20 Years of Excellence...
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20 Years of Excellence... As the Materials Research Society completes its 20th year, we have adopted the theme "20 years of excellence in materials research." Without a doubt the many volunteers, headquarters staff, and officers who have dedicated their efforts to the Materials Research Society this past year have done so with the highest standards, truly befitting our theme. Status of the Society
Things are going very well for the Society. Attendance at our 1992 Fall and 1993 Spring Meetings held essentially constant at 3,900 and 2,400 despite difficult economic times, again confirming the relevance of our interdisciplinary focus on topical symposia covering the latest developments in materials research. Membership has reached 11,600 and is presently increasing at 5% per year. Our awards program recognizes outstanding accomplishments in materials science at all stages, from outstanding student work through career achievement, and the level of competition is truly impressive. Book sales, driven especially by proceedings orders, have grown at a surprising 15% over the first nine months of this year, attesting to our strong technical programming and the timely execution of a quality product. The MRS Bulletin is gaining rapidly in prominence, to the extent that it is being emulated by others. Journal of Materials Research has achieved financial stability and the number of its library subscriptions continues to increase. Finally, careful business planning and cost controls implemented over the past several years are providing a positive basis for financially sound growth. We expect to achieve sufficient return on revenues this year to establish a more secure level of emergency reserves and to begin to endow our awards. Highlights of the Past Year
Highlights of the past year include the report completed by our Task Force on Manufacturing headed by Kathy Taylor. The Task Force identified manufacturing as a new dimension in MRS activities. Their work has stimulated increased involvement by MRS in materials-related manufacturing issues, including a Society-wide forum at the 1993 Spring Meeting, a special symposium (Developing Materials Processes for Manufacturing), individual sessions and talks at the 1993 Fall Meeting, and other efforts to
increase the awareness and involvement of our members in manufacturing issues. We also established a Task Force on Unemployed Members chaired by Alan Hurd. As a result, the 1993 election ballot asked members to vote on a constitutional amendment to create an unemployed member category. This category, which was overwhelmingly approved by the membership, includes graduated student members who have not yet attained gainful employment as well as those who have lost employment. Our involvement in the Washington public affairs area continues to be quite active. We offered recommendations for the position of director of the National Science Foundation. We provided requested input to the Department of Energy about how to improve integration of basic energy research, and also participated in
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