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| MEL/MMD Scientist Earns Presidential Award
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| Mechanical engineer Jon R.Pratt (middle) was recognized for his contributions in the fields of fundamental measurement science, manufacturing research, and precision engineering, including realization and dissemination of the unit of force at the micro- and nano-scale.
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| Links Of Interest
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Cracking the Nanonewton Force Barrier
How do you weigh a dust mite? Or determine the force required to pull a molecule apart? A prototype NIST instrument can reliably measure forces as small as tens of nanonewtons.
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New Instrument Tests the Metal of WTC Steel
A new instrument that operates like an air-powered battering ram
is being used by NIST scientists to study steel salvaged from the World Trade
Center, a key element in the agency's two-year building and fire safety investigation
of the September 11, 2001 disaster.
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MEL is featured in the September 2002 Manufacturing Engineering Magazine
Brawn + brains > 1
Having acquired muscle and grace, machine tools begin wising up
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| Charters of Freedom For posterity.
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MEL Gallery
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MEL GEMS (PDF)
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SURF Home Page
Students! Look here.
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| NIST Museum
Check out the exhibits.
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| NIST Policy on Traceability
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| NIST Time So what time is it really?
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