The NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi is pleased to invite you to attend the next installment of the NIST Frontiers lecture series! Don't miss the exciting talks on Quantum Networks & Complex Permittivity research from PML’s Krister Shalm, and CTL’s Nate Orloff, 2020 DOC Bronze Medalist and 2025 Richard M. Fulrath Award Recipient, in Boulder’s BLDG. 81 Room 1A116, and livestreamed on Zoom Events!

NIST Frontiers is a lecture series by and for the NIST staff, organized by the NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi to help bring staff together to learn about and be inspired by their colleagues and their cutting-edge work. Sigma Xi has reimagined NIST Frontiers to feature two NIST researchers sharing their work in an engaging short talk format, designed for all staff (technical and nontechnical alike) to learn from and enjoy!

The Katharine Gebbie Young Scientist Award recognizes Exceptional Science in Support of the NIST Mission by a NIST staff member or associate with no more than 10 years of professional experience (excluding career interruption) following receipt of their highest degree. The Lecture gives the Awardee the opportunity to share their research with the broader NIST audience. The Outstanding Service in Support of NIST Scientists Award recognizes Exceptional Technical and Administrative Support of NIST Scientists for invaluable support of NIST’s scientific excellence.

This year's lectures will be given by the 2025 Katharine B. Gebbie Young Investigator Awardees Hayden Evans of NCNR, whose talk is entitled "How Structural Dynamics in Porous Materials can Drive Next-Generation Industrial Gas Separations" and Ran Tao of MML, whose talk is entitled "Quantifying Flow and Cure for Mission-Driven Research: From Body Armor to Microchips". In addition, Sharon Rinehart of EL will be honored as the 2025 Outstanding Service in Support of NIST Scientists Awardee. A celebratory reception in honor of all awardees will be held immediately following the lectures.

Welcome to the Gaithersburg Winter Bash potluck event, spearheaded by the NIST Community Building Group and the NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi! We are excited to bring together NISTers from across the Gaithersburg campus for food and good tidings.

Sign up to participate:

• Contribute food or beverages to NISTgiving

• Volunteer for event setup, cleanup, etc.

Points of Contact: Adam Biacchi, Riley Wilson

The NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi is pleased to invite you to attend the next installment of the NIST Frontiers lecture series! Don't miss the exciting talks on Material Mechanics & Fundamental Constants research from MML's Edwin Chan, 2019 PECASE Awardee and 2023 Arthur S. Flemming Award Recipient, and PML's Stephan Schlamminger, 2022 Edward Uhler Condon Award Recipient and 2026 IEEE Fellow, in Gaithersburg's Green Auditorium and livestreamed on Zoom Events!

NIST Frontiers is a lecture series by and for the NIST staff, organized by the NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi to help bring staff together to learn about and be inspired by their colleagues and their cutting-edge work. Sigma Xi has reimagined NIST Frontiers to feature two NIST researchers sharing their work in an engaging short talk format, designed for all staff (technical and nontechnical alike) to learn from and enjoy!

The NIST chapter of Sigma Xi invites all early-career researchers to present a poster for our annual event. The poster content should focus on your NIST research topic (or research from a previous institution if you are new to NIST).  The Early-Career Poster Presentation will be held in-person on Wednesday, May 3 in the NIST Gaithersburg Building 101 Hall of Flags with a morning session (1o:00am-12:30pm) and an afternoon session (1:00pm-3:30pm).  Refreshments will be provided during both sessions. Poster presentation location and times will be assigned to each participant prior to the event. All participants and attendees are invited to an awards reception at the end of the day (4:30pm, Building 101 Heritage Room) where light fare will be served and the outstanding/most outstanding posters will be announced.

The NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi invites all Postdoctoral Fellows and Guest Researchers to present a poster at our annual event. The poster content should focus on your NIST research topic, or doctoral research if you are new to NIST. The PPP will be held online in 2022. All participants and attendees are invited to the Awards Reception where the most outstanding posters will be announced.

The NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi invites all Postdoctoral Fellows and Guest Researchers to present a poster at our annual event. The poster content should focus on your NIST research topic, or doctoral research if you are new to NIST. The PPP will be held online in 2021. All participants and attendees are invited to the Awards Reception where the most outstanding posters will be announced.

The NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi invites all NIST staff to join us for the Twenty-Fifth Annual NIST Sigma Xi Postdoctoral Poster Presentation (PPP). The PPP will take place on Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 in the Front Hall, and Lecture Rooms A and B of the Administration Building (Building 101). There will be two sessions: Session I (10:00 am to 12:30 pm) featuring categories Engineering (E), Information Technology (IT), Materials (Mat), Mathematics (Math) and Polymers (Po); and Session II (1:00 pm to 3:30 pm) featuring categories Biology (B), Biotechnology (Bt), Chemistry (C), and Physics (Ph).  Refreshments will be provided during both sessions. Please take this opportunity to meet NIST's newest researchers and to learn about the excellent work they are doing.

The NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi invites all NIST staff to join us for the Twenty-Fourth Annual NIST Sigma Xi Postdoctoral Poster Presentation (PPP). The PPP will take place on Wednesday, February 17th, 2017 in the Front Hall, and Lecture Rooms A and B of the Administration Building (Building 101). There will be two sessions: Session I (9:00 am to noon) featuring categories B (Biology), Bt (Biotechnology), C (Chemistry), E&M (Electronic and Magnetic Materials, and E (Engineering); and Session II (1:00 pm to 4:00 pm) featuring categories C&S (Computer Modeling and Simulation), EWE (Energy, Water and Environment), Ph (Physics) and Po (Polymers).  Refreshments will be provided during both sessions. Please take this opportunity to meet NIST's newest researchers and to learn about the excellent work that they are doing.

Please join us on August 15th, 4-6pm at the Heritage Room (Building 101 at the NIST Gaithersburg campus). Food and beverages to be served by Dogfish Alehouse.

RSVP at www.sigmaxiatnist.org/40th

The NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi will hold its annual awards banquet on May 25th at (time) at il Porto on 245 Muddy Branch Road here in Gaithersburg.  The event will begin at 6:00 PM.  The cost of the event will be $40, including complimentary beer and wine. 

NIST’s Matt Staymates will present a talk, “The Measurement Science of Trace Detection” (abstract below).

We will also present our annual awards, which will include, among others:

The Katharine B. Gebbie Young Scientist Award

Outstanding Service in Support of NIST Scientists Award

Outstanding Posters from the Postdoctoral Poster Presentations

Abstract

The detection of trace explosives and narcotics has become a growing area of research and development within the scientific community and homeland security, owing its status to the ever-increasing threat of terrorist activities around the world. NIST has developed a measurement science and standards infrastructure to support this homeland security effort by ensuring that the current technology is functioning as expected, and also accelerating the development of next-generation contraband detection technology. This presentation will provide an overview of a large research program at NIST that focuses on the measurement challenges associated with trace contraband collection and detection. Activities such as optimized swipe sampling, aerodynamic sampling, chemical detection techniques, optical, electron, and ion microscopy, next-generation prototype development, and standard explosive test materials will be discussed.

Please join us to honor the Outstanding and Most Outstanding poster award winners from the 23rd Annual Sigma Xi Postdoc Poster Presentation.

The NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi invites all NIST staff to join us for the Twenty-Third Annual NIST Sigma Xi Postdoctoral Poster Presentation (PPP). The PPP will take place on Friday, February 19th, 2016 in Lecture Rooms A and B and in the adjoining hallway in the Administration Building (Building 101). There will be two sessions: Session I (9:00 am to noon) featuring categories E (Engineering), M (Materials), and P (Physics); and Session II (1:00 pm to 4:00 pm) featuring categories B (Biology), C (Chemistry), T (Biotechnology), and Y (Polymers).  Refreshments will be provided during both sessions. Abstracts for the presentations may be found at http://www.sigmaxiatnist.org/ppp. Please take this opportunity to meet NIST's newest researchers and to learn about the excellent work that they are doing.