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1 Come to St. Paul, MN For the 2007 NCSLI Annual Workshop and Symposium July 29 - August 2, 2007 VOL 47, NO 2, APRIL 2007

2 NCSLI Newsletter Vol 47, No. 2, APRIL 2007 PUBLISHER: NCSL International 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107 Boulder, CO (303) , FAX (303) For clarity, the NCSLI Newsletter encloses addresses and website URLs in brackets. EDITOR: John L. Minck 642 Towle Place Palo Alto, CA Phone and Fax (650) or Associate Editor: Chris Franks, Agilent Technologies-Retired Layout and Production: Rebecca Johnson, Acorn Publishing NCSL International is a non-profit Colorado corporation. It is an international association of laboratories and organizations that maintain or have an interest related to measurement standards and calibration facilities and accreditation activities. The NCSLI Newsletter is sent to NCSL International member organizations (3 copies) and to a special listing of activities and key personnel whose work is closely related to that of NCSL International. Send member delegate address changes to the NCSL International Business Office at 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107 Boulder, CO NCSLI acknowledges and thanks Agilent Technologies for sponsoring the NCSLI Newsletter Editor position. BOARD OF REVIEWERS Dave Abell Dana Leaman Chris Franks Jim Allred Jack Ferris Derek Porter Jeff Gust Dave Agy Georgia Harris Roxanne Robinson Carol Hockert Doug Sugg Roger Burton Jesse Morse Peter Buzzard Terry Conder Belinda Collins Tom Wunsch Malcolm Smith Lonnie Spires ***Articles and other material appearing in the NCSLI Newsletter express the views of the authors and contributors, and are not necessarily those of the Editor or the NCSL International. Visit our website: < On the cover: NCSLI Exec V.P. Carol Hockert invites you to visit her hometown, St. Paul, for the annual conference. Locate St. Paul by the landmark Cathedral on the Hill (back cover). EDITOR'S MESSAGE-- World Metrology Day, May 20, 2007 I hope that every reader knows about the occasion of World Metrology Day? It is picking up more recognition starting maybe two years ago, as Andrew Wallard at BIPM began his own personal campaign to raise its importance. See his 2007 report on page 25. You will remember that the occasion is in remembrance of the signing of the metre convention in Paris, on May 20, At the Morro Bay Board meeting, Georgia Harris briefed the Board on some activities and initiatives that she presented at NIST as proposed ideas. These should remind all measurement-minded science people that we have great legacies in our history of standards and measurements. The Cheerleader of the Standards World TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE PLAN NOW FOR THE 2007 ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ST. PAUL REPORTS FROM THE BOARD NCSLI ORGANIZATIONAL CHART LABORATORY PROFILE-EGYPTIAN NIS SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW-EGYPT NIS DIRECTOR METROLOGY CALENDAR TRAINING INFORMATION EDUCATOR'S CORNER WORLD METROLOGY DAY SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW-TERRY CONDER, NCSLI V.P SCENES FROM THE MORRO BAY BOARD MEETING REPORTS FROM THE REGIONS COMMITTEE NEWS NEWS FROM THE NMIs NCSLI NEWSNOTES LIAISON NEWS WELCOME TO OUR NEW NCSLI MEMBERS John Minck NCSLI Editor I can tell when the editorial is going to be a long one, because I find myself awake at night, thinking through what I want to write. In late January, I drove down to Morro Bay to attend a day of the Board meeting. Working with 125+ industrial volunteers of NCSLI for newsletter input is rewarding, and yet it is important to meet as many as I can face to face. My (Continued on page 55) The NCSLI Newsletter (USPS ) (ISSN ) is published quarterly by NCSL International, 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107, Boulder, CO (Annual subscription price; $20, members, $50, non-members.) The subscription price for member organizations is included in annual dues. Periodicals Postage Paid at Boulder, CO and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NCSLI Newsletter, NCSL International, 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107, Boulder, CO

3 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Jack Ferris NCSLI President Off and Running We are off and running for The Board of Directors held our first meeting of 2007 at the Inn at Morro Bay in January. I would like to begin this message with a review of some of the significant events of that meeting. I would like to thank Harry Moody, Dick Pettit and Larry Nielsen for their long and outstanding service to our organization on the board of directors. They have all made significant contributions to our organization on the board. Dick continues to serve NCSLI as Editor of Measure Magazine and Harry serves as the European Deputy for International Activities. Board Appointments New board members Pete Buzzard of PSE&G Power and Jim Allred of the Idaho National Laboratory were both elected to the board in the 2006 election. Pete has been assigned as Vice President for the North Eastern Division and Jim has been assigned as Vice President for the Western Division. I was pleased to appoint Dana Leaman as Vice President for the South Eastern division. Dana has previously served as a region coordinator and committee chair of the Accreditation Resources Committee (175) I am sure that she will be a great addition to our board of directors. I was also privileged to reappoint Dr. Malcolm Smith as our International Vice President and Tony Anderson as our Representative to ILAC and NACLA. In addition, Dr. Belinda Collins was reappointed as our NIST Representative, Dr. Alan Steele as the NRCC/INMS representative, Salvador Echeverria- Villagomez as the CENAM Representative, Professor Andrew Wallard as the BIPM Representative, Dianne Lalla-Rodrigues as the SIM Representative, Dr. Seton Bennett as EUROMET Representative and Horst Czichos as the EUROLAB Representative. It was also announced at the meeting that Jeff Gust, our Immediate Past President, has been nominated and accepted by the Proficiency Testing Consultative Group (PTCG) as a technical advisor to ISO Working Group 28 for the revision of Guide 43 on Proficiency Testing. Congratulations to Jeff on this international appointment. Committees: Following are the areas that I would like to highlight this quarter with the 2007 initiatives that are taking place at the committee level in NCSLI. The Publications Oversight Committee (128) is in the process of developing a Publications Guideline handbook. This handbook will serve as a reference for NCSLI authors to use in developing and publishing NCSLI materials. The Glossary Committee (133) is updating the NCSLI Glossary of Metrology-related Terms and the associated Acronym list on the NCSLI web site. The Automatic Test and Calibration Systems Committee (141) is beginning the development of a NCSLI Recommended Practice on the validation of software calibration procedures. They are also in the process of identifying software issues related to the implementation of ISO technical requirements. The Measurement Comparison Programs Committee (142) has developed the charter for a 1 gigaohm inter-laboratory comparison (ILC). At present there are thirteen labs in addition to NIST in the ILC. They are also exploring an Ultraviolet ILC. The Intrinsic and Derived Standards Committee (143) has several projects planned for They are planning to complete the Catalogue of Intrinsic and Derived Standards. They also plan to complete the first draft of the Argon Triple Point Cell RISP and establish a working group for a Gold-Platinum Thermocouple RISP. They are also updating the Two-Pressure/Two-Temperature RISP. The Chemical Metrology Committee (147) is planning to identify and prioritize chemical metrology problems and challenges. The Dimensional Metrology Committee (148) is planning to begin working on a Recommended Practice for calibration of coordinate measurement machines which will be phase one of a more extensive RP on CMMs. The Healthcare Metrology Committee (151) is planning an update of RP 6 to reflect current Healthcare industry requirements. The Utilities Committee (153) is planning to complete their proficiency testing program on the RTD artifact and to begin a voluntary peer review of utilities laboratories. The Test Equipment Asset Management Forum (TEAM) (155) is planning to revise and expand RP 8 to become more of a management handbook. They are also planning to develop and publish a new TEAM directory. The Personnel Training and Qualifications Committee (163) is planning to continue working with the American Society for Quality (ASQ) to update the Standard Occupational Classification to insure that common titles and descriptions are included in the system. They are also planning to gather input and analyze member needs for personnel qualifications and certification in metrology. The Calibration Systems Resources (171) Committee is developing a handbook for guidance on ANSI/NCSL Z540.3 and is evaluating requirements for the development of a handbook for ANSI/ISO/IEC (Continued on page 51) 3

4 The 2007 NCSLI Technical Program includes eleven parallel sessions in Six Tracks spread over four days -- over 130 speakers and panelists covering a wide range of metrology topics and issues. New this year: Entire Tracks on Dimensional Metrology and Education and Training. Technical Program Tracks Education and Training Track Dimensional Metrology Track Analysis and Management Track International Track Research/Theoretical Track Electrical Metrology Track This year s conference also includes two Internationally focused Plenary Sessions covering International Developments and SI Developments. Panel Discussions Traceability Panel The Quality Measurement Data Specification for the Automotive Industry Action Group NCSLI Education Liaison Outreach The NIST US Measurement System Initiative and NCSLI's US Measurements Requirements Committee Poster Sessions Two poster sessions, with 5 poster presenta tions each, will be set up at the entrance to the exhibit area during the Tuesday and Wednesday AM breaks. You can't miss them! Every product and service that consumers use is highly dependent on metrology for a variety of reasons. From the fit and finish of our vehicles to weights and volumes of products purchased in the grocery and meat market, we are impacted at every level. Metrology laboratories calibrate equipment used to determine whether component parts will be compatible whether those parts are used in a consumer product or in a commercial airliner. Metrology programs ensure that we receive the correct amount of gasoline when we visit the pump as well as ensuring the butcher's scale is accurate. A sound and cohesive metrology and quality system, from the National Metrology Institute to the end consumer affects the quality of life for everyone. Keynote Address The interstate highways, air traffic management system, and the electrical grid are ubiquitous, yet one rarely thinks about this infrastructure until a problem arises. But without this infrastructure, our economy and lives would be significantly and negatively impacted. And when the infrastructure is stressed due to congestion or bad weather we definitely notice the impact on our daily lives. Similar to the physical infrastructure -- there is an "innovation nfrastructure" -- an underlying structure that helps foster innovation and transition scientific discoveries into the marketplace. This innovation infrastructure helps to define our nation's capacity to innovate. And just like the physical infrastructure, when it is not functioning smoothly -- significant barriers to innovation can -- and do -- arise. Both the American Competitiveness Initiative and the National Academies, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm", specifically address the nation's innovation infrastructure. This includes Federal R&D spending; policies to encourage private sector R&D investment through tax credits; reemphasizing our commitment to education; and reforming our immigration policies to attract and retain the best and brightest high-skilled workers from around the world. William A. Jeffrey, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will describe the role that NIST plays in the Nation's innovation infrastructure and why NIST is specifically called out in the President's American Competitiveness Initiative. 4

5 First Name: Last Name: Job Title: Organization: Dept. / Div. / Lab.: Address: City: State / Province: NCSL International 2007 Workshop and Symposium Registration July 29 - August 2, 2007 St. Paul, MN Conference language: English Conference currency: USD REGISTRATION OPTIONS Register on-line at Fax or Phone Credit Card Registrations to: Fax: Phone: Mail Check or Credit Card Registrations to: NCSL International 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107 Boulder, CO REGISTRATION FEES & DEADLINES Members Non-members Save Advanced On or Before April 5, 2007 $749 $ 949 $200 Regular April 6 to June 29, 2007 $799 $ 999 $200 Late After June 29, 2007 $899 $1,099 $200 International Evening August 1, 2007 $75 $75 Logo Items Shirt (Size? ) $35 $35 Mug $12 $12 Organizational Membership $400 REGISTRANT INFORMATION (Please print or type) Member: NCSL International Membership Number (Contact Member Delegate or NCSL International for number) Non-Member (A) (C) (E) (G) (M) (O) Administration Consultant Education Engineer Manager Owner JOB CODES (P) (Q) (S) (D) (T) Professor Quality Senior Management Student Technician (AE) (AU) (CH) (CL) (CG) (CP) Aerospace Automotive Chemical Industry Commercial Lab Consulting Corporate Lab 5 Zip+4 / Postal Code: Country (if not USA): Telephone No.: Fax No.: Job Code: Industry Code: Special Accommodations: Please attach a written description if you require special ADA, wheelchair or dietary needs. Please note the only alternative meal option offered at this time is a vegetarian plate. INDUSTRY CODES (EL) (PH) (MG) (G1) (G2) (G3) Electronics Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Manufacturing DOC DOD DOT (G4) (G5) (C) (PC) (T) (U) NASA Other: Community College Private College Technical College University CREDIT CARD INFORMATION VISA Mastercard American Express Discover Card #: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Full name as it appears on card: Exp. Date: / Signature: Date: / / CANCELLATION POLICY NCSLI Conference, Tutorials and Related Events: Cancellations received IN WRITING before 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on July 16, 2007, will be subject to a service charge of $50 per registration. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on July 16, Registrations may be transferred from one party to another BY WRITTEN REQUEST RECEIVED through July 27, FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Registration Received: / / CK # / CC App #: CK / CC App Date: / / Payment Received: / / PO / Inv. #: Amount: $ Entered: / /

6 TUTORIAL ABSTRACTS Saturday, July 28, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Fundamentals of Temperature Calibration Thomas Wiandt & Ron Ainsworth Bio This presentation is a review of the fundamentals of temperature calibration. Topics include calibration equipment, calibration techniques, curve fitting issues, and the mathematics important to thermometry. Types of thermometers covered include platinum resistance thermometers, thermistors, thermocouples, and combined thermometer/readout systems. This segment is intended for those who are new to temperature calibration, those who need to validate what they already know, or those who just have some nagging questions that need to be answered. Running an Effective Laboratory Measuring Performance Malcolm Smith This tutorial will be of interest to owners, managers, and supervisors of calibration laboratories, both in-house and commercial. The tutorial will cover four areas where performance measurement is important in the running of a laboratory: productivity, finance, marketing and customer satisfaction. The range of measures that can be used to monitor performance in each of these areas will be discussed. Suggestions on how these measures might be used in practice and in concert will be reviewed. Examples of measurements, with discussion of their effectiveness and appropriateness for process improvement, will be given. Balance and Scale Calibration & Use Val Miller & Mark Ruefenacht Weighing processes are a significant part of many manufacturing and analytical processes. This tutorial will present an overview of the calibration and use of weighing devices in the analytical environment. It will focus on the use of weighing techniques, correct procedures, eliminating and minimizing sources of errors, and compliance with the weighing requirements of the USP, FDA and ASTM. Classification schemes and calibration procedures for balances and scales will be covered. The approach will discuss the selection and use of standards, artifacts, procedures, facilities, equipment, measurement assurance, and software to determine how each contributes to the quality of mass measurements, the impact on the overall laboratory capability, and the effect on the production environment. Dimensional Metrology Calibration I: Gages and Small Tools Amosh Kumar & Jim Salsbury This tutorial will examine the calibration of common gages and small tools found in the dimensional metrology field. Items to be covered include gage blocks, micrometers, calipers, rings gages, indicators, length standards, height gages, squares, straightedges, and many more. This tutorial will focus on calibration procedures. For those interested in measurement uncertainty, this tutorial continues with the tutorial Dimensional Metrology Calibration II: Measurement Uncertainty. Humidity Calibration Jeff Bennewitz This tutorial will provide an overview of basic information regarding humidity definitions, dew point, frost point, and relative humidity. Participants will practice humidity calculations and conversions using the HumiCalc humidity conversion software. Instructions will be given for the humidity calibration technique using the 2-pressure humidity calibration standard. The instructor will demonstrate a typical calibration setup of a hygrometer and dew point instruments. Discussion will be held regarding response time and calibration procedure using the 2- pressure humidity standard. Calibration and maintenance of the 2-pressure humidity calibration standard will be discussed in detail. Measurement Uncertainty Made Easy Georgette Macdonald Why is it important to express the uncertainty in measurement? Quite simply, there is no traceability in measurements that lack statements of Uncertainty at every link of the traceability chain. For this and other reasons, ISO/IEC requires calibration laboratories, in particular, to provide estimates of uncertainty of their measurements using accepted practices. The instructor will discuss the basics for preparing uncertainty estimates for typical uncomplicated measurement processes. This approach is consistent with the GUM but it dispenses, wherever possible, with the algebraic notations, statistical jargon, arithmetic modeling, and differential calculus operations found in the GUM that perhaps encumber a person who requires no more than a simple, conservative estimate of the uncertainty in the result of a simple measurement process. For these situations, it will be shown that the mathematics is quite straightforward and that the actual challenge, if any, to estimating uncertainty in measurement is in defining the factors that affect the measurement; namely, in understanding the metrology. Participants will receive an example Excel spreadsheet for making simplified uncertainty calculations. The tutorial will include a group exercise. Participants should bring stationary and pocket calculators. Saturday, July 28, 1:00-5:00 PM Temperature Calibration Uncertainty Analysis Ron Ainsworth & Thomas Wiandt This presentation is a step by step review of the tools necessary to evaluate the uncertainties present in temperature calibrations. Topics include curve fitting errors, error propagation, error budgeting, TURs, and statistical process control. Also discussed will be pertinent fundamentals of uncertainty analysis as outlined in the Guide to The Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM). This segment is intended for those who are new to uncertainty analysis as well as those who are well versed but require further guidance or clarification. Business Practices and Improvements -- Preparing for the Future Carroll Brickenkamp, Sharrill Dittmann, Ernest Garner Metrology, the science of measurements, is frequently perceived, valued and characterized as an end unto itself. This traditional and narrow view can become a barrier to the business side of metrology, impacting the productivity, profitability and competitiveness of users and clients of metrology organizations as well as the metrology provider. While good metrology is the key to many doors throughout all levels of the economy, all aspects of the metrology organization must be managed to achieve success, to be competitive, and to produce a positive business result. This tutorial will explore the impact of rapidly changing technology on today's metrology organization and identify tools and approaches that will keep it competitive in the future. Starting with current business practices, we will examine ways the metrology organization may have to change in order to assure its future, and we will discuss new ways of strategic thinking to meet tomorrow's challenges. Balance and Scale, and Weighing Process Uncertainties Val Miller & Mark Ruefenacht One requirement of traceability of measurement results is calculating the associated measurement uncertainty. This tutorial will present con- 6

7 NL cepts and methods for calculating and evaluating the uncertainty of balance and scale calibrations. Weighing processes in the industrial and analytical environments will also be discussed. Attention will be focused on the sources of errors in weighing operations, methodologies for estimating the magnitude of errors, and computation and reporting of the measurement uncertainty associated with reported weighing measurement results. As time allows, hands-on demonstrations and calculations will be employed. This approach is based on the content of NIST IR6919, Recommended Guide for Determining and Reporting Uncertainties for Balances and Scales. Dimensional Metrology Calibration II: Measurement Uncertainty Jim Salsbury & Amosh Kumar This tutorial will examine measurement uncertainty when calibrating common gages and small tools found in the dimensional metrology field. The focus of the tutorial will be on applying GUM methods to dimensional metrology. Attendees should already be familiar with basic measurement uncertainty techniques and dimensional gage calibration methods. Calibrating Torque Instruments Donna Brunot & Duane Valejos A hands on training course in torque instruments and testing using state of the art electronic torque testing equipment. The class will include information on all types and classes of torque instruments including information on industry specifications for manufacturing torque products. The best practice use for each type and class of torque instruments based on design limitations. Torque instruments and test equipment information and training will be provided on the calibration, use, and maintenance practices of torque instruments and test equipment. A Primer for Vacuum and Leat Rate Measurements and Calibrations Patrick Abbott Vacuum and leak rate measurements are among the most challenging areas of metrology. This is primarily due to the instrumentation involved and the physics of rarefied gases. Vacuum measurements, which are really sub-atmospheric pressure measurements, rely on a number of different gauge technologies depending on the pressure range of interest. Below 10-2 Pa (10-4 torr) it is very difficult to measure pressure (force per unit area) directly; therefore indirect measurements are made, that is, some quantity that is proportional to pressure is measured. Leak rate measurements are generally made on evacuated vessels using a mass spectrometer-based leak detector. However, the leak detector measures flow indirectly in the same sense as some of the vacuum instrumentation mentioned above. Calibration is essential for the instruments involved in both vacuum and leak rate measurements. The goal of this tutorial is to give the student a better understanding of the commonly used vacuum and leak rate measurement instrumentation and practices. The correct use of vacuum gauges will be discussed, including the thermal conductivity, capacitance diaphragm, spinning rotor, and ionization gauge. In addition, the use and calibration of helium leak artifacts as they relate to the calibration of leak detectors will be presented. As time permits, we will explore vacuum and leak rate measurement problems that students have encountered in their own labs. Sunday, July 29, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Advanced Topics in Uncertainty Analysis Howard Castrup This full day tutorial examines methods and techniques of uncertainty analysis taken from the GUM, other published work and current research. Widely used statistical uncertainty analysis tools will be derived from scratch, allowing a discussion of their utility and applicability. In addition, methodologies, such as Monte Carlo, Bayesian, ANOVA, and SPC will be discussed and an error analysis model will be 7 developed that provides a rigorous framework for uncertainty analysis. Concepts will be illustrated using shareware and commercially available software. Laboratory Compliance with ISO/IEC 17025: The How-To Guide for Implementation in Your Laboratory Dana Leaman This full day tutorial will discuss the revision of the standard for accreditation of laboratories, ISO/IEC 17025, as published in May 2005, replacing the 1999 version. Internationally recognized accreditation bodies agreed to a transition period of two years for full compliance with the 2005 revision of this standard from all their laboratories. In meeting this two-year goal, accreditation bodies have worked to interpret the revisions so that application of the requirements is economical for the laboratories as well as technically sound. This presentation will review all the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 regarding simple, economical ways for implementation with particular focus on the revisions from the 1999 version. Analysis of Quality Control Data for Laboratory Technicians and Managers Dilip A. Shah This full-day tutorial demonstrates how to collect and analyze quality control data in a laboratory in a systematic manner and assist in satisfying the additional requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard. The workshop is targeted for laboratory managers and technicians who are involved in maintenance of standards, test and calibration activities. Practical examples are demonstrated using a spreadsheet. Participants are provided a copy of the spreadsheet template. Please bring a scientific calculator for problem solving exercises. Sunday, July 29, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Very Low Pressure Calibration Karl Kurtz & Michael Bair This course focuses on the special challenges of very low gauge and differential pressure calibration. Topics range from the fundamental concepts of pressure measurements to the unique practical issues encountered in hardware setups, data acquisition and the measurement process. The calibration influences that become dominant at very low pressure are analyzed. Hands on application of the material presented in this tutorial can be experienced in the afternoon tutorial -"Very Low Pressure Measurement Applications". Test Equipment Management: A Guide to Key Features and Processes for Successful Implementation James Smith Looking for a tutorial packed with an entire overview of a Test Equipment Management process? We've got it, four hours of interactive womb-to-tomb process overview. This tutorial will present and examine the key features that comprise a holistic internal approach to Test Equipment Management relating to an inventory comprised of GPTE (General Purpose Test Equipment), a subset of MI&TE (Measurement, Inspection & Test Equipment). The scope of features entailed in creating a program are covered with emphasis on potentail savings and efficiencies and are examined with real life examples, identifying roadblocks and successes strategies when applied in support of a dynamic and fast-changing testing environment. Expanded this year is the application of "Delay Dating" to better serve your customer base and compound savings from your calibration supplier. Also added are service strategies for sites not co-located better addressing shipping, customer support and relations. Flexibility in applications is stressed to assist in molding specific solutions based on customer requirements and the business environment. Emphasis is also placed upon team make-up, skill sets, "Lean" process techniques, easy customer and administrator access, rapid deployment, and LCM (Life Cycle Management). Overviews will

