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Engineering Laboratory
The Engineering Laboratory promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology for engineered systems in ways that enhance economic security and improve quality of life.
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NIST’s Glenn Bell Is Awarded Institution of Structural Engineers Gold Medal
Bell is the associate lead of NIST’s investigation into the 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium.
NIST Engineers Design 5 New Ways to Connect Concrete Pieces for More Resilient Buildings
One of the biggest challenges with precast concrete is connecting the concrete pieces at a job site.
Software
Tool for Evaluation of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfection of N95 Masks in Small Rooms
This spreadsheet tool estimates the vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) concentration in air of rooms used for VHP mask disinfection systems. The tool employs a
FDS and Smokeview
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational model for smoke and heat transport from fires. Smokeview visualizes the output from FDS and CFAST.
BEES
The BEES ( Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) software brings to your fingertips a powerful technique for selecting cost-effective
CONTAM
CONTAM is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis computer program designed to help you determine: (a) airflows: infiltration, exfiltration, and
STEP File Analyzer and Viewer
The free STEP File Viewer supports parts, assemblies, dimensions, tolerances, and more. The Analyzer generates a spreadsheet of all entity and attribute
EVAP-COND, Version 5.0
EVAP-COND is a software package that contains NIST's simulation models EVAP and COND for finned-tube evaporators and condensers. The “tube-by-tube” scheme in
Tools and Instruments
Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT)
The NIST Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed is a fully custom, open-platform laser powder bed fusion (LBPF) system to advance monitoring, controls, and
Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD)
The NIST Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD) contains results of fire experiments conducted at the National Fire Research Laboratory.
Awards
Terri McAllister Receives the ASCE Mujumdar Resilience Award
Dr. McAllister is being recognized for her contributions to the advancement of resilience.
Alexander Maranghides Receives the 2025 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
For decades of important research into how fires that occur in communities adjacent to wildlands spread, what can be done to prevent them
Taking Measure Blog
Science-Backed Standards Keep You Safer in the Skies
A NIST researcher’s expertise in physics helps ensure that airport security machines are tested effectively, keeping you safer in the skies.
From the Machine Shop to Cutting-Edge Technology: How NIST Helps Grow American Manufacturing
For more than a decade, Manufacturing USA has worked to grow and improve the U.S. manufacturing sector.
From the Steel City to the Lab: Strengthening the U.S. Steel Industry Through Science
A NIST researcher from Pittsburgh — known as the Steel City — is working to understand how we can better make steel right here in the U.S.
From Postdoc to Quantum Physicist: How NIST Made Me a Better Scientist and Leader
A former NIST postdoctoral researcher recalls how hands-on science and supportive mentoring helped develop her science career.
Laser Focused: How Light Reflections Could Revolutionize 3D Printing of Metals
A NIST researcher is working to better understand 3D metal printing — in hopes that the technology could make more consistent parts.
A Summer of Science: How Our Interns Spent Their Summers in the Lab
From self-driving cars to advancing forensics technology, NIST’s interns had a busy summer in the lab.
Wearable, Implantable and Ingestible Medical Devices Could Revolutionize Your Health Care
A NIST researcher is using measurement technology to monitor fluid in the lungs, with the hope of helping providers care for patients with a dangerous lung
When Concrete Cracks: How Science Can Save Buildings
NIST concrete research has already saved billions of dollars, and we’re working to help homeowners address expensive cracks in their homes’ foundations.
How Nature’s Symmetry Might Help Us See Early Warning Signs of Cancer
A NIST researcher is looking to see molecules in a new way — from two perspectives. The goal is to learn more about molecules in our bodies that could help lead
Measure Twice, Cut Once: How Measuring Molecular ‘Scissors’ Can Further Groundbreaking Research
A NIST researcher solved a measurement mystery that can help with the development of medical treatments.
Clearing the Air: How an Air Quality Researcher Takes Care of the Air Her Family Breathes
These are the simple and inexpensive steps a NIST air quality researcher takes to keep her home’s air as clean as possible.
Precise Measurements Can Help Cancer Patients Live Longer, Healthier Lives
NIST researchers are working to better measure radiation — to help keep cancer patients living long, healthy lives after they complete their treatments.
A Quantum Leap Forward: How Tiny Particles Can Bring Us Exciting New Tech
Researchers are using quantum science to develop computers that can do tasks traditional computers can’t do as efficiently. That’s why it’s an exciting time to
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