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10:30 AM - High-Performance MALDI-TOF Analyses in Biological Materials and Environmental Chemistry
11:00 AM - The State of NIST Address

10:30 AM - Investigation of Low-Energy Dynamics of Physisorbed Adlayers by He Atom Scattering
12:15 PM - Classical Rydberg Atom Interactions with Half-Cycle Pulses
1:30 PM - Quantum Cascade Laser: A Mid-Infrared Room Temperature Semiconductor Source

8:00 AM - 5th Human Factors and the Web Conference
11:00 AM - Analytical Chemistry Division Seminar
11:00 AM - Organic Vapor Separation with Polymeric Membranes
2:00 PM - Trends in Atom Optics

5/31 -- MONDAY


6/1 -- TUESDAY

10:30 AM - HIGH-PERFORMANCE MALDI-TOF ANALYSES IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
A. Daniel Jones, Ph.D. , Senior Scientist and Director, Penn State Intercollegiate Center for Mass Spectrometry, University Park, PA.
Bldg 227, Rm. A202. (NIST Contact: Dawit Bezabeh, 301-975-3142, dawit.bezabeh@nist.gov)

11:00 AM - THE STATE OF NIST ADDRESS
Raymond Kammer , Director.
Administration Building, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Walter Jones, 301-975-6766, wwj@nist.gov)
Special Assistance Available


6/2 -- WEDNESDAY

10:30 AM - INVESTIGATION OF LOW-ENERGY DYNAMICS OF PHYSISORBED ADLAYERS BY HE ATOM SCATTERING
Branko Gumhalter , Institute of Physics of the University, Zagreb, Croatia.
Bldg. 221, Rm. B-141. (NIST Contact: J. W. Gadzuk, 301-975-2548, Gadzuk@nist.gov)

12:15 PM - CLASSICAL RYDBERG ATOM INTERACTIONS WITH HALF-CYCLE PULSES
Tom Bensky , University of Virginia.
Physics Bldg., Rm. B145. (NIST Contact: Krista Mullman, 301-975-4950, kmullman@nist.gov)

1:30 PM - QUANTUM CASCADE LASER: A MID-INFRARED ROOM TEMPERATURE SEMICONDUCTOR SOURCE
The Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) is unipolar (no electron-hole recombination) and its emission wavelength is not dependent on the band gap of the semiconductor material but on the geometry of its active region. Room temperature operation up to 320 K of both Fabry-Perrot and distributed feedback lasers with powers in exess of respectively 100 mW and 55 mW will be presented. An electrically tunable devices permitting lasing mode selection over 40 cm^-1 and the application of the QCL in the gas and liquid sensing will be discussed.
Dr. Antoine Mueller , University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Bldg 221, Rm. B145. (NIST Contact: Alan Migdall, 301-975-2331, alan.migdall@nist.gov)


6/3 -- THURSDAY

8:00 AM - 5TH HUMAN FACTORS AND THE WEB CONFERENCE
The purpose of these conferences is to provide a forum for sharing information among a community of human factors engineers, designers, and developers who are interested in producing web sites that are more useful and usable.
Peer-reviewed paper presentations , -.
Administration Bldg, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Sharon Laskowski, 301-975-4535, hfweb@nist.gov) http://www.nist.gov/hfweb
Special Assistance Available

11:00 AM - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION SEMINAR
Mr. James Grainger from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, GA will present an invited Division Seminar entitled "Analysis of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolites and Allylbenzene Metabolites in Humans."
James Grainger , Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, GA.
Administration Building, Lecture Room C. (NIST Contact: Donna Sirk, 301-975-3108, donna.sirk@nist.gov)

11:00 AM - ORGANIC VAPOR SEPARATION WITH POLYMERIC MEMBRANES
Membrane vapor-gas separation systems are beginning to be applied to a number of gas separation problems in the petrochemical, refinery and natural gas processing areas. In this talk factors that determine the selection of the membrane materials and their fabrication into membrane modules and systems will be described. The application of the systems to a variety of process streams including propylene/nitrogen separations in polypropylene plants, hydrocarbon/hydrogen separations in refineries and natural gas liquid/methane separations in natural gas processing will be covered.
Dr. Richard Baker , President, Membrane Technology and Research, Inc., Menlo Park, CA.
Bldg. 224, Rm. B245. (NIST Contact: Freddy Khoury, 301-975-6753, freddy.khoury@nist.gov)

