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No Scheduled Events

10:30 AM - Fires in Enclosures with Single Ventilation Openings - Comparison of Long and Wide Enclosures
2:00 PM - Uncertainty When the Number of Results is Small: A Type B Approach

11:00 AM - Determination of Physical and Chemical Properties of Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides

10:00 AM - Using Quantum Mechanics to Screen Halon Replacements
10:00 AM - An Experiment in Evaluating Automatically Generated Hypertext
11:00 AM - Leslie Smith to Address the Standards Alumni Association (SAA)
12:00 PM - Systems and Security Maintenance and Administration for SGI Workstations

10:30 AM - Wind Engineering
10:45 AM - New Developments in Neutron Optics at Institut Laue-Langevin

7/12 -- MONDAY

No Scheduled Events

7/13 -- TUESDAY

10:30 AM - FIRE SCIENCE DIVISION SEMINAR: Fires in Enclosures with Single Ventilation Openings - Comparison of Long and Wide Enclosures
Ian Thomas , Director, Centre for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Polymer Bldg. (224), Rm. B245. (NIST Contact: Rik Johnsson, 301-975-3083, rikj@nist.gov) http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/info/seminars/july13-99.thomas.htm

2:00 PM - STATISTICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION SEMINAR: Uncertainty When the Number of Results is Small: A Type B Approach
Often results from several distinct measurement methods or several laboratories are combined into a single consensus value. When the number of results is small (two or three), it may be difficult to derive a reasonable uncertainty. This talk reviews the problem and presents a Type B solution based on a priori bounds on the biases of the results.
Mark Levenson , Statistical Engineering Division, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD.
Administration Bldg, Lecture Rm. D. (NIST Contact: Mark Levenson, 301-975-2848, mlev@nist.gov)


7/14 -- WEDNESDAY

11:00 AM - PROCESS MEASUREMENTS DIVISION SEMINAR: Determination of Physical and Chemical Properties of Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides
Jingguang Chen , Prof., University of Delaware.
Bldg. 221, Rm. A366. (NIST Contact: Greg Poirier, 301-975-2603, gpoirier@nist.gov)


7/15 -- THURSDAY

10:00 AM - BUILDING AND FIRE RESEARCH LAB./NIST ATOMISTIC INTEREST GROUP SEMINAR SEMINAR: Using Quantum Mechanics to Screen Halon Replacements
Florent Louis , CSTL/NIST. Carlos Gonzalez, and V. Orkin
Technology Bldg., Rm. B131. (NIST Contact: Marc Nyden, 301-975-6692, mnyden@nist.gov)

10:00 AM - INFORMATION ACCESS AND USER INTERFACES DIVISION SEMINAR: An Experiment in Evaluating Automatically Generated Hypertext
James Blustein , Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
Bldg. 225, Rm. B-111. (NIST Contact: Paul Over, 301-975-6784, paul.over@nist.gov)

11:00 AM - OFFICE OF STANDARDS SERVICES SEMINAR: Leslie Smith to Address the Standards Alumni Association (SAA)
NIST staff members are invited to attend the Quarterly Meeting of the SAA, to be held in Lecture Room B on July 15, 1999, at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Leslie Smith, Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, and Chairman, NIST Centennial Committee, will discuss Plans for the NBS/NIST Centennial Celebrations. Brian Belanger, Vice Chairman of the Centennial Committee, will provide a briefing on plans for NBS/NIST Classic Publications. At 1:20 p.m., Dr. Robert Schaffer will conduct a guided tour of the new state-of-the-art Advanced Chemical Sciences Laboratory. For further information about this meeting or the SAA, call Reeves Tilley at (301) 762-7186 or the SAA office at x2486. Ron Johnson is SAA President and Walter Leight is the SAA/NIST Liaison. The Association invites all past and present NBS/NIST staff to join SAA at $15 per year. Please pass this word to your friends, or send names and addresses of former staff to SAA, Room 42, Admin. About 400 past and present employees, research associates, and guest workers are SAA members. The Association encourages participation in information transfer through volunteer services, educational seminars, science fairs, and science talent searches; serves as a source of information for the NIST history and the upcoming Centennial; and facilitates the solution of problems related to NIST's mission.
Leslie Smith , Director, Materials Science and Engineering Lab.
Administration Bldg, Lecture Rm. B. (NIST Contact: Reeves Tilley, 301-975-2486, alumni@nist.gov)

