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PSCR Staff Spotlight: From Video Games to Public Safety with Jack Lewis

July 14, 2020

Jack Lewis is the Lead Virtual Reality (VR) developer at NIST's Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division. At PSCR, Lewis oversees the development

Fred Walls Portrait

1995 Rabi Award - Fred Walls

For major contributions to the characterization of noise and other instabilities of local oscillators and their effects on atomic frequency

2012 NIST Bronze Medal - Craig Nelson and David Howe

For development of a world-leading program of research and measurement services in phase noise to support industry and national priorities.

2013 W. G. Cady Award - David Howe

For the analysis, design, and development of low noise, vibration-immune, and frequency stable frequency control devices.

2015 Allen V. Astin Award - David A. Howe, Craig Nelson, and Archita Hati

For developing a world-leading program of phase noise research and measurement services to support industry and national priorities.

Craig Nelson Portrait for W. G. Cady Award

2020 W. G. Cady Award - Craig Nelson

For leadership in the design and development of state-of-the-art low noise oscillators and phase noise measurement systems. Learn More

Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Designs for Metrology

Our group is developing FPGA based digital phase noise measurement and control systems.

Phase and Amplitude Noise Calibration Services

The group provides calibration services 77130C and 77140S for phase and amplitude noise measurements.

5 MHz Graph of phase noise vs. offset frequency showing NIST synthesized signal, Wenzel OXCO, and BVA oscilloquartz.

Low-Phase Noise Frequency Synthesis

Design and implementation of low-phase noise oscillators and synthesizers

Measurement device for signals in the W band (75-110 GHz)

Phase and Amplitude Noise Metrology

We provide state-of-the-art phase and amplitude noise measurements for signals from RF to optical frequencies.

2019 Distinguished Associate Award - Tara Fortier

For creating and networking the world's best optical atomic clocks for a 100-fold improvement in precision timekeeping over state of the art

2019 Distinguished Associate Award - Robert Fasano

For creating and networking the world's best optical atomic clocks for a 100-fold improvement in precision timekeeping over state of the art

2019 Distinguished Associate Award - Samuel Brewer

For creating and networking the world's best optical atomic clocks for a 100-fold improvement in precision timekeeping over state of the art

2019 Distinguished Associate Award - Xiaogang Zhang

For creating and networking the world's best optical atomic clocks for a 100-fold improvement in precision timekeeping over state of the art

2019 Distinguished Associate Award - Jian Yao

For creating and networking the world's best optical atomic clocks for a 100-fold improvement in precision timekeeping over state of the art

2019 Distinguished Associate Award - Jiansong Gao

For his innovations in microwave kinetic inductance detector technology, with broad applications in imaging and scientific instrumentation.

Exploring AI Trustworthiness: Workshop Series Kickoff Webinar

Thu, Aug 6 2020

Workshop Recording It is widely acknowledged that “trustworthiness” in artificial intelligence (AI) systems is critical

The Great Pivot: Why PSCR is Digitally Convening Stakeholders in 2020

June 19, 2020

The pervasive global pandemic that swept across the world in 2020 has had a significant effect on businesses, travel, events, and more. For NIST’s Public Safety

NIST AI Engagement

To foster collaboration and develop a shared understanding of what constitutes trustworthy AI, and to bolster scientific underpinning of how...

Biosafety Level 2 Facility

This facility provides equipment and protocols to culture and evaluate animal and human cell lines and tissue, which are essential aspects...

ACMD Seminar:Using the Lipschitz Matrix for Dimension Reduction

Jeffrey Hokanson University of Colorado, Boulder Tuesday, June 16, 4:00 PM EDT (2:00 PM MDT) A video of this talk is available to NIST staff...

Bias in AI Workshop

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT

The workshop was originally scheduled to be held at NIST Gaithersburg, MD. While we strive to accommodate global

2016 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Tara Lovestead

In 2016, Dr. Tara Lovestead, a Research Chemical Engineer in the Experimental Properties of Fluids Group, was selected to receive the 2013

NMR scientists from ACMD selected for Best Poster award

March 7, 2019

A NIST poster presenting recent breakthroughs in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) analysis of vapor mixtures was recently awarded “Best Poster” at

Vapor Sampling in the Field

We develop and deploy portable vapor sampling instruments to collect detailed chemical information in the field, in sampling situations where the laboratory is

Fluid Phase Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy

NMR spectroscopy is routinely used to analyze chemical mixtures in the liquid phase. It is far less common for these techniques to be applied to vapor-phase

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for NISTIRs 8259 and 8259A (Final)

1. What is the purpose of NISTIRs 8259 and 8259A? While cybersecurity is a shared responsibility that likely will require an ecosystem...

Vapor Sampling to Support Public Safety and Forensics

We develop and evaluate dynamic headspace sampling methods to capture and concentrate vapors from single components (solid or liquid) to determine vapor

Image depiction of: To connect two nodes operating at different wavelengths, there are generally two strategies: (1) use quantum frequency conversion or quantum transduction to convert the wavelength of the photon emitted by one node to the wavelength of the second node, or (2) connect the two nodes using an entangled photon pair source whose two photons have wavelengths that match the two nodes. Both techniques involve nonlinear optics.

Nonlinear Optics for Quantum Information and Networking

Nonlinear optics offer ways to control and engineer the interconnects in a quantum network. In a hybrid quantum network where the quantum nodes operate at

American Chemical Society highlights NIST paper with Editor’s Choice Award

June 26, 2019

A recent manuscript published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels was selected for the Editor’s Choice Award, which is given to just one paper every day across