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10:35 am Context Setting

Willie E. May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

10:45 am NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)

Rob Dimeo, Director, NCNR

11:05 am Discussion

11:20 am Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST)

Bob Celotta, Director, CNST

11:40 am Discussion

11:55 am Other Examples of NIST’s Unique Capabilities

Willie E. May

12:15 pm Discussion

Session II:  

NIST User Facilities and Other Examples of Ways in

which NIST Partners with Others

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST)

• Non-regulatory

agency within

U.S. Department

of Commerce

• Founded in 1901 as

National Bureau of

Standards

Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to 

...coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin,

and fix the standard of weights and measures

Unique Mission within the Federal Government ...

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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Major Assets

• ~ 3,000 Employees; 1800 Scientists and Engineers

• ~ 2,800 Associates and Facilities Users 

• ~ 400 NIST Staff on ~1,000 national and international 

standards committees 

• JILA – amo physics

• JQI – quantum science

• IBBR – biotech – adv. 

therapeutics

• HML – marine bioscience

• NCCoE – cybersecurity

• CHMaD – “materials by design”

NIST Laboratory Program -at-a-Glance

NIST has two main campuses...... and six joint institutes

Gaithersburg, MD

62 buildings; 578 acres

Boulder, CO

26 buildings; 208 acres

+ two sites housing NIST radio stations:

• Ft. Collins; 390 acres

• Kauai; US Navy 30 acre site

Plus

~ $120 M from other Government Agencies

~ $50 M for other reimbursable services

NIST (NBS) established in 1901

“It is therefore the unanimous opinion of 

your committee that no more essential aid 

could be given to 

• manufacturing

• commerce

• the makers of scientific apparatus

• the scientific work of Government

• schools, colleges, and universities

than by the establishment of the institution

proposed in this bill.”

House Committee on Coinage, Weights and 

Measures ... on the establishment of the 

National Bureau of Standards (now NIST)

May 3, 1900

Organic Act of 1901; Updated in 2008

Functions and activities of the Institute include:

• custody and dissemination of national standards.

• determination of physical constants and the properties of materials,

• comparison of US national standards with those of other nations

• solutions to measurement and standards problems of other government agencies

• providing (Innovation) assistance to industry

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NBS/NIST: Organic Act of 1901; Updated in 2008

Assistance to industry by:

• development of measurements, measurement methods. 

and basic measurement technology

• development of technology and procedures needed to 

improve quality, modernize manufacturing processes, 

ensure product reliability and cost-effectiveness, 

promote more rapid commercialization ...

• operation of National User Facilities

www.nist.gov/director/ocla/NIST%20Organic%20Act%20Updated%201-08.htm

NIST Laboratory Program

providing measurement solutionsfor industry and the nation

Associate Director for

Laboratory Programs

Material

Measurement

Laboratory

Physical

Measurement

Laboratory

Engineering

Laboratory

Information

Technology

Laboratory

Center for

Nanoscale

Science and

Technology

NIST Center

for Neutron

Research

Special Programs Office Law Enforcement Standards, National Security

Standards, Climate Assessment & Advanced

Communications Programs

Standards Coordination Office

Standards Services Division

NIST Quality Manager

NIST Lab Resources for FY14

• ~ $650 million from Direct Appropriations

• ~ $120 million from Other Federal and State Agencies 

• ~ $50 million for other reimbursable services

Driving innovation through

Measurement Science and Standards

Metrology Laboratories

Accelerating the adoption and deployment of

advanced technology solutions

Technology Laboratories

Providing world class, unique, cutting‐edge

research facilities

National User Facilities

Communication

Technology

Laboratory
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User Facilities

The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) operates a national, 

shared-use facility for nanoscale fabrication and measurement and develops 

innovative nanoscale measurement and fabrication capabilities to support 

researchers from industry, academia, NIST, and other government agencies in 

nanoscale technology from discovery to production. 

The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) operates a national user facility 

providing neutron-based measurement capabilities to U.S. researchers from 

industry, academia, NIST, and other government agencies in support of materials 

research, neutron imaging, chemical and biological analysis, neutron standards, 

dosimetry, and radiation metrology.

A consortium focused on neutron-based measurement science

To support the manufacturing of Soft Materials

10:35 am Context Setting

Willie E. May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

10:45 am NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)

Rob Dimeo, Director, NCNR

11:05 am Discussion

11:20 am Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST)

Bob Celotta, Director, CNST

11:40 am Discussion

11:55 am Other Examples of NIST’s Unique Capabilities

Willie E. May

12:15 pm Discussion

Session II:  

NIST User Facilities and Other Examples of Ways in

which NIST Partners with Others