12:00 PM - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY SEMINAR: Systems and Security Maintenance and Administration for SGI Workstations
NIST may enter into a (Gaithersburg) site-wide contract for the administration of SGI workstations. Such a contract will very likely require some expense at the OU level. SGI systems administrators and people with financial responsibility for SGI clusters are strongly encouraged to attend. Sponsored by the Scientific Computing Working Group.
Lewis Miles , Director of Federal Services, Edgemark Systems, Silver Spring, MD, lmiles@edgemark.com.
Administration Bldg, Lecture Rm. D. (NIST Contact: Zachary Levine, 301-975-5453, zlevine@nist.gov)


7/16 -- FRIDAY

10:30 AM - OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIST SEMINAR: Wind Engineering
Wind engineering is the art of designing safe and economical structures that can withstand powerful winds—including hurricanes and tornadoes. It spans a wide variety of disciplines: boundary layer meteorology, the aerodynamics of bluff bodies in turbulent flow, computational fluid dynamics, nonlinear stochastic mechanics, structural dynamics, aeroelasticity, extreme value statistics, structural reliability, and economics. NBS/NIST scientists and engineers, notably Hugh Dryden and Philip Klebanoff, played an early and eminent part in its history. The famous film of the Tacoma-Narrows bridge failure, incorrectly attributed in many physics texts to vortex-induced resonant effects, will be revisited. The current modernization of the scientific and technological underpinnings of building standards and its effects on the economics of the construction industry and the reduction of losses due to natural disasters will be discussed. Finally, a lively video clip will illustrate NIST progress toward the use of computational fluid mechanics as a routine design tool.
Emil Simiu , Building and Fire Research Laboratory.
Administration Bldg, Green Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Anthony Hamins, 301-975-6598, anthony.hamins@nist.gov)
Anthony Hamins

10:45 AM - NIST CENTER FOR NEUTRON RESEARCH SEMINAR: New Developments in Neutron Optics at Institut Laue-Langevin
Ian Anderson , Head, Neutron Optics Laboratory, Grenoble, FRANCE.
Bldg. 235, Rm. E100. (NIST Contact: John J. Rush, 301-975-6231, john.rush@nist.gov)


ADVANCE NOTICE

7/19/99 9:00 AM - METALLURGY DIVISION SEMINAR: Workshop on Lattice Differential Equations
Lattice differential equations are functional differential equations of mixed type, differential equations defined with respect to a specific lattice that contain both forward and backward delay terms. Applications of such equations include: Ising models (ferro/antiferro magnetic), models of nerve impulses and of myocardium, coupled oscillators, chemical reaction theory, relativistic quantum mechanics, and models of alloys (phase transitions, crystal growth, liquid-solid materials, etc.). While the usefulness of such models is becoming well established, the mathematical tools, both analytical and numerical, needed to solve such equations are still relatively undeveloped.
John Mallet-Paret , Brown. Peter Bates , BYU. Erik Van Vleck, CSM; Christopher Grant, BYU; Tony Humphries, Univ. Sussex; Wenxian Shen, Auburn; Bertram Zinner, Auburn; James Keener, Univ. Utah; John Cahn, NIST.
Bldg 221, Rm. 141. (NIST Contact: Christopher Elmer, 301-975-6146, celmer@nist.com)

7/20/99 11:00 AM - OFFICE OF MEASUREMENT SERVICES SEMINAR: Quality Systems: Experiences at the National Measurement Laboratory - National Facility, Australia
As part of our continuing series of discussions on quality systems, Dr. Barry Inglis, Director of Australia's National Measurement Laboratory (NML), will describe the quality standards to which NML subscribes, and the process and time frame that his facility followed to satisfy these standards. NML develops and maintains Australia's physical standards of measurement. NML is part of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Division of Applied Physics. As Director of the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia, a Commissioner of the National Standards Commission, and past regional coordinator of the Asia Pacific Metrology Programme, he can also provide insights into the importance of quality standards to a national measurement laboratory's customers with respect to economic trade, health, and other quality of life issues. Join us for the discussion that will include: What difference has satisfying quality standards made at NML? What difference has NML's satisfying quality standards made to its customers? Following the presentation, you are encouraged to provide your own information and insights as well as questions for Dr. Inglis and the audience.
Barry Inglis , Director, National Measurement Laboratory, Sydney, Australia, inglis@dap.csiro.au.
Administration Bldg, Green Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Carroll Brickenkamp, 301-975-4291, cbrickenkamp@nist.gov)

