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Ann Virts Receives 2025 ASTM International James A. Thomas President's Leadership Award

The ASTM International James A. Thomas President's Leadership Award is an honor presented to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional

Artificial Intelligence Enabled Smart Firefighting

The dynamic conditions of life-threatening fires require rapid decision-making by firefighters and civilians. This project aims to develop novel AI-driven

CTL at NIST Sigma Xi Early-Career Poster Presentation

NIST CTL Showcases Early-Career Innovation at 32nd Annual Sigma Xi Poster Presentation

April 30, 2025

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) proudly participated in the 32nd Annual NIST Sigma Xi Early

Congratulations to the 2024 Baldrige Award Recipients!

April 14, 2025

BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR, Md.—Dr. Eric K. Lin, Acting Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services at the National Institute of Standards and

ACMD Seminar: The Concept of Effective Resistance in a Directed Network

Fern Hunt Scientist Emeritus, Applied & Computational Mathematics Division, NIST Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)...

Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage

Over the last decade, the chemical and materials industries have pursued innovative technologies for greater economic efficiency, while also addressing global

Second Series of Workshops on Measurements and Standards for Advanced Therapy

Regenerative medicine, including cell and gene therapy, provides an unprecedented potential to treat or cure previously

2025 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Samantha Maragh

Dr. Samantha Maragh of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory is a preeminent expert on genome editing technologies and is recognized as

Megan Cleveland with white lab coat and safety glasses in front of a lab bench with pipettes.

2025 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Megan Cleveland

Dr. Megan Cleveland of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory has focused her research on clinical diagnostics and biomanufacturing. She

Graduate Baldrige Fellows Bring Home Lessons on Excellence

April 3, 2025

Eighteen senior leaders recently joined more than 165 other executives as graduates of the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program. Using the Baldrige Excellence

NIST OWM Info Hour: A Primary Lab in Every State? How Groundbreaking Kibble Balance Technology Will Revolutionize the Mass Calibration Laboratory

Thu, May 1 2025, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

On May 1, 2025, the OWM Laboratory Metrology Program welcomed special guest speaker, Leon Chao, NIST Scientific Engineer

2025 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Kyle Anderson

In the last decade, Dr. Kyle Anderson of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory has established himself as an internationally recognized

ACMD Seminar: Accurate, provable, and fast nonlinear tomographic reconstruction

Sara Fridovich-Keil Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2...

2025 Cohort of Baldrige Executive Fellows Announced

April 2, 2025

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is pleased to announce the names of 17 executives who are beginning a year-long leadership development journey in

2024 AAAS Fellow - Jeffrey W Lynn

Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have

Quantum anomalous Hall effect Theory

Quantum anomalous Hall materials exhibit a well-quantized Hall resistance at low temperatures. To increase the operating temperature for these materials, it’s

IEG Announcements Archive 2024

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Return To IEG Homepage 04/12/2024 Annual Meeting: Registration & Agenda Registration for our annual...

D. Richard Kuhn elected AAAS Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Rick Kuhn as an AAAS Fellow. Rick was awarded this honor for his

CSF 2.0 Webinar Series: Deep-Dive into the CSF 2.0 Govern Function to Improve Cybersecurity

Tue, May 20 2025, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event will be rescheduled for a later date. The new date will be announced in the

OWM Welcomes Undergraduate Researchers

March 27, 2025

The Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) welcomes Yoon Thwel, a spring Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) intern and Matthew Kenzinger, a visiting

2070 Balance and Scale Calibration and Uncertainties

Mon, Aug 3 - Thu, Aug 6 2026

This 4-day seminar will cover the calibration and use of analytical weighing instruments (balances and laboratory/bench

National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

Tue, Sep 9 - Tue, Sep 16 2025

The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee advises NIST on carrying out investigations of building

MEP Economic Impacts Boost Business and Jobs

March 20, 2025

According to the MEP National Network TM Client Impact Survey, small and medium-sized manufacturers that work with their local Manufacturing Extension

2024 AAAS Fellow - Peter J. Mohr

Mohr was nominated for "for calculating fundamental quantum electrodynamical effects in atoms, leading the revision of the International

Metric System Estimation

Description and Purpose: The International System of Units (SI), commonly known as the metric system, is easy to use and learn when taught...

NanoFab Tool: Reactive Ion Etcher Oxford RIE PlasmaPro 80

The Oxford RIE PlasmaPro 80 etcher is a versatile parallel plate plasma etching system which uses ionized fluorocarbon and oxygen gases to etch Si, SiO2 and

On-silicon Metrology

Summary Leveraging traditional semiconductor circuits on silicon chips offers new possibilities for advanced measurement capabilities. Small...

Prototyping Platforms for Emerging Technologies

Prototyping is the critical step that links research and development to product commercialization, but the cost and expertise required to build prototypes

FireLiDAR

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a powerful tool to precisely measure and track the surface geometry of solid objects. However, in...

Integrated Testbeds for Advanced Metrology

As the demand for computation grows, new materials and devices are being identified with the potential to provide energy-efficient primitive operations

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