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James Clark School of Engineering with a secondary appointment in the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine.</p> <p>Before joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Locascio worked at NIST for 31 years, rising from a research biomedical engineer to eventually leading the agency鈥檚 Material Measurement Laboratory (MML).聽</p> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5cc1651e-b383-4706-8f6c-a68578220d6f" href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/people/laurie-e-locascio" title="Laurie E. 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system will make it easier for grantees and contractors to comply with reporting requirements.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2022/08/two-new-forensic-firearm-examination-standards-added-osac-registry-approved" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/08/two-new-forensic-firearm-examination-standards-added-osac-registry-approved" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220809163420im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/pml/div683/bullet.jpg?itok=KFzsx6IY" width="100" height="90" alt="A fired cartridge case and a fired bullet." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a 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It incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2022/08/journey-nist-cybersecurity-framework-csf-20-workshop-1" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2022/08/journey-nist-cybersecurity-framework-csf-20-workshop-1" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220809163420im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/images/2022/07/19/Event%20Graphic%20CSF2.0%20August%202022%20UTC_0.gif" width="640" height="480" alt="Journey to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 | Workshop #1" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2022/08/journey-nist-cybersecurity-framework-csf-20-workshop-1"><span>Journey to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 | Workshop #1</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Wed, Aug 17 2022, 10:00am - 4:30pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">NIST has begun the process to update the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to keep pace with the evolving cybersecurity</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2022/08/5802-fundamentals-metrology" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2022/08/5802-fundamentals-metrology"><span>5802 Fundamentals of Metrology</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Mon, Aug 22 - Fri, Aug 26 2022</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The 5 day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to the concepts of</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5616">View All Events</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Industry Impacts</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-67ad643484966b2be814c437c372576c095d4d5e4f2a7e3894f4c639c40125fe"> <div> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/cement" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/cement" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220809163420im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2018/10/01/interior_concrete_detail-by-carlyncarlyn.jpg?itok=kEAuo4Og" width="100" height="70" alt="artsy photo of a concrete wall at Bronx Comunity College" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/cement"><span>Cement</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">Cement is the core ingredient in concrete, the most widely used building material in the world. It plays an integral role in infrastructure such as buildings</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/pipeline-safety" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/pipeline-safety" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220809163420im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2018/10/01/shutterstock_627465578-pipeline-grassy-hill-copyright-sundry-photography-2mb.jpg?itok=fLJkS-wU" width="100" height="67" alt="Gas pipeline crossing the hills, south San Francisco bay, San Jose, California" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220809163420/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/pipeline-safety"><span>Pipeline Safety</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">More than 2.5 million miles of natural gas, liquid petroleum and hydrogen pipelines cross the United States. 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