7/21/99 10:30 AM - INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS DIVISION SEMINAR: Integrated Optic Flow Sensors for Micro Air Vehicle Navigation
NRL is conducting research to develop compact optic flow sensors for use in a variety of small-scale navigation tasks. These sensors are being developed for use in micro air vehicles, which are autonomous aircraft whose maximum dimension is on the order of 15 cm. To achieve desired weight specifications of 1-2 grams, mixed-mode VLSI circuits are being used to implement neuroscience-inspired algorithms and architectures in what will ultimately be a single-chip package. We have recently prototyped a partially integrated sensor consisting of an analog ASIC sensor-head, a single-chip microcontroller, and a few discrete electronic components. This sensor weighs approximately 25 grams and is able to measure visual motion with real-world textures. This sensor was mounted on a glider and used in a control loop to steer away from a wall when the glider was tossed towards the wall at a shallow angle.
Geoffrey Barrows , Naval Research Laboratory, geof@bigbird.nrl.navy.mil.
Shops Building, NAMT Conference Room 140. (NIST Contact: David Coombs, 301-975-2865, coombs@cme.nist.gov)

7/22/99 10:30 AM - DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, NIST SEMINAR: I-270 Leadership Lecture Series
Dr. Cheryl L. Shavers is a classic Silicon Valley success story. An African-American woman, she comes to the Department of Commerce after having been one of the highest-ranking and most influential women in the San Francisco Bay Area. And while her accomplishments are impressive, it is her ability to inspire others that has everyone taking note. The LMD Communications and Awareness Team is pleased to announce our first guest speaker, Dr. Cheryl Shavers, nominee for Under Secretary for Technology at the Department of Commerce. Dr. Shavers holds a Ph.D. in Solid State Chemistry from Arizona State University and has over 20 years of experience within the technology industry. She has held various engineering and managerial positions at several Fortune 500 companies such as Motorola, Varian Associates, and Hewlett-Packard. Dr. Shavers was previously a Senior Manager heading the Microprocessor Products Sector in the Corporate Business Development Division at Intel Corporation. Before that, she served as Group Manager of the Advanced Technology Operation in the Technology and Manufacturing Group of Intel. Most recently, Dr. Shavers has been an Executive Coach and Business Motivational Keynote Speaker at many business, university, and world economic conferences. Come hear Dr. Shavers, one of the prominent motivational speakers in the technology arena, speak about the role and identity of leadership in a technology-based organization. This lecture is for everyone at NIST.
Cheryl Shavers , Under Secretary for Technology (nominee) DOC.
Administration Building, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Jack Snell, 301-975-5900, jack.snell@nist.gov)
Special Assistance Available

8/19/99 8:00 AM - BIOTECHNOLOGY DIVISION SEMINAR: Workshop on Atomic Force Microscopy of Soft Materials
This workshop on atomic force microscopy (AFM) of soft materials (biologicals, polymers, monolayers, etc.) will be held August 19, 1999, in two sessions. The morning session will feature talks on atomic force microscopy and related techniques for imaging soft materials. The afternoon will feature a demonstration by AFM manufacturer Molecular Imaging. The workshop is open to all NIST staff as well as outside researchers. There are still openings in the morning schedule. Please contact John Woodward if you are interested in speaking or nominating a speaker.
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Advanced Chemical Sciences Lab, Room 202. (NIST Contact: John Woodward, 301-975-5495, john.woodward@nist.gov)

