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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in September an updated version of a popular computer program that fire investigators, safety
WASHINGTON, D.C.— William Jeffrey, director of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), today called on the
The World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, showed the critical importance of fire resistant materials for structural steel. To accelerate
As part of its building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and
A new report issued today by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the first comprehensive set of basic procedures
More information on the investigation is available at http://wtc.nist.gov . The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Engineers at the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's
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
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Fire Protection Research Foundation announced a research initiative to study
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
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today recognized two employees for superior efforts in creating and maintaining a safe working environment
American fire prevention and firefighting efforts took a step forward today when the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and
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
Firefighters and fire researchers today witnessed demonstrations of prototype fire sprinkler and water mist systems with the potential to suppress home fires
Helping fire safety officers and building managers at health care facilities achieve cost-effective compliance with a widely accepted fire safety code is the
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed two tests that can be used to measure the likelihood that a cigarette will
Commercialization Academy Director for Venture Partners of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Ms. Sally Hatcher, who is my colleague and fellow Technology