Project Themis Grants for 1969
Project THEMIS second-year contract awards for 43 new research programs in FY 1969 at academic institutions in 24 states and the District of Columbia have been approved by Secretary of...
...North Carolina State University, digital encoding systems...
...and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, electrochemical power sources...
...University of Hawaii, online computer systems...
...and Kansas State University, electronic components in nuclear radiation environment...
...University of Tennessee, MHD power generation and (separate program) remote sensors for environmental systems...
...Vanderbilt University, coating science and technology...
...Institutions selected, the area of research in which work will be performed and sponsoring agencies are: NAVY-Catholic University vitreous state structure and dynamics and (separate program) dynamics of cable systems...
...surface effects and (separate program) predictability of low-altitude winds...
...University of Iowa, application and theory of automata...
...and University of Kentucky, metal deformation processing...
...University of Vermont, isolation and sensory communication...
...Rice University, coherent and incoherent EM radiation...
...The objective is twofold: to create new centers of scientific excellence responsive to Department of Defense (DoD) solution of problems in the future...
...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, radiation effects on electronic materials...
...Colorado State University, tropical weather disturbances and...
...Lehigh University, loyrcycle fatigue in joined structures...
...The 43 programs selected for support were picked from 412 proposals submitted by academic institutions...
...Texas Technological College, human performance under stress...
...and to achieve a wider geographical distribution of Defense research funds, giving preference to institutions that receive little or no DoD support of science...
...Texas A&M University, aircraft dynamics for subsonic flight...
...and University of North Dakota, control of arthropods of medical importance...
...State University of Arizona, detection devices, techniques and theory: University of Connecticut, structural fatigue...
...Kent State University, liquid crystal detectors...
...Florida State University, prediction of tropical weather phenomena...
...ARMY-University of Cincinnati, internal aerodynamics and air-breathing engines...
...On-site visits then were made for in-depth evaluation of each of the 96 programs to select the 43...
...Southern Methodist University, statistics in calibration methods...
...Drexel Institute of Technology, forcasting by satellite observations...
...Drexel Institute of Technology, powder metallurgy...
...North Dakota State University, control of vectors of diseases of military importance...
...University of Louisville, studies of performance ass ssment and enhancement...
...AIR FORCE-University of Arizona, precision optical systems...
...Work on 16 programs will be performed for the Navy, with 14 for the Air Force and 13 for the Army...
...Jefferson Medical College, pathogenesis of acute diarrheal disease...
...University of Missouri (Rolla), effect of aqueous aerosols on atmospheric processes...
...The number was reduced to 96 by preliminary screening by groups of scientists...
...Illinois Institute of Technology, V-STOL aerodynamics...
...University of Virginia, atomic interactions in gases...
...University of Iowa, vibration and stability of military vehicles...
...West Virginia University, V/STOL aerodynamics...
...Stevens Institute of Technology, evaluation of terrain-vehicle systems...
...University of North Dakota, high-pressure physiology...
...Florida State University, computer-assisted instruction and training...
...Lehigh University, nonlinear wave propagation...
...University of Mississippi, biocontrol systems...
...Established by direction of President Johnson, Project THEMIS was initiated in September 1967 with contracts for 48 research programs in 28 states and the District of Columbia...
...Project THEMIS second-year contract awards for 43 new research programs in FY 1969 at academic institutions in 24 states and the District of Columbia have been approved by Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford...
...Medical College of South Carolina, resuscitation and treatment of wounded...
Vol. 3 • March 1969 • No. 1
