Passaglia, Elio
Oral history interview with Elio Passaglia, 1988 July 19.
In this interview, Elio Passaglia discusses: the change in direction of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to laser and high temperature materials; his years working with Lewis Branscomb, and the changes in the character of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS); the Metallurgy Division; his work in underground corrosion and on the Alaska Pipeline; the NASA contract making perfect cyrstals; his involvement in materials policy; and the corrosion study involving NBS, the Office of Naval Research and the Battelle Institute.
(1921- ) Physicist. Education: B.S., Northwestern (1948); Ph.D., physics, University of Pennsylvania (1955). Professional experience: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; National Bureau of Standards. Research: solid state phyiscs, polymer physics.
Branscomb, Lewis M., 1926-
Passaglia, Elio
Battelle Memorial Institute.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency.
United States. National Bureau of Standards
United States. National Bureau of Standards Metallurgy Division
United States. Office of Naval Research
Corrosion and anti-corrosives -- Research.
Solid state physics.
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Beal, Karma A. interviewer.
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