8 be provided for creating a "right sized inventory" along with planning the pool criteria for discipline, model and manufacturing acceptance. Key Areas: While many attributes contribute to a TEM function this tutorial will cover; Inventory Process, Standardization, Rapid Access, Effective use of "Delay Dating", Cost Effective Customer Service, Cost Controls, Metrics, Instrumentation Engineering Functions, Metrology relations/ throughput, Supplier management as it relates to TEM Business. Who Should Attend? Equipment Managers and related Staff, Instrument Engineers, Companies and Programs looking into creating a Test Equipment Management function. Current TEM program directors interested in enhancing their programs and Metrology Managers and Staff who are looking to augment their products with TEM processes. Chemical and Biological Measurement Traceability Marlene Moore Traceability of chemical and biological measurements is handled in a variety of ways by testing laboratories and calibration laboratories. For many laboratories, the ways of ensuring traceability do not meet the requirements of ISO/IEC The measurements are presumed to be traceable to a national standard, but the proof of the traceability is not always complete. Outdated industry applications of traceability are often found in laboratories since chemical and biological measurements have not been the focus, until now. The recent need for traceability of chemicals biological organisms has resulted in new discussions and presentations to improve the industry standards for chemical measurement traceability. In many industry sectors chemical measurements are presumed to be traceable since the container or certificate from a supplier indicates it is traceable to a national metrology institute (e.g.; NIST). However these certificates do not always include uncertainty values. The certificates if analyzed closely do not ensure full traceability to the purity of the material used, but often only define the traceability to the weight of the material. For biological measurements traceability is often to one organization. Currently no National Metrology Institute currently addresses these measurements. Certificates contain different information and it is not always clear as to the source and traceability of these materials. In the United States, chemical calibration standards are often traced to the National Institute of Technology (NIST). NIST provides standard reference materials (SRM) and certified reference materials (CRM) for a variety of measurement activities. These standard reference materials provide a stated uncertainty and the laboratory uses this material as a national or reference standard for calibrating test equipment. The materials include a review of the latest definitions for the various types of chemical standards offered by NIST. Whenever NIST reference materials are not available the laboratory often explores the use of standard reference materials from other internationally recognized bodies that are comparable to NIST. When these are not available, the laboratory ensures traceability to reference standard providers. These providers are not always accredited and the certificates do no always provide information on the uncertainty as defined by the "Guidelines for Estimating the Uncertainty of Measurement_ (GUM). An ISO/IEC laboratory must have a program for ensuring the quality of purchased standard (ISO/IEC ). This will be explored during the tutorial to define the best practices for ensuring traceability of chemical and biological measurements. Practical examples are presented to show how to evaluate the traceability of chemical and biological measurements. Traceability is the "property of the result of a measurement or the value of a standard whereby it can be related to stated references, usually national or international standards, through an unbroken chain of comparisons, all having stated uncertainties". Examples include ph, selecting reference material suppliers, and other recent changes that help ensure traceability of chemical and biological measurements to national standards. Additional instructors may be added to the presentation if available on the date of the tutorial. Good, Bad, or Indeterminate: Who Makes the Call? David Deaver When calibration data is provided on a certificate, ISO requires a statement of the measurement uncertainty. In addition, if a statement of compliance with specifications is made, the uncertainty of measurement must be taken into account. Z540.3 requires the false accept risk to be less than 2% if a TUR of greater than 4:1 cannot be maintained. This tutorial will describe some practical ways to consider uncertainties and their associated false test decision risk when making in-tolerance or outof-tolerance declarations. Sunday, July 29, 1:00-5:00 PM Very Low Pressure Applications Karl Kurtz & Michael Bair This course is intended to follow the NCSLI tutorial "Very Low Pressure Calibration". Specific low pressure calibration applications are set up for discussion and hands on calibration training. Data taken during the hands on sections is analyzed and the uncertainties associated with the influences present in the calibration process are discussed in detail. Specific problems experienced by students either in their own labs or during the hands on section are discussed as time permits. Force Calibration: Methods and Uncertainties Michael Tovey Force calibration is a special discipline with many considerations not common to other areas of metrology. Often measurement uncertainties are underestimated due to the omission of significant error sources. Metrologists must consider both mechanical and electrical boundary conditions to achieve calibrations with low measurement uncertainties. Factors such as second order material responses, and interaction of undesired parasitic loading due to fixture characteristics, misalignment of load frame components, stiffness, etc. can have significant influence on the measurement result. This tutorial will cover the characteristics of force transducers, force calibration methods, force calibration standards (E74 and ISO 376) and measurement uncertainty models for primary standards, secondary standards and field transfer standards. The tutorial begins at a basic level and leads to discussion of more complex issues. Advanced Methods for Metrology using Excel Alan Steele & Rob Douglas The first Supplement to the ISO Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, in its 2004 initial draft, as well as in its 2006 final draft, defines a standard procedure for evaluating uncertainties in difficult circumstances and for validating uncertainty methods. It proposes Monte Carlo simulation as a standard method. In this NCSLI tutorial you will learn to use and to modify Excel macros that perform the Monte Carlo simulations proposed in the ISO Guide s draft Supplement One. It is a hands-on tutorial: you must bring your own Windows notebook computer, pre-loaded with Excel (97 or later). The tutorial will cover the basics of Monte Carlo simulation by programming in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); Excel s programming language for macros. You will need to be comfortable programming in some variety of BASIC, since you will be modifying the inner loop (of tens to hundreds of lines of code) of our Monte Carlo routines to simulate the system or systems chosen from your workplace. 8

9 Although VBA suffices for many simulations, some others require access to special programs written in C or FORTRAN, which are impractical to rewrite and revalidate in VBA. Some applications require the faster execution offered by a fully compiled language (more that 10x faster than VBA). Knowing how to harness C or FORTRAN will give you the confidence to tackle more complex problems although you may be delighted to find how powerful VBA can be even without invoking C or FORTRAN routines. The tutorial will address how to interface routines both from FORTRAN and from C, but for hands-on work it will use examples from C together with the freely-available Borland C compiler. If you want to participate in C-language hands-on examples, you should also pre-load your computer with this compiler (details are at ). We will discuss how Monte Carlo simulation can be used to test uncertainty models using experimental data, by creating rigorous extensions to chi-squared testing. The tutorial's last focus will be on how to make toolkits and document them so that they are suitable for use by others, and on documenting a procedure's validation for your quality system. Evaluating Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Laboratories Dr. Wolfgang Richter & Dr. Klaus-Dieter Sommer Results of chemical analyses are often used as a basis for important decisions and agreements, particularly in such fields as health care, food chemistry, environmental protection, or international trade, and must therefore be reliable and trustworthy. Knowledge of measurement uncertainty, based on metrological traceability, is an important prerequisite for creating confidence in the quality of measurement and analytical results. The ISO/BIPM Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) together with the EURACHEM/CITAC Guide to Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement are accepted worldwide as master documents for evaluating measurement uncertainty in a uniform and consistent way. The tutorial will give an introduction to the concepts of these documents and will provide both, the necessary knowledge and practical "recipes", for the evaluation of the uncertainty of analytical results. Emphasis will be laid on practical examples. These will cover typical applications of chemical analysis often occurring in practice such as, for example, the determination of lead in water using atomic absorption spectrometry and the determination of pesticide residues in a food sample using extraction techniques and gas chromatography. Optionally, other examples or problems proposed by the participants may be discussed. The tutorial will also address the proper use of data from interlaboratory studies, method validation and proficiency tests, which are available in most laboratories. The participants will be enabled to evaluate the measurement uncertainty for analytical tasks that typically can be found in every day's laboratory practice. Measurement of Customer Satisfaction: An application of soft metrology Jean Claude Krynicki What is customer satisfaction and how to measure it? Available methods to gather satisfaction data How to build a pertinent customer satisfaction study questionnaire? Measurement process Measurement uncertainties Results interpretation and conversion into actionable items More advanced methods Inventory of resources Upon completion of this module the student will be able: to design a customer satisfaction measurement tool, to perform a reliable interpretation of the result, to design presentations for Management reviews, to build a customer satisfaction dashboard Friday, August 3, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Interval Analysis Concepts and Methods Howard Castrup This half-day tutorial provides an overview of calibration interval analysis concepts and methods. Attendees will be introduced to risk analysis concepts, measurement reliability modeling methods, statistical interval analysis techniques, calibration interval objectives and potential interval analysis spin-offs such as equipment outlier identification. Concepts are illustrated using commercially available software and selected freeware. This tutorial is intended to provide quality and calibration managers, systems analysts, equipment managers and metrology engineers with a practical basis for selecting, developing, implementing and operating a calibration interval analysis system. Splitting the Second: Stopwatch and Timer Calibration Robert M. Graham Now that many companies around the world are required to obtain certification to ISO 9001 and/or accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025, many measurement devices require calibration that have not needed it previously. Two of these items are stopwatches and timers. Using a hands-on instruction approach, this tutorial will teach the basics of calibrating stopwatches and timers, with an opportunity to practice each of the calibration methods. NIST Special Publication , Stopwatch and Timer Calibrations, will be used as a reference (copies will be provided to the students). Topics to be covered include: Introduction to stopwatch and timer calibrations; deciding if a particular device needs to be calibrated; descriptions of the timing devices that need calibration and why; interpreting manufacturer's specifications; various calibration methods, the standards required, and how to select the most appropriate method; hands-on practice sessions in the different methods; and finally determining uncertainty budgets and the calculations needed for each method. Challenges and Solutions for the Laboratories Seeking Accreditation Hershal Brewer Accreditation for laboratories is on the increase, and understanding the standard and its application involved in preparing for accreditation is crucial. This workshop will address common issues encountered by laboratories seeking accreditation. These issues include: The scope of accreditation; Measurement uncertainties; Traceability; Proficiency testing for laboratories; Management review and internal audit; Personnel qualification; Records; Computer systems and software; Sub-contracting and purchasing; Customer complaints and corrective action; Reporting calibration results; Marketing the accredited laboratory; General criteria for selecting the accrediting body (AB). 9

10 First Name: Last Name: Job Title: Organization: Dept. / Div. / Lab: Address: City: NCSL International 2007 Workshop and Symposium Tutorial Registration July & August 3, 2007 St. Paul, MN Conference language: English Conference currency: USD REGISTRATION OPTIONS Register on-line at Fax or Phone Credit Card Registrations to: Fax: Phone: Mail Check or Credit Card Registrations to: NCSL International, 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107, Boulder, CO TUTORIAL FEES & DEADLINES Member/Non-member After 6/29/07 T1 Fundamentals of Temperature Calibration Sat. July 28 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T2 Running an Effective Laboratory - Measuring Performance Sat. July 28 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T3 Balance and Scale Calibration and Use Sat. July 28 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T4 Dimensional Calibration I: Gages and Small Tools Sat. July 28 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T5 Humidity Calibration Tutorial Sat. July 28 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T6 Measurement Uncertainty Made Easy Sat. July 28 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T7 Temperature Calibration Uncertainties Analysis Sat. July 28 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T8 Business Practices and Improvements - Preparing for the Future Sat. July 28 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T9 Balance and Scale, and Weighing Process Uncertainties Sat. July 28 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T10 Dimensional Calibration II: Major Instruments and Site Calibration Sat. July 28 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T11 Calibrating Torque Instruments Sat. July 28 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T12 A Primer for Vacuum and Leak Rate Measurements and Calibrations Sat. July 28 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 Box Lunch for Saturday* $15 $15 T13 Advanced Topics in Uncertainty Analysis (Full Day) Sun. July 29 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m $235/275 $255/295 T14 Laboratory Compliance with ISO/IED 17025: The How-To Guide (Full Day) Sun. July 29 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. $235/275 $255/295 T15 Analysis of Quality Control Data for Lab Technicians & Managers (Full Day) Sun. July 29 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. $235/275 $255/295 T16 Very Low Pressure Calibration Sun. July 29 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T17 Test Equipment Management: A Guide to Key Features and Processes Sun. July 29 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T18 Chemical Measurement Traceability Sun. July 29 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T19 Good, Bad, or Indeterminate: Using Guardbands to Help Make the Call Sun. July 29 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T20 Very Low Pressure Applications Sun. July 29 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T21 Force Calibration: Methods and Uncertainties Sun. July 29 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T22 Advanced Methods for Metrology - Using Excel Sun. July 29 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T23 Evaluating Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Laboratories Sun. July 29 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T24 Measurement of Customer Satisfaction: An Application of Soft Metrology Sun. July 29 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 Box Lunch for Sunday* $15 $15 T25 Interval Analysis Concepts and Methods Fri. Aug 3 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T26 Splitting the Second: Stopwatch and Timer Calibrations Fri. Aug 3 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 T27 Challenges and Solutions for the Laboratories Seeking Accreditation Fri. Aug 3 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $125/160 $155/185 * For those attending both a morning and afternoon Tutorial on Saturday or Sunday, a box lunch is available at a cost of $15. Box lunches must be pre-ordered, they will not be available for purchase the day of the Tutorials. (Box lunch is included with the Sunday full-day Tutorials.) REGISTRANT INFORMATION (Please print or type) Member Number (Contact Member Delegate or NCSL International for number) Non-Member State / Province: Zip+4 / Postal Code: Country (if not USA): Telephone No.: Fax No.: CREDIT CARD INFORMATION VISA Mastercard American Express Discover Card #: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Full name as it appears on card: Exp. Date: / Signature: Date: / / CANCELLATION POLICY NCSLI Conference, Tutorials and Related Events: Cancellations received IN WRITING before 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on July 11, 2007, will be subject to a service charge of $50 per registration. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on July 11, Registrations may be transferred from one party to another BY WRITTEN REQUEST RECEIVED through July 27, FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Registration Received: / / CK # / CC App #: CK / CC App Date: / / Payment Received: / / PO / Inv. #: Amount: $ Entered: / /

11 Guest Program Monday Tour: Como Zoo & Marjorie McNeely Conservatory. $34 Enjoy Como Zoo & Marjorie McNeely Conservatory ~ all located in beautiful Como Park. The zoo exhibits include primates, large cats, wolves, and polar bears. The Sunken Garden presents a seasonal potpourri of fantastic floral shows. Colors and fragrance are bursting in the Orchid House, Palm Dome, and the new Tropical Encounters exhibit. Lunch not included. Tuesday Tour: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. $35 back to Lunch is included. More than 1000 acres of magnificent gardens, model landscapes, and natural areas - from woodlands and wetlands to prairie - with extensive collections of northern-hardy plants. The historic Snyder Building features a horticultural library and small conservatory, including a rare book collection & seed catalog collection dating Wednesday Tour: Padelford Riverboat Cruise. $66.50 Enjoy plenty of sightseeing with historical narration by the captain as you pass through the Mississippi River and National Recreation Area. This special cruise rich in Minnesota history includes a beautiful riverboat lunch. International Event: Wabasha Street Caves. $75 The Wabasha Street Caves is a site associated with the 1930's gangsters like John Dillinger, Ma Barker and Babyface Nelson. See the sights where the gangsters lived it up as they planned and executed some of the most notorious crimes ever perpetrated in the upper midwest. Dinner is included. 11

12 NCSL International 2007 Workshop and Symposium Guest Registration July 29 - August 2, 2007 St. Paul, MN Conference language: English Conference currency: USD Registration Options Register on-line at Fax or Phone Credit Card Registrations to: Fax: Phone: Mail Check or Credit Card Registrations to: NCSL International, 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107, Boulder, CO Guest Program Dates & Fees Badges are required at all NCSLI Events. T1 Fundamentals of Temperature Calibration Sat. Aug. 6 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $110/140 $130/160 Evening Reception Sun July 29 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. N/C Orientation and Continental Breakfast Mon July 30 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. N/C Tour - Como Park Zoo & Marjorie McNeely Conservatory Mon July 30 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. $34 Tour - Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Tue July 31 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. $35 Conference Reception & Banquet - Entertainment Tue July 31 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. $85 Tour - Mississippi River Cruise Wed Aug. 1 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $66.50 International Event - Wabasha Caves Wed Aug. 1 6:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. $75 Lunch tickets to the Workshop and Symposium: Lunch Mon July 30 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. $35 Lunch Member Delegates Meeting Tue July 31 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. $35 Lunch Wed Aug. 1 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. $35 Lunch Thur Aug. 2 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. $35 Registrant Information (Please print or type) First Name: Last Name: Address: City/State/Zip/Country: Telephone Number: Host s Name: Telephone Number: Organization: Dept./Mail Stop: Address: City/State/Zip/Country: Special Accommodations Please check here if you require special ADA, wheelchair, or dietary needs, and attach a written description so we may serve you. Please note the only alternate meal option offered at this time is a vegetarian plate. Credit Card Information VISA Mastercard American Express Discover Card #: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Full name as it appears on card: Exp. Date: / Signature: Date: / / Cancellation Policy NCSLI Related Events: Cancellations received IN WRITING before 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on July 11, 2007, will be subject to a service charge of $30 per registration. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on July 11, Registrations may be transferred from one party to another BY WRITTEN REQUEST RECEIVED through July 27, NCSLI reserves the right to cancel any of the Guest Program events if the number of registrations is below the contracted minimum with the tour company. In that event, a full refund will be issued. For NCSLI Use Only Registration Received: / / CK # / CC App #: CK / CC App Date: / / Payment Received: / / PO / Inv. #: Amount: $ Entered: / /

13 REPORTS FROM THE BOARD EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN METROLOGY (EUROMET) Seton Bennett EURAMET and the European Metrology Research Programme As foreseen in my January report, EURAMET saw the light of day on 11 January at the inaugural event in Berlin. 26 NMI Directors signed the byelaws to become founding members of the not-forprofit association based in Germany. Michael Kühne, the current EUROMET Chairman, was elected as the first Chair of the new entity, with Arnold Leitner (BEV Austria) as Deputy Chair. This first General Assembly of EURAMET also established an EMRP Committee to direct the forthcoming European Metrology Research Programme with Luc Erard (LNE France) as Chairman and Ed de Leer (NMi The Netherlands) as his Deputy. The second General Assembly of EURAMET will follow the EUROMET GA at the beginning of June, with the expectation that EUROMET will be wound up in the near future with all its RMO responsibilities transferring to EURAMET. The EMRP Committee is getting down to work already! Following the announcement by the European Commission just before Christmas of 21M of bridging funding for a metrology research programme in Europe. A long term programme has already been drafted under the imera project, drawing on the roadmaps prepared in the EUROMET Technical Committees. The proposed activity areas of the EMRP are structured in three themes: grand challenges for multidiscipline metrology (health, energy, environment, new technologies); grand challenges in fundamental metrology; and focused single-discipline and applied metrology. Selected priority topics from this programme will feature in a single call from EURAMET for proposals later this year, with projects expected to start in We are continuing to negotiate for further support from the Commission for a seven-year programme which will address all the priorities for metrology research in Europe. Editor s Note: I hope all our readers understand that our organization recognizes that the English language has multiple spellings. EUROLAB Horst Czichos General Assembly 2007 ********* The EUROLAB General Assembly took place in Bristol, UK, on 14 March 2007 and was hosted by Airbus Industries. Issues for discussion were, among others:adoption of the new EUROLAB Technical Report Measurement Uncertainty Revisited, presentation of the EUROLAB Cook Book as an aid for laboratories, EA s approach to the assessment of notified bodies according to the European Directives a proposal to establish a discussion forum on the development and validation of new test methods as a subgroup of the Technical Committee on Quality Assurance (TCQA). In connection with the General Assembly, BMTA, the British EUROLAB member, organised a workshop in Bristol on 15 March EUROLAB Inquiries 2007 The EUROLAB Technical Secretariat will perform two inquiries in 2007: an inquiry among the accredited laboratories in Europe concerning their use of the accreditation logo and their view on accreditation with flexible scope, an internal inquiry among the national EUROLAB members on their planned activities. Reference Laboratories A paper on the concept of reference laboratories has just been approved and will be available on the EUROLAB website soon. The paper describes the possible role and benefit of reference laboratories in the traceability chain. NPL s Steve McQuillan was one of 26 NMI Directors who signed the EURAMET byelaws on 11 January

14 Reports from the Board Cooperation in the European Conformity Assessment Scene Traditionally in the beginning of each year the chairpersons of the European 4E+C organisations meet, namely EA (European Cooperation for Accreditation) Eurachem (A Focus for analytical Chemistry in Europe) EUROLAB (European federation of national associations of measurement, testing and analytical laboratories) Euromet (European Collaboration in Measurement Standards) CEOC (International Confederation of Inspection and Certification Organisations The Chairpersons 2007 meeting took place on 19 February 2007 in Paris. Strategies, positions and problems were addressed as well as coordination of e.g. joint workshops. ILAC/NACLA REPORT Anthony Anderson ********* International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Laboratory Committee (LC) In November I attended the ILAC 2006 Conference and General Assembly, Executive Committee meeting and other associated meetings, including the Laboratory Committee (LC), in Cancun, Mexico. Most of the Executive Committee meeting was taken up with preparations for the General Assembly (GA) meeting where ILAC members get to endorse or reject the resolutions put before them. Some of the most important resolutions adopted concerned the confirmation of electronic ballots taken throughout the year to accept new signatories (full members) and Associate members. There were seven new signatories to the Arrangement, one being the US AB, Assured Calibration and Laboratory Accreditation Select Services (ACLASS). There are now 55 ABs who are signatories to the ILAC Arrangement. The Regional Body, Inter American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) is now recognized by ILAC and was celebrated at a special signing ceremony. IAAC joins EA and APLAC as Regional Bodies whose MRA/MLA s have been successfully peer evaluated by ILAC. There was one new Associate member accepted in Cancun, Emirates National Accreditation System.(ENAS). The General Assembly also endorsed the Executive Committee s acceptance of two new Affiliate members and four Stakeholder members. Two of the new Stakeholders are from Forensic Laboratory organizations. The European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENSFI) based in The Netherlands and the Association of Forensic Quality Assurance Managers (AFQAM) from the US. These two organizations will be eligible to become part of the ILAC Laboratory Committee and will be a welcome addition to the committee, which recently has been reaching out to organizations of laboratories for new members in disciplines not currently well represented. Also signed in Cancun was a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between ILAC and the Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML). A new membership category was approved by the GA, Regional Accreditation Body. This new category will accommodate those countries who are not large enough or developed enough to have a national accreditation body. This is particularly the case in parts of the African continent. A resolution to amend a resolution from the 2005 GA to read, All ILAC members shall have a cross frontier accreditation policy, which takes into account G21 was adopted. The earlier resolution had said. in harmony with G21. The GA resolved that accreditation of proficiency testing providers will be considered for inclusion under the ILAC Arrangement when appropriate procedures for this activity are developed and agreed by ILAC. As I have reported before, the ILAC P9 document published in 2005, Policy for Participation in National and International PT Activities has not been met with much enthusiasm and has perhaps caused more confusion than it was intended to resolve. As a result the GA has directed the PT Consultative Group, (PTCG) in conjunction with the Arrangement Committee (ARC), to revise P9 in order to provide more consistent application of proficiency testing policies by accreditation bodies. At the Laboratory Committee (LC) meeting a new chair and vice chair were elected. Dr. Maire Walsh representing EURACHEM has taken over the chair from me and Steve Sidney, from the National Laboratory Association of South Africa, takes over from Dr. Walsh as the Vice Chair. The laboratory Committee discussed several aspects of Cross Frontier Accreditation pending the latest revision of G21 and the impact of a recent EA proposal relating to European Accreditation Policy. Later in the week at the ILAC Open Forum, there was a vigorous debate about the European policy. It became apparent that the proposal for EA to carry out accreditation policy in Europe on behalf of the EU may put EA and their individual ABs in conflict with the ILAC Arrangement. One of the policies of real concern is the mandatory requirement for only one not-for-profit AB per member country of the EU. The LC adopted a new terms-of-reference document, which defines more clearly which Stakeholders can become automatic members of the committee and which can attend meetings as observers, but cannot vote. A new procedure for holding the election for the Chair and Vice Chair is also included in the new ToR s The next ILAC Laboratory Committee meeting will be in Paris at COFRAC on March 8 & 9, National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation (NACLA) I attended the NACLA Board of Directors meeting in Orlando in December. The main item on the agenda was a continuation of the development of plans and strategies following NACLA s decision in Nashville to reorganize itself as a recognition body without the requirement for an AB to sign an MRA. A business plan working group has been formed and has already prepared a working template. There will be a meeting of the WG at 14

15 Reports from the Board MSC in January. The Business plan will be based on the following mission to provide reliable evaluations of ABs to standards defined by industry specifiers and government regulators. A marketing working group has also been formed to develop strategies for the implementation of the new order. The main thrust of NACLA s activities will be specifier driven. The theme for NACLA s upcoming Forum/AGM in March is Market/Specifier Driven Accreditation in the US On January 1, 2007 I became the Executive Director for NACLA. In the short-term I have also assumed the temporary role of Evaluation Coordinator following the retirement of Fred Grunder, formerly with AIHA and a NACLA Past President. NACLA is actively seeking someone to become the Evaluation Coordinator. Anyone intersted should contact the NACLA Secretariat at I will be attending the next NACLA Board meeting, which is in Columbia, Maryland, in conjunction with the 2007 NACLA Forum & AGM, March 20 & 21, ********* REPORT FROM THE BIPM Andrew Wallard, Director General Conference of Weights and Measures November 2007 We are now well into the preparative work for the 23rd General Conference on Weights and Measures, which will take place between November This is the meeting at which Governments meet to address and review the major issues in international metrology and also to approve the BIPM work-programme for the period and the associated budget. The CGPM will be presented with a draft programme of work for the BIPM for the period We have adopted a different style from previous draft workplans and will present a structured approach to the justification and impact of the programme, together with a clear statement of need for new activities and projects. The workprogramme was presented to NMI Directors at their meeting in October 2006, and was then discussed by the CIPM in October The CIPM endorsed a workprogramme which would require an increase in the BIPM budget of 11% in real terms plus 4% for inflation in a scientific organisation. The new programme and budget would start on 1 January The priorities in the workprogramme are, firstly, funding to enable the BIPM to continue its current programme of work and, secondly, new priorities in relation to the proposed redefinition of the kilogram, the increased importance of optical clocks to TAI, key comparisons in chemical metrology and a new project to address the needs of the dosimetry community based on high-energy photons generated by linear accelerators. The CIPM also approved the Convocation of the General Conference which contains twelve draft Resolutions which cover global trends in metrology, work in relation to the proposed changes to definitions of some SI units and a number of policy issues in relation to the operation of the Metre Convention. The Convocation was sent to Member States in January The SI During the past few months there have been several scientific developments on possible redefinitions of base units of the SI, particularly the kilogram. For many years, a number of NMIs have been researching new approaches to the replacement of the international prototype as the SI unit of mass. Progress has been steady and there is now every prospect that the two major approaches the watt balance and the International Avogadro Coordination project will result in convergent results which could provide the basis for a redefinition within the next decade. We now need to study the best approach to, and the best timing of, any redefinition. In addition, it is important that consultations take place with the communities that would be affected by any redefinition, and the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) has encouraged Consultative Committees and NMIs to begin this process. If the kilogram is redefined, then there are also implications for other base units of the SI, and the current opinion is that changes in the definitions of several units could take place at the same time. The Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism (CCEM), for example, is considering a possible change in the definition of the ampere, which could be based on a fixed value of the charge of the electron. The Consultative Committee for Thermometry (CCT) has pointed out that better measurements of the Boltzmann constant, which are in progress worldwide, may present an opportunity to redefine the kelvin. The Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance (CCQM) is also well aware that the mole could also be redefined, possibly so as to take advantage of a fixed value for the Avogadro constant. The January 2007 issue of Metrologia contains a summary of a round table meeting held during the CPEM last Summer which is a useful review of the current situation. BIPM Organisational Structure One notable internal event was the completion of the process of closure of the Length section, as decided by the CIPM and the 22nd CGPM, and the integration of relevant parts of its work into the Time section, now re-named the Time, Frequency, and Gravimetry section. Whilst, inevitably, there is a loss of some of the past activity, the combination of the expertise in the two sections will help us address the important issue of how the next generation of optical frequency standards can contribute to TAI. The CIPM MRA The CIPM MRA continues to occupy the time of many staff members of the BIPM as well as that of many more colleagues in NMIs and Designated Institutes (DIs) worldwide. With the launch of the joint statement with the OIML and ILAC, we aim to raise the profile of the CIPM MRA with governments, regulators, and others to find ways of engaging their interest in, and commitment to, its use in a larger number of international agreements. The best way of keeping up to date with developments in the CIPM MRA and the BIPM key comparison database (KCDB) is to subscribe to the free KCDB Newsletter which is available from the BIPM website < One measure of the success of the CIPM MRA is the number of States and Economies who wish to become signatories as well as the number of new Associate States and Economies of the CGPM for whom the CIPM MRA provides an opportunity for international 15

