PREP Research Associate



This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.



Research Title:

[Dimensional Calibration Development/Dimensional Calibration Traceability



The work will entail:

The candidate will use their expertise to support gage block and other dimensional calibration services at NIST. This will require the candidate to maintain NIST dimensional reference masters, and when appropriate pe...