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... Material Measurement Laboratory. The panel will review technical reports and technical program descriptions prepared by NIST staff and will visit the facilities of the NIST laboratory.
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... 1 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) , 2017, An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Material Measurement Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2017, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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... RECOMMENDATION 3-2: The Office of Reference Materials should develop processes and procedures to strategically select and prioritize the use of working capital funds toward high demand products, which can maximize the throughput and return value; and examine methods to accelerate and evaluate the development of these new standard reference material products. The evaluation can be used to further promote and/or incentivize the MML division-level SRM development.
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... In addition, identifying postdocs in the MML divisions with an understanding of the importance of sound computational techniques and establishing joint mentorship programs with those divisions and ODI would be beneficial. RECOMMENDATION 4-4: The Material Measurement Laboratory should enhance engagement with creation/integration of reference materials.
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... Strategic planning could incorporate the number of scientific staff and specific scientific expertise needed, equipment development needs, and standards development needs and prioritize all needed investments. RECOMMENDATION 5-2: The Materials Science and Engineering Division should develop a clear articulation of a broad-based strategic plan of the division and state how that plan reflects the overarching strategic plan of the Material Measurement Laboratory.
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... RECOMMENDATION 6-6: The Materials Measurement Science Division should prioritize the division's needs for upgrading/replacement of equipment and explore centralizing commonly used instrumentation at the division or laboratory level. Biosystems and Biomaterials Division The NIST Biosystems and Biomaterials Division (BBD)
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... RECOMMENDATION 7-3: The Material Measurement Laboratory should evaluate whether the square footage assigned the Biosystems and Biomaterials Division is commensurate with the division's current size and mission. RECOMMENDATION 7-4: The Biosystems and Biomaterials Division should provide additional resources in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, colloidal science, virology, immunology, microbiology, and bioinformatics in a manner commensurate with the increasing importance of these specialties.
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... Overall, BMD should be recognized for its excellence in meeting current technical goals while positioning itself for future developments and inherent changes in the national and global landscape in biopharmaceutical, bioprocessing, biomolecular research, and renewable energy and bioproducts. The applications of artificial intelligence (AI)
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... Its work serves a diverse stakeholder community by providing innovative measurements and models and critically evaluated data with the goals of improving processes and products and developing new and improved standards. Many of the individual projects are organized for either historical or administrative convenience, in contrast with unifying technical or methodological themes based on the MML mission statement.
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... Properly valuing the SRD and SRM activities would create revenue to support such activities. RECOMMENDATION 10-2: The Applied Chemicals and Materials Division should take steps to realize the true value of standard reference data and standard reference materials thereby enabling revenue for growth of new programs.


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