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Inventory of the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hazardous Substances Control Research Center Collection,
1984-1992
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Title: UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hazardous Substances Control Research Center Collection
Date (inclusive): 1984-1992
Record Series number: 573
Creator: University of California, Los Angeles.
Extent:
8 boxes (4 linear feet)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections. University Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections, University Archives Reference Desk for paging information.
The Hazardous Substances Control Research Center was conceived by Sheldon Friedlander,
David Okrent, and John Mackenzie all from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
in 1984. In 1985, they submitted an unsuccessful proposal for funding to the National
Science Foundation. In 1986, they submitted a second proposal, and on March 23, 1987, it
was announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) was funding an $18 million
engineering center for research in hazardous and toxic waste. It was the first hazardous
waste research center at an American university.
The goal of the center was "to develop the fundamental science that will underlie new
technologies for controlling hazardous substances; to educate the scientists and
engineers who must address the problem; and to apply modern methods for assessing risk to
the control process." Tom Tugend. "National Science Foundation Establishes $18
million Toxic Waste Research Center at UCLA."
UCLA News.
March 20, 1987. p. 2. Found in Box 2, Folder 5 of this series. This
interdisciplinary center was designed to study chemical wastes, by-products, and
solvents, but not radioactive material.
The Center was known by three variants of its name:
- Hazardous Substances Control Research Center
- Hazardous Substances Control Engineering Research Center,
- Engineering Research Center for Hazardous Substances Control.
The director for the Center was Sheldon Friedlander. The Executive Director was Lawrence
Ross.
Support from the NSF for the Center was eventually phased out. Around 1992, the Hazardous
Substances Control Research Center was absorbed by the Center for Clean Technology at
UCLA.
The materials in this collection have been left in the order in which they were received
from the Hazardous Substances Control Research Center. They are arranged in the following
subseries: National Science Foundation Proposals, Administrative Files, Conference
Materials, Annual Reports, Minutes, Research Topical Files, and Individual Researcher
Files.
The first five subseries are arranged chronologically, while the Individual Researcher
Files are arranged alphabetically.
This collection contains materials from before the Center's creation in 1987 to its
disbandment in the early 1990s. The bulk of the materials cover the time between 1987 and
1990. Included in this collection are the proposals for funding submitted to the National
Science Foundation, administrative files containing brochures and press releases about
the Center, and conference materials, as well as annual reports, minutes, and research
files.
Air---Pollution---Research.
Catalytic Hydrodechlorination.
Hazardous Waste Site Remediation.
Hazardous Waste Treatment Facilities.
Hazardous Wastes---Incineration.
Hazardous Wastes---Management.
Hazardous Wastes---Purification.
Hazardous Wastes---Risk Assessment.
Methanol.
Allen, David T.
Apostolakis, George E.
Cohen, Yoram
Dhin, Vijay
Friedlander, Sheldon K. (Sheldon Kay), 1927-
Froines, John R.
Gelbart, William M.
Glaze, William
Hicks, Robert F.
Karagozian, Ann R.
Kastenberg, William E.
Mackay, Douglas
Mackenzie, John D.
Mah, Robert A.
Manousiouthakis, Vasilios
Monbouquette, Harold G.
Nobe, Ken, 1925-
Okrent, David
Ono, Kanji
Pechenik, Alexander, 1954-
Smith, Owen I.
Stenstrom, Michael K.
Vilker, Vincent L.
Wong, Alfred Y.
Wu, Edward
Yeh, William W. G.