Modeling & simulation research

News and Updates

NIST Researcher Publishes Paper on Design of Control Systems with Nonlinearities

May 1, 2024

In a recent paper titled “ Design of Control Systems with Multiple Memoryless Nonlinearities for Inputs Restricted in Magnitude and Slope ” published in the

NIST Launches Exploratory Digital Twins Study

January 1, 2024

Digital Twins represent a growing global marketplace valued at over $8.6 billion in 2022 and forecasted to reach $138 billion by 2030. The NIST internal

NIST Researchers Help Design a Prototype Quantum Computer

December 20, 2023

Researchers have created a prototype quantum computer with a record number of qubits—the analog of bits in an ordinary computer—capable of performing logical

Events

2024 Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) Workshop

Wed, Jul 17 - Thu, Jul 18 2024

As a part of the JARVIS workshop series, NIST is sponsoring the 5th Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS)

Additive Construction – The Path to Standardization II

Tue, Aug 20 - Wed, Aug 21 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory (EL) Materials and Structural Systems

Projects and Programs

Optical and Optoelectronic Materials Characterization

Ongoing

This project aims to develop rigorous measurements and methodology needed for determining optical and electrical properties of advanced materials that might be

Modeling Dispersion Rheology for Non-Spherical Particles

Completed

The flow of polymer composites via injection molding, spraying or spreading on surfaces is crucial to polymer composite manufacturing. For single-phase liquids

Thermodynamic & Kinetic Data for Sustainable Energy

Completed

Industry needs thermodynamic and kinetic data for the development of new materials for sustainable energy applications; expanded and new databases are needed

Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things Program

Ongoing

The definitions of cyber-physical systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are converging over time to include a common emphasis on hybrid systems of

Publications

Post-Quantum Cryptography, and the Quantum Future of Cybersecurity

April 9, 2024

Author(s)

Yi-Kai Liu, Dustin Moody

We review the current status of efforts to develop and deploy post-quantum cryptography on the Internet. Then we suggest specific ways in which quantum

Stationary solitary waves in F = 1 spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensates

February 27, 2024

Author(s)

Ian Spielman, Amilson Fritsch, Panayotis Kevrekidis, T. Mithun, G. Koutsokostas, D. Frantzeskakis

We consider solitonic excitations above the ground state of $F=1$ spin orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensates (SOBECs). The low energy properties of SOBECs in

Programming Interfacial Porosity and Symmetry with Escherized Colloids

February 22, 2024

Author(s)

Nathan Mahynski, Vincent K. Shen

We simultaneously design the porosity and plane symmetry of self-assembling colloidal films by using isohedral tiles to determine the location and shape of

A Risk-Averse Stochastic Optimization Model for Community Resilience Planning

February 6, 2024

Author(s)

Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Kenneth Harrison

Community resilience planning is challenging as it involves several large-scale systems with interdependency, populations with diverse socio-economic

Software

Smart Investment Tool

June 7, 2024

This tool calculates metrics for investment analysis documented in NIST Advanced manufacturing Series 200-5. It calculates net present value, internal rate of

HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+)

May 11, 2021

The first version of HVACSIM+, which stands for “HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems”, was introduced by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in

Network Modeling Software

This software is a set of NetworkX additions for the creation of graphs to model networks. Graphicality Testing -- This is a set of routines for testing if a

Simantha - Simulation for Manufacturing

Simantha is a discrete event simulation package written in Python that is designed to model the behavior of discrete manufacturing systems. Specifically, it

Tools and Instruments

Large Aperture Scanner

The Large Aperture Scanner (LAS) scans a radar transceiver over a 5 meter by 20 meter aperture. Image reconstruction techniques enable a three-dimensional

Awards

Xiao Tang - 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society

For outstanding contributions in optical technologies and systems, with application to quantum communications, spectrometry, and digital