- Author
- Bukowski, R. W.
- Title
- CFR's Office of Technology Transfer: What It Can Do for You, and Vice-Versa. Members' Forum.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire Journal, Vol. 84, No. 4, 15, July/August 1990
- Keywords
- technology transfer
- Abstract
- The fire research community is often accused of being out of touch with the real issues facing those who deliver safety to the public. It is said we study only that which excites our scientific curiosity and then speak (or write) in Greek when describing what we have found. Conversely, researchers complain that practitioners are too busy "putting out fires" to devote any attention to learning or even understanding the new technology that comes from their research.