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Shuji Aihara Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.5

Nippon Steel CorporationSteel Research LaboratoriesChiba, [email protected]

Dr. Shuji Aihara is an expert in the field of welding metallurgy and fracturemechanics. He received awards from the Society of Naval Architects, Japan and theInstitute of Steel and Iron, Japan for his achievements in the research of fracturemechanics and metallurgy of high-strength low-alloy welded structural steels.

Tsutomu Araki Chapter C.11, Sect. 11.7

Osaka UniversityGraduate School of Engineering ScienceOsaka, [email protected]

Professor Tsutomu Araki received his Ph.D. degree in applied physics from OsakaUniversity, Japan, in 1977. After being a post doctoral Fellow with the University ofWisconsin, Madison, he joined the faculty of the University of Tokushima, Japan andreceived the Ph.D. degree in medical sciences from the University of Tokushima in1986. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Sciences andBioengineering of Osaka University. His research interests include development of anew biomedical and biophysical measurement systems using a fast pulse laser. He is amember of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, the Optical Society of America, theJapan Society of Mechanical Engineering, and the Japan Society of Applied Physics.

Masaaki Ashida Chapter C.11, Sects. 11.1, 11.4

Osaka UniversityGraduate School of Engineering ScienceOsaka, [email protected]

Masaaki Ashida received the Ph.D. degree in physics from KyotoUniversity, Japan, in 1994. He has worked on laser spectroscopy onsolids. In 2003 he joined the department of Materials EngineeringScience at Osaka University. His current interests are in ultrafast opticalnonlinearity of strongly correlated electron systems and nanoscalematerials. He recently developed an ultra broadband THz time-domainspectroscopy. He is a member of the Physical Society of Japan, theJapan Society of Applied Physics and the Optical Society of America.

Peter D. Askew Chapter D.14, Sects. 14.1, 14.3, 14.5

IMSL, Industrial Microbiological ServicesLimitedHartley Wintney, Hants, [email protected]

Pete has been working since 1977 as an industrial microbiologist and isthe Managing Director of IMSL, a specialised microbiological testingand consultancy service. As well as qualifications in microbiology, he isan Associate of the Oil and Colour Chemists Association and is aconsultant to the OECD on treated articles and Secretary General of theInternational Biodeterioration Research Group.

Heinz-Gunter Bach Chapter C.9, Sect. 9.4

Heinrich-Hertz-InstitutComponents/Integration Technology,Fraunhofer-Institute forTelecommunicationsBerlin, [email protected]

Heinz-Gunter Bach received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from TU Berlin,Germany. From 1978 to 1981 he was with the Hahn–Meitner-Institute Berlin workingon the electrical characterization of BCCDs. He received the Ph.D. degree in 1982. In1981 he joined the Heinrich-Hertz-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik Berlin GmbHheading the electrical characterization group within the photonics division. He wasinvolved in III–V materials characterization, heterostructure analysis, and deviceoptimization. Further he was engaged in project management of topics such as HEMToptimization, optoelectronic packaging and within the last 13 years onultra-high-speed photodetector development and photoreceiver integration. He givesannual lectures at the Technical University on “optoelectronic semiconductordevices”and “measurement techniques for semiconductor devices”. He is member ofVDE, Elektrotechnischer Verein (ETV) e.V. ITG and serves as a technical committeemember of the international conference on Optical Fiber Communications.

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Gun-Woong Bahng Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.3

Korea Research Institute of Standards andScienceDivision of Chemical and MaterialsMetrologyDaejeon, South [email protected]

Gun-Woong Bahng received his B.S. in 1976 from Seoul National University and hisPh.D. in 1982 from Northwestern University, Evanston. He is Chairman of the APECnetwork for Materials Properties Evaluation (2002-2006). His scientific workconcentrates on mechanical behaviour of materials at low temperature, hardnessstandards, certified reference materials, the traceability and metrology of materialsproperties, and standard reference data. In 2004 he received the Science andTechnology Medal from the Korean Government.

Claude Bathias Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.3

Conservatoire National des Arts etMétiers, Laboratoire ITMAInstitute of Technology and AdvancedMaterialsParis, [email protected]

Claude Bathias is Professor “Classe Exceptionnelle”at theConservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, School of Science andTechnology for Engineering in Paris, France. He is Director of ITMAand Head of the MS Education (Materials Engineering). ProfessorClaude Bathias has dedicated his research carrier to the fracture ofmaterials by fatigue in both of fundamental and technological aspects.Three periods can be distinguished in his activity: In the 1970ies he hasworked about the modelling of fatigue crack growth and has displayedthe mechanism of cyclic plastic deformation at the fatigue crack tip. Inthe 1980ies he applied fracture mechanics to the delamination oflaminate composite materials and to the fatigue crack propagation inelastomers. Finally, in the 1990ie Professor Bathias and co-workersgave the experimental confirmation, for the first time, that all of themetals can fail in fatigue beyond the quadrillion of cycles range whichis evidence of that the concept of infinite fatigue life does not exist.

Günther Bayreuther Chapter C.10, Sect. 10.4

University of RegensburgPhysics DepartmentRegensburg, [email protected]

Günther Bayreuther is Professor of Physics at the University ofRegensburg. He has a long experience in magnetic films and surfaces.Current areas of research are ferromagnetic order and phase transitionsin epitaxial nanostructures, spin-dependent transport phenomena inepitaxial metal-semiconductor layered structures, spin injection intosemiconductors and ultrafast magnetization dynamics.

Nick Boley Chapter A.2

LGC Ltd.Proficiency Testing and TrainingTeddington, [email protected]

Nick Boley graduated in 1978 from Loughborough University of Technology inIndustrial Chemistry. He is a Chartered Scientist and a member of the Royal Societyof Chemistry. He has over eight years experience in all aspects of the management ofproficiency testing schemes and has authored or co-authored many papers onproficiency testing. He is currently the Chair of the EA-Eurolab-EURACHEM JointWorking Group on Proficiency Testing in Accreditation Procedures which isconcerned with the development and harmonization of good practice in proficiencytesting on a European and, increasingly, international, scale.

Wolfgang Buck Chapter C.8

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt,Institut BerlinDivision 7Berlin, [email protected]

Wolfgang Buck has over 25 years of experience in metrological work gained at thePhysikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). Most of these years he worked in fieldof low-temperature physics and thermometry and in the development of theProvisional Low-Temperature Scale 2000. He made contributions to the planning andconstruction of highly magnetically shielded rooms and an electron storage ring forsynchrotron radiation. Since 2002 he is the head of the division and head of the BerlinInstitute of PTB.

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Richard R. Cavanagh Chapter B.4

National Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST)Surface and Microanalysis ScienceDivision, Chemical Science andTechnology Laboratory (CSTL)Gaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Richard R. Cavanagh earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Hecame to NIST in 1979 to pursue postdoctoral studies in the area ofSurface Science. Since that time, he has published over 100 papers inthe area of molecular processes at surfaces, incorporating measurementmethods ranging from inelastic neutron scattering, picosecond andfemtosecond lasers spectroscopy, and near-field optics. Dr. Cavanagh isthe Chief of the Surface and Microanalysis Science Division,overseeing programs in microanalysis research, surface and interfaceresearch, and analytical microscopy. His Division provides themeasurement science that underpins micro- and nanoscale chemicalcharacterization of natural and man-made structures. Expertise in theDivision spans electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and fluorescence,SIMS, Raman, IR, NLO, scanned probes, optical microscopy, and AES.

