Naval Ordnance Laboratory
The Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL), now disestablished, formerly located in White Oak, Maryland was the site of considerable work that had practical impact upon world technology.
Projects
- The World War II artillery fuze.
- Nitinol, the shape changing nickel-titanium famous to everyone. The NOL at the end of Nitinol refers to Naval Ordnance Laboratory.
People
People who have worked there include:
- John Bardeen, the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in Physics.
- John Vincent Atanasoff, inventor of the first electronic computer, Chief of the NOL Acoustics Division.
- William E. Caswell, physicist and victim of September 11, 2001.