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Office of the Director

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James Kushmerick

CNST Welcomes New Deputy Director

For James Kushmerick, who became the deputy director of CNST on Oct. 3, joining the Center “feels like I’m getting back to my roots.” In 1994, Kushmerick was
Vault Test 1920

NIST and the Federal Reserve Bank

In 1920 NIST built, then promptly destroyed, a series of reinforced concrete vaults for the Federal Reserve Board. The goal was to determine the thickness of
Railway Test Car

NIST at the World's Fair

The World’s Fair exhibitions are some of the most famous events in modern history, from the Exposition Universelle of 1889, whose front gate was the temporary
Stove

Hey, My Grandma Still Uses That Stove!

Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) conducted household appliance efficiency testing to assist the

NIST Releases Trustworthy Email Guidance

NIST SP 800-177 Trustworthy Email provides recommendations for deployment and configuration of state of the art email security technologies to detect and
ANSI World Standards Week 2016

World Standards Week 2016

World Standards Week is an ANSI-hosted annual event designed to inspire open dialogue about developments and challenges related to standardization and
B-Temia Dermoskeleton

Robotic Exoskeletons: The Standards Gap

Robotic exoskeletons are a common sight in science fiction movies—think Ironman, or the power loader that Ellen Ripley used to wrestle her nemesis in Aliens—but