DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION STUDIES WITH EMPHASIS ON THOSE INVOLVING NUCLEAR RADIATION.

The direct energy conversion activities at the University of Illinois are scattered throughout the following four departments that have related activities Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering.In 1966 a committee was formed to answer the question of whether or not direct energy conversion should be organized as a separate interdisciplinary field, much the same as nuclear engineering.After looking at this question, the committee decided it should not be, but that an informal association and close communication should continue between the activities in the various departments.