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11:00 AM - Globalization: The World is Flat; but What About the World of International Standards?

3:00 PM - Multigrid Analysis of H1, H(curl) and H(div) Systems for Locally Adapted Grids

1:30 PM - On Site Demonstration

10:45 AM - Spectroscopic studies of ferroelectrics and polymers
11:00 AM - New Applications and Cooling Techniques for Low Temperature Microcalorimeters
11:00 AM - Innovative Fibers Systems made from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Thermoplastic Polymer Composites
3:30 PM - Broken Fibers, Broken Trust: The Materials Science of Body Armor

10:30 AM - Optimal Characteristics of 10 nm High Performance Devices: a Quantum Transport Simulation Study of Si FinFET
1:00 PM - Teaching Cognitive Robotics with Tekkotsu

6/4 -- MONDAY

11:00 AM - OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIST SEMINAR: Globalization: The World is Flat; but What About the World of International Standards?
Even in a “flattening earth,” international standards are a significant enabler for research, design, manufacturing, and trade. Expanding Internet applications, open sourcing, outsourcing, offshoring, and supply chaining all depend on standardization to be successful. This colloquium will look at the current international standards environment and its characteristics, describe how the standards landscape has changed and what future changes we can expect, and pose some questions about what this means for NIST’s involvement in international standardization.
Mary Saunders , Technology Services.
Administration Bldg, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Steve Quirolgico, 301-975-8426, stephen.quirolgico@nist.gov)
Special Assistance Available


6/5 -- TUESDAY

3:00 PM - MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES DIVISION SEMINAR: Multigrid Analysis of H1, H(curl) and H(div) Systems for Locally Adapted Grids
Long Chen , University of Maryland.
225 Bldg, Rm. B111. (NIST Contact: William Mitchell, 301-975-3808, william.mitchell@nist.gov) http://math.nist.gov/mcsd/Seminars/2007/2007-06-05-chen.html


6/6 -- WEDNESDAY

1:30 PM - OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY DIVISION SEMINAR: On Site Demonstration
ITT VIS (formerly RSI) will be on-site Weds, June 6 from 1:30 - 3:00 pm and will demonstrate the latest functionality in IDL 6.4 and ENVI 4.3. The ITT representatives welcome feedback in advance as to what functionality would be the most meaningful to us at NIST. Please contact Pete McIntosh directly at pmcintosh@ittvis.com or (303) 413-3934 with any specific interests.
Pete McIntosh , ITT VIS , pmcintosh@ittvis.com .
220 Bldg, Rm. B341. (NIST Contact: Maritoni Litorja, 301-975-8095, maritoni.litorja@nist.gov)


6/7 -- THURSDAY

10:45 AM - NIST CENTER FOR NEUTRON RESEARCH SEMINAR: Spectroscopic studies of ferroelectrics and polymers
This talk will focus on our recent high pressure experimental work on (1) Brillouin scattering from polymers, and (2) Raman and x-ray scattering from ferroelectrics. (1) The acoustic properties of three polymer elastomers have been measured from ambient pressure to approximately 12 GPa by using Brillouin scattering in a (high pressure) diamond anvil cell. For these elastomers, both transverse and longitudinal acoustic modes were observed, though the transverse modes were observed only at elevated pressures (>0.7 GPa) in all cases. From the Brillouin frequency shifts, longitudinal and transverse sound speeds were calculated, as were the C11 and C12 elastic constants, bulk, shear, and Young's moduli, and Poisson's ratios, and their respective pressure dependencies. P-V isotherms were then constructed, and fit to the equations of state to extract the isothermal bulk modulus and its pressure derivative for each material. (2) We combined Raman scattering and x-ray diffraction to investigate PbTiO3 under pressure (at 10 K). The experimental results indicate that lead titanate undergoes successive phase transitions with pressure: from tetragonal to monoclinic at 10 GPa, monoclinic to monoclinic at 16 GPa, and monoclinic to rhombohedral at 20 GPa. These results confirmed that lead titanate displays a morphotropic phase boundary, under pressure, consistent with first-principles theoretical predictions (Wu and Cohen). Our results reveal that a complex microstructure is not necessary to obtain high coupling piezoelectricity in relaxor ferroelectrics with lead titanate as end-members. They also suggest that high performance ferroelectric solid solutions with lead titanate as end-members simply tune the transition down to zero pressure through chemistry. This opens the door to the possible discovery of high performance pure compound electromechanical materials.
Dr. Muhetaer Aihaiti , Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Bldg. 235, E100 (Large Conf. room). (NIST Contact: Peter Gehring, 301-975-3946, peter.gehring@nist.gov)

