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Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 67-72

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... His main areas of expertise include optimization of robot design including trade-offs of performance, cost, manufacturability, application requirements, and user friendliness; utilization of robotic devices to overcome manufacturing productivity challenges and provide cost-effective manufacturing process alternatives; development and application of microsensors for intelligent robots, robotic assist devices, autonomous robots, and remote presence; and risk assessment, safety, and safeguarding of robot applications. In 1997 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to the design, control, and implementation of industrial robots.
From page 68...
... Mr. Croff chaired a committee of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements that produced the 2002 report Risk-Based Classification of Radioactive and Hazardous Chemical Wastes; he also chaired the Nuclear Energy Agency's Nuclear Development Committee for a decade.
From page 69...
... She has served as a principal engineer at Construction Technology Laboratories; an assistant professor at the University of Toronto; a postdoctoral research fellow at Norges Tekniske H0gskole, Trondheim, Norway; and a design and materials engineer with ABAM Engineers, inc. She is a member of the American Society for Testing and Materials and a fellow of the American Concrete institute, where she has served as chair of Committee 227 on Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Management and as a member of Committee 234 on Silica Fume in Concrete.
From page 70...
... His technical experience includes work related to nuclear safety, fuel cycle, water reactors, advanced reactors, and remote control. His professional experience includes research and operations positions at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Argonne National Laboratory, EPRI (formerly the Electric Power Research institute)
From page 71...
... He served as a member the 1996 general inorganic chemistry Environmental Management Science Program merit review panel. He has also served as a member of several National Academies' committees examining radioactive waste management issues at the U.S.
From page 72...
... Dr. Smith has served on several National Academies' committees, including the Committee for a Review of the Hanford Site's Environmental Remediation Science and Technology Plan and the Committee to Review Specific Scientific and Technical Safety Issues Related to the Ward Valley, California, Low Level Radioactive Waste Site.


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