Midsize Facilities:

Infrastructure for Materials Research

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Publication Year:2005

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Committee on Smaller Facilities, Solid State Sciences Committee, National Research Council
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Most of the instruments now used for materials research are too complex and expensive for individual investigators to own, operate, and maintain them. Consequently, they have become increasingly consolidated into multi-user, small to midsized research facilities, located at many sites ...
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Front Matter	i-xx
Executive Summary	1-10	(skim)
1. Nature and Importance of Midsize Facilities	11-34	(skim)
2. Key Features and Capabilities of Midsize Facilities	35-60	(skim)
3. Challenges for Midsize Facilities	61-88	(skim)
4. Investment in Midsize Facilities	89-111	(skim)
5. Optimizing the Effectiveness of Midsize Facilities	112-124	(skim)
Appendix A: Statement of Task	125-128	(skim)
Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas	129-132	(skim)
Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires	133-156	(skim)
Appendix D: Committee’s Interim Report	157-176	(skim)
Appendix E: Report of a Site Visit Team	177-188	(skim)
Appendix F: Selected Federal Programs that Support Midsize Facilities	189-211	(skim)
Appendix G: Summary of NSF Workshop on Chemical Instrumentation	212-214	(skim)
Appendix H: Personal Perspectives from Howard K. Birnbaum	215-221	(skim)
Appendix I: Committee Member and Staff Biographies	222-230	(skim)

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Most of the instruments now used for materials research are too complex and expensive for individual investigators to own, operate, and maintain them. Consequently, they have become increasingly consolidated into multi-user, small to midsized research facilities, located at many sites around the country. The proliferation of these facilities, however, has drawn calls for a careful assessment of best principles for their operation. With support from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, the NRC carried out a study to characterize and discuss ways to optimize investments in materials research facility infrastructure with attention to midsize facilities. This report provides an assessment of the nature and importance of mid-sized facilities, their capabilities, challenges they face, current investment, and optimizing their effectiveness.

Midsize Facilities:

Infrastructure for Materials Research

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