Homeland Security Business Conference & Expo
Senator Jack Reed
Congressman Patrick Kennedy
June 7, 2004
Newport, RI

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Dr. Hratch Semerjian
Acting Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
www.nist.gov/ 

Hratch G. Semerjian is the Acting Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the nation's R&D laboratory for measurement technology and standards and the only Federal laboratory with the primary mission of supporting industry and commerce. After completing his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering at Brown University (1972), Dr. Semerjian was a post doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto in the Chemistry Dept. In 1973, he joined the research staff of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of the United Technologies Corp. In 1977, he joined the research staff of NBS (National Bureau of Standards - later renamed NIST). In 1992, he became the Director of the NIST Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, and assumed the position of NIST Deputy Director in 2003. He has received numerous professional awards, including the Department of Commerce Silver and Gold Medals, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2000.

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