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APPENDIX D: REPORT OF THE PANEL ON FACILITIES AND RESEARCH AT THE ALBANY RESEARCH CENTER
APPENDIX D: REPORT OF THE PANEL ON FACILITIES AND RESEARCH AT THE ALBANY RESEARCH CENTER
Pages 102-116
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The development of successful industries in the Albany area based on this work is a lasting tribute to the intelligent use of public resources to catalyze private sector development. The current number of ALRC staR members is approximately 120.
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Several students from Oregon State University in nearby Corvallis work part time or are completing thesis requirements at the ALRC. The facilities for pyrometaDurgical research are noteworthy if only because such facilities are rare in the United States.
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Low-Cost Titanium-Production of Powder by Vapor-Phase Recluctiona Low-Cost Titanium-Titanium Alloys from Secondary Sourcesa Low-Cost Titanium-Continuous Production of Titanium Powdera Metal Extraction from Dilute Solutions with Emulsion Membranea Solvent Extraction Fundamentals Clean Technology-Waste Minimization in the Copper Industry Parameters Affecting Selective Leaching of Copper Thermodynamic Data Compilation In Situ Leaching of Phosphate Predictive Control of Nonlinear (Chaotic) Processes Identification, Characterization, and Recycling of Advanced Materials and Alloys (Aluminum-Lithium~a Removal of Copper and Tin from Ferrous Scrap Recovery of Vanadium from Titanium Chlorinator Wastesa Characterization of Fine Particle Values by Image Analysis Characterization and Waste Separation Studies on DOE Sitesa b Environmental Technologies ($540,000)
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An important feature of the low-cost titanium project is its recognition that useful grades of titanium can be produced without reaching the ultimate purity required for aerospace applications. The division's work on liquid emulsion membranes is also receiving significant emphasis, but the pane} does not think that this technology will replace or even radically alter the solvent extraction technology in commercial practice today.
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Other projects in this division involve prediction of nonlinear processes, waste minimization in mining and minerals processing, in situ leaching of phosphate ores, control of acid mine drainage utilizing liquid emulsion membranes, and vitrification processes for volume reduction and passivation of wastes. Process metallurgy research at the ALRC impressed the pane!
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notes that the bureau should develop closer relationships with user communities to identify problems of major need and to promote cooperative research that will attract significant outside support and interest from the customers. This is especially acute for the otherwise impressive gas infusion program, which commands a large budget (nearly $!
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There is easy access to Oregon State University in Corvallis and the Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI) in Beaverton; a number of staff members are graduates of these institutions, but area graduates are not so dominant here as at the Salt Lake City Research Center (University of Utah)
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" In the panel's view there are some problems with this approach as presently stated: i. The program of the bureau is a minuscule part of the total national program in materials sciences, very little of which is significantly cost shared by industry.
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4. A firm decision on whether to support the materials program on a base similar to others should be made (which, of course, does not rule out garnering outside support from industry or other agencies)
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From January 1992 to August 1994, ALRC staff published 86 articles in outside journals and periodicals and issued ~ ~ bureau publications, for a total of 97 articles in a period of about two and one-half years. There are 89 staff members in the research cadre of the center, so the average rate of publication is less than one-half article per year per professional staff member still on the low side for a technology
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Professional conference attendance by the Albany research staff totted approximately 120 per year in FY1992 and FY1993, but the projected total attendance for FY1994 is only 75, a significant decrease that hampers one of the most effective mechanisms for professional staff to interact with industry. This decrease was the consequence of an explicit decision to emphasize training of the nonresearch staff for a period of time.
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it is noted that currently all economic studies are performed in the Washington headquarters office of the bureau. This concentration in Washington may be a barrier to the effectiveness of early economic analyses, and it may well be desirable to have some basic economic assessment capability available at the center itself.
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A major dilemma arises because promotion is heavily dependent on onets external reputation from papers and presentations as a specialist, but the flexibility in program execution required of the ALRC director creates the need for team players. This is a fun(lamental management problem on which the panel heard no constructive ideas.
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2. The bureau should develop closer relationships with the user communities to identify problems of major need and to promote cooperative research that will attract significant outside support and interest from customers.
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It is noted that currently all economic studies are performed at the Washington headquarters office of the bureau. This concentration in Washington may be a barrier to the effectiveness of early economic analyses, and it may well be desirable to have some economic assessment capability available at the centers.
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