Leonardo De Chiffre Chapter B.6

Technical University of DenmarkDepartment of ManufacturingEngineering and ManagementKgs. Lyngby, [email protected]

Leonardo De Chiffre is an internationally recognized expert inmanufacturing and metrology. He has created and directed since itsformation the Centre for Geometrical Metrology at the TechnicalUniversity of Denmark which is part of the Danish National Laboratoryfor Geometrical Metrology. Professor De Chiffre is active member ofCIRP, panel member of the Foundation Committee of Euspen, andAssociate Editor of Precision Engineering.

Steven J. Choquette Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyBiochemical Science DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Steven Choquette is a Research Chemist at the National Institute of Standards andTechnology, Gaithersburg, Maryland. He has been employed in the AnalyticalChemistry Division since 1987. His current research interests are in the developmentof performance validation standards for Near Infrared and Raman spectroscopy. He isa member of several ASTM committees and currently serves as the vice-chair ofASTM E 13.08 committee on Raman Spectroscopy. He obtained a Ph.D. in analyticalchemistry in 1987 at the Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University,Blacksburg, VA. His B.S. degree in Chemistry and Electrical Engineering wasobtained from Santa Clara University, in Santa Clara, CA in 1980.

Horst Czichos Chapter A.3

University of Applied Sciences BerlinDepartment of Electrical Engineering andPrecision EngineeringBerlin, [email protected]

Horst Czichos has been President of BAM, the German Federal Institute for MaterialsResearch and Testing (1992-2002) and of EUROLAB, the European Federation ofNational Associations of Measurement, Testing and Analytical Laboratories(1999-2003). He holds degrees in precision engineering, physics and materialsscience, and obtained a Dr. h.c. from KU Leuven for his research work in tribology.He is currently Professor for Mechatronics at the University of Applied Sciences, TFHBerlin.

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Werner Daum Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.6

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Division VIII.1Berlin, [email protected]

Dr. Werner Daum studied electrical engineering with a major inmeasuring techniques at the Technical University of Berlin. Upongraduation in 1984 he entered Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM). Until 1989 his main activity was R&D in the fieldof non-destructive testing with special focus on digital image processingand radioscopy. In 1989 he became head of the laboratory for opticalmeasuring methods and experimental stress analysis and commencedwith the development of optical NDT methods. In 1994 he received hisPh.D. from the Technical University of Berlin. In 1996 he became aDirector and Professor at BAM and head of the division Measurementand Testing Technology; Sensors. The emphasis of his work is thedevelopment of sensor technology to be embedded into materials andstructures, of fiber-optic sensors, and of sensor technology for smartstructures and materials. Since 1999 he is chairman of the GermanSociety of Experimental Structure Analysis (GESA).

Paul DeRose Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyBiochemical Science DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Paul DeRose is a physical/analytical chemist who came to NIST as aNational Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in 1996. Before comingto NIST, he earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University ofPennsylvania where he studied laser spectroscopy and excited-statedynamics. His current research interests concern the development offluorescence standards and methods for validation of chemical andclinical assays.

Stephen L.R. Ellison Chapter A.2

LGC Ltd.Bioinformatics and StatisticsMiddlesex, [email protected]

Dr. Ellison is head of the Bioinformatics and Statistics section at LGC. Originallyqualified as a chemist, his research and application interests include statistics,chemometrics and computing applied to chemical and biological measurement. He isa recognised international expert in measurement uncertainty and traceability foranalytical methods, and has contributed to a range of national and internationalcommittees and guidance documents in that field.

Anton Erhard Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.1

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Department Non-destructive Testing;Acoustical and Electrical MethodsBerlin, [email protected]

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anton Erhard studied metal physics at the Technical University Berlin.Since 1976 he is employed at the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung(BAM) Berlin. His scientific work was honored with two awards; 1984 from theGerman Society of Non-Destructive Testing (DGZfP) and 1985 from the AmericanSociety for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT). His scientific results are presented inmore than 200 publications.

Uwe Ewert Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Division VIII.3 RadiologyBerlin, [email protected]

Dr. Uwe Ewert is Director and Professor of the division Radiology inthe Department Non-destructive Testing of BAM, the Federal Institutefor Materials Research and Testing. He received his Ph.D. from theHumboldt-University in Berlin on calculations of electron spinresonance (ESR) spectra of metal complex compounds. He developedtomography systems at the centre of scientific instruments inBerlin-Adlershof up to 1990 and developed pulsed ESR tomographymethods at the Cornell University in New York State. Since 1992 he isengaged at BAM in material characterisation, new intelligent testingmethods of industrial components and their standardization. He ischairman of the radiology committee of the German Society of NDTsince 1997.

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Richard J. Fields Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.2

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyMaterials Science and EngineeringLaboratoryGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Richard J. Fields is a Ph.D. metallurgist and has worked at the NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology and the National Bureau ofStandards for the past 27 years, supervising groups of scientists doingresearch in metal forming, nanolaminates, and powder metallurgy. Hisgroup also certifies the U.S. national standards for Rockwell B and Chardness scales.

Benny D. Freeman Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.6

The University of Texas at Austin, Centerfor Energy and Environmental ResourcesDepartment of Chemical EngineeringAustin, TX, [email protected]

Dr. Freeman’s research is mass transport of small molecules through polymers. Hedirects 14 Ph.D. students performing fundamental research projects in gas and liquidseparations using polymer membranes and barrier packaging. Current topics includevapor separation materials, new materials for hydrogen separation and natural gaspurification, nanocomposite membranes, reactive barrier packaging, and newmaterials for improving fouling resistance for liquid separations.

Mark Gee Chapter D.13

National Physical LaboratoryDivision of Engineering and ProcessingControlTeddington, TW11 0LW, [email protected]

Mark Gee is the Knowledge Leader for the Performance Materials Team in theDivision of Engineering and Process Control at the National Physical Laboratory. Hemanages projects which are concerned with the development of an improvedinfrastructure for friction and wear testing in the UK. Particular research interests arethe mechanisms of abrasive wear for ceramics and other hard materials. He haspublished over 200 papers and reports. He has recently been Chairman of the Instituteof Physics Tribology Group, and is now Secretary of the Surface EngineeringCommittee of the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals. He is also a member ofthe International Advisory Editorial Board of Tribology International. He convenesthe meetings of the UK Forum on Friction and Wear Testing, and is a member ofASTM Committee G2 on Wear.

Jürgen Goebbels Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.4

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Radiology (VIII.3)Berlin, [email protected]

Dr. Jürgen Goebbels received his Ph.D. from the Technical UniversityKarlsruhe in 1976 on Surface resistance of amorphous superconductingfilms. He has worked for six years in the field of low-temperaturesolid-state physics and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) at theKarlsruhe Nuclear Research Centre and at the Free University Berlin.Since 1982 he is at the Federal Institute for Materials Research andTesting (BAM) and is at present head of the working group ‘Computedtomography’. Since the foundation 1987 he is chairman of thesubcommittee ‘Computed Tomography’ of the German Society ofNon-destructive Testing (DGZfP).

