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Date created: Febuary, 2001
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MMD Highlights
MEL/MMD Scientist Earns Presidential Award
Photo of Jon R. Pratt receiving the 2003 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
Mechanical engineer Jon R.Pratt (middle) was recognized for his contributions in the fields of fundamental measurement science, manufacturing research, and precision engineering, including realization and dissemination of the unit of force at the micro- and nano-scale.
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Cracking the Nanonewton Force Barrier
How do you weigh a dust mite? Or determine the force required to pull a molecule apart? A prototype NIST instrument can reliably measure forces as small as tens of nanonewtons.
New Instrument Tests the Metal of WTC Steel
A new instrument that operates like an air-powered battering ram is being used by NIST scientists to study steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, a key element in the agency's two-year building and fire safety investigation of the September 11, 2001 disaster.
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