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OWM Training and Events (Online)

Discover training that suits your career goals. Search our OWM Online class schedule or In-person and All classes schedules. March 2025 3/13...

OWM Training and Events (In-person)

Discover the OWM training that suits your career goals. Search our In-person class schedule below or Online and All classes schedules. March...

2025 - Federal Laboratory Consortium Impact Award---RaDAR Program

The RaDAR Program provides comprehensive drug testing data to 13 states and territories across the U.S. In total, more than 10,000 samples

Atomic Thermometers

The Atomic Thermometers program aims to establish primary, quantum-based sensors of both radiative and thermodynamic temperature in the range 250 K – 400 K

An SRM for Accuracy in Electrolyte Panel Clinical Tests

February 26, 2025

Electrolytes are essential biomarkers for skeletal and cellular health. Abnormal levels of electrolytes may either be the cause or the consequence of various

About Us

Management Resources is committed to providing comprehensive institutional support services that enable NIST and its organizational units to...

Basic Metrology: Gas Counting

Radioactive gases such as 3H, 85Kr, 133Xe, and 135Xe are important in applications including fusion and fission reactors, environmental monitoring, treaty

Cryogenic Decay Energy Spectrometry

Cryogenic detectors provide some of the highest energy resolution spectra available, due to their intrinsic low thermal noise. The NIST cryogenic decay energy

Uncertainty in NIIST’s liquid volume calibrations.

Liquid Volume Calibration Facility

Summary The United States consumes approximately 1,200 metric tons of petroleum annually, which equates to 11 liters per person per day. Half of this petroleum

OWM Training Program Reaccredited as IACET Provider for Continuing Education

Summary The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is pleased to announce that the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and...

OWM Info Hours

OWM hosts a series of Information Hours, or "Info Hours," to feature current weights and measures, laboratory metrology, or documentary...

Recorded Webinars and Training Videos

OWM develops and delivers a wide range of legal metrology, metric, and weights and measures recorded webinars and training videos that can be used for training and continuing education, both in a formal setting and through self-study.

ACMD Seminar: Modeling AI Supply Chains: How Increased Outsourcing and Complexity in AI/ML Development Introduces New Considerations for Machine Learning

Aspen Hopkins Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tuesday, Feb. 25...

World Flags International Business Globe

National Metrology Systems: A Framework for Global Trade

Summary It’s an old phrase, but the world keeps getting smaller every day! This is especially true when it comes to the global marketplace...

OWM State Metrology Laboratory Recognition map (2025)

Laboratory Recognition: Ensuring SI Traceability for the States

Summary The State Standards Program, now known as the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM)'s Laboratory Metrology Program, was established...

2068 Mass Metrology Seminar

Mon, Oct 19 - Fri, Oct 30 2026

Course Description The Mass Metrology Seminar is a two-week, "hands-on" seminar. It incorporates approximately 30

OWM Laboratory Metrology Training for mass metrology

OWM Training Program: Metrology, Metrication, and More!

The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) provides a comprehensive training program to fulfill our mission " to establish uniformity, equity, SI use, and

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A Low-Cost Robot Science Kit for Education

The LEGOLAS is a $300 kit for demonstrating autonomous chemistry and materials science and is supported by an open source community led by NIST. Machine

Annual Machine Learning for Materials Research Bootcamp

The Machine Learning for Materials Research Bootcamp is a week-long bootcamp that starts with basic Python, builds through machine learning fundamentals, and

Hermes: Modular Open-Source Tools for Autonomous Materials Science Experimentation

Hermes is a repository designed to be a modular compilation of tools for machine learning and autonomous experimentation in materials science domains.

Autonomous Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks

We are developing automated methods for synthesizing and characterizing metal-organic frameworks to better understand synthesizability and properties. These

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Development of Standards to Support a Modular and Autonomous Laboratory Ecosystem

Autonomous experimentation (AE), or self-driving laboratories, combines AI and automation while leveraging human intuition and creativity to guide experiment

A Physicist and Steampunk Enthusiast Explores Thermodynamics in the Quantum World

February 13, 2025

“Energy is eternal delight.” --William Blake Snuggling with her parents and brother while watching one of her favorite TV programs, Nicole Yunger Halpern was

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2064 Calibration Method Validation

Thu, Aug 13 2026, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

This 2-hour webinar on Calibration Method Validation will examine the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requirements for selection of

2066 Fundamentals of Metrology

Mon, Jul 27 - Fri, Jul 31 2026

Course Description The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to

2063 State Laboratory Annual Submission Process

Thu, Jul 16 2026, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

The State Laboratory Annual Submission Process webinar provides guidance on how to successfully submit all required

2065 Volume Metrology Seminar

Mon, Jul 6 - Fri, Jul 10 2026

The 5-day OWM Volume Metrology Seminar is designed to enable metrologists to apply fundamental measurement concepts to

2062 Documenting Traceability and Calibration Intervals

Thu, Jun 18 2026, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

This 2-hour webinar covers the essential elements of metrological traceability and the documentary evidence required to

2059 Basic Uncertainty Concepts

Thu, May 28 2026, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

Class Description This 2-hour webinar provides a very basic introduction to uncertainty calculations and reporting using

2058 Document Control and Record Keeping

Thu, Feb 12 2026, 2:00 - 4:00pm EST

Class Description Managing controlled documents and records are essential calibration laboratory processes. This 2-hour