International Cooperation
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International Cooperation Kathleen C. Taylor MRS President The recent NAE publication titled "Strengthening U.S. Engineering Through International Cooperation" details how U.S. participation in centers of excellence and technological activity worldwide might contribute to strengthening U.S. capabilities. While the report is aimed at engineering activities, the role assigned to professional societies for furthering cooperation should be examined by all professional societies, scientific and engineering alike. The report recognizes the leadership role of professional societies in the gathering, processing, and dissemination of technical information. The recommendations aimed at professional societies ask them to examine the effectiveness of these activities as well as evaluate their international activities. These recommendations are the following: 1. Professional engineering societies should develop trend indicators and make periodic evaluations of their international activities. 2. Professional societies should take the lead in a national assessment of the availability of information from technical publications to the U.S. engineering and technology community, and of mechanisms for improving the assimilation of such information. 3. U.S.-based engineering societies should continue to develop their international activities for the benefit of the United States and international engineering and technology enterprise. The Materials Research Society furthers international cooperation through its technical meetings, its affiliation and cooperation with materials societies emerging around the world, MRS publication of conference proceedings, Journal of Materials Research, and the MRS BULLETIN. Currently 20% of MRS members are from out-
During 1988 the Materials Research Society will sponsor its first meetings in Japan.
side the United States. International participation at MRS meetings is high. One quarter of the papers presented at the last two MRS meetings were from outside the United States. At these meetings many invited speakers from abroad reviewed their research. Individual symposia held at MRS meetings have gone international. The nuclear waste symposium is now held every third year in Europe. The symposium on sensors first held at an MRS meeting has led to the organization of an international gathering that has since held meetings around the world. The Materials Research Society has established a close cooperation with EMRS, the European Materials Research Society. E-MRS sponsors yearly technical meetings in Europe. Members of E-MRS receive copies of the MRS BULLETIN. MRS is actively promoting MRS-type meetings and MRS-type research societies worldwide. Discussions have been held with representatives from Taiwan, Mexico, Argentina, China, and India. The first meeting of the newly formed International
Materials Research Committee met during the E-MRS meeting in June 1987. The common bond for these groups is an interest in promoting interdisciplinary meetings. During 1988 the Materials Research Society will spons
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