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MEETINGS ELSEWHERE


7/12 -- MONDAY

8:00 AM - FUNDAMENTALS OF SHEET METAL FORMING AND ASSEMBLY
AND PRODUCT SOUND QUALITY ENGINEERING Dr. Gregory Wakefield, Univ. of Michigan Tuesday, July 13-Thursday, July 15, 1999, Univ. of Michigan, North Campus AND FACTORY PHYSICS: THE SCIENCE OF LEAN MANUFACTURING Dr. Izak Duenyas, Professor, Industrial Operations Engineering Department Wednesday, July 14-Thursday, July 15, 1999, Univ. of Michigan, North Campus
Dr Shixin (Jack) Hu , University of Michigan.
North Campus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (NIST Contact: Jeff Goss, 734-647-7200, jeffgoss@engin.umich.edu) http://meonline.engin.umich.edu/catalog.htm



7/13 -- TUESDAY

No Scheduled Events

7/14 -- WEDNESDAY

No Scheduled Events

7/15 -- THURSDAY

No Scheduled Events

7/16 -- FRIDAY

No Scheduled Events

ADVANCE NOTICE

7/19/99 8:00 AM - MULTISPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING FOR GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING
AND HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING, Dr. Paul Green and Dr. Richard Pew, University of Michigan Monday, July 26 - Friday, August 6, 1999, 8:00 a.m. University of Michigan
Dr. Robert Vincent , Professor, Bowling Green State University.
University of Michigan, North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI. (NIST Contact: Jeff Goss, 734-647-7200, jeffgoss@engin.umich.edu) http://meonline.engin.umich.edu/catalog.htm

7/25/99 8:00 AM - CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION
Co-Chairmen: Dr. Christopher Welch , and. Prof. William Pirkle
Bldg, Rm. .
Chicago, IL, July 25-28, 1999. (NIST Contact: J. Cunningham, 301-898-3772, -) http://www.CHIRAL.com

7/25/99 8:00 AM - 84TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEIGHTS & MEASURES
The National Conference on Weights and Measures is an organization of weights and measures enforcement officials of the States, counties, and cities of the United States, other government officials and representatives of business, industry, trade associations and consumer organizations. The National Institute of Standards and Technology sponsors the National Conference on Weights and Measures in order to promote uniformity among the States in laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment. The meeting is open to the public.
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Bldg, Rm. .
Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center, Burlington, VT. (NIST Contact: Phillip Bryson / Michele Krebs, 301-975-4004, owm@nist.gov) www.nist.gov/owm

7/26/99 8:00 AM - HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
Human Factors Engineering concerns the design of systems, products, and services to make them easier, safer, and more effective for human use. It emphasizes principles and concepts, and profiles examples of applications. Human Factors Concepts (Week 1) is a broad survey of human factors topics important to designers and researchers. Human Computer Interaction (Week 2) presents an overview of major topics and issues in human-computer interaction together with mini-workshops and seminars on selected principles, methods, and procedures that provide the foundation for design of effective human-computer systems.
Dr. Paul Green , University of Michigan. Dr. Richard Pew , University of Michigan.
Bldg, Rm. .
University of Michigan North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI. (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

BARNES, K. : PHASE SEPARATION IN BLEND FILMS CONTAINING NANOFILLERS.
Organic Thin Films Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI, 7/12.

STILES, M. : EXCHANGE COUPLING IN MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS.
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Seoul, Korea, 7/12.

VANLANDINGHAM, M. : RECENT PROGRESS IN THE NANOSCALE INDENTATION OF POLYMERS USING THE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE.
Dow Corning, Midland, MI, 7/12.

PIERCE, D. : APPLICATION OF SPIN POLARIZED ELECTRONS TO SURFACE AND THIN FILM MAGNETISM.
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Seoul, Korea, 7/12.

PARRIS, R. : APPROACHES TO CHEMICAL CALIBRATION PROFICIENCY TESTING.
1999 Johnson Conf., Johnson State College, VT, 7/12.

SOLES, C. : COOPERATIVE MOLECULAR MOTIONS AND THE THERMAL EXPANSION BEHAVIOR OF ULTRA-THIN FILMS OF POLYCARBONATE.
Gordon Research Conference, Salve Regina University, 7/12.

WRIGHT, J. : VALIDATING UNCERTAINTY ANALYSES FOR GAS FLOW STANDARDS VIA INTRA- AND INTER-LABORATORY COMPARISONS.
International Conf. of Standards Lab., Charlotte, NC, 7/12.

