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Statement by NIST Director Arden Bement on NIST's World Trade Center Evacuation and Safety Studies

April 9, 2003

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today outlined its plans to conduct a series of interviews that will provide key...

Commerce's NIST Names National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

March 20, 2003

Eight prominent building and fire experts have been appointed by Arden Bement Jr., director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...

Commerce's NIST Launches Investigation into Rhode Island Nightclub Fire

February 27, 2003

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today launched an investigation into the tragic fire of Feb. 20, 2003, at The...

Access to Information from Silverstein Properties

October 1, 2002

The information collected and documented by World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties on the events at the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11...

Status Updated on Recovered World Trade Center Steel at NIST

September 17, 2002

The study of steel recovered from the site of the fallen World Trade Center towers and the WTC-7 building in New York City will be a critical component of the...

NIST to Officially Launch World Trade Center Investigation

August 19, 2002

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a press briefing to officially embark on a 24-month building fire and...

Highlights of Revisions to WTC Investigation Plan Based on Public Comments

August 19, 2002

NIST requested and received public comments on the scope of its plan for the World Trade Center (WTC) Building and Fire Safety Investigation. Comments were...

NIST-Built Urban Ruin Put Search-and-Rescue Robots to the Test

July 27, 2000

For the sake of science, robotics researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology...

NIST Fire Research Seeks a Safer Night's Sleep for All

July 17, 2000

Engineers at the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's...

Snell Named to Head NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory

August 2, 1999

Ray Kammer, director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, has named Jack E. Snell as director of the agency's Building...

NIST to Develop Housing Technology Tools

June 17, 1999

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology is partnering in a private/public effort as part of a Clinton Administration initiative...

NIST Will Lead Study on Dangers of Fire Smoke

April 22, 1999

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Fire Protection Research Foundation announced a research initiative to study...

NIST Computer Program Spurs Decision to Set Leaking Cargo Ship Afire

February 12, 1999

A computer program developed by fire scientists at a federal laboratory played a key role in the decision last night to ignite a huge explosion on a cargo ship...

Potential Microchip Insulator Shows Surprising Behavior When Tested In Ultra-Small Scale

August 24, 1998

Scientists analyzing polymers as possible insulators for advanced microchips were surprised to learn that the materials behave much differently when they are in...

New Method Will Help In Efforts To Find Better Insulators, Make Faster Microchips

August 23, 1998

Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology have devised a new method and built a new instrument to aid in the search...

Sunder Named Chief of Structures Division

March 18, 1998

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced the appointment of S. Shyam Sunder as chief of the Structures Division in...

NIST Presents Safety Awards to Two Fire Engineering Technicians

December 10, 1997

The National Institute of Standards and Technology today recognized two employees for superior efforts in creating and maintaining a safe working environment...

NIST And USFA Strengthen Fire-Fighting

November 5, 1997

American fire prevention and firefighting efforts took a step forward today when the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and...

NIST Astronaut's Shuttle Research Seeks Better Understanding of Combustion

April 2, 1997

Gregory T. Linteris, a 39-year-old engineer at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, will be conducting experiments in outer...

New Guidelines May Soon Mean More Buildings Protected By Earthquake Shock Absorbers

March 3, 1997

Slide to the left, slide to the right and don't fall down. No, it's not a new dance, but a building with shock absorbers—a feature that could someday save more...

Smoky Mountains Go Solar with Joint Venture to Test NIST Water Heater in Tennessee

October 24, 1996

A novel solar water heating system developed by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology is now hard at work in Great Smoky...

Advances in Sprinkler and Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems Tested

March 12, 1996

Firefighters and fire researchers today witnessed demonstrations of prototype fire sprinkler and water mist systems with the potential to suppress home fires...

'Superfit' Greatly Reduces Major Source Of CMM Errors

February 27, 1996

Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a computer model that greatly increases the accuracy of...

Florida Sunshine Tests Underway For Computerized Photovoltaic Water Heater

January 25, 1996

A National Institute of Standards and Technology-built photovoltaic residential hot water heater that uses computer technology to maximize the conversion of...

Software to Tap Database to Help Builders Match Environmental Concerns with Economic Performance

November 2, 1995

Environmentally sensitive and cash-conscious BEES soon could be helping designers and architects plan better buildings. BEES, an acronym for "Building for...

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