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Title
RANN Utilization Experience (Case Studies 32 through 41).
File
PB263683.pdf
Author(s)
Burger, T. M.; Massoglia, M. F.
Source
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., November 1976, 328 p.
Abstract
This report contains case studies of the utilization of research results of ten Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) projects that were selected as being both broadly representative of the RANN program and of some interest and significance relative to national needs. The selection procedures were informal and were carried out interactively within NSF/RANN management. These case studies follow thirty-one that were previously prepared and distributed and will be followed by additional utilization case studies. Findings and analysis are confined to the individual cases. Subject areas include: (1) Creating and evaluating an experimental industry-university furniture R&D applications institute; (2) Innovation centers; (3) The less cash/less check society: an in-depth technology assessment; (4) Urban technology system; (5) Energy absorption characteristics of structural systems subjected to earthquake excitation; (6) Metromex; (7) The Texas Energy Advisory Council; (8) Tertiary oil recovery; (9) Assessment of a new textile technology; and (10) Automated bending system for the fabrication of ship frames.
Keywords
Cold working; Projects; Weather modification; Technology; Urban planning; Metal bending; Automation; Energy; Research applied to national needs; Case studies; Oil recovery; Furniture; Shipbuilding; Technology innovation; Textiles; Utilization; Organizations; Computer programming; Institutes; Metropolitan meteorological experiment; Research; Electronic fund transfer system; Surveys; Cash flow; Earthquakes