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srcset="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2021/05/24/joannietopimage.jpeg.webp?itok=qGXv1gXz 1x, /web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2021/05/24/joannietopimage.jpeg.webp?itok=m6DarZGt 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" width="300" height="180"/> <img loading="eager" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2021/05/24/joannietopimage.jpeg.jpg?itok=m6DarZGt" width="600" height="360" alt="Joannie Chin stands with arms crossed, wearing safety goggles, in front of scientific equipment. " typeof="foaf:Image"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="nist-hero__caption"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/building-changing-climate-qa-nists-joannie-chin"> <div class="text">Building in a Changing Climate: A Q&A With NIST’s Joannie Chin</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">News and Updates</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-cc03859af1a54a710292c5aa6fcce831de0760b25edb124d0f4dc6ebd6ae5803"> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/01/nist-and-nsf-award-nearly-71-million-15-universities-support-disaster" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/nist-and-nsf-award-nearly-71-million-15-universities-support-disaster" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/08/21/OptimoTRA.png?itok=fO8CTmMr" width="100" height="73" alt="Groups of people sit or lie in a parking lot surrounded by low buildings as fires burn in the forest beyond. " typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/nist-and-nsf-award-nearly-71-million-15-universities-support-disaster"><span property="schema:name">NIST and NSF Award Nearly $7.1 Million to 15 Universities to Support Disaster Resilience</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-01-18T12:00:00Z">January 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> The grants will fund research that will improve the ability of buildings, infrastructure and communities to withstand severe natural hazards. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/01/wear-and-tear-may-cause-firefighter-gear-release-more-forever-chemicals" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/wear-and-tear-may-cause-firefighter-gear-release-more-forever-chemicals" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/12/08/PFAS_WornFirefighterGear_StressedTextiles.png?itok=Q60j-4tA" width="100" height="73" alt="The graphic depicts a firefighter wearing protective turnout gear with a diagram of the three layers of the gear, which are the outer shell, the moisture barrier and thermal barrier." typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/wear-and-tear-may-cause-firefighter-gear-release-more-forever-chemicals"><span property="schema:name">Wear and Tear May Cause Firefighter Gear to Release More ‘Forever Chemicals’</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-01-16T12:00:00Z">January 16, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Are firefighters at risk of increased exposure to cancer-causing chemicals in their protective clothing? </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/01/nist-launches-exploratory-digital-twins-study" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/nist-launches-exploratory-digital-twins-study" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/02/02/NIST%20Launches%20Exploratory%20Digital%20Twins%20Study.png?itok=AyM6Dpp1" width="100" height="62" alt="NIST Launches Exploratory Digital Twins Study" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/nist-launches-exploratory-digital-twins-study"><span property="schema:name">NIST Launches Exploratory Digital Twins Study</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-01-01T12:00:00Z">January 1, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> 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 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2023/12/live-christmas-trees-affect-indoor-air-chemistry-nist-researchers-find" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/12/live-christmas-trees-affect-indoor-air-chemistry-nist-researchers-find" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/11/29/IMG_1841.jpg?itok=HvzQXHev" width="100" height="81" alt="A researcher wearing a face mask gestures to a Christmas tree set up in a metallic box with a large spotlight shining on it. " typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/12/live-christmas-trees-affect-indoor-air-chemistry-nist-researchers-find"><span property="schema:name">Live Christmas Trees Affect Indoor Air Chemistry, NIST Researchers Find</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-12-22T12:00:00Z">December 22, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Many families enjoy the fresh fragrance of a real tree. That smell comes from chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs). </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news-updates/org/5646">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--content-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Software</div> </h2> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-hidden entity-reference"> <div class="nist-field__items"> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/tool-evaluation-vaporized-hydrogen-peroxide-disinfection-n95-masks-small" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/tool-evaluation-vaporized-hydrogen-peroxide-disinfection-n95-masks-small"><span>Tool for Evaluation of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfection of N95 Masks in Small Rooms</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2020-06-03T12:00:00Z">June 3, 2020</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> This spreadsheet tool estimates the vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) concentration in air of rooms used for VHP mask disinfection systems. The tool employs a </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/fds-and-smokeview" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/fds-and-smokeview"><span>FDS and Smokeview</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software solves numerically a form of the Navier </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/bees" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/bees" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/economics/bees_model4_1.jpg?itok=BZaZgT87" width="100" height="67" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/bees"><span>BEES</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2018-02-05T12:00:00Z">February 5, 2018</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The