- Author
- Ehrlich, G.
- Title
- National Engineering Laboratory's 1989 Report to the National Research Council's Board on Assessment of NIST Programs.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NISTIR 89-4060, March 1989, 45 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- building research | chemical engineering | computing support | electrical measurements | electronic measurements | energy related inventions | fire research | law enforcement standards | manufacturing research | mathematical sciences | National Engineering Laboratory
- Abstract
- The 1989 report to the National Research Council's (NRC's) Board on Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) programs provides an overview of the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL). It describes the climate that influences NEL's work, program and budget trends, and the external interactions with industry, academia, and trade and professional organizations. Descriptions of NEL's program activities with accompanying lists of recent accomplishments, trends, and significant budget changes are also included. The programs described are Electronic and Electrical Measurements, Manufacturing Research and Standards, Building Research, Fire Research, Chemical Engineering Metrology, Mathematical Sciences, Computing Support, Energy Related Inventions and Law Enforcement Standards. The impact of the recently enacted Omnibus trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 is disucssed.