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An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory Fiscal Year 2014 (2015) / Chapter Skim
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7 Key Findings and Recommendations
Pages 59-64

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... The work by the Polymeric Materials Group on the photophysics of polymeric degradation is mature. The group needs to engage the solar panel industry where polymeric materials are used to encapsulate thin films between panes of glass.
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... measurement science research programs aim to advance the versatility of intelligent automation technologies for smart manufacturing and cyberphysical systems applications; enable performance optimization of smart manufacturing systems; and enable rapid, costeffective production of products through advanced manufacturing processes and equipment. The division's work on wireless factory networks addresses an important need, as does the project on cybersecurity of industrial control systems.
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... There are several laser powder bed fusion of metal machines, many with higher performance lasers and optics, controlled environmental chambers, automated powder delivery, inprocess monitoring, powder compaction, and other features and tools to further advance measurement science knowledge. These new machines are being purchased by industry, academia, research institutions, and government entities globally.
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... It is important to develop an accepted means of quantifying IEQ benefit that can be integrated with the more readily measured energy benefit. Such integration includes developing a comprehensive framework for modeling and simulating whole building performance, based on the fundamental understanding of the combined heat, air, moisture, and pollutant transport processes in building systems.
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... The Systems Integration Division should establish a testbed to support development, validation, demonstration, and technology transfer. FIRE RESEARCH DIVISION The FRD has made progress toward improving the safety and effectiveness of firefighters through measurement science to advance suppression tactics, examining nontraditional means of fire suppression, and transferring the results to the fire service.
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... Recommendation 11. The Fire Research Division should strengthen its research on wildland-urban interface fires, including data collection from real events and new modeling approaches.
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Key Terms

  • measurement science
  • manufacturing processes
  • fire research
  • polymeric materials
  • fire service

  • smart manufacturing
  • industrial control
  • energy performance
  • disaster resilience
  • smart machining

  • disproportionate collapse
  • computational modeling
  • powder bed
  • measurement methods
  • community disaster

  • virtual wind
  • national fire
  • evaluating indoor
  • laser powder
  • wind tunnel

  • buildings program
  • resilience program
  • wind research
  • studying wind
  • smart factory

  • national construction
  • reliable data
  • environment division
  • solid structures
  • wui fires


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