16 Reports from the Board recognition. Whilst the number of Member States remains the same at 51, there are now 22 Associates. Estonia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, CARICOM, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the Republic of Moldova have all become Associates in The CARICOM is a formal economic grouping representing 11 of its Member States. Forty-five Member States of the Metre Convention and 20 Associates have become signatories of the CIPM MRA, in addition to two international organizations. The Joint Committee of the Regional Metrology Organizations and the BIPM (JCRB) met in April and October The main issues concerned a number of steps to further improve the speed and efficiency of the intra- and inter- Regional Metrology Organization (RMO) reviews of Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs), and the latest state of approved Quality Systems. The JCRB also reviewed the current definition of the term CMC, which had been agreed by the 8th JCRB and went on to initiate a collaboration with the ILAC to examine the possibility of harmonized definitions of CMC and the similar term, Best Measurement Capability (BMC), used by the accreditation community. The JCRB meetings also finalized their review of the use of a logo on calibration certificates issued by NMIs within the framework of the CIPM MRA. Directors Meeting Over 70 Directors from NMIs in Member States of the Metre Convention and in Associate States and Economies of the CGPM met at the BIPM in October The first day of the meeting focused on the preparations for the 2007 General Conference and contained a number of presentations which set out the main themes of the CIPM report on National and International needs in metrology (the Kaarls report ) and which outlined the BIPM programmme of work. The meeting concluded with a summary of the state of play of the potential redefinitions of a number of SI units. Meeting of the CIPM Conference. In addition there were the usual reports from Presidents of Consultative Committees. The CIPM was pleased to note that the 8th edition of the SI Brochure was launched on World Metrology Day For the first time, the Brochure is complemented by two summaries for widespread distribution. All three documents can be downloaded from the BIPM web site. The CIPM also approved the use of a logo, in line with the recommendations of the JCRB to be used by NMIs and Designated laboratories which are signatories to the CIPM MRA. The aim is to make use of this logo so as to aid instant recognition of certificates which are issued within the CIPM MRA and which are, therefore, accepted by all other signatories. Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology The Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) now meets annually to review progress on the revisions of various documents being produced by the two JCGM working groups and to approve future activities. The JCGM also endorsed a policy that enables the partner organisations to reproduce JCGM documents in whatever form meets the needs of that body. In the case of the BIPM, this means that the VIM, if formally approved in January 2007, will be available for downloading through the BIPM web site. A similar policy will apply to the GUM supplements. Through this, we hope that the VIM and GUM policies will be widely available to all and will be adopted throughout the metrology community. Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine The Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM) has met on several occasions and continues to make rapid progress. Working Group 1 on reference materials and procedures has now recommended over 190 reference materials and some 121 refer The 95th meeting of the CIPM was held in October The main business was the preparations for the 2007 General Conference, finalisation of the BIPM workplan for , the Convocation and the Resolutions to be presented to the 16

17 THE 2007 NCSLI ORGANIZATIONAL CHART *PRESIDENT Jack Ferris Consumers Energy Co. (231) *SECRETARY Dave Abell Agilent (retired) (707) *EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Carol Hockert NIST (301) *IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Jeff Gust Quametec Corporation (260) *TREASURER Dave Agy Fluke Corporation (425) *Executive Committee Operations Lonnie Spires Dynamic Technology, Inc. (810) Northeastern US Peter Buzzard PSEG Nuclear LLC (856) NIST Representative Dr. Belinda Collins NIST (301) SIM Representative Diane Lallo-Rodrigues Antigua & Barbuda Bureau Stds (268) NCSL Intl. Business Office Craig Gulka NCSL International (303) Southeastern US Dana Leaman A2LA (301) INMS Representative Alan Steele INMS (613) Director to ILAC/NACLA Anthony Anderson Guildline Instruments Inc. (407) Standards Policy Doug Sugg Naval Surface Warfare Center (909) Central US Roger Burton Honeywell FM&T (816) CENAM Representative Dr. S. Echeverria-Villagomez CENAM 011 (52) EUROMET Representative Dr. Seton Bennett National Physical Lab Meas. Science & Technology Dr. Tom Wunsch Sandia National Laboratory (505) Western US Jim Allred Idaho National Laboratory (208) BIPM Representative Dr. Andrew Wallard Bureau Intl. des Poids et Mesures EUROLAB Representative Horst Czichos c/o BAM Fed. Inst. Matls. R&T Industrial Programs Roxanne Robinson A2LA (301) International Dr. Malcolm Smith Wescan Calibration Services (604) Education & Training Georgia Harris NIST (301) Marketing Jesse Morse Fluke Corporation (425) Documentary Stds. Applications Derek Porter Boeing Comm. Airplane Gp. (206) Conference Management Terry Conder 3M Metrology Lab (651) Editor s Note: At the Morro Board meeting there were numerous new assignments and new people to the Board. Here is the latest chart. 17

18 LABORATORY PROFILE EGYPTIAN NIS EGYPTIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS Mamdouh Halawa One could make a good case that today s National Measurement Institute (NMI) with the oldest genealogy would the the NIS in Egypt. The national measurement system of Egypt was instituted 3000 years B.C. and most of us are familiar with the sophisticated standards developed for construction projects such as the pyramids. The NIS maintains substantial global standards connections, here Joseph Kinard of NIST is doing a little sightseeing during a technical visit to NIS in 2006, regarding AC-DC metrology. National Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (NLAB) The actual photo of the pyramid is in full color, with associated other legendary monuments lighted with colored floodlights at night, a beautiful scene. The Egyptian measurement system was re-instituted in the first decade of the twentieth-century to take its formal modern shape when National Institute for Standards (NIS) was established in The National Institute for Standards (NIS) was established in 1963 by a governmental decree under the ministry of Scientific Research. The principal functions of NIS are to maintain National/Primary Standards and provide traceability to laboratories in different fields. These laboratories disseminate the standards by further calibration of working standards which in turn are used nationally for quality control and other purposes in such areas as defense, safety, health, legal metrology, etc. NLAB is the Egyptian National Laboratories Accreditation Bureau. It is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Advisors. NLAB was established in 1996 to grant accreditation to those laboratories that demonstrate technical competence using a sound quality system. NLAB provides personnel training as well as promotion of the awareness on calibration criteria, traceability and accreditation through a number of training programs. About one year ago, NLAB became a full member in the International Laboratories Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). The block diagram (opposite page) will summarize our functional organization and staff departments such as Training and Services: NIS Functions & Objectives Realization and dissemination of SI Units. Maintaining the Egyptian National Measurement Standards. Offering Traceability of Measurement to the SI Units. Providing the national laboratory accreditation acceptance. Conduct Research & Development in Metrology and Advanced Measurement Technology. Provide calibration services to end users in the area that are not available in other laboratories. Training courses in measurement technologies and related Subjects, consultancies and courses. To share, and organize international, regional and national metrology programs, quality and accreditation activities. To be an Internationally Recognized Institute for Meteorological Activities. For a more complete picture of the NIS, see our website: < Our new NCSLI Region Coordinator, Mamdouh Halawa, with his NIS Laboratory Director and engineers from his AC-DC metrology laboratory. 18

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20 SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW EGYPTIAN NIS DIRECTOR INTRODUCING DR. HODA EISSA President, Egyptian National Institute of Standards We are pleased to profile the President of the National Institute for Standards of Egypt, Dr. Hoda Eissa. She manages their national laboratory with a wide range of metrology activities. Her professional career from 1971 to 2007 has all been spent at the Institute, starting as a Research Assistant in Radiation Metrology in She progressed to Researcher in Dr. Hoda Eissa 1980, Professor in 1992, and Division Head in Thence through other positions of increasing responsibility, until she was appointed President in Dr. Eissa holds a B.Sc. in Physics, an M.Sc., 1975 in Radiation Physics, and a PhD in Radiation Physics from Ain Shams University in Egypt and Stuttgart University in Germany in Her professional activities include various radiation diagnostics testing for dosimetry measurements, ages of Egyptian monuments, environmental nuclear work, and medical diagnostics work on tumor radiation measurements. Her management successes include establishing and managing laboratories for radiation measurements, and preparing and building a secondary laboratory for reference standards for the International Atomic Energy Agency. During her Professor years, she supervised 15 Masters candidates and 10 PhDs, and taught a variety of courses on atomic and basic physics. Dr. Eissa, at work in her office at NIS. Her hobbies include outdoor travel, sport walking and classic music. Her husband, Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Bahrawi, is Head of the NIS Division of Optical Length and Mechanical Engineering. She reads, writes and speaks Arabic, English and German. She organized 8 International and 12 National conferences. She has published 35 technical papers. 20

21 METROLOGY CALENDAR NCSLI MEETINGS July 27-August 2, 2007 NCSLI Workshop & Symposium St. Paul River Centre, St. Paul, MN CONTACT: NCSL Business Office, (303) Fax: (303) website: < INDUSTRY MEETINGS 2nd International Metrology Conference April 22-24, 2007 Tunisia CONTACT: Secretariat 13th International Metrology Congress June 18-21, 2007 Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France CONTACT: General Secretariat, 33-(0) Fax: 33-(0) REGION/SECTION MEETINGS CENTRAL US REGION Kansas City Section Meeting April 11, 2007 Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, MO CONTACT: Ron Hanshaw, (816) SOUTHWESTERN US REGION Phoenix/Tucson Section Meeting April 10-11, 2007 ASU/NCSL Measurement Symposium Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ CONTACT: Rob Parchinski, (480) NORTHWEST US REGION Northwest Region Meeting May 11, 2007 Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA CONTACT: Keith Cable, (206) MID-ATLANTIC US REGION Maryland Section Meeting April 18, 2007 Rhode & Schwarz, Columbia, MD CONTACT: Vernon Alt, (410) CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPDATES < You can submit information on your upcoming Region/Section meeting, Committee meeting, or other Metrology-related event on the web! Just click on Calendar then Submit an upcoming event. Get listed and increase awareness and attendance! 21

22 TRAINING INFORMATION MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY WORKSHOP Quametec Institute Karen Moor, (810) : April Wixom, MI June Wixom, MI August Wixom, MI November Wixom, MI $1695 per student. The Complete Measurement Uncertainty Analysis Solution! ISO GUM Concepts, Hands-on Workshop, and features/techniques unique in the industry to QUAMETEC, such as; "Measurement Range Uncertainty" analysis for analyzing an entire measuring range, "Uncertainty Matrixing" for addressing the measurement uncertainties of an entire laboratory and "Uncertainty Toolbox " software, reported to be the favorite measurement uncertainty analysis software of America's accredited laboratories and assessor's alike, due to it's ease of use and full calculation and reporting in Microsoft Excel, allowing users to provide their analysis work in digital form to their assessor. The developer/instructor is a trainer/technical advisor for several ISO/IEC17025 accreditation bodies. This assures the attendees receive up to date and appropriate guidance in meeting the accreditation requirements for uncertainty analysis. To ensure the attendee's learning objectives are met, each attendee receives FREE review of uncertainty budgets for 30 days. UNCERTAINTY/SPC ANALYSIS Integrated Sciences Group Howard Castrup, (800) training@isgmax.com : June Boulder, CO September Springfield, MA $1895 per student (software included). This 4-day uncertainty analysis course is intended for engineers, scientists and other technical personnel responsible for designing, testing, calibrating, installing or maintaining measurement equipment and monitoring systems. This course is also beneficial for research and development personnel and quality assurance engineers in all fields of science and technology. This course provides a comprehensive presentation of the principles of measurement uncertainty analysis for direct and multivariate measurements and measurement systems found in the ISO GUM, published papers and current research. Instruction includes advanced measurement uncertainty analysis topics that extend these methods and concepts. Hands-on analyses using ISG s Uncertainty Analyzer software provide practical application of important concepts to the development of uncertainty estimates for direct measurements, multivariate measurements and measurement systems. Applying uncertainty estimates to control measurement processes, establish calibration intervals, and minimize decision risk is also discussed. INTRODUCTION TO UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS Integrated Sciences Group Howard Castrup, (800) training@isgmax.com : April Boulder, CO October San Francisco, CA $1195 per student (software included). This 2-1/2 day course provides a straightforward and easy-to-understand introduction to the principles of measurement uncertainty analysis as found in the ISO Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (the ISO GUM). Type A and Type B methods of estimating measurement process uncertainties are discussed and multivariate analysis is outlined. This course is designed for calibration managers, supervisors and technical personnel responsible for implementing uncertainty analysis methods and procedures for ISO compliance. Instruction involves minimal statistics with hands-on use of ISG s Uncertainty Sidekick Pro software to illustrate concepts for a variety of direct and multivariate measurement scenarios. The role that uncertainty estimates play in developing laboratory capability statements and risk management is also discussed. MEASUREMENT DECISION RISK ANALYSIS Integrated Sciences Group Howard Castrup, (800) training@isgmax.com : May San Francisco, CA August 6-8 St. Paul, MN $1495 per student (software included). This 3-day course provides a conceptual background in measurement decision risk analysis methods and techniques documented in NASA Reference Publication 1342, Metrology - Calibration and Measurement Processes Guidelines. Topics include achieving accuracy ratios and other quality requirements through the analysis and management of false accept and false reject risks, establishing and using tolerance guardbands, and interpreting and reporting measurement decision risk. Concepts and principles are reinforced through hands-on use of ISG s Accuracy Ratio software. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNAL AUDITING Quametec Institute Karen Moor, (810) info@quametec.com April 19-20, 2007 Wixom, MI $895 per student. Learn how to develop and manage your quality system. Become qualified as an Internal Auditor for ISO This 22

23 2-day course provides a full understanding of the standard, provides tools and guidance on how to perform and document your Internal Audits, and prepares the attendee to be able to create a Quality Management System compliant to the standard. Get it right the first time with professional training on your side. SPC FOR METROLOGY/TEST LABS Workplace Training, Inc. Paul Hanssen, (952) phanssen@wptraining.com : April Clearwater, FL May 3-4 Orlando, FL $79 per person. Statistical Process Control (SPC) using control chart methods is normally thought of as a manufacturing and process oriented statistical analysis tool. So, why utilize them in metrology applications? They are used in many indirect ways in metrology even when laboratory personnel do not think they are using them. When one checks their standards at a regular interval, performs intermediate checks and records the data, they are informally performing the first half function of control charts. This workshop formalizes that approach, so useful information is derived from the data gathering exercise. ISO COMPLIANCE Workplace Training, Inc. Paul Hanssen, (952) phanssen@wptraining.com : May 7-14Boulder, CO Oct Boulder, CO $1895 per person. Uncertainty Management section covers specifications, tolerances, accuracy, and uncertainty ratios, and guardbanding. Introduction to ISO/IEC for Technicians section will cover the requirements of the standard, how it is applied to calibration and test laboratories, and what a technician who works for an accredited lab needs to know. Assessment to the Requirements of ISO/IEC section will cover the details and interpretations of the requirements of the standard as it is applied to calibration and test laboratories. It explains how to plan and organize an assessment, how to conduct one, and how to report the results. INTERVAL ANALYSIS CONCEPTS AND METHODS Integrated Sciences Group Howard Castrup, (800) training@isgmax.com measurement reliability modeling methods, statistical interval analysis techniques, calibration interval objectives and potential ancillary interval analysis benefits such as equipment outlier identification. Concepts are illustrated using commercially available software and selected freeware. FUNDAMENTALS OF ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT TRAINING COURSE CEESI Don Kinney, (970) dkinney@ceesi.com July 11-13, 2007 Estes Park, CO $1200 per student. Course covers a variety of topics including: Basic Meter Operation, Fundamental Flow Concepts, Gas Properties, Basic Uncertainty, Installation Effects, Long Term Meter Performance, Long Term Meter Performance and Installation Effects, AGA TMC Report 9, Calibration & Traceability, Calibrated Meter Uncertainty, Field Monitoring, Statistical Measurement Process Control, Temperature Measurement, etc. ADVANCED ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT TRAIN- ING COURSE CEESI Don Kinney, (970) dkinney@ceesi.com July 16-17, 2007 Estes Park, CO $1200 per student. Course covers a variety of topics including: Basic Meter Operation, Fundamental Flow Concepts, Gas Properties, Basic Uncertainty, Installation Effects, Long Term Meter Performance, Long Term Meter Performance and Installation Effects, AGA TMC Report 9, Calibration & Traceability, Calibrated Meter Uncertainty, Field Monitoring, Statistical Measurement Process Control, Temperature Measurement, etc ULTRASONIC METER SEMINAR CEESI Don Kinney, (970) dkinney@ceesi.com July 18-20, 2007 Estes Park, CO $250 per student. This 7th annual event should once again bring together a wealth of information as well as new ideas and new questions regarding flow measurement using ultrasonic meters. May 14-15, 2007 San Francisco, CA $795 per student. This 2-day tutorial provides an overview of calibration interval analysis concepts and methods documented in NCSL Recommended Practice RP-1, Establishment and Adjustment of Calibration Intervals, and NASA Reference Publication 1342, Metrology - Calibration and Measurement Processes and Guidelines. Students will be introduced to risk analysis concepts,

24 EDUCATOR S CORNER Christopher L. Grachanen Why Teach Science? NCSLI s Metrology Education and Training outreach initiatives are aimed at getting the word out about gratifying career opportunities in the field of Metrology. The focus audience of these initiatives may be grouped into one of two categories; 1) those in other career fields and 2) those poised to make occupational career decisions i.e. students. It is the latter group that is vital for ensuring an adequate supply of new talent enters the Metrology profession. A vast majority of today s high school and freshman college students are under aware of the benefits and rewards of a technical career. Technical careers are often perceived as unglamorous and boring. Students typically do not fully grasp how taking classes such as science and math will provide any tangible benefit for them in the future. Many technical outreach programs are trying to change this perception by initiating dialog between students and those in technical professions. One such dialog was recently published in the 01 Feb 2007 edition of EDN Voice of the Engineer magazine. In an article titled Why Teach Science, Howard Johnson, PhD., considered by many to be the world s foremost authority on high-speed signal integrity, answers some questions posed to him from Jake, a high school student, on behalf of his science class. Readers, I believe, will appreciate Dr. Johnson s responses. Jake: If you could talk to my classmates, what would you tell them about their education and goals? Howard: Pick a hobby that teaches you something. Successful people absorb 99% of their knowledge outside the classroom. This idea does not mean you should skip school. It means you should learn 100 times what school has to teach. A useful hobby engages your mind and introduces you to like-minded, success-oriented people. Successful people love to learn. People lacking useful skills or knowledge are forced to trade their time for money. Time is all they have to offer. An hour of uneducated time pays only about $7 in the United States. Successful people cut a different deal with life. They do not trade their time for money. As Robert Kiyosaki outlines in his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, successful people directly create value and then trade that value for money. Jake: How does your science background help you in your everyday life? Howard: Professional educators constantly ask this question in the hope that someone, somewhere, will articulate a convincing reason as to why all children should study science. I don t think that articulation will ever happen. Science is not for everybody. You as an individual don t really need it. You could live like an aboriginal, running around naked in the forest chasing deer with bows and arrows for all I care. There is a catch to this argument, however. The North American continent lacks the space and resources required to support hundreds of millions of low-tech, aboriginal people. Without industrial processes and machines, the vast bulk of the population would die. To avoid that catastrophe, we as a society must continually train people to build and service the machines. That is the primary purpose of science education to seek out and find those few curious, self-motivated people who want to know how everything works and encourage them to save the rest of humanity Quite a noble calling. Technical professionals sometimes find themselves presented with the rare opportunity to speak about their profession to students and other individuals not familiar with their profession. Metrology practitioners should make it a point to take advantage of any opportunity to speak to students about the Metrology profession with an adage my dad often used in mind, to catch fish you have to be fishing. This is at the heart of NCSLI s Metrology Education and Training outreach initiatives i.e. Metrology practitioners getting the word out. 24

25 WORLD METROLOGY DAY May 20, 2007 MEASUREMENTS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT Andrew Wallard, BIPM Director Open a newspaper or look at the television news, and you can t escape reports on issues related to climate change, global warming, ocean levels and the general state of our environment. It s still to be proven that man is largely responsible for the changes we experience - or think we experience - around us. However, it s clear that measurements have a huge role to play in monitoring change and in providing reliable data for models which predict, or try to explain, the rate of climate change. The theme for the 2007 World Metrology Day is one of the Great Issues of our time - our relationship with our environment. As metrologists, our challenge is to ensure that measurements are traceable to the International System of Units - the SI - so that measurements around the world are consistent. This challenge applies just as much to chemical measurements as it does to traditional engineering and physical ones. Indeed, the rise in the number of applications of what we might broadly call chemical measurements has been one of the major growth areas in the last ten or fifteen years. Many of the measurements necessary to monitor climate change, or other environmental issues, are particularly difficult. Some involve measurements of small amounts of gases or contaminants in the presence of larger amounts of air or liquid. This can be difficult, especially if other components interact with the substance we want to measure. One other characteristic of measurements used for the study of environmental change is that they can be of small changes in what is possibly a large overall number, whilst eliminating short term effects. We need to base these measurements on reference standards which are stable over decades, if not centuries. One important element of environmental measurement is that it almost always requires partnerships between metrologists and scientists in other bodies which, generally, have the lead responsibility. This is certainly true at the international level, which is why the BIPM has regular discussions with most of the intergovernmental organizations concerned. Many of us, therefore, send representatives to various meetings organized by others. For example, the World Meteorology Organization, the WMO, regularly attends meetings at the BIPM concerned with radiometry as they have a specific interest in solar radiance and ozone measurements. The BIPM ozone reference spectrophotometers have an important link to the WMO s Global Atmosphere Watch programme. One recent success was the participation of WMO in a comparison of measurements of the concentration in air of greenhouse gases. The results of the comparison for carbon dioxide were in excellent agreement, and a small but significant difference for methane has been dealt with by a correction to the WMO scale. The WMO has indicated its wish to become a signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangement drawn up by the International Committee for Weights and Measures - the CIPM MRA. This will mean that bodies linked with the WMO can take part in more comparisons of standards and that the international National metrology Institute - or NMI - community will recognise and accept their calibration certificates. Our collaboration with the WMO has progressed to the point at which we have decided to mount a joint conference on metrology and climate change. We are currently in the planning phase but our intention is to bring together representatives of many relevant disciplines to address the role of measurements in the environment and how they can be improved. Only by making these measurements traceable to the SI, can we assess the ongoing climate changes on the basis of accurate and homogeneous observational data. This will, we believe, be the first time anyone has attempted to bring the relevant experts together and we anticipate a lively and important debate. Confidence in measurement results at the international and national level relies on the work of metrologists in National Metrology Institutes, and the BIPM. Confidence comes from comparisons of measurement capabilities and national reference standards so as to ensure their equivalence worldwide. With this knowledge, National Metrology Institutes and other institutes designated by national authorities to hold the reference standards for specific units or quantities, can provide enhanced confidence to users. This confidence, assured through calibrations and the use of accredited laboratories which can show traceability to the SI through national standards, can help to put measurements made on quantities of relevance to the environment on a sound and comparable basis. In the environmental field, this approach adds confidence to the data gathered by monitoring stations or in measurement networks operated by international bodies, intergovernmental organizations or at the national level. Comparisons of national standards can also give greater confidence in the results of measurements of the level of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Comparisons can also provide equivalent reference standards which enable NMIs to provide accurate and traceable gas standard mixtures to help monitor industrial emissions and vehicle exhaust fumes so that the evolution of the level of pollutants in our atmosphere can be monitored carefully and accurately. As metrologists, we are proud of our achievements and our contributions to environmental measurements. We are also convinced that as we expand our efforts, in partnership with our collaborators, into as many areas of environmental measurements as possible - we are helping environmental scientists address one of the major challenges to our planet. Our work helps build confidence in the measurement results on which scientists, politicians, and others base their decisions. However, Metrology and the Environment is not just about air quality and climate change. It embraces so much more. Here are just a few examples. Noise is an inevitable part of our environment. But exposure to sustained noise levels, for example in a noisy workplace, can cause hearing loss. Impulsive noises like the sound of a pneumatic tool, 25

