NIST Technicalendar December 20 to December 24, 1999 The NIST Technicalendar is issued each Friday. All items MUST be submitted electronically from this web page by 12:00 NOON each Wednesday unless otherwise stated in the NIST Technicalendar. The address for online weekly editions of the NIST Technicalendar and NIST Administrative Calendar is: http://www.nist.gov/tcal/.
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1/12/00 10:30 AM - LEADERSHIP LECTURE SERIES, LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: "Managing a High-Tech Research Organization"
Dr. James W. Mitchell currently holds the position of Director, Materials, Reliability and Ecology Research Laboratory at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey, where he manages various research departments that focus respectively on plastics processing and engineering, ceramics and metallurgy, process and chemical engineering, reliability and electrochemistry, and materials chemistry research. Management of research scientists and engineers in diverse disciplines including chemistry, materials, engineering (ceramic, electrical, chemical and mechanical), metallurgy, physics, and polymer science, is on-going. These programs span the full range, from invention, prototyping and development of high technology materials, processes and equipment to transfer of high reliability, environmentally conscious process technology. He holds a B.S. degree (1965) in chemistry from the Agricultural and Technical State University of N.C. at Greensboro and a Ph.D. (1970) from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. While directing a vigorous research laboratory, Mitchell has simultaneously conducted an active personal research program exploiting microwave discharges and plasmas for synthesis of materials, developing methods for the ultrapurification of reagents and research chemicals, and developing alternative environmentally responsive chemical engineering methods for producing electronic chemicals.
James Mitchell , Director, Materials, Reliability and Ecology Research Laboratory at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ.
Bldg. 101, Green Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Sandra Heydemann, 301-975-5368, sandra.heydemann@nist.gov)
Special Assistance Available, contact Sandra Heydeman x5368

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MEETINGS ELSEWHERE


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L. Becker , Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.
Seminar Rm., Main Bldg., GL-DTM Grounds, Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC. (NIST Contact: - -, 202-686-2410, -)



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TALKS BY NIST PERSONNEL

ETZ, E. : RAMAN MICROPROBE SPECTROSCOPY FOR MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION AT NBS-NIST.
Baltimore-Washington Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), Ristorante Tartufo, 9021 Gaither Road, Gaithersburg, MD, 12/16.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHEMICALS AVAILABLE
We are about to dispose of several chemicals. All are more than 5 years old; many are older. They are free to a good home if you contact us before Dec. 31, 1999. Here is the list (quantities vary): aluminum nitrate, anamoxyl concentrate, anthracene, antimony oxide, antimony trichloride, ascarite, barium nitrate, beryllium oxide, bibenzyl, calcium chloride, calcium hypochlorite, cerous nitrate, chromic sulfate, chromium chloride, cobalt nitrate, deuterium oxide, diazabicycol octane, dodecyl sodium sulfate, dysprosium oxide, erbium oxide, europium oxide, ferric nitrate, ferrous chloride, fluorene, hafnium oxide, hexacarbonyl chromium, indium nitrate, iodine, lanthanum nitrate, lead acetate, lithium bromide, lithium chloride, lithium hydroxide, magnanese chloride, magnesium nitrate, methyl naphthalene, naphthalene, neodynium titanate, nickel catalyst, nickel nitrate, nitric acid, oxalic acid, paraffin oil, phenylacetylene, phenol red, potassium dichromate, potassium iodide, potassium nitrate, potassium phosphate, rubidium hydroxide, scandium oxide, silver nitrate, sodium chloride crystals, sodium dichromate, sodium hydroxide, sodium molybdate, sodium nitrate, sodium thiosulfate, stannic oxide, strontium nitrate, sulfuric acid, sodium cyanide, styrene, tin metal, triphenol phosphate, yttrium chloride, zinc sulfate, zirconium oxide.
NIST Contact: Linda Blevins, 301-975-3904, linda.blevins@nist.gov

EARLY DEADLINE FOR TECHNICALENDAR SUBMISSIONS
ALL notices for the December 27 to December 31, 1999, NIST Technicalendar should be received by the editor by 12:00 noon, TUESDAY, December 21, 1999. ALL notices for the January 3 to January 7, 2000, NIST Technicalendar should be received by the editor by 12:00 noon, TUESDAY, December 28, 1999. Thank You.
NIST Contact: Sharon Mingo, 301-975-3570, sharon.mingo@nist.gov

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NIST WEB SITE ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE NIST SGI ORIGINS
The Scientific Applications and Visualization Group announces their web page "Introduction to the NIST SGI Origins". These pages provide an FAQ as well as details on compiling, Applications and libraries, batch jobs and queues for the NIST SGI Origins: Arno, Amur, Neva, and Tay. Questions and problems related to these resources can 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 contact John Koontz at x5180, Boulder
NIST Contact: Judith Devaney, 301-975-2882, judith.devaney@nist.gov

USING THE NIST CENTRAL COMPUTING FACILITY EFFECTIVELY FOR COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
Announcing a new web page; "Using the NIST Central Computing Facility Effectively for Computational Chemistry" The purpose of these pages are to introduce the users to the new machines at NIST (SGIs & IBM SP2) and show them how to use the facilities more effectively for computational chemistry. The URL for this page is: http://www-i.nist.gov/itl/div895/sasp/tutorial/cceff/index.html It can also be accessed from the "Computational Chemistry at NIST web page" http://www-i.nist.gov/itl/div895/sasp/tutorial/cqc.html
NIST Contact: Robert Bohn, 301-975-4731, robert.bohn@nist.gov

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For more information, contact Ms. Sharon Mingo, Editor, Stop 2500, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD 20899-2500; Telephone: 301-975-TCAL (8225); Fax: 301-926-4431; or Email: tcal@nist.gov.

All lectures and meetings are open unless otherwise stated.

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