An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Material Measurement Laboratory Fiscal Year 2017 (2017) / Chapter Skim
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10 Conclusions and Recommendations
10 Conclusions and Recommendations
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The review also identified opportunities to better utilize the postdoctoral fellows as well as their network. For example, it was identified that CSD has the opportunity to increase the number and quality of National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Research Council (NRC)
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RECOMMENDATION 1: The Material Measurement Laboratory should consider expanding its efforts in such a way that the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division's projects will span the range of development -- from high-risk research to mature support programs. While the ACMD is doing an excellent job with their dissemination efforts, one way they could facilitate more dissemination is through an exchange program between ACMD personnel and other organizations in industry, universities, and national laboratories.
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NIST needs to further improve internal processes for approval and execution of requested maintenance needs in order to protect investments in complex and sensitive instrumentation within the BMD. RECOMMENDATION 7: The Material Measurement Laboratory should consult with management of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to consider improving internal processes for approval and execution of requested maintenance needs within the Biomolecular Measurement Division.
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RECOMMENDATION 8: The Material Measurement Laboratory should consider evaluating the benefits of an improved Biomolecular Measurement Division website that markets standard reference materials for specific industries and federal agencies. Biosystems and Biomaterials The BBD has many ongoing projects and achievements, conducted within and outside of NIST.
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RECOMMENDATION 13: The Material Measurement Laboratory should consider maximizing the number and quality of National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Research Council postdoctoral fellows within the Chemical Sciences Division. Materials Measurement Science The MMSD's competency database is a good idea; however, the division needs to leverage other databases, such as publications and presentations, from which keywords could be extracted.
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The ODI needs to coordinate and engage with other data science efforts within the MML to learn their best practices in data preservation, curation, and informatics, and to share that learning with all of the MML. RECOMMENDATION 20: The Office of Data and Informatics should engage divisions within the Material Measurement Laboratory that have significant data science efforts in order to learn their best practices in data preservation, curation, and informatics, and to share that information with the rest of the Material Measurement Laboratory.
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RECOMMENDATION 24: The Material Measurement Laboratory should examine current staffing in the Office of Reference Materials and benchmark it against comparable e-commerce operations to create a strategic workforce development and staffing plan. The MML needs to examine current staffing structures in the ORM that are associated with the recertification of existing products and the development of new SRMs in order to more appropriately assign tasks to research and technician staff, and to encourage SRM-related work as part of the overall measurement science mission of the organization.
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The space and facilities in the ORM that are needed to store biological materials appears to be reaching a limit in the current warehouse. As the breadth and number of perishable biological items increases, finding appropriate storage facilities and containers may become a significant challenge.
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