FMS Conference Issues Materials Policy Recommendations
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Recommendations from the FMS Conférence Workshops International Competitiveness Identify key materials processing technologies. Increase resources for industry/government collaboration. Review existing vehicles for leveraging government resources (such as the Department of Energy superconductivity pilot centers) with the intent of extending the successful ones. Modify légal (such as antitrust) barriers that preclude effective communication and collaboration between the government and the private sector. Expand mission statements for fédéral laboratories to include a responsibility to enhance U.S. competitiveness in materials processing through jointly funded industry/government coopérative research projects. Government Rôle in Processing Develop a national materials agenda with a government entity to provide venture capital, an expanded leveraging of fédéral and university R&D by industry, and redefined fédéral laboratory missions to foster civilian commercial technology. Hâve the Department of Transportation maintain an aggressive materials program to improve highway and bridge materials for rebuilding the national infrastructure. Coopérative Ventures Establish coopérative research programs in synthesis and processing. Improve technology transfer. Extend the DOE's superconductivity pilot center concept to include materials synthesis and processing in gênerai. Increase leveraging of national facilities and coopérative programs. Establish university centers of excellence in processing. Materials Education Establish a materials processing practice school (engineering internships in industry for graduate students, modeled after the successful MIT Engineering Practice School) to help transfer new knowledge to industry and to develop future corporate managers who understand technology. Incorporate processing oriented courses in the undergraduate materials curriculum.
FMS Conférence Issues Materials Policy Recommendations The llth Biennial Conférence on a National Materials Policy was held in Kingsmill, Virginia, June 11-14, 1990 and sponsored by the Fédération of Materials Societies. The conference's thème, "Developing a Vision for Materials Processing in the 1990s: The Rôle of National Policy," drew approximately 70 materials experts from government, industry, and universities. The three days of plenary sessions and workshops focused on ways to enhance the United States' capability in materials synthesis and processing. Chaired by Robert Laudise of AT&T Bell Laboratories, the conférence included présentations from national leaders in materials processing, materials éducation, and international competitiveness followed by four concurrent workshops ritled Coopérative Ventures: Status and Opportunities; Government Rôle in Kostering Processing Science, Technology, and Competitiveness; Education for National Processing Efficiency; and International Competitiveness: What's Going On? What Can the U.S. Learn? A recurring thème during the workshop discussions was the weakness in U.S. competitiveness in the "middle ground" betw
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