11:00 AM - OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIST SEMINAR: New Applications and Cooling Techniques for Low Temperature Microcalorimeters
NIST has been an innovator in the field of low temperature electronics for more than 30 years, and this heritage has produced some unique and interesting capabilities. In this seminar, the speaker will describe ongoing work to build cryogenic sensors based on thin films electrically biased in the superconducting-to-normal transition. Because of their low temperature, typically 0.1 K, these sensors can achieve performance figures significantly better than traditional technologies. These sensors are now finding applications across the electromagnetic spectrum from gamma-ray to microwave energies. For example, NIST researchers have recently built both gamma-ray and alpha-particle sensors that are able to easily resolve the spectral contributions of different isotopes of plutonium and with collaborators at Los Alamos National Laboratory are working to apply these sensors to nuclear safeguards and nuclear materials accounting. The speaker also will describe ongoing efforts to make 0.1 K temperatures more accessible. For example, the researchers are presently building (1) solid-state nanorefrigerators based on quantum tunneling that can reach 0.1 K when staged from a simple helium-3 precooler, and (2) macroscopic refrigerators that cool from 300 K to 0.1 K without liquid cryogens.
Joel Ullom , Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory.
Administration Bldg, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Steve Quirolgico, 301-975-8426, stephen.quirolgico@nist.gov)
Special Assistance Available

11:00 AM - POLYMERS DIVISION SEMINAR: Innovative Fibers Systems made from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Thermoplastic Polymer Composites
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are high strength materials with nano-sized dimensions, which make them attractive as reinforcing materials for polymer matrices. Their nano-sized dimensions however make them difficult to process for macroscopic applications. Through studies of manufacturing nanotube continuous fibers as a means of processing these stronger reinforcing materials in thermoplastic polymer matrices it is demonstrated that increased mechanical properties of the composites can be generated. Our studies using fluorinated SWNTs, and an attempt to use benzoyl peroxide to initiate in situ covalent bonding of SWNTs to the polymer matrix through free radical chemistry during the melt processing stage of polypropylene (PP) composite systems will be presented. These techniques yielded materials with promising increases in mechanical properties. The measured increases in tensile strength of the fluorinated SWNT-PP continuous fibers were 48%, 36%, 67.3% and 151% for the 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, and 10 wt.% SWNT-loaded samples compared to the neat polypropylene samples, with even better results obtained from the processing with the added benzoyl peroxide reagent of 82.9%, 89.8%, 72.3% and 102%.
Daneesh Simien , Graduate Student- Rice University, Houston, TX, daneesh@rice.edu.
224 Bldg, Rm. A312. (NIST Contact: Kalman Migler, 301-975-4876, kalman.migler@nist.gov)

3:30 PM - SURF SUMMER SEMINAR SERIES: Broken Fibers, Broken Trust: The Materials Science of Body Armor
In 2003, a police officer was shot and seriously injured when a bullet penetrated his body armor, which was less than 6 months old at the time of the shooting. This event drew the attention of government, fiber and armor manufacturers, and the law enforcement community to issues relating to body armor durability and service life. This talk will provide an overview of materials used in body armor and body armor testing, and provide highlights of NIST research on ballistic fiber degradation.
Joannie Chin , Materials & Construction Research Division, Building & Fire Research Laboratory, joannie.chin@nist.gov.
Administration Bldg, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Anita Sweigert, 301-975-4201, anita.sweigert@nist.gov)
Special Assistance; Contact A. Sweigert a week in advance.


6/8 -- FRIDAY

10:30 AM - QUANTUM ELECTRICAL METROLOGY DIVISION SEMINAR: Optimal Characteristics of 10 nm High Performance Devices: a Quantum Transport Simulation Study of Si FinFET
Denis Mamaluy , Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University.
Metrology Building, Room B365. (NIST Contact: Neil Zimmerman, 301-975-5887, neil.zimmerman@nist.gov)

