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Gaithersburg

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...

Novel Sources for Focused-ion Beams Laboratory

Location: Bldg. 216, Rm. E113 Summary Focused beams of ions have a wide range of uses, from nanoscale imaging to the fabrication of...

HVAC&R Equipment Environmental Chambers

Large "Truck" Chamber The large "truck" chamber provides controlled air conditions from -7 °C (20 °F) to 65 °C (150 °F). Air-Conditioner and Heat Pump Test

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 Director Joannie Chin, Director 301-975- 5900 Joannie.chin [at] nist.gov (Joannie[dot]chin[at]nist[dot]gov) Deputy Director Jason Averill 301-975-2528 jason.averill...

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

Micro-Combined Heat and Power Device Test Facility

NIST has developed a test facility for micro-combined heat and power (micro-CHP) devices to measure their performance over a range of different operating

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

Building Integrated Photovoltaic Testbed

The long term performance of building integrated photovoltaic panels is measured "in-situ"using the Building Integrated Photovoltaic Testbed, located within the

Fabrication and Metrology of Novel Magnetic Tunnel Junctions in the Ultra-thin Barrier Limit

Magnetic tunnel junctions, nanostructured by highly charged ions, are being probed and characterized to establish the foundation for novel magnetic random

A high-finesse Fabry-Perot interferometer

Fabry-Perot Displacement Interferometry

High-resolution Fabry-Perot interferometry is being developed and employed for demanding applications in mechanical displacement metrology.

Everyday Estimation

Mass | Length | Area | Volume | Temperature Estimation is more than taking a guess! The ability to interpret measurement scales and...

Course Descriptions: Webinars

NIST OWM has a number of webinars scheduled. IACET level webinars with CEUs are typically two hours in length with specific learning...

Advanced Mass Metrology

Description and Purpose: This 9-day, hands-on advance mass metrology seminar focuses on the comprehension and application of the advanced...

April Tech Transfer Workshop Focuses on Nanotechnology Advances

March 5, 2008

Business executives, entrepreneurs, investors and government researchers and development officials interested in commercializing recent research advances in...

NIST technician putting bolts into the map encasement

NIST Encasement Now Protecting 'America's Birth Certificate'

December 12, 2007

A hermetically sealed glass and aluminum encasement built by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will protect the first world map to label...

NIST Web Site Features Waldseemüller Map Video

March 5, 2008

Visitors to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Web site can view a video that portrays NIST's construction of an encasement for the1507...

NIST/TRC Thermodynamic Tables Go Online

March 5, 2008

A popular chemical database distributed in printed form for 65 years by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now available online. The...

Energy Upgrades Pay Off for Taxpayers and Feds

March 5, 2008

Buildings account for 40 percent of the energy consumed within the United States and a similar percentage of carbon dioxide emissions. National Institute of...

Good Vibrations Probe Innards of Molecular Electronic Junctions

March 5, 2008

Using an unusual spectroscopic technique, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided the most convincing evidence...

NIST Requests Comments on Proposed Biometrics Lab Program

March 5, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public comments on a proposed new program to accredit testing laboratories that evaluate...

Failure Investigations Report Highlights Efforts for Safer Buildings

March 5, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has submitted to Congress the annual report of activities under the National Construction Safety Team...

A NIST researcher adjusts a multi-gas analyzer which will measure carbon monoxide, oxygen, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons concentrations produced by such a generator located, against safety advice, in a garage.

NIST to Study Hazards of Portable Gasoline-Powered Generators

March 5, 2008

The same gasoline-powered portable generators that keep the lights burning, the freezer cold, and the house warm when a storm shuts off the electricity, can...

Infrared optical properties of materials and components

Accurate measurements of the optical properties of materials in the infrared spectral range play an increasingly important role in the aerospace and defense

Obama Administration's Budget Request Includes Vital Science and Technology Investments to Advance U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness

February 1, 2010

Washington, D.C.— President Barack Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget submitted today to Congress for the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of...

Biometrics

Biometrics is the measurement of physiological characteristics like – but not limited to – fingerprint, iris patterns, or facial features that can be used to

Advanced infrared radiometry and imaging (AIRI)

Radiation thermometers and blackbodies can be calibrated using a set of blackbodies. These blackbodies can vary in size and can be fixed-points of the ITS-90 or

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