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Article: NIST Technology Innovation Program Announces First Projects, Solicits White Papers
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- January 7, 2009
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The International Society for Optical Engineering issued the following news release:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced nine awards for new research projects to develop advanced sensing technologies that would enable timely and detailed monitoring and inspection of the structural health of bridges, roadways and water systems that comprise a significant component of the nation's public infrastructure.
The awards are the first to be made under NIST's new Technology Innovation Program (TIP) (http://www.nist.gov/tip/), which was created to support innovative, high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need where the government has a clear ...