At the start of this project, the Committee solicited input from the chemical
sciences community. The request for input was sent via e-mail to a large number
of scientists and engineers, and a general request for information appeared in
Chemical & Engineering News.
1 The committee received many valuable ideas in
response to these requests. Additional input from the broader community was
obtained as the committee wrote this report, when individual members of the
committee consulted with their colleagues to obtain specific and detailed technical
input. The committee is pleased to acknowledge all these contributors; a listing
of their names and affiliations is presented in Appendix C.
This study was conducted under the auspices of the National Research
Council’s Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology with assistance provided
by its staff. The committee also acknowledges this support.