Sacies, spece, and Teck ofmy. Seebcommitte THE CUTTING EDGE: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ៩ SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey, Chairman GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey C. THOMAS MCMILLEN, Maryland JIMMY HAYES, Louisiana DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania $ GEORGE J. HOCHBRUECKNER, New York MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, Rhode Island DON RITTER, Pennsylvania SID MORRISON, Washington RON PACKARD, California ROBERT C. SMITH, New Hampshire HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia ERNEST L. KONNYU, California CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland bact 9/18/89 CONTENTS Dr. Roger N. Nagel, Harvey E. Wagner professor of manufacturing sys- tems engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA... Samuel Kramer, Deputy Director, National Engineering Laboratory, Na- Francis W. Jackson, director, Quality Management Planning, Eastman Chemicals Division, Eastman Kodak Co... Elbern H. Alkire, director of quality and safety, Industrial Gas Division Air Products and Chemicals, Inc..... Dr. Kay Rhyne, Program Manager for Ceramics and Superconductivity, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense..... Prof. Michael R. Notis, Department of Materials Science and Engineer- ing, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA...... Dr. Melvyn Dixon, department head, lightwave data links, AT&T Bell Dr. Lawrence S. Goldberg, Director, Quantum Electronics, Waves and |