This cluster of flashbulbs throws sudden light on a problem that has occupied scientists for many years: the effect of weather o n the transmission of electromag­netic radiation through the a t ­mosphere. Technical Operations' scientists have developed unique theoretical and experimental techniques to solve th i s and many other problems. Associa­tion with Technical Operations can throw an equally sudden light . . .

on your career as a

Chemist Technical Operations* Chem­istry Group is staffed b y physi­cal, organic, inorganic and nuclear chemists. Projects range from study of the mechanism of superadditive photographic developers to analysis of reac­tion kinetics and design of chemical reactors. Two physical chemists on the doctorate level are needed for responsible posi­tions, with experience in solid state chemistry or in kinetics and reactor mechanisms.

With These Advantages: • simple, sensible salary policies • management by scientists • opportunities for fundamental

research in a variety of fields • an organization small enough for

individual recognition, large enough for long-range security

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Robert L. Roller

T E C H N I C A L O P E R A T I O N S I N C O R P O R A T E D

6 Schouler Court Arlington 74, Massachusetts

E D U C A T I O N

An Oak Ridge invitation AEC proposal would double its nuciear reactor engineers by shifting starter courses

X HE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION aims at doubling the number of nu­clear reactor engineers trained each year at Oak Ridge by inviting colleges and universities to share in its program.

Because of its limited facilities the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Tech­nology cannot now take care of more than 120 students. By contracting with the nation's schools to establish and conduct supporting courses, the commission could handle two groups of 120 students each year.

As the program would be set up, the students will take the first six months of their training outside of Oak Ridge and spend the remaining six months at the laboratory. Courses given at the colleges and universities would consist of concentrated prepara­tory work—unclassified—in mathemat­ics, physics, chemistry, and engineer­ing. OSORTs half will cover classified subjects, concentrated so as to take ad­vantage of the facilities and techniques available.

The proposals invited by the com­mission are to cover the six-month courses beginning next March. In­quiries regarding the proposals can be directed to H. M. Roth, director, re­search and development, P. O. Box E, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

• National Distillers Products Corp. and its subsidiaries, including U. S. I. Chemicals and 60%-owned National Petro-Chemicals Corp., have launched a comprehensive aid-to-education pro­gram. The program provides assistance to secondary and preparatory schools, as well as colleges and universities, through a plan which will match em­ployee contributions. In addition Na­tional Distillers will participate in the National Merit Scholarship Corp., make a donation to the National Fund for Medical Education, and award a limited number of graduate fellowships.

• A 15-week course in "Thermonu-cleonics," the controlled production of energy by thermonuclear fusion, will be offered this September by Stevens In­stitute of Technology. An evening graduate course, it will cover the the­ory, the proposed processes, the tech­niques, and problems involved in mak­ing use of the energy generated in a thermonuclear reaction. Subject mat­

ter will be divided between pure physics on the o n e hand and engineer­ing applications and measuring tech­niques on the otlier. Winston H. Bos-tick, who recently completed a re­search project in thermonuclear prob­lems at the University of California's Radiation Laboratory, will give the course.

• Two surface technology courses for adul ts will be ofFered during the fall semester at New York University's divi­sion of general education, part of the division's program of technical studies. One course, Fundamentals of Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Technology, will cover coatings for protection, decora­tion, and functional purposes; raw ma­terials used in organic coating; manu­facture of organic finishes; and testing methods. The instructors will be Myron A. Coler, consulting engineer and technical director of the Markite Co., New York; and Elias Singer, tech­nical director of t h e Troy Chemical Co., New York. The second course, a sem­inar in New Developments in Organic Finishes, is concerned with recent de­velopments in h igh polymer chemistry and the requirements for finishes set forth by the armed forces. Coler, Singer, and Sidney Lauren, of the Johns M an ville Research Center, M an ville, Ν. J., will instruct.

Research Grants · . · ί Applications -for postdoctoral re­search fellowships for 1957-58 are be­ing accepted by the division of medical sciences of the National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council. Details and blanks may be obtained from the division, Room 310, National Academy of Sciences—National Re­search Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., N. W., Washington 25 , D. C. Dead­line for making application is Dec. 1.

• The first in α planned series of fel­lowships for graduate chemistry stu­dents has been set up at Northwestern University by t h e Torn* division of the Gillette Co. These annual research awards will assist students working for their Ph.D.'s. Nominee for the award at Northwestern will receive $2500 if married, $2000 if single. An additional $1500 will go t o the university.

• The Public Health Service has awarded 3967 research grants, totaling, $48,879,678, from the 1957 fiscal year funds allocated to the National Insti­tutes of HealtL·, Bethesda, Md. The grants will a i d research in medical schools, universities, hospitals, and other nonfederal institutions.

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