%0 Book %A National Academy of Engineering %T The Impact of Academic Research on Industrial Performance %@ 978-0-309-08973-9 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10805/the-impact-of-academic-research-on-industrial-performance %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10805/the-impact-of-academic-research-on-industrial-performance %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Industry and Labor %K Computers and Information Technology %K Policy for Science and Technology %P 264 %X Drawing on the findings of sector-specific workshops, e-mail surveys, research literature, expert testimony, and committee and panel members’ expertise, this National Academy of Engineering study assesses the qualitative impact of academic research on five industries—network systems and communications; medical devices and equipment; aerospace; transportation, distribution, and logistics services; and financial services. The book documents the range and significance of academic research contributions to the five industries—comparing the importance of different types of contributions, the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of these contributions, and the multiple vectors by which academic research is linked to each industry. The book calls for action to address six cross-cutting challenges to university-industry interactions: the growing disciplinary and time-horizon-related imbalances in federal R&D funding, barriers to university-industry interaction in service industries, the critical role of academic research in the advancement of information technology, the role of academic research in the regulation of industry, the impact of technology transfer activities on core university research and education missions, and the search for new pathways and mechanisms to enhance the contributions of academic research to industry. The book also includes findings and recommendations specific to each industry. %0 Book %A National Academy of Engineering %A National Research Council %T The Carbon Dioxide Dilemma: Promising Technologies and Policies %@ 978-0-309-08921-0 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10798/the-carbon-dioxide-dilemma-promising-technologies-and-policies %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10798/the-carbon-dioxide-dilemma-promising-technologies-and-policies %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Earth Sciences %K Math, Chemistry, and Physics %P 150 %X Growing concerns about climate change partly as a result of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions has prompted the research community to assess technologies and policies for sequestration. This report contains presentations of a symposium held in April of 2002. The sequestration options range form ocean disposal, terrestrial disposal in geologic formations, biomass based approaches and carbon trading schemes. The report also presents current efforts at enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide and demonstrating its utility. The volume is intended only as introduction to the subject and not the final word.