The Advanced Industrial Materials (AIM) program office of industrial technologies fiscal year 1995

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/494105· OSTI ID:494105

Sorrell, C. A.

In many ways, the Advanced Industrial Materials (AIM) Program underwent a major transformation in FY95 and these changes have continued to the present. When the Program was established in 1990 as the Advanced Industrial Concepts (AIC) Materials Program, the mission was to conduct applied research and development to bring materials and processing technologies from the knowledge derived from basic research to the maturity required for the end use sectors for commercialization. In 1995, the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) made radical changes in structure and procedures. All technology development was directed toward the seven `Vision Industries` that use about 80% of industrial energy and generated about 90% of industrial wastes. These are: aluminium; chemical; forest products; glass; metal casting; refineries; and steel. OIT is working with these industries, through appropriate organizations, to develop Visions of the desired condition of each industry some 20 to 25 years in the future and then to prepare Road Maps and Implementation Plans to enable them to reach their goals. The mission of AIM has, therefore, changed to `Support development and commercialization of new or improved materials to improve productivity, product quality, and energy efficiency in the major process industries.`

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• OSTI ID: 494105
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM--13399; ON: DE97005392
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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