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NMT Division Completes Annual Division Review

On May 11-14, 1999, NMT Division held its Science and Technology Assessment (also called the "Division Review") at the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center and TA-55. This year's topics included pollution prevention, analytical chemistry, separations science, materials science, and nuclear materials management. In addition, there were 43 poster papers covering a broad range of NMT's scientific and technological activities.

Figure 1. Division Review Committee Members (left to right) Dr. Ned Wogman (chair), Dr. Darleane Hoffman, Dr. Todd LaPorte, Dr. Lamar Miller, Dr. Robert Uhrig, Dr.Anthony Rollett, Dr. Richard Bartsch, and Dr. Darryl DesMarteau.

On May 11 the Division Review Committee (see Figure 1) met with Laboratory and NMT management for an executive opening session, which was followed by morning overview sessions presented by Nuclear Weapons Directorate Deputy James A. Mercer-Smith and NMT Division Director Bruce Matthews. The afternoon session covered topics such as facilities and infrastructure, NMT's major programs, and personnel and collaborations.

For the next day and a half, the committee listened to a number of presentations, including an update from the Seaborg Institute; an overview of analytical chemistry; highlights from separations science actitivities, materials science, and nuclear materials management; and an overview of waste treatment, environmental compliance, and pollution prevention.

During the close-out session the Division Review Committee made several positive comments. "Without NMT, many other divisions at the Laboratory could not conduct advanced science and technology," noted Dr. Ned A. Wogman, the committee's chair. "Furthermore, they could not share their knowledge through publication to the entire world. NMT should be proud to be the source of such proliferation." As to the committee's final report, Wogman had this to say: "Our final report will have a strong message, a good message. And we have even greater expectations as to NMT's future."

Two awards were presented at the NMT Annual Division Review on Thursday, May 13, 1999. Gordon Jarvinen was presented with the 1999 R.D. Baker Award in Science and Technology, and Diedra Yearwood received the 1999 William J. Maraman Award for Excellence in Facility Operations.

NMT Division Review Committee

Dr. Ned A. Wogman, 1999 Chair
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories

Dr. Susan Wood, 2000 Chair
Vice President and Director
Savannah River Technology Center
Westinghouse Savannah River Company

Dr. Richard A. Bartsch
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Texas Tech University

Dr. Rohinton K. Bhada
Director, WERC/Asso. Dean of Engineering
New Mexico State University

Dr. B. Stephen Carpenter
Director, Office of International Relations and Academic Affairs

Dr. Gregory R. Choppin
R.O. Lawton Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry
Florida State University

Dr. Darryl D. DesMarteau
Tobey-Beaudrot Professor
Department of Chemistry
Clemson University

Dr. Gary M. Hieftje
Distinguished Professor and Chairman
Department of Chemistry
Indiana University

Dr. Darleane C. Hoffman
Heavy Element Nuclear Radiochemistry Group
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Dr. Todd R. LaPorte
Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley

Dr. W. Lamar Miller
Environmental Engineering Sciences
The University of Florida

Dr. Anthony (Tony) D. Rollett
Department Head Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Anthony (Tony) W. Thompson, CA

Dr. Robert E. Uhrig
Nuclear Engineering Department
The University of Tennessee

Reported by Octavio Ramos, CIC-1. Photos by Gary Warren, CIC-9.


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