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*U.S. Department of Commerce*

National Institute of Standards and Technology:

Overview and Opportunities

Dennis Friday

NIST-Boulder Laboratories

Strengthening Math and Science Education

American Competitiveness Initiative Workshop

Las Vegas, NV November 28-29, 2006

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Technology Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

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**Outline**

NIST Overview:

Mission

How we are organized?

Extramural Programs

Laboratory Programs

The American Competitiveness Initiative

Impact on NIST and the Nation

Opportunities for Involvement with NIST

Educational Baldrige Quality Program Grants

Specific Research Areas

SURF

PREP

(NIST)2

Direct collaboration

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**NIST Mission**

To promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing
measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance
economic security and improve our quality of life

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Director: Dr. William Jeffrey

2,900 employees (2450 FTP, 450 FTE)

1400 technical professional

1050 admin/clerical/wage-grade/technicians

Two primary sites:

Gaithersburg, MD (2550), Boulder, CO (350)

1,800 guest researchers

1,500 field agents

850 users of facilities

Appropriations for FY 2006: \$745.1M

Professional staff profile: PhD (50%), MS (23%), BS (23%)

Four main programs areas:

Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program

Baldrige National Quality Program

Advanced Technology Program

NIST Laboratories

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**Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program**

The Hollings MEP is a nationwide network that provides hands-on help to
smaller manufacturers.

Business assistance includes:

Quality management

Human resource development

Financial planning

Technical assistance includes:

E-commerce

Process improvement

Plant layout

Product development

Energy audits

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**Baldrige National Quality Award**

Premier U.S. award for performance excellence and quality achievement

Awards in Manufacturing, Service, Small Business, Education, Health Care

More than 2 million copies of Criteria for Performance Excellence
distributed (not including downloads from Web)

Quality programs modeled on Baldrige: 49 state and local (up from fewer
than 10 in 1990); 60 international

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**The NIST Laboratories**

Manufacturing Engineering

Building and Fire Research

Chemical Science and Technology

Materials Science and Engineering

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Technology Services

Information Technology

Physics

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**NIST serves a broad customer base...**

Environmental Technologies

Manufacturing

Food and nutrition

Transportation

Pharmaceuticals

Law Enforcement

Biotechnology

Computer software and equipment

Construction

Microelectronics

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**NIST provides innovation infrastructure to...**

**\...advance manufacturing and services**

Semiconductor electronics

"lean manufacturing" of plastics

Automobile manufacturing interoperability

Pharmaceuticals

Chemicals

Fuel cell technology

healthcare

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**NIST provides innovation infrastructure to...**

**\...facilitate trade**

Secure automated banking

International standards to counteract technical barriers to trade (TBT)

Volume and flow standards

Electric power metering

[www.time.gov](http://www.time.gov/) billions of hits daily

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**NIST provides innovation infrastructure to...**

**\...improve public safety and security**

Metal detectors

Wireless interoperability among first responders

Smoke detectors

Trace explosives detection portal

Novel sensors to detect gases

Altimeter calibration

Standards for body armor

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**NIST provides innovation infrastructure to...**

**... improve quality of life**

Cholesterol standard reference material

Drinking water quality

Prostate and breast cancer treatment

Database and measurements for alternative refrigerants

Standards for sulfur in fossil fuels

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**...with many services and products**

Calibration services

Laboratory accreditation

Assistance for small manufacturers

Standard reference materials and data

Cybersecurity best practices

Quality guidelines

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**NIST has...**

**\...strong partnerships**

These slides provide the logos of a sample of NIST partners -- e.g.
University of Colorado, University of Maryland, IBM, Intel, NASA, etc.

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**NIST Center for Neutron Research**

National resource for

neutron-based measurements

"See" structure at the nanoscale

Uniquely sensitive to hydrogen

Probe magnetic structure

Non-destructive probe

POC: Dr. Pat Gallagher, (301)-975-6210 patrick.gallagher@nist.gov

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**Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST)**

New multidisciplinary center aimed at converting nanotechnology
discoveries to products

Mission: develop the necessary measurement science and instrumentation
to meet emerging needs

Establish the materials and process characterization to enable
scaled-up, reliable, cost effective manufacturing of nanoscale
materials, structures, devices, and systems

Partner with industry, academia, and government to turn the potential of
nanotechnology into reality

POC: Dr. Robert Celotta, (301)-975-3710 robert.celotta@nist.gov

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**NIST has\...**

**\...world-class staff**

Jan Hall -- 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics

Eric Cornell - 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics

Bill Phillips - 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics

John Cahn - 1998 National Medal of Science

Anneke Sengers - 2003 L'Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Award

Debbie Jin - 2003 MacArthur Fellowship

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**What NIST Brings to a Partnership**

Unique mission

World-renowned and highly trained scientists and engineers

Unique capabilities and facilities

Strategic focus

Strong relationships with Industry, Academia, Government agencies

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**President's 10-Year American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI)**

**Doubles, over 10 years, investment in:**

NIST core (laboratory and infrastructure)

