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The School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Virginia has long believed that strong research capabilities go hand in hand with effective teaching.Early in the development of its graduate training program, the School also recognized that men and women engaged in research should be as free as possible of the administrative chores involved in sponsored research.In 1959, therefore, the Research Laboratories for the Engineering Sciences (RLES) was established and assigned the administrative responsibility for such research within the School.Currently, approximately 60 members of the faculty, who also teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and 30 additional professional engineers and scientists, whose primary responsibility is research, generate and conduct the investigations that make up a vigorous and wide-ranging program.The Director of RLES, a faculty member and active researcher himself, maintains familiarity with the support requirements of all research under way.He is aided by an RLES Academic Advisory Committee made up of one faculty representative from each academic department of the School.This Committee serves to inform RLES of the needs and perspectives of the research community.In addition to administrative support, RLES is charged with providing technical assistance where it is needed.Because it is not practical for each department of the School to become self-sufficient in all phases of the supporting technology essential to present-day research, RLES makes services available through the following support groups: Machine Shop, Instrumentation, Facilities Services, Publications (including photographic facilities), and Computer Terminal Maintenance.The purpose of RLES, then, is to provide administrative and technical assistance for sponsored research carried out within the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Virginia.Such research has played an important part in the University's contribution to scientific knowledge and service to the community and continues the successful partnership of University, government, and industry.