[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22931]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcement of an Opportunity To Join a Cooperative Research and 
Development Consortium on Optical Properties of Materials

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites interested parties to attend a meeting on October 7, 1997, to 
discuss setting up a cooperative research consortium. The goal of the 
consortium is to identify critical industrial needs for NIST to be 
involved in performing high accuracy measurements, developing necessary 
standards and critically evaluating existing data on the optical 
properties of materials that are important for the evolving optical 
industries in the USA.

DATES: The Meeting will take place at 10 a.m. on October 7, 1997. 
Interested parties should contact NIST to confirm their interest at the 
address, telephone number or FAX number shown below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at and inquiries should be sent 
to Room B268, Building 221, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raju Datla, 301-975-2131; FAX 301-840-8551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The program will be within the scope and 
confines of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-
502, 15 U.S.C. 3710a), which provides federal laboratories including 
NIST, with the authority to enter into cooperative research agreements 
with qualified parties. Under this law, NIST may contribute personnel, 
equipment, and facilities--but no funds--to the cooperative research 
program.
    Members will be expected to make a contribution to the consortium's 
efforts in the form of personnel, data, and/or funds. This is not a 
grant program.
    The R&D staff of each industrial partner in the Consortium will be 
able to interact with NIST researchers on generic measurement needs in 
the industry for specific optical properties of materials. The 
industrial partners will also be able to schedule at NIST collaborative 
projects in which they could participate. All partners will receive a 
copy of all data on all materials measured. All partners will have a 
certain amount of NIST measurements made on materials they request. All 
partners have some influence as to the type and accuracy of the 
measurements pursued by the consortium.

    Dated: August 22, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-22931 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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