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School of
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1996 Annual
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Table of Contents
Report from the
Dean
Highlights
Statistical Profile
Awards and
Distinctions
Biomedical
Engineering
Chemical
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical and
Computer
Engineering
Geography and
Environmental
Engineering
Materials Science
and Engineering
Mathematical
Sciences
Mechanical
Engineering
Center for Language
and Speech
Processing
Center for
Nondestructive
Evaluation
Chemical Propulsion
Information Agency
Instructional
Television Facility
Part-Time Programs
in Engineering and
Applied Science
Teaching and
Research Initiatives
Reasons to Celebrate
Corporation,
Foundation, and
Organization
Support
Grants and Contracts
Publications
Administration and
Committees
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CPIA Celebrates Its First 50 Years
The Chemical Propulsion Information Agency (CPIA), operated by the Johns
Hopkins University since 1946, is a Department of Defense Information Analysis
Center in the fields of missile, space, and gun propulsion technologies. It became
an affiliated center in the Whiting School in 1990. CPIA is unique in its role as the
national clearinghouse for world-wide information, data, and analysis on chemical,
electrical, and nuclear propulsion for missile, space, and gun propulsion systems.
The CPIA library alone is considered a national resource, with over 78,000
documents in propulsion technologies—some dating from the 1930s. In addition,
CPIA distributes the Bulletin, regarded as the nation’s premier propulsion
newsletter, free to over 10,600 readers.
One service offered by CPIA, Technology Reviews, provides propulsion
scientists and engineers with state-of-the-art summaries and objective
assessments of emerging technology trends and developments. Recent topics
include “Combustion Stability of Interceptor Rocket Motors,” “Energetic
Materials Processing Using Supercritical Fluids,” and “Pulse Motor Technology.”
Recently, CPIA joined other organizations moving into the Age of Information by
offering many of its products and services on CD-ROM disks and on the World
Wide Web. CPIA has worked with many government, academic, and industrial
organizations on a variety of topics during the 50 years it has been serving the
propulsion community. Visit the CPIA website for more information.
New Director Takes Agency Helm
In July 1995, William Hufferd became the new director of CPIA. He follows
Thomas Christian, who directed the agency for over 10 years. Hufferd brings over
35 years of related industry and academic experience to his new role. “Bill Hufferd
has an unparalleled record of accomplishment and a stellar record within the
industry,” says Douglas Green, the Whiting School’s associate dean for research.
Prior to his CPIA appointment, Hufferd was manager of the propulsion sciences,
research, and engineering department in United Technologies’ chemical systems
division. He had been with the company since 1984, working in management and
engineering capacities. Hufferd has also served as an engineering consultant and
an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Utah, where he
received a Ph.D. in civil engineering in 1970.
“My goals for CPIA are to continue its long tradition of exemplary service to the
U.S. propulsion community and to capture and preserve propulsion community
knowledge and experience for the next generation of propulsion scientists and
engineers,” Hufferd comments. “For example, we are developing lessons-learned
databases, and we are using Internet resources as a way to disseminate CPIA
products and services more efficiently.” Hufferd is no stranger to the agency,
having been active in the JANNAF Structures and Mechanical Behavior
Subcommittee, in addition to editing and writing JANNAF handbooks.
Established 1946
Phone 410-992-7300
Email cpia@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
WWW http://www.jhu.edu/~cpia/
Staff
William L. Hufferd, Director
Harry J. Hoffman, Deputy Director
Mission
The mission of the Chemical Propulsion Information Agency (CPIA) is to serve as
the U.S. national clearinghouse for world-wide information, data, and analyses on
chemical, electrical, and nuclear propulsion for missile, space, and gun propulsion
systems. The CPIA has been operated by the Johns Hopkins University as an
information analysis center in the fields of missile, space, and gun propulsion
technologies since 1946.
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