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Registration The registration is now closed unless a faculty at your university had already contacted the instructor before the registration...

Neutron scattering for soft matter materials (2024)

This course is supported by the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering, a partnership between NSF and NIST. Announcement for the...

New NIST Reference Material Aids in Measurement of Cocoa's Active Molecules

July 1, 2021

Cocoa, the substance from which chocolate is made, is thought to have benefits to the human cardiovascular system and so has been the focus of many clinical...

A man in a construction hat points to damage on a concrete column lying on the ground while another researcher looks on.

NIST Will Conduct Technical Investigation Into the Collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium

June 30, 2021

SURFSIDE, Fla. — Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it would launch a full technical...

The remains of what was once a home improvement store in Joplin, Mo., showing the destructive power of the tornado that struck the area in May 2011.

How Does NIST Decide to Do a Full Investigation of a Building Failure?

The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Act of 2002, passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorized the...

2021 Community College of the Northwest Case Study cover

Case Study Shows How Education Organization Adapted Using the Baldrige Criteria

July 15, 2021

The last year brought unique challenges for higher education. Considering i ssues of equity and inclusion, resilience, and innovation, t he fictitious 2021...

A New Control for Measuring Active Compounds and Contaminants in Ginger Root

June 30, 2021

A new NIST reference material for ginger, a popular remedy for nausea, provides values for arsenic, mercury, and lead, helping manufacturers ensure that their...

Two New NIST Reference Materials for Assuring Measurements of Nutrients in Formula

June 30, 2021

To help ensure that babies and patients get all the essential amino acids and other nutrients that they need, infant and prescription adult nutritional formulas...

Data Submission Portal

General Overview Traducción al español Disasters and failure events provide important opportunities for scientists and engineers at the...

2019 William A. Wildhack Award - Georgia Harris

NCSLI will best remember Georgia Harris for her outstanding sustained support for “Education” and has brought a new focus to this much needed area. Georgia has over 30 years of work in the U.S. Weights and Measures. Five with the State of Minnesota...

2007 William A. Wildhack Award - Charles (Chuck) Ehrlich

Chuck serves as the First Vice President and U.S. Member of the International Committee of Legal Metrology, on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Chuck also serves as Chairman of the Joint Committee Guides in Metrology Working Group 2, which is...

2020 OIML Letter of Appreciation – Ralph Richter

This International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) Letter of Appreciation recognizes Ralph Richter for his outstanding contribution and leadership in the revision of OIML R 117 ( Dynamic measuring systems for liquids other than water), the...

ACMD Seminar: Semantic Preserving Translations between NIST's Digital Library of Mathematical Functions and Computer Algebra Systems

André Greiner-Petter University of Wuppertal, Germany and National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 10:00 AM...

Term Positions

Federal Employee/Term appointment (U.S. Citizenship required): Positions created by NIST to advance its critical mission. Application...

Make It Better: A Blueprint for Manufacturing in Northeast Ohio report from OHIO MEP MAGNET

MAGNET Releases Blueprint to Boost Manufacturing in Northeast Ohio

June 15, 2021

Ethan Karp, Center Director at Manufacturing and Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET, part of Ohio MEP), has announced MAGNET’s new report, Make It Better: A...

Critical Software - Definition & Explanatory Material

This section provides the definition of EO-critical software. Following that is a table with a preliminary list of software categories...

Critical Software Definition - FAQs

The following FAQs were compiled in consultation with OMB and CISA to provide additional context to the material. When will the next phase...

Critical Software Definition - Background & Approach

Background Recent incidents have demonstrated the need for the Federal Government to improve its efforts to identify, deter, protect against...

Critical Software Definition - Introduction

October 13, 2021 Note: NIST is updating its characterization of critical software to reflect conversations with the National Security...

Critical Software Definition

Critical Software: Enhancing the Security of the Software Supply Chain One of NIST’s assignments to enhance the security of the software...

Wai Cheong Tam Receives Alice Hamilton Award for Occupational Safety and Health

The research work "Estimation of the critical external heat leading to the failure of lithium-ion batteries" by Wei Tang (NIOSH), Wai Cheong Tam (NIST), Liming Yuan (NIOSH), Thomas Dubaniewicz (NIOSH), Richard Thomas (NIOSH), and John Soles (NIOSH)...

A Group within the Intelligent Systems Division are 2021 FINALIST

Adam Jacoff, Ann Virts, Kamel Saidi, Elena Messina, Kenny Kimble, Dave Schmitt, Tony Downs, and Brian Weiss are recognized as 2021 FINALIST for the 2021 Service to America Medal in the category of Safety, Security, and International Affairs for...

Aspasia Nikolaou Receives Metropolitan Section Civil Engineer of the Year for 2020 – 2021

In recognition of her character, professional integrity, and years of outstanding service to the civil engineering profession.

Boonserm Kulvatunyou Receives OAGi Outstanding Contributor Recognition

For outstanding leadership and innovation, leading to novel tool development and deployment that advances enterprise standardization for reduced cost of integration in the digital economy.

William Bernstein Receives a Certificate of Appreciation

William Bernstein receives a Certificate of Appreciation for his work on two ASMT standards.

KC Morris receives an Award of Special Service

KC Morris receives an Award of Special Service for her work on Committee E60 on Sustainability.

Yan Lu Receives ASME Certificate of Appreciation

Yan Lu is recognized for her work organizing the 2020 IDETC-CIE Student Hackathon.

Moneer Helu is Recognized for Leadership in Smart Manufacturing Standards

Recognized for leadership in smart manufacturing standards and technology development.

Moneer Helu is Recognized as an Outstanding, Early-Career Engineer

Recognized as an outstanding, early-career engineer invited to an intensive symposium to facilitate interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge that could lead to collaborative networks of engineers from the two countries.

Shaw C. Feng is Recognized with the Eli Whitney Productivity Award

Shaw C. Feng is recognized with the Eli Whitney Productivity Award for his outstanding contributions to using efficiently linked data to enable digital metrology, sustainable manufacturing and systems integration for manufacturing industries thereby...

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