NMIJ New Organization Chart
Greetings from Director GeneralIt is my pleasure to announce the start of NMIJ Newsletter, which will report NMIJ's latest topics and activities. The �irst topic is the reorganization of NMIJ started on the April 1st, 2015, with its new structure shown below. The reorganization was a part of restructuring of AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), which includes institutes of NMIJ. The NMIJ now consists of four research inst itutes and two supporting sections. I hope we will continue to develop and disseminate metrology standards and related measurement technologies more ef�iciently with this new structure. More details of new structure and the work plan of NMIJ for the next few years will be explained in the following issues. I hope this NMIJ Newsletter will provide useful information for you.
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The NMIJ is composed of six units including the Center for Quality Management of Metrology and the Research Promotion Division of NMIJ. The next issue will present the details of each unit .
Dr. Yukinobu MIKIDirector General
National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ)
NMIJ activities (Nov. 2014 - Apr. 2015)
Featured past events
Upcoming events
In March 2015, NMIJ invited two experts from MSTRD (Myanmar Sc ient i � ic and Technological Research Department) to discuss with NMIJ and METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) to promote further cooperation. In the meantime, visits to several calibration laboratories in Japan were also arranged to exchange information and to learn about national measurement system and laboratory infrastructure.
Now, Myanmar is constructing the standardization institute. The NMIJ has supported several developing countries such as Myanmar, and we expect to strengthen our cooperative/ close relationship with them.
The NMIJ has been organizing training courses on traceability in rice moisture measurement since 2001 in cooperation with APLMF. These courses aim to strengthen technical basis for reliable domestic/international trade in the economies producing rice as the primary agricultural product. Next training course will be held from 16th through November 20th, 2015 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Prof. Dr. Klaus von Klitzing, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, is also well known for the discovery of the Integer Quantum Hall Effect, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1985. He visited AIST/NMIJ on January 29th and 30th and gave a lecture on 30th entitled with “Fundamental Constants: The basis for a New SI”.
He also had a laboratory tour of Electricity and Magnetism Division, Temperature and Humidity Division, Material Properties Division, and Time and Frequency Division of NMIJ.
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Lecture by Prof. Klaus von Klitzing, 1985 Nobel laureate in Physics
Information exchange with MSTRD, Myanmar, on establishment of standardization system
Training Course on Traceability in Rice Moisture Measurement
VisitorsMore than 50 foreign guests visited NMIJ for technical discussion and trainings. Ongoing and future collaboration projects/plans were discussed with the guests listed below.
Contribution to APMP
The NMIJ has accepted on-site peer review/assessment on the activities of the calibration and the reference material production in the framework of CIPM MRA, and also submitted periodical review in accordance with OIML MAA. In the recent half year, we invited multiple peer reviewers in the technical areas of EM (Electricity and Magnetism) and PR (Photometry and Radiometry); we also invited a reviewer to maintain R60 (load cells) and R76 (non-automatic weighing instruments) DoMCs in the legal metrology. On the other hand, seven researchers of NMIJ were sent to four NMIs for CIPM on-site peer reviews.
Peer review
NMIJ activities (Nov. 2014 - Apr. 2015)
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Name Affiliation Date
Mr. Nabil Ameen Molla, Mr. Basem Salameh, Mr. Metab Almezani
Mr. PongsakPhattarameatevinyu,
Mr. Pratchaya Laipaiboon,Ms. Budsaya Sriwichan
Dr. Michel de Labachelerie
Prof. Marc Himbert
Dr. Zar Ni Aung,Dr. Kyaw Soe Lwin
Dr. Malcolm McEwen
Dr.. LuxsameePlangsangmas
Nov.11,2014
Dec.10,2014
Jan.28,2015
Feb.24,2015
Mar.16,2015
Apr.20,2015
Apr.27,2015
GCC Standardization Organization, Saudi Arabia
PTT, Thailand
FEMTO-ST, France
LNE-CNAM, France
MSTRD, Myanmar
NRC, Canada
TISTR, Thailand
Mr. Neak Thyng, Mr. Vann Channrat NMC, Cambodia Nov.30,2014
Three members from the GCC Standardization Organization had an NMIJ laboratory tour followed by a discussion and information exchange with NMIJ members.
Dr.Takatsuji (NMIJ) and Mr.Prayoon (NIMT) with the donated block gauge.
