not targeted toward a specific application or prob- 

 lem solution but is supportive of the overall mis- 

 sion of DOT. This definition implies that the appli- 

 cability of the research is potentially long-range 

 and broad in spectrum. 



List of Basic Research Topics'" 



• Advanced fixed-guideway systems 

 (merits and demerits of different 

 vehicle/guideway concepts) 



• Large-scale network flow problems 

 (new mathematical techniques that 

 would contribute to transportation 

 theory as well as applications) 



• Impacts of transportation upon the 

 spatial distribution of economic and 

 social activities either regionally or 

 nationally (understanding of the rela- 

 tionships between transportation, 

 spatial form, and quality of life). 



Energy Research and Development 

 Administration (ERDA) 



Basic research represents only "a modest frac- 

 tion" of ERDA's total R&D work, but the agency 

 (now part of the Department of Energy) stated 

 that it "is making a substantial commitment to 

 basic research." 



List of Priorities" 



Chemical Sciences 



• Fossil fuel chemistry (coal and its 

 constituents, catalysts) 



• Combustion (short-lived reaction 

 products, measurement of turbu- 

 lence and reaction rates) 



• Photoconversion (artificial photosyn- 

 thesis, photochemical generation of 

 fuels, and photogalvanic generation 

 of electricity) 



Materials Sciences 



• Electrical conduction in materials 



• Metals and ceramics for high-tem- 

 perature applications 



"The DOT submission in Part I does not list any basic re- 

 search for current and future emphasis. These examples, DOT 

 says, "illustrate the nature of transportation basic research 

 and its potential role in support of the Department's various 

 missions . . (but) are not major research efforts."" 



"ERDA slated that it made no attempt to present a compre- 

 hensive list of areas of future emphasis. Its submission was 

 being prepared as the new Department of Energy was being 

 created. 



31 4 PRIORITIES AND GAP AREAS 



• Semiconductors for solar energy 

 applications 



• Superionic materials for batteries 



• Electrical conduction in ceramics for 

 magnetohydrodynamic and fusion 

 energy applications 



• Superconductors for electrical stor- 

 age and transmission 



• Synchrotron radiation facility for 

 research in materials, molecular, and 

 life sciences 



Geosciences 



High- Energy and Nuclear Physics 



• Construction (underway) of ISA- 

 BELLE colliding beam facility (high- 

 energy physics) 



• Additional stage of acceleration for 

 the Holifield Heavy Ion Facility 

 (heavy ion physics) 



General Life Sciences 



• Organic systems with rapid cell re- 

 placement 



• Model in vitro ceW systems 



• Damage indicators 



• Types of damage and repair 



• Relating animal data to man 



• Bases for new screening and damage 

 detection methods. 



Environmental Protection Agency 

 (EPA) 



The future research work of EPA will continue 

 to emphasize identification of potentially hazard- 

 ous substances and processes and development 

 of methods for measuring their environmental 

 effects. 



List of Priorities (long-terni)i2 



Health Effects. Air Exposure 



• Exposure-response data for pollu- 

 tants 



• Potentially dangerous (to man) trace 

 substances, hazardous materials, and 

 unsuspected toxic substances 



• Interactions of pollutants and multi- 

 ple environment stress factors 



• Indoor pollutants 



'2|n EPA's .S-year plan. 



