National Security and Homeland Defense

National Security and Homeland Defense

Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309085045
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309500975
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309168847
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2002
  • Month: November
  • Pages: 123
  • DDC: 600
  • Language: English
This is the first report of seven in the Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century series. The report is based on discussions and presentations at a workshop, and is intended to help scientists and funding agencies set short- and long-term research agendas. It focuses on the challenges for chemists and chemical engineers with respect to threat reduction, preparation, situational awareness, and threat neutralization and remediation
  • Front Matter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Grand Challenges
  • 3 Specific Challenges
  • 4 Research Directions
  • 5 Findings
  • A Statement of Task
  • B Biographies of Organizing Committee Members
  • C Workshop Agenda
  • D Workshop Presentations
  • E Results from Breakout Sessions

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