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Join us for an introduction to NIST and evening visit to one of our laboratories highlighted below. During the registration process, you will need to specify which lab you intend to visit. Given the limited capacity available each day, attendance will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
NIST and the Residential Test Facility
NIST researchers and collaborators designed this unique laboratory with the goal of generating all the energy it would consume during a year. The Residential Test Facility continues to help scientists study how energy-saving technology and controls impact air quality, water quality and essential design considerations in a house.
NIST and Autonomous Vehicles
NIST researchers are currently evaluating the performance of automated vehicles (often referred to as self-driving cars) using on-the-ground, realistic scenarios. These vehicles are complex systems with multiple technologies in play. Despite significant progress, safe and widespread public use of the vehicles is a goal plagued by rare, difficult-to-handle driving conditions.
Join us for an introduction to NIST and evening look under the hood of this mobile research effort.
Visitor Access Requirement:
- For US Permanent Residents: Please have your valid/non-expired green card for photo identification.*
- For US Citizens: Please have your valid/non-expired state-issued driver's license. NIST will only accept a REAL ID-compliant form of identification. Visitors with state-issued identification must now present a REAL ID or a different form of government-issued photo identification, such as: a valid/non-expired passport, passport card, DOD's Common Access Card (CAC), Veterans ID, Federal Agency HSPD-12 IDs, and Military Dependents ID.*
*Use of apps, physical photocopies, and/or digital screenshots of your ID, Passport or Green card will not be accepted.
Failure to show proper valid and compliant/non-expired photo identification upon check-in will result in denied entry into the facility.
For more information please visit our Campus Access and Security page.