Materials and man's needs. Volume 3, The institutional framework for materials science and engineering.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on the Survey of Materials Science and Engineering.

Contributor:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Science and Public Policy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials--Research.

Materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""MATERIALS AND MAN�S NEEDS""; ""PREFACE""; ""MATERIALS AND MAN�S NEEDS""; ""Contents""; ""CHAPTER 7 INDUSTRIAL, GOVERNMENTAL, ACADEMIC, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MATERIALS IN INDUSTRY""; ""Principal Materials-Producing Industries""; ""Metals Industry""; ""Inorganic Nonmetals Industry""; ""Plastics Industry""; ""Examples of Major Materials-Using Industries""; ""Electronics Industry""; ""Electric Lamp Industry""; ""Container Industry""; ""Automobile Industry""; ""Building Industry""; ""Materials and Standards""

""MATERIALS IN GOVERNMENT""""Introduction""; ""Structure and Funding""; ""Funding""; ""Governmental Laboratories""; ""Federally Supported R&D in Universities and Industry""; ""Research-Support Styles""; ""National Goals and New Role of Materials Science and Engineering""; ""Environmental Quality""; ""Conservation of Resources""; ""Clean Energy Supply""; ""Building Materials""; ""MATERIALS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN UNIVERSITIES""; ""Introduction""; ""Some Historical Highlights of Materials Education in the United States""; ""Instructional Activities""; ""Materials-Designated Departments""

""Materials-Related Departments""""Materials Research in the Universities""; ""Magnitude of Materials Research Effort""; ""Materials Research Centers (Including Interdisciplinary Materials Research Laboratories)""; ""Research in Materials-Designated Departments""; ""Research Interactions with Industry""; ""Some General Aspects of Materials Science and Engineering at Universities""; ""MATERIALS MANPOWER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES""; ""Materials Manpower""; ""Professional Activities in the Materials Field""; ""APPENDICES""; ""APPENDIX 7A""

""APPENDIX 7B Some Examples of New Materials-Science Curricula""""APPENDIX 7C History of the Development of Interdisciplinary Materials Research Centers""; ""APPENDIX 7D Details of University-Industry Coupling Experiments""; ""Introduction""; ""Traditional University-Industry Coupling Patterns""; ""Present University-Industry Coupling Attempts in the Materials Field""

Notes:

Prepared under the aegis of the Academy's Committee on Science and Public Policy.

OCLC:

726822991