Anna A. Gorbushina Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.4

Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgGeomicrobiology, ICBMOldenburg, [email protected]

Anna Gorbushina studied Biology, Material Sciences and Physics at St.Petersburg University. She received her Ph.D. from Komarov Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences. Professor Gorbushina is teachingmaterials science and microbiology at the Applied University Cologneand mycology and landscape ecology (architectural ecology) atOldenburg University. She is working on biodeterioration by andmolecular ecology of micromycetes (lower fungi). She is a member ofInternational Board of Environmental Biogeochemistry.

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Robert R. Greenberg Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyAnalytical Chemistry DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Dr. Greenberg has been a Research Chemist at NBS/NIST since 1976, and the Group/Team Leader of the Nuclear Methods Group/Team since 1989. His research hasfocused on the development and application of high-accuracy nuclear andradioanalytical chemistry methods for elemental analysis, the development ofcomplete uncertainty budgets for the nuclear analytical chemistry methods, and theestablishment of quality assurance procedures.

Manfred Grinda Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.2

Berlin, [email protected]

Diplom Holzwirt Manfred Grinda studied wood science and technology at theUniversity of Hamburg. He was the head of the project group “Reliability andResistance of Materials to Biodeterioration at the Federal Institute for MaterialsResearch and Testing (BAM)”. Until his retirement he was a member of severalworking groups of CEN/TC 38 “Durability of Wood and Derived Materials”. His maininterests are the methodology of meaningful materials testing against wood destroyingfungi.

Roland Grössinger Chapter C.10, Sect. 10.3

Technical University ViennaInstitut für FestkörperphysikVienna, [email protected]

Roland Grössinger studied Technical Physics at the TechnicalUniversity in Vienna where he received the title Diplom Ingenieur.During his employment at the Institute of Experimental Physics at theTechnical University Vienna he received the Doctor for TechnicalSciences in 1975. In 1983 he graduated as "Dozent“ for ExperimentalMetal Physics, and was awarded the Planseepreis for the industrialdevelopment of a magnet key in 1985. In 1993 he was awarded the titleUniversitäts Professor. He has more than 400 publications ininternational journals and gave more than 500 talks and presentations atinternational conferences. His research interests are physical propertiesof magnetic materials and physics and technology of high magneticfields and their measurement methods.

Yukito Hagihara Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.5

Sophia UniversityFaculty of Science and Technology,Department of Mechanical EngineeringTokyo, [email protected]

Professor Yukito Hagihara’s main area of research is the fracture ofsteel and the integrity of welded structures based on fracture mechanics.He received his Dr. Eng. from the University of Tokyo in 1973. Heworked at the Nippon Steel Corporation for 28years (1973-2001) and atthe National Institute for Materials Science for 3 years (2001-2004),where he was engaged in the ultra-steel project.

Junhee Hahn Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.3

Korea Research Institute of Standards andScience (KRISS)Chemical Metrology and MaterialsEvaluation Div.Daejeon, South [email protected]

Junhee Hahn’s research fields are the synthesis of nanostructured thin films, theassessment of mechanical reliability of thin film and standardizing test methods. Hiscurrent research activities comprise the development of equipment and methods tomake super-hard nanostructured (superlattices, nanocomposite) thin films. Heparticipates in standardizing the instrumental indentation test method and prepared thefirst draft of nanoindentation standard.

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Holger Hanselka Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.7

Fraunhofer-Institute for StructuralDurability and System Reliability (LBF)Darmstadt, [email protected]

Holger Hanselka studied general machine engineering at the Technical University ofClausthal and worked as scientific assistant at the German Centre 01’ Aviation andSpare Travel in Braunschweig. ln 1992 he graduated with a Ph.D. from TU ClausthalIn 1997, he was called to lecture at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg;Hanselka held the chair of Adaptronics and was head of the work group ExperimentalMechanics. Since 2001 he is head of the Fraunhofer-Institute of Structural Durabilityand System Reliability LBF in Darmstadt. He is also head of the special subject“System Reliability in Machine Engineering”as university lecturer at the TechnicalUniversity of Darmstadt. Moreover, Professor Hanselka is chairman of the integratedEuropean research project (IP) “Intelligent Materials for Active Noise Reduction –INMAR”, chairman of the executive board of MATFORM and member of theexecutive board of Materials Valley e.V.

Manfred P. Hentschel Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.5

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)VIII.3, Nondestructive TestingBerlin, [email protected]

Dr. Manfred P. Hentschel is manager of working group “X-RayScattering Topography”at Federal Institute for Materials Research andTesting (BAM) and Professor at the Technical University Berlin. Hereceived his Ph.D. in physics from the Free University of Berlin. Fordeveloping new imaging and computed tomography techniques ofX-ray scattering he was awarded the Roentgen Plaque in 2000. He isco-editor of RNDE and “Materialprüfung/Materials Testing”.

Horst Hertel Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Division IV.1Berlin, [email protected]

Horst Hertel is biologist with a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences. He is lecturerat the Institute of Neurobiology, Free University of Berlin and , Head ofDivision Biology in Materials Protection and Environmental Issues” atthe Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). Hismain interests are in materials protection against wood destroyinginsects on a biological basis.

Ian Hutchings Chapter D.13

University of Cambridge, Institute forManufacturingDepartment of EngineeringCambridge, [email protected]

Currently GKN Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at the University ofCambridge, Ian Hutchings is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Wear, and hasresearch interests in the tribological behaviour of materials, surface engineering, andmanufacturing processes for all classes of materials. He is a Fellow of the RoyalAcademy of Engineering and holds the Tribology Trust Silver Medal (1994) and theNPL Award for Materials Metrology (2000).

Xiao Hu Chapter E.22

National Institute for Materials ScienceStrong Coupling Modeling Group,Computational Materials Science CenterTsukuba, [email protected]

Xiao Hu has a Ph. D. degree from Tokyo University (1990). He was ResearchAssociate and Associate Professor at the Institute for Material Research, TohokuUniversity (1991–1995); Senior Scientist, Group Leader at the National Institute forMaterials Science (NIMS) (1995–resent). His research area is the measurement incondensed matter physics and simulation in physics. His current research interests arethe vortex state in type-II superconductors and novel spin phenomena.

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Werner Hässelbarth Chapter A.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Analytical Chemistry; ReferenceMaterialsBerlin, [email protected]

Werner Hässelbarth is a chemist with strong influence from theoreticalchemistry and mathematics. His university research career (15 years)was focussed on theoretical and physical chemistry. Since 1987 he hasbeen working at Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing(BAM) in different fields including chemical safety, gas analysis andquality management. Current research is focussed on technical issues inmetrology and quality assurance in analytical chemistry, e.g.measurement uncertainty and traceability.

Shoji Imatani Chapter E.18

Kyoto UniversityDepartment of Energy Conversion ScienceKyoto, [email protected]

Shoji Imatani started his research on inelastic constitutive modeling andfinite element simulation in the middle of 1980’s. His current interest isin the field of nonlinear continuum mechanics, particularly in materialinhomogeneity and macro-/micro-combined analysis of inelasticmaterials.

