IUMRS General Assembly Meeting Held in Taiwan
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IUMRS General Assembly Meeting Held in Taiwan The general assembly of the International Union of Materials Research Societies met on December 20,1994, in Hsinchu, Taiwan during the IUMRS International Conference on Electronic Materials (ICEM). In addition to current IUMRS business decisions and updates on IUMRS-sponsored events, reports were given by A-MRS (Australia), C-MRS (China), E-MRS (Europe), MRS, MRS-J (Japan), and MRS-Korea. MRS-I (India) was not represented. MRS-Russia joined as a new adhering body. Russian Membership IV. Gorynin presented the application of Russia for membership in IUMRS, which was unanimously approved. MRSRussia consists of two sections: MRS-St. Petersburg (12 divisions) and SIBASMA (Siberian Association of Materials Research Societies) in Novosibirsk (17 divisions). MRS-St. Petersburg comprises over 300 scientists and engineers who have been working in various Russian regions. Researchers in MRS-Russia cover various areas such as shipbuilding, aviation, space, transport, power engineering, oil chemistry, medicine, architecture, biology, cultural and historical heritage, catalysis, optoelectronics, nuclear physics, and superconductivity. The Society is involved in all types of traditional metallurgy, surface treatment and coatings, high-power methods of materials treatment, and special techniques. Among various materials, researchers work with high-purity materials; alloys; nitrides, oxides, and silicates; intermetallics; biomaterials; amorphous, microcrystalline, and nanophase materials; high-molecular-weight compounds; and composite materials. Developing materials research education is a high priority of MRS-Russia, along with information exchange. Russia held the 4th European East-West conference on materials and processes in 1993 in St. Petersburg, assembling over 600 participants from more than 26 countries. MRSRussia has also started a new journal,
Solid-State Chemistry in Ekaterinburg (Ural); and the Institute for Superplastics Problems in UFA (Bashkiria). Official IUMRS Business R.C. Ewing (University of New Mexico) was elected as vice president and G-C. Chi (National Central University) was elected as secretary of IUMRS. Vice President Masao Doyama (Nishi-Tokyo University) became president, President Paul Siffert (Centre de Recherches Nucleaires) became immediate past president, and Li-Chung Lee (ITRI, Taiwan) remained as treasurer. Ewing presented an amendment to the bylaws to create the position of General Secretary. The amendment was approved unanimously and R.P.H. Chang currently serves in the position. Chang presented the treasurer's report which showed a balance of $44,870 as of October 31,1994. The proposed 1995 budget was discussed and approved. The budget proposed $7,500 for the 1995 International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM), $5,000 for operations, $3,000 for the design and printing of a brochure to advertise IUMRS, and $3,900 for new initiatives in education, technology, and communication. IUMRS initiated a homepage on the World Wide Web with the access a
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