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Chapter: Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs." National Research Council. 2000. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9979.
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Appendix B

Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs

OCTOBER 7, 1999
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Facilities Overview, Dave Norcross, Director, Boulder Laboratories

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

Executive Session

11:30 a.m.

Lunch

Laboratory Tours

12:30 p.m.

Time and Frequency Division, Physics Laboratory

“NIST Primary Frequency Standards”

Presenters: Dawn Meekhof and Don Sullivan

1:00 p.m.

Radio-Frequency Technology Division, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory

“EM Compatibility Measurements”

Presenter: Dennis Friday

1:30 p.m.

Materials Reliability Division, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory

“Electron Microscopy Investigations of Interconnect Reliability for Microelectronics”

Presenter: Bob Keller

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs." National Research Council. 2000. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9979.
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2:00 p.m.

Electromagnetic Technology Division, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory

“Micro- and Nanoscale Fabrication Facilities”

Presenter: Dick Harris (or colleague)

2:30 p.m.

Optoelectronics Division, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory

“Measurements for the Optoelectronics Industry”

Presenter: Gordon Day

DECEMBER 9-10, 1999
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Thursday, December 9

 

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Linda Capuano, Chair, NRC Board on Assessment of NIST Programs

9:00 a.m.

Introduction to NRC and Overview of Board/Panel Operations

Dorothy Zolandz, Director, Board on Assessment of NIST Programs, National Research Council

9:15 a.m.

NIST Director's Address

Ray Kammer, Director, NIST

9:30 a.m.

Overview of NIST Measurements and Standards Laboratories

Katharine Gebbie, Chair, NIST Laboratory Council and Director, NIST Physics Laboratory

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.

Overview of Technology Services

Richard Kayser, Acting Director, Technology Services

11:45 a.m.

Lunch

12:45 p.m.

Look to the Future for the Measurement and Standards Laboratories

Michael Casassa, Director, NIST Program Office

Dave Norcross, Director, NIST Boulder Laboratories

Leslie Smith, Director, NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory

Belinda Collins, Director, Office of Standards Services, NIST Technology Services

2:15 p.m.

Staff Development, Leadership Training, and Succession Planning

Jack Snell, Director, NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory

3:15 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

Databases

John Rumble, Chief of the Standard Reference Data Program, NIST Technology Services

4:00 p.m.

Web Security

Barbara Guttman, Deputy Director, NIST Information Technology Laboratory

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs." National Research Council. 2000. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9979.
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4:30 p.m.

Executive session

6:00 p.m.

Adjourn

Friday, December 10

 

8:00 a.m.

Executive Session

12 noon

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Meet with NIST Organizational Unit Heads

Topics: Expectations for Panels, Themes for 2000, Feedback from 1999

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Executive Session

3:45 p.m.

Adjourn

MAY 3-4, 2000
National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, May 3

 

Closed Session

 

8:00 a.m.

Light Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Discussion of Board Balance and Composition; Discussion of Candidates for New Members

9:30 a.m.

Review Panel Findings; Identify Overarching Themes

12 noon

Lunch

12:45 p.m.

Transportation to NIST Gaithersburg

Open Session

 

1:30 p.m.

Tour of NIST Laboratory Facilities

  • Measuring the Country's Electric Power: The Impact of Deregulation (James Olthoff, Electronics and Electrical Engineering)

  • Nanoscale Physics Laboratory: Quantum Electronics and Autonomous Atom Assembly (Bob Celotta, Physics Laboratory)

  • Atomic-Resolution Study of Copper Electrodeposition (Tom Moffat, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory)

  • XCALIBIR: X-Ray Optics Calibration Interferometer (Angela Davis, Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs." National Research Council. 2000. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9979.
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  • XML/E-Business: eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Conformance Testing (Mark Skall, Information Technology Laboratory)

  • Service Life Prediction for Building Materials: The Photodegradation Laboratory (Jon Martin, Building and Fire Research Laboratory)

  • Standards for Healthcare Measurements (Joe Dalluge, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory)

4:30 p.m.

Transportation to Holiday Inn, Georgetown

Thursday, May 4

 

Closed Session

 

7:30 a.m.

Light Breakfast

Preparation for Meeting with NIST Organizational Unit Heads

 

8:00 a.m.

Complete Discussion of Overarching Themes

9:30 a.m.

Brainstorm on “Quality Metrics”

10:00 a.m.

Discuss Possibilities for Assessment of Interlaboratory Activities

10:30 a.m.

Globalization Issues

11:00 a.m.

Discuss Process and Lessons Learned

Open Session

 

11:30 a.m.

Discussion with NIST Organizational Unit Heads on Overarching Themes/Issues

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Discussion of “Quality Metrics”

1:30 p.m.

Discussion of Assessment of Interlaboratory Programs

2:00 p.m.

NIST Measurement and Standards Laboratories Budget: Current Budget Status and Strategies for Coping

Karen Brown, Deputy Director, NIST

Role of Board on Assessment in Budget Issues—Open Discussion

Closed Session

 

2:30 p.m.

Rethink Issues Based upon Meeting with NIST Staff

3:30 p.m.

Meeting Adjourns

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs." National Research Council. 2000. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9979.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs." National Research Council. 2000. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9979.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs." National Research Council. 2000. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9979.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agendas for Meetings of Board on Assessment of NIST Programs." National Research Council. 2000. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9979.
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