Hanspeter Ischi Chapter A.2

The Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS)Berne, [email protected]

After his graduation as an analytical chemist Hanspeter Ischi worked in the chemicalindustry in the field of quality control. In this function he gained first experience inestablishing industrial quality management systems and quality assurance in analyticalchemistry already in 1980. Afterwards he continuously improved his knowledge inmodern management systems including development of staff in the area ofcommunication, leadership, organization and conflict management, as well as inquality assurance in testing. He is the head of the Swiss Accreditation Service since1991, a member of the Executive Committees of the European Cooperation forAccreditation (EA) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation(ILAC). In EA he is the chairman of the laboratory committee.

Bernd Isecke Chapter D.12

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Corrosion and Corrosion ProtectionBerlin, [email protected]

Bernd Isecke has a Diploma in Materials Science (1974) and a Ph.D. (1977) from theTechnical University in Berlin. Since 1978 he is with the Federal Institute for MaterialsResearch and Testing (BAM), where he became head of the Division “Corrosion andCorrosion Protection“ in 1989. His main areas of research include corrosion in steelreinforced concrete, corrosion monitoring and testing, stainless steels and hydrogenembrittlement of high strength materials. Dr. Isecke is Chairman of the Gesellschaftfür Korrosionsschutz GfKorr, Past President of the European Federation of CorrosionEFC, German Delegate to the International Corrosion Council ICC and Chairman andmember of various Standardisation committees in ISO, CEN and DIN.

Tadashi Itoh Chapter C.11, Sects. 11.2, 11.3

Graduate School of Engineering Science,Osaka UniversityDepartment of Materials EngineeringScienceOsaka, [email protected]

Tadashi Itoh is a Professor of Materials Physics, Osaka University since1998, where he also graduated in Engineering Science with a Ph.D. in1974. His fields of research include photophysics of bulk andnanostructured materials, nonlinear and time-resolved laserspectroscopy, optical microspectroscopy, and the fabrication ofnanostructured opto-materials. He is a members of the Physical Societyof Japan, the Japan Society of Applied Physics, and the Society ofNanoscience and Nanotechnology.

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Tetsuo Iwata Chapter C.11, Sect. 11.1

The University of TokushimaDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringTokushima, [email protected]

Tetsuo Iwata received his Ph.D. degree in applied physics from OsakaUniversity, Osaka, Japan, in 1984. He is currently a Professor with theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Tokushimaand with the Division of Energy System, Institute of Technology andScience, Graduate school of Tokushima University. His researchinterests are the development of optical and spectroscopic instrumentsbased on new ideas.

Gerd-Rüdiger Jaenisch Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Non-destructive TestingBerlin, [email protected]

Dr. habil. Jaenisch, a phyisist by education, received his Ph.D. in 1992 in theoreticalnuclear physics and his habilitation in 2001 in materials science from DresdenUniversity of Technology, Germany. Since 1992 he has been working in the field ofnon-destructive testing at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing(BAM) in Berlin, Germany. His area of expertise extends to modelling andreconstruction in quantitative non-destructive evaluation with special focus onradiation techniques. Many activities were performed in cooperation with industrialpartners. Since 2002 he has been appointed as university lecturer at DresdenUniversity of Technology.

Oliver Jann Chapter D.15, Sect. 15.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Emissions from MaterialsBerlin, [email protected]

Dr. Oliver Jann studied Environmental Engineering at the Technical University Berlin(1981-1987). Since 1987 he is scientist at the Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM). During this time he received his Dr.Eng. in 1993 and was projectleader since 1996, and became head of the BAM-laboratory “Emissions fromMaterials”in 1997. His Scientific activities include research on emissions coming frommaterials, developoment of test methods. He is Lecturer at the University for AppliedSciences in Eberswalde, Germany.

Masanori Kohno Chapter E.22

National Institute for Materials ScienceComputational Materials Science CenterTsukuba, [email protected]

Dr. Masanori Kohno received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from theuniversity of Tokyo in 1998. Prior to joining National Institute forMaterials Science, he worked at Mitsubishi Research Institute as a staffresearcher. He mainly studied effects of strong correlations incondensed matter by using numerical techniques such as quantumMonte Carlo methods and the density-matrix renormalization method.

Toshiyuki Koyama Chapter E.21

National Institute for Materials ScienceComputational Materials Science CenterIbaraki, [email protected]

T. Koyama received the D.E. degree in materials science andengineering from Nagoya Institute of Technology in 1996. Since 2002he is a senior researcher in the Computational Materials Science Centerof the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). His currentresearch focuses on the total free energy based analysis for the complexmicrostructure formation and the computer simulation of phasetransformations based on the phase-field method.

Gary W. Kramer Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyBiospectroscopy Group, BiochemicalScience DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Gary W. Kramer is the leader of the Biospectroscopy Group (BSG) at NIST. The BSGGroup is responsible for developing, producing, and certifying instrumentperformance standards for molecular spectroscopy. Dr. Kramer, probably best knownfor his laboratory automation activities, received a Pioneer in Laboratory RoboticsAward in 1985, the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) AchievementAward in 1998, and the ALA Charter Member Award in 2004.

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Wolfgang E. Krumbein Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.4

BIOGEMAMaterial EcologyEdewecht, [email protected]

Wolfgang E. Krumbein, Professor of Geomicrobiology at Oldenburg, Germany, acted10 years as Obmann in VDI Commissions, founded EUREKA-EUROCARE, servedtwice as President of the Committee of Leading Marine Scientists and was foundingdirector of Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, ICBM.Krumbein received the Credner-Price, the Lise Meitner - Alexander von HumboldtPrice, and the Pasteur Medal. He presently works as Chairman of BIOGEMA, aconsulting company on materials science and biodegradation in the fields of artrestoration and intelligent building materials.

George Lamaze Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1


Dr. George Lamaze received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics in 1972 fromDuke University. At NIST (formerly NBS) he measured standardneutron cross sections in the Center for Radiation Research using bothLINAC and reactor sources. In the Analytical Chemistry Division hismain activity was the measurement of depth profiles with cold neutrons.Dr. Lamaze retired in 2004.

Richard Lindstrom Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnology, Mail stop 8395Analytical Chemistry DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Richard Lindstrom obtained his B.S. from the University of Wisconsinin 1963 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in1970. He did postdoctoral work with D. Lal at the Tata Institute ofFundamental Research in Mumbai, India and Raymond Davis, Jr. atBrookhaven National Laboratory. He is at NIST since 1972. Hisresearch areas are high-sensitivity and high-accuracy radionuclidemeasurement, conventional and prompt gamma neutron activationanalysis, gamma-ray spectrometry, analytical chemistry, radiochemistry,and computer applications and nuclear data.

Haiqing Lin Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.6

Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.Menlo Park, CA, [email protected]

Dr. Lin graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005 and is currently asenior research engineer at Membrane Technology and Research, Inc, Menlo Park,CA. He is working on new membrane materials and processes for gas separations inrefinery and natural gas applications.