26 World Metrology Day the whine of a machine or noisy neighbours can be particularly irritating to some. Different people tolerate different levels of noise, so this area of metrology, like the perception of colour, is a fascinating mixture of objective measurements and the subjective reactions of individuals. We are all aware of noise from roads or aeroplanes, so we realise noise surveys around airports are crucial when planning new airports or extensions. Although the minimum difference in sound pressure normally perceptible to the human ear is about 1 db, the measuring instrumentation must be able to do better. For aircraft certification, a business in which huge sums of money are at stake, a difference of only 0.1dB can determine whether or not an aircraft is permitted to operate from a large international airport. Radioactivity is all around us - from naturally occurring elements as well as from industrial and other sources. Metrologists make a big contribution to protecting the public by measuring low doses of radiation on the ground as well as providing the standards and equipment used to measure the level of neutrons from the sun in high flying aircraft. For the workforce in places where radioactive contamination is a potential hazard, or for those in the x-ray departments of our hospitals, careful measurements traceable to the SI are essential. This helps to protect workers by monitoring the doses they receive so that legal limits are not exceeded and we can all benefit from the results of their work. This is the third World Metrology Day on which the Director of the BIPM has issued a message to metrologists worldwide as well as to those who benefit from our efforts. We are pleased to hear, each year, of a growing number of National Metrology Institutes, and others, who share this day with us through the organization of seminars or other events to draw attention to metrology. We thank you all for your enthusiasm and support and look forward to hearing of the success of your celebrations of World Metrology Day. ********* SOME IDEAS ON PROMOTING LOCAL AWARE- NESS OF WORLD METROLOGY DAY Georgia Harris What is Metrology? Metrology is the science of measurement and is the backbone of all science. These steps are to help people think about measurement and its relevance to everyday life. Much of the modern world relies on consistent, accurate measurement, particularly in the manufacturing industry. To ensure that a component made in Japan will fit a car being assembled in Europe, accurate measurements to the same standard must be used. The same is true for your computer, which might comprise subsystems made all over the world! If you wear glasses, the lenses will have been made using accurate measurements to the prescription given by your optician. This has now grown to 49 signatory nations and the International System of Units (SI) is currently in use throughtout most of the world. Other Actions A colleague sent me a link to some science songs: < This link is one on Calibration, written by Greg Crowther, and is sung to the tune of "Celebration" (written and performed by Kool & The Gang). Before you dismiss this out of hand, think about why we have so much trouble touting the benefits of metrology, calibration, and even weights and measures. It's certainly not because we don't impact society. Mostly I think it's because we tend to be boring. Okay, so I'll speak for myself. But, how many of you are able to inspire your neighbors and upper management (let alone Senators and Representatives) with the virtues and excitement of our work? Yes, a few of us do. And your programs often benefit! So, it's almost time to Celebrate! March 5-11 was National Weights and Measures Week. I encourage you to do something exciting, not only for Weights & Measures Week, but anytime! Have an Open House. Talk to your neighbors. Give presentations to local schools and get our children excited about math and science. Get your administration to recognize and celebrate these events! Talk about the price of gas and how glad you are that it's measured accurately. With the high price of gas today, that may be one of those things that will grab someone's attention. So, c'mon, let's celebrate! The next big event is World Metrology Day: May 20th. Celebrate! At the CENAM Symposium, someone from a University in Mexico shared that they were investigating the effects of pollution on mass standards because they are stored in air and the surface mass of pollutants impacts the total mass and stability of the artifacts) (A search through Google-Scholar found some NIST references on Science Direct on the topic of "environmental metrology."); likely areas include CSTL for chemical measurements in the environment; Find resources in the Library or on the Net Issue a Press Release Promote at Take Our Kids to Work Day - have a follow-on poster contest Write to your local paper Why is World Metrology Day Important? Because it commemorates the anniversary of the Metre Convention, an international treaty, originally signed by 17 nations, that agreed to use and promote a universal decimal metric system of measurement, to ease problems of trade and measurement between nations. 26

27 SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW TERRY CONDER, NCSLI V.P. Terry Conder 3M Corporation NCSLI V.P. of Conference Management, Terry Conder is the Manager of the 3M Corporate Metrology Services Laboratories, St. Paul, MN, providing calibration and metrology services internally to 3M business units on a global basis. The Metrology Laboratory maintains the corporate measurement standards, and provides calibration services in many technical disciplines, mainly to plant locations. The Calibration Laboratory performs calibration, repair and maintenance services, primarily for laboratories and pilot plants located at the 3M Center. These laboratories were accredited to ISO/IEC in April M is a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacture of a diversity of products for a world-wide marketplace. Measurement services provided by Corporate Metrology Services strongly impact all of the thirty-seven 3M core technology platforms (i.e., abrasives, films, micro-replication, non-woven, adhesives, etc.). The laboratories directly support the 230 global ISO registrations that affect 70% to 80% of 3M operations and customers. Editor s Note: Some would say 3M is a legendary leader in consumer technology Terry graduated with a MS in Chemistry from Michigan Technological University in His prior 3M work experiences and contributions include Product Development, Quality Assurance, Technical Service, Manufacturing Operations and Processing Engineering, and as a member of the Corporate Quality Services organization, provided services to the Asia Pacific area. As a product development specialist in the early 1970 s, he successfully developed and scaled-up into production several overhead projection transparency products, specialty coatings and optical systems for the 3M Visual Systems Division overhead projectors. Conder received recognition with 5 U.S. patents in varied 3M technologies. In the mid-1970s, he supervised the product development activities of a product development laboratory and the optical tooling departments. This laboratory introduced several innovative optical products and technologies that are now the basis of a multi-million dollar 3M business. In 1983, he moved to manufacturing technology and processing engineering management responsibilities in support of 12 U.S. manufacturing locations. Terry made a career change in the late 1980 s as a Quality Manager in the 3M Corporate Quality Services organization. In this new role, he developed and conducted Internal Audit, Supplier Management, Quality Engineering, and Quality Management workshops and training classes. He was a member of a team that was recognized with a 3M Quality Achievement Award for championing and implementing a global supplier management process, which saved 3M millions of dollars. He taught numerous classes in diverse topics of quality engineering, problem solving, customer satisfaction, benchmarking, business process mapping, auditing, and continual improvement tools. In the mid 1990 s, he shifted his area of influence to the Asia Pacific region where he organized the Asia Pacific ISO coordinators forum to successfully achieve ISO 9000 registrations in that region of the world. In 1992, he had the opportunity to visit 6 continents on behalf of the 3M continual improvement efforts. In 2002, Terry was recognized with the 3M Lewis W. Lehr Career Quality Achievement Award. This award recognizes individuals for contributions leading to significant long-term improvements during a career in the field of quality at 3M worldwide. In 1996, he took the assignment as Manager of the Corporate Metrology Laboratory. His first assignment was to lead in the design, construction and relocation of the Laboratory from an offsite location to the 3M Center campus in St. Paul. This was also Terry s introduction to the NCSLI organization. In the intervening years, Terry has moved up in NCSLI, and is currently Vice President of Conference Management, and previously was V.P. of the Central US Division, North Central Region Coordinator, and the Twin Cities Section Coordinator. He is also currently serving as the Twin Cities Interlaboratory Comparison Coordinator, and has organized customer satisfaction surveys for the Twin Cities Section and Central Division. In 2004, he received recognition as one of the outstanding Region/Section coordinators. He is chairman of the ad hoc committee developing the Committee Chair Handbook, and is serving on the 2007 Annual Conference Committee as the Evaluations Chair. (E/N:Whew) Terry and his wife Linda (high school sweethearts) have three children and one grand daughter. Terry reminds their son Jonathan, a broadcast meteorologist in Oklahoma City, that if his weather instruments were only calibrated and traceable, our weather forecasts would be more accurate. Linda s passion, since she was a little girl, is fishing. She has competed professionally on the Ladies Professional Bass Fishing Tournament circuit for a number of years, and together they have fished extensively throughout the U.S. On most weekends and on vacation, you will find them on some body of water (luckily, Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes) in their bass boat in the summer months, or in their fish house on the ice of Mille Lacs Lake during the winter months. 27

28 SCENES FROM THE MORRO BAY BOARD MEETING First things first. Outgoing President Jeff Gust (r) presents the official gavel to our 2007 President, Jack Ferris. I guess the recent coronation event of 2006 is deleted. The Board held their luncheons in this modest dining room. I M JUST KIDDING. This is the posh communal dining room of Randolph Hearst, the 1930s publishing tycoon, at the California Hearst Castle State Park, along the coast. The Board retires to the oceanside patio for a documentary shot of the notable rock formation off the Morro Bay coast. In the other direction, the beach was crammed with hundreds of sea lions. One of the elegant swimming pools (the indoor one) at the Hearst Castle. Our Board visitors were NOT invited to take a swim. Dana Leaman of A2LA is taking on many more responsibilities on our Board. Our new NCSLI President Jack Ferris and his wife, Barb at the Board dinner. 28

29 REPORTS FROM THE REGIONS Section 1134 December 11, 2006 Bagan, Inc Columbia City, IN Doug Leonard, Northern Indiana Section Coordinator Thirty-five eager-to-learn metrologists were in attendance for the Winter meeting of the Northern Indiana Section of NCSLI held on December 11, Richard J. Bagan, Inc. hosted the meeting in their multi-media training room, located in Columbia City, IN. They were great hosts, providing refreshments and superb accommodations for the meeting. Doug Leonard, Northern Indiana Section Coordinator, kicked off the meeting by welcoming all the attendees and introducing the (at that time) President of NCSLI, Jeff Gust. Jim Jenkins of Quametec reviews the theory and practice of Uncertainty Management for the attendees. Jeff gave all an update on the latest board of directors meeting including highlights from the last NCSLI conference in Nashville. Jeff informed us on the last board of director's activities including the release of Measure Magazine, the new e-store, and World Metrology Day. Jeff provided an informational overview of the output from the NCSLI committees and some of the committee's future goals. He ended with answers to questions from the group about NCSLI activities and how membership has benefited him personally in his professional growth. Next, Doug Leonard provided an overview on what assessors look for when reviewing uncertainty budgets. The presentation described how assessors review uncertainties as represented on the scope of accreditation, best measurement capability (BMC) and the uncertainties for each test and calibration as reported on certificates and test reports. Details were given on the elements of an uncertainty budget and how these elements can be aligned into a "Type A" world and "Type B" world using the fishbone diagram as provided in root cause analysis. Jim Jenkins presented an overview of Uncertainty Management using software as a tool for computing an uncertainty budget. Jim presented his "Basic 5" items to consider for any uncertainty budget: calibration uncertainty, allowable deviation and/or drift, resolution, repeatability/reproducibility, and the environmental influences. He illustrated the ease of utilizing resources provided to compute the calculations and answered many questions in regards to the elements of uncertainty. Dick Bagan then offered some of the history of Richard J. Bagan, Inc. and provided all guests the opportunity to tour his facility and state-of-the-art laboratory. Dick showed all visitors how the development of software has helped his organization with efficiency and quality as an accredited laboratory. A fine turnout for Columbia City, in the middle of an Indiana winter. I was born about 75 miles away and went to college in that region, so I know how winter descends on Indiana. Attendees: Angela McKibben Angie Coffman Aren Winebrener Bob Moore Brian Heard Debbie Lynch Dennis Watson Dick Bagan Don Petit Don Sir Louis Doug Leonard H.T. (Tom) Ruggles Helen Starks James Jenkins Jeff Gust Jeff Johnson Jennifer T. Fleenor Jim Knox Jim Kullman Karen Moore Kevin Mitchell Mark A. Dillon Melissa Fletcher Michael A. McBroom Mike Boothe Mike Morgan Paul Zotter Peter Huben Randy Long Ray Zuleger Reinhold Strnet Sandi Barbknecht Sheridan C. Westphal Tabitha Lundblad Vicki Storer Indianapolis Scale Company Indianapolis Scale Company Symetrey Medical/Ultrexx Raytheon Technical Services Avery Dennison Holland Company Central Scale Richard J. Bagan, Inc. Standards Testing Labs ITT Laboratory Accreditation Bureau Holland Company Laboratory Accreditation Bureau Quametec Corp. Quametec Corp. Richard J. Bagan, Inc. Raytheon Technical Services ITT Aerospace/Communications Brechbuhler Scale Quametec Corp. Utilities Instrumentation Services Formtech Industries LLC BRC Rubber Richard J. Bagan, Inc. CAL Labs NTA, Inc. Depor Ind. A & A Calibration Richard J. Bagan, Inc. Raytheon Technical Services Magnetic Instrumentation Calibration Lab ITT Parker Hannifin Quality Inspection & Gage, Inc. Sherry Laboratories 29

30 Reports from the Regions Section 1210 November 7, 2006 NIST Gaithersburg, MD Rudy Stirn, Maryland Section Coordinator Our region meeting was held at the new NIST building in Maryland. Carol Hockert opened the meeting with news from the NCSLI Board of Directors. Presentations were made by Zeina Jabbour and Ted Doiron. Zeina gave a presentation on the development of the electronic kilogram. This device is a step toward artifact-free standards. In addition we saw the million-pound force standard. A special item of interest was an I-beam from the 911 WTC disaster. The beam clearly shows the impact and damage from the aircraft. This is held at NIST for study. Ted Doiron explains the precision coordinate measurement machine at NIST. Ted Dorion discussed the metrology role of gage blocks and lasers. He showed a laser coordinate measuring system used by NIST. With stable temperatures this is very accurate. He praised the system. This meeting was attended by members from Region 1210 and I invited several teachers from a local school. I feel that a need exists to extend our metrology knowledge to trainers on the need to interest children in science and measurements. As a result I was asked to give a presentation to a local school. I spoke about the contributions from NIST, and a history of early measurement science. This was timely since they were about to cover the concept of measurements in class. The children were a wonderful audience and asked numerous in-depth questions. A somber reminder of the 911 tragedy. NIST continues to study the mechanical effects of the steel building I-beams of the WTC. NCSLI Executive V.P. Carol Hockert, presents the Board report and news from NIST. Carol is now managing the national weights and measures programs at NIST. We are very proud of her contributions to national and global metrology. Attendees: Carol Hockert Zeina Jabbour Ted Doiron Melvin Foremny Terry Wratchford Nathan Page James Reid Lloyd Snyder Vernon Alt Terry O 'Brien Gary Donnie Bernie McDermott Julia Liller John Gartside Kay Stirn Robert A. Glosenger Eugene K. Kernan Ed Parra NIST NIST NIST Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Duke Energy Duke Energy Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Howard County School System Rohde-Schwarz HGSI Weinschel Aeroflex Coordinator Rudy Stirn had a good plan to invite some high school teachers to his meeting at NIST to learn some things about our science of metrology. His wife, Kay, was one of them, shown here looking at a poster on the program to develop an electronic kilogram. 30

31 Reports from the Regions Fred Buck Bob Norris John Jacobs Dana Leaman Elizabeth Smith Samantha Ditor Pamela Wright Elizabeth Gentry Section 1212 Weinschel Aeroflex Comsonics Comsonics A2LA A2LA A2LA A2LA NIST ********* March 7, 2007 Duke Centennial Bldg Charlotte, NC James Reid, North Carolina Section Coordinator The NCSL International North Carolina Section meeting was held on March 7, 2007 at the University of North Carolina Charlotte in the Duke Centennial Building. That facility houses part of the Mechanical Engineering Department including the Center for Precision Metrology. The meeting was co-hosted by Duke Energy and UNCC. James Reid, the North Carolina Section coordinator conducted the meeting with Dr. Ed Morse. The NC section had not held a meeting for some time and there was a concern about the attendance. With the assistance of Dana Leaman, Roger Burton and Derek Porter (NCSLI Volunteers) arrangements were made for the NCSLI Uncertainties Road Show to provide the speakers for the day. This ensured a good turnout for a new section coordinator and a previously stagnant section. Much of the credit for a successful meeting goes to these folks and to the speakers, including their supporting companies. The NCSLI Uncertainties Road Show speakers included; Introduction to Measurement Uncertainty - Jim Salsbury of Mitutoyo America Pressure Uncertainty - Karl Kurtz of DH Instruments Electrical Measurement Uncertainty - Joe Baker of Fluke Corporation Dimensional Measurement Uncertainty - Jim Salsbury of Mitutoyo America A continental breakfast and networking started the busy schedule. The rotunda of the Duke Centennial Hall was an impressive environment for the beginning. There were exhibits of student projects including robotics and engine design. The registration included the distribution of a packet of documents and materials donated by NCSLI, Duke Energy and NIST WMD Laws and Metric Group. The group held the meeting in one of the many lecture halls, complete with built in computers with projection systems. Opening remarks were provided by Ed and James welcoming all to the meeting. Ed spoke about the UNCC Metrology program, its development and how the Engineering Department is now housed in some of the newer campus facilities. James reviewed the day's agenda, contents of the registration packages along with additional documents available to the attendees. As part of the normal Duke Energy employee's day we reviewed safety points of the surroundings and reminded all to think about safety in all of their activities. The presentations began with Dana Leaman, NCSLI VP SE Region and Program Manager with A2LA. Dana presented an overview of the last NCSLI BOD Meeting including updates of committee activities. There was also a review of the large amount of information available on the NCSLI.org website including the new myncsli.org pages. The Uncertainties Road Show was a great success. The uncertainty education began with Jim Salsbury and an excellent Introduction to Measurement Uncertainty. Jim has a unique ability providing an every day example and build upon it making it easier for everyone to understand the basics. I would provide highlights of the example but don't want to spoil it for future audiences. Building upon the basics of measurement uncertainty paved the way for Karl Kurtz of DH Instruments to speak about Pressure Uncertainty and the many sources of uncertainty involved with pressure measurement. Joe Baker of Fluke Corporation spoke about Electrical Measurement Uncertainty using the example of calibrating a typical DMM using a multifunction calibrator. Jim Salsbury of Mitutoyo America gave us an informative talk concerning Dimensional Measurement Uncertainty. Jim used the example of calibrating a micrometer with gage blocks. Tom Wiandt topped off our uncertainty education with the calibration of thermal devices using the S-PRT. He also briefly discussed the calibration of the S-PRT using fixed points and how the formulas involved in the application of the temperature scale introduced another component of uncertainty. These are VERY brief descriptions of the superb talks all of these speakers provided on a subject that could be lectured for several weeks. I would encourage everyone to attend one of these presentations when they become available in their regions. A door prize drawing was held using the returned meeting surveys. Door prizes included seven items donated by NCSLI, A2LA and Electronic Development Labs Inc. The day concluded with tours of the Center for Precision Metrology by Dr. Ed Morse. Attendance statistics: 51 Registered, 2 Canceled, 36 attended, 13 Absent. There was a 7% return on a mailing of 250. The other attendees were from word of mouth and the internet. The rotunda at the Duke Centennial Hall presents many exhibits of robotics and other student projects. 31

32 Reports from the Regions We launched the meeting with a showing of a short video providing Simulation Training & Support's graphic simulation training products and capabilities. Our Host, Paul Hanssen, of Workplace Training, provided a large assortment of pastries and coffee to the members. Our fall meeting hosted 31 attendees from 18 different companies. Our guest speakers included Larry Gradin of Integrity Solutions Group International, Inc., Gary Gentry of Anritsu Company, Paul Hanssen of Workplace Training, and Carl Hancik of Keithley Instruments, Inc. We would like to thank all of our presenters, their respected companies, and NCSLI for providing a great meeting. Our new coordinator, James Reid, turned out a very impressive 36 people for his Uncertainties Roadshow, and the first meeting of the NC section in years. Attendees: Chuck Suchowski David Lewis Josh Dupree Watson Gabriel Tracy Mcrae Jeff Boughman Robert Ray Val Herbeda William Whitley Randy Horne Richard Jacob Joe Cebulski Karl Kurtz Billy Wooldridge Chris Stroud Chuck Ellison Gary Lichtfeldt James Reid John Beasley Mickey Howell Nathan Page Rick Foster Tony Readling Kenneth Sloneker Joe Baker Tom Wiandt Brad Murphy Felicia Brown Jim Salsbury Dana Leaman Allen Bare Amit Suratkar Dr. Edward Morse Eric Buice Michael Smith Yaroslav Maksymiv ACR Environmental Services AppMet, Inc. AppMet, Inc. AREVA NP Inc BWX Technologies Calibration Solutions Inc. Calibration Solutions Inc. Calibration Solutions Inc. Calibration Solutions Inc. Conbraco Calibration Services Conbraco Calibration Services Delta Airlines Dimensional Calibration Lab DH Instruments Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Duke Energy - Standards Laboratory Electronic Development Labs Inc. Fluke Corporation Hart Scientific JMS Southeast, Inc. JMS Southeast, Inc. Mitutoyo NCSL International Savannah River National Laboratory UNC Charlotte UNC Charlotte UNC Charlotte UNC Charlotte UNC Charlotte Larry Gradin, of Integrity Solutions Group International Inc., presented, "Assuring Calibration Adequacy, an Even Playing Field, and Competent Contract Calibration." He provided a wealth of information concerning the adequacy of calibrations and the supporting definitions required by industry to meet that adequacy. Our next speaker was Gary Gentry of Anritsu Company. Gary's presentation, "Vector Network Analyzer Techniques," gave us new measurement technology in the field of Vector Analysis and Measurements. These would result in better repeatability and quality in vector measurements both in the calibration and production areas. Lunch was next on the agenda, after which a group photo was taken outside. Following lunch, our next speaker was Paul Hanssen from Workplace Training. Paul's presentation was titled "Creating Web Based Metrology Training." Paul discussed the methods and challenges involved in creating computer based training for precision test, calibration and metrology, and all the complexities involved in this process required for different industries. Our final speaker for the day was Carl Hancik from Keithley Instruments, Inc. Carl's presentation, "Making Accurate Low R and Lower Power Measurements," revealed many of the errors that can easily be made during low resistance and power measurements, and how they can be recognized and avoided. We would like to give our special thanks to Paul Hanssen of Workplace Training for sponsoring this conference. ********* Section 1220 January 5, 2007 Lockheed Martin STS Orlando, FL Elly Speary Central Florida Section Coordinator 1220 The Region 1220 Central Florida Section of the NCSLI held their fall meeting on November 2, 2006 at Lockheed Martin STS in Orlando, Florida. Bart Hynes, LM STS Manager of Test & Assurance, welcomed the speakers and attendees to Lockheed STS and provided a brief summary of Lockheed Martin STS business operations. It's nice to have corporate friends in "high places," Paul Hanssen of Workplace Training sponsored this Section meeting. 32

33 Reports from the Regions Elwin Speary turns out a nice crowd for his first meeting of the new year. Good work for a new Section Coordinator. Larry Gradin, of Integrity Solutions Group International Inc., discusses the theory and practice of Calibration Adequacy. Keithley's Carl Hancik overviews the theory and practice of low level measurements. Attendees: Bob Clement Paul Albritton Kyle Prentice Robert Zimmer Jerry Gaffney Tim Stark Larry Gradin Mike Frisz Mona Vicente Norman Troutman Mike Whitman Paul Hanssen Gary Gentry Carl Hancik Joe Henriquez Joe Patchett Ray Minchin Tim Mcloughlin Luis Maya Craig Smith Daniela Petrova-Tchoneva Jeffrey Willey Vincent Harris Robert Wilburn Joe Morreale Jeffrey Chin Rick Chester Josh Cobert Elly Speary Bruce Merker Ray Minchin Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman PAT Associates GEC Instruments Guildline Instruments Limited Integrity Solutions Group, Inc. Gulf Coast Calibration Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Workplace Training Anritsu Company Keithley Instruments Lockheed Martin STS Lockheed Martin STS Lockheed Martin STS M&M Metrology M&M Metrology Alcon Alcon Measurements International HI-Stat Mfr. Co. JBOSC Electronic Metrology Lab Quadcomm Associates, Inc. Wyle Laboratories Integrity Solutions Group, Inc Lockheed Martin, STS Lockheed Martin, STS Lockheed Martin, STS Lockheed Martin, STS ********* Section 1224 February 27, 2007 BWXT Y-12 Office Park Oak Ridge, TN Phil Levasseur, Tennessee Section Coordinator Gary Gentry of Anritsu Company, presented an overview of vector network measurements. For the first time in more than 3 years, on the 27th of February, the Tennessee Section held a meeting. Philip LeVasseur of the Y-12 Oak Ridge Metrology Center and Ed Pritchard of Modus Metrology Services co-hosted the meeting held at BWXT - Y Commerce Park Office facility. There were 30 people in attendance from 15 different Organizations or Companies. It was an excellent meeting with much networking going on during the breaks and the lunch period. Ed Pritchard from Modus Metrology welcomed everyone and introduced Jeff Gust from Quametec and Immediate Past President. Jeff gave an overview of NCSLI and the advantages of membership. 33

