Projects/Programs

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Accelerated Weathering Laboratory: Metrology and Technology Transfer

Ongoing

The NIST Accelerated Weathering Laboratory provides researchers with well-quantified accelerated aging environments, using a unique SPHERE (Simulated

Additive Manufacturing with Cement-based Materials

Ongoing

Additive Manufacturing (AM) with concrete, also known as 3-D Concrete Printing (3DCP), is an emerging technology in the construction industry. This approach to

Advancing the Seismic Implementation of High Strength Reinforcement Bars in Reinforced Concrete Structural Wall Systems

Completed

Grade 60 reinforcement, with a nominal yield strength of 60 ksi (420 MPa), has been the primary type of reinforcement used in concrete construction in the US

Assessing Pyrrhotite in Concrete

Ongoing

Damage to concrete structures in residential and commercial construction in central Connecticut have been attributed to the iron sulfide mineral pyrrhotite

Assuring Performance of Infrastructure Repair Materials Project

Completed

In spite of advances in materials and construction technologies, our nation's civil infrastructure remains in a state of serious decay. The 2013 American

Building-Level Seismic Performance Assessment

Ongoing

This project focuses on two research tasks promoting enhanced seismic building performance. Research Task 1 investigates the use of low-damage rocking systems

Chemical, Structural, and Kinetic Measurement Technologies for Cementitious Materials

Completed

The unceasing quest for more durable, more environmentally friendly, and less expensive construction materials is compelling the concrete industry to adopt

Coastal Inundation: Hazard Characterization and Structural Design

Ongoing

The project develops next-generation procedures for achieving designs that are safe, sustainable, and economical under coastal inundation, consistent with

Collapse Assessment of Buildings under Seismic Loading

Completed

NIST recently completed a multi-year study of three structural steel framing systems to evaluate the correlation between ASCE/SEI 7 (ASCE 2010) and ASCE/SEI 41

Collapse Performance Modeling of Nonductile Reinforced Concrete Columns under Combined Axial and Seismic Loading

Completed

This project studies the collapse performance of concrete columns that do not meet the stringent reinforcement requirements for special columns defined by ACI

Community Resilience Program

Ongoing

Community resilience has emerged as a way to reduce the direct and indirect costs due to natural, technological, and human-caused hazard events. There continues

Design Methods for Resilient Community Systems

Ongoing

The Community Resilience Program is developing resilience metrics and integrated models of physical, social, and economic systems at the community scale. These

Developing Cost-Effective Relationships Between Federal Building Profiles and Seismic Retrofit Cost

Completed

Advancements in measurement science are needed to evaluate the benefits and costs of risk mitigation activities (retrofits) implemented to improve seismic

Developing Cost-Effective Resource Allocation Strategies to Enhance Community Resilience

Ongoing

Advancements in measurement science are needed to estimate the economic impact from planned community resilience enhancements that address natural and human

Development of a First-Generation Community Resilience Assessment Methodology

Ongoing

Community resilience is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that relies on engineering, social sciences, earth sciences, and other disciplines to improve the

Development of a First-Generation Community-Resilience Systems Model

Ongoing

Community resilience is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that relies on engineering, earth sciences, social sciences, and other disciplines to improve the

Development and Implementation of the Community Resilience Planning Guides

Ongoing

Community resilience is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that relies on the intersection of social science, engineering, economics, and other disciplines to

Direct Assessment of Concrete-Making Materials for Standards and Specifications

Ongoing

Today's cement and concrete specifications are based on the 1948 work,” Long-Time Study of Cement Performance in Concrete”. While the 1948 study established

Disaster and Failure Studies & Disaster Metrology Studies

Ongoing

Extreme events test buildings and infrastructure in ways and on a scale that cannot be easily replicated in a laboratory – buildings and infrastructure are

Earthquake Risk Reduction in Buildings and Infrastructure Program

Ongoing

The Earthquake Risk Reduction in Buildings and Infrastructure Program conducts critical research to advance measurement science and enhance performance of the

Energy-based collapse assessment of framed structures for performance-based seismic engineering

Completed

The onset of structural collapse is used as the acceptance criterion in performance-based seismic engineering, but there is no consensus on how to define

