Periodical
Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), spoke at RAND about the NSF's role in ensuring that the United States remains a global leader in research and innovation.
Report
Provides recommendations on how the Army can get the best long-term value from its investments in basic research.
Report
The authors explore six potential approaches to pricing the use of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wind-tunnel test facilities, and they evaluate each approach against three criteria -- efficiency, fiscal impact, and fairness.
Report
Geoengineering is risky, but could transform the portfolio of options for limiting future climate change. Some geoengineering approaches could prove fast acting and inexpensive and could be deployed by one or a few nations without global cooperation.
News Release
RAND has signed an agreement to help the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, to develop a strategic plan for a system of policies, incentives, and other practices to support technological innovation in Knowledge City, a planned new development for 300,000 residents.
Report
Increased use of training simulators could improve engineering watchstanders' proficiency before Navy destroyers go to sea, saving money and reserving time at sea for refined training.
Journal Article
We have measured magnetic fields up to 17.7 T with a rise time of 75 ns using temporally resolved Faraday rotation of a single longitudinal mode laser beam through a magneto-optically active bulk waveguide.
News Release
Despite perceptions that the nation is losing its competitive edge, the United States remains the dominant leader in science and technology worldwide.
Report
Ensuring that airframe structures made of hybrid materials are durable and damage tolerant will require the efforts and coordination of multiple engineering specialties, including systems engineers.
Journal Article
It is generally believed that understanding the magnetic field topology in wire-array Z-pinches as a function of time is of great importance to understanding these high-energy density plasmas.
News Release
May 7, 2007 news release: Navy Should Start Next Nuclear Submarine Design Phase Early to Prevent Engineering Brain Drain, RAND Study Finds.
News Release
August 30, 2006 News Release: RAND Researcher Receives 2005 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Research Brief
This research brief summarizes trends in the cost of systems engineering and program management for military aircraft and guided weapon systems and factors driving those costs.
Report
Examines methods that cost analysts can use to estimate the systems engineering and program management cost element in the development and production of aircraft and weapons programs.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Making Europe a Home Fit for the Next Einstein, in the Financial Times.
Journal Article
Software project managers make decisions about many things, including resources, tools and techniques, often aiming to identify good or best practices
Journal Article
Entry by spinoffs from incumbent firms is investigated for the laser industry.
Report
Suggests promising methods to enable the Office of Nonproliferation Research and Engineering to serve its users' needs while justifying its budget
Report
Presents an analysis of the pay competitiveness, and quality of employees recruited and retained, for civilian scientific and engineering positions in Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories.
Report
Evaluates one part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Program (EHMP).
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