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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2000. Materials Technologies for the Process Industries of the Future: Management Strategies and Research Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10037.
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Acronyms

AIM

Advanced Industrial Materials Program

AISI

American Iron and Steel Institute

ATS

advanced turbine system

CEO

chief executive officer

CFCC

Continuous-Fiber Ceramic Composites Program

CRADA

cooperative research and development agreements

DOE

U.S. Department of Energy

IOF

Industries of the Future Program

MEMS

microelectromechanical system

OIT

Office of Industrial Technology

ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORTA

office of research and technologies applications

R&D

research and development

SBIR

small business innovation research

STTR

small business technology transfer

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2000. Materials Technologies for the Process Industries of the Future: Management Strategies and Research Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10037.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technology (OIT) requested that the National Research Council, through the National Materials Advisory Board, conduct a study to evaluate its crosscutting materials program (i.e., programs on materials applicable to more than one industry). The committee on Materials Technology for Process Industries was established to review OIT's materials programs and management strategies, identify research and application needs, and identify barriers to the commercialization of new technologies.

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