Samuel Low Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.3

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyMetallurgy Division, Materials Science andEngineering LaboratoryGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Samuel Low is Materials Research Engineer at NIST for 27 years in the fields ofproperties and testing of materials. He began managing the NIST hardnessstandardization program in 1995. Currently, he is Chairman of theASTM-International Committee on Indentation Hardness Testing, Head of the USAdelegation to ISO TC164/SC3 on hardness testing, and Secretary of the CIPMWorking Group on hardness.

Koji Maeda Chapter B.5

The University of TokyoDepartment of Applied PhysicsTokyo, [email protected]

Professor Koji Maeda research focuses on defects in solids, especiallyextended ones and point defects in semiconductors. His recent activitiesare directed to atomic and molecular manipulation by electronicexcitations and the development of various schemes ofnanospectroscopical measurements using STM. His hobby ismountaineering.

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Willie E. May Chapter B.4

National Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST)Chemical Science and TechnologyLaboratory (CSTL)Gaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Willie E. May obtained his B.S. from Knoxville College in 1968 and hisPh.D. from the University of Maryland in 1977. Dr. May is currentlyDirector of the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL).CSTL is one of the seven technical Operational Units within theNational Institute of Standards and Technology and has ≈ 325 technicalstaff members. CSTL is entrusted with the responsibility of developing,maintaining, advancing, and enabling the chemical measurement systemfor the United States of America. CSTL is organized into five Divisionsalong disciplinary lines: Biotechnology, Process Measurements, Surfaceand Microanalysis Science, Physical and Chemical Properties andAnalytical Chemistry. He has a long list of awards among which are theArthur Flemming Award for Outstanding Federal Service, 1986;NOBCChE Percy Julian Award for Outstanding Research in OrganicAnalytical Chemistry and Presidential Rank Award of MeritoriousFederal Executive, 1992, the Department of Commerce Gold Medal,1992; the American Chemical Society Distinguished Service in theAdvancement of Analytical Chemistry Award, 2001, the NOBCChEHenry Hill Award for exemplary work and leadership in the field ofchemistry, and the Science Spectrum Magazine Emerald Award, 2005.

Takashi Miyata Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.5

Nagoya UniversityDepartment of Materials Science andEngineeringNagoya, [email protected]

In 1972 Takashi Miyata earned his Dr.Eng. from Tokyo University. From 1972-1974he was Lecturer in the Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering and from1974-1990 Associate Professor at Nagoya University. He spent 1974–1976 as GuestResearcher at the Materialprüfungsanstalt (MPA), University of Stuttgart, Germany.From 1990 to present he is Professor in Department of Materials Science andEngineering, Nagoya University, Japan.

Hiroshi Mizubayashi Chapter B.5

University of TsukubaInstitute of Materials ScienceTsukuba, Ibaraki, [email protected]

Hiroshi Mizubayashi is a scientist in metal physics and Professor at the College ofEngineering Sciences, University of Tskuba, Japan. He has found new phenomena inamorphous alloys associated with a collective motion of many atoms andcharacteristic mechanical properties of nanostructured metals.

Kiyofumi Muro Chapter C.11, Sect. 11.5

Chiba UniversityFaculty of Science, Department ofPhysicsChiba, [email protected]

Professor Kiyofumi Muro’s current research activities arespectroscopies based on fibre photonics, high sensitivity and highresolution spectroscopy based on microcavity, and terahertzspectroscopy of condensed matter with a femtosecond fibre laser. Hehas 15 years of industrial experience and more than 10 US patents in thedevelopment of diode-pumped solid-state lasers and high-power pumplasers.

Rolf-Joachim Müller Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.3

Gesellschaft für BiotechnologischeForschung mbHTU-BCEBraunschweig, [email protected]

Dr. Rolf-Joachim Müller studied chemistry at the Technical UniversityBraunschweig, Germany and made his dissertation on molecularcharacterization of high molecular synthetic polymers at the Institute ofTechnical Chemistry in Braunschweig. Since 1986, he is at the GBF,working on the characterization of biopolymers and the developmentand testing of biodegradable synthetic polymers.

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Yoshihiko Nonomura Chapter E.22

National Institute for Materials ScienceComputational Materials Science CenterIbaraki, [email protected]

Yoshihiko Nonomura received his Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Physics, Universityof Tokyo in 1994. Then he worked on classical and quantum random spin systemsnumerically at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and RIKEN. Currently he is studyingsuperconducting vortex systems (especially effects of impurities and layeredstructures) using Monte Carlo and other numerical methods at the National Institutefor Materials Science (NIMS) since 1998.

Jürgen Nuffer Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.7

Fraunhofer Institute for StructuralDurability and System Reliability (LBF)Darmstadt, [email protected]

Jürgen Nuffer studied Physics in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and obtained his Diplomadegree in Physics in 1997. In 2000 he received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from theUniversity of Technology Darmstadt. Since 2003 Dr. Nuffer is with the FraunhoferInstitute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) performing andcoordinating research on the reliability assessment of complex adaptronic andmechatronic systems.

Jan Obrzut Chapter C.9, Sect. 9.5

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyPolymers DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Jan Obrzut received a Ph.D. degree from Cracow Polytechnic, Poland in1981. After a postdoctoral appointment at the Polymer ScienceDepartment and Radio Astronomy Observatory, University ofMassachusetts, he joined IBM in 1988, where he conducted exploratorywork on applications of dielectric and electrooptic materials for highspeed electronics. He has been with the NIST Polymers Division since1997, where he pursues research in metrology of dielectric andnanostructured hybrid materials.

Hiroshi Ohtani Chapter E.20

Kyushu Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Materials Science andEngineeringKitakyushu, [email protected]

Professor, Hiroshi Ohtani received doctor degree from TohokuUniversity (Japan) in 1985. His research activities have beenconcentrating on the thermodynamic analysis of alloys, ceramics andother materials using the CALPHAD method and first-principlescalculations.

Kurt Osterloh Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Division VIII.3Berlin, [email protected]

After studies in chemistry and biology from 1969–1975 Dr. Osterloh received his Ph.D. in 1979. He did post-doctoral research in Munich (Germany) from 1980–1984, inHarrow/London (UK) from 1984–1986, in Mobile AL (USA) from 1986–1987, inNew York NY (USA) 1987–1989, again in Munich (Germany) from 1989–1990, hespent the years from 1990–1994 in pharmaceutical industry in Berlin (Germany).After 5 years research at the Free University of Berlin (1995–2000) and developmentof ESR spectrometry at Magnettech in Berlin (1995–2000) he joined the FederalInstitute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in 2000 working on radiology insafety and security applications.

Michael Pantke Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.1

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Division IV.1, Materials and EnvironmentBerlin, [email protected]

Michael Pantke has a Diploma in Microbiology from the Free University of Berlin. Hehas experience in recognizing causes of damage by microbial attack on organicmaterials. He does pre-normative research for developing test methods for determiningthe behaviour of plastics to microbial attack. He works in co-operation with national(DIN) and international (CEN, IEC, ISO) standardization bodies. He is coordinator ofinternational standardization activities in the field of biologically degradable plastics.

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Karen W. Phinney Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1


Karen Phinney received her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from theUniversity of Hawaii-Manoa. She is currently a Research Chemist in theAnalytical Chemistry Division at NIST. Her research interests includechiral separations, dietary supplements, forensic analysis, and variousseparation techniques, including capillary electrophoresis andsupercritical fluid chromatography.

