Top Banner

of 8

NPL eNews Highlights

Apr 14, 2018

Download

Documents

Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
  • 7/30/2019 NPL eNews Highlights

    1/8

    e-NewsHighlights

    e-NewsHighlightsMay 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    Science

    13

    BUSineSS

    45

    PeOPLe

    6

    ad FinALLY

    7cOntAct

    8

    May 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    nPL par o hGraph FlagshpNPL is part o the Graphene Flagship consortium that has been unded hala billion euros by the European Commission to develop the potential ographene along with related materials or applications in computing,batteries and sensors.

    The Graphene Flagship project aimsto develop new materials that willrevolutionise diverse industries. It willbe coordinated by theoretical physicistJari Kinaret at Chalmers University oTechnology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

    NPLs role in the project is twoold.Firstly, it will demonstrate moreaccurate and easy-to-use quantumstandards based on graphene andother low-dimensional materials, andsecondly it will develop and improvethe measurement methods that willhelp bring graphene technologies tomarket.

    Alexander Tzalenchuk, PrincipalResearch Scientist in NPLs QuantumDetection Group and the Principal

    Investigator on this project, said:

    We are proud to be part o the

    Graphene Flagship consortium,

    particularly as the sole National

    Measurement Institute rom Europe.

    This recognises our important

    contribution to the eld o graphene

    metrology and the essential role o

    measurement in underpinning the

    development o new science and

    technology or efective real-world

    applications.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/pl-par-o-graph-

    agshp

    NPL e-News is producedregularly and gives an overviewo NPLs activities, it provides asummary o key achievementsrom the last quarter and givesa snapshot o some o ourscientic, business andpeople-related highlights.

    Brian BowsherManaging Director

    Faurd posr

    STORM-ing through the diractionlimit: Light microscopes havea resolution limit o around250 nanometres, which meansanything smaller will appear

    blurred.

    Download this posterwww.pl.o.uk/publaos/s-

    posrs/sorm-g-hrough-h-

    dfrao-lm

    More NPL posterswww.pl.o.uk/publaos/s-

    posrs/

    http://www.npl.co.uk/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-part-of-graphene-flagshiphttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-part-of-graphene-flagshiphttp://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/storm-ing-through-the-diffraction-limithttp://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/storm-ing-through-the-diffraction-limithttp://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/storm-ing-through-the-diffraction-limithttp://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/http://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/http://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/http://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/http://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/storm-ing-through-the-diffraction-limithttp://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/storm-ing-through-the-diffraction-limithttp://www.npl.co.uk/publications/science-posters/storm-ing-through-the-diffraction-limithttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-part-of-graphene-flagshiphttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-part-of-graphene-flagshiphttp://www.npl.co.uk/
  • 7/30/2019 NPL eNews Highlights

    2/8

    Science

    2

    e-News Highlights | May 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    Rag o mldowScientists rom NPLs Temperature and Humidity Group have helped CEA(Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission o France) measure high

    temperature reerence standards in one o their research urnaces, which areused in studies to help minimise the risk o nuclear accidents through betterplant design and the improved understanding o stages involved in severereactor accidents.

    NPL is involved in a collaborative research project called High temperaturemeasurement or industrial applications (HiTeMS), which is unded by theEuropean Metrology Research Programme (EMRP). As part o this larger project,NPL and the National Measurement Institutes o France (LNE-Cnam) and Turkey(UME) helped CEA measure high temperature reerence standards in one o theirresearch urnaces. NPLs Dave Lowe, who worked on the project, said:

    Having their own xed points will allow CEA to calibrate their temperature

    measurement equipment in situ, giving them greatly reduced uncertainties

    and improved knowledge or designing saety systems.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/rag-o-mldow

    How la s our klogram?Periodically the UKs national mass standard, along with those o about40 other countries, is sent back to the Bureau International desPoids et Mesures (BIPM) or re-verication.

