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NanoFab Tool: Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Silicon Etcher: Oxford PlasmaPro 100 Cobra

The Oxford Silicon PlasmaPro 100 Cobra etcher is a fluorocarbon based plasma etch system that provides users anisotropic etching of silicon at room and low

NanoFab Tool: Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Metal Etcher: Oxford PlasmaPro 100 Cobra

The Oxford Metal PlasmaPro 100 Cobra etcher is a chlorine-based plasma etch system that provides users with selective etching of metals. The tool is equipped

Amy Mensch is Selected for the 2025 ASME Lakshmi Singh Early Career Leadership Award

This award recognizes early-career women engineers who have demonstrated considerable leadership in, commitment to, and continued service to ASME. Sponsored by the Petroleum Division, the award honors the work of Lakshmi Singh, a talented early...

BIPM 150th Anniversary Standout Poster

May 23, 2025

World Metrology Day (20 May 2025) marked the sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the Meter Convention. NIST and the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM)...

How Do You Measure It? Site Receives Communicator Award of Distinction

The How Do You Measure It? website received a Communicator Award of Distinction in the General-Science and Technology category and the General-Government category. The Award of Distinction is presented to projects that exceed industry standards in...

Atomic Clock Site Receives Communicator Award of Excellence

The Atoms: Nature's Perfect Timekeeper website received a Communicator Award of Excellence in the General-Science and Technology category. The Award of Excellence is the highest honor. It is only given to those entrants whose work demonstrates their...

50 Years of Fire Safety Advances Site Receives Communicator Award of Excellence and Award of Distinction

The 50 Years of Fire Safety Advances website received a Communicator Award of Excellence in the General-Science and Technology category and an Award of Distinction in the General-Government category. The Award of Excellence is the highest honor. It...

Scott Dockum

Group Manager for Network Agreements Management B Group Scott Dockum is a Group Manager with the National Institute of Standards and...

About ITL

What ITL Does The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) is one of NIST’s six research laboratories that focuses on IT measurements...

Nicole Yunger Halpern Receives 2025 Early Career Scientist Award (ESCA) in Statistical Physics

For her outstanding contributions bridging statistical physics, thermodynamics and quantum information theory.

Li Piin Sung Receives 2025 Mattiello Lecture Award

For her exceptional contributions to the advancement of coating technology.

Scott Jones Receives The 2025 ACI Young Member Award for Professional Achievement

For his contributions to advancing 3-D concrete printing technology, including technical publications, convention presentations, and service on ACI technical committees. He builds partnerships between industry and academia for national...

Marc Levitan Received the Distinguished Engineer Award

The TTU's Distinguished Engineer Award was established during the 1966–1967 academic year to recognize the most outstanding former students of the Whitacre College of Engineering. Since that time, 230 former students of the Whitacre College of...

Deception, Trickery, and Metrology

April 30, 2025

While exploring a box of early 20th century index cards in the NIST archives, I stumbled upon two that starkly illustrated one of NIST's missions – legal...

Navigating Autonomy: NIST CTL and the Road to Trusted Autonomous Vehicles

May 21, 2025

The transition from automation to autonomy is a significant technological leap reshaping multiple sectors—most notably the automotive industry with the...

NIST Engineer Leads the 2025 MBE & QIF Summit

April 14, 2025

In April 2025, MxD hosted the 2025 Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) & Quality Information Framework (QIF) Summit at its Chicago, Illinois headquarters, in...

NIST Researcher Addresses London Healthcare Innovation Forum

April 1, 2025

NIST researcher Dr. Edward Griffor co-organized the London Healthcare Innovation Forum on April 3, 2025 at London’s Canary Wharf in the United Kingdom. With...

NIST Researcher Gives Keynote Presentation at Avnu Alliance Plenary

April 1, 2025

NIST researcher Rick Candell delivered a keynote presentation at the plenary session of the Avnu Alliance Plugfest in Malaga, Spain on April 8, 2025. The Avnu...

NIST Researcher Leads Workshop on Whole Community Preparedness at Smart Cities Conference

April 1, 2025

On 16 April 2025, NIST researcher Michael Dunaway and colleagues organized and led a workshop on “Whole Community Preparedness for Smart, Connected Cities” at...

Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) Establishes Online Resource for Smart Cities and Communities

April 1, 2025

Since its formation at NIST in 2014, the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) has evolved to become a collaborative platform for cities, communities, industry...

MBE & QIF Summit 2025

April 25, 2025

The 2025 MBE Summit was hosted at MxD headquarters in Chicago, IL, April 15 - 18. NIST's Rosemary Astheimer organized technical content in conjunction with the...

CTL Metrology and Calibration Services

Metrology and Calibration Services at CTL The Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) at NIST plays a crucial role in advancing...

CTL 6G Communications Roadmap

Overview The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) is advancing Sixth-generation...

CTL Spectrum Science Roadmap

Overview The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) is advancing spectrum science...

Standard Reference Materials: Standardization of ²³⁹Pu (SRM 4330d)

A new Standard Reference Material (SRM) of 239Pu is being produced and calibrated. Plutonium-239 has a half-life of (24100 ± 11) years and decays to uranium-235

Sixth PQC Standardization Conference

Wed, Sep 24 2025, 9:00am - Fri, Sep 26 2025, 4:30pm EDT

FULL CONFERENCE DETAILS NIST plans to hold the 6th PQC Standardization Conference from September 24-26, 2025 in

NIST’s Curved Neutron Beams Could Deliver Benefits Straight to Industry

April 17, 2025

In a physics first, a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a way to make beams of neutrons...

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2069 Vehicle-Tank & Loading-Rack Meters

Mon, Jun 23 - Fri, Jun 27 2025

Class Description At the end of this course, participants will be able to conduct an official inspection and test of

NIST Study Aims to Improve Utility of the Scanning Electron Microscope

April 25, 2025

Using an electron beam to image the tiniest of defects and patterns on microchips, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) has long been a mainstay of the...

Jordan Weaver Receives 2024 Journal of Manufacturing Processes Outstanding Reviewer Award

For providing exceptional quality and number of peer-reviews for the SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes.

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