1:00 PM - COMPLEX SYSTEMS PROGRAM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY: Teaching Cognitive Robotics with Tekkotsu
Undergraduate robotics education resembles computer science education 50 years ago, when programming was taught in assembly language. Today's student roboticists use C or BASIC, but they're writing code to turn motors on and off. What they should be doing is using abstract perceptual and motor primitives to program robots that can see and manipulate the world. Tekkotsu is a robotics programming framework whose high level primitives are inspired by, and make reference to, ideas from cognitive science, such as visual routines, dual coding theory, and affordances. Originally developed for the Sony AIBO robot dog, it is now being extended to support a variety of wheeled and legged platforms. Tekkotsu is an open source project and is available for free at Tekkotsu.org. I will describe our experience teaching a Cognitive Robotics course at Carnegie Mellon using this software. With funding from NSF's Broadening Participation in Computing project, Carnegie Mellon and Spelman College are also using Tekkotsu to jump-start robotics education at several other historically black colleges.
Dave Touretzky , Research Professor, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Dave_Touretzky@cs.cmu.edu.
Administration Bldg, Lecture Rm. B. (NIST Contact: Sandy Ressler, 301-975-3549, sandy.ressler@nist.gov)


ADVANCE NOTICE

6/11/07 10:30 AM - NIST COLLOQUIUM SERIES : R&D To Deliver Practical Results: Extending Moore's Law
NOTE: Different Day Over forty years after its introduction, Moore’s Law continues to be the best predictor of future trends in silicon process scaling. Significant shifts in technology have occurred during this time to achieve increased performance and power efficiency. Advances in materials, processes, device structures, architectures, packages and systems will continue to enable the future. A research and development approach that leverages university and consortium research along with a strong, targeted, internal research organization will be discussed. The required investments necessitate a smooth transfer of ideas into development, and from development into high volume manufacturing. Use of integrated development and manufacturing capabilities enables co-optimizing the end product and manufacturing process. The model will be validated by considering Intel products and technical results.
William Holt , Senior Vice President and General Manager, Technology and Manufacturing Group, Intel Corporation.
Administration Building, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Kum Ham, 301-975-4203, kham@nist.gov)
Special Assistance Available

6/12/07 3:00 PM - ITL SEMINAR SERIES: Cost-Effective Techniques for User-Session-Based Testing Of Web Applications
Software testing is a major bottleneck in the software development process. Testing is often not comprehensive due to limited time resources during product development, thus leading to huge losses for companies in the event of an unexpected failure. New programming domains require new techniques for effective systematic testing. One such programming domain that has gained prominence in the past few years is a set of languages and software architectures for developing and deploying web-based applications. As web applications evolve and their usage increases, their complexity also increases, thus creating a great demand for techniques and tools to ensure well-tested reliable applications. Low reliability can result in serious, detrimental effects for businesses, government, and consumers, as they have become increasingly dependent on the Internet for routine daily operations. In previous work, the speaker has designed, implemented, and empirically evaluated practical techniques to test web applications by leveraging and efficiently filtering field data. In this talk, she will present a test suite reduction approach that allows for scalable user-session-based testing of web applications and the different test requirements we used for reduction. She will also present the design of her automated web testing framework and the experimental studies conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the reduced suites. She will conclude the talk with new research directions that she is currently pursuing. Bio: Dr. Sreedevi Sampath is an Assistant Professor in the Information Systems Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Sreedevi earned her Ph.D. in 2006 in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Delaware under the advisement of Dr. Lori Pollock. She received her M.S. in 2002 from the University of Delaware in Computer and Information Sciences and received her B.E. degree from Osmania University in Computer Science and Engineering in 2000. Her research interests are broadly in the areas of software testing, web applications and software maintenance. Her Ph.D. research has focused on developing cost-effective techniques for user-session-based testing of web applications. She is also interested in exploring uses of web application usage data, regression testing of web applications, test case generation for web applications, and testing for security in applications. Bio: Radia Perlman is a Sun Fellow at Sun Microsystems, working on network and security protocols.She invented many of the basic algorithms that make today's network infrastructure robust and scalable. She is author of "Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols", and coauthor of "Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World", both of which are widely used both as textbooks in universities and for engineers to learn the field. She holds over 80 patents, a PhD in computer science from MIT, and an honorary doctorate from KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. She recently was given a lifetime achievement award by Usenix, and named SVIPLA (Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association) Inventor of the year.
Dr. Sreedevi Sampath , Information Systems Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Administration Bldg, Lecture Rm. B. (NIST Contact: Larry Reeker, 301-975-5147, larry.reeker@nist.gov)

6/25/07 9:00 AM - METALLURGY DIVISION SEMINAR: IEEE Magnetism in Nanotechnology & Electronics Conference
The IEEE Magnetics Society Chapter of the Northern Virginia/Washington DC is organizing the IMAGINE Conference 2007 to provide an occasion for the magnetism researchers in this region and nearby to meet, interact, and exchange ideas. In addition, this is a good opportunity for postdoc/junior researchers and graduate students to present their research and gain exposure in the magnetism community.
IEEE IMAGINE , CONFERENCE.
Administration Bldg, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Wing Tat Pong, 301-975-8876, ppong@nist.gov) http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/wash_nova/mags/ieeeimagine/

