AN ASSESSMENT OF FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE
PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY
AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND
TECHNOLOGY
FISCAL YEAR 2018
Panel on Review of Four Divisions of the Physical Measurement Laboratory
at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Committee on NIST Technical Programs
Laboratory Assessments Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
A Consensus Study Report of
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PANEL ON REVIEW OF FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
ELSA M. GARMIRE, NAE,1 Dartmouth College (ret.), Santa Cruz, California, Chair
ROBERT H. AUSTIN, NAS,2 Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
JESSE “JACK” L. BEAUCHAMP, NAS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
LOUIS E. BRUS, NAS, Columbia University, New York, New York
THOMAS F, BUDINGER, NAE/NAM, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
ANDREW N. CLELAND, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
JAMES J. COLEMAN, NAE, University of Texas at Dallas
GRAHAM R. FLEMING, NAS, University of California, Berkeley
DEREK F. JACKSON KIMBALL, California State University—East Bay, Hayward
AHARON KAPITULNIK, NAS, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
DANIEL KLEPPNER, NAS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
MICHAEL J. MANFRA, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
PIERRE MEYSTRE, University of Arizona, Tucson
CLARK TU-CUONG NGUYEN, University of California, Berkeley
M. ALLEN NORTHRUP, NAE, MIODx, San Jose, California
JOHN D. PRESTAGE, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
DANIEL E. PROBER, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
CHARLES TAHAN, Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland
DAVID A. THOMPSON, NAE, IBM Almaden Research Center (ret.), San Jose, California
ADAM P. WAX, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
ANDREW M. WEINER, NAE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
ALAN E. WILLNER, NAE, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Staff
AZEB GETACHEW, Senior Program Assistant
LIZA HAMILTON, Associate Program Officer
EVA LABRE, Administrative Coordinator
JAMES P. McGEE, Director
MARTIN OFFUTT, Senior Program Officer
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
COMMITTEE ON NIST TECHNICAL PROGRAMS
ELSA REICHMANIS, NAE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Chair
MICHAEL I. BASKES, NAE, Mississippi State University
LEWIS BRANSCOMB, NAS/NAE/NAM,3 University of California, San Diego
MARTIN E. GLICKSMAN, NAE, Florida Institute of Technology
JENNIE S. HWANG, NAE, H-Technologies Group
CHRISTOPHER W. MACOSKO, NAE, University of Minnesota
C. KUMAR PATEL, NAS/NAE, Pranalytica, Inc.
BHAKTA B. RATH, NAE, Naval Research Laboratory
ALICE WHITE, Boston University
Staff
AZEB GETACHEW, Senior Program Assistant
LIZA HAMILTON, Associate Program Officer
EVA LABRE, Administrative Coordinator
JAMES P. MCGEE, Director
MARTIN OFFUTT, Senior Program Officer
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3 Member, National Academy of Medicine.
LABORATORY ASSESSMENTS BOARD
ROSS B. COROTIS, NAE, University of Colorado, Boulder, Chair
WESLEY L. HARRIS, NAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
JENNIE S. HWANG, NAE, H-Technologies Group
W. CARL LINEBERGER, NAS, University of Colorado, Boulder
C. KUMAR N. PATEL, NAS/NAE, Pranalytica, Inc.
ELSA REICHMANIS, NAE, Georgia Institute of Technology
LYLE H. SCHWARTZ, NAE, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (retired)
Staff
AZEB GETACHEW, Senior Program Assistant
LIZA HAMILTON, Associate Program Officer
EVA LABRE, Administrative Coordinator
JAMES P. MCGEE, Director
ARUL MOZHI, Senior Program Officer
MARTIN OFFUTT, Senior Program Officer
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers
This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Ingrid Daubechies, NAS1/NAE,2 Duke University,
Laura H. Greene, NAS, Florida State University,
Paul Kwiat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Jochen Lauterbach, University of South Carolina, and
David Weitz, NAS/NAE, Harvard University.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Arden L. Bement, Jr., NAE, Purdue University. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies.
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1 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
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