Rüdiger (Rudy) Plarre Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Environmental Compatibility of MaterialsBerlin, [email protected]

Rudy Plarre is head of the working group Materials Protection againstFungi and Insects. This group conducts research in the field of appliedpest control in urban environments including efficacy testing ofintegrated pest control strategies. Rudy is an entomologist by trainingand received his degree at the Free University of Berlin.

Kenneth W. Pratt Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1


Kenneth Pratt holds a Ph.D. from Iowa State University, Ames, USA. At NIST he isresponsible for research and SRM certification in electrochemical analysis(coulometry, pH, conductimetry). He is active in international metrologicalorganiztions including CCQM and IUPAC working groups. Particular researchinterests are constant-current coulometry, classical analysis, absolute measurement ofelectrolytic conductivity and primary pH metrology.

Michael H. Ramsey Chapter A.2

University of SussexDepartment of Biology andEnvironmental Science, Centre forEnvironmental ResearchBrighton, [email protected]

Professor Michael H. Ramsey has published over 100 scientific papers, mainly onaspects of uncertainty in sampling and in measurement, as well as the effects of thisuncertainty on decision making. Current research projects include investigation ofuncertainty from sampling of contaminated land (DTI/CLAIRE funded) andcontaminated food (FSA funded). He is currently Chair of both the Eurachem/Eurolab/Citac/Nordtest Working Group on Uncertainty from Sampling.

Gunnar Ross Chapter C.10, Sect. 10.2

Magnet-Physik Dr. Steingroever GmbHKöln, [email protected]

Dr.Ing. Gunnar Ross is Development and Production Manager formeasuring equipment for magnetic quantities and magnetic materialproperties. He is Head of a Calibration Laboratory for magneticquantities that is accredited in the Deutscher Kalibrierdienst (DKD).

Steffen Rudtsch Chapter C.8

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt(PTB)Dept. 7.4Berlin, [email protected]

Dr. Steffen Rudtsch has 12 years of experience in thermophysicalproperties measurements at the Brandenburg Technical University atCottbus. Between 1999 and 2002 he was working at thePhysikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany and at theNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA onadiabatic and differential scanning calorimetry. His current field of workis the development of a new generation of metallic, fixed points of theInternational Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) at the temperaturedepartment of PTB.

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Lane Sander Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyChemical Science and TechnologyLaboratory, Analytical Chemistry DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Lane Sander attended the University of Washington and received a Ph.D. in analyticalchemistry in 1982. He is currently Leader of the Organic Chemical Metrology Group,in the Analytical Chemistry Division. Research interests include synthesis andcharacterization of novel stationary phases for liquid chromatography; elucidation ofsolute retention mechanisms; molecular modeling; and chromatographic metrology inenvironmental, clinical and food science disciplines.

Erich Santner Chapter D.13

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Berlin, [email protected]

Erich Santner studied physics in Berlin (Freie Universität) where he received his D.Sc.for investigations in solid state physics. In the following years he concentrated onradiation protection and nuclear fuel analysis at the Federal Institute for MaterialsResearch and Testing (BAM), intermittently working for one year as a technicalofficer in the Ministry of Economy in Bonn, Germany. He is now head of the Divisionof Tribology and Wear Protection at BAM. His current research and developmentactivities are focused on the tribology of thin hard coatings, failure analysis, and onmicro- and nanotribology.

Michele Schantz Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1


Dr. Michele Schantz is a research chemist in the Analytical ChemistryDivision at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).She is currently the team leader for the gas chromatography team andhas been involved in the certification of numerous environmentalStandard Reference Materials and coordinating and participating ininterlaboratory studies for organics in marine tissue and sediment,marine mammal blubber, and PM.2.5 air particulate.

Guenter Schmitt Chapter D.14

Iserlohn University of Applied SciencesLaboratory for Corrosion ProtectionIserlohn, [email protected]

Professor Guenter Schmitt received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1971from RWTH Aachen, Germany. He had professorships at Universitiesof Aachen, Bochum and Iserlohn, Germany. He is a member of majornational and international scientific societies, the past president ofGfKORR, the German Society for Corrosion Protection and Chairmanof the EFC working Group Corrosion and Scale Inhibition. He is aNACE Fellow and was awarded the Rahmel-Schwenk-Medal ofGfKORR.

Bernd Schumacher Chapter C.9, Sect. 9.2

Physikalisch-Technische BundesanstaltDepartment 2.1 DC and Low FrequencyBraunschweig, [email protected]

Dr. Bernd Schumacher received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1991from the University of Technology, Aachen, Germany. He joined thePhysikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Braunschweig, Germany, in 1991. Heis working on measurement techniques for resistance standards. His research topicsare the quantum Hall resistance standard and resistance measurement bridges based onthe cryogenic current comparator.

Karin Schwibbert Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.6

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Division IV.1 Materials and EnvironmentBerlin, [email protected]

Dr. Karin Schwibbert is currently a research associate for microbiology at the FederalInstitute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). She obtained her Ph.D. from theUniversity of Bonn in 1999 and continued her research at the University of Münster inthe Department of Biochemistry. Her scientific interests are in the areas of: soilmicrobiology, biodeterioration and biodegradation, and the development ofmethodologies for identification and classification of microorganisms.

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Michael Schütze Chapter D.12

Karl-Winnacker-InstitutDECHEMA e.V.Frankfurt am Main, [email protected]

Professor Michael Schütze earned his Dipl.Ing. in Materials Sciencefrom the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany in 1978 and hisDr.Ing. from RWTH Aachen in 1983, followed by his State Doctorate in1991. Since 1996 he is Director of DECHEMA’sKarl-Winnacker-Institut in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and has a fullprofessorship at RWTH Aachen since 1998. He was awarded theFriedrich-Wilhelm-Award (RWTH Aachen, 1991), theRahmel-Schwenk-Medal (1999). Dr. Schütze was the past chairman ofthe Gordon Research Conference on Corrosion, is Chairman of EFCWorking party and Convenor of ISO work group on high temperaturecorrosion. He has more than 200 publications, owns 18 patents and haswritten 6 books.

John Henry Scott Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.2

National Institute of Standards andTechnologySurface and Microanalysis ScienceDivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

John Henry currently works as a physicist in the MicroanalysisResearch Group at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD. His research involveschemical characterization techniques in electron beam instruments,primarily analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM), as wellas Monte Carlo simulation, correction procedures for quantitativemicroanalysis, and multivariate statistical methods.

Martin Seah Chapter B.6

National Physical LaboratoryQuality of Life DivisionTeddington, [email protected]

Dr. Martin Seah is head of a research group at NPL leading work in standards formeasurements and quantification in the surface analysis techniques of Auger electronspectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, static secondary ion massspectrometry and atomic force microscopy. He is Chair of a subcommittee for ISO TC201 on Surface Chemical Analysis and set up relevant activities in the ConsultativeCommittee for Amount of Substance and in VAMAS. He is a Fellow of the Institute ofPhysics, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the American VacuumSociety. He has won awards from the American Society for Metals, American VacuumSociety, Institute of Physics and International Union for Vacuum Science, Techniqueand Applications.

