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From 1977 to 1988, Mr. Ausubel was associated with the National Academy complex in Washington, D.C., first as a resident fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, then as a staff officer with the National Research Council Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, and from 1983 to 1988 as Director of Programs for the National Academy of Engineering.
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His research has covered a wide range of both theoretical and experimental investigations, including molecular and solidstate physics, high-energy electron scattering, astrophysics and cosmology, and operations research, especially vehicular traffic science and transportation. He led a National Academy of Engineering project on infrastructures that resulted in the 1988 National Academy Press book Cities and Their Vital Systems (J.
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From 1967 to 1969 Professor Kates directed the Bureau of Land Use Planning in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Science.
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in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and in 1990 received the National Medal of Technology for his contributions to engineering and the electric industry.
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ROBERT M WHITE is a senior fellow of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, president of the Washington Advisory Group, a Washington, D.C., consulting firm, and president emeritus of the National Academy of Engineering.
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