34 Reports from the Regions Following that welcome Suzanne Canning, an Engineer from the Oak Ridge Metrology Center at Y-12 gave a talk on Developing Technologies for Measurement of Micro Features and/or Defects. Next Jeff Gust spoke on the final results from an Accredited Resistance Proficiency Test that his company conducted. Section 1322 January 18, 2007 Hewlett-Packard Co. Houston, TX Keith Scoggins South Texas Section Coordinator Reported by Chris Grachanen Following Jeff, Randy Fowler from Fluke gave a presentation on Signal Sourcing requirements for a Spectrum Analyzer Calibration. Following Randy's presentation the group went outside in the beautiful sunlight and took a group picture. After the picture was taken we had lunch and more networking time. The afternoon sessions were kicked off by Mark Boeckmann, from Vacuum Technology Incorporated, who spoke about A2LA Accredited Standard Leak Calibration Methods. The last speaker of the meeting was Mike Grones from Hexagon Metrology who delivered a presentation on Merging a Laser Tracker with Photogrammetry. Finally, there was a short open period for questions and discussion and the meeting ended with the drawing for Door Prizes. The South Texas Section meeting was held on January 18, 2007 at the Hewlett-Packard campus in Houston, Texas. Chris Grachanen hosted and conducted the meeting on behalf of Keith Scoggins (NCSLI South Texas coordinator). Chris is NCSLI's South Central US Regional Coordinator and the operational manager of Hewlett- Packard's Houston Metrology Lab. Chris started off the meeting by presenting NCSLI BOD Fall 2006 meeting highlights followed by an update on the Metrology job description initiative. Chris covered the U.S Dept. of Labor's Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system, the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOT) used by educators to provide student guidance on prospective careers as well as the NCSLI and ASQ joint initiative to create SOC Metrology job descriptions. Submitted Metrology job descriptions are scheduled to be added to the next SOC revision later this year. Miguel Decos of NASA-Rohmann Services, Inc. next presented an overview of the path his organization has taken on implementing Out-of-Tolerance (OOT) reporting and risk assessment. To achieve these results, Miguel is developing several software modules congruent with their existing interval analysis software. Miguel is striving to have workable process modules that may be integrated into most DBMSs (Database Management Systems). Miguel is looking for inputs and others to work with him on concept implementation. Nice job, Phil, for a good turnout at your first meeting activity. Attendees: Philip LeVasseur BWXT Y-12 Philip Carper BWXT Y-12 Patricia Johnson BWXT Y-12 Arnold Harper Omega Consultants Van Heflin BWXT Y-12 Leif King BWXT Y-12 William McKeethan BWXT Y-12 Ed Pritchard Modus Metrology Services Tim Trapuzano Modus Metrology Services Paul Vanatta BWXT Y-12 Michael Duncan ORNL Metrology Lab Leonard Presley ORNL Metrology Lab Brian Sizemore ORNL Metrology Lab Greg Strickland ORNL Metrology Lab Brian Walls ORNL Metrology Lab Joe Keck ORNL Metrology Lab Jerry Hubble TVA Central Labs Robert Crawford TVA Central Labs Roger Phillips TVA Central Labs Garey Dougan American Ordnance Fred Henry Absolute Weighing Billy McKeethan WYKO Tire Technology Kenneth Wilmoth TN Dept. of Ag. Weights & Measures Dennis York Carlton Scale Azita Alizadeh Southern Marketing Associates Jeff Gust Quametec Randy Fowler Fluke Corporation Jacqueline Suzanne Canning BWXT Y-12 Mark Boeckmann Vacuum Technology Inc Mike Grones Hexagon Metrology Tim Francis of GE Sensing presented an overview of lean manufacturing techniques and how these techniques were implemented in their calibration laboratory. Tim covered key topics for implementation and provided real life examples how lean manufacturing techniques were used to identify unproductive processes as well as idle times when test equipment was waiting to be processed or worked on. The result of this work improved the laboratory's productivity by greater than 50% (turn-around time). Hewlett-Packard provided a self serve luncheon. Joseph Ting of Yokogawa gave a technical presentation on bus analysis using a digitizing oscilloscope (DSO) to analyze and troubleshoot serial data busses. Joseph covered key topics such as noise, waveform quality, bus timing, data stream errors, etc. as used in determining the performance of several different types of serial busses such as CAN, LIN, I2C, SPI, and FlexRay. Joseph integrated real-time DSO measurement screens as part of his presentation giving the audience first hand look at the tools available for evaluating serial bus performance. Dr Wayne Collins of Thermo Fisher Scientific gave a presentation on performance management of test and calibration laboratories. Wayne discussed key processes of the typical laboratory that have potential for improving productivity and thus reducing cost by way of identifying and eliminating waste. Wayne discussed process evaluation points and feedback that can be used by management to improve laboratory processes (lean manufacturing techniques). 34

35 Reports from the Regions Doug Lynde of On Time Support presented an overview of software applications, web- based development languages and how software applications are classified. Doug covered several of the unique terms used by the software developers that often confuse layman with special insight on existing Metrology software applications. Doug then proceeded to demonstrate how a database can be accessed over the web for remote viewing and editing/adding of records. Open Discussion and Door Prizes: A good collection of door prizes with most attendees receiving a prize. Note: meeting attendance was respectable even though the day before Houston was hit with a minor ice storm (Texans driving on ice is not a pretty sight). Special thanks to vendors who braved the cold to demonstrate their company's latest offerings. Ted Beckman Wayne Collins Jim Johnson Paul Henssey David Davis Joe Dugan Ken Beach Rich Morgenstern Brian Smith Tim Francis Dan Bates Dave Carter Sean Mitchell Rob Mitchell Dave Upton Jim Henice Phil Batuder Jason Lemka James Riley Adrian DelaCerda Daniel Castillo David Simerly David Kimbell MaryAnn Justice Chris Grachanen Chris Bailey Bettina Pettey Brandon Capetillo Gullermo Vigna AcuData Thermo Fisher Scientific Dynamic Technology WorkPlace Training Agilent Technologies Texas Instruments STP NOC T&M EnTest GE Sensing (Ruska) Data Marketing Dewetron Tanox Inc. Tanox Inc. EMA Mensor Astro Med LeCroy Self Weight & Test Solutions Weight & Test Solutions TEGAM Test Equity Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard NASA, Rohmann Services Great Land Equipment NASA, Rohmann Services National Instruments ********* Region 1410 March 14, 2007 Proteus Industries, Inc Mt. View, CA Richard Fertell, Central CA/NV Region Coordinator "Rapt" attention I'd call it for Chris's attendees at Hewlett-Packard. We met, learned, discussed, planned and finished on-time. The presenters and topics were: Dennis DuBro, PG&E - dealing with errors in A/D converters enlightening real-world view of A/D converter bit failure and impact on pressure probe output response analysis shows that location of bit failure can range from little impact to large impact at different locations of the probe output response curve three or five point checks can check okay but the regions between can fail ten point checks have value in detecting poor performing regions on the probe response curve Chris mentioned an ice storm in Houston. When I was serving my tour in the USAF another 300 miles west of Houston, we would occasionally get what were euphemistically called "Northers." With our cheap apartment heating consisting of a little heater fed by natural gas INSIDE THE HOUSE with no venting, one wonders how we survived? Attendees: William Curry Doug Lynde Miguel Decos Jason Degroot Steven Speich Clyde Bardwell Phillip Lock George Hartz Ryan Tamblin Bob Cummings Darrell Cook Laura Gilley Harold Foster KC Kim STP NOC On Time Support NASA, Rohmann Services On Time Support GE Sensing STP NOC GE Sensing AcuData National Instruments Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard National Instruments Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard John Minck, NCSLI Newsletter Editor - NCSLI Board Mtg & Newsletter John has a way of riveting an audience to a name roster - who does what, good contacts for different information, interesting career paths and humorous stories the very reasons to have a roster and have John speak Measure is technical & Newsletter is personnel/personal; both need inputs NCSLI Board who's who, upcoming meetings/conferences/training, World Metrology Day is 20 May (1875 meter convention signed in Paris, France) EU Metric Only Directive for 2010 Z540.1 goes away July 2007 (Z540.2 & Z540.3 will be maintained) Metrology Outreach & Training sub-committee has 6 projects 35

36 Reports from the Regions Guy Fleming, Lockheed Martin - Torque wrench issues Real-world study of torque wrenches calibrated at several different sites so good, that many of us want this presentation as in-house training Errors are induced by different calibration procedures at different sites and packaging between sites Errors can occur when calibration environment is different from use environment Torque wrenches are not meant to be stored with setting above 80% of full scale - spring can fatigue from being stored near maximum load Clint Eldridge PG&E - Technical & Land Services - Nuclear Regulatory Commission's acceptance of ISO A snippet packed with information Only AALA & NVLAP accreditations are accepted in place of NRC audits Twenty-four new Nuclear Power Plants are being designed for use in the U.S. - construction has not been approved John M. Lowry, Fluke Corp., Hart Scientific Division - "Common Temperature Calibration Techniques" with a TPW demo A fun and profitable side of science ITS-1990 describes constants of nature to be used for temperature points that can be re-created anywhere in the world Demonstrated the Triple-Point of Water (TPW) - at 0.01C, water is liquid, vapor and ice using a machine is much easier than using buckets of ice at home (I know from personal experience!) The machine cooled the TPW cell (sealed pure glass container holding ultra-pure water), the TPW cell was flicked and the ice mantle was formed around the thermometer insert hole (water and vapor were visible through the glass TPW cell) A PRT (Platinum Resistance Temperature) probe is inserted into the TPW cell hole (filled with alcohol to better transfer 0.01C temp to probe) and the ohm reading is made and the calibration of the probe can be assessed Next Meeting at San Jose State University (thanks to Brian Lee) to be determined Attendees: Frances Schatz Lockheed Martin Guy Fleming Lockheed Martin Dennis Dubro PG&E Clint Eldridge PG&E Andrew Lozinski United Air Lines Phung Tran Rockwell Collins Don Skipwith SE Labs Galen Beck SE Labs Gilbert Perez Anritsu Brian Lee Anritsu - Rick Vasquez Dade Behring John Minck Agilent - John Lowry Hart Scientific/Fluke Cheryl McPherson Proteus Industries York Xu Proteus Industries Richard Fertell Proteus Industries Europe INTERNATIONAL REPORT Malcolm Smith, V.P. Harry has spoken with Bo Weise from Sweden about the possibility of holding a (larger) regional meeting in Scandinavia in Harry and Jeff have both ed Seton Bennett. Harry is exploring the possibility of co-sponsoring a 2008 European regional meeting with EUROMET. We are waiting response from EUROMET Directors. Through Klaus, we have been approached by GMA in Germany for a liaison arrangement with NCSLI. They've also asked for a session at next year's Conference - Harry is working with Karen on this. Harry is in correspondence with the organizers of Metrologie regarding our involvement with their 2007 Conference. The Americas Sally Bruce stood in for us at the SIM General Assembly, for which we are very grateful. Sally reports from the SIM meetings: Humberto Brandi is now the SIM President. Dianne Lallo- Rodrigues is now the SIM liaison to NCSLI. There is an outstanding action item for NCSLI and the PDC and that is the translation of the RPs into Spanish; first though there needs to be priority rankings of which ones need to be translated. Asia-Pacific I have requested from Keith Jones, chairperson of APMP, an invitation to the December APMP General Assembly in New Delhi, India. Jack Somppi has been cleared by Fluke to attend and it is probable that I too will attend on this first occasion. A short report from Kaz on a recent meeting and seminar of the board members of NCSLI-Japan follows: Hi Jack, Section We've just had a meeting and seminar amongst board members of NCSLI Japan last Friday, October 13 at Yokogawa Corporation. There we invited Dr. Kanno who was a head person about 20 years ago in Electrical Standards at ETL (now called NMIJ/AIST) to give us a talk about his involvement in electronics and metrology from his school days to professor at a University after retiring from ETL. (b) We toured the new Calibration Laboratory of Yokogawa Corporation. A team member of Yokogawa Cal Laboratory gave us a presentation about this new facility; ranging from its environment control to cal capabilities. 36 We have been doing this sort of thing, visiting companies to see their cal/std facilities, inviting some lecturers to give us talks that benefit us who are involved in metrology; doing calibration, (Continued on page 56)

37 COMMITTEE NEWS OPERATIONS Tom Wunsch, now Lonnie Spires, V.P. Tom announced that he has changed positions within Sandia and is no longer working in the area of metrology. He is committed to complete the balance of this year at NCSLI, but will resign the Board as of January ANSI SECRETARIAT Craig Gulka The International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) is moving to ballot for adoption. ANSI/NCSL Z (R2002) Calibration & Measuring & Test Equipment. General Requirements: The ballot closed to withdraw it in July There was one no vote which requires a thirty-day follow up process. He anticipates this will not affect the July target date. Z (R2002) U.S. Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement will be going to ballot to reaffirm for another five years. Z Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment Approved and for sale and is selling at a good clip. One copy is free for members and it is included in the 2007 publications CD. Roxanne Robinson, of A2LA, said she has been asked about accrediting to Z She says this will not be done since there is very little in this standard that relates to calibration laboratories and they should instead use ISO There is a large market for the use of this standard with testing labs or others who need guidance in managing the calibration of their test equipment. She suggests that 174 Writing Committee consider developing a document that would serve as supplement to ISO for calibration laboratories. Then all of the ABs could use this as a requirement document to ISO PUBLICATION OVERSIGHT Michael Lombardi Mike worked with Dick Pettit to generate a style guide for MEAS- URE magazine. STANDARDS POLICY Doug Sugg, V.P. ********* The Standards Policy Committee and I have continued to support the National Institute of Standards and Technology in its efforts of assessing the United States Measurement System. NIST has released the NIST Special Publication 1048, titled An Assessment of United States Measurement System: Addressing Measurement Barriers to Accelerate Innovation. NCSLI was provided 1500 copies and will be part of the next MEASURE distribution. An updated of this topic was provided at the January NCSLI Board meeting. US MEASUREMENTS REQUIREMENTS Jeff Walden The US Measurement Requirement Committee will be meeting in Long Beach California during MSC The meeting topic will be Increasing Our Effectiveness. The Committee is also looking forward to working with the NIST US Measurement System Report and the NCSLI membership. GLOSSARY Emil Hazarian The Glossary will meet at the Measurement Science Conference in later in January. The group is looking forward to the release of the VIM. They continue to review glossary terms that are outside of those that may be in the new VIM. Please submit any additions or suggestions you would like to have considered to any member of the Glossary Committee. LEGAL METROLOGY Val Miller Planning for the 2007 State Laboratory Program Workload Survey was continued during the Committee 134 meeting held November 1, 2006 at the 2006 Combined Regional Measurement Assurance Program meeting (CRMAP) in Broomfield, CO. Final decisions related to the form of survey questions were made following evaluation of responses to questions presented to the survey participants. Final survey questions will be forwarded to the NCSLI office for posting on the NCSLI web survey site. Survey results will be presented to the NCSLI attendees during a session at the St. Paul Conference. The NCSLI Legal Metrology Committee coordinated use of NCSLIowned audio/visual resources to the NIST Weights and Measures Division CRMAP meeting in a cooperative effort with NIST Weights and Measures Division to ensure high quality education was provided to the attendees. The conference participants included 118 representatives from the State Metrology Laboratories and Industry participants in the NIST WMD RMAP program. ********* MEASUREMENT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Richard Pettit, now Tom Wunsch, V.P. Editor s Note: NCSLI and all of us owe Dick Pettit a HUGE thank you for his years of activity for our organization. In addition to his assignment as V.P. for Measurement Science & Technology committee management, while at Sandia National Laboratory, a few years ago he assumed the management of the technical program for the Annual Conference. I remember organizing just ONE technical program for a non-ncsli conference decades ago, and it was a back breaker. Dick must have done 6 or 8 of our annual programs. 37

38 Committee News MEASURE Journal: Managing Editor Activities We currently have the following articles in process for publication: 1. Total of 25 papers in process. 2. Total of 8 ready for publication; 7 will be included in the March, 2007 issue. 3. Total of 9 completed reviews and are being updated by the authors. 4. Total of 8 still being reviewed. Working with Doug Sugg, VP 130, and Belinda Collins, NIST, to include the NIST Special Publication 1048, titled An Assessment of the United States Measurement System: Addressing Measurement Barriers to Accelerate Innovation, along with the March, 2007 mailing of MEASURE. Worked with Dave Jackson, NCSLI Business Office, on developing documentation of all the processes, with timelines, involved in the publication of MEASURE, including: Product/Service Announcements (PSAs); NMI and Metrology News Items; Technical Articles; Letter from the Editor; Letters to the Editor; Advertisements; etc. Worked with Jerah Walter, NCSLI Business Office, on setting up a on-line database that tracks all Technical Articles, Review Articles, Technical Tips, and Special Reports for MEASURE, including information on the technical reviewers and authors. Reviewed NMI/Metrology News items provided by Mike Lombardi, NIST, and Product/Service Announcements (PSAs) provided by David Jackson, NCSLI, & Jesse Morse, Fluke, for the December issue. Committee Reports: AUTOMATIC TEST & CALIBRATION SYSTEMS David Seaver Committee met at the 2006 NCSLI Conference and discussed a new calibration software approach being developed by the US Air Force (AFMETCAL). Marc Monnin presented the approach in a paper titled United States Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program s NextGen Calibration Automation System. Ways of supporting this activity by the committee were discussed. The committee is discussing the development of a NCSLI recommended practice (RP) dealing with the validation of software for automatic test and calibration systems (AT&CS). The topics to be covered and the time frame for the production of the document are being decided. The team will be working with the NCSLI Business Office to secure resources to store reference material produced by the group and set up a communication process for the RP development and future virtual meetings. MEASUREMENT COMPARISON PROGRAMS Jim Wheeler & Al Teruel Jay Klevens, Process Instruments Inc., has developed a charter for the 1 G-Ohm Interlaboratory Comparison (ILC). It was reviewed by Jim Wheeler, R. Pettit, and Dean Jarrett, NIST. In addition, NIST (through Jim Olthoff) has agreed to provide opening and closing calibration data at a reasonable cost. The costs will be shared between NCSLI and Process Inst. NIST recently sent a bill to the NCSLI Business Office for the first set of measurements. Besides NIST, there are 13 laboratories participating in the ILC. Tom Larason, NIST, is very interested in starting a UV ILC. At the 2006 NCSLI Conference, Wayne Benda, with Raytheon in Tucson, AZ <webenda@raytheon.com>, attended the UV Committee meeting and indicated that he was interested in acting as the pivot laboratory for the UV ILC. He will be contacting Tom Larason to make arrangements. INTRINSIC & DERIVED STANDARDS David Deaver Several documents (RISPs) are in process, including: 1. Revision to the Catalogue of Intrinsic/ Derived Standards (D. Deaver); 2. Argon Triple Point Cell RISP (S. Pond); 3. Revision of the Dead Weight Pressure RISP (R. Salazar, Boeing); 4. Bob Harding, RH Systems, has finished developing an additional humidity uncertainty example and will send it to the committee members for their review. The document should be ready for NCSLI Board review in early He was supported in this activity by Thunder Scientific and an acknowledgement to Thunder needs to be added to the front of the RISP. Ruben Salazar and David Allen, Boeing, are chairing a working group that is in the process of revising the Dead Weight Pressure, RISP-4. The committee is developing an uncertainty analysis for performing a cross-float calibration and updating the uncertainty analysis associated with the mass standards by considering the proper way to handle correlated uncertainty components in order to minimize the overall mass uncertainty. The group has been meeting for a full day before the NCSLI and MSC Conference. In addition, they also hold a regular committee meeting during the Conference. CHEMICAL METROLOGY David Rohde Dave has received past Chemical Metrology Committee meeting information from R. Pettit. Two from his staff, Mike Bishop and Mary Graupmann, hosted the committee meeting at the 2006 NCSLI Conference. At the meeting, Willie May, NIST, suggested having a symposium/meeting at a neutral place, such as NIST, to start making a connection with different organizations that are involved with CM. It was suggested that one of the invitees should be the FDA, who may be encouraged to attend at a local, neutral site such as NIST. Other invitees may include the Cooperation on International Traceability in Analytical Chemistry (CITAC), the lab communities who are affected by the accreditation process, and those conducting accreditations for calibration and testing laboratories. It was agreed that some brainstorming is necessary to determine the key stakeholders that should be invited to this planning meeting. The committee met at the 2007 MSC. DIMENSIONAL METROLOGY Jim Salsbury The Dimensional Metrology Committee will be organizing several sessions for the 2007 NCSLI Conference. The topics will be the following: (1) Dimensional Standards (B89.7 / ISO / NIST); (2) Uncertainty Analysis (Jennifer Decker / Henrik Nielsen/ NIST); (3) Applications (Hy Tran, Sandia: National 38

39 Committee News Labs. / University / OEM); What s New (NIST / NRC / CMM RP); (5) New Commercial Products (Shawn Mason: Manufacturers). The committee also wants to bring in new exhibitors to the 2007 Conference, such as: Renishaw; Keyence; Heidenhain; Taylor- Hobson; Ziess. The Dimensional Metrology Committee is also working on a recommended practice (RP) discussing the calibration of CMMs. A document outline has been developed and was discussed at the 2007 NCSLI Conference committee meeting. Individuals were assigned to begin writing various chapters. A draft should be available by the 2007 Conference. Jim Salsbury gave a talk titled Recommended Practice for CMM Calibration: A project of the new NCSL International Dimensional Metrology Committee at the June, 2006 meeting of the Association for Coordinate Metrology Canada (ACMC). ********* INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMS Roxanne Robinson, V.P. Reviewed and submitted administrative guidelines for Committees 158 (Testing) and 159 (Small Business Initiative) to the office for approval Welcomed a new chair of 153 Utilities Committee, William Hinton Working with Chuck Ehrlich to confirm presenters for 2007 Conference panel on traceability Committee reports: HEALTHCARE METROLOGY David Walters It is time to look forward to the NCSLI workshop in Minneapolis this summer. During our healthcare committee meeting Joe Petersen, Abbott Laboratories Principal Engineer, will lead a discussion on conductivity in reference to the USP. Joe has followed healthcare conductivity requirements for many years and has some exciting news. The NCSLI RP-6 rewrite project has made little progress due to the members time commitments with their respective companies. During our Minneapolis session, this project will be revitalized. Our MSC meeting was canceled due to lack of participants. UTILITIES Peter Buzzard, now William Hinton A series of very successful Utility Committee meetings was held during the 2007 Measurement Science Conference in Long Beach, California. The morning session was hosted by Edison ESI at their Westminster facility, and included a tour of the metrology laboratories as well as the large equipment re-manufacturing and testing laboratories. Our host Richard Brenia plied us with pastries, coffee and ultimately lunch to sustain our efforts for a grueling meeting in sunny southern California. The afternoon session, in conjunction with the morning session, resulted in an all day Utility Committee meeting. Peter Buzzard, our new northeast U.S. regional NCSLI Vice President and outgoing Chairman of the Utility Committee, gave us a synopsis of his new duties. He also provided a status report on our pending Inter-Laboratory Comparison, ILC The final procedure is being compiled and will incorporate review comments and will be issued shortly. A listing of participating members and a rotation schedule is in place. In a related topic, the possibility of running a reliability study on a common artifact such as a digital pressure instrument was discussed and will be addressed later in the year. Utility Committee members are actively involved in RP-1, RP-5 and RP-12 subcommittees and other industry duties. These recommended practices are of vital interest to the Utility Committee and our participation is important. Cost and competing demands often preclude participation in scheduled Utility meetings. Therefore, our plan is to leverage new and existing resources to provide communications and information to our members. The NCSLI Newsletter, on a regular basis to the members and the use of the enhanced NCSLI website will all be employed. Accolades to James Reid (Duke Energy) who has agreed to take the reins and restart the North Carolina Section. Peter Buzzard acknowledged Keith Scoggins success as the coordinator of Section 1322, South Texas Section. Dennis Dubro from Section 1420 will be an NCSLI Conference presenter with Understanding the uncertainty of your uncertainty. Plans are being finalized to perform a peer review of laboratory operations using other NCSLI Utility Committee members. The expectation is to emulate the peer review process used by INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operators) and gain insight and improvement in laboratory operations through industry assistance. One utility has already agreed to submit to the review and will host three members from non-affiliated companies during the peer review period. The Utility Committee Forum continues to be a very active venue for dialog among NCSLI members both inside and outside the Utility Committee. We are currently running with 122 topics, 435 posts (replies) and more than 60,000 reads or hits. Common threads are being consolidated in an effort to compact topics and related responses. Hot topics have resulted in areas for focus and additional discussion and clarification. The graying of the workforce, use of accredited vendors by nuclear utilities and reduction of fleet inventory to lower O&M costs are recurring topics. It is not surprising then that these same topics arise during the committee meetings. The accreditation topic and how to bring accredited vendors into one s approved vendor list while meeting the requirements of the NRC has taken on a life of its own. It will be a topic of discussion at the NCSLI symposium this summer. 39