DEVAUX, C. : AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: THE WORK OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION SUB-COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS AND CONFORMANCE AND THE SPECIALIST REGIONAL BODIES.
National Conference of Standards Laboratories, Charlotte, NC, 7/13.

HALL, J. : PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS OF AIR SPEED MEASUREMENTS BETWEEN 0.3 AND 15 M/S.
International Conf. of Standards Labs., Charlotte, NC, 7/13.

BEAN, V. : NEW PRIMARY STANDARDS FOR AIR SPEED MEASUREMENT AT NIST.
International Conf. of Standards Labs., Charlotte, NC, 7/13.

KARIM, A. : PHASE SEPARATION OF POLYMER BLENDS NEAR HETEROGENOUS SURFACES.
Organic Thin Films Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI, 7/14.

PARNAS, R. : FLOW PREDICTION IN REAL STRUCTURES USING OCT AND LB MATHEMATICS.
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England, 7/14.

COURSEY, B. : NIST STANDARDS OF THERAPEUTIC RADIONUCLIDES.
Technical Univ., Delft, The Netherlands, 7/14.

PIERCE, D. : SPIN POLARIZED ELECTRONS.
2nd Summer School on Surface and Interface Magnetism, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, 7/14.

STILES, M. : EXCHANGE INTERACTION.
2nd Summer School on Surface and Interface Magnetism, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, 7/14.

TEW, W. : CORRELATIONS IN RESISTANCE RATIO VALUES OF HIGH PURITY PLATINUM OVER THE RANGE 4.2 K TO 303 K.
1999 Cryogenic Engineering and Internatioanl Cryogenic Materials Conference, Montreal, Quebec Canada, 7/14.

VANLANDINGHAM, M. : CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY.
University of Akron, Akron, OH, 7/14.

NGUYEN, T. : A MICROMECHANICS MODEL FOR CATHODIC BLISTER GROWTH IN POLYMER-COATED STEEL IN ELECTROLYTES- EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION.
Gordon Research Conf. on Physics and Chemistry Coatings and Films, New London, NH, 7/14.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPEN HOUSE - FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
The Fabrication Technology Division would like to invite you to stop by and learn more about our division, what expertise we have to offer you, and to just say hello. We are having our Open House on Tuesday, July 27, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Building 304, Room 135. All are welcome!
NIST Contact: Richard Rhorer, 301-975-6504, richard.rhorer@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

CIVILIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (CRDF) GRANTS
The CRDF has announced the 1999-2000 Grants Program which supports a variety of civilian R&D collaborations between scientists and engineers in the U.S. and the former Soviet Union (FSU). The Programs include: 1. Cooperative Grants Program-provides 12 to 18 months support for joint US-FSU teams in all areas of basic and applied R&D (deadline 10/1/1999) ; 2. Next Steps to Market Program-provides up to 2 years support to joint US-FSU teams to conduct further R&D related activities designed to facilitate and expedite the commercial utilization of research results (deadline rolling); 3. Travel Grants-provides support to US or FSU researchers who wish to meet with prospective collaborators to develop a new technology (deadline rolling).
NIST Contact: Claire Saundry, 301-975-2386, claire.saundry@nist.gov

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NIST WEB SITE ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW WEB PAGES AND TUTORIAL DEDICATED TO COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
A Table of all the Computational Chemistry Software and Utilities available to NIST staff, guest researchers and students is located at the following URL: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/sasg/tutorial/current_qchem.html A primer on using Gaussian 94 and 98 at NIST is located at: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/sasg/tutorial/GSNintro.html A tutorial on getting started with Gaussian can be found from the above link and is located at: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/sasg/tutorial/ex.html For further information, contact Robert Bohn x-4731 robert.bohn@nist.gov
NIST Contact: Robert Bohn, 301-975-4731, robert.bohn@nist.gov

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Requests for copies of this calendar should be sent to Ms. Sharon Mingo, Editor, Building 820, Room 125, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, (Telephone: 301-975-3570; FAX: 301-926-4431; or E-mail: sharon.mingo@nist.gov). All lectures and meetings are open unless otherwise stated.

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