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4 Key Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 25-30

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From page 25...
... Additionally, more effort needs to be put into improved strategic planning. While several groups and activities are organized properly, some projects are not placed logically; for example, nanobiomedicine is currently housed with the Energy Research Group (ERG)
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From page 26...
... Detailed tracking of all users is routinely done by leading research fabrication facilities, and it is an essential tool for understanding usage trends and making rational decisions about staffing, equipment 2 NRC, An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2011, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
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From page 27...
... The CNST director and the staff expressed the desire to see more users from a broader range of disciplines and external organizations, particularly from industry; however, a strategic plan with a roadmap and metrics for achieving this goal was not articulated. Developing and applying metrics to manage operations would enable the benchmarking of performance against that of similar facilities and would also be a means of goal setting for strategic planning.
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From page 28...
... In particular, there currently appear to be few EPG collaborations and weak linkages with industrial users. For example, participation in workshops that bring together scientific leaders and identify potential options that enable future strategic measurement challenges may help to catalyze the next generation of scientific inquiry.
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From page 29...
... Recommendation 14: The Nanofabrication Research Group should redefine its mission to align it to the group's existing research or, if it does not have the flexibility to redefine its mission, it should realign the research projects to the current mission. In line with the NRG's mission, the NRG needs to enhance engagement with the fabrication community through talks at conferences, organizing workshops and conference sessions, and society service.
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Key Terms

  • energy research
  • national resource
  • external advisory
  • fabrication community
  • user facility

  • proactive approach
  • external users
  • external professional
  • current panel
  • tunneling microscope

  • measurement challenges
  • quantum computing
  • nanofab management
  • skills developed
  • similarly ignored

  • engineering community
  • nanoscale science
  • includes building
  • technology center
  • building test

  • test circuits
  • device development
  • fundamental physics
  • stated goal
  • scanning tunneling

  • related research
  • strategic presentation
  • valuable national
  • nanofab equipment
  • existing research


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