Post-Conference Visits to NIST or NRL
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are among the many must-visit sites in Washington DC, especially for scientists and engineers. We are making arrangement with a bus company to provide transportation to visit NIST or NRL in the morning of Thursday, August 29, 2002. The visits will provide an opportunity to see the research work that is done at NIST and NRL, and to network and develop collaboration with researchers at these world-class facilities.
U.S.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Thursday,
August 29, 8:00am – 12:00noon
No
cost, but you have to find your own transportation. Ride sharing to NIST will be posted at the bulletin board.
NIST
is the U.S. Department of Commerce’s principal laboratory for the development
of standards and technology. Nobel
Prizes have been awarded to researchers at NIST for the development of
ultra-cold atom physics by means of laser cooling techniques. In 2001, Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded
to Eric Cornell at NIST/Boulder for his work on Bose-Einstein Condensates. The tour to NIST will include an overview of
the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), the Molecular Measuring Machine, NIST
Standards Museum, the Magnetic Engineering Research Facility, the
MicroElectroMechanicalSystems (MEMS) Laboratory, the Nanochemical Analysis
Laboratory, the Quantum Computing Laboratory, and the Nanomagnetism
Facility. NIST is located in
Gaithersburg, Maryland and is about 35 miles north of National Airport.
Contact: Dr. R.D. Shull, 301-975-6035, shull@nist.gov
or
Naval
Research Laboratory (NRL)
Thursday,
August 29, 8:00am – 12:00noon
No
cost, but you have to find your own transportation. Ride sharing to NRL will be posted at the bulletin board.
NRL
is the U.S. Department of Defense’s and the U.S. Navy’s premier research
laboratory. Nobel Prizes have also been
awarded to researchers at NRL. The tour
to NRL will include a visit to the NRL Nanoscience Institute and many of the
research programs, including:
Nanofilaments: interactions,
manipulations, and assembly
Chemical assembly of
multifunctional electronics
Chemical templates for
nanocluster assembly
Photonic bandgap materials
Organic and bio-conjugated
luminescent quantum dots
Organic light emitting materials
and devices
Nanoscale enhanced processes in
a quantum dot structure
Polymers and suprsmolecules for
devices
Coherence, correlation, and
control in nanostructures
Neural-electronic interfaces
NRL
is located across the Potomac River, about 10 miles from National Airport.
Contract: Dr. J. Murday, 202-767-3026, murday@ccs.nrl.navy.mil