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Gaithersburg

Weights and Measures Week

" The evolution and establishment of a uniform system of weights and measures has had a significant impact on society and governments. A...

Illustration shows two houses from above with distances marked between house, woodpile and shed for fire safety.

NIST Offers First-of-a-Kind Guidance for Holistic Home and Community Wildfire Protection

March 1, 2022

Once they have a foothold, severe wildfires can quickly overwhelm a community, particularly one that is densely packed. To shield houses against such a fierce

Smart City Holistic Key Performance Indicators Support Community Benefits

NIST International Collaboration Develops New Framework for Smart Cities and Communities

February 28, 2022

Have you ever wondered what it is about a smart city or community that makes it ‘smart?’ In an international collaboration with Dr. Martin Serrano of the

5805 Fundamentals of Metrology - GAP Interim

Thu, May 19 - Sat, May 21 2022

At the end of the Western Regional Assurance Program (WRAP) event, NIST/OWM will provide an abbreviated Fundamental of

5804 Fundamentals of Metrology - SEMAP GAP Interim

Thu, Mar 31 - Sat, Apr 2 2022

At the end of the Southeast Measurement Assurance Program (SEMAP) event, NIST/OWM will provide an abbreviated

Elizabeth Benham, Leader, Metric (SI) Program

Elizabeth J. Benham Recognized by the IEEE Standards Association

The IEEE Standards Association is an organization focused on advancing global technologies through the Institute of Electrical and

Food Nutrition and Safety Measurements Quality Assurance Program (FNSQAP)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established a Food Nutrition and Safety Measurements Quality Assurance Program (FNSQAP) to support the

ACMD Seminar: Probability Distributions in Peak Matching for DART-MS

Matthew Roberts Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, NIST Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 3:00 PM EST (1:00 PM MST) A video of this talk...

Manufacturing Apprenticeships

The MEP National Network can help you identify apprenticeship opportunities and coordinate with the necessary programs to develop a system that meets your workforce needs.

Training Within Industry (TWI)

Training within industry (TWI) is a dynamic program of hands-on learning and practice, teaching essential skills for supervisors, team leaders and workers.

Value Stream Mapping

MEP Center experts can help you use Value Stream Mapping to better understand your operation, eliminate waste, and identify opportunities.

Toyota Kata Helps Create a Continuous Improvement Mindset

MEP Center experts can help you establish Toyota Kata, a managerial mindset that trains people to use scientific thinking to achieve continuous improvement.

Measuring Up: Coming Out from the Cold

February 24, 2022

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have constructed and tested a system that allows commercial electronic components –

Build plate of additively manufactured (AM) metal parts with microstructure comparison between wrought and AM material

Additive Manufacturing of Metals

This project enables new pathways for innovative materials design of additively manufactured metal alloys through a foundation of measurement science, materials

Northeast Corridor Urban Test Bed for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) was established in 2015 as the third NIST urban testbed following those for Indianapolis and Los Angeles. The NEC project is

Biogenic Modeling and Measurements

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions mix in the atmosphere with CO2 sources and sinks from the biospheric carbon cycle (i.e., photosynthesis and respiration from plants)

Understanding Confined Fluids using Theory, Simulation, and Data-Driven Methods

Theory and simulation are used to advance our understanding of pure and multicomponent fluids confined in tight spaces, such as the pores of a zeolite, metal

Scientists Greatly Expand the Frequencies Generated by a Miniature Optical Ruler

February 23, 2022

Like a vocal coach who extends the octave range of an opera singer, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have expanded by

Department of Commerce Gold Medal (2006)

Gold Medal for Enhancement of Public Safety Communications DJ Atkinson, Randy Bloomfield, Jeffrey Bratcher, Dereck Orr, Eldon Haakinson

Department of Commerce Gold Medal (2008)

Gold Medal for Project 25 Inter-RF Subsystem Interface Test Tool Development Kameron Behnam, Mudumbai Ranganathan, and Stephen Quirolgico

Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (2010)

Bronze Medal for Public Safety Video Quality Initiative Dr. Carolyn Ford's Public Safety Video Quality team developed a VQiPS user guide

Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (2011)

Bronze Medal for Furthering President Obama's Wireless Innovation and Infrastructure Initiative Goal of Establishing a Single, Nationwide

Department of Commerce Silver Medal (2011)

Silver Medal for Successful Implementation of a Voluntary Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program that Increases Public Safety A team of

Department of Commerce Silver Medal (2015)

Silver Medal for Developing an Efficient and Effective methodology for Determining Optimal Configurations and Designs for In-Building

Department of Commerce Silver Medal (2016)

Silver Medal for Designing and Executing a Highly Compressed Speech Intelligibility Testing Voran and Catellier designed and executed a

Comments Received for RFI about Evaluating and Improving Cybersecurity Resources: The Cybersecurity Framework and Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management

Comments Received in Response To Evaluating and Improving NIST Cybersecurity Resources: The Cybersecurity Framework and Cybersecurity Supply...

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