2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting & Exhibit first of its kind for Society

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2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting & Exhibit first of its kind for Society

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of Science and Technology. The 2020 MRS Fall Meeting Chairs are Michael E. Flatté, The University of Iowa; Michael P. Rowe, Toyota Research Institute of North America; Sabrina Sartori, University of Oslo; Prasad Shastri, University of Freiburg; and Chongmin Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

or nearly 50 years, researchers from around the world have converged in Boston for the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting. This fall, the materials community will come together once again, in a new format indicative of our times. Because of the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and its impact on our daily lives worldwide, MRS will convene the joint 2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting & Exhibit, scheduled for November 27 ̶ December 4, as a fully virtual event. The 2020 MRS Spring Meeting Chairs are Qing Cao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Miyoung Kim, Seoul National University; Rajesh Naik, Air Force Research Laboratory; James M. Rondinelli, Northwestern University; and Hong Wang, Southern University

Technical sessions

Five topical clusters for Spring 2020 will be featured during the virtual meeting: Characterization and Theory; Energy, Storage and Conversion; Soft Materials and Biomaterials; Electronics and Photonics; and Nanoscale and Quantum Materials. Eight topical clusters for Fall 2020 will be featured during the virtual meeting: Broader Impact; Electronics and Optics; Energy; Flexible, Wearable Electronics,

2020 VIRTUAL

Textiles and Sensors; Materials Theory, Characterization and Data Science; Nanomaterials and Quantum Materials; Soft Materials and Biomaterials; and Structural and Functional Materials. The Symposium X Frontiers of Materials Research will feature presentations aimed at a broad audience and on topics at the forefront of research in materials science and engineering. To complement the symposia, Tutorial Sessions will provide detailed information on areas of research, and the Exhibit will showcase products and services of interest to the scientific community.

Award winners Von Hippel Award

Cato Laurencin (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, USA). “For pioneering work in

SPRING/FALL MEETING & EXHIBIT

2020 SPRING MEETING CHAIRS

Qing Cao

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Miyoung Kim Seoul National University

Rajesh Naik

Air Force Research Laboratory

James M. Rondinelli Northwestern University

Hong Wang

Southern University of Science and Technology

2020 FALL MEETING CHAIRS

Michael E. Flatté

The University of Iowa

Michael P. Rowe

Toyota Research Institute of North America

Sabrina Sartori

University of Oslo

Prasad Shastri

University of Freiburg

Chongmin Wang

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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