IV. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 13/ 



The majority of research supported in this area is small-scale 

 research carried out by individual scientists located at a large num- 

 ber of universities, national laboratories, and industrial laborato- 

 ries. Only a small part of this activity involves the use of large 

 and expensive facilities. 



These same characteristics apply to similar research carried 

 out by foreign nations. Because of the nature of materials science 

 and engineering, international cooperation generally takes the form 

 of informal information exchanges and research collaboration on an 

 individual basis. In addition, the broad nature of the research and 

 the large number of individual researchers from many countries make 

 it difficult to estimate accurately the future potential for coopera- 

 tion on a facility-by-facility basis, other than the overall assess- 

 ment that it is expected to remain about the same. 



In general, international cooperation in materials science and 

 engineering research has remained constant over many years. In part, 

 this reflects the satisfaction of the diverse scientific community 

 with the current level of cooperation among all of the major coun- 

 tries involved. This level of international cooperation is expected 

 to continue. Significant changes probably will not occur with the 

 present generation of facilities, but may increase in the future if 

 Larger and more expensive facilities are constructed. 



See table 4 for a list of materials and engineering facili- 

 ties and appendix 5 for brief descriptions of each of these facili- 

 ties. 14/ 



13/ The discussion in this chapter is based largely on infor- 

 mation supplied by the Deparement of Energy, Apr. 16, 1985. 



14/ Also see Blume, Martin and David E. Moncton. Large Facili- 

 ties for Condensed-Matter Science. Physics Today, v. 38, Mar. 1985. 

 p. 68-76. 



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