cluding the technical, scientific, medical, agricultural, psychological, economic and legal aspects of the energy/air quality problems, creating a monograph of the interdisciplinary assessment of the impact of in- creased coal use in Florida; and 6) economic and envi- ronmental benefits of burning coal and natural gas mixtures in oil-designed boilers detailed in a pub- lished monograph. The primary function of ICAAS is to provide coordi- nation, direction, and focus to strengthen existing programs and to expand them in directions that will help mitigate the socio-technical problems arising from the degradation of our atmospheric environ- ment. The Center will also help the training of able students at the undergraduate, graduate, and post- doctoral levels in various pure and applied aspects of the atmospheric sciences. For information, write the Director, Center for Aeronomy and Other At- mospheric Sciences, 311 Space Sciences Research Building. CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS The Center consists of faculty from the Depart- ments of Engineering Science and Mathematics. These faculty are interested in the application of mathematics to research problems in the physical, en- gineering, social, and biological sciences. Codirectors are Professors A. R. Bednarek and K. T. Millsaps. CENTER FOR APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS AND CORROSION The Center facilitates cooperation between re- search teams at the University of Florida and the Belgian Corrosion Research Center at Brussels. Re- search is conducted in electrochemistry, in high tem- perature oxidation, and in physical and process metallurgy, with applications in corrosion-related en- vironmental problems, such as pollution, water de- salination, atomic energy, and surgical implants. For information, 'write the Director, Center for Applied Thermodynamics and'Corrosion, 132 Rhines Hall. CENTER FOR AQUATIC WEEDS The Center for Aquatic Weeds is a multidisciplinary unit of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). Established in 1978 by the Florida Legislature, the Center is the lead agency for coordinating re- search and educational programs on aquatic plant management in Florida. The Center is also involved in national and international research and education programs. The Center encourages interdisciplinary re- search focused on biological, chemical, mechanical, and integrated aquatic plant management techniques and their impact on aquatic ecosystems. Scientists as- sociated with the Center specialize in aquatic plant ecology, plant pathology, entomology, phycology, physiology, fisheries, weed science, and limnology. Faculty and graduate students are associated with their respective departments in IFAS. Interested per- sons should contact the Director, Center for Aquatic Weeds, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32606. CENTER FOR CLIMACTERIC STUDIES The Center is an interdisciplinary unit that is de- INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS / 37 voted to the development, application and promo- tion of health and wellbeing for persons in their climactic or middle years (age 35-65). The Center has three areas of activity-research, clinical service, and education. Faculty-fulltime and affiliated-are from the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Liberal. Arts and Sciences and other specialty areas. The Center is situated off campus at the Pro- fessional Center, 901 N.W. 8th Avenue. Facilities in- clude a gymnasium, cardiovascular laboratory, bone mineral laboratory, and examination and conference rooms. Persons interested in all aspects of middle- year wellbeing-physical, psychological, and social- are encouraged to develop or to participate in on- going and planned activities relating to the climac- teric. CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER The Center, part of the Shands Teaching Hospital, provides a carefully controlled medical research envi- ronment in which scientists can define and attempt to conquer unsolved disease problems affecting hu- mans. A discrete unit, funded entirely through a grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Center is administered through the College of Medicine of the University of Florida. The grant provides for a metabolic kitchen and its staff, a laboratory and staff, and nursing and administrative personnel. The NIH provide coverage of all research charges for patient care and also support an out-patient function for the Center. For information write Clinical Research Center, Box J-322, J. Hillis Miller Health Center. COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTER The Center conducts pure and applied research in'a variety of fields of mass communication. It also serves as a resource for college faculty and students in their own research, assists the media and other organiza- tions in their research pursuits, and sponsors other programs related to the mass communication needs of the many communities served by the University. For information, write the Director, Communication Research Center, 2000 Weimer Hall. CENTER FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH The Center conducts basic and applied research on factors influencing consumer decision making and behavior. It provides an organization through which faculty members from a number of disciplines may ef- fectively work together to study the interface be- tween consumers, various institutions, activities of governmental and private organizations, and policy alternatives. The Center sponsors a colloquium series involving both University of 'Florida faculty and stu- dents and scholars from around the country as well as a working paper and reprint series. The Center also serves as the budgetary unit for graduate studies of consumer psychology. For information, write the Di- rector, Center for Consumer Research, Bryan Hall. CENTER FOR DYNAMIC PLASTICITY The Center conducts research and educational pro- grams and disseminates information on the behavior