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MEETINGS ELSEWHERE


6/4 -- MONDAY

No Scheduled Events

6/5 -- TUESDAY

No Scheduled Events

6/6 -- WEDNESDAY

No Scheduled Events

6/7 -- THURSDAY

No Scheduled Events

6/8 -- FRIDAY

No Scheduled Events

ADVANCE NOTICE

No Scheduled Events

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TALKS BY NIST PERSONNEL

KILPATRICK, L. : POSTER: BUILDING PEPTIDE MASS SPECTRAL LIBRARIES FROM BACTERIAL PROTEOMES ANALYZED BY 2D-LC-MS/MS.
55th American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 6/4.

HWANG, J. : OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CLUSTERED BIOCONJUGATED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS FOR QUANTITATIVE BIOMEDICAL IMAGING.
ChinaNANO 2007, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing China, 6/4.

HENDRICKS, J. : THE NIST LOW PRESSURE MANOMETRY PROJECT: MAINTAINING AND DISSEMINATING BEST IN THE WORLD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN THE RAGE OF 0.1 PA TO 360 KPA.
Invited Talk, AVS New England Annual Symposium, Burlington, MA, 6/4.

BEICHL, I. : USING SIS TO SPEED UP MCMC.
Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science Workshop on Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Synthesizing Theory and Practice, New Brunswick, NJ, 6/5.

ANDERSON, I. : QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS OF MULTI-PHASE MATERIALS AT THE NANOMETER SCALE: INCOHERENT IMAGING IN THE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.
16th International Symposium of the Reactivity of Solids (ISRS-16), Minneapolis, MN, 6/5.

SIMPSON, D. : RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF ALIGNED AND LENGHT SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES.
Workshop on Nanotube Optics and Nanospectroscopy 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6/5.

NGUYEN, T. (Co-Authors: J.Martin E.Byrd ) : EFFECTS OF SPECTRAL UV ON PHOTODEGRADATION OF ALIPHATIC POLYURETHANE COATINGS.
Asia Pacific 2007 Coatings Conference and Show , Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 6/6.

NAJARRO, M. : QUANTITATION OF INK-JET PRINTED EXPLOSIVE STANDARDS USING GC/NCI-MS.
American Society for Mass Spectrometry Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 6/6.

MESSINA, J. : NORTH AMERICAN ATTITUDES ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.
IEC and JISSO, Singapore, 6/6.

DEVAULX, F. : THE NIST CALIBRATION CHECK STANDARDS DATABASE (CCSD).
PTB-BIPM Workshop on the Impact of Information Technology in Metrology, Berlin, Germany, 6/6.

HIGHT WALKER, D. : NIST EFFORTS ON SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT) CHARACTERIZATION.
United States Technology Advisory Group 2, an ISO committee, Berlin, Germany, 6/6.

DE VAULX, F. : PRESENT A PAPER ENTITLED "THE NIST CALIBRATION CHECK STANDARDS DATABASE" AT THE WORKSHOP ON THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN METROLOGY.
PTB-BIPM, Berlin, Germany, 6/6.

WONG-NG, W. : DEVELOPMENT OF A SEEBECK COEFFICIENT STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL.
2007 International Conference on Thermoelectrics , Jeju Island, Korea, 6/7.

NGUYEN, T. (Co-Authors: A.Granier J.Martin ) : AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO COVALENTLY FUNCTIONALIZE CARBON NANOFILLERS WITH ISOCYANATE FOR POLYURETHANE NANOCOMPOSITE COATINGS .
Asia Pacific 2007 Coatings Conference and Show, Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre , 6/7.

CLARK, C. (Co-Authors: J.Vaishnav I.Satija ) : EXPLORING ULTRACOLD ATOMS IN NON-ABELIAN GAUGE POTENTIALS.
38th Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, 6/8.

ROGERS, D. (Co-Authors: J.Bienfang C.Williams ) Charles W. Clark; Julius Goldhar, University of Maryland; Chris Richardson, Laboratory for Physical Sciences : SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES FOR CORRELATED PHOTON GENERATION.
38th Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, 6/8.

DENG, L. : OBSERVATION OF QUANTUM DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE IN INELASTIC TWO-WAVE MIXING.
38th Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, 6/9.