Dr.Takashi USUDAAssistant Director General of NMIJ
International appointments
The NMIJ has taken the initiative in promoting the APMP DEC "Instrument Bank Project". The NMIJ donated a block gauge to NIMT as a part of this project.
Regarding technical training and discussions, NMIJ invited a total of 36 researchers from the APMP region including 10 participants from Thailand for "Science and Technical Activity Course" organized by NMIJ under the sponsorship of "SAKURA Exchange Program in Science" by JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency). The NMIJ will make continuous efforts to contribute to APMP.More information on SAKURA Exchange Program in Science: http://ssp.jst.go.jp/EN/
Dr. Takashi USUDA, member of CIPM, was reappointed as the president of Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration (CCAUV), and the president of Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry (CCPR) for 4-year term at the 104th meeting of the CIPM in March 2015.
1. M. Kinoshita, H. Iida, Y. Shimada, “Frequency Calibration of Terahertz Time-Domain Spectrometer Using Air-Gap Etalon”, IEEE Trans. THz Sci. Tech., 2014, 4, 756-759.
2. Y. Sakaguchi , T. Kinumi , T. Yamazaki , A. Takatsu, “Novel amino acid analysis using derivatization of multiple functional groups followed by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry”, Analyst, 2015, 140, 1965-1973.
3. K. Inagaki, S. Fujii, S. Miyashita, K. Nagasawa, T. Okahashi, A. S. Groombridge, A. Takatsu, K. Chiba, “A novel concentric grid nebulizer for inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry”, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 2136-2145.
4. T. Yarita, T. Otake, Y. Aoyagi, T. Kuroiwa, M. Numata, A. Takatsu, “Pro�iciency testing for determination of pesticide residues in soybean: Comparison of assigned values from participants' results and isotope-dilution mass spectrometric determination”, Talanta, 2015, 132, 269-277.
5. T. Shimada, R. Doihara, Y. Terao, “Investigation into calibration performance of small volume prover for hydrocarbon �low”, Flow Measure. Instru., 2015, 41, 174-180.
6. M. Imamura, E. Kobayashi, M. Sasaki, “Depth analysis on oxidation of Al/Si(111) thin �ilm by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation”, Jpn. J. Appl. Physics, 2015, 54, 055202.
NMIJ activities (Nov. 2014 - Apr. 2015)
Research reports
International comparisons*
* The measurements of these comparisons started during this period (Nov.1, 2014 – Apr.30, 2015).
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Selected Publications (Nov. 2014 - Apr. 2015)
KCDB Code Field and Title Pilot Lab
CCAUV.U-K4
CCEM.RF-K26
CCQM-K102
CCQM-K123
CCQM-K124
CCQM-K127
CCQM-K129
CCT-K1.1
CCT-K2.5
CCT-K9
CCT-K10
APMP.EM.RF-S5.CL
APMP.QM-K91
APMP.QM-K111
APMP.T-K7.1
BIPM.RI(I)-K2
BIPM.RI(I)-K6
BIPM.RI(I)-K8
Comparison of 1 mm hydrophone calibrations (Frequency: 0.5 MHz to 20 MHz)
Attenuation measurements (Frequency: 18 GHz, 26.5 GHz and 40 GHz)
Low polarity analytes in abiotic matrix: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediment
Trace elements in biodiesel fuel
Trace elements and chromium speciation in drinking water
Toxic and trace elements in soils
Copper Indium Gallium (di) Selenide (CIGS) thin layer composition
Realizations of the ITS-90 from 0.65 K to 24.6 K
Realizations of the ITS-90 from 13.8 K to 273.16 K
Realizations of the ITS-90 from 83.8 K to 692.7 K
Realizations of the ITS-90 between 960 °C and 3000 °C
Characteristic impedance of coaxial air lines
Comparison on pH measurement of a phthalate buffer
Propane in Nitrogen
Comparison of water triple point cells
Measurement of air kerma for low energy X rays
Measurement of absorbed dose to water for high-energy photon beams
Measurement of reference air kerma rate for HDR Ir-192 brachytherapy sources
NPL
NMIJ
IRMM
NMIJ, NIST
NMIJ, GLHK
CENAM, ISJ
KRISS
NIST
NRC
NIST
NPL
NMIJ
NMIJ
CERI
NMIJ
BIPM
BIPM
BIPM
The NMIJ has participated in the following key and supplementary comparisons.