National Science Foundation

DOE Office of Science

Commits \$50 billion of new funding to these key agencies

Makes permanent and updates the R&D Tax Credit

Strengthens math and science education and increases the number of math
and science teachers

Implements worker training and retraining opportunities

Reforms immigration policies to attract the worlds best scientists

**Total requested FY 2007 increase for NIST programs:**

**\$104M (+24%)**

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**NIST Increase in the FY 2007 President's Budget Request**

*Targeting the most strategic and rapidly developing technologies (+\$45
million)*

Nano Discovery to Manufacture

Enabling the Hydrogen Economy

Quantum Information Science -- Infrastructure for 21^st^ Century

Innovations in Measurement Science

Cybersecurity: Innovative Technologies for National Security

*Increasing the capacity and capability of critical national assets
(+\$27 million)*

NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Capacity and Capability

Synchrotron Measurement Science and Technology

*Meeting the Nation's most immediate needs (+\$12 million)*

Manufacturing Innovation through Supply Chain Integration

Structural Safety in Hurricanes, Fires, and Earthquakes

International Standards and Innovation: Opening Markets

Bioimaging: A 21^st^ Century Toolbox for Medical Technology

Biometrics: Identifying Friend or Foe

*NIST facilities improvement plan (+\$20.1 million)*

Design and renovation of 2 buildings in Boulder, CO

Safety, Capacity, Maintenance and Major Repairs

NCNR initiative mentioned earlier includes construction funds

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**Enabling Nanotechnology from Discovery to Manufacture**

Nanotech market predicted to exceed \$1 trillion by 2015

NIST brings:

multidisciplinary measurement expertise

world-class Advanced Measurement Lab

national user facility experience

Expand the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST)

work with industry, universities, and other agencies to bridge the gap
between science and production

Expand NIST research efforts to support industry through nanoscale
measurement science and standards

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**NIST Center for Neutron Research Expansion and Reliability
Improvements**

U.S. neutron facilities can't meet current demand

Neutrons offer unique benefits

protein structure/function

trace chemical analysis

NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)

nation's leading neutron facility

serves more users than all other U.S. neutron facilities combined

Upgrade NCNR -- 5-year plan

Add additional cold source and new guide hall

provide new generation of world-class instruments

serve 500 more researchers each year

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**Enabling the Hydrogen Economy**

Hydrogen fuels benefits reduced dependence on foreign energy sources,

lower environmental impact

NIST brings:

50 years of technical expertise

Congressional mandates for weights and measures, pipeline safety

NIST will:

improve efficiency, durability, manufacture of hydrogen fuel cells

develop standards for pipeline safety and reliability

develop standards, calibrations for equitable trade of hydrogen

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**Manufacturing Innovation Through Supply Chain Integration**

Inefficient exchange of product designs and data costs U.S. economy \>
\$25 billion/year

Opportunity mirrors NIST strengths

standards, measurements, testing tools, neutral convener

Will foster seamless global supply chain for the auto, aerospace, and
construction industries

create "roadmaps" for developing open standards for enterprise
integration

develop and test standards, ensuring consistency with international
standards

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**Quantum Information Science -- Infrastructure for 21^st^-Century
Innovation**

Revolutionary potential, ultrapowerful computers, "unbreakable" code to
protect financial transactions

NIST is a world leader in the field

world-renowned scientists, including three Nobel laureates

NIST will

expand research on quantum information

develop new measurement tools and methods

support a Joint Quantum Institute with a university and the National
Security Agency

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**Structural Safety in Hurricanes, Fires, and Earthquakes**

\$52 billion annually in property damage, disruption of commerce, lost
lives

Goal is to save lives, reduce damage to structures

Proposed program will advance:

extreme wind database and other tools

fire and smoke wildland prediction methods

earthquake-resistant design and construction methods

better prediction of structural capacity

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**Synchrotron Measurement Science and Technology**

Synchrotrons complement neutron sources

imaging & analysis of chemical, electronic & structural properties used
in developing new, innovative materials

National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Lab will
upgrade three beamlines and establish two new beamlines

Will be used by 200 researchers a year

any material, made of any elements, subnanometer resolution

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**International Standards and Innovations**

Standards-related barriers to trade constrain innovation, entrench
inferior technologies, raise transaction costs, and hinder
interoperability

NIST works to open markets for American workers and exporters

NIST will

provide technical leadership to ensure standards are not a barrier to
U.S. exports

provide information and effective U.S. coordination with international
standards organizations

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**Innovation in Measurement Science**

Innovation incubator

Supports high-risk, leading-edge NIST research that anticipates
industry's needs

Launched NIST expertise in quantum information science, fuel cell
science, three-dimensional chemical imaging, for example

All three NIST Nobel laureates had research funded by this program

Competitive program to fund multidisciplinary work with greatest
potential for fostering innovation

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**Bio-Imaging: A 21st Century Toolbox for Medical Technology**

Vision---to convert pictures into reliable data for diagnosis and
analysis

Measurements foundation is lacking---assessments must be accurate,
reliable, repeatable

NIST will partner with NIH, bioimaging industry to improve

molecular imaging for understanding bio processes

assessment of advanced biomaterials' behavior *in the body*

methods and technologies for bioinformatics

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**Cyber Security: Innovative Technologies for National Security**

Critical to nation's productivity and infrastructure (transportation,
financial systems, power grids, etc.)