40 Committee News There was a general discussion of hardness tester calibration and reference test blocks. Due to personnel changes, United and Delta both have experienced a loss of inspectors experienced in hardness testing. To improve this situation, Delta has transferred much hardness testing responsibility to the NDT department. Vic said at United they frequently turn to the metrology lab for material hardness testing. Both airlines use many different styles and models of hardness testers and methods. The Utilities Committee gathers for a documentary photo at the MSC meetings in Long Beach. Do they all look like ex-linemen? TEST EQUIPMENT ASSET MGT Rob Parchinski The committee is considering two RPs. One for the shipping of test equipment and the other for delayed dating of calibration intervals. The subcommittee on Manufacturers Specifications had a panel session at MSC that was well attended. AIRLINE METROLOGY Joe Cebulski The NCSLI Airline Committee met at the MSC, in the Long Beach Convention Center.. We introduced Jim Wheeler, Chairman of the Measurement Comparison Committee, from the Navy s Primary Standards Lab at North Island. Jim offered suggestions on how to coordinate our low pressure round robin. Rick Ohlendorf has left Schwein, so he will be unavailable to coach us on this ILC. Jim advised that we plan an organizational meeting of all interested parties, to draft a charter. New RPs will be mailed out soon from NCSLI. Jim recommended we closely follow the revised RP15 to organize our charter. His committee is available to guide us in this exercise. Pat Butler of Bosch offered a Setra, Model 239 pressure transducer. It is 0-30 in H2O w/ a 0-5 VDC output, or a Heise HQS-1, 0-10 inh2o, differential pressure sensor, installed in a Heise PTE-1. Bradley Fine of King NuTronics had previously offered a 3719 ADTS. Joe will send an to these participants to make a plan: Bob Van Patten, Delta Air Lines Bill Miller, Lockheed Martin Denver (Frontier) Keith Cable, Davis Inotek Ruben Salazar, Boeing Bradley Fine, King NuTronics Arif Suchendina has changed responsibilities at United Airlines; a new contact will be invited to participate. Next, Paul Hanssen, representative for Workplace Training, Inc., explained their computer based training courseware. WPT courses develop calibration training modules used for in-house metrology training and testing. Paul said these courses recently received FAA approval for IA (Inspection Authorization) renewal training; they also are eligible the AMT Awards program at our airlines. < Joe spoke on a traceability panel at the last NCSLI Conference. The panel went well, but time did not allow a questions and answers session. A similar panel is scheduled for the Minneapolis Conference. Joe asked all committee members to review his Traceability Presentation, and offer suggestions to expand it for the meeting. Closing the session Ric Nicholas from Boeing presented a summary on risk analysis and Guardbanding. Ric generously renewed his offer to hold uncertainty training for airline calibration technicians at no charge; travel and expenses, however, to be incurred by attendees. It was noted that the FAA is becoming diligent regarding measurement calibration capabilities in the airline industry. Uncertainty measurements are an integral part of each calibration result. Members of our committee will strongly encourage our supervisors to participate in and support this vitally important training. Chuck Nichols of Northwest reported they have rejoined the NCSLI, and plan to attend the next conference. Attendees: Joe Cebulski Siraj Rajabali Vic Cleland Ric Nicholas Andrew Lozinski Jim Wheeler Paul Hanssen Delta Airlines United Airlines United Airlines Boeing United Airlines Navy Primary Standards Lab Workplace Training AUTOMOTIVE METROLOGY Pat Butler Pat is jump-starting this committee. He was busy with a section meeting in October 2006 and there was no meeting at MSC. The next activity will be in St. Paul at the 2007 Conference. TESTING LABORATORIES Marlene Moore Marlene is organizing presentations for the Conference. She will participate in Chuck Ehrlich s traceability panel. SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE Jan Johansen The new Chairman is Jan Johansen of JJ Calibrations, Inc. He has completed the 159 Administrative Guideline that was approved at this meeting. ********* EDUCATION AND TRAINING Georgia Harris, V.P. Editor s Note: I edited Georgia s comprehensive report. Georgia or Editor for the complete file. 40

41 Committee News Strategic Roadmap. Completion of the Strategic Roadmap for Metrology Education and Training is one of our top 2 priorities for The strategic drivers, framework, and previously published papers and notes from sessions has been guiding activities and generating interest around the world. However, we need to have more specific goals and objectives identified for each area to guide our next steps and to be able to determine 10 years from now if we ve made a difference with all of our activities and interest. We have reflected on these challenges and objectives as we ve added activities and subcommittees during 2005 and Of primary concern is identification of suitable measures of success, milestones, and methods for tracking progress against the strategic challenges. Strategic Challenges Objectives Metrology & Standards Outreach. Ensure awareness of metrology, measurement sciences, and needs for calibration and standards in such a way that it is readily recognized by organizational managers and the general public. Career Opportunities. Ensure that clear career paths are identified and communicated as widely as possible and to ensure that labor statistics are tracked and available. Personnel Qualification. Ensure that appropriate methods or systems are in place to provide appropriate recognition and credibility for the metrology professions. Metrology Education. Provide multiple forums for metrology educators to interact, and to encourage sharing of ideas and resources, and to help ensure that stakeholder educational needs are met. Training Resources. Ensure that information and resources on metrology education and training are widely available and to ensure a high level of awareness. Training Opportunities. Ensure development, implementation, and recognition of real-time (fast-response) metrology training. Training Assessment & Certification. Develop and provide an infrastructure for assessment (and certification) of metrology training courses. Knowledge Management. Ensure that critical infrastructure needs for ongoing knowledge management are in place and flexible enough to capture and widely disseminate metrology expertise. Technology Trend Analysis. Ensure identification of potential education and training needs in support of measurements and standards needed for new technology infrastructures. Collaboration. Ensure that the entire metrology community and stakeholders work together to gain synergy in achieving our goals. Funding. Ensure that adequate resources are available to support metrology education and training. Education & Training Development Fund. Creating an Education & Training Development Fund is the second of the top 2 priorities for completion in We have an ad hoc committee that was assigned in January 2006 to work on this effort. We received input from our attorney and accountant in 2006 on actions that are needed for us to develop such a fund. Why is this important? Many of the projects that have been identified for Education and Training cost significantly more than is available in the general NCSLI operating budget. We need to have a system and infrastructure in place to collect charitable contributions and corporate sponsorships for specific E&T activities. What is needed? To move forward we need to: Pass a corporate resolution to create an Education & Training Development Fund that is consistent with the NCSLI Articles of Incorporation as a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation. Register with the State of Colorado for the Solicitations Act (if not already done). Create Administrative Policies on how we will: request funds, select projects for development, develop statements of work for projects, select proposals that are submitted, and manage contracts and grants. Ensure that individual contributions and total annual contributions are limited to the extent required by law to retain our non-profit status. Education & Training Award. The board approved the new E&T Award in The Administrative Policy was approved by the Executive Committee and is posted for review on the old NCSLI board website with the other Administrative Guidelines. The Request for Nominations was published in the Newsletter during 2006 and in Once nominations are received, a panel will review the nominations and may make the award at the annual conference. The deadline is July 1, CEUs will be offered for the 2007 NCSLI Workshop & Symposium and Tutorials. We periodically receive requests for CEUs at region/section meetings and associated training events (e.g., regional training/tutorials). We need to ensure that the Conference activities comply with the IACET requirements and then we can expand to include additional meetings, regional training/tutorials, and other related training activities. The same criteria associated with ensuring that the Conference and Tutorial sessions are IACET compliant need to be in place for region/section meetings, associated training events, and eventually regional training. We are also investigating the opportunity for issuing college course credit for training events through equivalency based assessments (e.g., American Council on Education, ACE). Completion of course-assigned projects or testing as evidence of learning would be required. NCSLI The NCSLI Workshop and Symposium for 2007 looks to have the largest collection of Education & Training papers/sessions ever! So 41

42 Committee News far there are 18 abstracts that have been submitted and we expect to have at least 7 and maybe 8 sessions. Our goal for the year was to have a full Track of E&T related papers. Work to coordinate this effort was begun by Mark Lapinskes and Gloria Neely at the 2006 Conference; efforts continued at the CENAM Symposium. More information will be included in the April Board report with details of speakers, titles, and sessions. We want to make sure that the Scholarship awards are presented during the luncheon on Tuesday at the Conference to enable networking among schools that we hope will be represented. Committee Activities: The following committee meetings are scheduled for the 2007 Workshop & Symposium: Sun: 164.1, E&T Education Liaison, Subcommittee: Outreach (Archbishop Ireland in the Saint Paul Hotel). We need to move this meeting to Tuesday morning. Mon: 163, E&T Personnel Training & Qualifications (Room 11 in River Centre). Tues: 164, E&T Education Liaison (Room 15 in River Centre). Wed: 163.1, E&T, Personnel Training & Qualifications, Subcommittee: Job Description (Room 15 in River Centre). Thurs: 160, E&T General (Room 8 in River Centre). TRAINING RESOURCES Helga Alexander We have a new committee chair, Helga Alexander, Keithley Instruments. Helga's interest in the training resources committee stems from her experiences as the Metrology Manager at Keithley Instruments. Her observation; that if you are lucky enough find someone who, because of their technical background and experience might make a good candidate for a metrology position, it is difficult to learn about training resources that will help turn this person into a good metrologist or metrology technician. She is therefore eager to try to build upon what is already available through NCSLI, and hopefully with the help of committee members, will be able to expand NCSLI's offering to its members. This year, the committee plans to concentrate on the following: 1) Maintain and expand the NCSLI training directory. Available on line here: < People are welcome to register and add training content at any time! Stand-up courses which expire can be added to the E&T Calendar here: < 2) Maintain and improve the training library. Available as a member benefit. Resources are noted and can be ordered from this site: 3) Regional training. We hope to get started with the planning on this, so that we can actually start hosting regional training events next year. We will be meeting at the conference in St. Paul to discuss this and other ideas for the future. Please contact Helga for more information and to get involved at <halexand@keithley.com>. PERSONNEL TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS Gloria Neely OJT Recommended Practice. The 163 committee continues to work on a recommended practice for Recommended Practice for Documenting Metrology Education, Training, and OJT. The abstract is as follows: This recommended practice provides a method by which metrology education, training, and on-the-job training can be documented in the metrology laboratory. The methods are designed to ensure that various aspects of training can be used to ensure compliance to the requirements of ISO/IEC and to facilitate acceptance of Metrology Education, Training, and OJT records by future employers. JOB DESCRIPTION WORKING GROUP Chris Grachanen This working group began with the specific charter to update the US Department of Labor Standard Occupational Classification system and Occupational Outlook Handbook with collaboration of the ASQ Measurement Quality Division. Progress and results on this work were published throughout the effort.the final report was published during 2006 and the group planned to disband. However, after discussion, additional follow-on projects have been identified for the working group to pursue Working Group on Standard Occupation Classifications Over the past couple of months I ve had several conversations regarding closure for the Metrology Job Description Initiative in order to best utilize the information gathered and leverage the analysis performed. The outcome of these conversations suggested the following new projects for the subcommittee: Publish Job Descriptions - Many job descriptions were submitted as a part of the ASQ-MQD & NCSLI project to update the Standard Occupational Classification and the Occupational Outlook Handbook which are maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor. A sample job description for each of the 3 new job titles should be developed and published as samples to include: Calibration Technician, Calibration Engineer, and Metrologist. These job descriptions should be published in the NCSLI Newsletter, on the NCSLI website and should be a part of a standard HR package. The project s previous job descriptions survey results (as compiled and administered by Professional Examination Services from submitted job descriptions) will be used as the basis for disseminating commonality in terms of education, skills and experience for each job description. Prepare/submit a Proposal to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) - A number of Metrologists have suggested that the standard titles and descriptions used by the U.S. Department of Labor are not used by OPM. This proposal would take the materials submitted to the Department of Labor and repackage them for OPM to update Federal job classifications. 42

43 Committee News Benchmark Salary Surveys - Quality Progress magazine recently published their latest salary survey. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also publishes salary data based on the Department of Labor classifications. Because the titles/descriptions for this professional field are so new, BLS data don t accurately reflect salary for metrology and calibration positions. This information would be useful as a part of a standard HR package. Create a Standard Package for HR Offices - A standard HR package would be very useful for a number of industries and for government agencies. There are very few Metrologists compared to other technical fields and requirements are often compared to technicians and laborers rather than technical professionals that often have science, engineering, or mathematical degree requirements. As a result, metrology and calibration positions are often much lower than appropriate. A package that includes titles, job descriptions, and salary benchmarks, along with level of responsibility descriptors similar to the categories used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics would be useful. The proposed standard HR package would use information obtained in items # 1 & Sub-committee Members: Jay Bucher Promega Corporation Christopher L. Grachanen - Hewlett-Packard Company (chair) Shawn B Mason Boston Scientific Gloria J Neely US Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Graeme C. Payne - GK Systems, Inc. Don Ruth - US Army TMDE Howard Zion Transcat Education Liaison Mark Lapinskes Scholarships. A list of scholarships will be proposed for the 2007 year at the April 2007 board meeting. A 5-year summary report will be presented as well. It is our hope that we can also collect statistics from the schools we ve sponsored on number of students graduating from the program in 2005 and 2006 for a proposal to the Board of Directors from the Outreach subcommittee regarding 1-year individual memberships for graduating students. Here are the statistics to date. All applications, usage reports, and agreements are forwarded to the NCSLI Business Office for filing before funds are distributed to the schools. One of the concerns regarding usage reports is that the numbers are often greater than just the metrology programs and include more than metrology students and more than the final year students. One program, for example, includes students from the non-destructive testing program in addition to the metrology program. Joe Simmons Memorial Scholarship. The Executive Committee of the Joe D. Simmons Memorial Scholarship has announced that its award was made to Daniel Child, a senior majoring in Manufacturing Engineering at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Child also works full time at a local company U.S. Synthetic as a Process Engineering Technician. His interest is in the application of quality sciences, including experimental design, statistical process control, Taguchi Loss Function, and process-capability indexing to manufacturing processes, along with production concepts such as Lean Manufacturing. He intends to pursue an industrial career after graduation in April Congratulations, Daniel Child! Outreach A new subcommittee under Education Liaison was started with Phil Smith, Keith Bennett, Dilip Shah, Chris Grachanen, and Mark Lapinskes. Charter Develop and support initiatives and programs enabling Metrology Education & Training Goals and Objectives Help advertise and promote Metrology Education & Training programs. Support the expansion, enhancement and development of Metrology Education & Training programs. Help advertise and promote new Metrology graduates to industry. Promote the Metrology profession as a viable, rewarding profession to potential candidates. Develop clearing house of Metrology & Education resources. Provide guidance/support for the donation of test equipment towards Metrology Education & Training programs. The following is a listing of agreed upon projects for the subcommittee (no particular order). These items will be presented during a special session at MSC and during a panel session at the 2007 NCSLI Workshop and Symposium: 1) Test Equipment Clearing House Provide guidance and help facilitate the donation of test equipment to metrology education & training programs in terms of tax related documentation and database of donations; 2) Multimedia Outreach Project Create a multimedia CD focusing on Metrology as a 43

44 Committee News career to include videos (one short intro e.g. elevator speech and one longer more comprehensive), hyperlinks and reference information about Metrology programs, Metrology resources, suggested reading, lesson plans at multiple levels, etc.. In addition, a brochure will also be created with the same Metrology as a career focus; 3) Graduating Student Outreach Program Provide new graduates of Metrology programs a congratulation letter and NCSLI welcome package (the possibility of a free 1 year student membership will be discussed with NCSLI Board of Directors at the April board meeting); 4) Establish an ANSI/ASTM Outreach Liaison Leverage existing outreach programs to help promote Metrology careers as well as learning how to enhance NCSLI education & training outreach programs; 5) NCSLI Section Coordinator Outreach Training Provide guidance for section coordinators on ways to get students & professors to attend section meetings during the 2007 conference training session for coordinators (Phil Smith is willing to assist with this training); and 6) Web-based Internship Posting Opportunity Provide web-based means for posting Metrology Internship opportunities Next Generation Education Outreach: Measurements, Metric, Standards, and Quality January 28, 2007 Editor s Note: This presentation was wide-ranging and comprehensive, with attention to Guidance Counselors, Elementary, Middle and High School students.it includes Vocational, Community Colleges and others. Georgia or Editor for a copy of the file. ********* DOCUMENTARY STANDARDS APPLICATIONS Larry Nielsen, now Derek Porter, V.P. Larry Nielsen has retired from the Board. NCSLI acknowledges and thanks him for his long service to our organization, and wishes him well in his retirement. CALIBRATION SYSTEMS RESOURCES Chet Franklin This committee met at MSC for a full day. They are looking for examples in key areas. LABORATORY FACILITIES Dave Braudaway Doug Cooper The Recommended Practice on Facilities is with the editor and is moving through the publication process. METROLOGY PRACTICES Howard Castrup Susan Castrup s update to RP-12 Determining and Reporting Measurement Uncertainties should be published this year. Derek thinks that it will be some time before the RP-1 Establishment & Adjustment of Calibration Intervals update is available. The committee continues to work toward revision or development of RPs for calibration interval analysis; measurement decision risk analysis; SPC and Bayesian methods; metrology decision support analysis; and uncertainty analysis. The following summarizes our activities and objectives. Calibration Intervals: Subcommittee Chair: Mark Kuster, BWXT Pantex LLC. Activity: Technical support. Provided telephone and support to NCSLI member organizations on various aspects of developing and operating interval analysis systems. RP-1 Update: Held a Working Group meeting on 1/24/07 in conjunction for 2007 MSC. Decided to update RP-1 with most needed material and hold other material for future updates. Measurement Decision Risk Analysis: Subcommittee Chair: Greg Cenker, SCE. Activity: Development of Measurement Decision Risk Analysis and Management RP (new) SPC Methods: Subcommittee Chair: Howard Castrup, Integrated Sciences Group. Activity: RP document development. Publication: TBD, SPC Methods for Metrology. Percent Completed: 15%. Work is still in-progress on extending current ANOVA methods to cover part variation, equipment variation, reproducibility, repeatability and uncertainty growth. Apart from technical support to the NCSLI membership, there was no activity to report for this quarter. Estimated Completion Date: March Decision Support: Subcommittee Chair: Pat Snyder, Boeing. Activity: Document development. Publication: TBD, Decision Support Analysis for Metrology. Percent Completed: 5%. This document will serve to integrate material from other Metrology Practices documents to assist in managing metrology programs. There is no activity to report for this quarter. Estimated Completion Date: February A draft RP titled Metrology Practices Decision Support Topics, submitted by Derek Porter of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, is currently under review. Uncertainty Analysis: Subcommittee Chair: Suzanne Castrup, Integrated Sciences Group. ACCREDITED STANDARDS Bob Fritzsche Appreciation Award to Jesse Morse At the Morro Bay Board meeting, President Jack Ferris presented a plaque of appreciation to Jesse Morse as the longest-serving chairman of the 174 Writing Committee. Jesse shepherded this committee through a number of difficult times. His most recent achievement is the publication of the new Z Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment. Derek Porter thanked Jesse for continuing to work with the new Chairman Bob Fritzsche to give him guidance. 44

45 Committee News Report: The committee held a meeting at the Measurement Science Conference in Long Beach on 24 January During the meeting, the committee discussed the path ahead after several years of dedicated work on ANSI/NCSL Z which was approved in August Combined with the adoption of ANSI/ISO/IEC as a national standard for laboratory accreditation, the approval of Z540.3 cleared the path for a withdrawal of Z (R2002). A letter ballot was sent to the committee on 19 October 2006 and closed on 18 December Comments on the proposal to withdraw the standard are currently being addressed. ACCREDITATION RESOURCES Dana Leaman Dana reported that she held a meeting of the Accreditation Resources Committee at MSC. They are working on the RP for traceability and developed their outline topics at the meeting. Her task now is to list these topics, order them and send it back out to the committee with writing assignments. Each person who attended agreed to take on a writing assignment. They hope to hold a teleconference before the St. Paul 2007 Conference and have a draft to discuss. The next face-to-face meeting will be in St. Paul at the 2007 Conference. Dana has now moved to a position on the Board and Barbara Belzer of NIST has been appointed to chair of this committee. CALIBRATION / CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES Dale Varner Derek reported that there is a tremendous amount of activity in this committee. They are working on a revision of RP-3 "Preparation of Calibration Procedures." They were close to finishing this RP last year but the Z540.3 standard was near completion and contained several references to calibration. Dale worked closely with Del Caldwell and the whole committee to incorporate these new items. MARKETING Jesse Morse, V.P. Activities: Membership flyer Most significant action this quarter is the culmination of the "Membership Flyer." It is a full color 16-page brochure, developed for mailings, section meetings, and conferences. It contains lots of graphics, organization details, benefits of membership. This project turned out very nice and on schedule. Copies were available at MSC. Fluke will be distributing copies at all its training classes, and other training teams will be encouraged to do so. This is a major step forward in aligning our marketing material to the new generation. On-line Searchable Library of Technical Articles One of the most important new services members asked for in our "Membership Needs Analysis Survey" last year was a searchable "Online Library of Technical Articles." This is an exciting new service that would include past conference papers. We could set up the library with papers back to Logo Store Another very important task near completion is the new logo store, on the NCSLI website It is stylish and powerful. It went live early January CDROM The 2007 CDROM is being compiled by a Canadian company. It will be available soon. Who's Who Volunteer Directory The 2007 directory is available as a.pdf file, reflecting all the organizational moves of recent date. A printed copy is easy to use, but all of this information is also displayed ON-LINE, with current status of all volunteers. Member Delegates can contact the Business Office for an electronic copy. Membership Initiatives Jesse made an introductory presentation regarding the membership dilemma, what the team has so far accomplished, and then reviewed the objectives in the 180 LRP with the team including discussion about what needs to be done going forward. Jesse presented a summary of the "Membership Needs Analysis Survey" The survey showed a very large interest in "obtaining training" via instructor led sessions. The team concluded that the "Roadshow" could become a significant marketing tool, and that marketing should take over the effort beginning in The "Roadshow" theme would/could be different each year. International membership strategies were discussed with Jack Somppi giving us an update on his recent trip through Korea, Thailand, and China where he spoke to more than 900. He is discussing NCSLI on all his travels. It was mentioned that we have only about half-a-dozen members in Mexico. NCSLI Marketing Team Members Jesse Morse Craig Gulka Dave Agy Jack Somppi Jim Smith Derek Porter Malcolm Smith VP Marketing & Chair NCSLI Business Manager Treasurer/Past NCSLI President Membership Committee Promotion Committee VP Western US Region VP International Region ********* CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT Carol Hockert, now Terry Conder, V.P CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Harry Spinks MEETING PLANNER REPORT Tom Huttemann Saint Paul

46 Committee News As a result of a pre-conference Site visit in December, the Operation Plan was adjusted to best fit all of the meetings. All meeting rooms are assigned, with most of the pre- and post- meetings taking place in the Saint Paul Hotel. The Tuesday night Banquet will be in the Great River Ballroom at the Crowne Plaza Riverfront. I sent the latest version of the Operation Plan to all Board members. Selections have been made for the Guest Program working with Becky Harris of Event Lab (Destination Management Services). The tentative choices are "Como Lake Zoo and Conservatory" on Monday, "Minnesota Landscape and Arboretum" on Tuesday, and "Padelford Riverboat Cruise" on Wednesday. International Event - recommendations made by Event Lab are being considered by Barbara Belzer. Exhibit Hall - at this time 151 booths spaces are sold. Orlando Nothing new to report this past quarter, except that the Swan and Dolphin just spent $60 million to "provide a new look and create a more stylish space to foster success of our meetings". Future Conferences The Swan and Dolphin on the Disney property in Orlando will be the Site of our 2008 Conference. The site for 2009 will be San Antonio and for 2010 Providence, Rhode Island. In 2012 the Conference will be in Sacramento and 2014 Orlando. A special site for our 50th anniversary in 2011 is still being looked at. REGISTRATION/EXHIBITS/SPONSORS Craig Gulka TECHNICAL PROGRAM Karen Semer Karen Semer has an abstract review committee consisting of Derek Porter, Tom Wunsch, Rod Mahoney, Dick Pettit, Seton Bennett and Karen Semer. Karen is in contact with those who are putting sessions together. Everyone on committee please encourage those we work with to submit talks. They are looking for basic metrology talks as well as others. Karen will be sending instructions for reviewers to Craig to put up on website for abstract review committee. PUBLICITY Jesse Morse FINANCE Dave Agy BEST PAPER Shawn Mason CONFERENCE EVALUATION Terry Conder ENTERTAINMENT Barbara Belzer A contract with Joe Bufalino has been signed, and he is looking for local entertainment. Barbara will be speaking to Joe Bufalino every other week DOOR PRIZES Steve Doty Steve plans to get the guidelines written on our policy of accepting donated door prizes within the next month or so. He also asked for an increase in his budget for 2008, and to include that in the long range plan for PHOTOGRAPHY Mike Suraci SITE SELECTION CHAIR Tony Anderson The Site Selection Committee made a pre-conference visit to St. Paul, MN in December as part of the planning for the 2007 Conference. As well as visiting the convention center and contracted hotels, the committee also visited some possible venues for the International evening and met with a destination management company to discuss possible ideas for the guest program. In the last quarter, hotel contracts have been signed for Providence, Rhode Island for the 2010 conference and for Sacramento, California in The dates are as follows: Providence, RI July 25 to 29, 2010; Sacramento, CA July 29 to August 2, Poster sessions - Plan for this year is to decide on poster sessions after all abstracts are in and sort into sessions. Karen will determine if it works out to have poster sessions. Instructions for submitting an abstract will ask that they include an explanation of how their paper will be useful to attendees. Abstracts that contain more information and are clear usually get higher marks. Karen will add more info on how their paper will appeal to their audience. TUTORIALS Klaus Jaeger Klaus said schedule is set for 27 tutorials, including 3 all day tutorials, and Craig has everything for publication. Tom has rooms. Impress upon everyone not to volunteer more slots for tutorials. New tutorials submitted will be considered for