Masato Shimono Chapter E.17

National Institute for Materials ScienceComputational Materials Science CenterTsukuba, [email protected]

Dr. Masato Shimono is research scientist at the National Institute for MaterialsScience (NIMS), Particle Simulation and Thermodynamics Group. He is currentlyworking on projects in materials science and computational physics.

John R. Sieber Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyChemical Science and TechnologyLaboratoryGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Dr. John R. Sieber is a research chemist in the Inorganic ChemicalMetrology Group of the Analytical Chemistry Division, NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology. He specializes in X-rayfluorescence spectrometry. Dr. Sieber spent nine years in the petroleumindustry and is a member of ASTM International.

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Franz-Georg Simon Chapter D.15, Sect. 15.1

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Waste Treatment and RemedialEngineeringBerlin, [email protected]

Dr. Simon studied chemistry in Frankfurt/Main (Diploma 1985) andMainz (Ph.D. 1989), Germany and gained a master’s degree in businessengineering (AKAD Zurich, Switzerland 1997). He joined the FederalInstitute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) as Head of Divisionin 1998 after working for eight year in an industrial research centre inSwitzerland. His Scientific activities encompass research on thermalwaste treatment, groundwater remediation and ecomaterials.

John Small Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.2

National Institute of Standards andTechnologySurface and Microanalysis ScienceDivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

John A. Small is the Group Leader of the Microanalysis Research Group and a SeniorResearch Chemist in the Surface and Microanalysis Science Division at the NationalInstitute for Standards and Technology (NIST). His research has focused on thequantitative chemical analysis of individual particles using X-ray microanalyticaltechniques. Recent research interests include X-ray microanalysis of nanoscaleparticles. He currently is a member of (NEHI) under the NNI, and works with the ESHworking group under the NNI-Chi CBAN.

Melody V. Smith Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyPhysical Science Technician (WEG),Biospectroscopy Group, BiochemicalScience DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Melody Smith is a physical science technician who has been with the AnalyticalChemistry Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology since 1981.Before that, she was with the NBS Office of Standard Reference Materials. Her dutiesin the Biospectroscopy Group include the production and certification ofspectrophotometric Standard Reference Materials.

Petra Spitzer Chapter C.9, Sect. 9.3

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt(PTB)Dept. 3.13 Metrology in ChemistryBraunschweig, [email protected]

The emphasis of Ms. Spitzer’s work is the development and applicationof primary electrochemical methods. She is head of the working group“Metrology in Electrochemistry”at the Physikalisch-TechnischeBundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany. By education Ms.Spitzer is a physical chemist and received her diploma as chemist fromthe Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. Before 1991 she workedon electrochemistry and adsorption at the Central Institute of PhysicalChemistry, former Academy of Science.

Ina Stephan Chapter D.14, Sect. 14.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Division IV.1 Biology in MaterialsProtection and Environmental IssuesBerlin, [email protected]

Dr. Ina Stephan has a Ph.D. in Wood Science and Technology from theUniversity of Hamburg, Germany and is head of the working group onthe resistance of materials to microorganisms at the Federal Institute forMaterials Research and Testing (BAM). Her main interests are in thetesting of materials against fungi, algae and bacteria in a meaningfulmanner and the international harmonization of test standards forbiodeterioration.

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Stephan J. Stranick Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.2

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyDepartment of Commerce, Surface andMicroanalysis Science DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Stephan Stranick received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from The Pennsylvania StateUniversity in 1995. Stephan is currently a Research Chemist in the Chemical Scienceand Technology Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technologywhere his present research focuses on the development of novel super-resolutionprobes of surface physiochemical properties. He has published over fifty papers on thesubject and has been awarded fourteen patents associated with scanning probemicroscopies for chemical and electrical characterization. Stephan’s awards includethe American Chemical Society’s Nobel Laureate Signature Award and Arthur F.Findeis Award.

Hans-Henning Strehblow Chapter D.12

Heinrich-Heine-UniversitätInstitute of Physical ChemistryDüsseldorf, [email protected]

Dr. Hans-Henning Strehblow is Professor of Physical Chemistry at theHeinrich-Heine-Universität, Düssseldorf, Germany since July 1982. He studiedChemistry at Freie Universität, Berlin (1959–1964) where he also earned his Ph.D. inPhysical Chemistry (1971) as well as his State Doctorate in Physical Chemistry(1977). He is Fellow of the Electrochemical Society since 2005. His professionalInterestsare electrochemistry, corrosion, surface analysis and physical chemistry ofsurfaces.

Tetsuya Tagawa Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.5

Nagoya UniversityDepartment of Materials Science andEngineeringNagoya, [email protected]

Tetsuya Tagawa is Associate Professor at Nagoya University since2000, where he also received his Ph.D. in 1994.

Akira Tezuka Chapter E.19

National Institute of Advanced IndustrialScience and TechnologyAdvanced Manufacturing ResearchInstituteTsukuba, [email protected]

Dr. Akira Tezuka received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in1994 and started his career as a researcher at Hitachi Ltd. in 1994. Hiscurrent interests are on combined multi-scale/multi-physicscomputational mechanics with advanced modeling schemes includingadaptivity and extended-FEM with the help of parallel computing. He ismember of the Executive Council of the Japan Society forComputational Engineering and Science and member of the GeneralCouncil of the International Association of Computational Mechanics.

Yo Tomota Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.4

Ibaraki UniversityDepartment of Materials Science, Facultyof EngineeringHitachi, [email protected]

Professor Yo Tomota’s current research topics include neutron diffraction studies ofphase transformation, microstructural evolution and mechanical behavior ofecomaterials. The development of environmentally compatible materials, so called“ecomaterials”are his concern for realizing a sustainable human society. ThereforeProfessor Tomota is studying material flow and recycling, ecomaterials design etc.Nanostructure analysis using neutron diffraction is a powerful tool to developnanocrystalline ecomaterials and to study the deformation and fracture of materials.

John Travis Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyAnalytical Chemistry Division (Retired)Gaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

John Travis joined NBS/NIST after earning his Ph.D. in physics from the Universityof Texas in 1967. His research generated over 85 papers in Mössbauer spectroscopy,applications of tunable lasers to chemical analysis, Fourier transform spectroscopy,atomic emission and molecular absorption spectrometry. He retired in October of2004, becoming an Emeritus Scientist pursuing intrinsic standards for molecularabsorption spectrometry.

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Gregory C. Turk Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1


Dr. Gregory C. Turk is leader of the Inorganic Chemical MetrologyGroup at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where hehas worked in the area of spectrochemistry since 1976. His researchbackground includes the use of laser spectroscopy for trace metalanalysis, including the development of Laser Enhanced IonizationSpectrometry. Present research includes the development of improvedstrategies for instrument calibration in spectrochemical analysis. Hereceived his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland.

Thomas Vetter Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST)Analytical Chemistry DivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Thomas Vetter is an inorganic analytical chemist at NIST. Over the past20 years at NIST he has assayed major constituents in numerousStandard Reference Materials by gravimetry coupled with instrumentaltechniques and by gravimetric titrimetry. In addition, over the past 10years, he has promoted a step-wise quantification of measurementuncertainty to improve measurement quality.

