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Part II Summary Assessments of the Individual Laboratories: 2 Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
Pages 13-24

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From page 13...
... Part III presents a technical review at the division level for each laboratory. Chapter 2 Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory Chapter 3 Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory Chapter 4 Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Chapter 5 Physics Laboratory Chapter 6 Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory Chapter 7 Building and Fire Research Laboratory Chapter 8 Information Technology Laboratory 13
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... Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory 15
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From page 16...
... Chang-Hasnain, and its Vice Chair, Robert R Doering, this assessment of the fiscal year 2003 activities of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory is based on site visits by individual panel members, a formal meeting of the panel on February 20-21, 2003, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and documents provided by the laboratory.
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From page 17...
... economy and improve the quality of life by providing measurement science and technology and by advancing standards, primarily for the electronics and electrical industries. This statement is supported by a strategic plan, which was revised during 2002.2 KEEL is organized in six divisions and two offices: the Electricity Division, Semiconductor Electronics Division, Electromagnetic Technology Division, Radio-Frequency Technology Division, Optoelectronics Division, Magnetic Technology Division, Office of Microelectronics Programs (OMP)
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From page 18...
... · The panel supports KEEL's efforts in staff preparation for leadership positions and encourages continued and augmented training opportunities to deal with issues of succession associated with the impending retirement of key managerial personnel. In addition, the panel recommends more communication between management and staff on the alignment of rewards with performance indicators.
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From page 19...
... requirements for silicon dioxide measurements. Research efforts continue to provide fundamental understanding and physical models for the investigation of silicon dioxide failure mechanisms.
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From page 20...
... Work in the Magnetic Technology Division features close collaboration between industrial and government partners for the development and support of technologies of current national interest: for example, high-speed nanoscale recording systems for the forensic analysis of tapes, magnetic field mapping, and molecular manipulation as part of the Single Molecule Manipulation and Measurement initiative. Discoveries from this division are providing solid underpinning for the next generation of magnetic data storage and microelectronics industries.
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From page 21...
... NIST-STRS, excluding Competence 32.5 34.8 36.3 45.8 Competence 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.3 ATP 1.4 2.1 3.4 3.0 Measurement Services (SRM production) 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 OA/NFG/CRADA 13.8 19.7 20.9 30.0 Other Reimbursable 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.2 Total 52.7 62.0 66.1 84.5 Full-time permanent staff (totally 259 244 242 242 NOTE: Funding for the NIST Measurement and Standards Laboratories comes from a variety of sources.
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From page 22...
... Unavoidable demands of calibration services hamper the essential development of modern AC-DC transfer devices. Each of these examples involves intensely committed staff members whose value is clearly recognized by division and laboratory management and who are actively supported, based on sound judgment, to the extent of current funding capabilities.
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From page 23...
... Examples of the laboratory's commendable responsiveness to the FY 2002 report include the reorganization and redirection of projects in the Electricity Division to improve resource allocation and productivity. The Electromagnetic Technology Division increased its staff size and added a new dilution
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... The Optoelectronics Division has increased calibration services for higher-power, fiber-coupled power meters, extended high-speed photodetector calibration services to 110 GHz, and increased research in the area of polarization mode dispersion measurement and emulation. The researchers from the division greatly increased their visibility by leading industry workshops in this important field of study and setting up a Web site for wider dissemination of results.
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