Harvesting the Fruits of Inquiry: How Materials Discoveries Improve Our Lives (2014)
Chapter: BackMatter
COMMITTEE ON SOCIETAL BENEFITS FROM CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS RESEARCH
ANDREA LIU, University of Pennsylvania, Co-chair
GEORGE CRABTREE, Argonne National Laboratory, Co-chair
EVA Y. ANDREI, Rutgers University
PAUL C. CANFIELD, Ames Laboratory
ALLEN M. GOLDMAN, University of Minnesota
ANDREW J. MILLIS, Columbia University
JUAN J. DE PABLO, University of Chicago
MONICA OLVERA DE LA CRUZ, Northwestern University
STUART S.P. PARKIN, IBM Almaden Research Center
DANIEL C. RALPH, Cornell University
CYRUS R. SAFINYA, University of California at Santa Barbara
JERRY A. SIMMONS, Sandia National Laboratories
MARK STILES, National Institute of Standards and Technology
KATSUYO THORNTON, University of Michigan
DALE VAN HARLINGEN, University of Illinois
DAVID A. WEITZ, Harvard University
Staff
JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director
DONALD C. SHAPERO, Senior Scholar
CARYN J. KNUTSEN, Associate Program Officer (until July 2013)
TERI G. THOROWGOOD, Administrative Coordinator (until August 2013)
BETH DOLAN, Financial Associate
BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
PHILIP H. BUCKSBAUM, Stanford University, Chair
DEBRA M. ELMEGREEN, Vassar College, Vice Chair
RICCARDO BETTI, University of Rochester
ADAM S. BURROWS, Princeton University,
TODD DITMIRE, University of Texas at Austin
NATHANIEL J. FISCH, Princeton University
PAUL FLEURY, Yale University
STUART FREEDMAN, University of California at Berkeley
S. JAMES GATES, University of Maryland
LAURA H. GREENE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MARTHA P. HAYNES, Cornell University
MARK B. KETCHEN, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
MONICA OLVERA DE LA CRUZ, Northwestern University
PAUL SCHECHTER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BORIS SHRAIMAN, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics
MICHAEL S. TURNER, University of Chicago
ELLEN D. WILLIAMS, PB International
MICHAEL S. WITHERELL, University of California at Santa Barbara
Staff
JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director
DONALD C. SHAPERO, Senior Scholar
DAVID B. LANG, Program Officer
CARYN J. KNUTSEN, Associate Program Officer (until July 2013)
TERI G. THOROWGOOD, Administrative Coordinator (until August 2013)
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
BETH DOLAN, Financial Associate
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone is president of the National Academy of Sciences.
The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., is president of the National Academy of Engineering.
The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine.
The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone and Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National Research Council.
