Engineering Research and Development

The mission of the Engineering Research Program is to develop the people and technology needed to support current and future Laboratory programs. To accomplish this mission Engineering Research has two important goals -- to identify key technology areas important to the Laboratory and to conduct high quality research and development. To help focus our efforts in achieving these goals we identify key technologies called thrust areas and select technical leaders for each area. The thrust areas are an integrated Engineering activity and, rather than being primarily discipline based they are staffed by researchers from EE, ME and other Laboratory organizations as appropriate. The thrust area leader is responsible for carrying out the development work that follows from the Research Program so that the results of the research can be applied as early as possible to the needs of the programs. This annual report, organized by thrust area, describes research and development activities conducted within the Engineering Research Program for fiscal year 1989.