47 NEWS FROM THE NMIs INMS REPORT Alan Steele Metrologists at Canada s Institute for National Measurement Standards are committed to make a significant contribution to the Strategy for the National Research Council Canada visà-vis Canada s key priorities for the 21st century: health and wellness, sustainable energy and the environment. Under the INMS umbrella, length and ionizing radiation standards, and chemical metrology have potential to develop applications that can benefit each of these priorities. The institute s multi-disciplinary approach extends cross-institutes with collaborations with the Institute for Microstructural Sciences, the National Institute for Nanotechnology, the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, and the Industrial Materials Institute. Metrology for Nanotechnology Currently, in the dimensional metrology program, the infrastructural role of metrology for nanotechnology gained the notice of the NRC President with a demonstration of a new calibration service for one dimensional length grating pitch. Artifacts with structures in the range of 10μm down to a few nanometers are used to calibrate the lateral scale of scanning probe microscopes used in nanotechnology. Using an optical diffractometer, our current capability is for nominal pitch values of P=350 nm or greater with expanded measurement uncertainty in the order of 10-5 P. The NRC imaging diffractometer measures the angle made by diffraction orders when the grating is illuminated by a laser beam. Diffractometer instruments measure the pitch of a grating within the area illuminated by the laser beam spot, yielding an evaluation of an average pitch value based on hundreds, even thousands of grating lines. The technique offers direct traceability to the SI definition of the metre with small uncertainty, obtained by the use of a calibrated laser and a calibrated angle measurement facility. This new NRC- INMS calibration service draws upon expertise in classical laser and angle metrology to provide a solid foundation for delivering the SI metre to clients working at the nanoscale. Interest in our work in this area led to a successful submission to the NRC Minor Capital Reserve Competition that will help fund the purchase of a commercial atomic force microscope (AFM) system to begin making measurements and gain expertise in the techniques immediately, as well as optical and electronic components and additional motion stages for in-house development of traceable calibration methods for these systems. This new program is expected to contribute as one of the initiatives within an NRC cross-institute program for nanotechnology, enabling the sharing of measurement science expertise at INMS with existing experimental nanotechnology capabilities and leadership held by a number of other NRC Institutes. In the past year INMS has taken concrete steps to achieve this collaborative goal: obtaining new funding from the NRC-Taiwan Partnership, hiring a new Research Officer, and launching a project in dimensional characterization by optical diffractometry. Outreach activities include building relationships and identifying opportunities for collaboration with other NRC Institutes and with the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in the USA, and engaging with other government departments such as Environment Canada and Health Canada. Acquisition of metrological AFM capabilities will further enable a leadership role for INMS in the NRC-Taiwan R&D collaboration in the topic area of materials properties characterization. Development of a traceable AFM gives INMS the technological foundation to collaborate with IMI, IMS, SIMS and NINT on nanotechnology projects, including measurement comparisons, evaluation of uniformity and reproducibility of nanoimprint lithography samples, and characterization of carbon nanotube samples. The system INMS plans to build will provide sub-nm resolution and an anticipated accuracy of U(k=2)~0.5 nm. It will provide a unique capability within Canada and will enable INMS to collaborate with the best National Metrology Institutes from around the world. Lastly, on the metrology for nanotechnology front, NRC-INMS organized the 2007 Tri-National Workshop on Standards for Nanotechnology in Ottawa. This one-day workshop to be held on 7 February will focus on topics related to recent discussions of ISO TC229 Working Groups on Measurement and Characterization, and on Health, Safety and Environmental Aspects of Nanotechnologies. Researchers from Mexico, the United States and Canada who are active in exploratory and applied areas of nanotechnology R&D will lecture on recent work and knowledge gaps, which impede further development, toxicological studies, and commercialization of nanotechnologies. The workshop will also provide a forum for the national metrology institutes of Canada, United States, and Mexico to share information and explore new ways to work together on issues related to trade, standardization, and characterization. INMS Quality System Since November 2005, NRC-INMS has presented to the SIM Quality System Task Force (QSTF) reports based on the external peer reviews of the Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs) of seven areas of our metrology work. Appendix C of the BIPM s KCDB now lists NRC-INMS calibration and measurement capabilities in Photometry and Radiometry Standards, Acoustical Standards, Electrical Power Measurements, Dimensional Metrology, and Mass Standards (2005), Electrical Power, Thermometry and Electrical Standards (2006). The MRA gives users reliable quantitative information on the comparability of national metrology services and provides the technical basis for wider agreements negotiated for international trade, commerce and regulatory affairs. 47

48 News from the NMIs In October, November, and December 2006, successful external peer reviews of the Optical Frequency and Time Standards Programs and the Chemical Metrology and Ionizing Radiation Standards Groups were completed. The CMCs for these will be presented to the QSTF of our regional metrology organization in February The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is INMS third-party accreditor of our Quality Management Systems. Congratulations to the Dimensional Metrology staff of the Thermal and Mechanical Metrology Group, who are the first to receive their formal accreditation by the SCC. International recognition of research expertise Many times over, the leadership and expertise of Dr. Barry Wood has been recognized and celebrated in the past year. Dr. Barry Wood, Principal Researcher in Electrical Standards Group,. has been appointed chairman of two important international committees that seek to improve the international system of units, the SI. Dr. Wood will Chair both the CIPM Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism (CCEM) WGSI (Working Group on the SI), and the CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants, guiding work to formulate recommendations for the international implementation of proposed changes to the system concerning the integration of fixed fundamental constants to define SI units. When c was assigned a fixed value with no uncertainty in 1983 by the CGPM, our belief that the speed of light is an invariant of nature was reflected in the SI itself and thus tied the definition of the metre directly to the second. Recommendation that Planck s constant, h, the charge on an electron, e, and the Boltzmann constant, k β, be similarly fixed within the SI as values without uncertainty are expected, and will have consequences on base units such as the kilogram, the ampere, and the kelvin. This will be among the most significant changes in measurement since the adoption of the SI, over a century ago, and discussions are scheduled for the CGPM meeting in October of this year. At its meeting in November 2006, the IEEE Board of Directors elevated Dr. Wood to IEEE Fellow, effective 1 January 2007, with the citation: for contributions to fundamental electrical measurement standards. Each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients, with extraordinary records of accomplishments, for one of the its most prestigious honors in the society, elevation to IEEE Fellow. For the third year in a row, INMS captured the one of the Best Paper Awards at the annual NCSLI conference. In Nashville, in 2006, Barry Wood took top honours in the International Category for his paper entitled The NRC Calculable Capacitor and its Role in the SI, which also earned the Astin Award for the best paper overall. Dr. Wood has also been awarded the National Research Council s Outstanding Achievement Award for Outstanding Leadership in Measurement Science to be presented in February Transfer of knowledge to the metrology community Pressure Metrology Course Thirty-one engineering and technical personnel from various industries and government departments participated at the INMS Basic Pressure Metrology Course in November Fifteen of the attendees extended their stay at the institute to participate in the optional hands-on training. Three manufacturers and distributors of pressure instrumentation exhibited and demonstrated their products. During the 2-day basic course, a variety of topics on pressure measurement pressure transducers, dead-weight pressure balances, mass calibrations and measurement uncertainty were presented. During the laboratory sessions, the participants got to work with various pressure measuring devices including hydraulic and pneumatic dead-weight pressure balances. BEAM Course The Ionizing Radiation Group held their 13th BEAM course in October 2006 with 16 students from 8 countries participating - six Americans, two each from Canada, England and Australia, and one each from Japan, Ireland, Spain, and Austria. Eleven came from hospitals, medical centres, and cancer clinics, four from research laboratories and one from industry. Reaffirmation of Commitment to SIM and CIDA The CIDA project, Improved Metrology Infrastructure for Costa Rica, jointly signed by NRC-INMS and Laboratorio Costarricense de Metrologia (LACOMET, the NMI of Costa Rica) continued to post excellent benefits in its third year. The goal of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the Laboratorio Costarricense de Metrologia (LACOMET) as Costa Rica s national metrology institute (NMI), both in its role of maintaining and disseminating primary measurement standards and in providing technical support to the Ente Costarricense de Accreditacion (ECA) laboratory accreditation program. Several LACOMET staff members spent internships ranging from one to three months at INMS for training by senior INMS staff. Olman Ramos Alfaro worked for 3 months with George Chapman in Mass Standards; Sandra Rodriguez and Oscar Martinez were mentored by Scott Willie in Chemical Metrology; and Adrian Solano worked alongside John Acsin in the Thermometry Group. The experience of NRC-INMS in measurement standards, in addition to NRC s research knowledge and experience in the development of certified reference materials and of all of the primary and some secondary thermometric fixed points of the International Temperature Scale of 1990, (ITS-90) can be transferred to LACOMET. Successful transfer of the technology was further assured by subsequent visits to LACOMET by INMS staff. Activities in mass metrology and thermometry during these internships have been designed to provide the additional benefit of demonstrating equivalence of physical standards maintained by LACOMET to those of NRC-INMS. As a result of this project, LACOMET will also be much betterpositioned to improve the overall quality of measurement in Costa Rican laboratories, both through direct assistance and indirectly through technical support of the ECA laboratory accreditation program. IMEKO The Institute for National Measurement Standards was admitted as the Canadian member Organization to the International 48

49 News from the NMIs Measurement Confederation, IMEKO, a non-governmental federation of 36 Member Organizations concerned with the advancement of measurement technology. In 2004 the IMEKO General Council entrusted the NRC-INMS to organize the next TC12 Symposium on Temperature and Thermal Measurement TEMPMEKO 2007, which will be held in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. SIM General Assembly 2007 NRC-INMS will host the next SIM General Assembly in Ottawa during the week of September, NIST NEWS ********* NIST FY2008 BUDGET ANNOUNCED President George W. Bush's fiscal year (FY) 2008 budget proposal submitted today to Congress for the Commerce Department's Technology Administration (TA) is $642.3 million, of which $640.7 million is for the Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The budget request for NIST includes $594.4 million for NIST's core research and facilities programs, an 11 percent increase over the President's FY 2007 request and a 21 percent increase over the proposed FY 2007 continuing resolution recently passed by the House and sent to the Senate. The President's request will implement key components of the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI), which is designed to enhance our nation's capacity to innovate. A news release and budget table are available here: < ********* SOME NEWS ITEMS FROM NIST Dr. Belinda Collins 1. NVLAP and A2LA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI). Under this memorandum, A2LA and NVLAP will accredit electromagnetic compatibility testing laboratories to VCCI administered technical requirements. 2. The US Measurement Support (USMS) Report has been published. Craig Gulka and the NCSLI Business Office plan to distribute the report to NCSLI members. Belinda gave a presentation on the USMS at the recent Measurement Science Conference (MSC). 3. Technology Services is fully staffed. George Arnold, her new Deputy, is now in place. She has asked him to look at the NIST patent license portfolio. This may result in a slight increase in information about intellectual property available from NIST. 4. NIST is considering developing research innovation centers. They will also be doing more partnering with universities. An arrangement was just signed with the University of Maryland for a Quantum Computing Center. The Joint Research Institute of NIST and the University of Colorado (JILA) is very successful. There is a center for advanced research in biotechnology planned with the University of Maryland. The Hollings Marine Laboratory in South Carolina is an active partnership with the University of South Carolina and NOAA. 5. NIST has been working with the European Union with regards to metric issues. A directive set to take effect in 2010 will allow only metric labeling and exclude dual metric / Imperial labeling as is currently done in the United States. NIST is working to have the directive changed soon since industry would need to begin work now to meet the 2010 deadline. The EU has opened the topic for discussion and is looking for comments before March 1, For further details refer to < ********* NEW STRONTIUM ATOMIC CLOCK HAS SUPER- FINE 'TICKS' Using an ultra-stable laser to manipulate strontium atoms trapped in a "lattice" made of light, scientists at JILA, a joint institution of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have demonstrated the capability to produce the most precise "ticks" ever recorded in an optical atomic clock. In addition to timekeeping, JILA's strontium lattice may have applications in precision measurements of high frequencies and quantum computing. The JILA design described in the Dec. 1 issue of Science* is a leading candidate for next-generation atomic clocks that operate at optical frequencies, which divide time into much smaller and more precise units than the microwaves used in today's standard atomic clocks. The research team led by NIST Fellow Jun Ye achieved the highest "resonance quality factor"-indicating strong, stable signals when a very specific frequency of laser light excites the atoms-ever recorded in coherent spectroscopy, or studies of interactions between matter and light. "We can define the center, or peak, of this resonance with a precision comparable to measuring the distance from the Earth to the sun with an uncertainty the size of a human hair," according to co-author Martin Boyd, a CU-Boulder graduate student. Although the new strontium clock currently is less accurate overall than NIST's mercury ion clock, it is among the best optical atomic clocks described to date in the published literature, and because it produces much stronger signals, its "resonant" frequency was measured with higher resolution than in the mercury clock. The result is a frequency "ruler" with finer hash marks. Improved time and frequency standards have many applications. For instance, ultra-precise clocks can be used to improve synchronization in navigation and positioning systems, telecommunications networks, and wireless and deep-space communications. Better frequency standards can be used to improve probes of magnetic and gravitational fields for security and medical applications, and to measure whether "fundamental constants" used in scientific research might be varying over time-a question that has enormous implications for understanding the origins and ultimate fate of the universe. For more details, see < The JILA research is supported by NIST, the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation. *M.M. Boyd, T. Zelevinsky, A.D. Ludlow, S.M. Foreman, S. Blatt, T. Ido, and J. Ye. Optical atomic coherence at one second time scale. Science. Dec. 1,

50 News from the NMIs NVLAP AND A2LA SIGN MOU WITH VCCI NVLAP and A2LA entered into an MOU signed on December in Tokyo, JAPAN with the Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI). The VCCI was formed in December 1985 by four Japanese industry associations in response to a government request that electronics manufacturers participate in the control of electromagnetic interference (EMI). The VCCI compliance program is voluntary in the sense that participation is not legally mandated; however, it is widely supported by major Japanese companies, and the meeting of its criteria, as evidenced by the application of the VCCI compliance label, is increasingly perceived as an indication of product quality. Under this memorandum, A2LA and NVLAP will accredit electromagnetic compatibility testing laboratories to VCCI-administered technical requirements, as part of an assessment of the laboratories' conformance to ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. NVLAP and A2LA will notify VCCI directly with all pertinent information for those laboratories that are accredited to perform testing to VCCI-administered technical requirements. A form has been developed to capture the necessary information requested by VCCI. This form will be completed during the course of the assessment. For questions or comments on this agreement, please contact NVLAP at To learn more about VCCI, we invite you to visit the VCCI web site at: ********* NEW SENSOR DEVELOPED BY NIST FOR CALI- BRATING AFM FORCE SENSITIVITY A collaboration of researchers from MEL, EEEL, and MSEL has resulted in a new artifact for the calibration of atomic force microscope force sensitivity. In an abstract submitted for presentation at the Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society, Jon Pratt, John Kramar, and Gordon Shaw of MEL; Douglas Smith of MSEL; and John Moreland of EEEL describe the design, performance testing, and calibration of a new piezoresistive cantilever force sensor fabricated in the NIST clean room facility in Boulder, CO, and tested in the NIST Small Force Metrology Laboratory in Gaithersburg, MD. The sensor is essentially a cantilever beam that rotates about a flexure hinge. The hinge is formed using two parallel beam elements nominally 5 micrometers wide, 50 micrometers long, and 3 micrometers thick. The actual cantilever consists of a beam 50 micrometers wide, 450 micrometers long and over 6 micrometers thick. The hinge and cantilever are fabricated as a monolithic structure from a silicon-on-insulator wafer using well-established bulk micromachining processes. The resulting silicon structure is doped with boron using a diffusion process that creates a piezoresistive strain sensor capable of detecting the moment applied to the hinge as a change in the nominal resistance of the device. The sensor can function as either a force reference or stiffness artifact, and it features a series of fiducial marks along its length indicating calibration points for stiffness and force sensitivity. Initial measurements using the device reveal stiffness values that vary as a simple quadratic function of the distance along the beam, ranging from a high of 12.7 N/m near the cantilever base to a low of 0.4 N/m near the free end. In contrast, the force sensitivity varies linearly with this displacement, and ranges from ohms/micronewton to 0.4 ohms/micronewton. This project was funded by ATP. CONTACT: Jon Pratt, < jon.pratt@nist.gov>. ********* MEL-HOSTED WORKSHOP ON TORQUE METROLOGY GATHERS INDUSTRY INPUT MEL hosted and conducted an industry workshop on torque metrology on September 12, 2006, to assess industry needs and priorities regarding the traceability of torque measurements and the prospective role of NIST to provide torque metrology services. Currently, NIST provides services related to traceable measurements of force and length, but does not provide torque measurement services. MEL researchers Rick Seifarth and Sam Ho led the efforts to organize and plan the workshop. Workshop attendees included the ASTM Chair for torque metrology, transducer manufacturers and users, calibration laboratories, and NIST staff. Interest in torque measurement is increasing throughout the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, and biomedical industries. Whether needed for a bolt on a car or a critical engine component in a turbine engine, industry associates accurate torque measurements with reduced costs due to fewer manufacturing defects and with decreased liability due to fewer accidents resulting from part failure. In realizing smaller uncertainties in torque measurement, industry representatives indicate a stronger need for direct traceability to NIST for these measurements. The workshop focused on the current state of torque metrology in the United States, the challenges faced by industry while realizing torque from the fundamental units, the needs of the torque metrology community, and the adequacy of the current dissemination approach. MEL researchers Zeina Jabbour, Ted Doiron, and Seifarth presented talks on NIST services in mass, length, and force metrology, respectively, and the impact of measurement uncertainties and traceability with regard to torque measurement. Interface, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ) and HBM (Marlboro, MA), both manufacturers of torque devices, gave workshop presentations that emphasized that torque traceability is a growing need for their customers. Mike Tovey of Tovey Engineering (Phoenix, AZ), and chair of the ASTM subcommittee on torque, presented his view that NIST must be central in supporting and standardizing torque measurements and traceability in the United States. Similar perspectives were voiced during presentations by Instron and EMS, as well as by other attendees during small group discussions. The industry input at this workshop echoed similar messages obtained during a recent site visit to the Boeing Company made by Jabbour and Seifarth. Boeing staff expressed their desire to have direct NIST traceability and torque metrology services to meet their substantial needs. The workshop culminated with tours of the NIST mass, length, and force laboratories. Taking the results of this workshop and other industry interactions into consideration, MEL management will balance those requests with the needs of its other customers to determine the appropriate response and the future NIST role in the area of torque metrology and services. CONTACT: Rick Seifarth. <ricky.seifarth@nist.gov> 50

51 News from the NMIs President s Message (from page 3) EEEL RESEARCHERS PROVIDE FIRST QUANTUM- BASED AC VOLTAGE CALIBRATION TO U.S. INDUSTRY Researchers in EEEL's Quantum Electrical Metrology Division (QEM) have completed the world's first quantum-based ac voltage calibration and have delivered results with unprecedented accuracy to a major U.S. manufacturer of calibration and test equipment. To make this calibration, a thermal transfer standard was measured directly against a quantum ac source using pulse-programmable Josephson junction arrays. This ac Josephson Voltage Standard (ac JVS) is presently being developed into a calibration system by QEM researchers in Gaithersburg, MD, using technology developed by QEM personnel in Boulder, CO. The customer's thermal transfer standard was calibrated directly against the ac JVS at voltages ranging from 2 mv to 100 mv at frequencies from 2.5 khz to 20 khz. Owing to the quantum-based accuracy of the ac JVS, the uncertainties associated with traditional range-to-range scaling techniques for thermal converters are excluded from the uncertainty analysis. For this particular calibration, the ac JVS enabled reductions in uncertainty of more than an order of magnitude at the lowest voltages, and reductions of more than 10 percent at 100 mv. The measurement uncertainties at the lowest voltages are by far the smallest ever given for an ac measurement. Although this calibration demonstrated the unprecedented performance of the ac JVS, it was a special test not generally available to calibration customers. QEM researchers in Gaithersburg, MD, are continuing to integrate the ac JVS into the calibration service for thermal transfer standards in order to bring quantum accuracy to the routine calibration service. In Boulder, CO, QEM personnel are developing a next-generation quantum chip with 200 mv maximum output voltage. Achieving 200 mv output voltage will enable the quantum standard to operate at voltages accessible by the QEM's multijunction thermal converter primary standards, already the world's most accurate ac metrology instruments in the voltage range from 200 mv to 2 V, and enable significant reductions in uncertainty from 2 V all the way down to 2 mv. CONTACT: Thomas Lipe, <thomas.lipe@nist.gov>. RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS In the upcoming issue of the NIST Journal of Research, the Optical Physics Division will publish "Once is Enough in Radiometric Calibrations" by Gerald T. Fraser, Charles E. Gibson, Howard W. Yoon, and Albert C. Parr. These authors report that the successful development of an Optical Technology Division quality system for optical radiation measurement services has provided the opportunity to reconsider the existing calibration procedures to improve quality and reduce costs. We have instituted procedures in our calibration programs to eliminate uninformative repetitive measurements by concentrating our efforts on controlling and understanding the measurement process. The first program in our calibration services to undergo these revisions is described in this paper. A full text of the paper is available on request. The Laboratory Facilities Committee (172) is developing a new Recommended Practice on verification of laboratory environments. The Metrology Practices Committee (173) is planning to complete the next revision of RP 1 Calibration Intervals, develop a new Recommended Practice on measurement decision risk analysis and to revise RP 12 on Determining and Reporting Measurement Uncertainties. The Standards Writing committee (174) is planning to coordinate with the Metrology Practices committee on the revision of ANSI/NCSL Z540.2 The Accreditation Resources committee (175) is planning to start development of a new Recommended Practice on measurement traceability. The Calibration/Certification Procedures committee (176) is planning to update and publish RP 3 on Calibration Procedures. This listing of initiatives is an amazing list of the ongoing work of our committees in NCSLI. Each of these committees is open to new members and to input on their projects. If you have seen a project listed where you have an interest, I encourage you to contact the committee chair and get involved. Our committees do a tremendous amount of fine work on behalf of our organization and the metrology community. These committees are but one of the ways that NCSL International is "Serving the World of Measurement". NCSLI Business Office Last, but certainly not least, our business office has developed a new online store at < This store was developed as part of the 2007 operations goals and has industry and NCSLI publications and NCSLI logo merchandise available. Our Boulder Training Center will be hosting Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) preparation courses this year. The business office has also opened a new website at < that is a new source of information for members. Jack Ferris NCSLI President 51

