Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Programs : Fiscal Year 1997.

An Assessment of the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS -- Copyright -- COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND APPLICATIONS -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 The State of the Laboratories -- MERIT OF PROGRAMS -- IMPACT OF PROGRAMS -- RESOURCES -- Facilities -- Equipment -- Personnel -- Other-Agency Funding -- Security -- PLANNING -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Chapter 2 Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory -- PANEL MEMBERS -- LABORATORY-LEVEL REVIEW -- Laboratory Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of the Work -- Industrial Impact -- Laboratory Resources -- Laboratory Planning -- DIVISIONAL REVIEWS -- Electricity Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Semiconductor Electronics Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Electromagnetic Fields Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Electromagnetic Technology Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Optoelectronics Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Office of Microelectronics Programs -- Office of Law Enforcement Standards -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Chapter 3 Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory -- PANEL MEMBERS -- LABORATORY-LEVEL REVIEW -- Laboratory Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Laboratory Resources -- Laboratory Planning -- DIVISIONAL ASSESSMENTS -- Precision Engineering Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning.

Automated Production Technology Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Intelligent Systems Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Manufacturing Systems Integration Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of the Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Fabrication Technology Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Chapter 4 Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory -- PANEL MEMBERS -- LABORATORY-LEVEL REVIEW -- Laboratory Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Laboratory Resources -- Laboratory Planning -- DIVISIONAL ASSESSMENTS -- Biotechnology Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Process Measurements Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Surface and Microanalysis Science Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Physical and Chemical Properties Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Analytical Chemistry Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Chapter 5 Physics Laboratory -- PANEL MEMBERS -- LABORATORY-LEVEL REVIEW -- Laboratory Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Laboratory Planning -- DIVISIONAL REVIEWS -- Electron and Optical Physics Division -- Mission.

Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Atomic Physics Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Optical Technology Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriations of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Ionizing Radiation Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Time and Frequency Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Chapter 6 Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory -- PANEL MEMBERS -- LABORATORY-LEVEL REVIEW -- Laboratory Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Laboratory Resources -- Laboratory Planning -- DIVISIONAL ASSESSMENTS -- Ceramics Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Materials Reliability Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Polymers Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Metallurgy Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Reactor Radiation Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Chapter 7 Building and Fire Research Laboratory -- PANEL MEMBERS -- LABORATORY-LEVEL REVIEW -- Laboratory Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Laboratory Resources -- Laboratory Planning -- DIVISIONAL ASSESSMENTS.

Performance-Based Standards and Economics -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Office of Applied Economics -- High-Performance Materials and Systems for Constructed Facilities -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Mechanical and Environmental Systems -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Automation and Information Technology -- Mission for Automation and Information Technology -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Structural Engineering -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Fire Science and Fire Safety Engineering -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Chapter 8 Information Technology Laboratory -- PANEL MEMBERS -- LABORATORY-LEVEL REVIEW -- Laboratory Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Laboratory Resources -- Laboratory Planning -- DIVISIONAL ASSESSMENTS -- Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Advanced Network Technologies Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Computer Security Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Information Access and User Interfaces Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- High-Performance Systems and Services Division.

Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Distributed Computing and Information Services Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Resources -- Planning -- Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- Statistical Engineering Division -- Mission -- Technical Merit and Appropriateness of Work -- Industrial Impact -- Resources -- Planning -- MAJOR OBSERVATIONS -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Functions of NIST -- NIST STATUTORY CHARTER -- MISSION OF NIST -- Appendix B NIST Organization -- Appendix C Charge to the Board and Panels -- Appendix D Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations.

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