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John R. Rumble
No full textJOHN R. RUMBLE
NBS/NIST: 1980-2004
INDUCTED: 2017
Birth: 8 March 1943, Syracuse, New York
EDUCATION:
Cornell University, BA (Chemistry), 1965
City College of the City University of New York, MA
(Chemistry), 1968
Indiana University, PhD (Chemical Physics), 1976
CITATION:
For outstanding leadership in providing evaluated data, the development of data standards, and extension of the Standard Reference Data Program to new technical areas.
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
Program Manager, Standard Reference Data Program, 1980-1994
Director, Standard Reference Data Program, 1994-2000
Director, Calibrations Program and Standard Reference Materials Program, 2000-2001
Chief, Measurement Services Division, 2001-2004
Deputy Director (Acting), Technology Services, 2004
HONORS:
U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal (1994)
Fellow, ASTM International (1995)
Fellow, ASM International (1997)
Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Metrology
President, CODATA (1999-2003)
Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2003)
CODATA International Prize (2006)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007)
Fellow, American Physical Society (2015)
Fellow, International Association for Food Science and Technology (2016)
MEMBERSHIPS:
ASTM International
ASM International
American Chemical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society
PUBLICATIONS:
More than 70 publications and standards including:
Pitchford, L.C., ONeil, S.V., and Rumble, Jr., J.R., "Extended Boltzmann Analysis of Electron Swarm
Experiments," Physical Review A 23, 294-304 (1981)
Westbrook, J.H. and Rumble, Jr., J.R., Eds., Computerized Materials Data Systems, National Bureau of
Standards, Gaithersburg, MD (1983)
Rumble, Jr, J.R. and Hampel, V.E., Eds., Database Management in Science and Technology, North-Holland,
Amsterdam (1984)
Rumble, Jr, J.R. and Smith, F.J., Database Systems in Science and Engineering, Adam Hilger, London (1990
Wolfgang Haller
No full textWOLFGANG HALLER
NBS/NIST: 1958 - 1984
INDUCTED: 2017
Birth: 9 December 1922, Vienna, Austria
Death: 25 August 2016, Rockville, Maryland
EDUCATION:
University of Vienna, PhD (Physical Chemistry), 1950
CITATION:
For serving as a world authority on glass and providing scientific breakthroughs including controlled porosity glass that led to many commercial successes.
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
Chief, Glass Section, Institute for Materials Research, 1958-1984
Guest Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, 1984-2009
HONORS:
NBS Distinguished Service Awards for Outstanding Research Papers (1963 and 1964)
Fellow, American Ceramic Society (1972)
U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal (1973)
Alexander von Humboldt Prize (1975)
Industrial R&D 100 Magazine Award (1978)
Presidential Science Medal, First Class in the Federal Republic of Austria (1996)
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Ceramic Society
PUBLICATIONS:
More than 100 publications and six patents including:
Haller, W., "Chromatography on Glass of Controlled Pore Size," Nature, 206 [4985] 693-696 (1965)
Haller, W. and Maceio, P.B., "The Origin of Phase Connectivity in Microheterogeneous Glasses," Phys. and
Chem. Glasses, 9 [5], 153-155 (1968)
Haller, W., Tympner, K., and Hannig, K., "Preparation of Immunoglobulin Concentrates from Human Serum by
Chromatography on Controlled Pore Glass," Anal. Biochem., 35 [1], 23-31 (1970)
Haller, W., Porous Material and Method of Making the Same, US Patent 3,758,284, Patented Sept. 11, 1973 Haller, W., "Treatment of Controlled Pore Glass with Poly(Ethylene Oxide) to Prevent Adsorption of Rabies
Virus," J. Chromatog., 56, 362-364 (1971)
Wenzel, J.T., Blackburn, D.H., Haller, W., Stokowski, S., and Weber, M.J., "Development of Fluorophosphate Optical Glasses," Proc. Soc. Photo-Optical Instr. Engin., 204 59-66, (1980
A view of the NIST stone wall
No full textA view of the NIST stone wall was built using 2,352 stones from 47 US states and 320 from 16 foreign countries. The wall is approximately 12 m long, 4 m high, 0.6 m thick at the bottom, and 0.3 m at the top. The aim of the wall construction was to study the aging process of stones used in construction under outside weathering conditions
A close-up of a stone sample set in the NIST stone wall
No full textThe NIST stone wall was built using 2,352 stones from 47 US states and 320 from 16 foreign countries. The wall is approximately 12 m long, 4 m high, 0.6 m thick at the bottom, and 0.3 m at the top. The aim of the wall construction was to study the aging process of stones used in construction under outside weathering conditions
The Lattice Spacing Variability of Intrinsic Float-Zone Silicon
No full textPrecision lattice spacing comparison measurements at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provide traceability of x-ray wavelength and powder diffraction standards to the international system of units (SI). Here we both summarize and document key measurements from the last two decades on six lots of intrinsic float-zone silicon, including unpublished results and recent internal- consistency checks. The comparison measurements link the unknown lattice spacing of a test crystal to a standard crystal whose lattice spacing has been accurately determined by x-ray/optical interferometry in units traceable to the definition of the meter. The crystal that serves as the standard in all the comparisons is WASO 04 whose lattice spacing is known with a relative uncertainty of 5 e_9. Taking material variability into account, the lattice spacing comparisons with typical uncertainties of 1 e_8 lead to lattice spacing values with relative uncertainties of a few e_8 for the test materials. It is observed that in the case of nearly-perfect modern intrinsic float- zone silicon, the variability of the lattice spacing is sufficiently small that for most diffraction applications a recommended value may be used in most applications
A view of the NIST stone wall
No full textA view of the NIST stone wall was built using 2,352 stones from 47 US states and 320 from 16 foreign countries. The wall is approximately 12 m long, 4 m high, 0.6 m thick at the bottom, and 0.3 m at the top. The aim of the wall construction was to study the aging process of stones used in construction under outside weathering conditions
Immersion Coefficient for the Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) Radiance Collectors
No full textThe immersion coefficient accounts for the difference in responsivity for a radiometer placed in the air versus water or another medium. In this study, the immersion coefficients for the radiance collectors on the Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) were modeled and measured. The experiment showed that the immersion coefficient for the MOBY radiance collectors agreed with a simple model using only the index of refraction for water and fused silica. With the results of this experiment, we estimate that the uncertainty in the current value of the immersion coefficient used in the MOBY project is 0.05 % (k = 1)