    As part o this exercise the BIPM cleans the kilograms using a process known asnettoyage-lavage (cleaning and washing). This involves manually rubbing the

    weight with an alcohol-soaked chamois leather, ollowed by washing in a jet osteam. The process is eective in removing the organic contamination that buildsup on all mass standards, but relies on the skill o the operator and has proved tobe difcult to replicate by other users at various National Measurement Institutes.NPL, in collaboration with BIPM, has developed a novel technique or the cleaningo primary mass standards which promises to be at least as eective as thenettoyage-lavage technique, but much more reproducible. The research currentlyunder way at NPL investigating the cleaning o primary mass standards orms parto a European project NewKILOto develop a practical means o disseminating theredened kilogram.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/how-la-s-our-

    klogram

    European project linkwww.newkilo.sk/

    Faurd SLur

    Room temperature solid-state maser

    NPL scientists demonstrate, or therst time, a solid-state MASER capableo operating at room temperature,paving the way or its widespreadadoption.

    See this lecturewww.pl.o.uk/s-lurs/room-

    mpraur-sold-sa-masr

    See more NPL lectureswww.pl.o.uk/s-lurs/

    http://www.npl.co.uk/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/reacting-to-meltdownhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/how-clean-is-our-kilogramhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/how-clean-is-our-kilogramhttp://www.newkilo.sk/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-lectures/room-temperature-solid-state-maserhttp://www.npl.co.uk/science-lectures/room-temperature-solid-state-maserhttp://www.npl.co.uk/science-lectures/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-lectures/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-lectures/room-temperature-solid-state-maserhttp://www.npl.co.uk/science-lectures/room-temperature-solid-state-maserhttp://www.newkilo.sk/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/how-clean-is-our-kilogramhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/how-clean-is-our-kilogramhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/reacting-to-meltdownhttp://www.npl.co.uk/
  • 7/30/2019 NPL eNews Highlights

    3/8

    Science

    3

    e-News Highlights | May 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    Faurd VdosBeginners Guide to Measurement in Mechanical Engineering

    NPL and the Institution o Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) have jointly launchedthe Beginners Guide to Measurement in Mechanical Engineering.

    Watch the video

    www.pl.o.uk/ws/pl-lauhs-w-gud-wh-mh

    Recyclable electronics: just add hot water

    NPL has developed a printed circuit board whose components can be easilyseparated by immersion in hot water, aimed at increasing the recyclability oelectronic assemblies.

    Watch the videowww.pl.o.uk/ommral-srvs/sor-

    as-suds/rylabl-lros-jus-add-

    ho-war

    nPLs Aual Rvw or 2012NPLs Annual Review or 2012 has now been published.The review is divided into sections on: Science; EconomicImpact; Quality o Lie; Working in Partnership; and OurPeople. It provides a review o last years science andengineering achievements and the economic and societalbenets o NPLs work.

    Find out more:www.pl.o.uk/publaos/aual-rvw/

    Faurd cas Sudy

    Laser-based acoustic mappingtechnique

    NPL has developed a laser-basedacoustic mapping techniquecollaborating with PMC loudspeakersto adapt the technique into a valuabledesign tool.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ommral-srvs/

    sors/advad-mauaurg/lasr-

    basd-aouso-op-mappg

    More NPL case studieswww.pl.o.uk/s-hology/s-

    as-suds/

    Faurd S Ara

    Radiation Dosimetry Group

    Find out more about NPLs RadiationDosimetry Group, who provide world-class research, calibrations, specialisedmeasurement services and trainingor the dosimetry o ionising radiationin cancer therapy, diagnostics andindustrial sterilisation or medicineand pharmaceutics.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/s-hology/

    radao-dosmry/

    Annual Review2012

    http://www.npl.co.uk/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-launches-new-guide-with-imechehttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-launches-new-guide-with-imechehttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/recyclable-electronics-just-add-hot-waterhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/recyclable-electronics-just-add-hot-waterhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/recyclable-electronics-just-add-hot-waterhttp://www.npl.co.uk/publications/annual-review/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sectors/advanced-manufacturing/laser-based-acousto-optic-mappinghttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sectors/advanced-manufacturing/laser-based-acousto-optic-mappinghttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sectors/advanced-manufacturing/laser-based-acousto-optic-mappinghttp://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/science-case-studies/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/science-case-studies/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/radiation-dosimetry/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/radiation-dosimetry/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/radiation-dosimetry/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/radiation-dosimetry/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/science-case-studies/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/science-case-studies/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sectors/advanced-manufacturing/laser-based-acousto-optic-mappinghttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sectors/advanced-manufacturing/laser-based-acousto-optic-mappinghttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sectors/advanced-manufacturing/laser-based-acousto-optic-mappinghttp://www.npl.co.uk/publications/annual-review/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/recyclable-electronics-just-add-hot-waterhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/recyclable-electronics-just-add-hot-waterhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/recyclable-electronics-just-add-hot-waterhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-launches-new-guide-with-imechehttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-launches-new-guide-with-imechehttp://www.npl.co.uk/
  • 7/30/2019 NPL eNews Highlights

