 Johanna Levelt Sengers, a scientist emeritus in the Physical and Chemical Properties Division of CSTL, has been selected as the North American recipient of the 2003 Women in Science Awards, presented by the cosmetics company L’Oreal and the international organization UNESCO. The awards, which include a grant of $100,000 to each recipient, were presented on Feb. 27, 2003 in Paris. Read more about the award. |
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 David Ross of the Process Measurements Division of CSTL was named the Sigma Xi Young Scientist of the year for 2002-2003. The award presented by the NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi acknowledges outstanding scientific achievements within 10 years of obtaining an advanced degree. Ross was cited for his seminal research in the area of microfluidic systems. |
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| Advances in DNA Analyses Help Identify 9/11 Victims: Remains from 16 additional victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center have been positively identified thanks in part to a new method for analyzing DNA developed by CSTL scientist John Butler. | |
| A highly sensitive, inexpensive “lab-on-a-chip” that provides warning within seconds of even trace amounts of toxic chemicals in water has been designed and demonstrated recently by CSTL scientists and collaborators. | |
| The Critical Viscosity of Xenon-2 Experiment, designed by CSTL researchers in conjunction with NASA, will fly on Space Shuttle flight STS-107. CVX-2, which is the first experiment to examine the shear thinning phenomenon in a simple fluid, will measure the viscous behavior of xenon, a heavy inert gas used in flash lamps and ion rocket engines, at its critical point. Although it does not easily combine with other chemicals, its viscosity at the critical point can be used as a model for a range of chemicals. In turn, this may help engineers understand and refine a number of manufacturing processes. | |
 John
Butler receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers (PECASE)
- On July
12, 2002 John Butler of the Biotechnology Division received
the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
(PECASE). Butler received the award for advances in the fields
of forensics and human identification by developing new methodologies
and data resources for DNA analysis and typing, and for developing
educational materials for training college students and forensic scientists. |
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 Ray
Radebaugh Receives Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Technology
Transfer Award - On May 8, 2002 Ray Radebaugh of the Physical
and Chemical Properties Division in Boulder received a technology
transfer award from the FLC at a gala awards banquet in Little Rock,
AK. Radebaugh won the award for his very active collaboration with
private industry in the transfer of cryocooler technology. |
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| CSTL Recognized For Contributions to State Programs - Sixteen CSTL activities were selected for inclusion in the NIST compilation of "State Impacts". These activities reflect cutting-edge research in diverse areas such as healthcare, the environment, and industrial processes. | |
| CSTL Co-Sponsors Conference on Threat Environments for Home Land Security - CSTL, along with several other organizations, cosponsored a Topical Conference on "Understanding and Operating in Threat Environments". The conference focused on emerging technologies for detection, protection and remediation associated with chemical and biological threats. | |
 NIST
Named National Historic Chemical Landmark - NIST joined the
ranks of some illustrious organizations when it was designated a National
Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society (ACS)
and the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) in ceremonies held on
December 5, 2001 at NIST. The ACS, the world’s largest scientific
society, has named nearly 40 illustrious places, discoveries, and
achievements as national historic chemical landmarks. The landmark
designation awarded NIST by the ACS is an outstanding tribute that
caps NIST’s exciting centennial year. NIST was cited as having
“made broad-based and comprehensive contributions to chemical
science and technology and to the economic strength and competitiveness
of the United States.” ACS added that NIST “continues to
demonstrate that the intelligent application of research in physical
sciences to a wide range of societal changes contributes to a higher
quality of life for everyone.” |
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| CSTL to Participate in the NIST Summer Undergraduate Fellowship (SURF) Program in 2002 - In the summer of 2002, CSTL will be participating for the first time in the highly successful SURF Program that brings talented undergraduate students to the NIST Laboratories for a unique 9 to 12-week research experience. The program, initiated in 1993 by the NIST Physics Laboratory in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, has aided the careers of many young scientists. Detailed information and application requirements are available from the NIST SURF Program web page as well as the CSTL SURF Program web page. | |
| CSTL Graduate Fellowship Program Announced for 2002 - The Graduate Fellowship Program for 2002 has been announced, with information and application forms available on this web site. The program represents a unique opportunity for students who have outstanding undergraduate academic records and are interested in pursuing an advanced education and research career at a world-class research laboratory. We see this program as a vehicle for adding energetic high-quality researchers to our staff, of which more than 60% are Ph.D. scientists and engineers. As of 2001, the program has resulted in the addition of three young scientists to the permanent CSTL staff and several other students are actively pursuing their doctorate degrees under the program. | |
 Surface
and Microanalysis Science Division Scientists Receive CSTL Technical
Achievement Award - The nominees and the recipients of the
CSTL Technical Achievement Award for 2001 were recently announced
by the CSTL Director. Congratulations to Chris Michaels, Stephan Stranick,
Lee Richter and Richard Cavanagh of the Surface
and Microanalysis Science Division (837) for their award winning
work: “Scanning near-field infrared microscopy and spectroscopy
with a broadband laser source” that appeared in the Journal of
Applied Physics 2000, 88 (8), 4832-4839. Details on all the award
nominees are available here. |
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 Cedric
Powell Honored by the American Vacuum Society with the Albert Nerken
Award for 2001 - Surface
and Microanalysis Science Division scientist and NIST Fellow Cedric
Powell, will receive the Albert Nerken Award of the American Vacuum
Society (AVS - The Science and Technology Society) "for the
development of improved data, particularly electron inelastic mean
free paths, for applications in quantitative Auger electron spectroscopy
and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy". This award is one
of the premier honors bestowed by the AVS and will be presented at
their 48th International Symposium in San Francisco, CA, Oct 29 -
Nov 2, 2001. |
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 CSTL
Scientists Win R&D-100 Award - Analytical
Chemistry Division scientists Steve
Long and Bob
Kelly were selected as the recipients of one of this year's prestigious
R&D-100 Award Winners for their work titled "Process for
the Determination of Mercury in Fossil Fuels by ID-CV-ICP-MS".