52 NCSLI NEWSNOTES THE QUALITY CALIBRATION HANDBOOK: DEVELOP- ING AND MANAGING A CALIBRATION PROGRAM A new book by Jay L. Bucher If a business expects to be a player in their market segment, their product(s) must have the quality expected by their customers. This can only be accomplished with test equipment that produces repeatable, accurate, and traceable measurements and/or outputs. Without a quality calibration system in place, this cannot and will not happen. This book is about how to design, implement, maintain, and continuously improve a quality calibration system, with all the required documentation, traceability, and known uncertainty for each and every item of test equipment owned and used by any company, large or small. It will benefit companies that want to implement a program and also those that already have one in place. Some industries have tighter requirements than others on how they treat calibration; some are more specific about how their standards are read, while being vague about what is needed to meet calibration. Is there one tried-and-true quality calibration system that every organization can use as a foundation for its personalized program? There certainly is, and The Quality Calibration Handbook describes it. By using the quality calibration system outlined and demonstrated, any organization can put together its own version to meet its specific requirements and/or regulations. Quality calibration systems are the very foundation for improving research and development (R&D), production, and quality assurance arenas through accurate, reliable, and traceable calibrations of their test equipment. By ensuring the calibration of test equipment used in the production of genetic identity kits used by law enforcement at crime scenes, the guilty are often caught and the innocent exonerated. Calibrated test equipment used in support of the airline and automotive industries helps prevent disasters. At pharmaceutical companies, calibration technicians quietly lay the foundation for quality treatments that help keep us healthy, cure diseases, and sometimes prevent death. This book explains why a quality calibration system can be the difference between life and death, success and failure, and most important to shareholders and boards of directors profit and loss. Editor s Note: Where does Jay Bucher find time to write a book? In addition to his day job at Promega, he is also Newsletter Editor of the ASQ Metrology division. ********* METROLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS: POSTING AND SEARCH FUNCTIONS ADDED TO WEBSITE. Member organizations can now post their available internship programs on the NCSL International website < < S0223&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncsli.org%2Fjobsdatabase>. This is a wonderful resource tool for students seeking internship opportunities in the field of metrology and they are free to search the site for available postings. The Education and Training Outreach sub-committee (164.1) can be thanked for creating and implementing this new service. The subcommittee's newly created charter was designed to develop and support initiatives and programs supporting the study and training of metrology globally. According to Phil Smith, its Chair, the sub-committee determined that students studying metrology need a resource to find internship opportunities. It is believed that by implementing the NEW NCSL International web site service, this need will be met. "This new internship posting of opportunities will facilitate the pairing of metrology organizations seeking interns with the students from metrology learning institutes looking for field experience," said Smith. ********* SCIENCE OUTREACH TO TEENS IS A CHALLENGE John Minck Georgia Harris's Education and Training Committee has recognized the importance of working on Outreach programs to motivate teens into looking at science careers. More specifically, they are working on promoting our specialty of metrology. The journey of any particular teen to pursue a career in science is almost unique. Recently one of our Region/Section coordinators tried inviting local teachers to their meeting, and some have gone to speak at their high schools. Someone recently sent me a story of a young man, Shay Edwards, of Norco, CA. He had visited the Naval Surface Warfare Center as a sixth-grader, and watched a thermal imaging system display a picture of himself in bold colors which represented the heat coming from his body. From there he did further study and developed his own thermal imaging system, winning him first place in the regional science faire. His story is told in the Dec 11, 2006 issue of the Norco Press- Enterprise, and is available at this URL: < Editor's Note: I often try to obtain "permissions" to reprint such articles, necessary because of copyright laws. Yet, many publications insist that as a condition of granting permission, I have to reprint the ENTIRE text, word for word. So, I realize that simply sending you on your inquiring way with a URL for the story is not as satisfying as if I could just abstract the important parts of the story right here. Now you know more about the publishing business. 52

53 LIAISON NEWS ACCREDITATION BODIES Dana S. Leaman, Liaison Delegate A2LA - American Association for Laboratory Accreditation 2007 A2LA Assessor Conclave and Annual Meeting The 2007 A2LA Assessor Conclave and Annual Meeting was held March 20 through 26 at the Sheraton Columbia Hotel in Columbia, Maryland. The technical advisory committee meetings started on the 24th. A2LA - Expansion into Accreditation of Medical Testing Field In April 2007, A2LA will begin offering accreditation to ISO for medical testing laboratories. In conjunction with this new field of accreditation, ISO training courses are under development and are expected in Summer ACLASS - Assured Calibration Laboratory Accreditation Select Services ACLASS Offers Course on Measurement Uncertainty ACLASS held a 3-day training course on measurement uncertainty with special emphasis on electromagnetic calibrations in Nashville, TN, March 28-30, The course included general uncertainty practices and practical calculations needed for both low frequency and high frequency device calibrations, among others. This was not intended as a high-level statistics course, but more down to earth and practical. Additional uncertainty training will be offered as well later in the year. NVLAP - National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program New NVLAP Certificate of Accreditation In October 2006, NVLAP began using a new version of the Certificate of Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. The certificate now includes the following statement to convey that an accredited laboratory's management system meets the principles of ISO 9001:2000. "This laboratory is accredited in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005. This accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope and the operation of a laboratory quality management system (refer joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique dated 18 June 2005)" NVLAP-accredited laboratories may use the above statement on their test reports and calibration certificates if they supply, or provide access to via a website, the Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique as part of the package for their laboratory customers. The Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique was issued to counter a perception that accredited laboratories do not operate a recognized quality management system. Many accredited laboratories have had difficulty convincing their customers that they should be asking laboratories to be accredited to ISO/IEC rather than be certified (or registered) to ISO The situation became more acute with the publication of ISO 9001:2000, as some customers continually asked laboratories to be certified, when they really meant accredited. It is anticipated that the use of the above statement by both accreditation bodies and accredited laboratories will help to address the market issues caused by the confusion between these two terms. NVLAP Interactive Web Site Launched NVLAP has launched the NVLAP Interactive Web Site (NIWS), a web-based system that allows laboratories to submit applications for accreditation over the Internet. Participation is currently open to testing laboratories enrolled in the Acoustical Testing and Electromagnetic Compatibility and Telecommunications laboratory accreditation programs. The system will be gradually expanded to include all NVLAP accreditation programs. The NIWS was developed in response to both customer requests received through NVLAP's ongoing customer satisfaction survey process and the federal government mandate to provide customers with a way to electronically submit information. In response to the survey question, "How can NVLAP improve its accreditation service to you?" customers expressed their desire for a simplified application process utilizing on-line interactive forms that are pre-filled with data from the previous year's accreditation. In addition to providing better customer service, the NIWS enables NVLAP to comply with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA). The NIWS is expected to bring NVLAP closer to its customer laboratories and stakeholders by bringing e-government directly to them. By taking advantage of online automation, NVLAP is responding to the ever increasing expectations of an Internet-savvy public. Feedback is being collected from NIWS users to ascertain whether the system is user friendly and meets users' needs for e-business transactions. NVLAP Releases NIST Handbook 150:2006 The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) recently released the 2006 edition of NIST Handbook 150, "NVLAP Procedures and General Requirements." The new edition, which supersedes and replaces the 2001 edition, incorporates changes resulting from the release of ISO/IEC 17025:2005, "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories," and ISO/IEC 17011:2004, "Conformity assessment- General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies." NVLAP accredits testing and calibration laboratories that are found competent to perform specific tests or calibrations, or types of tests or calibrations. The program operates in accordance with ISO/IEC 17011, which requires that the competence of applicant laboratories be assessed against the accreditation criteria set out in ISO/IEC NIST Handbook 150, which includes those accreditation criteria, is for use by laboratories in developing their management system for quality, administrative, and technical operations. Laboratory customers, regulatory authorities, and other accreditation bodies may also use it in confirming or recognizing the competence of laboratories. 53

54 Liaison News NVLAP has entered into mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs) with equivalent accreditation bodies that comply with ISO/IEC and applicable MRA documents. Through MRAs, NVLAP actively promotes the worldwide acceptance of test reports and calibration certificates from NVLAP-accredited laboratories. The use of NIST Handbook 150 furthers cooperation between laboratories and other bodies, and assists in the exchange of information and experience and in the harmonization of standards and procedures. NVLAP currently has 750 accredited laboratories in 13 countries, representing 19 fields of accreditation. The new handbook is available for downloading on the NVLAP web site at < and is available in hard copy. Hard copies can be requested by at ********* INTERNATIONAL MEASUREMENT CONFEDERA- TION (IMEKO) Chester Franklin, Liaison Delegate IMEKO has 20 Technical Committees and they have many common interests with NCSLI committees. Check out their committees for possible collaboration at < IMEKO is still searching for an organization to replace ISA as the U.S. member. If you have any suggestions please forward them to Chet Franklin at or to Mladen Borsic, IMEKO VP, External Relations, at Here are some of the upcoming IMEKO events for 2007: May 20-24: Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation; Smolenice Castle, SLOVAKIA, May 21-25: 10th Symposium on Temperature and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science; Lake Louise, CANADA, June 14-16: 3rd Symposium on Measurement, Analysis and Modeling of Human Functions; Cascais, PORTUGAL, September 18-21: 14th Conference on Flow Measurement; Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, September 19-21:15th Symposium on Novelties in Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation in parallel with the12th Workshop on ADC Modeling and Testing and the 1st Symposium on Environmental Instrumentation and Measurements; Iasi, ROMANIA, November 19-21: HARDMEKO 2007: Symposium on Recent Advancements in the Theory and Practice of Hardness Measurement; Tsukuba, JAPAN, November 21-24: 9th Symposium on Measurement and Quality Control; Chennai/Madras, INDIA, November 26-30: 20th Conference on Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque / 3rd Conference on Pressure Measurement: Merida, MEXICO. The big one, the19th IMEKO WORLD CONGRESS will be in Paris in ********* AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY (ASQ) MEASUREMENT QUALITY DIVISION (MQD) Christopher L. Grachanen Date of Exam Sat for Exam Passed Exam % Passed June 7, 2003 (Pilot) % 6-Dec % May 23, 2004 (AQC) % 5-Jun % 4-Dec % 15-May % 4-Jun % 3-Dec % April 30, % (World Conf) 3-Jun % August 5, % (NCSLI Conf) 2-Dec % Totals: % Information on the CCT program as well as future exam dates may be found on ASQ's Measurement Quality Division's (MQD) website at: < While you're there, check out the latest issue of The Standard, MQD's quarterly newsletter at: < NCSLI's own Jay Bucher is editor of The Standard. ********* COUNCIL FOR OPTICAL RADIATION MEASUREMENTS (CORM) Sally Bruce, Liaison Delegate The Council for Optical Radiation Measurements Annual Conference is being held at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD, May This year's conference theme is "Optical Radiation Consensus Standards and Industry." CORM 2007 Conference Technical Coordinators are Daryl Myers and Richard Austin. For additional information contact Daryl or Richard at the following addresses: <daryl_myers@nrel.gov> <rlaustin@gammasci.com> Or visit CORM on the web: < < ********* INSTRUMENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA (ISA INTERNATIONAL) Mike Suraci, Liaison Delegate I have continued to forward ISA announcements to interested NCSLI Board members. Most of these are related to Education & Training. Georgia Harris has initiated an order for the Business Office for the ISA book: "Measurement Uncertainty," which presents a comprehensive tutorial of measurement uncertainty methods in a logically categorized and readily utilized format. Further information can be provided upon request. The following are the latest statistics for the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) program. Hearty congratulations go out to new Dec 2006 graduates! 54

55 Editor s Message (from page 2) travel is restricted these days, so I don't get to the Annual Conference. I wish you ALL could get to one of our Board meetings. NCSLI started in 1961, when life was simple. Buy an instrument, make a measurement, fix the instrument when it failed. By 1961, that measurement model was falling apart, and considering instruments in those days depended on vacuum tubes, it probably started failing back in the 1940s. Calibration and traceability and quality assurance were about to come into their own. I can remember voices in the wilderness. For example, two of Dave Mitchell's metrology engineers at Rockwell published a paper showing that an instrument on the test line, out of tolerance, would reject 4 times more good products than it would identify bad products. We remember the stories in our 2001 Commemorative Newsletter, related by Jerry Hayes of the Navy, Corona, and John Van de Houten of the Navy in 1956, who told us of the measurement quality problems of military system tests. Those measurement industry conditions led to the organizing of NCSLI in I think we had just 100+ organizations at first. At the Morro Bay meeting, it hit me again. This organization is AMAZING. The meeting runs 3 days. The Board minutes are 37 pages long. Dozens of committees, dozens of region/sections, two dozen Liaison organizations-they're not all at the Board meeting, but their reports are. Jack Ferris' President's message gives you some indication. New vice presidents, new committee people. Agenda topics that range from the global attention to World Metrology Day to survey data about how all of you liked the last Annual Conference in Nashville. I was serious earlier when I suggested that each of you members should try to attend a Board meeting sometime. They are deliberately scheduled into cities all around the country, and at the Annual Conference and the MSC Conference. As a member, you are entitled to be there. And incidentally, you can request a copy of any Board meeting minutes. Just contact Dave Abell or the Business Office. This is a wide-open organization, and we are pleased when members take an interest. They often have something to gain by knowing about our far-flung activities, and surely they should make their needs known to our management. I titled this piece, Cheerleaders, because that is what we are. Inside our own companies and organizations, we are the spokesmen and women for the metrology discipline. We fight for budget for what we know are crucial processes for our companies. I often tell friends that I publish a newsletter for a global trade association. But we're not like the typical trade associations, which are lobbying groups. We make our influence felt by means of our technology arguments. Yet, we are far, FAR more than cheerleaders. Just look at our connections. We have representatives from NIST on the Board, and connections to NMIs around the world. At the last Nashville Conference, Andrew Wallard of BIPM and Dr. Hatch Semerjian, NIST Chief Scientist, co-hosted a communications meeting for 30 NMI representatives from 19 different countries. Andrew is an active member of our Board, and his role at BIPM brings us into coordination with their global interests. We have Board Representatives from Canada, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Isn't it amazing that I can write a first person to someone in Japan, Kazami Hayakawa, our regional coordinator, if I need to find out something about metrology activities in Japan? I FINALLY got to a Board meeting, me on the left, with Jesse Morse of Fluke and Roger Burton of Honeywell, Kansas City. It was good to meet many new people on the Board. Dave Abell, Agilent retired, is back as our Secretary. He has harnessed some wireless technology so that agenda speakers wear a small microphone/transmitter. He is recording the talks as he types on his laptop, earphones on his head. Most of the speakers now use the well-accepted Powerpoint slide show projectors for their reports. As I watched all this, I was reminded of my time at Hewlett- Packard in the mid-1960s. Our microwave division had the tables in all the conference rooms modified with a square hole in one end, to fit a 3M overhead projector on a depressed shelf. That way the hot air blew under the table and didn't lift the transparencies and attendees' papers on the top of the table. Boy, we thought we were hot stuff with the latest overhead-slide technology, and I guess we were. But Adobe's.pdf files and Powerpoint slidesets and.doc files and the Internet of today are just revolutionizing our communications. There was a lot of musical chairs going on in our organizational assignments at the Morro meeting. I have a new boss, Lonnie Spires (l), here receiving an award from Past President Jeff Gust. You can bet, after 50 years of corporate activity, I am aware of the potential benefits of running my boss's picture here. We have connections to accreditation and certification activities around the world. This process of standards and audits is well-honed by now, and NCSLI has not only contributed significantly, but has members of our Board right in the thick of it. Roxanne Robinson of A2LA and Horst Czichos of Euromet come to mind. And think of the remarkable development of the NCSL/ANSI Z540 specifications. Many of you are too young to remember the 1960s profusion of government quality regulations, like MIL-Q In those days, some of our member companies had annual audit visita- 55

56 Editor s Message tions from SEVEN different government inspection departments, all to make sure that their Metrology procedures were intact, which were essentially the same procedures for all seven. One man, Gary Davidson, of TRW, took up the challenge to see if he could find acceptance in government circles to derive a SINGLE document which all contracting entities in our government procurement circles could accept. Granted, it took years, but it is a shining example of our abilities. And I might add, that some of our NCSLI connections and the memberships of various government agencies, helped it along. Knowing the right people is always crucial to getting things done. Not by lobbying, but by inventing a better mousetrap, Z540, where we created a win-win solution. Reading this newsletter regularly gives you a glimpse of how diverse our activities are, since I try to cover in some degree all of the different strategies, plans, activities, and results. But, I feel it is really important for all of you member delegates to understand that we are an organization of people, engineers for the most part, who have had to move quite a ways out of our region of personal comfort, to do all this organizational stuff. We are still a personal connection process, and you should NEVER be shy about picking up the phone and calling ANYBODY on our NCSLI management teams to get some information that your company needs for some global snag, or some process with standards work at NIST, or some regulations that are hamstringing one of your global facilities in a remote country. In each newsletter, I use one page to show scenes of each Board meeting. With those photos, I hope to convince you that in addition to their day jobs, all these industrial volunteers are working for you and your company, trying to foresee future needs, trade regulations, trade barriers, equity in trade, and the dozens of other hoops we have to jump through. The photos always show a Board meeting with terrific people interacting, out to dinner with their spouses, crowning the new president, or transacting NCSLI business at the bar. Believe it or not, most of our Board and management started just like you, managers in small company departments, and saw that they could contribute in the larger global scene. I have watched so many wonderful individuals grow and flourish in NCSLI for 3.5 decades. And for most of those years that I have edited this newsletter, I have tried to maintain a personality for our organization. The various national cultures that we depend on, and the different backgrounds that we come from. We shared some vicarious walking pains with Georgia Harris and her husband on their 2175-mile, 6-month trek up the spine of the Appalachian mountains. We shared some of the Chemo and bone marrow transfer pain with Gary Hysert of the Canada NRC as he was on his medical leave. We grieved for our friends who either grew old like Charlie White and Dave Mitchell, or who passed abruptly like Bill Brennant of Loral or Kent Crow of Ameren Power. We are a family. A highly sophisticated and learned family to be sure. You should join us in committee work, or in regional activities. At the Morro Bay Board meeting I just found out about another feature of our website. You as a member delegate have access to a private NCSLI website, using your member password. We now have some of the publications archived. For example, the newsletter has copies back as far as April 2004, and I am arranging to find older issues back to about 1997, perhaps earlier. Two issues are perhaps more important than others. The 45th and 40th anniversary issues included commemorative supplements which enlarged our historical view of how we started and where we came from. The 40th supplement looked backward at our history, including metrology as it was in 1961, as Jerry Hayes, William Wildhack, John Van de Houton, Harvey Lance, Charlie White and many, many others converged to recognize a need for an organization like NCSLI and get it rolling. The 45th supplement looked forward, taking credit for our past accomplishments and trying to figure where we were going and what future needs would be. John L. Minck Editor Reports from the Regions (continued from page 36) maintaining standards, managing cal/std business, producing and selling cal/measurement products. This year, on November 22, we will be holding our annual Symposium, hoping to gather about 400 to 500 people. For the next year, we have not determined exactly what we will be doing yet, but most likely we'll have similar activities as this year. We also have our web; < showing who we are, what we have been doing. It is nowhere close to what NCSL International is doing in the USA, but what we have been doing seems to have promoted awareness and needs to a larger population who are in this field of industry and research. Best regards, Kaz Jack is presently in China (5 cities, 10 days) and is working hard on establishing new Regional Coordinators while there. He has been talking about opportunities in China with Yeou-Song (Brian) Lee of Anritsu and on his current trip will be meeting with Mr. Xi Li, our existing China Section Coordinator. As well he will be meeting and talking about NCSLI national and regional NIM personnel. ed Regina Robertson of NATA following up on a NATA suggestion made a couple of years ago about "bundled" NCSLI memberships for their laboratory members. No reply yet. Jack has contacted the Metrology Society of Australia (MSA) who have also expressed (general) interest in talking with us (MSA and NATA appear to have an on-going working relationship). MYNCSLI.org I am really impressed with the versatility and comprehensiveness and usability that Craig has created with the NCSLI website. One of these years, maybe we won't even need a Newsletter, since you can get everything from the website. 56

57 NEW ENGLAND REGION Americal, Inc. Danvers, MA Member Delegate: Michael Papageorgiou (978) Coastal Calibration Laboratories N. Andover, MA Member Delegate: Brian Sams (866) Isotech North America Colchester, VT Member Delegate: Scott Sabourin (802) Universal Label Technologies Attleboro, MA Member Delegate: Kristen L. Howard (508) NY/PA/NJ REGION Apptec Philadelphia, PA Member Delegate: William E. Moses (215) Sypris Test & Measurement Sayreville, NJ Member Delegate: Matt Wood (732) Sypris Test & Measurement Richester, NY Member Delegate: Timothy Harris (585) Tadcon, Inc. Orangeville, PA Member Delegate: Terry H. Williams (570) MID-WESTERN US REGION Amylin Ohio LLC W. Chester, OH Member Delegate: Randy Farmer (858) Dynamic Technology, Inc. Cleveland, OH Member Delegate: Larry Follin (440) NEW NCSLI MEMBERS Instrulab, Inc. Dayton, OH Member Delegate: Aaron S. Hare (937) Sypris Test & Measurement Brooklyn Heights, OH Member Delegate: Ron Bartek (216) MID-ATLANTIC US REGION Covance Laboratories Vienna, VA Member Delegate: Thao Dang (703) Gilead Sciences, Inc. Durham, NC Member Delegate: J. Alan Overton, Jr. (919) SOUTHERN US REGION ECA, Inc. Pensacola, FL Member Delegate: Larry E. McKee (850) Modus Metrology Services Oak Ridge, TN Member Delegate: Edward Pritchard (865) NORTH CENTRAL US REGION Dynamic Technology, Inc. Arlington Heights, IL Member Delegate: Jim Morrissey (847) Natl. Association for Proficiency Testing Minneapolis, MN Member Delegate: Charles Ellis (763) Wichita Burner, Inc. Wichita, KS Member Delegate: Jason Jones (316) SOUTH CENTRAL US REGION American Airlines Tulsa, OK Member Delegate: Patrick Etherington (918) CENTRAL CA/NV REGION Genentech, Vacaville Operation Vacaville, CA Member Delegate: Paul Marciniak (707) Sypris Test & Measurement Sunnyvale, CA Member Delegate: Mark Reyes (408) SOUTHWESTERN US REGION Ectron Corporation San Diego, CA Member Delegate: Robert H. Clark (856) K-Light Laboratories Corp. Irwindale, CA Member Delegate: Jose A. Perez (626) Pacific Scientific - HTL Duarte, CA Member Delegate: John T. Kim (626) x198 CANADA REGION Canada Institute for STI Ottawa, ON K1A 0S2 Canada Member Delegate: Huguette Cousineau (613) EUROPEAN REGION Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica Torino, Italy Member Delegate: Giuseppe LaPaglia MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA REGION King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Member Delegate: Ahmed A. Fayoumi

58 2007 NCSL INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP & SYMPOSIUM July 29 - August 2, 2007 St. Paul, MN VP/Conference Management Terry Conder (651) FAX (651) Conference Director Harry Spinks (763) FAX (763) Minutes Lynn Matthews (425) FAX (425) Meeting Planner Tom Huttemann (252) FAX (252) Exhibits Craig Gulka (303) FAX (303) Registration Craig Gulka (303) FAX (303) Technical Program Karen Semer (740) FAX (740) Tutorials Program Klaus Jaeger (408) FAX (408) Guest Program Tom Huttemann (252) FAX (252) Publicity/Marketing Jesse Morse (425) FAX (425) Jim Smith (714) FAX (714) Finance Dave Agy (425) FAX (425) Joan Wilshire (303) FAX (303) Best Paper Selection Shawn Mason (763) FAX ( Conference Evaluation Terry Conder (651) FAX (651) Audio/Visual/Computer Larry Johnson (303) FAX (303) Awards Jack Somppi (425) FAX (425) Logistics Chet Franklin (951) FAX (951) Entertainment Barbara Belzer (301) FAX (301) Door Prizes Steve Doty (951) FAX (951) Photography Club Leader Mike Suraci (206) FAX (206) Site Selection Tony Anderson (407) FAX (407) VP Operations Lonnie Spires (810) FAX (810) VP Education & Training Georgia Harris (301) FAX (301)

59 NCSL INTERNATIONAL STAFF NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL SCHEDULE FOR Issue Date In Mail To Printer Last Editorial to Editor Jul Jul Jun Jun. 07 Oct Oct Sep Sep. 07 Craig Gulka Joan Wilshire Doris Schaffner Business Manager Office Manager Admin. Support Asst. <cgulka@ncsli.org> <jwilshire@ncsli.org> <dschaffner@ncsli.org> Jan Jan Dec Dec. 07 Apr Apr Mar 08 1 Mar. 08 EDITOR S NOTE: This schedule is for guidance for anyone who needs to submit material for publication in the Newsletter. Larry Johnson Jerah Walter Linda Stone Web Designer Computer Specialist Media Coordinator <lajohnson@ncsli.org> <jwalter@ncsli.org> <lstone@ncsli.org> NCSL International Business Office (303) Wilderness Place Suite107 or Toll Free (866) 519-NCSL Boulder, CO Fax: (303) <info@ncsli.org> < BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING DATES April 23-25, 2007 Toronto, ON, Canada NCSL MEETING PLANNER Tom Huttemann 170 Chicahauk Trail Southern Shores, NC (252) FAX(252) <thuttemann@aol.com> July 28, August 3-4, 2007 St. Paul, MN (in conjunction with the NCSL International Workshop & Symposium, July 29-August 2, 2007) FUTURE CONFERENCES 2007 NCSL International Workshop & Symposium July 29-August 2, 2007 St. Paul, MN 2008 NCSL International Workshop & Symposium August 3-7, 2008 Orlando, FL 2009 NCSL International Workshop & Symposium July 26-30, 2009 San Antonio, TX 2010 NCSL International Workshop & Symposium July 25-29, 2010 Providence, RI 2012 NCSL International Workshop & Symposium July 29-August 2, 2012 Sacramento, CA 2014 NCSL International Workshop & Symposium August 3-7, 2014 Orlando, FL October 22-24, 2007 Providence, RI

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