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Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research Program
Last Updated Date: 09/05/2012 Leverage NIST knowledge and capabilities in task analysis, perception, autonomous vehicle systems, and performance measurements to support an FWHA … more
Army Research Laboratory Perception/ Performance Evaluation Project
Last Updated Date: 09/05/2012 The detection, classification, and tracking of moving vehicles and people from an unmanned vehicle maneuvering at speeds of up to 80 kph remain a … more
Department of Homeland Security Urban Search and Rescue Robot Performance Standards
Last Updated Date: 09/04/2012 FEMA Responders often face daunting challenges during search and rescue tasks in dangerous environments. As such, the concept of including robots … more
RoboCrane
Last Updated Date: 08/30/2012 (Concluded) The RoboCrane design utilizes the basic idea of the Stewart Platform parallel link manipulator. The unique feature of the NIST … more
Manipulating the Position and Orientation of Nanoparticles using Feedback Control
Last Updated Date: 08/17/2012 To advance the development of miniaturized systems, there is a need to place nanostructured materials in very precise locations. Only then can … more
Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers
Last Updated Date: 08/17/2012 One of the major obstacles to incorporating nanotechnology into everyday products is the difficulty of making nanoscale structures inexpensively … more
Novel Sources for Focused-ion Beams
Last Updated Date: 08/14/2012 Focused beams of ions have a wide range of uses, from nanoscale imaging to the fabrication of nanomaterials. At the CNST, researchers … more
Thin Film Electronics
Last Updated Date: 06/26/2012 The Thin Film Electronics Project is developing measurements on active thin film electronic devices like transistors which currently enable user … more
NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting
Last Updated Date: 06/15/2012 Our objective is to develop the measurement methodology, standards and analysis necessary for the US auto industry and base metal suppliers to … more
Marciniak Mechanical Testing
Last Updated Date: 06/15/2012 A novel method for measuring multiaxial stress-strain curves in sheet metal has been designed based on a modified Marciniak punch stretching … more
Cruciform Multiaxial Testing
Last Updated Date: 06/15/2012 The cruciform mechanical test is widely used to measure the multiaxial deformation behavior of materials. Standardization of this … more
Yield Surface Measurement
Last Updated Date: 06/15/2012 In order to calculate the stresses that develop within a formed part, and thereby compensate for such things as elastic springback, it is … more
Crystal Plasticity Modeling
Last Updated Date: 06/15/2012 Crystal Plasticity Modeling calculates multiaxial mechanical constitutive behavior by treating the sample as an interacting aggregate of single … more
Smart Manufacturing and Construction Systems Program
Last Updated Date: 06/05/2012 This program provides the measurement science and standards that enable the plug-and-play sharing of real-time information between manufacturing … more |
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