Technical Briefs are a new feature of the FED Newsletter from which this section is derived. This section will contain information of interest to members of the FED regarding state-of-the-art happenings in fluid mechanics including experiments, analytical results, instrumentation, computation techniques, and measurement techniques. Current contents are

• Monitoring Dispersion of Aerosols or Gases in Enclosures using CFD
• Fluids Engineering in the Pump Industry
• Axial Fan Research for Automotive and Building Ventilation Applications
• Active Flow Control Technology
• Engineering Design Optimization
• Selected Benchmarks from Commercial CFD Codes
• Dancing Bubbles in Turbulent Flows: PIV Measurements and Analysis

In the future, please provide information that may qualify for inclusion in the Technical Brief Section to:  Mr. Richard R. Schultz, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, PO Box 1625, Mail Stop 3895, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415. Mr. Schultz may also be contacted at (208) 526-9508, or by fax at (208) 526-69 71, or via email at: srr@inel.gov.