2001 Annual Progress Report Laboratory Directed Research and Development; LA-13923-PR Unclassified Approved for public release

xv, 339 pages. Illustrations. 26, 564 KB. This is the FY 2001 Annual Progress report for the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It gives an overview of the LDRD Program, summarizes progress on each project conducted during FY 2001, characterizes the projects according to their relevance to major funding sources, and provides an index to principal investigators. Project summaries are grouped by LDRD component: Directed Research (DR) and Exploratory Research (ER). Within each component, they are further grouped into the ten FY 2001 technical categories: atomic, molecular, optical, and plasma physics, fluids, and beams (AMOPP); biosciences (BIO); chemistry; computer science and software engineering; engineering sciences; geosciences, space sciences, and astrophysics (GSSA); instrumentation and diagnostics (ID); materials sciences; mathematics, simulation, and modeling; and nuclear and particle physics. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is charged with a large and complex mission. The DOE executes this mission to a large extent at its seventeen national laboratories, a group of institutions which were created and are supported by the Federal government to perform research and development (R&D) in areas of importance to the DOE and, where appropriate, to other Federal agencies. The national laboratories are performing R&D in support of DOE's goals in catalyzing the transformation of the nation's energy system, securing our leadership in clean energy, maintaining a vibrant scientific and engineering effort, and enhancing nuclear security through defense, nonproliferation, and environmental efforts. In recognition of the importance of the long-term health of these institutions, the U.S. Congress has authorized and encouraged them to devote a relatively small portion of their research effort to creative and innovative work that serves to maintain their vitality in science and technology (S&T) disciplines relevant to DOE and national security missions. Since 1991, this effort has formally been called Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD).…