Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
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|image = Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) 한국표준과학연구원.jpg
|name = Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
|native_name = 한국표준과학연구원
|native_name_lang = ko
|formation = 1975
|location = Yuseong District, Daejeon, South Korea{{sfnp|APLMF|2015}}
|budget = US$ 108 million (2011)
|staff = 410 (2012)
|website = [http://www.kriss.re.kr Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science]
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The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) is the national measurement standards laboratory for the Republic of Korea. It is a government-funded institute responsible for providing national measurement standards and advancing measurement technologies. KRISS is also an active member of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM).[http://www.bipm.org/en/convention/member_states/ Member States and Associates]
History
KRISS was established in 1975 as the Korea Standards Research Institute, and initiated calibration services in 1979. The institute became known as the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science in 1991.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kriss.re.kr/eng/about/02_1.html |title=KRISS - history |access-date=2012-11-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218212701/http://www.kriss.re.kr/eng/about/02_1.html |archive-date=2013-02-18 |url-status=dead }}
In 1999, KRISS was officially designated to serve as the national metrology institute by the Framework Act on National Standards (Article 13). It maintains South Korea's primary measurement standards.{{sfnp|APLMF|2015}} The first woman to head the organization was Kwang Hwa Chung, who became president in 2005 and served through 2008.{{cite news |last1=박 |first1=양수 |title=정광화 원장은…정부출연硏 첫 女기관장 '1호 타이틀' 늘 따라다녀 |url=http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2015032701033003010001 |accessdate=12 October 2020 |date=27 March 2015 |newspaper=Munhwa Ilbo |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403162255/http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2015032701033003010001 |archivedate=3 April 2019 |location=Seoul, Korea |language=Korean |trans-title=Director Kwang-Hwa Chung…First Female Government Director, 'No. 1 Title' Always Follows Her}}{{cite web |last1=김 |first1=학진 |title=들불처럼 번져나간 여성 과학자들의 자존감 |url=https://www.wiset.or.kr/contents/news_view.jsp?sc_list_type=card&sc_page=1&sc_cond=1&pk_seq=26862&sc_type=1 |website=WISET |publisher=Korea Women's Scientists and Engineers Support Center |accessdate=12 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403162304/https://www.wiset.or.kr/contents/news_view.jsp?sc_list_type=card&sc_page=1&sc_cond=1&pk_seq=26862&sc_type=1 |archivedate=3 April 2019 |location=Seoul, Korea |language=Korean |trans-title=The Self-Esteem of Female Scientists Spreading Like Wildfire |date=15 September 2017 |url-status=live}}
See also
- HLA (radio station), time signal broadcast by KRISS
- Metrology
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|APLMF|2015}} |title=Official site |url=http://www.aplmf.org |publisher=Asia–Pacific Legal Metrology Forum |date=2015 |contribution-url=http://www.aplmf.org/republic-of-korea.html |contribution=Republic of Korea }}.
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.kriss.re.kr/eng/main/main.html}}
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Category:Multidisciplinary research institutes
Category:Standards organizations in South Korea