Currency Features for Visually Impaired People


COMMITTEE ON CURRENCY FEATURES USABLE BY THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

NORBERT S. BAER, Chair , New York University, New York

GARY A. BAUM, James River Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin; North Carolina State University, Raleigh

JOHN BRABYN, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, California

JOSEPH GAYNOR, Innovative Technology Associates, Ventura, California

JOHN HASLOP, Thomas De La Rue, Ltd., Hampshire, England

GORDON E. LEGGE, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

ROBERT R. SHANNON, University of Arizona, Tucson

GLENN T. SINCERBOX, IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California


Liaison Representative

SARA CHURCH, Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C.


National Materials Advisory Board Staff

SANDRA HYLAND, Staff Officer

JANICE M. PRISCO, Senior Project Assistant


Currency Features for Visually Impaired People

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
COMMISSION ON ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD

The purpose of the National Materials Advisory Board is the advancement of materials science and engineering in the national interest.

CHAIRMAN

Dr. James C. Williams
General Manager
Engineering Materials Technology Laboratories
Mail Drop H85
General Electric Company
1 Neumann Way
Cincinnati, OH 45215-6301

MEMBERS

Dr. Jan D. Achenbach
Director, Center Quality and Engineering & Failure Prevention
Northwestern University
Catalysis Bldg. Room 324
2137 N. Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208-3020

Dr. Bill R. Appleton
Associate Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4500 N, MS-6240
P. O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6255

Mr. Robert R. Beebe
Consultant
P. O. Box 32048
Tucson, AZ 85715

Dr. I. Melvin Bernstein
Vice President for Arts, Science and Technology
Ballou Hall
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155

Dr. J. Keith Brimacombe
Professor of Materials Processes Engineering
Director, The Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering
The University of British Columbia
#305-6350 Stores Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 124
Canada

Dr. John V. Busch
President
IBIS Associates, Inc.
55 William Street, Suite 220
Wellesley, MA 02181

Dr. Harry E. Cook
Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana
1206 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Dr. Robert Eagan
Director, Engineered Materials and Processes Center
Sandia National Laboratories, Org. 1700
Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800

Dr. Carolyn Hansson
Professor and Head, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Queen's University, Nicol Hall
Kingston, Ontario
Canada, K7L 3N6

Dr. Kristina M. Johnson
Director, Optoelectronics Computing
University of Colorado
Campus Box 425
Boulder, CO 80309

Dr. Lionel C. Kimerling
Thomas Lord Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139

Dr. James E. McGrath
Ethyl Professor of Polymer Chemistry
Director, NSF Science & Technology Center:
High Performance Polymeric Adhesives & Composites Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0212

Dr. Richard S. Muller
Director, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Austin, TX 78712

Dr. Elsa Reichmanis
Department Head, Polymers & Organic Materials Research
AT&T Bell Laboratories
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, NJ 07974

Dr. Edgar A. Starke
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22901

Dr. John Stringer
Director of Applied Research
Electric Power Research Institute
3412 Hillview Avenue
P. O. Box 10412
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Dr. Kathleen C. Taylor
Head, Physical Chemistry Department
General Motors Research and Environment Staff
General Motors Corporation
30500 Mound Road
Warren, MI 48090

Dr. James Wagner
Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Materials Science and Engn.
Dept. of Biomedical Eng.
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Dr. Joseph Wirth
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Raychem Corporation
M.S. 122/8505
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1164

NMAB Director

Dr. Robert E. Schafrik
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418


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