CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE RESEARCH

材料科学研究卓越中心（以下简称 （简称中心）将是美国的一个合作单位， 牙科协会健康基金会（ADAHF）和国家牙科研究所 标准与技术（NIST）。NIST，前身为国家统计局， 标准（NBS），是一个非管制性的联邦科学和工程 实验室该组织成立于1901年，有一个材料研究 方案得到全世界的认可。该局开始进行研究， 牙科材料，以支持安全，高效和经济的使用 使消费者和执业牙科专业人员受益的材料 并支持美国牙科材料公司的竞争地位 在国际市场上。 该中心，与12,900平方英尺的指定空间，将在 牙科和医疗材料集团的机构核心， 材料科学与工程部聚合物分部的一部分 位于马里兰州盖瑟斯堡的NIST实验室。其 这标志着香港特区政府 美国国家标准与技术研究奋进 美国牙科协会（ADA）的历史可以追溯到1928年。 各种ADAHF/NIST研究项目的成本/效益分析，包括 复合材料，全景X光机和对角涡轮机 手机，显示出非常令人印象深刻的研究投资回报。 NIST中心的地理位置具有不可复制的优势 其他地方作为世界领先的科学和工程实验室，NIST 在校园里无人能及 技术和支持服务，会议和研究设施，以及 与材料科学家进行咨询和合作的机会 和工程师。NIST的国际声誉，加上其 靠近国家首都，国家 卫生研究所和几所主要大学，确保了持续的 从事材料研究的客座科学家和访客流量 项目他们的存在所引发的信息交流进一步 激励NIST卓越的研究。 ADAHF的Paffenbarger研究中心和NIST牙科和医疗 Material.Group吸引最优秀的牙科材料研究人员 和声誉这一事实，加上其他固有的优势， NIST的设施，应确保高质量的研究中进行的 本次申请中提出的七个初步项目。

The Center of Excellence for Materials Science Research (hereinafter referred to as the Center) will be a collaborative unit of the American Dental Association Health Foundation (ADAHF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST, formerly the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), is a nonregulatory federal science and engineering laboratory. Established in 1901, the organization has a materials research program recognized worldwide. The Bureau began conducting research on dental materials in 1919 to support the safe, efficient, and economical use of materials to benefit consumers and the practicing dental professional and to support the competitive position of U.S. dental materials companies in international markets. The Center, with 12,900 square feet of assigned space, will be at the institutional heart of the Dental and Medical Materials Group, which is part of the Polymers Division, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Its establishment will mark a further strengthening and melding of the cooperative dental restorative materials research endeavor between the NIST and the American Dental Association (ADA) extending back to 1928. Cost/benefit analyses of various ADAHF/NIST research projects, including composites, the panoramic X-ray machine and the contraangle turbine handpiece, show very impressive returns for research investments. Location of the Center at NIST offers advantages that cannot be duplicated elsewhere. As the world's premier science and engineering laboratory, NIST has unexcelled on-campus technical and support services, meeting and research facilities, and opportunities for consulting and collaborating with materials scientists and engineers. The international reputation of NIST, combined with its proximity to the nation's capitol, the National Institutes of Health and several major universities, assures a continual flow of guest scientists and visitors working on materials research projects. The exchange of information engendered by their presence further stimulates NIST research excellence. The ADAHF's Paffenbarger Research Center and the NIST Dental and Medical Material.Group attracts dental materials researchers of the finest quality and reputation. This fact, combined with the other advantages inherent in NIST's facilities, should assure high quality of research conducted in the seven initial projects proposed in this application.