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These New Building Codes Will Save Lives.</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-07-09T12:00:00Z">July 9, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> NIST research has led to the first building code provision for tornado resilience. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/06/spotlight-nist-researchers-are-helping-make-communities-more-resilient" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/06/spotlight-nist-researchers-are-helping-make-communities-more-resilient" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/20/PXL_20211015_184243365_%282%29.jpg?itok=v8zewmHG" width="100" height="56" alt="A building model of a hospital site sits on a platform in a long hallway that faces large fans." typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/06/spotlight-nist-researchers-are-helping-make-communities-more-resilient"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: NIST Researchers Are Helping Make Communities More Resilient Through Wind Tunnel Testing of Building Models</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-06-11T12:00:00Z">June 11, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> NIST researchers are helping by evaluating building structures through wind tunnel testing. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/06/nist-publishes-automated-vehicles-workshop-report" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/06/nist-publishes-automated-vehicles-workshop-report" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/06/NISTAVworkshopReportJun2024.png?itok=3MmnHUyb" width="100" height="56" alt="NIST Publishes Automated Vehicles Workshop Report (NIST IR 8527)" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/06/nist-publishes-automated-vehicles-workshop-report"><span property="schema:name">NIST Publishes Automated Vehicles Workshop Report</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-06-04T12:00:00Z">June 4, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> NIST held a virtual workshop in September 2023 on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles, attracting over 600 attendees from industry </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/05/uv-disinfection-lights-can-cause-indoor-air-pollution" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/05/uv-disinfection-lights-can-cause-indoor-air-pollution" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/05/30/FX3-20230728_0220.MP4_.00_00_04_20.Still002-_blur.jpg?itok=QGxAPn8B" width="100" height="56" alt="A paper sign is clipped in front of a open door to a public restroom. 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Bathroom is closed for an experiment until Monday Morning.”" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/05/uv-disinfection-lights-can-cause-indoor-air-pollution"><span property="schema:name">UV Disinfection Lights Can Cause Indoor Air Pollution</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-05-30T12:00:00Z">May 30, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Further research is needed to understand how to minimize the unintended byproducts of ultraviolet light. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20240719011412/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--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Events</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-351431c91817ccf3bcf25dc0b73a426d79d8757528362cb07c85d8715e5836e0"> <div> <article about="/news-events/events/2024/08/2024-nist-nsf-disaster-resilience-research-symposium" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2024/08/2024-nist-nsf-disaster-resilience-research-symposium" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/05/28/DisRes2024.png?itok=z_WNkSCM" width="100" height="39" alt="2024 NIST NSF Disaster Resilience Symposium" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2024/08/2024-nist-nsf-disaster-resilience-research-symposium"><span>2024 NIST-NSF Disaster Resilience Research Symposium</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Tue, Aug 20 - Wed, Aug 21 2024</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> In cooperation with the National Science Foundation, the Engineering Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, is proud to host </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5646">View All Events</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/20240719011412/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/20240719011412/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/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/bees" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/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/20240719011412/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 ( Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) 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/20240719011412/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/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/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/20240719011412/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="2024-06-18T12:00:00Z">June 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The free STEP File Viewer supports parts, assemblies, dimensions, tolerances, and more. The Analyzer generates a spreadsheet of all entity and attribute </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/evap-cond-version-50" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/evap-cond-version-50"><span>EVAP-COND, Version 5.0</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2020-01-01T12:00:00Z">January 1, 2020</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 EVAP and COND for finned-tube evaporators and condensers. The “tube-by-tube” scheme in </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/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/cfast" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/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/20240719011412/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/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/vcctl-software" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/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/20240719011412/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/20240719011412/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-5169fbe099ef34be741823dd45037c25b4890cbd5b919ea1ccacb6b94148c320"> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/sphere" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/sphere" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/17/OIP%20%282%29.png?itok=A72ywvUp" width="99" height="100" alt="A" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/sphere"><span>SPHERE</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> In the artificial ultraviolet (UV) weathering of materials, a need exists for weathering devices that can uniformly illuminate test specimens with a high level </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-metrology-testbed-ammt" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-metrology-testbed-ammt" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/07/03/NIST-metal-3D-printing-testbed.-500x383.png?itok=Z8uzdiJt" width="100" height="77" alt="TEMP" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-metrology-testbed-ammt"><span>Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT)</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The NIST Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed is a fully custom, open-platform laser powder bed fusion (LBPF) system to advance monitoring, controls, and </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-powder-metrology-laboratory" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-powder-metrology-laboratory"><span>Additive Manufacturing Powder Metrology Laboratory</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> NIST researchers are developing and deploying test methods, protocols, and exemplar data for characterizing the properties of metal powders used in commercial </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-research-center-amrc" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-research-center-amrc" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/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/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-research-center-amrc"><span>Additive Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC)</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> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240719011412/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-08c6e1c7f6cc8f49b31b3e19200095011d86137b0df190ec579b4dc16d3c2aa8"> <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/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-christopher-clavin-therese-mcallister-david-butry-jennifer" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/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/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-christopher-clavin-therese-mcallister-david-butry-jennifer"><span>2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Christopher Clavin, Therese McAllister, David Butry, Jennifer Helgeson, David Webb</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For outstanding leadership in developing two science-based ASTM standard guidelines for community disaster resilience planning and economic benefits.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-brandon-lane" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-brandon-lane" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/01/07/Lane.Bronze.jpg?itok=oD3WDtW1" width="71" height="100" alt="Headshot of Brandon Lane Bronze award winner" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-brandon-lane"><span>2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Brandon Lane</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For leading and developing the international standard ASTM E3353 on in-process monitoring to improve the accuracy of additive manufacturing systems.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-ann-virts-ya-shian-li-baboud-david-schmitt" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-ann-virts-ya-shian-li-baboud-david-schmitt" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240719011412im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/01/07/Virts.Li_.Baboud.Schmitt.Bronze.jpg?itok=sNqC6TnZ" width="100" height="71" alt="Headshot of Virts, Li.Baboud, Schmitt Bronze award winners" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240719011412/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2023-bronze-medal-award-ann-virts-ya-shian-li-baboud-david-schmitt"><span>2023 - 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