NIST Pubs

A Simple Numerical Model for LPBF AM Powder Reuse and Experimental Design for Model Verification:

October 1, 2020

Author(s)

Aniruddha Das, Jordan Weaver, Shawn Moylan, M. Alkan Donmez

X-ray Computed Tomography Data of Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT) Parts: "Overhang Part X4"

October 1, 2020

Author(s)

Maxwell Praniewicz, Brandon Lane, Felix Kim, Christopher Saldana

This document provides details on the data and files generated from post-build X-ray computed tomography (XCT) measurements of the four parts built as part of...

Eliciting Lessons from Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) for Natural Disaster Resilience Planning and Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: SME Complex Event Resilience

September 30, 2020

Author(s)

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

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 44% of U.S. economic activities and are the lifeline for many local economies, employing 59 million people in...

NIST-NOAA Survey Instrument for Business Disruption and Recovery Associated With Extreme Events: General Instrument Applied to the Greater Charleston, SC Small- and Medium-Sized Business Community Post-Hurricane Irma

September 30, 2020

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Eleanor D. Pierel, Kirstin Dow

To gather more in-depth information about how disasters affect businesses, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic...

Comparing Instruments

September 30, 2020

Author(s)

James H. Yen, Dennis D. Leber, Leticia S. Pibida

This document details methods to compare instrument performance. Comparison methods for instruments outputting binary (0-1) responses as well as for instruments...

Uncertainties for Machine Tool Modeling

September 30, 2020

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, William Stann

Machine tool models play an important role to support decision-making for machine tool procurement, process planning, and production scheduling in manufacturing...

Life Cycle Cost Manual for the Federal Energy Management Program

September 30, 2020

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, David H. Webb

Complex Event Resilience of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Natural Disaster Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic Briefing Document

September 29, 2020

Author(s)

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

Estimating Instrument Performance: with Confidence Intervals and Confidence Bounds

September 29, 2020

Author(s)

John Lu

Instrument performance is evaluated through performing a set of tests, and the test results determine whether the instrument meets or fails the standard...

Seismic Evaluation of a 2-Story Cold-Formed Steel Framed Building using ASCE 41-17

September 29, 2020

Author(s)

Matthew S. Speicher, Ivana Olivares, Benjamin W. Schafer

The objective of this report is to assess the adequacy of new provisions in ASCE 41 for seismic assessment of cold-formed steel framed buildings. A two-story...

Complex Event Resilience of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Natural Disaster Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 29, 2020

Author(s)

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

Researchers at NIST and NOAA launched a longitudinal effort to assess Complex Event Resilience of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). As a first step, a...

Gas vs Electric: Sustainability Performance of Heating Fuel Options in the NIST NZERTF

September 28, 2020

Author(s)

David H. Webb, Joshua D. Kneifel

Recent updates to the underlying cost and environmental data have recently been implemented in the BIRDS database. This study evaluates the updated results for...

Associating Disaster Deaths with Risk Profiles

September 28, 2020

Author(s)

Stanley W. Gilbert, Jennifer F. Helgeson, David H. Webb, Juan F. Fung, Anand M. Kandaswamy

In this paper we set out to identify which risk profiles contribute most to deaths in disasters. A risk profile represents an identifiable group of people who...

Resilience, Adaptation, and Sustainability Plan Assessment Methodology: An Annotated Bibliography

September 28, 2020

Author(s)

Christopher T. Clavin, Avery M. Dabreau, Emily H. Walpole

In the United States, preparing for the impacts of natural hazards is primarily the responsibility of communities and local governments. Increasingly, while...

Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tutorial: University Pandemic Planning Analysis Use Case

September 28, 2020

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Alyssa Leibold

A NIST-Hosted Virtual Workshop on Measuring SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater and Fecal Material: A Call for Standards

September 28, 2020

Author(s)

Sandra M. Da Silva, Paulina K. Piotrowski, Christina M. Jones, Stephanie L. Servetas, Nancy J. Lin, Katrice A. Lippa, Scott A. Jackson

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has leveraged its expertise in chemical and biological metrology and standards development as well as...

Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tutorial: Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Case Study

September 28, 2020

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Peter Zhang

This report introduces features of the Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tool V 1.0 and presents a case study of wildfire planning in the wildland...

Open Standards for Flexible Discrete Manufacturing in the Model-Based Enterprise

September 23, 2020

Author(s)

Mark White, Eric Holterman, Tim Bakker, Larry Maggiano

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing is currently constructing an open, standards-based flexible manufacturing cell. The manufacturing cell must...

On the nature of the non-equilibrium phase transition in the non-Markovian driven Dicke model

September 23, 2020

Author(s)

Rex Lundgren, Alexey Gorshkov, Mohammad Maghrebi

The Dicke model famously exhibits a phase transition to a superradiant phase with a macroscopic population of photons and is realized in multiple settings in...

On The Quotient of Centralized and Non-Centralized Complex Gaussian Random Variables

September 23, 2020

Author(s)

Dazhen Gu

A detailed investigation of the quotient of two independent complex random variables is presented. The numerator has a zero mean, and the denominator has a non...

Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

September 23, 2020

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

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

Data Integrity Recovering from Ransomware and Other Destructive Events

September 22, 2020

Author(s)

Anne R. Townsend, Tim McBride, Lauren N. Lusty, Julian T. Sexton, Michael R. Ekstrom

Businesses face a near-constant threat of destructive malware, ransomware, malicious insider activities, and even honest mistakes that can alter or destroy...

Developing Cost Functions for Estimating Solar Photovoltaic System Installed and Life Cycle Costs Using Historical Quote Data

September 22, 2020

Author(s)

David H. Webb, Joshua D. Kneifel, Cheyney M. O'Fallon

Residential solar photovoltaic (PV) system installations have become more prevalent as the installed cost has decreased over the last 10 years while system...

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database Technical Manual: Update

September 22, 2020

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Eric G. O'Rear, Priya D. Lavappa, Anne L. Greig, Sangwon Suh

Reliable, High-Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

September 17, 2020

Author(s)

Kang B. Lee, Rick Candell, Hans-Peter Bernhard, Dave Cavalcanti, Zhibo Pang, Inaki Val

Wireless has emerged as an enabling technology to improve operational flexibility and efficiency for factory automation. The latest wireless technology...

Internet of Things (IoT) Component Capability Model for Research Testbed

September 17, 2020

Author(s)

Eric D. Simmon

Internet of Things (IoT) is the product of the worlds of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT)converging. IoT combines the ability to...

DADS: The On-Line Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

September 17, 2020

Author(s)

Paul E. Black

The Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures (DADS) is a publicly accessible dictionary of generally useful algorithms, data structures, algorithmic...

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP): Final Report

September 16, 2020

Author(s)

Katrice A. Lippa, Mary Bedner, Susan Tai, Carolyn Q. Burdette

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the...

NIST Interactions: Fiscal Year 2015 through Fiscal Year 2018

September 16, 2020

Author(s)

Nicole K. Gingrich, Isaac Patterson, Jimmy Nazario-Negron, Michael J. Hall

This study analyzes data from fiscal years 2015 through 2018 of eighteen interaction types in which NIST participates annually. To describe the volume of direct...

Characterization of 3-Dimensional Printing and Casting Materials for use in Computed Tomography and X-ray Imaging Phantoms

September 15, 2020

Author(s)

Bryan E. Yunker, Andrew Holmgren, Karl Stupic, J. L. Wagner, S Huddle, R Shandas, R. F. Weir, Katy Keenan, Edward Garboczi, Stephen E. Russek

Imaging phantoms are used to calibrate and validate the performance of medical computed tomography (CT) systems. Many new materials developed for three...