Experiment design

News and Updates

NIST Researchers Automate Chamber Configuration, Quickly Replicating Industrial Settings for Wireless Systems Testing

March 1, 2023

NIST researchers developed an artificial intelligence protocol that can configure a test chamber to replicate the spatial characteristics of measured mmWave

NIST Researchers Link Cutting-Edge Gravity Research to Safer Operation of Construction Cranes

February 17, 2022

In the beginning, all that Stephan Schlamminger wanted to do was to write down an equation that would help him obtain a more precise value for G, the

The Case of the Cloudy Filters: Solving the Mystery of the Degrading Sunlight Detectors

March 25, 2021

More than 150 years ago, the Sun blasted Earth with a massive cloud of hot charged particles. This plasma blob generated a magnetic storm on Earth that caused

Projects and Programs

Autonomous Scanning Droplet Cell

Ongoing

We use autonomous experimentation to elucidate the role of composition, processing, and microstructure on the aqueous corrosion of complex metal alloys. To do

NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

Completed

The "first-of-its-kind" in an entirely new class of reference material, NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid) is now available! The PS

Additive Manufacturing Part Qualification

Completed

Critical parts for defense, aerospace, and medical applications must be formally qualified prior to use. Currently, extensive empirical testing consisting of

AM Machine and Process Control Methods for Additive Manufacturing

Completed

Part quality in additive manufacturing (AM) is highly dependent on the process control, but there is a lack of adequate AM control methods and standards. In

Publications

Continuous Mobile Manipulator Performance Measurement Data

January 18, 2024

Author(s)

Omar Aboul-Enein, Henry Medeiros, Mili Shah, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Roger Bostelman, Ann Virts

Mobile manipulators, which are robotic systems integrating an automatic or autonomous mobile base with a manipulator, can potentially enhance automation in many

Evaluation of Flaw Detection Algorithm Using Simulated X-Ray Computed Tomography of Ground Truth Data

October 4, 2023

Author(s)

Felix Kim, Adam L. Pintar, John Henry J. Scott, Edward Garboczi

A framework to generate simulated X-ray computed tomography (XCT) data of ground truth flaws was developed for evaluation of flaw detection algorithms. The

The choice of message and messenger to drive behavior change that averts the health impacts of wildfires: an online randomized controlled experiment

December 16, 2022

Author(s)

Payam Aminpour Mohammadabadi, Jennifer Helgeson, Paul Ferraro

Abstract Background To reduce the negative health effects from wildfire smoke exposure, effective risk and health communication strategies are vital. We

Simplified algorithms for adaptive experiment design in parameter estimation

November 1, 2022

Author(s)

Robert D. McMichael, Sean Blakley

In experiments to estimate parameters of a parametric model, Bayesian experiment design allows measurement settings to be chosen based on utility, i.e. the

Tools and Instruments

Large Aperture Scanner

The Large Aperture Scanner (LAS) scans a radar transceiver over a 5 meter by 20 meter aperture. Image reconstruction techniques enable a three-dimensional

Awards

Xiao Tang - 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society

For outstanding contributions in optical technologies and systems, with application to quantum communications, spectrometry, and digital