NIST has recognized technical expertise and statutory assignments

encryption standards work estimated to have saved industry \$1 billion

Will develop measurement science and technologies

identify and address vulnerabilities in real time

assess effectiveness of cyber security controls

mitigate attacks

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**Biometrics: Identifying Friend or Foe**

Automated tools needed to identify people

protect borders while allowing efficient travel

NIST has decades of experience

now managing Face Recognition Grand Challenge Program

Funding allows

testing of multimodal systems (2 or more biometrics)

image quality standards and tests

guidelines for system interoperability

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**Growing Support for ACI and NIST...**

*"Despite an overall budget for 2007 that would reduce domestic
discretionary spending, Wolf, who chairs the spending panel with
jurisdiction over NSF and [NIST]{.underline}, flat-out promises that
both agencies \"will get their number.\" (NSF is pegged for a 7.9
percent boost, and [NIST\'s core programs]{.underline} would rise by 24
percent..."*

The President's budget for NIST is unprecedented

Indicates the importance of NIST's work to the nation

Funding still needs to be appropriated by Congress

[Many opportunities for cooperation and participation]{.underline}

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**Outline:**

NIST Overview:

Mission

How we are organized?

Extramural Programs

Laboratory Programs

The American Competitiveness Initiative

Impact on NIST and the Nation

Opportunities for Involvement with NIST

Educational Baldrige Quality Program

Grants

Specific Research Areas

SURF

PREP

(NIST)2

Direct collaboration

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**Baldrige National Quality Award**

Premier U.S. award for performance excellence and quality achievement

Awards in Manufacturing, Service, Small Business,
[Education]{.underline}, Health Care

Educational institutions are eligible

Examples of MBNQA winners:

Richland College, TX

Pearl River School District, NY

Jenks Public Schools, OK

•Independent expert evaluation based upon seven Baldrige criteria

• Benefits: Prestige and visibility, Insights, Organizational
effectiveness

• Cost: No funding supplied, costs you to implement -- net gain to you

• Potential synergy with Executive Order 13270 on TCUs 2006 -- 2008

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**NIST Grants Programs Relevant for TCUs**

[Support Relevant to TCU-initiated Small Business Startups]{.underline}

Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Co-funded locally-based extension
centers provide small manufacturers with technology and business
assistance

Small Business Innovation Research Program: Funds proposals by small
businesses for research and development efforts that fall within areas
recommended yearly by DOC

[Support Relevant to TCU College/University Research
Efforts]{.underline}

Precision Measurement Grants \-- Supports researchers in U.S. colleges
and universities for experimental and theoretical studies of fundamental
physical phenomena

Fire Research Grants: Sponsors research by academic institutions,
non-federal government agencies, and independent and industrial
laboratories that supports NIST\'s fire research laboratory programs

Standard Reference Data Grants: Supports research at academic,
industrial, and other non-federal institutions to critically evaluate
data in chemistry, physics, and materials properties.

Materials Science and Engineering Grants: Supports work in polymers,
ceramics, metallurgy, and neutron scattering and spectroscopy research
at academic, industrial, and other non-federal institutions.

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**Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF NIST Boulder)**

12 week program, May 21 to August 10, 2007

Complete application information available after December 15 at
<http://surf.boulder.nist.gov/>. Application deadline February 15, 2007

Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents

Competitive selection process

Stipend \$4000, plus travel and housing

Sister program to the SURF program at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland

For undergraduates at a U.S. university or college with a scientific
major, a recommended GPA of 3.0 or better, who intend to pursue a Ph.D.

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**Professional Research Experience Program (PREP - NIST Boulder)**

Colleges and Universities apply for PREP status (5 yr cycle -- 2009)

Students at those institutions are then eligible to participate

Flexible: Part-time/full time, Summers/Year round, Undergraduate,
Graduate, Post-Doctoral (Work/Study)

Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents

Undergraduates at a U.S. university or college with a scientific major,
a recommended GPA of 3.0 or better

Salary + Tuition during school year

Presently:

University of Colorado

Colorado School of Mines

Colorado State University

University of Denver

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**[Other forms of NIST Support for TCUs]{.underline}**

Direct Collaborations: Individual NIST outreach efforts or direct TCU
initiated collaboration with any NIST technical program (subject to
availability of funds) is possible and encouraged!

Examples of trial outreach programs:

1\) A sponsored visit to NIST Boulder by students and faculty from
Haskell Indian Nations University

2\) (NIST)2 NIST -- Navajo Internships in Science and Technology with
Dine' College

We are open to any suggestions

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**NIST Main Campus**

Gaithersburg, MD

Dedicated 1966

This slide provides a photograph of the NIST headquarters building.

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***1954* Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories -- 50 Years
*2006***

These slides provide photographs of the Boulder Laboratories.

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Please explore: [www.nist.gov](../www.nist.gov)

*If questions, email me at:*

*friday@boulder.nist.gov*

Thank you