Industrial technology assessments : an evaluation of the research program of the Office of Industrial Technologies / Committee on Industrial Technology Assessments, National Materials Advisory Board, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Commission on Engineering and Technical Sysems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Industrial Technology Assessment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Office of Industrial Technologies.

United States.

Technology assessment--United States.

Technology assessment.

Research, Industrial--United States.

Research, Industrial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (70 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1993, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technology (OIT) established a group of seven industries designated as Industries of the Future (IOF). These industries were selected for their high energy use and large waste generation. The original IOF included the aluminum, chemicals, forest products, glass, metalcasting, petroleum refining, and steel industries. Each industry was asked to provide a future vision and a road map detailing the research required to realize its vision. In November 1994, the forest products industry was the first of the IOF industries to enter into an agreement with DOE. OIT asked the National Research Council's National Materials Advisory Board (NMAB) to provide guidance for OIT's transition to the new IOF strategy. The Committee on Industrial Technology Assessment (CITA) was formed for this purpose with the specific tasks of reviewing and evaluating the overall OIT program, reviewing selected OIT-sponsored research projects, and identifying crosscutting technologies (i.e., technologies applicable to more than one industry). CITA was asked to focus on three specific areas: intermetallic alloys, manufacturing process controls, and separations. A separate panel was formed to study each area and publish the results in separate reports.

Contents:

Front Matter

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

Acronyms

Tables, Box, and Figures

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 IOF Program Overview

3 Crosscutting Programs

4 Assessment of the IOF Approach

References

Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309172707

0309172705

9780309514491

0309514495

OCLC:

55641371