NOTICE: Due to a lapse in annual appropriations, most of this website is not being updated. Learn more.
Form submissions will still be accepted but will not receive responses at this time. Sections of this site for programs using non-appropriated funds (such as NVLAP) or those that are excepted from the shutdown (such as CHIPS and NVD) will continue to be updated.
An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
One of the criteria used to evaluate the Advanced Encryption Standard candidate algorithms was their demonstrated suitability as random number generators. That
This manual describes OOMMF (Object Oriented Micromagnetic Framework), a public domain micromagnetics program developed at NIST. The program is designed to be
Anthony P. Hamins, Jiann C. Yang, Takashi Kashiwagi
A global model is presented which predicts the mass burning flux for pool fires consuming liquid fuels in a quiescent environment. the model assumes constant
Dale P. Bentz, J R. Clifton, Chiara F. Ferraris, Edward J. Garboczi, J M. Torrents
The increased emphasis on life cycle cost analysis for building projects requires that new attention be focused on the service life and durability of concrete
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sponsored the Requirements Group for Real-time Extensions to the Java Platform. The Requirements Group
This paper examines the approach to technology diffusion of a public-private partnership program in the United States, the Advanced Technology Program (ATP)
Karma and Rappel (1) recently developed a new sharp interface asymptotic analysis of the phase-field equations that is especially appropriate for modeling
Chemical kinetics data for the gas phase reactions of the first two electronically excited states of atomic nitrogen, N(2D) and N(2P) and of the first excited
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Peter O. Denno, Shaw C. Feng, Evan K. Wallace, Albert T. Jones
This is a response from the National Institute of Standards (NIST) to OMG's Request for Information concerning the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) area
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Optoelectronics Division was established in 1994 to provide the optoelectronics industry with
In 1997, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiated a process to select a symmetric-key encryption algorithm to be used to protect
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) works with the U.S. manufacturing industry to develop and apply
This publication contains index listings for all devices that have been type evaluated under the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) from January 1, 1986
Ronald G. Rehm, Kevin B. McGrattan, Howard R. Baum, Emil Simiu
An efficient large eddy simulation algorithm is used to compute mean surface pressure distributions on an isolated building of various rectangular shapes. Two
The main aim of the study was the development of a method for the design and optimization of polymer concrete composites, using a fundamental approach based on
This bibliography lists the publications by the staff of the Radio-Frequency Technology Division, formerly the Electromagnetic Fields Division, of the National
In order to improve the stability and efficiency of information and networking systems used througout the MEL, a lab-wide Information Technology Improvement
This directory is the fourth edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) directory of federal government procurement and regulatory
The National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed (NAMT) is a distributed testbed enabling collaborative research between scientists and engineers at the National
E A. Early, Christopher L. Cromer, X Xiong, D J. Dummer, Thomas R. O'Brian, Albert C. Parr
The Optical Technology Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a new reference densitometer for measuring visual diffuse
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, Anthony J. Kearsley, W Greenwood
Both liquidus and subsolidus phase equilibrium data are of central importance for applications of high temperature superconductors in the (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) interferometer for measuring graduated length scales has been in use since 1965. It was developed in
Jiann C. Yang, Michelle K. Donnelly, William L. Grosshandler, N C. Prive
The design, construction, demonstraion and operation of a bench-scale device capable of screening the fire suppression efficiency of liquid agents are described
Tinh Nguyen, Charles C. Han, Richard R. Cavanagh, R Ryntz
The interface/interphase region plays a fundamental role in a wide range of polymeric materials and systems such as polymer blends and alloys, nanocomposites
This report constitutes the proceedings of the seventh Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-7) held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, November 9-11, 1998. The conference
This report describes the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) activities conducted by the National Institute