2019 MRS Fall Meeting featured a variety of outreach, career, and professional development offerings
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2019 MRS Fall Meeting featured a variety of outreach, career, and professional development offerings mrs.org/fall2019
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ore than 6600 people attended the 2019 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting and Exhibit held in Boston from December 1 to 6. The Meeting Chairs, Bryan D. Huey (University of Connecticut), Stéphanie P. Lacour (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Conal E. Murray (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), Jeffrey B. Neaton (University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Iris Visoly-Fisher (BenGurion University of the Negev), compiled 54 symposia and organized them into eight topical areas: Broader Impact; Electronic, Photonic and Magnetic Materials; Energy and Environment; Fabrication of Functional Materials and Nanomaterials; Materials for Quantum Technology; Materials Theory, Computation and Characterization; Mechanical
Behavior and Structural Materials; and Soft Materials and Biomaterials. To complement these sessions, tutorials were offered in several technical areas, more than 227 exhibitors occupying 275 booths were on-site, and poster sessions were held during the evenings. An international exhibit showcased products and services of interest to the materials community. In addition, several special events highlighted science outreach. The Public Outreach Committee featured a program on “The Role of Plastics in Achieving Energy Sustainability by 2050—Friend or Foe?” Educators from The Pennsylvania State University’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center presented educational hands-on activities designed to help inform and educate young children and the public about materials science
and sustainability and their personal relevancy in everyday life. The National Science Foundation offered Speed Coaching with the Division of Materials Research. Program directors were available for one-on-one conversations on topics such as funding, future program ideas, and program relevance. The iMatSci Innovation Showcase featured a Pitch Session Boot Camp for iMatSci startups; Startup Support Communities for Materials-Based Companies, which was a panel that discussed the different roles that various entrepreneurial support networks play in helping to get early-stage innovators started; a workshop on Creating an Effective Intellectual Property Strategy; and an Innovator Networking and Awards Reception. The Science in Video Competition accepted submissions of two-minute
2019 MRS Fall Meeting Graduate Student Award winners
Front Row: Jia Zhuang, University of California, San Diego; Hua Zhu, Brown University; Minliang Lai, University of California, Berkeley; Yiren Zhong, Yale University; Xiaotong Li, Northwestern University; Naila Al Hasan, University of Maryland; Chengcheng Fang, University of California, San Diego; Lucie Ries*, Université de Montpellier; Juyoung Leem**, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Russell Barton, Stanford University; Megan O. Hill, Northwestern University; Matthias T. Agne*, Northwestern University; Junzhe Lou, St
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