    4/8

    BUSineSS

    4

    e-News Highlights | May 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    A w Advad Mrology Laboraory a nPL

    David Willetts, Minister o State or Universities and Science, has announced a25 million investment in a new Advanced Metrology Laboratory at NPL.

    The Minister announced the new investment in a speechat the Policy Exchange think tank in London, where hediscussed how the UK could become world leaders ineight uture technologies and the role o government inpromoting and nancially supporting these industries.

    In the speech, David Willets said: I can today announce weare providing an extra 25 million to build a state-o-the-

    art laboratory or cutting-edge measurement research.

    The creation o advanced acilities at the National

    Physical Laboratory in Teddington will allow scientists

    there to undertake leading-edge research in key

    nano and quantum metrology (measurement science)

    programmes. This investment in measurement sciencewill extend the UKs capabilities and build upon NPLsworld-leading expertise in the areas o high-accuracy opticalclocks and graphene characterisation. It will also acilitateinteraction between NPL and industry, universities and othercollaborators to help support growth in the UK throughcutting-edge technological development and application.

    Find out more

    www.pl.o.uk/ws/a-w-advad-mrology-laboraory-a-pl

    isghs Byod masurmThe latest issue o NPLs business magazine Insights Beyond Measurement ocuses on Carbon Emissionsand Climate.

    This edition looks at some o the dierent issuesin understanding and mitigating climate change,rom new scientic ideas designed to improve ourunderstanding, to the challenges businesses ace intrying to reduce emissions. We explore the contributionmeasurement can make and look at where science sitsin this complicated global issue.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ommral-srvs/

    sghs/

    Faurd Bussscas Sudy

    The unbelievable impact o

    calibrationDid you know that a single NPLdensity measurement calibrationcould impact over 300 companies and12,000 km o pipes?

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ommral-srvs/sor-

    as-suds/h-ublvabl-mpa-o-

    albrao

    NPL Business case studieswww.pl.o.uk/ommral-srvs/sor-

    as-suds/

    http://www.npl.co.uk/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/a-new-advanced-metrology-laboratory-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/a-new-advanced-metrology-laboratory-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/insights/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/insights/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/the-unbelievable-impact-of-calibrationhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/the-unbelievable-impact-of-calibrationhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/the-unbelievable-impact-of-calibrationhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/the-unbelievable-impact-of-calibrationhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/the-unbelievable-impact-of-calibrationhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sector-case-studies/the-unbelievable-impact-of-calibrationhttp://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/insights/http://www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/insights/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/a-new-advanced-metrology-laboratory-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/a-new-advanced-metrology-laboratory-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/
  • 7/30/2019 NPL eNews Highlights

    5/8

    BUSineSS

    5

    e-News Highlights | May 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    Mllo poud vsm mssosmoorgNPL is investing over 1 million in a new mobile instrument to monitor airborneemissions remotely.

    This new investment represents one o the most signicant made by NPL in recenttimes. The new mobile system will be based on Dierential Absorption Lidar (DIAL),which can provide rapid, accurate measurements o emissions up to 1 km awayrom industrial plants. State-o-the-art inrared and ultraviolet light technologyenables the system to pinpoint the source o emissions and visually representthem as a 3D map.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/mllo-poud-

    vsm--mssos-moorg

    nPL volvd 22 w europa Mrology jorsarh projsIt has now been announced that NPL won the bidding to lead eight EMRP(European Metrology Research Programme) joint research projects rom themost recent call or projects in SI Broader Scope, Open Excellence and Industry.

