Acknowledgments

Successful completion of this report involved the contributions of many.

The work of the committee was supported by National Research Council staff members Arlene Maclin, Jack Moteff, and Pat Rapp as well as Board on Physics and Astronomy and National Materials Advisory Board directors Don Shapero and Klaus Zwilsky. The editing team included Roseanne Price, Susan Maurizi, and Susan Wyatt. Writer Steve Olson’s work in synthesizing the reports of the five panels was indispensable. Oversight by a steering committee co-chaired by Arden Bement and Al Narath helped at several crucial junctures along the way to completing the project. A critical review process overseen by the Report Review Committee contributed to the refining of this report. The National Academy Press staff designed the book and brought it through production.

The Committee on Materials Science and Engineering would also like to thank the following members of the materials community for their assistance in providing information for this report: Aerospace Industry Subpanel members Peter Cannon (Chairman), Donald P.Ames, Andrew Baker, Arden Bement, Wayne Burwell, Richard Delasi, Russell Duttweiller, Richard Hartke, Stephen Lukasik, Edith Martin, Robert Sprague, Earl Thompson, James Whitesides, and Carl Zweben; Automotive Industry Subpanel members C. Magee (Chairman), P.Beardmore, H.Cook, J.Hunter, M.Liedtke, A. McLean, G.Robinson, and R.Sjoberg; Biomaterials Industry Subpanel members S.Barenberg (Chairman), J.Andrade, P.Bosen, R.Crowninshield, P.Galetti, W.Grantz, A.Haubold, M.Helmus, R.Kronenthal, J.Lemmons, L.Lynch, E.Mueller, M.Ostler, M.Refojo, S.Shalaby, J.Shaw, and J. Williams; Chemistry Subpanel members George Hammond (Chairman), James Clovis, Ted Evans, Edith Flanigen, Lawrence Hare, Harris Hartzler, Robert Jannson, Donald McLemore, and Lloyd Robeson; Electronics Industry Subpanel members Bob Stratton (Chairman), Al Cho, Dick Delagi, William Gallagher, Kent Hansen, Webb Howard, Howard Huff, Milo Johnson, Bill Mitchell, Elsa Reichmanis, Bob Rosenberg, Ralph Ruth, and Pei Wang; Energy Industry Subpanel members R.Jaffee (Chairman), E.DeMeo, B. Kear, W.Liang, R.Richman, J.Roberts, and D.Shannon; Metals Industry Subpanel members Ian Hughes (Chairman), Philip Abramowitz, Yaz Bilimoria, Larry Hicks, Noel Jarrett, John Mihelich, Neil Paton, and Joseph Winter; and Telecommunications Industry Subpanel members Robert Laudise (Chairman), Glenn Cullen, Barry Dunbridge, Kenneth Jackson, Charles Jonscher, Robert Maurer, Gregory Stillman, and Jack Wernick.

In addition, the committee would like to thank those who participated in the workshop held by the Panel on Materials Research Opportunities and Needs in Materials Science and Engineering: Harry Allcock, Sumner Barenberg, Malcolm Beasley, H.Kent Bowen, Morris Cohen, Lance Davis, Frank Di Salvo, Anthony Evans, Paul Fleury, John Hirth, John Joannopoulos, Frank Karasz, Bernard Kear, David Litster, Alex Maradudin, Robert Mehrabian, Raumond Orbach, Richard Osgood, John Quinn, John Silcox, Robert White, and James Williams.

The committee is also grateful to the participants of the two workshops held by the Panel on Exploitation of Materials Science and Technology for the National Welfare: Workshop on Technological Innovations and Technology Transfer participants Alan Chynoweth (Chairman), Michael Chartock, Joel Clark, J.William Doane, Ted Geballe, Harry Gibson, Lyman Johnson, Harry Lipsitt, Stewart Miller, Phillip Parrish, John Riggs, Palle Smidt, Robert Sundahl, and Port Wheeler; and Workshop on Institutional Aspects of Technology Transfer participants Alan Chynoweth (Chairman), Gordon Geiger, Sigfried Hecker, Herb Johnson, Ronald Kerber, Bob McKee, Richard Pitler, Vince Russo, Larry Sumney, Douglas Walgren, and Karl Willenbrock.

Thanks are also extended by the committee to those who participated in case studies, including C.Flynn, G.Somorjai, W.Dennis, H.Paxton, and L.Kuhn. We acknowledge with gratitude the help of A.Malozemoff and R.Rosenberg with writing sections of this report.

PRAVEEN CHAUDHARI

MERTON FLEMINGS

Co-chairmen

Committee on Materials Science and Engineering