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Proficiency Test (PT) results are available at no cost to customers who have tested SRMs 2092, 2096, and 2098. A PT result serves as a means to verify the
Our goal is to provide standard test methods and critical data to the pipeline industry to improve safety and reliability. Of particular interest is the testing
Our goal is to develop measurement methods with sufficiently high spatial resolution to uncover the materials limitations in the resolution of state-of-the-art
This project develops the measurement science necessary to support the widespread use of advanced power electronics to provide new functionality in the smart
The global warming potential (GWP) of numerous compounds used by U.S. industry is either not known or poorly estimated. Working with the EPA, a set of nearly 1
Transition metal nanoparticle catalysts show great promise as a breakthrough for the realization of efficient and economical fuel cells. Fuel cells can provide
This program is aimed at determining the fundamental chemical and physical properties of the large organic compounds in fuels related to their combustion. Such
The NIST REFPROP database provides the most accurate thermophysical property models for a variety of industrially important fluids and fluid mixtures, including
Energy is one of the most critical problems facing the United States, with technical, economic, and public policy aspects. Our group develops state-of-the-art
A significant barrier to the deployment of fault detection and diagnostics (FDD), artificial intelligence tools for system-scale optimization, and automation
In this project, we are developing metrology needed for the synthesis, processing, and characterization of semiconductor nanowire structures to enable reliable
While there is a clear need for communication networks supporting reliable information transfer between the various entities in the electric grid, there are
While there is a clear need for communication networks supporting reliable information transfer between the various entities in the electric grid, there are
NIST is charged by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) with facilitation of interoperability standards to enable successful implementation of
The Smart Grid Program develops and demonstrates smart grid measurement science advances to improve the efficiency, reliability, resilience, and sustainability
Presently used methods to measure CO 2 and other emissions from smoke stacks have errors of 20 % or more depending on the level of swirl in the flow. The
This project will create a web-based portal enabling users to evaluate a large class of special functions to essentially arbitrary accuracy at user-defined
Elastic springback compensation is a long-standing issue for formed sheet automotive components. The ability to predict the magnitude of springback as a
Property measurements of the very highest accuracies are important for developing the thermodynamic and transport property models for working fluids and
Develop Bayesian statistical methods for the estimation of Degrees of Equivalence between laboratories participating in Key Comparison experiments. Degrees of
This project aims to improve models linking the microscale, grain-level deformation properties, and the macroscopic, continuum deformation properties. The
This project involves the measurement of surface roughness, the best statistical way to represent the geometry of roughened surfaces, and research into tying
Project goal is to develop a fully-instrumented version of the tension-compression test, to enable measurement of the Bauschinger Effect in sheet metal, and to