ORNL Review v21n1 1988.pdf

Transferring ORNL Technology

• Toward a "Technological Commons"
• A New Licensing Approach
• Industrial R&D Consortia
• Local ORNL Spin-off Companies
• Designing Chips by Computer. ORNL is custom designing microchips for specific uses, such as tracking the migration of killer bees, due in the United States by next year.
• Images of the Heart. New developments from ORNL's Nuclear Medicine Group will improve diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases and aid in cancer detection.
• "We Have the Best People Around": Interview with Associate Director Robert Merriman. Bob Merriman discusses his new job, nuclear power, ORNL's environmental problems, robotics, SDI research, and AVLIS for uranium enrichment.
• Microwave Processing of Ceramics: An Interdisciplinary Approach. High-frequency microwaves may be used to strengthen large, already-formed ceramic parts having complex shapes.

Departments

• Take a Number
• Awards and Appointments
• Books. Controlling Technology: Ethics and the Responsible Engineer is reviewed.
• R&D Updates. Athens Automation and Control Experiment proves successful; impact statement completed on disposal of chemical weapons; the Advanced Toroidal Facility achieves its first plasma
• Technology Transfer. U.S. steelmaker acquires rights for use of ORNL alloy.