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Elastic springback compensation is a long-standing issue for formed sheet automotive components. The ability to predict the magnitude of springback as a
Significant environmental remediation efforts are being conducted to address the hazards posed by the long-term terrestrial disposal of hexavalent chromium in
Property measurements of the very highest accuracies are important for developing the thermodynamic and transport property models for working fluids and
For decades, NIST has provided the SRM 3100 series single-element standard solutions. The certified values are traceable to the International System of Units
Contamination of waterways with fecal material leads to the dissemination of pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can have serious impacts on human
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is used to visualize antigens in tissue sections by specific antigen-antibody interactions, an advantage over traditionally used
Metagenomics, or identifying the organisms present in a sample through DNA-based analysis, is a revolutionary technology made possible through advances in
Obtaining high confidence field detection, identification, and quantification of microbial samples remains a challenge. Since 9/11 and the subsequent anthrax
First responders continually receive calls regarding suspicious materials that are potentially biological threat materials. Obtaining high confidence data from
The expected penetration of a large number of renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) is driving next generation power systems toward uncertainties that
Sensitive and fully state resolved spectroscopic methods in the terahertz (THz) and ultraviolet (UV) regions are being developed to investigate the structure
SED staff began a collaboration with the EEEL Optoelectronics Division staff in 1998 to develop statistical signal processing methods for analysis of time
Since the inception of the Statistical Engineering Division by Churchill Eisenhart in 1947, education and training of the NIST staff has been a core component
Develop Bayesian statistical methods for the estimation of Degrees of Equivalence between laboratories participating in Key Comparison experiments. Degrees of
The goal of the millimeter-wave wireless metrology project is to develop the metrology for the next-generation mobile communications at millimeter-wave
Modern imaging systems produce massive amount of data that can be used to obtain critical 3D information on targeted measurement objects (nodules), including
Near-field scanning probe microwave microscopy (NSSM) offers great potential to facilitate characterization, development, and modeling of novel materials. Based
Waveform metrology aims to develop new techniques and measurement services at bandwidths currently unattainable for waveform verification, to characterize high
Staff members of the Statistical Engineering Division regularly offer short courses on uncertainty analysis, design of experiments, and other topics in