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Planning for the 2025 MBE & QIF Summit at MxD in Chicago on April 15-17, 2025, is underway. NIST and the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium will organize
At the 2024 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) in Washington, DC, NIST researchers Serghei Drozdov and Mehdi Dadfarnia gave a 90-minute tutorial
In 2024, the MBE Summit in-person event returned and combined with the QIF Summit. The event was held from April 16-19, 2024 at MxD (Manufacturing x Digital)
The MBE Summit has brought academia, government, and industry experts together for over 10 years to share the challenges, implementation issues, and lessons
At the 2023 International Conference on System Reliability and Safety (ICSRS) in Bologna, Italy, NIST researcher Mehdi Dadfarnia presented research findings
In January 2024, NIST researchers Allison Barnard Feeney and Rosemary Astheimer worked with Ben Urick (nVariate) and Thomas Thurman (TRThurman Consulting) to
CTL’s Smart Connected Manufacturing Systems Group and the Longterm Archiving and Retrieval (LOTAR) Consortium have supported multi-year efforts to harmonize
At the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting, NIST researcher Mehdi Dadfarnia presented research findings based on use of NIST-developed SimPROCESD software, which can
In September 2023, NIST’s Rosemary Astheimer presented on efforts capture and leverage product manufacturing information at the 2023 Global Product Data
In a presentation to the standards development organization Object Management Group (OMG), NIST’s Charlie Manion and Conrad Bock proposed a way to expand the
To be successful as a new business, a growing business, or a well-established business exploring major changes, what do you most need to consider? The 2023-2024
Companies increasingly seek to use the Model-Based Definition methodology, which enables Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) files to not only capture a part’s
In February 2023, NIST’s Allison Barnard Feeney addressed several standards for capturing product manufacturing information in a presentation to the Secure Data
Industries may use "condition monitoring systems" (CMS) to monitor machines and enterprises – like production lines – for detrimental or unexpected changes in
Cutting intricate patterns as small as several billionths of a meter deep and wide, the focused ion beam (FIB) is an essential tool for deconstructing and
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have revived and improved a once-reliable technique to identify and count defects in
Disclaimer: Any mention of commercial products within NIST web pages is for information only; it does not imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST. The
NIST’s Applied Economic Office released a “ Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Investment Analysis” based on ASTM E3200. This guide presents techniques for
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded nearly $4 million in grants to help accelerate
Dr. David Yashar was always interested in finding ways to use practical application of science to improve real systems, so he studied mechanical engineering at
Nanoparticle manufacturing, the production of material units less than 100 nanometers in size (100,000 times smaller than a marble), is proving the adage that
Disclaimer: Any mention of commercial products within NIST web pages is for information only; it does not imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST. The