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Trends and Opportunities in Photonics Technologies: Solid-State Lighting and Healthcare (NISTIR 7305)
APPENDIX IV: Benefits accrued to ATP detail
Benefits accrued to this ATP detail fall into three interrelated categories: benefits to the ATP, benefits to the NIST Laboratory, and benefits associated with personal development.
- Benefits to ATP include transfer to the Electronics and Photonics Group technical knowledge of materials science issues related to electronics and photonics applications, participation on the Electronics and Photonics Board during competition, extension of the ATP reviewer pool, and increased contact with other government agencies. In addition, the current state of the art in two emerging photonics areas, Solid State Lighting and Healthcare, has been analyzed and the information has been organized and disseminated to the ATP in both verbal and written form, along with listings of internal NIST and external government, industry, and university contacts. Finally, the detail has advanced interactions between the ATP and NIST Laboratories through both formal and informal interactions.
- Benefits to the Laboratories mirror those to the ATP to a large extent. Relationships that have been developed with other government agencies are potentially very valuable. Similarly, the information obtained on the two technical areas described in this document provides the Laboratories an opportunity to evaluate two emerging areas, including scientific and technical barriers, customers, economic importance, and sources of potential collaborators. While the benefits described heretofore were anticipated, benefits resulting from informal interactions between ATP staff and laboratory staff were more serendipitous but equally important. An example of such an interaction is the informal meeting between two Ceramics Division staff and two ATP staff at which generic issues associated with biomarkers were discussed. The discussion helped lead to a formal interaction between the Ceramics Division and NIH investigating nanoscale particle analysis.
- Benefits of combining NIST laboratory and ATP experience include the opportunity to work closely with groups of people with widely varying backgrounds. The opportunity to make contacts with people in other government agencies is potentially very valuable for the development future research projects. With respect to the areas of Solid State Lighting and Photonics in Healthcare, the knowledge gained in developing this report will, inevitably, remain much greater than the knowledge transmitted to the ATP or the Laboratories via formal written or oral presentations. However, even the knowledge not transmitted formally will find its way into future research projects as they evolve and, therefore, will remain very valuable. Finally, observation of the mechanisms by which the ATP operates, mission driven and criteria directed with a clear vision for technology transfer into the economy, has helped formulate a formalized evaluation procedure that can be used to assess future research choices in the NIST laboratories.
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Date created: May 22, 2006
Last updated:
May 25, 2006
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