7. MAJOR FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES (Include COSATI Codes): NBS functions encompass exploratory and applied research necessary for the support and achievement of: (1) nationally and internationally compatible coherent standards for physical quantities; (2) tie-points, calibration services, measurement techniques for nation-wide compatible dissemination. Weights and measures standards and consulting advice to the States; (3) the characterization of materials to provide basis for reproducible property measurements; (4) the determination of physical constants and properties for materials, simple and composite, of scientific or industrial importance; (5) an adequate technical basis for consulting advice to voluntary standards bodies for engineering design and performance characteristics and standards and devices and products and systems; (6) methods for testing materials, mechanisms, and structures; and (7) special R&D for other agencies of Government utilizing unique NBS competences. To carry out these functions NBS has the following technical components whose Institute for Basic Standards, Gaithersburg, Md. Center for Computer Sciences and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md. A. ADDITIONAL COSATI CODES: SURVEY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES Conducted By THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION For The FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 187 40'x50'x30' in which a complete dwelling can be placed and tested for heat transfer, heating and cooling systems, insulation, etc. Temperature can be controlled from 150°f to -55°f with complete air and humidity control. Engineering Mechanics Laboratory - Dead weight machines/ Compression and tension load capacity from 10 to 1,000,000 lbf. 12,000,000 lbf testing machine - compression specimens up to 60 ft. long, tension specimens up to 55 ft. long and flexural specimens up to 90 ft. long. Nuclear Reactor A 10-megawatt, heavy water moderated research reactor with split fuel elements, a 20K cold neutron facility, nine regular beam tubes, two tangential tubes, a thermal column, ten vertical thimbles, and four pneumatic tubes. Maximum thermal neutron flux is 1.7x1014 neutrons/cm2 sec and maximum fast neutron flux is 1.2x1014 neutrons/cm2 sec. Electron Linear Accelerator Energy range 10 to 160 MeV, beam power in excess of 50 kilowatts, three experimental rooms and a future above-ground neutron time-offlight facility. Diffraction Facilities (x-ray, electron, low energy electron, neutron, Kössel) Mass Spectrometry Facilities (analytical, precise molecular weight, chemical reactions) Long path interferometer - 30 meter interferometer used with laser for measurement of speed of light. Also used as seismometer. Cross-atomic beam apparatus UNIVAC 1108. 9. COMMENT AND PUBLICATION REFERENCES: Used in studies of energy levels of atoms and molecules Information about the current organization and activities of the Bureau is available in greater detail in the annual report, NBS Technical Highlights. A history of the National Bureau of Standards is given in Measures for Progress. Both publications are available from the Government Printing Office. Information about NBS publications in general can be obtained from the Office of Technical Information and Publications, NBS, Washington, D. C. 20234. *Comment on item 2a: Individual directors for each of the institutes and centers are shown on their separate listings. 7. MAJOR FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES (Include COSATI Codes): The Center for Computer Sciences and Technology conducts research and provides technical services designed to aid Government agencies in improving cost effectiveness in the conduct of their programs through the selection, acquisition, and effective utilization of automatic data processing equipment and serves as the principal focus within the Executive Branch for the development of Federal standards for automatic data processing equipment, techniques, and computer languages. To accomplish this the Center: - Performs research and analysis for the development of recommendations for Federal information processing standards. These include software, codes for information interchange, devices and storage media. (09-02 Electronics and Electrical Engineering - Computers; 14-03 Methods and Equipment Recording Devices; 17-05 Navigation, Communications, Detection and Countermeasures Infrared and Ultraviolet Detection.) - Provides comprehensive, consolidated, single-point-of-contact information services on scientific and technical activities related to computer sciences and technology. (05-02 Behavioral and Social Sciences - Documentation and Information Technology.) Provides technical consultative and advisory services to government agencies on automatic data processing and related technology. (09-02 Electronics and Electrical Engineering - Computers; 14-03, 14-05 Methods and Equipment - Recording Devices Reprography; 17-02, 17-07 Navigation, Communications, Detection and Countermeasures Communications Navigation and Guidance.) | - Does applied research and engineering for solving special problems in the broad automatic data processing field. (04-01 Atmospheric Sciences - Atmospheric Physics; 05-05 Behavioral and Social Sciences Human Factors Engineering; 06-04 Biological and Medical Sciences Bionics; 14-02, 14-05 Methods and Equipment Laboratories, Test Facilities, and Test Equipment - Reprography; 17-05 Navigation, Communications, Detection and Countermeasures Infrared and Ultraviolet Detection.) A. ADDITIONAL COSATI CODES: SURVEY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 189 190 UNIVAC 1108 MOBIDIC B Magnetic Tape Testing Lab 9. COMMENT AND PUBLICATION REFERENCES: These activities are supported by general NBS services: fiscal, personnel, library, shops, transportation, plant, supply, etc. Personnel in these service areas are not included in the entries under item 5. Information about the current organization and activities of the laboratory is available in greater detail in the annual report, NBS Technical Highlights, available from the Government Printing Office. 7. MAJOR FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES (Include COSATI Codes): The Center for Radiation Research constitutes a prime resource within the Bureau for the application of radiation both to Bureau mission problems and to those of other agencies and other institutions. It develops improved techniques and instruments for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation, obtains basic data on the interactions of radiation with matter, and investigates the structure of the various forms of matter. Maintains radiation sources and standards for providing national services essential to industrial, medical and research applications. (06-18 Biological and Medical Sciences Radiobiology and Dosimetry; 18-04 Nuclear Science and Technology Nuclear Instrumentation, 18-06 Radiation Shielding and Protection and Materials Transmission and Absorption, 18-08 Radioactivity, and 18-09 Reactor Engineering and Operation; 20-07 Physics. Particle Accelerators, and 20-08 Particle Physics) The Center conducts work on the theory of nuclear structure, elementary particles, and radiation interactions (20-08 Physics - Particle Physics); electron- and photoninduced reactions leading to charged particle or neutron emission (18-08 Nuclear Science and Technology Radioactivity); crystal and magnetic structure analysis (20-12 Physics - Solid State Physics); elastic and inelastic electron scattering from atoms and nuclei (20-08 Physics Particle Physics); measurement of neutron cross sections (20-08 Physics Particle Physics and Nuclear Reactions); and development of high-energy electron and photon absorbed-dose standards (06-18 Biological and Medical Sciences Radiobiology and Dosimetry). Conducted By THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION For The FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 191 |