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Standards Curricula Program

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2024 Update: NIST Awards Funding to 8 Universities to Advance Standards Education

The Standards Coordination Office of the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducts standards-related programs, and provides knowledge and services that strengthen the U.S. economy and improve the quality of life. Its goal is to equip U.S. industry with the standards-related tools and information necessary to effectively compete in the global marketplace.

Every year it awards grants to colleges and universities through its Standards Services Curricula Cooperative Agreement Program to provide financial assistance to support curriculum development for the undergraduate and/or graduate level. These cooperative agreements support the integration of standards and standardization information and content into seminars, courses, and learning resources. The recipients will work with NIST to strengthen education and learning about standards and standardization.

The 2019 grant cycle will require application submissions before ~~April 30, 2019~~ (contingent upon normal operation of the Department of Commerce). Specifics about the deadline will be posted on the NIST and ANSI websites. We will pass on those specifics as soon as they are known.

The winners of the 2018 grant cycle are Bowling Green State University, Michigan State University, Oklahoma State University, and Texas A&M University. (Click here)

The University of Michigan received an award during last year’s grant cycle (2017). An overview of the curriculum — human factors in automotive standards — is linked below:

NIST Standards Curricula INTRO Presentation _ University of Michigan Paul Green

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Information about applying for the next grant cycle is available at this link (Click here) and also by communicating with Ms. Mary Jo DiBernardo (301-975-5503; maryjo.dibernardo@nist.gov)

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Click here for link to the previous year announcement.

Technical Requirements for Weighing & Measuring Devices

Standard for Interactions Between Medical Examiner, Coroner and Death Investigation Agencies

Iowa State University Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence

OSAC 2023-N-0004 Standard for Interactions Between Medical Examiner, Coroner and all other Medicolegal Death Investigation Agencies and Organ and Tissue Procurement Organizations and Eye Banks

Cloud Computing Paradigm

“The greatest danger in modern technology isn’t that machines will begin to think like people,
ut that people will begin to think like machines.”
— Michael Gazzaniga

NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap

The “next big thing” reveals itself in hindsight. Some areas of interest and potential advancements include:

Edge Computing: Edge computing brings computation closer to the data source, reducing latency and bandwidth usage. It enables processing and analysis of data at or near the edge of the network, which is especially important for applications like IoT, real-time analytics, and autonomous systems.
Quantum Computing: Quantum computing holds the promise of solving complex problems that are currently beyond the capabilities of classical computers. Cloud providers are exploring ways to offer quantum computing as a service, allowing users to harness the power of quantum processors.
Serverless Computing: Serverless computing abstracts away server management, enabling developers to focus solely on writing code. Cloud providers offer Function as a Service (FaaS), where users pay only for the actual execution time of their code, leading to more cost-effective and scalable solutions.
Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud: Organizations are increasingly adopting multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies to avoid vendor lock-in, enhance resilience, and optimize performance by distributing workloads across different cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Cloud providers are integrating AI and ML capabilities into their platforms, making it easier for developers to build AI-driven applications and leverage pre-built models for various tasks.
Serverless AI: The combination of serverless computing and AI allows developers to build and deploy AI models without managing the underlying infrastructure, reducing complexity and operational overhead.
Extended Security and Privacy: As data privacy concerns grow, cloud providers are investing in improved security measures and privacy-enhancing technologies to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with regulations.
Containerization and Kubernetes: Containers offer a lightweight, portable way to package and deploy applications. Kubernetes, as a container orchestration tool, simplifies the management of containerized applications, enabling scalable and resilient deployments.

Human Factors Using Elevators in Emergency Evacuation

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Time & Frequency Services

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is responsible for maintaining and disseminating official time in the United States. While NIST does not have a direct role in implementing clock changes for daylight saving time, it does play an important role in ensuring that timekeeping systems across the country are accurate and consistent.

Prior to the implementation of daylight saving time, NIST issues public announcements reminding individuals and organizations to adjust their clocks accordingly. NIST also provides resources to help people synchronize their clocks, such as the time.gov website and the NIST radio station WWV.

In addition, NIST is responsible for developing and maintaining the atomic clocks that are used to define Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the international standard for timekeeping. UTC is used as the basis for all civil time in the United States, and it is the reference time used by many systems, including the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the internet.

Overall, while NIST does not have a direct role in implementing clock changes for daylight saving time, it plays an important role in ensuring that timekeeping systems across the country are accurate and consistent, which is essential for the smooth implementation of any changes to the system.

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Time Realization and Distribution

Horologiorum

Battery Recycling Challenges

Registration for July 30-31, 2024 Workshop

NIST Awards Nearly $3 Million for Educational Programs Focused on Circular Economy to Reduce Plastic Waste

Plastic Pollution Measurement Science

Optical Frequency Comb

Compact Chips Advance Precision Timing for Communications, Navigation and Other Applications

Shrinking Technology, Expanding Horizons: Complete Article

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA

Igor Kudelin, et. al

Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

Abstract: Numerous modern technologies are reliant on the low-phase noise and exquisite timing stability of microwave signals. Substantial progress has been made in the field of microwave photonics, whereby low-noise microwave signals are generated by the down-conversion of ultrastable optical references using a frequency comb^1,2,3. Such systems, however, are constructed with bulk or fibre optics and are difficult to further reduce in size and power consumption. In this work we address this challenge by leveraging advances in integrated photonics to demonstrate low-noise microwave generation via two-point optical frequency division^4,5. Narrow-linewidth self-injection-locked integrated lasers^6,7 are stabilized to a miniature Fabry–Pérot cavity⁸, and the frequency gap between the lasers is divided with an efficient dark soliton frequency comb⁹. The stabilized output of the microcomb is photodetected to produce a microwave signal at 20 GHz with phase noise of −96 dBc Hz⁻¹ at 100 Hz offset frequency that decreases to −135 dBc Hz⁻¹ at 10 kHz offset—values that are unprecedented for an integrated photonic system. All photonic components can be heterogeneously integrated on a single chip, providing a significant advance for the application of photonics to high-precision navigation, communication and timing systems.

Complete Article (PDF)

Electromagnetic Signal Attenuation in Construction Materials

Stitches, Seams & Stitching

Standard stitch work – standards for men’s clothing sizes trace back to the Civil War, but no one even attempted to fix the sizes for women until almost a century later, when they called on NIST. #NYFW pic.twitter.com/dFQVGknU3w

— National Institute of Standards and Technology (@NIST) February 13, 2021

The Intersection of Design and Engineering

Technical Barriers to Trade

World According to Marco Polo

We track action in international administrative procedures that affect the safety and sustainability agenda of the education facility industry. From time to time we find product purchasing contracts that contain “boilerplate” requiring conformity to applicable regulations found in the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). Common examples are found in contracts for the acquisition of information technology and specialty laboratory equipment.

The World Trade Organization TBT Agreement obliges all Parties to maintain an inquiry point that is able to answer questions from interested parties and other WTO Members regarding technical regulations, standards developed by government bodies, and conformity assessment procedures, as well as provide relevant documents. The TBT Agreement also requires that WTO Members notify the WTO of proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures so interested parties can become acquainted with them and have an opportunity to submit written comments.

Technical Barriers to Trade Information Management System

The inquiry point and notification authority for the United States is operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. We provide a link here for the convenience of faculty, specifiers and purchasing professionals.

Notify U.S. Standards Coordination Office USA WTO Enquiry Point

We include the TBT on the agenda of our Hello World! colloquium; open to everyone. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting.