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News and Updates

Researcher Brandon Lane making adjustments inside the large 3D printer

NIST Awards Nearly $4 Million to Support Metals-Based Additive Manufacturing

December 29, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded nearly $4 million in grants to help accelerate

A Lab-to-Market Tale: Icemaker Invention

April 7, 2020

Dr. David Yashar was always interested in finding ways to use practical application of science to improve real systems, so he studied mechanical engineering at

An electron micrograph showing many blue-colored nanoscale (billionth of a meter) particles of varying sizes and shapes scattered atop a silicon wafer.

Connecting the (Nano) Dots: NIST Says Big-Picture Thinking Can Advance Nanoparticle Manufacturing

August 22, 2018

Nanoparticle manufacturing, the production of material units less than 100 nanometers in size (100,000 times smaller than a marble), is proving the adage that

Projects and Programs

Smart Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis Program

Deliver measurement science, standards and protocols, and tools needed to design and analyze SMS based on a cyber-physical infrastructure for digital and

Metrology for Multi-Physics AM Model Validation

Multi-physics models are necessary to simulate, study, and optimize metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes, such as powder bed fusion (PBF) and directed

Multiscale structure and dynamics in advanced technological materials

This project develops and applies metrologies and standards for characterizing microstructure and dynamics in advanced functional materials of technological

Metrology for Real-Time Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing

Part quality in additive manufacturing (AM) is highly variable due to inadequate dimensional tolerances, surface roughness, and defects, thereby limiting its

Publications

A Data-Driven Framework for Team Formation for Maintenance Tasks

February 16, 2021

Author(s)

Maya Reslan, Emily Hastings, Michael P. Brundage, Thurston B. Sexton

Even as maintenance evolves with new technologies, it is still a heavily human-driven domain; multiple steps in the maintenance workflow still require human

A CASE STUDY OF DIGITAL TWIN FOR A MANUFACTURING PROCESS INVOLVING HUMAN INTERACTIONS

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Hasan Latif, Guodong Shao, Binil Starly

Current algorithms, computations, and solutions that predict how humans will engage in smart manufacturing are insufficient for real-time activities. In this

Six-sigma Quality Management of Additive Manufacturing

November 26, 2020

Author(s)

Yan Lu, Hui Yang, Paul Witherell

Quality is a key determinant in deploying new processes, products or services, and influences the adoption of emerging manufacturing technologies. The advent of

Annual Report on U.S. Manufacturing Industry Statistics: 2020

October 28, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas S. Thomas

This report provides a statistical review of the U.S. manufacturing industry. There are three aspects of U.S. manufacturing that are considered: (1) how the U.S

Software

Unit Manufacturing Process (UMP) Builder

January 26, 2018

The Unit Manufacturing Process (UMP) Builder allows researchers to record their UMP models according to the ASTM E3012-16 standard . One of the main drivers