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Materials Science and Engineering in Britain
Author(s) -
Humphreys Colin
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198910771
Subject(s) - pace , commission , science and engineering , engineering ethics , political science , engineering , library science , management , law , computer science , economics , geography , geodesy
Editorial Essay: The funding of the materials science research effort in British universities and polytechnics has recently been reorganized with the founding of the Materials Science and Engineering Commission of the SERC. The chairman of the commission assesses Britain's performance in materials science and outlines the aims and objectives of the funding bodies in the UK. The recent increase in the importance of advanced materials has resulted in a surge of research activity but have the funding levels kept pace?