Quality assurance

News and Updates

Strobe Light for 5G: NIST Imaging System Spotlights the Tiny Mechanical Hearts at the Core of Every Cellphone

February 4, 2022

Inside every cellphone lies a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an essential role in

NIST Researchers Resurrect and Improve a Technique for Detecting Transistor Defects

February 3, 2022

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have revived and improved a once-reliable technique to identify and count defects in

NIST, Collaborators Develop Sensitive New Way of Detecting Transistor Defects

October 7, 2021

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have devised and tested a new, highly sensitive method of detecting

Projects and Programs

Digital Thread for Manufacturing

Ongoing

The Digital Thread for Manufacturing project will deliver methods, protocols, and tools for developing, conformance testing, increasing user-awareness, and

NIST Tools for Cannabis Laboratory Quality Assurance

Ongoing

NIST is developing an integrated measurement services program for forensic and Cannabis (hemp and marijuana) laboratories to help ensure the quality of routine

Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things Foundations

Ongoing

The definitions of cyber-physical systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are converging over time to include a common emphasis on hybrid systems of

Material Qualification

Ongoing

The lack of repeatable process outcomes from additive manufacturing (AM) has been broadly acknowledged as an impediment to widespread implementation. While most

Publications

Models for an Ultraviolet-C Research and Development Consortium

March 25, 2022

Author(s)

Dianne L. Poster, C Cameron Miller, Yaw S. Obeng, John J. Kasianowicz, Michael T. Postek, Norman Horn, Troy Cowan, Richard Martinello

The development of an international, precompetitive, collaborative, ultraviolet (UV) research consortium is discussed as an opportunity to lay the groundwork

Visualizing Standardized Model-based Design and Inspection Data in Augmented Reality

February 7, 2022

Author(s)

Teodor Vernica, Robert R. Lipman, Thomas Kramer, Soonjo Kwon, William Z. Bernstein

Augmented reality (AR) technologies present immense potential for the design and manufacturing communities. However, coordinating traditional engineering data

An Assessment of Mass Balance Accounting Methods for Polymers Workshop Report

February 7, 2022

Author(s)

Kathryn L. Beers, Kelsea Schumacher, Kalman Migler, KC Morris, Joshua D. Kneifel

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Measurement of sample stage error motions in cone-beam X-ray computed tomography instruments by minimization of reprojection errors

January 19, 2022

Author(s)

Massimiliano Ferrucci, Wim Dewulf, Alkan Donmez

Reconstruction algorithms in X-ray computed tomography assume a particular geometrical alignment of the instrument components. Misalignments in the actual