WTEC BACKGROUND

With core funding and management from the NSF Directorate for Engineering, the WTEC Division of ITRI (formerly JTEC) has conducted over 40 international technology assessments. Other agencies have also provided funding: DARPA, ONR, AFOSR, ARO, NASA, the Departments of Energy and Commerce, and other NSF directorates. Recently panels of WTEC experts have assessed Asian and European R&D in nanotechnology, superconductivity, high-density data storage, satellite communications, and electronic manufacturing. Final reports are available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), on a CD-ROM, and on the Web (Horning 1995).