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Gordon Shaw
Research Chemist at NIST
Gordon Shaw is a Research Chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).2 He works in the Mass and Force Group, focusing on small mass and force measurement projects.46 Shaw received his BA in chemistry from Skidmore College4 and later pursued a PhD, during which he conducted research on nanoscale mechanical properties of nickel-titanium shape memory alloys and chemical sensors.2
At NIST, Shaw has made significant contributions to mass calibration and measurement. He created new mass-calibration schemes for the commercially relevant range from micrograms to milligrams, earning him a Bronze Medal Award in 2017.3 His recent work involves enabling new quantum-based sensing and measurement capabilities.6
Shaw's research portfolio is extensive, with 61 research works and 942 citations, including studies on the primary measurement of massic activity of Am-241 by cryogenic decay energy spectrometry.5 He has also been involved in the development of chip-scale elastic fused silica parallelogram flexure devices for force calibration in instrumented indentation.1