2:00 PM - TRENDS IN ATOM OPTICS
Juergen Mlynek , University of Konstanz.
Bldg 221, Rm. B145. (NIST Contact: William Phillips, 301-975-6554, william.phillips@nist.gov)


6/4 -- FRIDAY


ADVANCE NOTICE

6/18/99 10:30 AM - COPYRIGHT INCENTIVES: NEITHER LEFT NOR RIGHT BUT CENTER
A license to use copyrighted software usually contains restrictions on use and modification. Uncopyrighted software can not only be used but also modified without a contract. The modified version can then be copyrighted something that the "copyleft" concept (developed by free software advocates) tries to prevent. This talk examines open source software from an economic perspective and suggests a middle ground between conventional copyright and copyleft, based on ideas developed with Douglas Lichtman (University of Chicago Law School). It then examines how this new approach could affect who might have access to software, when, and at what price. Bio: Marshall Van Alstyne is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. He received his BA in computer science from Yale and MS and Ph.D. degrees in information technology, with a concentration in economics, from MIT. Prior to academia, he worked as a technology management consultant and co-founded a software modeling venture. His research has appeared in numerous technical and managerial journals and been the subject of radio broadcasts in the US and Canada. Currently, he is researching information economics with an emphasis on the value of information under an NSF career award.
Dr. Marshall van Alstyne , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Administration Bldg, Lecture Rm. B. (NIST Contact: Larry Reeker, 301-975-5147, larry.reeker@nist.gov)

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MEETINGS ELSEWHERE


5/31 -- MONDAY



6/1 -- TUESDAY



6/2 -- WEDNESDAY



6/3 -- THURSDAY



6/4 -- FRIDAY

10:00 AM - CASCADE NUCLEATION IN AMPHIPHILIC MIXTURES
J. Vollmer , Institute for Physics, Univ. of Essen, Germany.
Bldg, Rm. . (NIST Contact: J.R. Dorfman, 301-405-4804, -)



ADVANCE NOTICE

6/7/99 8:00 AM - POROUS MEDIA: SYNTHESIS, INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS AND SYSTEMS
ALSO: POLYMER MICROSCOPY, Professor David Martin -- AND -- INFRARED TECHNOLOGY: FUNDAMENTALS AND SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS, Professor Anthony LaRocca 8:00 a.m., Monday, June 7 - Friday, June 11, 1999, Univ. of Michigan --ALSO-- SURFACE ENGINEERING AND MATERIAL PROCESSING, Dr. Karthikeyan Nagaranthnam 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 9 - Friday, June 11, 1999, Univ. of Michigan, North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Massoud Kaviany , Professor.
Bldg, Rm. . (NIST Contact: Jeff Goss, 734-647-7200, jeffgoss@engin.umich.edu) http://meonline.engin.umich.edu/catalog.htm

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TALKS BY NIST PERSONNEL

MITCHELL, W. : COARSE GRAIN PARALLEL ADAPTIVE MULITLEVEL METHODS.
Dr. Matthias Kreck, Mathe. Forschungsinstitut, Oberwolfach, Germany, 5/31.

MCCLELLAND, J. : NANOFABRICATION WITH ATOM OPTICS.
University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 5/31.

STROUSE, G. : THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NIST FIXED-POINT CELLS, FURNACES AND MAINTENANCE BATHS OVER THE TEMPERATURE RANGE FROM 83.8058 K TO 1234.93 K.
TEMPMEKO '99, Delft, Netherlands, 6/1.

STROUSE, G. : NIST REALIZATION OF THE GALLIUM TRIPLE POINT.
TEMPMEKO '99, Delft, Netherlands, 6/1.

MEYER, C. : NON-UNIQUENESS OF THE ITS-90 FROM 13.8033 K TO 24.5561 K.
TEMPMEKO '99, Delft, Netherlands, 6/1.

POWELL, C. : RECENT PROGRESS AND REMAINING PROBLEMS IN QUANTITATIVE SURFACE ANALYSIS BY AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY.
Workshop on Optical and Electron Spectroscopies, Mexico City, Mexico, 6/1.

POWELL, C. : DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF STANDARD TEST DATA FOR X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY.
Workshop on Optical and Electron Spectroscopies, Mexico City, Mexico, 6/2.

