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LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY
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Electronics Engineering Department
December 26, 1979
EMS79-0117
Dr. Ruth M. Davis
Assistant for Research Applications
Department of Energy
Federal Building, Room 3400
12th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, DC 20461
Dear Dr. Davis:
I enjoyed the meeting I had with you and Dr. LaBerge on November 28,
1979. I especially appreciated the questions and comments. Some of the
questions prompted me to obtain more accurate answers than I was able to
give at the time. The questions pertaining to the size and scope of a
program and the Laboratory management's probable attitude toward such a
program are discussed below.
I have had discussions with LLL's acoustic emission, metallurgy and
ceramics personnel in order to estimate the amount and type of effort
needed to extend and improve the preliminary work which I presented at
the briefing. At this time, my original estimate was approximately
correct.
It appears that the equivalent of 5-7 full employees would be
the optimum.
The tasks would be distributed among 10-15 researchers,
technicians and other consultants and advisors. This level of effort
would enable a one-year program to obtain reliable data or nearly exhaust
the possibility of obtaining such data.
In order to assess the Laboratory management's receptivity to such a
project, I had discussions with Henry McDonald, Associate Director for
Engineering, and Dale Nielsen, Associate Director for Administration.
Both associate directors indicated that such types of multidisciplinary
and discrete research are within the capability of LLL. The Director,
'niversity of California
P.O. Box 5504
ivermore, California
94550
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Dr. Ruth M. Davis
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Dr. Roger Batzel, has been informed that such a project might be suggested
by DOE and/or DOD. Therefore, in answer to your question of who should
be contacted on this matter, the appropriate person would be Dr. Batzel.
Sincerely,
P.S. Hawke
R. S. HAWKE
Engineering Research Division
MAIL STOP L-156
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Copy to:
R. E. Batzel
H. C. McDonald
D. E. Nielsen
Dr. W. LaBerge
Office of Under Secretary
of Defense
Research and Engineering
Room 1034
Washington, DC 20310
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