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The Story of an Old Timer: Frederick Kolster

Then in 1911, Dr. Stratton hired Frederick Kolster. Dr. Kolster had been working with Lee DeForest on Electron Tube technology. So the stage...

The Story of an Old Timer: Wireless Ship Act

Then, in 1909, Dr. J. Howard Dellinger was hired. At first he worked in the Electricity Department doing "temperature coefficient of copper"...

The Story of an Old Timer: The Navy

In 1908, by invitation of Dr. Stratton, the Navy began using NBS facilities as an aid in solving their problems with communication equipment...

The Story of an Old Timer: Dr. Austin

In 1904, Dr. Stratton hired Louis Austin, an unpaid guest worker, for the first four years (although some indication was given that he was...

Cross section of a SAC solder joint in a BGA, with sketches of potential micro specimens

Advanced Mechanical Characterization of Mesoscale Materials

We develop methods to evaluate the mechanical behavior of micro- and mesoscale metal alloys to fracture, and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) materials

The Story of an Old Timer: Wireless

Just nine months after the start of NBS, Guglielmo Marconi successfully transmitted the letter "S" across the Atlantic ... and the age of...

NBS/NIST Radio Stations: The Story of an Old Timer

This series of webpages will lead you on a journey on the history of the NBS/NIST radio stations. Enjoy reading the story of an "old timer,"...

NIST Exhibits at the 43rd Annual NSBE Convention

Thu, Mar 30 - Fri, Mar 31 2017

NIST will exhibit at the NSBE's 43rd Annual Convention Kansas City Convention Center Booth # 217 This is where it

NIST Exhibits at the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

Tue, Mar 21 - Thu, Mar 23 2017

NIST will exhibit at the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

NIST Exhibits at the 2017 ARPA-E Innovation Summit

Mon, Feb 27 - Wed, Mar 1 2017

NIST will exhibit at the 2017 ARPA-E Innovation Summit National Harbor Convention Center Booth Number 810 The U.S

Climate-Friendlier Air Conditioning Chemicals Hard to Find, Study Shows

February 23, 2017

In response to a recently published study in Nature Communications about options for low-global-warming-potential refrigerants from NIST, Inside Climate News

Samples of Fiestaware. This popular style of ceramic tableware is just as likely to be seen exhibited in museums as it is to be used on the average family’s dinner table.

Dinner Is on Us: NIST and the Creation of Fiestaware

I can’t say for certain, but it’s likely Albert Bleininger is the only NIST scientist to have had his work featured on the popular PBS TV...

Professor Louise Sherwood McDowell in Wellesley College physics lab ca.1909-1920

Women’s History Month: NIST’s First Female Ph.D. (Edison was a fan!)

March 1, 2017

When physicist Louise Sherwood McDowell arrived at NIST in 1918, the first female Ph.D. at the institute, some of her male colleagues—unaccustomed to being in

1st North American Conference on Trapped Ions (NACTI)

Mon, Aug 14 - Fri, Aug 18 2017

NIST hosted the inaugural North American Conference on Trapped Ions (NACTI), on August 14 - 18, 2017. The meeting

NASCTN Newsletter

First Quarter - 2017

NIST Quest for Climate-Friendly Refrigerants Finds Complicated Choices

February 17, 2017

BOULDER, Colo. – Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just completed a multiyear study to identify the “best”

3D Strain Mapping: Transmission Bragg Edge Strain Tensor Tomography (TBESTT)

Imagine an MRI or CT technique that can peer inside structural materials (e.g., steels) and visualize the strain experienced by structures as they support loads

NASCTN Releases Report on LTE Impact on GPS Receivers

February 15, 2017

The National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network (NASCTN) has completed the Impacts of LTE Signals on GPS Receivers project and has released the

Products and Services

The Applied Chemicals and Materials Division provides a number of data products, calibration services, and educational programs. The Charpy...

X-Ray Computed Microtomography

Seeing inside a material object, in three dimensions, is often crucial for proper characterization, so that the link between microstructure and properties can

NIST Alloy Data

About and Purpose The NIST Alloy data web application ( https://trc.nist.gov/metals_data) provides access to thermophysical property data...

ThermoML Archive

Purpose ThermoML Archive is a storage facility of experimental thermophysical and thermochemical property data. The files are posted...

ThermoPlan

This freely available tool ( http://trc.nist.gov/thermoplan/main/home.html) was developed at the Thermodynamics Research Center (TRC) of the...

Web Thermo Tables

PURPOSE WebThermoTables is a web application that delivers the most-up-to-date critically evaluated thermodynamic data, providing a web...

Clathrate Hydrate Database

PURPOSE The Clathrate Hydrate Physical Property Database is a free web research tool that allows users worldwide to access our data...

ThermoLit

This web application ( https://trc.nist.gov/thermolit/main/home.html ) provides free and open access to literature information contained in...

ILThermo

Purpose ILThermo is a web-based ionic liquids database available at no cost to the public (https://ilthermo.boulder.nist.gov/)...

ThermoData Engine

PURPOSE: The purpose of ThermoData Engine (TDE) is to provide critically evaluated thermodynamic and transport property data using the...

EBSD grain orientation map for additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V showing elongated prior-Beta grain morphology in the build direction (vertical in this image)"

Additive Manufacturing Fatigue and Fracture

Extreme Atom Probe Tomography

NIST is engaged in a joint effort between the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) and the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) aimed at revolutionizing 3D