An Assessment of the Material
Measurement Laboratory at the
National Institute of Standards
and Technology
Fiscal Year 2023
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Panel on the Assessment of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Material Measurement Laboratory
Laboratory Assessments Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Consensus Study Report
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PANEL ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST) MATERIAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY
ELSA REICHMANIS (NAE), Lehigh University, Chair
ROBERT ARLEY BEVER, Bode Technology
AUGUST W. BOSSE, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
KENNETH M. CALDERONE, Confocal, Leica Microsystems
IULIANA CERNĂTESCU, Pratt and Whitney
STEVEN C. FREILICH, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
GARY S. GROENEWOLD, Independent Consultant, Idaho National Laboratory (retired)
MINKI HONG, Kyulux North America, Inc.
MOHAMMAD A. KHALEEL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
RICHARD A. LESAR, Iowa State University
FRANCES S. LIGLER (NAE), Texas A&M University
QUINGHUANG LIN, Linktech International, LLC
DAVID MELLOR, Center for Open Science
NICOLA POHL, Indiana University Bloomington
JAYAKANTH RAVICHANDRAN, University of Southern California
JAMES W. RINGER, Innovative Process Solutions, LLC
GEORGE RODRIGUEZ, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering
JAMES E. SAAL, Citrine Informatics, Inc.
MARC SALIT, The MITRE Corporation
ISAAC C. SANCHEZ (NAE), The University of Texas at Austin
ALIX L. SCHMIDT, The Dow Chemical Company
JESSE C. SEEGMILLER, University of Minnesota
JOHNNA S. TEMENOFF, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
CRISTINA U. THOMAS, 3M (retired)
OCKERT J. VAN DER SCHIJFF, Exponent, Inc.
Staff
KATIE BRATLIE, Director, Laboratory Assessments Board
JAMES MYSKA, Senior Program Officer, Study Director
AZEB GETACHEW, Administrative Assistant
JAYDA WADE, Research Associate (until August 4, 2023)
LABORATORY ASESSMENTS BOARD
TJ GLAUTHIER, TJG Energy Associates, LLC, Chair
ILHAN A. AKSAY1 (NAE), Princeton University
ROBERT D. BRAUN (NAE), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
DAVID S. C. CHU, Institute for Defense Analyses
DONA L. CRAWFORD, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (retired)
THOMAS R. KURFESS (NAE), Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Institute
JUAN DE PABLO (NAS/NAE), The University of Chicago
CAROL SCHUTTE, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (retired)
Staff
KATIE BRATLIE, Director, Laboratory Assessments Board
AZEB GETACHEW, Administrative Assistant
LIZA RENEE HAMILTON, Senior Program Officer
JAMES MYSKA, Senior Program Officer
JAYDA WADE, Research Associate (until August 4, 2023)
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1 Resigned from the board on October 25, 2023.
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:
ASAD ABIDI (NAE), University of California, Los Angeles
LYNDA CATHERINE BRINSON, Duke University
CHANTELLE FERLAND-BECKHAM, Cohen Veterans Bioscience
STEVEN MCKNIGHT, Department of Energy
NGA LEE NG, Georgia Institute of Technology
ANNE ELISABETH OSBOURN (NAS), John Innes Centre, United Kingdon
STYRON N. POWERS, Independent Safety Consultant
ANN SALAMONE (NAE), Rochal Industries, LLC
SHIJING SUN, University of Washington
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 DAVID W. JOHNSON, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and JENNIE S. HWANG (NAE), H-Technologies Group, Inc. They were 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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Contents
2 OVERVIEW OF THE MATERIAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY
3 APPLIED CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS DIVISION
4 BIOSYSTEMS AND BIOMATERIALS DIVISION
5 BIOMOLECULAR MEASUREMENT DIVISION
7 MATERIALS MEASUREMENT SCIENCE DIVISION
8 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION
9 OFFICE OF DATA AND INFORMATICS
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