    As well as taking the lead in these eight projects, NPL was successul as a partnerin a urther 14 projects. This means that, out o a total o 31 unded EMRP projects,NPL has a position in 22 o them - demonstrating the leading internationalstatus o NPL in European metrology, as well as the high value placed on NPLscontribution by other National Measurement Institutes across Europe. This bringsthe total number o EMRP projects in which NPL is involved to 71. As some o theinitial projects are now coming to an end, the impact achieved and benets ocollaboration across Europe are becoming clear. Benets include, traceability ora molecular radiotherapy treatment or patients suering rom neuroendocrinetumours and improved radioactivity measurements needed to ensure saety atnuclear power plants and waste repositories.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/pl-volvd--22-

    w-uropa-mrology-jo-rsarh-projs

    improvg woud arNPL is leading a 1.2 million project to improve the management o non-healingwounds in the NHS by translating novel technology rom the laboratory intoclinical practice. This could signicantly improve the service oered to anestimated 340,000 people in the UK who suer rom these wounds at a cost o4,750 per patient which is roughly 3% o national healthcare expenditure.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/mprovg-woud-ar

    Larg arbo rduosA new report highlights the signicant role that measurement and the Centre orCarbon Measurement will have in reducing carbon emissions and contributing toeconomic growth.

    The report states that the Centre will deliver eight million tonnes o carbonemissions reductions and over hal a billion pounds in economic benet over thenext decade. This is a level o carbon saving equivalent to 2% o the UKs annualcarbon dioxide emissions.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/r-or-arbo-

    masurm-s-o-dlvr-larg-arbo-

    rduos

    http://www.npl.co.uk/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/million-pound-investment-in-emissions-monitoringhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/million-pound-investment-in-emissions-monitoringhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-involved-in-22-new-european-metrology-joint-research-projectshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-involved-in-22-new-european-metrology-joint-research-projectshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-involved-in-22-new-european-metrology-joint-research-projectshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/improving-wound-carehttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/centre-for-carbon-measurement-set-to-deliver-large-carbon-reductionshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/centre-for-carbon-measurement-set-to-deliver-large-carbon-reductionshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/centre-for-carbon-measurement-set-to-deliver-large-carbon-reductionshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/centre-for-carbon-measurement-set-to-deliver-large-carbon-reductionshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/centre-for-carbon-measurement-set-to-deliver-large-carbon-reductionshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/centre-for-carbon-measurement-set-to-deliver-large-carbon-reductionshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/improving-wound-carehttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-involved-in-22-new-european-metrology-joint-research-projectshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-involved-in-22-new-european-metrology-joint-research-projectshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/npl-involved-in-22-new-european-metrology-joint-research-projectshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/million-pound-investment-in-emissions-monitoringhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/million-pound-investment-in-emissions-monitoringhttp://www.npl.co.uk/
  • 7/30/2019 NPL eNews Highlights

    6/8

    6

    PeOPLe e-News Highlights | May 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    Ala turbull - FRSDr Alan Turnbull, Senior NPL Fellow inElectrochemistry and Corrosion, has just been electedas a Fellow o the Royal Society.

    Alan, already a Fellow o the Royal Academy oEngineering, is renowned or his mathematicalmodelling o corrosion processes, particularly thecomplex interaction between mass transport andchemical and electrochemical reactions in therestricted geometries o cracks, crevices and pits.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/ala-urbull-rs

    Grg Barkr vssh cr or carbo

    MasurmGreg Barker, the Minister o State or Energyand Climate Change, recently visited theCentre or Carbon Measurement at NPL,where he saw research on Carbon Captureand Storage, racking and a thermal imagingcamera adapted to detect CO

    2.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/grg-barkr-vss-h-

    r-or-arbo-masurm

    Door o S

    Richard Brown has been awarded the Doctor o Science (DSc) degree o ImperialCollege London in The Application o Measurement Science to EnvironmentalAnalytical Chemistry or Air Quality Studies.

    This is only the ourth non-honorary DSc awarded by Imperial College since gainingindependence rom the University o London in 2007; the rst to be awarded in theNatural Sciences and the rst not to be awarded to an Imperial College academic;and is exceptional in being awarded to a recipient under 40 years o age. Richardwas also elected as a member o the Cooperation on International Traceability inAnalytical Chemistry (CITAC) and has been appointed Rapporteur o the BIPMsConsultative Committee on Amount o Substance (CCQM).

