Project THEMIS second-year con- tract awards for 43 new research pro- grams in FY 1969 at academic in- stitutions in 24 states and the Dis- trict of Columbia have been approved by Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford. Established by direction of Presi- dent Johnson, Project THEMIS was initiated in September 1967 with con- tracts for 48 research programs in 28 states and the District of Colum- bia. ARMY-University of Cincinnati, internal aerodynamics and air-breath- ing engines; Drexel Institute of Tech- nology, powder metallurgy; Florida State University, prediction of tropi- cal weather phenomena; University of Iowa, vibration and stability of military vehicles; Lehigh University, nonlinear wave propagation; North Dakota State University, control of vectors of diseases of military im- portance; and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, electrochemical power sources; Medi- cal College of South Carolina, resus- citation and treatment of wounded; Stevens Institute of Technology, evaluation of terrain-vehicle systems; Texas A&M University, aircraft dynamics for subsonic flight; Texas Technological College, human per- formance under stress; Vanderbilt University, coating science and tech- nology; University of Louisville, studies of performance ass ssment and enhancement; and University of North Dakota, control of arthropods of medical importance. The objective is twofold: to create new centers of scientific excellence responsive to Department of Defense (DoD) solution of problems in the future; and to achieve a wider geo- graphical distribution of Defense re- search funds, giving preference to institutions that receive little or no DoD support of science. The 43 programs selected for sup- port were picked from 412 proposals submitted by academic institutions. AIR FORCE-University of Ari- zona, precision optical systems; State University of Arizona, detection de- vices, techniques and theory: Univer- sity of Connecticut, structural fatigue; Drexel Institute of Tech- nology, forcasting by satellite obser- vations; University of Hawaii, on- line computer systems; Illinois Institute of Technology, V-STOL aerodynamics; Kent State Univers- ity, liquid crystal detectors; and University of Kentucky, metal de- formation processing; University of Mississippi, biocontrol systems; North Carolina State University, digital encoding systems; University of Tennessee, MHD power generation and (separate program) remote sen- sors for environmental systems; Uni- versity of Vermont, isolation and sensory communication; University of Virginia, atomic interactions in gases. The number was reduced to 96 by preliminary screening by groups of scientists. On-site visits then were made for in-depth evaluation of each of the 96 programs to select the 43. Work on 16 programs will be per- formed for the Navy, with 14 for the Air Force and 13 for the Army. Institutions selected, the area of research in which work will be per- formed and sponsoring agencies are: NAVY-Catholic University vitre- ous state structure and dynamics and (separate program) dynamics of cable systems; Colorado State Uni- versity, tropical weather disturbances and. surface effects and (separate program) predictability of low-alti- tude winds; Florida State University, computer-assisted instruction and training; University of Iowa, appli- cation and theory of automata; Jef- ferson Medical College, pathogenesis of acute diarrheal disease; and Kansas State University, electronic components in nuclear radiation en- vironment; Lehigh University, loyr- cycle fatigue in joined structures; University of Missouri (Rolla), effect of aqueous aerosols on atmospheric processes; University of North Dakota, high-pressure physiology; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, radiation effects on electronic mate- rials; Rice University, coherent and incoherent EM radiation; Southern Methodist University, statistics in calibration methods; West Virginia University, V/STOL aerodynamics.
