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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Office of Science"”.
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Coordinating science : White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) influence in federal R&D budgets
This thesis examines the role of the White House OSTP in the nation's budgeting for science and technology activities. Interviews conducted by the researcher with members of the White House staff as well as federal agency officials are the primary empirical support, with analysis of annual priority …
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Performance Improvements for FDDI and CSMA/CD Protocols
… Computing Initiative from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has defined 20 major challenges in science and engineering which are dependent on the solutions to a number of high-performance computing problems. One of the major areas of focus of this initiative is the …
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Ordering processes and pattern formation in systems far from equilibrium
… skyrmion systems. This is followed by a study of the behavior of many species interacting on a spatially heterogeneous lattice. Magnetic skyrmions have been a subject of great interest in recent years. They have been proposed to be at the heart of next-generation computing and information …
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Applying Curriculum Treatments to Improve STEM Attitudes and Promote STEM Career Interest in Fifth Graders
The Federal Government has called for an overhaul of STEM education, saying that we as a nation must increase "opportunities for young Americans to gain strong STEM skills" (Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2013, p.1). Economically, these skills expand beyond those that make good doctors, …
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Scientizing Science Policy: Implications for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy and R&D Evaluation
… research, I try to deepen the understanding of the logic and history behind science of science policy approaches and to substitute for this scientific evidence-based science policy model an evidence-critical and -informed model in which scientific and democratic claims are promoted …
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X-ray microscope performance enhancement through control architecture change
The goal of this thesis is to apply control algorithms to improve the performance of nanopositioning devices used on the beamline in Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). A prototype device, better known as the Early User Instrument (EUI) was the subject of this work. …