This award represents the eighth R&D-100 Award won by Analytical
Chemistry Division staff since 1984. |
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 CSTL
Director Receives Congratulations from NCCLS on 100th Anniversary
of NIST - CSTL Director Hratch Semerjian accepted a certificate
of congratulations and recognition on behalf of NIST from F. Alan
Andersen, President of the NCCLS (National Committee for Clinical
Laboratory Standards) at the NCCLS Forum 2001 in Alexandria, VA. |
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| CSTL Research Helps Create New Treatment for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding - CSTL scientists Ray Radebaugh, along with colleagues Eric Marquardt and Marcia Huber of the Physical and Chemical Properties Division, have designed an ultra-low temperature catheter that curtails abnormal bleeding by freezing problem tissue. The method was recently approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration. | |
 CSTL
Chemists Excel in International Wine Testing! Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and
Technology recently demonstrated that their measurements of lead in
wine are among the most accurate in the world. NIST was one of 14
National Measurement Institutes participating in an international
pilot study of how accurately the official national standards agencies
measure lead in wine. |
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| CSTL Sponsors an Informal Workshop on XML Projects, Plans, and Ideas at NIST was on Monday, April 30, 1:00 p.m. EDT in LR A, Admin. The workshop is to allow NIST scientists with interest in XML to share their project accomplishments, plans, and visions, and to promote collaboration, information sharing, and technology reuse while reducing concept reinvention and aspects of the not-invented-here syndrome. | |
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Retrospective of Greg Poirier's Scientific Work at NIST - NIST lost one of its brightest young stars, Gregory
E. Poirier, who passed away in September 2000 at the age of 39. During
Greg's brief career at NIST he made many noteworthy contributions
in the areas of surface science and chemical sensing. This April 25
talk reviewed some of the highlights of Greg's STM work and also touched
on some of his lesser-known contributions while a member of the Process
Sensing Group at NIST. |
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 CSTL
Division Chief Receives the 2001 Distinguished Service in the Advancement
of Analytical Chemistry Award - Willie
May, Chief of the Analytical
Chemistry Division, has been selected to receive the 2001
Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry Award
given by the Analytical Division of the American Chemical Society. |
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| CSTL Scientists Express a Vibrant and Challenging Future for the Chemical Enterprise - Carlos Gonzalez, Bryant Nelson, Stephan Stranick, Michael Tarlov, and Gregory Vasquez of CSTL are among the 171 young chemists, chemical engineers, and business leaders, who express their thoughts and aspirations and collectively describe a vibrant and challenging future for the chemical enterprise in the March 26, 2001 issue of Chemical and Engineering News. | |
| CSTL Scientist Interviewed for USAToday Article on Molecular Electronics - Dr. Roger van Zee, a Research Chemist in the Process Measurements Division, was interviewed for John Makulowich's CYBERSPEAK column in USAToday, March 6, 2001, dealing with the end of silicon computing and the future development of molecular computing devices. "Talking with van Zee jumbles your imagination. Notions like a computer in a beaker, the morphing of engineering, chemistry, physics and biology and even the need to rethink how a computer works — all turn accepted understanding on its ear." | |
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NIST Centennial Celebration at Pittsburgh Conference - A two-day symposium entitled "NIST Contributions to Chemical Measurement Science and Technology" was held at the 2001 Pittsburgh Conference in New Orleans from March 4 through March 6. The symposium was comprised of four half-day plenary sessions plus a poster session and focused on NIST's past, present, and projected future research and service programs in chemical measurement science. |
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| CSTL Staff Recognized for Excellence in FY2000 - Our Staff is CSTL's greatest resource. We are proud of all of them and their accomplishments, both at work and in their communities. In FY2000, thirty members of the staff were formally recognized for their achievements. |
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March 1, 2001
Last update: January 23, 2004
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