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.

NIST Pubs

Report from the Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing Workshop: Roadmapping a Future for Stereolithography, Inkjet, and Beyond

January 19, 2021

Author(s)

Callie I. Higgins, Jason P. Killgore, Dianne L. Poster

This document is the report of a workshop held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO October 2019 seeking input from...

CYCLE_D-HX: NIST Vapor Compression Cycle Model Accounting for Refrigerant Thermodynamic and Transport Properties; Version 2, User's Guide

January 19, 2021

Author(s)

J S. Brown, Riccardo Brignoli, Piotr A. Domanski, Young J. Yoon

The CYCLE_D-HX software package simulates the performance of single-component refrigerants and refrigerant blends in subcritical vapor-compression refrigeration...

EVAP-COND; Simulation Models for Finned-Tube Heat Exchangers with Circuitry Optimization, Version 5.0

January 18, 2021

Author(s)

Piotr Domanski, David A. Yashar, Janusz Wojtusiak

EVAP-COND is a software package that contains NIST's simulation models for a finned-tube evaporator and condenser. The "tube-by-tube" modeling scheme allows for...

Reports of The National Conference on Weights and Measures 1905 - 2019

January 15, 2021

Author(s)

Yvonne Branden

This is a compilation of the meetings of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) for the years 1905 to 2019. Reports by the NCWM Board of...

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 5 Final Report

January 14, 2021

Author(s)

Chuck Barber, Carolyn Burdette, Hugh Hayes, Caleb Luvonga, Melissa M. Phillips, Kate Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu

HAMQAP was launched in collaboration with the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the...

DNA Origami Design: A How-To Tutorial

January 8, 2021

Author(s)

Jacob Majikes, James Alexander Liddle

While the design and assembly of DNA origami are straightforward, its relative novelty as a nanofabrication technique means that the tools and methods for...

PROperties of FIre Suppressant SYstems "PROFISSY" A Spreadsheet Application for Fire-Suppressant Bottle-Filling Calculations

January 8, 2021

Author(s)

Marcia L. Huber, Eric W. Lemmon

This report summarizes the results of work performed for US Army GVSC by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Applied Chemicals and...

The Character of Residential Cooktop Fires

January 8, 2021

Author(s)

Yue Hu, Jian Chen, Zhigang Wang, Ki Yong Lee, Matthew Bundy, Anthony Hamins, Marco G. Fernandez

A series of experiments was conducted to investigate the pre-combustion and combustion properties of corn oil heated in pans from 10 cm to 26 cm diameter by a...

Workshop Summary Report for "Building the Federal Profile for IoT Device Cybersecurity" Virtual Workshop

January 7, 2021

Author(s)

Katerina N. Megas, Michael Fagan, David Lemire

This report summarizes the feedback received on the work of the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT program on device cybersecurity at a virtual workshop in July 2020...

Fast Methods for Finding Multiple Effective Influencers in Real Networks

December 31, 2020

Author(s)

Fern Y. Hunt, Roldan Pozo

We present scalable first hitting time methods for finding a collection of nodes that enables the fastest time for the spread of consensus in a network. That is...

Assessment of First Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Methods for New Steel Buildings, Volume 4: Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames

December 30, 2020

Author(s)

Matthew Speicher, John Harris

Workshop Report: Test Methods and Metrics for Effective HRI in Collaborative Human-Robot Teams, ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference, 2019

December 28, 2020

Author(s)

Shelly Bagchi, Murat Aksu, Megan L. Zimmerman, Jeremy Marvel, Brian Antonishek

Verified and validated test methods, being necessary to measure the performance of complex systems, are important tools for driving innovation, benchmarking and...

Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector

December 21, 2020

Author(s)

Jennifer L. Cawthra, Sue S. Wang, Bronwyn J. Hodges, Kangmin Zheng, Ryan T. Williams, Jason J. Kuruvilla, Christopher L. Peloquin, Kevin Littlefield, Bob Neimeyer

Medical imaging plays an important role in diagnosing and treating patients. The system that manages medical images is known as the picture archiving...

NIST Scientific Foundation Reviews

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

John M. Butler, Hariharan K. Iyer, Richard A. Press, Melissa Taylor, Peter Vallone, Sheila Willis

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a scientific research agency that works to advance measurement science, standards, and technology...

Respondent Summary Report Business Survey: COVID-19 Impacts and Recovery in the Context of Complex Events

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

Jennifer Helgeson, Juan F. Fung, Alfredo R. Roa Henriquez, Ariela Zycherman, David Butry, Claudia Nierenberg, Yating Zhang, Donna H. Ramkissoon

Bridging Analog LMR to LTE MCPTT Communications

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

Christopher J. Walton, Chic J. O'Dell

This paper explores a low-cost method to bridge analog public safety Land mobile radio (LMR) systems into a standards based Long Term Evolution (LTE) MCPTT...

