Learning about the Learning Curve
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Continued Growth, Greater Impact 2009 was another year of solid growth and innovation for the Materials Research Society (MRS). Despite global economic challenges, the 2009 MRS Spring and Fall Meetings continue to grow, with 9,400 presentations in 91 symposia, extending a long succession of record-setting meetings. In addition, MRS expanded its meetings portfolio with a major new collaboration— a jointly organized meeting with MRS-Mexico, held in Cancun in August. These meetings carried on the MRS tradition of technical excellence, with Nobel Laureates and graduate students alike contributing to symposia that advance materials science and innovation. The past year saw the MRS reputation expand as well. The Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience prominently displayed the cutting edge of nanomaterials research. National Shefford P. Baker
Public Radio highlighted the MRS Plenary Lecture on Science Friday. The U.S. State Department selected MRS as a resource for scientific advice for Foreign Service Officers. And thanks to a generous endowment from Professors Gwo-Ching Wang and Toh-Ming Lu, MRS also launched the Innovation in Materials Characterization Award. In publications, MRS Bulletin, Journal of Materials Research (JMR) and Materials360® continue to be primary venues for critical, cutting-edge research for the global materials community. In March, we proudly welcomed Gary L. Messing as Editor-in-Chief of JMR. Later in the year, the MRS Board of Directors took on a major new strategic initiative to ensure that MRS publications, indeed all communications, define the leading edge. 2009 also saw a marked increase in MRS
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proceedings volumes and revenue. This strong performance has enabled us to invest in the future, initiating new communication efforts that will launch in 2010. Due to an egalitarian approach to excellence, MRS expanded its reach in other noteworthy directions, broadening our impact within and outside the scientific community. For example, MRS, in cooperation with public radio and television station WGBH in Boston and the U.S. National Science Foundation, began production of a NOVA television documentary series on materials science. The Strange Matter museum exhibit traveled to Montreal, Quebec, and the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network engaged MRS members to increase scientific communications to the general public. MRS commissioned and authored the first-ever chapter on U.S. federal funding for materials science for the AAAS Report XXXIV: Research and Development FY2010. We also extended the reach of our advocacy efforts for basic
Mission …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.
research and the physical sciences, most notably through collaborations with U.S.-based professional societies for energy advocacy in Washington, D.C. and with E-MRS and C-MRS for the Second World Materials Summit on Advanced
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