BEES ( B uilding for E nvironmental and E conomic S ustainability) software brings to your fingertips a powerful technique for selecting cost-effective </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/contam" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/contam"><span>CONTAM</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2021-01-08T12:00:00Z">January 8, 2021</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> CONTAM is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis computer program designed to help you determine: (a) airflows: infiltration, exfiltration, and </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/10/27/SFA.png?itok=88BF7ciM" width="100" height="61" alt="NIST STEP File Viewer screenshot" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer"><span>STEP File Analyzer and Viewer</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-01-19T12:00:00Z">January 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The STEP File Viewer supports parts, assemblies, dimensions, tolerances, and more. The Analyzer generates a spreadsheet of all entity and attribute information </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/evap-cond" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/evap-cond" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/building_environment/evapcond.jpg?itok=84YOa3bP" width="100" height="84" alt="evapcond" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/evap-cond"><span>EVAP-COND, Version 4</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2016-05-01T12:00:00Z">May 1, 2016</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> EVAP-COND is a software package that contains NIST's simulation models for a finned-tube evaporator and condenser. The "tube-by-tube" modeling scheme allows for </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/cfast" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/cfast" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2016/11/17/cfast_sample.png?itok=Jrw4F4j4" width="100" height="75" alt="CFAST" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/cfast"><span>CFAST</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport, CFAST, is a computer program that fire investigators, safety officials, engineers, architects and builders </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/vcctl-software" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/vcctl-software" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/building_materials/aggregatepage_1.jpg?itok=nJb2HMV7" width="100" height="45" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/vcctl-software"><span>VCCTL Software</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> (Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) software provides a virtual testing </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="link-list"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/org/5646">View All Software</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Tools and Instruments</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-36fd5f48de3b0f697c1d3c924719fe2bca4d0988fccca47cb4865347ef4edd98"> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/metal-additive-manufacturing-am-research-facility" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/metal-additive-manufacturing-am-research-facility" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/01/09/Additive%20Manufacturing%20Research%20Center%20%28AMRC%29.jpg?itok=ewJqUH53" width="100" height="46" alt="Additive Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC)" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/metal-additive-manufacturing-am-research-facility"><span>Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research Facility</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research Facility is now called the Additive Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC) . Additive manufacturing gives U.S </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/unmanned-aerial-vehicles-wildland-urban-interface-fires" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/unmanned-aerial-vehicles-wildland-urban-interface-fires" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/facilities_instruments/wuiplane_1.jpg?itok=Fq6Nt52F" width="100" height="75" alt="MLB Super Bat UAV being refueled" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/unmanned-aerial-vehicles-wildland-urban-interface-fires"><span>Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wildland-Urban Interface Fires</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> NIST with US Forest Service (USFS) have invested in the development of instrument packages and measurement science to enable the successful scientific use of </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/robotics-test-facility" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/robotics-test-facility" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/isd/ms/robot_1.jpg?itok=HsPvKKSK" width="100" height="79" alt="robot test facility" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/robotics-test-facility"><span>Robotics Test Facility</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Located on the NIST Gaithersburg campus, the Robotics Test Facility – also known as Building 207 – is a laboratory for developing standard test methods of </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/smart-manufacturing-systems-sms-test-bed" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/smart-manufacturing-systems-sms-test-bed"><span>Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed is comprised of three major components: Computer-Aided Technologies (CAx) Lab Manufacturing Lab Data publication </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/org/5646">View All Tools & Instruments</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-efcb904893a4affb8967cb4251daaf0f8f4224160ba35a3b8ce5148c1c531390"> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-christopher-clavin-therese-mcallister-david-butry-jennifer" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-christopher-clavin-therese-mcallister-david-butry-jennifer" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240204230315im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/01/08/Calvin-Helgeson-Webb-Butry-McAllister-Bronze.jpg?itok=Zdpk9v_S" width="100" height="41" alt="Calvin-Helgeson-Webb-Butry-McAllister" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240204230315/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-christopher-clavin-therese-mcallister-david-butry-jennifer"><span>2023 - 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