MOLDOVER, M. : PRIMARY ACOUSTIC THERMOMETRY FROM 217 K TO 303 K.
TEMPMEKO '99 Symposium, Delft, The Netherlands, 6/2.

KREIDER, K. : CALIBRATION OF THIN-FILM THERMOCOUPLES.
TEMPMEKO '99, Delft, Netherlands, 6/2.

COURSON, M. : TIME SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MEASUREMENT OF NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
Institut National des Télécommunications, Evry, France, 6/2.

GADZUK, J. : TIME RESOLVED DEBYE-WALLER FACTORS IN SLIGHTLY ANHARMONIC LATTICES.
Ninth Workshop on Surface Dynamics, University of Virginia, Charlottlesville, VA, 6/3.

HUANG, P. : THE SECOND INTERACTION (CROSS) VIRIAL COEFFICIENT OF AIR-WATER VAPOR MIXTURE AT LOW TEMPERATURES.
TEMPMEKO '99, Delft, Netherlands, 6/3.

GREEN, D. : FRONT END PROCESSING - ESH CROSS CUT ISSUES IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR ROADMAP.
Semiconductor Industry Assoc. "USA Roadmap Workshop", Univ. of Texas, J.J. Pickle Center, 6/3.

POWELL, C. : DEPTH INFORMATION FROM ANGLE-RESOLVED X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY: EFFECTS OF ELASTIC-ELECTRON SCATTERING ON SURFACE SENSITIVITY.
Workshop on Optical and Elecron Spectroscopies, Mexico City, Mexico, 6/3.

MITCHELL, W. : PARALLELIZATION OF ADAPTIVE MULTILEVEL METHODS.
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany, Freiburg, Germany, 6/5.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPGRADE OF NIST SGI ORIGIN2000 SYSTEM AMUR
AMUR (amur.nist.gov) has now been upgraded to 32 processors and 32 gigabytes of memory. Questions may be directed to the Scientific Computing Help Desk. The help desk can be contacted in several ways: Email : consult@nist.gov Phone : (301) 975-2968 Desk : 1:00 - 4:00 pm ET, Bldg 225, Rm A148, Gaithersburg, Boulder users may additionally contact John Koontz, x5180.
NIST Contact: Judith Devaney, 301-975-2882, judith.devaney@nist.gov

CONDON AWARD NOMINATION DEADLINE EXTENDED
The nomination deadline for the Edward Uhler Condon Award has been extended from May 21, 1999, to June 11, 1999. The Condon Award is for distinguished achievement in effective written exposition in science and technology. Eligibility is open to NIST authors of papers published within the 15-month period ending March 31, 1999. Other nominating guidelines are given in Attachment C-I of NIST Director Ray Kammer's April 9, 1999, memorandum to Operating Unit Directors (Combined Annual Call for Nominations for Medals, Crittenden Award, and Other NIST Awards). Please consider submitting nominations for this prestigious award. In addition to the honor and an engraved plaque, the award consists of a $5,000 honorarium.
NIST Contact: Gail Hixenbaugh, 301-975-2777, gail.hixenbaugh@nist.gov

1999 U.S. WORLD STANDARDS DAY PAPER COMPETITION
This year, the U.S. standards community will celebrate World Standards Day on September 22. To highlight the importance of standards to industry and government, the sponsors of World Standards Day, including NIST, are again holding a paper competition. The theme for the 1999 World Standards Day paper contest will be "Standards Development: Balancing Need and Speed". PRIZES: The author(s) of the winning submission will receive $2,500 and a commemorative plaque. Prizes of $1000 for 2nd place and $500 for third place may also be awarded. Winning papers will be published by ANSI, the Standards Engineering Society, and others. ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to individuals in private sector or government facilities. The paper may be co-authored. RULES: The paper must be original and not previously published. NIST papers should be processed through WERB or BERB in the usual way. Entries must received by August 1, 1999. Contest rules and application forms may be obtained through the Standards Engineering Society home page at http://www.ses-standards.org or call Jean-Paul Emard at Electronic Industries Alliance, 703-907-7518. For further information contact Pat Cooke, 301-975-4033, patrick.cooke@nist.gov.
NIST Contact: Patrick Cooke, 301-975-4033, patrick.cooke@nist.gov

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