Andrew Wallard Chapter A.1

Pavillon de BreteuilBureau International des Poids Et MesuresSèvres, [email protected]

Professor Wallard has been Director of the BIOPM since January 2004. The BIPM’stask is to ensure uniformity of measurements world-wide and has interests in physics,engineering, chemistry, laboratory medicine and other areas in which traceablemeasurement is important.

Joachim Wecker Chapter C.10

Siemens AGCorporate TechnologyErlangen, [email protected]

Dr. Joachim Wecker is Senior Principal Research Scientist and Project Manager atSiemens, Erlangen, Germany. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University ofGöttingen. Previous and current field of work are hard and soft magnetic materials,superconductors, thin film magnetic and organic electronic devices. Dr. Wecker ismember of the advisory board of the German Materials Society, DGM and theMagnetism section of the German Physical Society.

Wolfhard Wegscheider Chapter A.2

Montanuniversität LeobenGeneral and Analytical ChemistryLeoben, [email protected]

Wolfhard Wegscheider is Professor of General and AnalyticalChemistry at the University of Leoben, Austria. He received hiseducation from the Graz University of Technology majoring inTechnical Chemistry with a specialisation in Biochemistry and FoodChemistry. As Fulbright Scholar he worked in Denver, CO, mainly onenergy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Much of hisresearch centers on the development of chemometric procedures foranalytical chemical problems. Professor Wegscheider is member ofseveral learned societies, past chairman of CITAC and EURACHEM,has cooperation on International Traceability in Analytical Chemistry,Austrian Delegate to EURACHEM where he is member of theExecutive Committee, of the Working Group on Education andTraining, of the Working Group on Measurement Uncertainty andTraceability, and of the Working Group Analytical Quality Assurance atUniversities. Currently he serves as Vice-President of the AustrianSociety of Analytical Chemistry – ASAC. He is a consultant to theAustrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment andWater Management and a lead auditor in the Austrian Accreditation ofLaboratories.

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Alois Wehrstedt Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.3, Appendix

DIN Deutsches Institut für NormungNormenausschuss Materialprüfung (NMP)Berlin, [email protected]

Alois Wehrstedt studied materials science at the Technical UniversityDresden, Germany. He is manager of the department for materialstesting at the Central Institute for Solid State Physics and MaterialScience in Dresden. Since 1989 he worked in the StandardizationCommittee for Materials Testing (NMP) of the German Institute forStandardization in Berlin for which he is the manager since 2005. Since1994 he is the secretary of the international standardization committeeISO/TC 164/SC 3 Hardness Testing of Metallic Materials.

Michael Welch Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Dr. Welch received a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Arizona State University in1976 and has been at the National Institute of Standards and Technology since 1978.His research interests focus on development of mass spectrometry based referencemethods and standard reference materials for organic analytes in blood, drugs of abusein urine, hair, and other matrices, and nutrients in foods.

Ulf Wickström Chapter D.15, Sect. 15.3

SP Swedish National Testing and ResearchInstituteDepartment of Fire TechnologyBorås, [email protected]

Professor Ulf Wickström is heading the department of fire technology at the SwedishNational Testing and Research Institute (SP). The department has a staff of about 50involved in fire testing and research and is one of the leading laboratories of its kind inthe world. Professor Wickström has a Ph.D. from the Lund University of Technology(1979) in fire technology, a Master of Science from University of California (1977),Berkeley. Professor Wickström’s special scientific interest is heat transfer analysis ofstructures exposed to fire where he has published several scientific papers. Amongother things he has developed the computer code TASEF for calculating temperaturein fire exposed concrete and steel structures.

Sheldon M. Wiederhorn Chapter C.7, Sect. 7.1

National Institute of Standards andTechnologyMaterials Science and EngineeringLaboratoryGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Sheldon M. Wiederhorn received his B.S. degree in 1956 fromColumbia University and his Ph.D. degree in 1960 from the Universityof Illinois. He joined the National Institute of Standards and Technologyin 1963, where he developed methods for quantifying subcritical crackgrowth in glasses and ceramics. He was elected a member of theNational Academy of Engineering in 1991.

Scott Wight Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.2

National Insitute of Standards andTechnologySurface and Microanalysis ScienceDivisionGaithersburg, MD, [email protected]

Scott Wight is a Research Chemist in the Surface and MicroanalysisScience Division at NIST. Scott received his B.S. in Chemistry fromState University of New York, Plattsburgh in 1986 and a MS inanalytical-nuclear-environmental chemistry from the University ofMaryland in 1989. His current research is in Auger electronspectroscopy and he is active in ASTM E42 and ISO TC 201committees for surface analysis.

Michael Winchester Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1


Dr. Michael Winchester has been a Research Chemist at NIST for over fifteen years(first two years as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow). His researchfocuses mainly on plasma source atomic spectroscopy. He is also involved in theproduction and certification of Standard Reference Materials. Dr. Winchester earnedthe Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Clemson University in 1990.

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Noboru Yamada Chapter C.11, Sect. 11.6

Matsushita Electric Industrial Company,Ltd.Optical Media Group, Storage MediaSysytems Development CenterMoriguchi, [email protected]

Dr. Noboru Yamada graduated from Kyoto University and entered the CentralResearch Laboratory of Matsushita Electric in 1974. He first found an epoch-makingphase-change in GeTe−Sb2Te3in 1987 and developed DVD-RAM media in 1998. Heobtained his Ph.D. in engineering from Kyoto University in 2001 and received theMatsushita science prize in 2001 and 24th JJAP Paper Award from the Japan AppliedPhysics Society in 2002.

Rolf Zeisler Chapter B.4, Sect. 4.1


Dr. Rolf Zeisler joined NIST in 1978 with his degree from the TechnicalUniversity, Munich, Germany (1974) on instrumental neutron activationanalyses of tissues and their application to investigations of metallosis.Activation analysis formed the core of his research, expanding thetechnique’s applications in the life sciences and in chemical metrology.Post doctoral studies at Texas A&M University, assignment to the IAEALaboratories, Austria, and many collaborations allowed him to explorethe various forms of nuclear based analysis.

Uwe Zscherpel Chapter D.16, Sect. 16.2

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing (BAM)Division “NDT – Radiological Methods”Berlin, [email protected]

Dr. Uwe Zscherpel received his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig,Germany, on Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of zeolites. In1992 he changed to non-destructive testing and since 1996 he is head ofthe working group “Digital Radiology and Image Analysis”at theFederal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin,Germany. His area of expertise is digital image processing in industrialradiology, including NDT film digitization, digital image analysis,pattern recognition and digital reference catalogues for weldings andcastings. Additional working fields are new radiographic imagedetectors such as imaging plates and digital detector arrays forindustrial applications, standardization and reliability.

Adolf Zschunke Chapter A.2

Leipzig, [email protected]

Adolf Zschunke was head of the department Analytical Chemistry; ReferenceMaterials at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) andProfessor of Analytical Chemistry at the Humboldt-University in Berlin, Germany. Hewas chairman of the international working group on Reference Materials ofEURACHEM, EUROLAB, EUROMET and EA. He retired in 2002. He is stillmember of Executive Committee of EURACHEM.

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