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MSEL-Sponsored Workshops and Conferences

Date Title Contact(s) Location Description
October 8-9, 2008 Workshop on Enabling Standards for Nanomaterial Characterization

Dr. Vincent A. Hackley

National Institute of Standards & Technology

Materials Science & Engineering Laboratory

Ceramics Division, MS 8520 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8520 +1

(301) 975-5790

vince.hackley@nist.gov

NIST, Gaithersburg, MD

NIST, 215-AML

This workshop program has several objectives:

  • Disseminate findings from three recent interlaboratory studies based on ASTM standards (E2524, E2526, and WK8705) and using the recently released NIST nanosize gold reference materials and two PAMAM dendrimers.

  • Assessment of current activities on standardization for nanomaterial characterization, development of nanoscale reference materials, and prioritization of standards needs for physicochemical, in vitro and in vivo characterization and risk assessment.

  • Formation of an international network of qualified and willing testing laboratories to facilitate future interlaboratory studies and protocol development

  • Demonstration and deployment of prototype software for electronic development of pre-standards protocols and for management of interlaboratory studies to support standards and protocol development

  • Prioritization and generation of projects by the workshop participants to develop several new protocols and interlaboratory studies

  • Establishment of preliminary guidelines for the operation and management of the testing laboratory network and interactive electronic portal

         
September 26-28, 2007
3rd NASA-NIST Workshop on Nanotube Measurements

Kalman Migler
301-975-4876
email: kalman.migler@nist.gov

Angela Hight Walker
301-975-2155
email:  angela.hightwalker@nist.gov

Stephanie Hooker
303- 497-4326
email:  stephanie.hooker@nist.gov



NIST, Gaithersburg, MD:  Red Auditorium, Lecture Room A, Lecture Room B, and Hall of Flags

The goal of the NASA-NIST Workshop Series devoted to Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes is to focus the community’s attention on the issues of nanotube quality and characterization. Leading experts convene to discuss forefront efforts in the areas of dispersion, purity, and characterization.  The output of the second meeting was a Recommended Practice Guide, which formed the basis for the current ISO documentary standards activities in single wall carbon nanotubes. 

The goal for this third meeting is to capture and disseminate rapid advances in the development of purification methods to produce high quality and in the increasingly sophisticated methods to characterize them.  We will discuss emerging nanotube applications and environmental, health and safety concerns which are driving the need for high quality, well characterized nanotubes.  We will seek community feedback on efforts to develop both documentary standards and standard reference materials that are based on these advances. 

The Workshop will feature Plenary Lectures, invited technical presentations, two breakout sessions and a poster session.

Workshop attendees will:

  • Learn cutting edge techniques in purification and characterization

  • Guide the development of nanotube standards and reference materials

  • Learn the latest on nanotube applications and potential risks and how they drive the need for standardization

         
November 9-10, 2005 Future Directions in Soft Ionization of Polymers William Wallace

william.wallace@nist.gov

NIST, Gaithersburg, MD This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners to present new results, discuss recent trends, and identify important problems in the area of soft ionization of polymers especially by MALDI, ESI, and related methods.  Each speaker is an internationally recognized leader in his/her field. For more information see the link below.

NIST_POLYMER_MS_WORKSHOP_2005.pdf

         
October 16 - 19, 2005 20th Annual National Educators Workshop Nano/Bio Science and Technology Education For The 21st Century Gale Holmes gale.holmes@nist.gov

Winnie Wong-Ng   wongng@nist.gov

NIST, Gaithersburg, MD Green Auditorium This year's workshop will emphasize the following themes:

- Biologically Inspired Materials and Devices

- Nanomaterials & Applications

- Strategies for Integrating Nano/Bio Science and Technology into Education

- Experiments and Demonstrations for Engineering, Technology, and Science

- Precollege materials and nano science

         
October 3 - 4, 2005 Measurement Methods for Evaluation of the Reliability of Active Implantable Medical Devices
 
Teresa Vicente, NIST, phone: 301/975-3883, email: teresa.vicente@nist.gov

John Tesk, Biomedical Materials Devices Consultant, phone: 301/854-9727, email: jatesk@erols.com

Elizabeth Drexler, NIST Boulder: 303/497-5350, email: drexler@boulder.nist.gov

NIST, Gaithersburg, MD Lecture Room B, Bldg. 101 The purpose of this workshop is to help identify the technical and measurement issues that are involved in the use of both national and international standards for the assessment of the reliability of active implantable medical devices, and to help define the areas for future work that will facilitate the rapid deployment of advanced implant technologies.

















 

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