Tracker Facility

NIST's mobile solar tracking facility is used to characterize the electrical performance of photovoltaic panels. It incorporates meteorological instruments, a

Roof Photovoltaic Test Facility

In order to accurately predict the annual energy production of photovoltaic systems for any given geographical location, building orientation, and photovoltaic
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