    Find out more

    www.pl.o.uk/ws/rhard-brow-awardd-ds-rom-mpral-ollg-lodo

    Slvr Award a Set or BRitAin 2013Christian Baker, a Research Scientist in theAcoustics Group, won a Silver Award at SET orBritain or his poster on Improved Ultrasoundo Breasts or Cancer Screening hosted at theHouse o Commons.

    The research ocuses on the developmentand testing o a new sensor or ultrasoundtomography (a potential breast cancerscreening technology) that could help provide

    good scan image quality without x-rays.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/hrsa-bakr-ws-

    slvr-award-a-s-or-bra

    Download the posterwww.pl.o.uk/upload/pd/mprovd-

    ulrasoud-bras-ar-srg.pd

    http://www.npl.co.uk/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/alan-turnbull-frshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/greg-barker-visits-the-centre-for-carbon-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/greg-barker-visits-the-centre-for-carbon-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/richard-brown-awarded-dsc-from-imperial-college-londonhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/richard-brown-awarded-dsc-from-imperial-college-londonhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/christian-baker-wins-silver-award-at-set-for-britainhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/christian-baker-wins-silver-award-at-set-for-britainhttp://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/improved-ultrasound-breast-cancer-screening.pdfhttp://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/improved-ultrasound-breast-cancer-screening.pdfhttp://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/improved-ultrasound-breast-cancer-screening.pdfhttp://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/improved-ultrasound-breast-cancer-screening.pdfhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/christian-baker-wins-silver-award-at-set-for-britainhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/christian-baker-wins-silver-award-at-set-for-britainhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/richard-brown-awarded-dsc-from-imperial-college-londonhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/richard-brown-awarded-dsc-from-imperial-college-londonhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/greg-barker-visits-the-centre-for-carbon-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/greg-barker-visits-the-centre-for-carbon-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/alan-turnbull-frshttp://www.npl.co.uk/
  • 7/30/2019 NPL eNews Highlights

    7/8

    7

    ad FinALLY e-News Highlights | May 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    Gra Brsh iovao VoNPLs historical achievements were widely recognised in the quest to nd thegreatest British innovation o the last 100 years.

    The Great British Innovation Vote

    was won by Alan Turings UniversalMachine. Following the SecondWorld War Turing worked at NPL,where he revisited the idea o auniversal machine, as proposedin his 1936 paper On computablenumbers, and devised one o the rstpractical designs or a stored-programcomputer, called the Automatic Computing Engine or Pilot ACE (also shortlisted).There were a number o other innovations connected to NPL, including: TonyHoares Quicksort algorithm, Donald Davies invention o packet switching, LouisEssens rst accurate atomic clock and Robert Watson-Watts Radar.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/ws/gra-brsh-

    ovaos

    External link

    www.opbrshovaos.org/

    nPLs Dam busgShp taksNPLs Ship Tank No 2 played a crucialrole in the testing and development oBarnes Walliss bouncing bomb.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/abou/hsory/dam-busg-

    shp-aks/

    World Mrology Day 20 May 2013A worldwide celebration o measurement and this year an opportunity to refecton its importance to our daily lives.

    World Metrology Day is celebrated by over 80 countries each year on 20 May - theanniversary o the signing o the Metre Convention back in 1875. To this day, this

    agreement provides the basis or a single, coherent system o measurements thatare traceable to the International System o Units (SI).

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/world-mrology-day/

    http://www.npl.co.uk/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/great-british-innovationshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/great-british-innovationshttp://www.topbritishinnovations.org/http://www.npl.co.uk/about/history/dam-busting-ship-tanks/http://www.npl.co.uk/about/history/dam-busting-ship-tanks/http://www.npl.co.uk/world-metrology-day/http://www.npl.co.uk/world-metrology-day/http://www.npl.co.uk/about/history/dam-busting-ship-tanks/http://www.npl.co.uk/about/history/dam-busting-ship-tanks/http://www.topbritishinnovations.org/http://www.npl.co.uk/news/great-british-innovationshttp://www.npl.co.uk/news/great-british-innovationshttp://www.npl.co.uk/
  • 7/30/2019 NPL eNews Highlights

    8/8

    8

    cOntAct e-News Highlights | May 2013 | www.npl.co.uk

    naoal Physal LaboraoryThe National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UKs National Measurement Institute. At the heart o our mission is delivering impact

    by disseminating research and measurement best practice and traceability or the economic and social benet o the nation.

