Modeling & simulation research

News and Updates

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To Remove CO₂ From the Atmosphere, Imagine the Possibilities

August 24, 2022

Computer simulation methods from NIST help speed up the search for carbon capture materials.

NIST Researcher Addresses IEEE Workshop on Wireless Systems' Future in Industry

July 1, 2022

On May 31, 2022, NIST's Rick Candell gave the keynote address to IEEE's workshop on Performance Assessment of Industrial Wireless Systems. The workshop was

test set up "Supervisor" wirelessly synchronizes timing of two robots' movements

NIST and Industry Researchers Make Advances in Wireless Time-Sensitive Networking

July 1, 2022

Advances in the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence are part of a new industrial revolution to make manufacturing faster, better, and cheaper. These

Projects and Programs

Optical and Optoelectronic Materials Characterization

Ongoing

This project aims to develop rigorous measurements and methodology needed for determining optical and electrical properties of advanced materials that might be

Modeling Dispersion Rheology for Non-Spherical Particles

Completed

The flow of polymer composites via injection molding, spraying or spreading on surfaces is crucial to polymer composite manufacturing. For single-phase liquids

Atomistic Potentials and the Future of Nanomaterials Metrology

Ongoing

As part of NIST's response to the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), this project provides resources to address some of the challenges to the wider use of

Computational Micromagnetics

Ongoing

NIST researchers develop simulation tools to support modeling, measurement and fundamental understanding of micromagnetic physics.

Publications

Leveraging Theory for Enhanced Machine Learning

August 26, 2022

Author(s)

Debra Audus, Austin McDannald, Brian DeCost

The application of machine learning to the materials domain has traditionally struggled with two major challenges: a lack of large, curated data sets and the

Improving Model-Based MPI Image Reconstructions: Baseline Recovery, Receive Coil Sensitivity, Relaxation and Uncertainty Estimation

August 5, 2022

Author(s)

Mark-Alexander Henn, Klaus Natorf Quelhas, Thinh Bui, Solomon I. Woods

Image reconstruction is an integral part ofMagnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). Over the last years, several methods have been proposed for reconstructing MPI

Data-Driven RRAM Device Models using Kriging Interpolation

April 8, 2022

Author(s)

Imtiaz Hossen, Mark Anders, Lin Wang, Gina Adam

Bi-Criteria Radio Spectrum Sharing with Subspace-Based Pareto Tracing

March 22, 2022

Author(s)

Zachary J. Grey, Susanna Mosleh, Jake Rezac, Yao Ma, Jason Coder, Andrew Dienstfrey

Radio spectrum is a scarce resource. To meet demands, new wireless technologies must operate in shared spectrum over unlicensed bands (coexist). We consider

Software

Smart Investment Tool

June 16, 2021

This tool calculates metrics for investment analysis documented in NIST Advanced manufacturing Series 200-5. It calculates net present value, internal rate of

HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+)

May 11, 2021

The first version of HVACSIM+, which stands for “HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems”, was introduced by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in

Network Modeling Software

This software is a set of NetworkX additions for the creation of graphs to model networks.Graphicality Testing -- This is a set of routines for testing if a

Simantha - Simulation for Manufacturing

Simantha is a discrete event simulation package written in Python that is designed to model the behavior of discrete manufacturing systems. Specifically, it

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