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Balutis
Named to Head Second Decade of Success for ATP
Commerce
Secretary William Daley has named Alan P. Balutis, the department’s
deputy chief information officer, as director of the NIST Advanced
Technology Program. Balutis becomes only the third director of
the ATP since it began in 1990. He takes over from acting director
Cita Furlani, who has served since the retirement of Lura Powell
in September 1999.
The
Advanced Technology Program
bridges the gap between the research lab and the marketplace.
Through partnerships with the private sector, ATP’s early-stage
investment is accelerating the development of innovative technologies
that promise significant commercial payoffs and widespread benefits
for the nation.
Balutis
brings more than 20 years of experience in government administration
to the ATP. At Commerce, he has held several key positions, including
director of the Office of Systems and Special Projects; director
of the Office of Management and Organization; director for Budget,
Planning and Organization; director for Budget, Management and
Information; and finally, as deputy chief information officer.
Balutis is the author or co-author of four books, over 100 articles,
and numerous papers on government reorganization, legislative
reform, budgeting and internship programs.
Media
Contact:
Michael
Baum, (301) 975-2763
Administration
Domich to
Oversee Boulder Labs
Paul
Domich, an information technology executive, has been named acting
director of the NIST Boulder,
Colo., Laboratories. Domich succeeds David W. Norcross who
resigned from NIST to take a management position with Harvard
University.
Domich
has served as the assistant director in Boulder for NIST’s
Information Technology Laboratory since 1994. From June 1998
until September 1999, he served as acting deputy director of ITL’s
operations both at NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md., and
in Boulder. He recently was selected to lead an institute-wide
team to develop a new strategic IT plan to prepare NIST for the
future.
As
acting director, Domich will be the senior site manager and oversee
the facilities and technical infrastructure for NIST Boulder’s
430 scientists, engineers, technicians and support staff. The
Colorado labs conduct far-ranging research in electronics, chemical
science and technology, materials, information sciences and physics.
The labs have strong ties with U.S. industry, other government
agencies and universities.
Media
Contact:
Fred
McGehan, (Boulder)
(303) 497-3246
Materials
Science
Looking
for Ceramics Info? Click Open the NIST Ceramics WebBook
Materials
scientists wanting easy access to ceramics data on the World Wide
Web should point their Internet browsers to a new resource: the
NIST Ceramics WebBook at www.ceramics.nist.gov/webbook/webbook.htm.
This WebBook contains evaluated data, a guide to data centers
and sources, as well as software tools and other resources useful
for materials research.
The
Ceramics WebBook has a link to three NIST-developed materials
databases: the NIST High Temperature Superconducting Materials
Database, the NIST Structural Ceramics Database (No
Longer Available) and the NIST Property Data Summaries
for Advanced Materials. The superconducting materials database
offers evaluated thermal, mechanical, structural and superconducting
property data for oxide and borocarbide superconductors. The structural
ceramics database contains evaluated thermal, mechanical, structural
and chemical properties for a wide range of engineering ceramics.
The property data summaries contain topical collections of materials
property data, each focused on a particular material or a particular
property.
In
addition to the NIST databases, the Ceramics WebBook links to
22 other government and academic data centers and web resources
devoted to biomaterials, ceramics, metals and composites, as well
as chemical and physical data. Another page of tools and resources
provides links to software tools, a ceramics virtual library,
a discussion forum and educational sites. For more on ceramics
research at NIST, visit the Ceramics Division homepage at www.ceramics.nist.gov.
Media
Contact:
Linda
Joy , (301) 975-4403
Physical
Properties
NIST
Plays Major Role in New Steam Tables Book
NIST
researchers played a major role in the preparation of a new book
just issued by the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers on the properties of water
and steam. These properties are important in many fields of engineering,
most notably the power generation industry where the thermodynamic
properties of steam are central to the design and evaluation of
steam power generation equipment. The previous formulation for
these properties was adopted in 1967; the new formulation is a
significant improvement in accuracy, internal consistency and
computational speed.