BIENFANG, J. : FREE-SPACE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION AT GHZ TRANSMISSION RATES.
DAMOP 2007, Telus Convention Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 6/9.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN SUBJECTS
Individuals at NIST who wish to do, or wish to sponsor any research involving human subjects, including human cells or tissue, are required by Federal regulations to obtain approval before embarking on the research. This includes: Research conducted here at NIST by NIST employees or guest workers Collaborative research with others outside of NIST, including CRADAs and other agreements Research funded by NIST through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements The current procedures for approving projects involving human subjects can be found in the NIST Administrative Manual Subchapter 14.01, Protection of Human Subjects (www-i.nist.gov/admin/mo/adman/1401.htm). These procedures ensure that the proposed research is in compliance with the applicable DOC Regulations, 15 CFR 27 (www.doc.gov/oebam/gforms.htm, click on 15CFR27 to download). NIST's Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviews and approves those research proposals that require review except in cases where an outside IRB has jurisdiction. The NIST IRB is described in Administrative Manual Subchapter 3.01, Appendix A (www-i.nist.gov/admin/mo/adman/301irb.htm). These regulations are broader than many people realize, and involve more than, for example, just invasive medical procedures. They can also cover volunteers participating in questionnaires and surveys and people testing computer software. All research involving human subjects and being conducted at an institution outside of NIST that has not been determined to be exempt from the Federal policy by the appropriate NIST OU Director needs to have an approval from that institution’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) or from an IRB that has a current Federal-wide Assurance (FWA) or a Multiple Project Assurance (MPA) from the Office for Human Research Protections, DHHS. In addition, the institution conducting the research involving human subjects must have a current FWA. The outside IRB’s approval will be subject to concurrence by NIST. The NIST IRB Chair reviews the documentation from the outside researchers and IRB and recommends approval or disapproval to the NIST Deputy Director, with the concurrence of the NIST Counsel. Research being conducted at NIST by NIST employees that has not been determined to be exempt by the appropriate NIST OU Director must be reviewed by the NIST IRB (formerly called The NIST Human Research Ethics Committee). The use of human subjects in the project may not begin until the Counsel for NIST has concurred with the IRB's recommendation to approve the project and the Deputy Director of NIST has approved it. Signatures required before the proposal is sent to the NIST IRB include that of the Group Leader and Division Chief (who approve the scientific merit of the research), and the Laboratory Director (who determines whether it is exempt). An OU Director's exemption determination must receive concurrence from the Counsel for NIST and then be forwarded to the NIST IRB Acting Chair, Dr. Lisa R. Karam for noting and filing. For more information, contact the NIST IRB Secretary, Brenda L. Thomasson, (301) 975-3190 or (301) 975-3084, email: blthomas@nist.gov or visit our website at: http://www-i.nist.gov/director/IRB/ (For best viewing of all pages associated with this website, your monitor should have a display setting of 800 by 600 and in Microsoft Internet Explorer). All correspondence should be mailed to Mail Stop 2200.
NIST Contact: Brenda L. Thomasson, 301-975-3190, blthomas@nist.gov

VISITOR REGISTRATION FOR NIST EVENTS
Because of heightened security at the NIST Gaithersburg site, members of the public who wish to attend meetings, seminars, lectures, etc. must first register in advance. For more information please call or e-mail the "NIST Contact" for the particular event you would like to attend.
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2007 WORLD STANDARDS DAY PAPER COMPETITION
The U.S. standards community will celebrate World Standards Day on Thursday, October 18, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. This year’s theme, “Standards and the Global Village” recognizes the global consensus-building capacity of standards developing organizations. Along with this event, the 2007 World Standards Day sponsors, including NIST, will hold the annual paper competition. Papers are invited that show, using specific examples, ways that standards developing organizations have encouraged and created global consensus for the economic and social benefit of the global village. Paper competition winners will be announced and given their awards at the U.S. celebration of World Standards Day. Cash prizes are awarded by the Standards Engineering Society (SES) and the World Standards Day Planning Committee. The first place winner will receive a plaque and $2,500. Second and third place winners will receive $1,000 and $500, respectively, along with a certificate. In addition, the winning papers will be published in SES’s journal, Standards Engineering. ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to all U.S. individuals in the private sector or at government facilities. Papers may be co-authored. RULES: Entries must be original and not previously published. NIST papers must be processed through WERB or BERB. All paper contest submissions must be received with an official entry form by midnight August 31, 2007, by the SES Executive Director, 13340 SW 96th Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33176. Complete details and entry forms are available on the SES website www.ses-standards.org (follow the link for “2007 WSD Paper Competition.”) For additional information about the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day, or to register for the event, please visit www.wsd-us.org.
NIST Contact: Mary Donaldson, 301-975-6197, mary.donaldson@nist.gov

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