Experiment design

News and Updates

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

NIST Publishes a Beginner’s Guide to DNA Origami

January 8, 2021

In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3D structures, including miniature

Projects and Programs

Autonomous Materials Science

Ongoing

We use autonomous experimentation (the merger of automated synthesis, characterization, AI-driven decision-making) to elucidate the role of composition

NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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

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

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

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

Benchmarking Active Learning Strategies for Materials Optimization and Discovery

July 9, 2022

Author(s)

Alex Wang, Haotong Liang, Austin McDannald, Ichiro Takeuchi, A. Gilad Kusne

Autonomous physical science is revolutionizing materials science. In these systems, machine learning (ML) controls experiment design, execution and analysis in

Robust spin relaxometry with fast adaptive Bayesian estimation

June 15, 2022

Author(s)

Michael Caouette-Mansour, Adrian Solyom, Brandon Ruffolo, Robert D. McMichael, Jack Childress (Sankey), Lilian Childress

Spin relaxometry with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond offers a spectrally selective, atomically localized, and calibrated measurement of microwave

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