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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established an Engineering Design laboratory (EDL) to assist in determining the best practices and methods to design new products and processes. This paper includes a description of issues facing designers and outlines research activities that are currently being done, or are planned, at NIST.
Lyons, K.
and Brown, P.
(1994),
Design Engineering Research at NIST, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
(Accessed October 11, 2025)