Engineered Materials for Resilient Infrastructure Program

Ongoing

Infrastructure is essential for commerce. Planners and stakeholders want to develop infrastructure that is resilient to both chronic (e.g., material degradation

Functional Recovery of Buildings and Lifelines

Ongoing

This project advances key areas of engineering knowledge and practice that are necessary for the development of a robust framework for functional recovery

Hydration Reactions in Microstructures Project

Completed

Improved resilience of the U.S. civil infrastructure requires better knowledge of the performance of concrete structural components. This could be enabled by

Implementation of Joplin Tornado Recommendations

Ongoing

In March, 2014, NIST completed its investigation of the 2011 Joplin tornado and issued a final report ( Final Report, NIST Technical Investigation of the May 22

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
-Bioinformatics
-Biomanufacturing
-Biomaterials
-Cell biology
-Engineering / synthetic biology
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Energy efficiency
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Structural engineering
-Thermal comfort
Chemistry
-Analytical chemistry
-Chemical engineering and processing
-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
-Molecular characterization
-Theoretical chemistry and modeling
-Thermochemical properties
Electronics
-Electromagnetics
-Flexible electronics
-Magnetoelectronics
-Optoelectronics
-Organic electronics
-Semiconductors
-Sensors
-Superconducting electronics
Energy
-Alternative energy
-Conventional energy
-Electric power / smart grid
-Fuels
Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
-Climate
-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-Emergency building evacuation
-Fire detection
-Fire dynamics and science
-Fire fighting
-Fire modeling
-Fire risk reduction
-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
-Digital evidence
-Drugs and toxicology
-Firearms and toolmarks
-Forensic biometrics
-Forensic genetics
-Trace evidence
Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
-Clinical diagnostics
-Dentistry
-Food and nutrition
-Medical imaging
-Precision medicine
-Regenerative medicine and advanced therapy
Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
--AI measurement and evaluation
--Applied AI
--Fundamental AI
--Hardware for AI
--Machine learning
--Trustworthy and responsible AI
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
-Conformance testing
-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity
--Cryptography
--Cybersecurity education and workforce development
--Cybersecurity measurement
--Identity and access management
--Privacy engineering
--Risk management
--Securing emerging technologies
--Trustworthy networks
--Trustworthy platforms
-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
--Information retrieval
--Natural language processing
-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Location based services
-Mobile
-Networking
--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
--Network modeling and analysis
--Network security and robustness
--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
--Software defined and virtual networks
-Privacy
-Software research
--Software testing
-Usability and human factors
--Accessibility
-Video analytics
-Virtual / augmented reality
-Visualization research
-Voting systems
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
-Additive manufacturing
-Factory communications
-Factory operations planning and control
-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
-Manufacturing economics
-Manufacturing systems design and analysis
-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Quality assurance
-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Manipulation
--Mobility and industrial autonomous vehicles
--Navigation / actuation / control
--Sensing and perception
-Supply chain
-Sustainable manufacturing
-Systems engineering
-Systems integration
-Technology commercialization
Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
-Superconductors
Mathematics and statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-Flow metrology and rheology
-Force metrology
-Humidity metrology
-Ionizing radiation metrology
-Mass metrology
-Metric
-Optical / photometry / laser metrology
-Pressure and vacuum metrology
-Thermometry metrology
-Time and frequency metrology
-Weights and measures
Nanotechnology
-Nanobiotechnology
-Nanochemistry
-Nanoelectronics
-Nanofabrication / manufacturing
--Lithography
--Self-assembly
-Nanofluidics
-Nanomagnetics
-Nanomaterials
-Nanomechanics
-Nanometrology
-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
-Nanoplasmonics
Neutron research
Performance excellence
-Assessment tools and services
-Baldrige award
-Baldrige examiners
-Baldrige Framework and Criteria
-Best practices
-Leadership development
Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
-Biological physics
-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
-Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear / Explosives (CBRNE)
-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
Resilience
-Community resilience
-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
-Resilience economics
-Resilient materials
-Windstorm impact reduction
Standards
-Accreditation
-Calibration services
-Conformity assessment
-Documentary standards
-Frameworks
-Reference data
-Reference instruments
-Reference materials
-Standards education
Transportation
-Aerospace
-Automotive