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With an increased interest in the reshoring of manufacturing to the United States, more businesses are turning to technology to accommodate the increased demand
This project will develop and implement performace-based tools, methodology, guidance, and draft standards for designing and evaluating structures for fire
The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) at NIST is a unique research facility that enables scientists and engineers to conduct research on the response of
Structural collapse demand and capacity are not clearly defined or directly simulated in current Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) methodology
Our goal is to prevent the catastrophic failure of ballistic body armor by developing measurements and predictive models to test and determine the long-term
In response to HSPD 12, the NIST Computer Security Division initiated a new program for improving the identification and authentication of Federal employees and
The purpose of photometry is to measure light in a way that takes the sensitivity of human visual system into account. While radiometry measures light in all
Computational and experimental studies to obtain correction factors for heat defect, heat transfer and scattering/perturbation for the water calorimeter in both
We explore the physics of the transfer of photon momentum to free electrons in thin metal films, including unexpected phenomena such as the counterintuitve sign
As part of the NIST on a Chip program, the Photonic Dosimetry project is developing in-situ sub-micrometer ionizing-radiation dosimetry and calorimetry leading
The project aims to develop the quantum coherence metrology based on single photon state imaging techniques that will elucidate the quantum coherence of single
Accurate characterization of photonic equipment is important for optical communications, medical devices, semiconductor lithography, manufacturing and materials
Photonic Thermometry is a cutting-edge research program at NIST that aims to break the fundamental limitations of electrical resistance-based thermometry and
Our goal is to enable the development and manufacturing of biomaterials for oral health moving forward in 21st century by providing critical measurement methods
Using a complementary approach of experimental measurements and detailed finite element analysis, we will develop more realistic yet computationally efficient
Exploring mmWave in next-generation communications has created exciting opportunities to support high throughput and ultra low latency applications. However, it
Artificial intelligence increasingly affects many aspects of society. New computational hardware based on information-processing in the brain is being developed
The goal of the Pico-Watt ACR project (pW-ACR) is to develop an absolute cryogenic radiometer (ACR) able to calibrate 1 pW of optical power with less than 1%