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Spotlight: Patent Paralegal Dana Bowins Propelling NIST Research Into the Market

May 10, 2021

Taking the latest invention out of our laboratories and into the marketplace isn’t a simple jaunt from point A to point B. NIST lead patent paralegal Dana

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NIST Requests Comments on Proposed Changes to Bayh-Dole Regulations

January 12, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking feedback on proposed changes to

NIST Awards $11 Million to MEP Centers in 10 States

September 21, 2020

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made 12 cooperative agreement

Projects and Programs

NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

The "first-of-its-kind" in an entirely new class of reference material, NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid) is now available! The PS

Publications

Manufacturing USA Institute Evaluation: Renewal Process and Performance Standards

July 13, 2021

Author(s)

Robert G. Rudnitsky, Kelley Rogers

The Manufacturing USA Program's 2019 reauthorization allows the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to renew Manufacturing USA institute

System Lifecycle Handler -- Spinning a Digital Thread for Manufacturing

July 12, 2018

Author(s)

Manas Bajaj, Thomas D. Hedberg

Transforming the manufacturing economy from paper-based information flows to a seamless digital thread across geographically distributed supply chains has the

Method to Improve Point-Based Registration by Restoring Rigid-Body Condition

June 26, 2017

Author(s)

Marek Franaszek, Geraldine S. Cheok

The purpose of rigid-body registration is to find a rotation and translation which transforms one coordinate frame to another. The procedure requires

Selection of Fiducial Locations and Performance Metrics for Point-Based Rigid-Body Registration

September 27, 2016

Author(s)

Marek Franaszek, Geraldine S. Cheok

A method is described to select the location and number of fiducials used in point-based, rigid-body registration of two coordinate frames. Two indices are

Awards

Dr. Marlon Walker Receives the 2020 NOBCChE Presidential Award

Dr. Marlon Walker of the NIST MEP Extension Services Division received the 2020 National Organization for the Professional Advancement of