9 people from 7 organizations attended the annual RFB (Research Facilities Benchmarking) best practices meeting hosted by the Oak Ridge National Lab.
Discussion topics included an update of the Benchmarking Program by Bob Lambe, a demo of big data analysis in the Everest Room, presentations on facility sustainability and building material research programs,”mini-presentations” by each participant, and the normal “Hot Topics and Best Practices” discussion.
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There was an unprecedented number of impressive facility tours included the Super Computer center, New Chemistry Building, Spallation Neutron Source Linear Accelerator, and NTRC 3-D manufacturing research lab. A special pre-day of tours included the fabrication shop, metrology lab, High Flux Isotope Reactor, and REDC “hot cells.”