Besmann, Sands, and Was to Chair 1994 MRS Fall Meeting
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Besmann, Sands, and Was to Chair 1994 MRS Fall Meeting November 28-December 2,1994, Boston, Massachusetts
Theodore M. Besmann
Theodore M. Besmann, Timothy D. Sands, and Gary S. Was will serve as meeting chairs for the 1994 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston. The meeting is characterized by strong cross-disciplinary ties among the 35 symposia being planned. The symposia range across the materials spectrum to cover topics that capture traditionally strong interest, and also several new thrusts. Representing areas traditional to the Boston meeting will be beam-solid interactions, high Tc superconductors, disordered materials, epitaxy, interfaces, thin films and layered structures, semiconductors, intermetallic alloys, ceramics, optical materials, and ferroelectric materials. Symposia in areas of growing interest to the materials community include polymers, catalysis, fullerenes, biological materials, porous materials, nanocrystalline materials, and materials for use in smart systems. A special group of symposia dealing with the use of large facilities for the characterization and study of materials will focus on synchrotron radiation, neutron scattering, and high magnetic fields. Theodore M. Besmann heads the Ceramic Surface Systems Group in the High Temperature Materials Laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he has worked since 1975. His initial research concentrated on phase relations and thermodynamics of actinide oxides and carbides, modifying and further developing the SOLGASMIX thermodynamic equilibrium software now extensively used in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and other areas. His most recent research involves kinetic and surface
MRS BULLETIN/JANUARY 1994
Timothy D. Sands
processes in CVD, multiphase coatings by CVD, chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) preparation of ceramic composites, and modeling and diagnostics related to CVD. A chemical engineering graduate of New York University, Besmann received his MS degree in nuclear engineering from Iowa State University. He worked on his PhD degree at Pennsylvania State University's Materials Research Laboratory, establishing the lab's first CVD system. Besmann is the author of approximately 60 papers, including two book chapters, and review articles on CVD and CVI. He has co-chaired previous MRS symposia on CVD topics. A Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, Besmann also received the American Nuclear Society's Young Member Engineering Achievement Award and the Department of Energy's award for Significant Contributions in Materials Chemistry. Timothy B. Sands recently accepted a position as a professor in the Materials Science and Mineral Engineering Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously he was director of the Nonvolatile Memory Research Group at Bellcore. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, earning a BS degree in engineering physics and MS and PhD degrees in materials science. His thesis dealt with the formation and degradation of copper sulfide/cadmium sulfide heterojunction solar cells. He served as an In
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