An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories Fiscal Year 2003 (2003) / Chapter Skim
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4 Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
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Kenneth Marcus, Clemson University Mack McFarland, Dupont Fluoroproducts James D Olson, The Dow Chemical Company Athanassios Z
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Chapter 11 provides division-level assessments, with detailed discussions of some of the more noteworthy projects. Major Observations The panel presents the following major observations from its assessment of the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory: · CSTL's research and standards programs are technically excellent overall, with many considered to be world-class by the scientific and technical community in general and by international standards Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory 1 1 1 Biotechnology Division · DNA Technologies · Bioprocess Engineering · Biomolecular Materials · Structural Biology Process Measurements Division · Fluid Flow · Fluid Science · Process Sensing Thermometry Pressure and Vacuum · Thermal and Reactive Processes Surface and Microanalysis Science Division · Microanalysis Research · Surface and Interface Research · Analytical Microscopy Physical and Chemical Properties Division · Computational Chemistry · Experimental Kinetics and Thermodynamics · Chemical Reference Data and Modeling · Experimental Properties of Fluids (Boulder)
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Also, the panel recommends that over the course of the next year the laboratory develop common entry points for all of the chemical information available on its site, perhaps using a search engine format similar to that of the Chemical Abstract Services Syfinder. · While the panel is encouraged with the small increase in laboratory funding over the past year, it is concerned that proposed federal reductions in Advanced Technology Program funding will require nontrivial repositioning of the laboratory programs.
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data format for spectroscopic hyperdata. This general data format enables very impressive methods for spectral data storage and analysis and is destined to become a nationally accepted standard format; · Demonstration of a 10,000-fold improvement in the sensitivity of microfluidic sensors; · A major update of the NIST Mass Spectral Database, which is among NIST's most widely disseminated Standard Reference Databases (SRDs)
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serves to refine recently discovered cancer biomarkers and to format new research tests for field trials in EDRN clinical laboratories. Significant advances are now being made in the areas of breast and prostate cancer and in the identification of clinical markers for radiation damage and processes involved in aging.
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As in the previous assessment, the panel observed too many priority projects with subcritical resources devoted to them. Given that an era of flat budgets has taken hold, the panel strongly advises the laboratory to take a hard look at its priorities and examine areas in which potential TABLE 4.1 Sources of Funding for the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (in millions of dollars)
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42 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NIST MEASUREMENT AND STANDARDS LABORATORIES: FY 2003 in-house funding resources may exist. One area suggested is charges for database use.
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