    Kp ouh wh usSign up to receive regular updates: www.npl.co.uk/keep-in-touchFollow NPL on Twitter: www.twitter.com/npl

    Become a Facebook an: www.acebook.com/npldigital

    Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/npldigital

    National Physical Laboratory

    Hampton Road

    Teddington

    Middlesex

    TW11 0LW

    Switchboard 020 8977 3222

    www.npl.co.uk/contact

    3 June 2013 Celebrating the 100thanniversary o Radioactivity at NPL.

    NPL is organising a scienticconerence to celebrate the100th anniversary o radioactivity

    measurements in the UK.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/vs/3-4-ju-2013-

    lbrag-h-100h-avrsary-o-

    radoavy-a-pl

    13 June 2013 Workshop onElectromagnetic MaterialsMeasurement.

    The aim o this workshop is to givepractical advice and guidance on bestpractice or electromagnetic materialmeasurements on dielectrics and othermaterials at RF and MW requencies.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/vs/13-ju-2013-

    workshop-o-lromag-marals-

    masurm

    25 June 2013 Measuring MaterialPerormance in Harsh Environments

    Focusing on temperaturemeasurement; combustionmonitoring; corrosion; reractory

    liners; mechanical properties such ascreep, welds and modelling; thermalprotection systems and erosion/wear.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/vs/25-ju-2013-

    masurg-maral-prorma--harsh-

    vroms

    7 November 2013 Guide to the

    Expression o Uncertainty inMeasurement: Past, Present and Future

    Celebrate the 20th anniversary oGUM!

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/vs/7-8-ov-2013-

    gum-pas-prs-ad-uur

    We strive to actively promote publicawareness and appreciation oscience and technology, particularlythe importance o measurement andthe role o NPL. We are involved ina huge amount o science outreachactivities and have a large number oeducational resources.

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/dua-xplor/

    19 June 2013The NPL Water RocketChallenge 2013

    Find out morewww.pl.o.uk/dua-xplor/war-

    rok-hallg/

    evs edua + explor

    QueensPrinterandControllerofHM

    SO

    ,2013

    .10415/0513

    http://www.npl.co.uk/http://www.npl.co.uk/keep-in-touchhttp://www.twitter.com/nplhttp://www.twitter.com/nplhttp://www.facebook.com/npldigitalhttp://www.youtube.com/npldigitalhttp://www.npl.co.uk/contacthttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/3-4-jun-2013-%20celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-radioactivity-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/3-4-jun-2013-%20celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-radioactivity-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/3-4-jun-2013-%20celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-radioactivity-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/13-jun-2013-%20workshop-on-electromagnetic-materials-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/13-jun-2013-%20workshop-on-electromagnetic-materials-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/13-jun-2013-%20workshop-on-electromagnetic-materials-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/7-8-nov-2013-%20gum-past-present-and-futurehttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/7-8-nov-2013-%20gum-past-present-and-futurehttp://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/water-rocket-challenge/http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/water-rocket-challenge/http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/water-rocket-challenge/http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/water-rocket-challenge/http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/http://www.npl.co.uk/events/7-8-nov-2013-%20gum-past-present-and-futurehttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/7-8-nov-2013-%20gum-past-present-and-futurehttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/13-jun-2013-%20workshop-on-electromagnetic-materials-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/13-jun-2013-%20workshop-on-electromagnetic-materials-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/13-jun-2013-%20workshop-on-electromagnetic-materials-measurementhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/3-4-jun-2013-%20celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-radioactivity-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/3-4-jun-2013-%20celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-radioactivity-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/events/3-4-jun-2013-%20celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-radioactivity-at-nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/contacthttp://www.youtube.com/npldigitalhttp://www.facebook.com/npldigitalhttp://www.twitter.com/nplhttp://www.npl.co.uk/keep-in-touchhttp://www.npl.co.uk/