The
Subcommittee on Properties of Steam of the ASME Research and Technology
Committee on Water and Steam in Thermal Systems produced the new
book based on the 1997 international consensus standard for industrial
use produced by the International Association for the Properties
of Water and Steam. Allan H. Harvey and John S. Gallagher (retired)
were the NIST co-authors on the book, with other NIST personnel
playing smaller roles. Other co-authors are William T. Parry of
the General Electric Co. and James C. Bellows of the Siemens Westinghouse
Power Corp.
Titled
ASME International Steam Tables for Industrial Use, the
book was completely redesigned and rewritten to bring it up to
date with needs of current engineers. Tables and charts are given
in both international and U.S. customary units. The extensive
tables and charts in the 1967 book have been scaled back in recognition
that computers are now used for real design calculations and tables
and charts are more a tool for rough estimates. As a result, the
new book is about two-thirds the size of the old one.
Copies
of the steam tables handbook may be obtained by contacting the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Customer Service, 22
Law Dr., P.O. Box 2900, Fairfield, N.J. 07007-2900; (800) 843-2763;
www.asme.org.
The cost is $60 for ASME members and $75 for non-members.
Media
Contact:
Fred
McGehan, (Boulder)
(303) 497-3246
Manufacturing
June
Conference Explores IT Applications and Integration
Apractical
review of the challenges that manufacturers face when striving
to integrate their information technology—from in-house engineering
to supply chain execution—and, then, laboring to make it all work
together is the purpose of a conference sponsored by NIST on June
12-13, 2000, at its Gaithersburg, Md., headquarters.
Information
Technology for Engineering and Manufacturing 2000 will address
the interests of a wide range of IT users, from manufacturing
managers and engineers to systems integrators and software developers.
In five conference sessions, NIST scientists and engineers, joined
by experts from industry and universities, will examine key issues
in five major areas of IT applications: product data management,
manufacturing simulation, knowledge-aided engineering, process
representation and electronic commerce. A sixth session will evaluate
the potential of XML—the eXtensible Markup Language—to overcome
today’s obstacles to integration and interoperability.
Representatives
from Ford, Boeing, Lucent Technologies, Silicon Integration Initiative,
AutoSimulations and other organizations will make presentations
during conference sessions.
Additionally,
Gene Allen, director of collaborative development, MSC Software,
will assess the current state of IT applications in manufacturing.
Keynote speakers also will include Richard Neal, director of the
Integrated Manufacturing Technology Initiative, and Harris Liebergott,
acting head of the IT Applications Office of the NIST Advanced
Technology Program.
Conference
organizers are ATP and NIST’s Systems Integration for Manufacturing
Applications program, which coordinates the institute’s efforts
to advance the capabilities and usefulness of IT in engineering
and manufacturing.
For
more information on ITEM 2000, visit the conference web site at
http://www.nist.gov/item2000.
To discuss the conference program, contact Jim Fowler, SIMA Program
head, (301) 975-3180, james.fowler@nist.gov.
Registration information is available on the conference web page
or by contacting Lori Phillips Buckland, (301) 975-4513, lori.buckland@nist.gov.
Media
Contacts:
Michael
Newman, (301) 975-3025
Awards
Two
NIST Researchers Receive Recognition for Scientific Leadership
The
White House has honored two NIST researchers with Presidential
Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The awards,
presented in a White House ceremony on April 12, 2000, recognize
young scientists with exceptional leadership potential.
NIST
chemist Pamela M. Chu is receiving the award for developing chemical
measurement methods and standards needed by American industry
for measuring air pollutants in exhaust gases emitted by automobiles
and chemical processing plants.
NIST
physicist Eric L. Shirley is receiving the award for fundamental
developments in calculating and predicting the optical properties
of materials, including those needed by the photonics and electro-optics
industries for the design of new, solid state lasers and optical
switches, modulators, sensors and imaging systems.
The
PECASE, established by President Clinton in February 1996, embody
the high priority the Administration places on producing outstanding
scientists and engineers and nurturing their continued development.
Eight Federal departments join together annually to nominate the
most meritorious young scientists and engineers who will broadly
advance science and technology that will be of the greatest benefit
to the participating government agencies.
Media
Contact:
Linda
Joy, (301) 975-4403
Editor:
Michael Newman
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Robinson
Last updated: April 24, 2000
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