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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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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative History
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Scope and Content
  • Research Topics

  • Descriptive Summary

    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.

    Administrative History

    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:
    1. Hazardous Substances Control Research Center
    2. Hazardous Substances Control Engineering Research Center,
    3. 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.

    Organization and Arrangement

    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.

    Scope and Content

    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.

    Research Topics

    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.

    Researchers

    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.