NIST: responding to basic needs, responding to special needs

Author

Greenhouse, L.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

20-24 May 2001

Firstpage

841

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was established by an Act of Congress in 1901 as the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). It was charged with serving the Nation´s science and industry by establishing and maintaining the fundamental standards of science and related instrumentation and measurement methods and by providing calibration services and determinations of the properties and physical constants of materials. Work done by NBS in radio, aircraft, optical glass manufacture, and to facilitate industrial standardization established a pattern for NBS/NIST of mobilizing its scientific talent in response to national needs in times of crisis or challenge.

Keywords

calibration; measurement standards; microwave measurement; standardisation; NIST; National Bureau of Standards; National Institute of Standards and Technology; calibration services; fundamental standards; industrial standardization; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace materials; Aircraft manufacture; Calibration; Glass manufacturing; Instrumentation and measurement; Manufacturing industries; Measurement standards; NIST; Optical materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6538-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2001.967023

Filename

967023