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Building Integration with Smart Grid
Last Updated Date: 06/02/2016 New measurement science and industry standards are needed to enable building systems and consumers to interact with a future "smart grid," which … more
Metrology and Synthesis of 3D Nanostructures
Last Updated Date: 05/25/2016 We synthesize semiconductor nanostructures to serve both as test structures for measurement techniques and as building blocks for novel metrology … more
Wide-area Monitoring and Control of Smart Grid
Last Updated Date: 05/04/2016 Without ubiquitous, accurate, and reliable real-time sensors, the electric grid will not have the resiliency, reliability, and capacity to manage … more
Smart Grid Interoperability Testbed Facility
Last Updated Date: 05/04/2016 NIST is charged by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) with facilitation of interoperability standards to enable successful … more
Smart Grid Communication Networks
Last Updated Date: 05/04/2016 While there is a clear need for communication networks supporting reliable information transfer between the various entities in the electric grid, … more
Power Conditioning Systems for Renewables, Storage, and Microgrids
Last Updated Date: 05/04/2016 This project develops the measurement science necessary to support the widespread use of advanced power electronics to provided new … more
Advanced Metering in Smart Distribution Grids
Last Updated Date: 05/04/2016 Electricity meters today face unprecedented challenges, from distorted waveforms on the grid, bidirectional metering for renewables, and the use … more
Cybersecurity for Smart Grid Systems
Last Updated Date: 05/04/2016 Smart grid cybersecurity must address not only deliberate attacks, such as from disgruntled employees, industrial espionage, and terrorists, but … more
Smart Grid Program
Last Updated Date: 05/04/2016 To develop and demonstrate advances in measurement science to enable integration of interoperable and secure real-time sensing, control, … more
Fundamental Chemical Metrology
Last Updated Date: 04/26/2016 The Chemical Sciences Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to enhance U.S. … more
Thermodynamics of ATP in Solution
Last Updated Date: 04/14/2016 Quantum chemical calculations have proven to be a reliable tool for the prediction of thermodynamics quantities, particularly for smaller organic … more
Reactivity of Nanoparticle Catalysts
Last Updated Date: 04/14/2016 Transition metal nanoparticle catalysts show great promise as the key enabling breakthrough for the realization of efficient and economical fuel … more
Prediction of Global Warming Potential
Last Updated Date: 04/14/2016 The global warming potential (GWP) of a number of compounds used by U.S. industry is not known or poorly known. Working with the EPA, a set of … more
Affect of Partial Charge Calculation Method on Adsorption Thermodynamics
Last Updated Date: 04/14/2016 In classical molecular simulations, electrostatic contributions to the potential energy are typically accounted for by assigning partial charges … more
Fatty Acids in Human Serum and Plasma Quality Assurance Program
Last Updated Date: 04/14/2016 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) have … more |
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