1990 MRS Fall Meeting Mixes New Science with Traditional Materials
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Above: NASA Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar retums the MRS banner she took into space aboard the Columbia shuttle to 1990 MRS Président Russell R. Chianelli. Dunbar also gave the Plenary présentation, describing gravityless life in the space shuttle as well as innovative materials experiments and the LDEF's retrieval. Her présentation will te published in an upcoming issue ofthe MRS BULLETIN. Prof. Duward F. Shriver (upper right photo) of Northwestern University's Materials Research Centerand Department of Chemistry and Prof. Arthur]. Freeman (lower right photo) of Northwestern University's Department ofPhysics both accept MRS Medal awards presented for the first time by 1991 MRS Président James B. Roberto.
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1990 MRS Fall Meeting Mixes New Science with Traditional Materials
Every MRS meeting brings to life new fields, connects old fields in new ways, and exposes interesting science hidden deep in laboratories for months. The 1990 MRS Fall Meeting, with its 3,762 participants and more papers presented than any previous MRS meeting, supported that tradition. Robert Hull, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Gregory J. McCarthy, North Dakota State University, and Frans Spaepen, Harvard University, chaired perhaps the smoothest running meeting to date. Audio visual needs and spécial requests were satisfied promptly, and new procédures shortened registration Unes. Meeting topics ranged from materials traditionally associated with materials science (metals, ceramics, polymers, and semiconductors) to materials as diverse as apples, protein, and sandpiles. Many of the materials crossed borders: polymers that conduct, liquids that behave like solids when squeezed between smooth surfaces, biological Systems that act as polymer factories, and high tech concrète that contains radioactive waste. Even the familiar carbon appeared as neither diamond nor graphite, but as a stable 60 car-
up?" Dunbar's présentation will appear in a future issue of the MRS BULLETIN. The MRS Continuing Education Committee took the opportunity to invite a number of elementary, junior high, and high school students in Boston to meet with Dunbar before attending the talk to learn firsthand about the potential of science in space, gain some perspective on the Earth, and learn about the effects of gravity on daily life as well as its effect on materials synthesis.
bon structure shaped like a soccer bail. Biology contributed a number of lessons. A session on tomography described how techniques such as Nuclear Magnetic Résonance (NMR), x-ray, and ultrasound can produce three-dimensional images of the insides of materials nondestructively, just like the médical profession does for humans. Well-designed biological Systems such as grass, trees, and seeds are often t
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