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Teilnehmer der Botschafterveranstaltung in der PTB

Erst technische Unterstützung, später wissenschaftliche Kooperation auf Augenhöhe – so könnte man ein Ziel der technischen Zusammenarbeit formulieren. Einige Partner der Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB) sind auf diesem Weg bereits erfreulich weit vorangekommen. Das zeigte sich bei einem Treffen, zu dem PTB-Präsident Prof. Dr. Joachim Ullrich, Dr. Peter Failer, Abteilungsleiter Internationale Entwicklungspolitik des Bundesministeriums für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit (BMZ), und der PTB-Fachbereich Technische Zusammenarbeit Vertreter der Botschaften Lateinamerikas und der Karibik sowie verschiedener Ministerien ins PTB-Institut Berlin eingeladen hatten. 

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EMRP and EMPIR

For a few years, metrology institutes, researchers and companies have linked up with the support of the EU, to pool their resources and to make available the measurement technology that a modern society needs. This is also reflected in the fact that a coordinated European metrology research program was launched with the support of the European Union – first within the scope of the 7th EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, subsequently as a measure under Article 185 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. At the moment, two programs are running: EMRP and EMPIR. All meetings of the “European Metrology Research Programme” (EMRP) and the “European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research” (EMPIR) are to be found on the PTB website.

Contact person for all EMRP and EMPIR projects in the PTB

Corinna Kroner, Presidential Staff,
+49 (0)531 592-3090,
corinna.kroner(at)ptb.de

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At the first groundbreaking (from left to right): Dr. Harald Müller (PTB), Dr. Rolf Kumme (PTB), Dr. Karin Kniel (PTB), Dr. Frank Härtig (PTB, project coordinator), Prof. Dr. Joachim Ullrich (PTB, President), Renate Müller-Steinweg (public building construction management), Juliane and Peter von Klitzing (architects), Hendrik Welp (architect), Dr. Christian Schlegel (PTB)

As the first national metrology institute in the world to do so, PTB is planning to provide reliable and comprehensive quality assurance to the wind energy industry. To this end, a new building is being built on the premises of PTB in Braunschweig: The Wind Energy Competence Center. This building will house a large coordinate measuring machine which can be used to measure very large components of wind turbines. The building will also contain measurement and calibration facilities for very large torques, as well as wind speed measurement instruments by means of which the yield forecasts of high wind turbines can be improved.

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Awards

Frank Härtig

In January, the head of Division 1 (Mechanics and Acoustics) was made an honorary professor by the Institute of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering of the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), a university in Harbin, China, based on his work in the field of metrology and his pioneering developments in the field of traceability of metrological algorithms.

Harald Schnatz

The head of Department 4.3 (Quantum Optics and Unit of Length), was presented with the European Frequency and Time Award 2016 at the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), which took place from 4-7 April 2016 in York.

 


Nils Huntemann,

a staff member of Department 4.4 (Time and Frequency), was presented with the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) Young Scientist Award at the EFTF 2016.

 

 

Ingo Kröger

In December, the staff member of Department 4.1 (Photometry and Applied Radiometry) was named a Young Scientist of the...

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EMRP and EMPIR

For a few years, metrology institutes, researchers and companies have linked up with the support of the EU, to pool their resources and to make available the measurement technology that a modern society needs.

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Awards

Manfred Peters
Prof. Manfred PetersThe former Vice President of PTB has been awarded the 2015 Ludwik Finkelstein Medal. With this distinction, the Institute of Measurement and Control, an internationally active organization of engineers which is headquartered in the United Kingdom, has honored his many years of substantial contributions to international metrology. The Institute further noted that Dr. Peters, whose accomplishments include his term as president of the IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) from 2000 to 2003, played an active, prominent role in international metrology for over 40 years.

 

Rolf BehrensRolf Behrens
a staff member of Department 6.3, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, has been awarded the IEC 1906 Award. With this award, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has honored him for his expertise and dedication to international standardization.

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Capacitor systems (cross capacitor with partial capacitances C<sub>XC1</sub> and C<sub>XC2</sub> and cylindrical capacitor with capacitance C<sub>Zylinder</sub>) with corresponding pressure vessels to measure the dielectric constant of helium.

New measurements performed with PTB's dielectric-constant gas thermometer have yielded a value of 1.3806509 ⋅ 10–23 J/K for the Boltzmann constant k. The measurement uncertainty was thereby reduced to 4 parts per million (4 ppm). The new value is within 1.5 ppm in agreement with the current CODATA value (CODATA – Committee on Data for Science and Technology). Reaching the final step towards the aimed-for uncertainty of 2 ppm in the coming year is envisaged. In this way, it will be possible to redefine the base unit “kelvin” via the fixing of the k value.

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While scientists often explore the very smallest of dimensions, colossal objects weighing several tons are soon to play an important role as well: the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) plans to measure large gears of up to four meters in diameter in its future excellence center for wind energy. Its goal in doing so is to develop and make available a form of measurement technology which enables the operation of increasingly large and efficient wind turbines. To conquer this uncharted technological territory, a new building specially conceived for this purpose is being built on the premises of PTB in Braunschweig, using 10 million euros in financing provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The building will house a large coordinate measuring machine which can be used to measure huge wind turbine components, as well as measurement and calibration facilities for very large torques. In addition, the...

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Das "8th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology" wurde von der PTB Im Oktober 2015 am Templiner See in Potsdam ausgerichtet. Das Symposium bietet im Abstand von etwa sieben Jahren ein internationales Diskussionsforum für Präzisionsfrequenznormale. 180 Wissenschaftler aus aller Welt stellten fundamentale physikalischen Aspekte und ihre neuesten Ideen, Ergebnisse und Anwendungen von Frequenznormalen vor. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit fanden optische Atomuhren mit relativen Unsicherheiten von wenigen 10-18.

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