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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

Failure of Tiny Rivets May Have Sunk 'Unsinkable' Liner

February 17, 1998

When the remains of the RMS Titanic were discovered more than two miles beneath the surface of the North Atlantic in 1985, the story of the great liner once

NIST 98 Provides Largest Ever Expansion and Improvement Of Mass Spectral Database

February 17, 1998

Analytical chemists now can take advantage of improved accuracy and a 75 percent expansion of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's popular mass

NIST Offers Short Course to Help Industry to Better Measure Temperature

February 17, 1998

Many industrial managers and engineers know that the accuracy of their temperature measurements has a big impact on the quality of their products or the

Popular Business Performance Excellence Guide Now Available For Healthcare, Education Organizations

February 9, 1998

Criteria designed to help healthcare and education organizations improve their processes and overall performance are available now from the Commerce Department

Popular Business Performance Excellence Guide Now Available For Healthcare Provider Organizations

February 9, 1998

Criteria designed to help all healthcare organizations, such as managed care systems, hospitals and home healthcare agencies, improve their services, processes

Popular Business Performance Excellence Guide Now Available For Education Organizations

February 9, 1998

Criteria designed to help education organizations improve their services and overall performance are available now from the Commerce Department’s National

'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P 500 For Fourth Year

February 9, 1998

For the fourth year in a row, the fictitious "Baldrige Index" has outperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 by almost 3 to 1, says the Commerce Department’s

President's FY 1999 Budget Seeks $725 Million For Technology Administration to Boost Economic Growth

February 2, 1998

President Clinton’s fiscal year 1999 budget request for the Commerce Department’s Technology Administration is $725 million, Commerce Secretary William Daley

New ATP Study Demonstrates Program's Significant Impact On Industrial R&D

February 2, 1998

A new study by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology reveals important new details on the Advanced Technology Program’s role

Advanced Technology Program Opens New Competition For Projects In Learning Technologies

February 2, 1998

The Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program today opened a new competition for funding to develop broadly enabling, technically challenging new

FY 1999 Budget Includes Funding For Baldrige Quality Awards In Healthcare, Education

February 2, 1998

Non-profit education and healthcare organizations will be able to apply for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award next year if funding is approved as part

Atomic Clock In Space to Reach New Heights Of Accuracy

January 20, 1998

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology soon will begin work on an advanced laser-cooled cesium atomic clock that will be placed on

NIST To Evaluate Evaluators of Water Quality Testing

January 16, 1998

The National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced draft guidelines to accredit commercial vendors to evaluate drinking and wastewater analysis

Power Doubling For WWVB Could Help Keep You On Time In 1998

January 5, 1998

For everyone who made a New Year's resolution to be more on time for meetings and events in 1998, there's good news from the Commerce Department's National

President Clinton Today Presents 1997 Baldrige Award to Four U.S. Companies

December 19, 1997

President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William Daley today presented the 1997 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to four American companies in

NIST Urges U.S. Companies to Use Baldrige Quality Award Process as Improvement Tool

December 18, 1997

American companies can improve the way they do business by applying for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, says the Commerce Department's National

President Announces Eight New Advanced Technology Competitions For 1998

December 16, 1997

President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today announced the opening of eight new competitions to support innovative, cost-shared industrial

Pioneering Research In X-ray and Neutron Examination of Polymer Films Earns Stratton Award For Wu

December 10, 1997

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has presented the Samuel Wesley Stratton Award to Wen-Li Wu of the agency’s Materials Science and Engineering

Leedy Receives Uriano Award For Helping ATP Succeed

December 10, 1997

Thomas F. Leedy, a resident of CLARKSBURG, Md., and recently retired from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been presented the George A

NIST Equal Employment Opportunity Award Goes to Sunder

December 10, 1997

Sivaraj Shyam Sunder, a resident of BETHESDA, Md., has received the Equal Employment Opportunity Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology

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

Potomac Resident Billy Mangum Receives NIST Measurement Science Award

December 10, 1997

The National Institute of Standards and Technology today honored Billy W. Mangum, leader of the Thermometry Group in the Chemical Science and Technology

NIST Electrical Engineer Honored For Work On International Temperature Scale

December 10, 1997

George W. Burns, a resident of DAMASCUS, Md., and an electrical engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, today received the institute's

Eight at NIST Receive Crittenden Award

December 10, 1997

Eight local employees at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been recognized for outstanding achievements in providing support to the

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