Engaging and serving the worldwide materials community
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MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY
OPINION LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
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MRS BULLETIN
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MRS recognizes that there are many organizations that are part of the fabric of the global materials community.
Engaging and serving the worldwide materials community Materials scientists find themselves spending a great deal of time in airports and airplanes traveling to many countries to meet their peers in order to learn, share, and collaborate for the purpose of advancing the field of materials science. Materials research is truly a global enterprise, spanning political boundaries, and benefiting from access to high-level research wherever it may originate. Orlando Auciello 2013 MRS President
MRS MISSION The Materials Research Society (MRS) is an organization of materials researchers from academia, industry, and government that promotes communication for the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research to improve the quality of life.
MRS VISION The Materials Research Society will build a dynamic, interactive, global community of materials researchers to advance technical excellence by providing a framework in which the materials disciplines can convene, collaborate, integrate, and advocate.
VOLUME 38 • MAY 2013
From its inception, the Materials Research Society has aspired to serve all materials researchers, regardless of discipline, geography, or background. The First International Conference on Characterization of Materials in 1966 was the predecessor to today’s MRS Spring and Fall Meetings (and today’s MRS), convening a global community to advance interdisciplinary materials research. In 1973, a few individuals with great vision created a new society to serve professionals working in the field of materials research. Since then, our Society has thrived because of the simple core values of promoting technical excellence, being visionary and dynamic, catalyzing interdisciplinary collaborations and, above all, being broadly inclusive and egalitarian. One of MRS’s current Strategic Objectives is to “provide and enable forums for the worldwide exchange of technical information related to leading edge, interdisciplinary materials research.” Approximately 45% of MRS members, more than 40% of MRS meeting attendees, more than 50% of authors in MRS publications, and more than 50% of MRS website visitors hail from outside the United States. This international character of the Society is also reflected in MRS Leadership. The MRS Board of Directors consists of individuals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives reflecting many parts of the globe, including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. The renewal of the President every year and the Board every three years, based on election by members, promotes participation from all over the world, bringing new ideas and expertise to advance our vibrant Society. MRS views all of its members equally and endeavors to serve all of them well, regardless of where they live and work. For example, last year, we began “virtual” capture of activities at MRS Mee
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