An Integrated Set of XML Tools User Guide

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, Zeid Kootbally, Craig Schlenoff

This user guide describes an integrated set of C++ software tools for manipulating XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schemas and XML instance files. The tools...

Collaborative Vulnerability Metadata Acceptance Process (CVMAP) for CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs) and Authorized Data Publishers

December 15, 2020

Author(s)

Robert D. Byers, David A. Waltermire, Christopher A. Turner

The purpose of this document is to leverage the strength of technical knowledge provided by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Numbering Authorities...

Preliminary Data Collected from the Camp Fire Reconnaissance

December 15, 2020

Author(s)

Alexander Maranghides, William Mell, Steven Hawks, Mike Wilson, Will Brewer, Eric D. Link, Christopher U. Brown, Cartier P. Murrill, Erin Ashley

The Camp Fire started in the vicinity of Pulga Rd and Camp Creek Road, in Butte County on November 8 at 6:29 am. The cause of ignition is under investigation...

Fire Hazards of Dry Versus Watered Christmas Trees

December 15, 2020

Author(s)

Matthew S. Hoehler, Matthew F. Bundy, Laurean A. DeLauter, Robin L. Materese, Leon Gerskovic, Jose R. Garcia

These experiments were designed to examine the difference in fire hazard between a dry Christmas tree and a watered Christmas tree for fire safety awareness...

Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations

December 11, 2020

Author(s)

Ron Ross, Victoria Pillitteri

This publication provides security and privacy control baselines for the Federal Government. There are three security control baselines (one for each system...

Full-Scale Experiments to Demonstrate Flammability Risk of Residential Upholstered Furniture and Mitigation Using Barrier Fabric

December 11, 2020

Author(s)

Mauro Zammarano, Matthew S. Hoehler, John R. Shields, Andre L. Thompson, Ickchan Kim, Isaac T. Leventon, Matthew F. Bundy

In this work, we investigated fire growth in a furnished compartment intended to mimic a living room where a couch was the main fuel load. Three TB-117-2013...

Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

December 10, 2020

Author(s)

Ron Ross, Victoria Pillitteri

This publication provides a catalog of security and privacy controls for information systems and organizations to protect organizational operations and assets...

Residential Air-Conditioner and Heat Pump System, Cooling Mode, Rule-Based Chart Fault Detection and Diagnosis Software Users Guide

December 10, 2020

Author(s)

William V. Payne

The software, used to process raw data coming from a residential air-conditioner or heat pump that is operating in the cooling mode, is described. The code was...

Data Integrity: Detecting and Responding to Ransomware and Other Destructive Events

December 8, 2020

Author(s)

Jennifer L. Cawthra, Michael R. Ekstrom, Lauren N. Lusty, Julian T. Sexton, John E. Sweetnam

Ransomware, destructive malware, insider threats, and even honest mistakes present an ongoing threat to organizations that manage data in various forms...

Data Integrity: Identifying and Protecting Assets Against Ransomware and Other Destructive Events

December 8, 2020

Author(s)

Jennifer L. Cawthra, Michael R. Ekstrom, Lauren N. Lusty, Julian T. Sexton, John E. Sweetnam, Anne R. Townsend

Ransomware, destructive malware, insider threats, and even honest user mistakes present ongoing threats to organizations. Organizations' data, such as database...

Integrative Method to Whole-House Energy and Comfort Rating

December 4, 2020

Author(s)

Hyojin Kim, Han Yan, Anuradha Kadam

The purpose of this research is to investigate how thermal comfort dynamics are impacted by energy-efficient or thermal comfort improvements in a low-load house...

Pool Boiling of R514A, R1224yd(Z), and R1336mzz(E) on a Reentrant Cavity Surface; Extensive Measurement and Analysis

December 4, 2020

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, Lingnan Lin

A Model-Driven Approach to Interoperability Between Simulation and Optimization for Production and Logistics Systems

December 2, 2020

Author(s)

Timothy A. Sprock

Simulation and optimization methods are needed to design and operate large-scale, complex systems. Integrating the two presents a number of conceptual and...

Mission Critical Voice Quality of Experience Access Time Measurement Method Addendum

December 1, 2020

Author(s)

Chelsea Greene, Jesse Frey, Zainab O. Soetan, Jaden Pieper, Silas Thompson

Access time generally describes the time associated with the establishment of a talk path upon user request to speak and has been identified as a key component...

Was this page helpful?