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Panel on ONR Research Opportunities in Chemistry
David W. McCall,
Basking Ridge, New Jersey,
Chair
James J. Auborn,
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Robert A. Laudise,
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Dotsevi Y. Sogah,
Cornell University
Kathleen C. Taylor,
General Motors Research Laboratory
C. Grant Willson,
University of Texas at Austin
George M. Whitesides,
Harvard University
Navy Liaison Representative
Ronald N. Kostoff,
Office of Naval Research
Consultant
Sidney G. Reed,
Ronald D. Taylor, Senior Program Officer
Naval Studies Board
David R. Heebner,
Science Applications International Corporation (retired),
Chair
George M. Whitesides,
Harvard University,
Vice Chair
Albert J. Baciocco, Jr.,
The Baciocco Group
Alan Berman,
Center for Naval Analyses
Ruth M. Davis,
Pymatuning Group, Inc.
Seymour J. Deitchman,
Institute for Defense Analyses
John F. Egan,
Lockheed Electronic Systems Group
Ralph R. Goodman,
Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
Sherra E. Kerns,
Vanderbilt University
David W. McCall,
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Irwin Mendelson,
Singer Island, Florida
George A. Paulikas,
The Aerospace Corporation
Alan Powell,
University of Houston
Herbert Rabin,
University of Maryland
Robert L. Silverstein,
Northrop Corporation
Keith A. Smith,
Vienna, Virginia
Robert C. Spindel,
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
H. Gregory Tornatore,
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Richard H. Truly,
Georgia Tech Research University
J. Pace VanDevender,
Sandia National Laboratories
Vincent Vitto,
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy Liaison Representatives
Nat Kobitz,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Ronald N. Kostoff,
Office of Naval Research
Lee M. Hunt, Director
Ronald D. Taylor, Associate Director
Susan G. Campbell, Administrative Assistant
Mary (Dixie) Gordon, Information Officer
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications
Richard N. Zare,
Stanford University,
Chair
Richard S. Nicholson,
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Vice Chair
Stephen L. Adler,
Institute for Advanced Study
John A. Armstrong,
IBM Corporation
Sylvia T. Ceyer,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Avner Friedman,
University of Minnesota
Susan L. Graham,
University of California at Berkeley
Robert J. Hermann,
United Technologies Corporation
Hans Mark,
The University of Texas at Austin
Claire E. Max,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Christopher F. McKee,
University of California at Berkeley
James W. Mitchell,
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Jerome Sacks,
National Institute of Statistical Sciences
A. Richard Seebass III,
University of Colorado
Leon T. Silver,
California Institute of Technology
Charles P. Slichter,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alvin W. Trivelpiece,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Norman Metzger, Executive Director
Preface
The Panel on Office of Naval Research (ONR) Research Opportunities in Chemistry was established by the Naval Studies Board (NSB) at the request of the ONR. The NSB assists the ONR by reviewing ONR research programs in each of the fields of basic research for which ONR has responsibility, and identifying gaps in research coverage and new research opportunities. Naval operational requirements are considered, where known. The present report on opportunities in chemistry covers issues proposed by the panelists during a meeting held March 22-24, 1994, and the topics represent a consensus assessment of importance. The panel recognizes that the ONR program already supports work in many of the areas covered, but new sectors are proposed and inclusion implies priority emphasis for program evolution. Beginning with the excellent briefings by ONR and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) representatives on current programs and critical Navy requirements, the panel focused on issues identifiable with the future of naval systems.
This study builds on an earlier National Research Council report, Selected Opportunities for Chemical Research Related to the Navy Mission (An Interim Report) (National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.), published in 1986. Many of the subjects covered in that report remain timely and pertinent to Navy responsibilities.
The panel is indebted to ONR, NRL, and NSB personnel for strong professional input and many courtesies extended during the discussions, writing, and editing of this report.
David W. McCall, Chair
Panel on ONR Research
Opportunities in Chemistry