Materials Research Society of Japan Hosts Annual Meetings, Ad Hoc Lectures, and Symposia
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Materials Research Society of Japan Hosts Annual Meetings, Ad Hoc Lectures, and Symposia The Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Society (AMSES), founded on March 16, 1989, changed its name to the Materials Research Society of Japan (MRSJ) in December 1990. Each year since, MRSJ has sponsored an Annual Meeting in December and a Summer Meeting in July. Numerous other ad hoc lectures and symposia occur throughout the year. The bimonthly newsletter MRS-] News, written mostly in Japanese, covers news about MRS-J, MRS, and the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS) and features a conference calendar. Meetings The two-day 1990 Annual Meeting had two concurrent symposia, one on advanced materials chaired by M. Doyama, S. Somiya, and M. Hasegawa and another on ceramics chaired by H. Kawazoe, H. Imagawa, K. Arai, and H. Hosono. The symposium on advanced materials was cosponsored by Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology and Kanagawa Science Park and consisted of 11 papers presented plus 71 posters. The symposium on ceramics was cosponsored by New Glass Forum, Asahi Glass Foundation, and Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation. The symposium was comprised of six sessions: Imperfections in Ultrathin Amorphous SiO2 Films, Optical Response and Sol-Gel Processes, Defects and Ion Implantation, Physical Properties and Hydrogen Related Species, and Defects and Imperfections 1 and 2. The Summer Meeting, held July 11,1991 in Kawasaki, Japan, covered the development of opto-bio materials and A12O3 and aluminum compounds. The 1991 Annual Meeting was held De-
cember 12-13 in Kawasaki, Japan. Special lectures were given by Kin-ichiro Miura on bioscience and by Toshio Nishi on high polymers. The topics for this meeting were: Advanced Materials chaired by M. Doyama, S. Somiya, and M. Hasegawa; Ceramic Actuators chaired by K. Uchino; and Computer Applications to Materials Science and Engineering chaired by M. Doyama. The Symposium on Ceramic Actuators was co-sponsored by the Japan Technology Transfer Association and the Symposium on Computer Applications was co-sponsored by a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. Ad Hoc Meetings MRS-J holds numerous one-day ad hoc subcommittee meetings on advanced materials, mostly focusing on ceramics. Specific materials and topics discussed so far include aluminum nitride, aluminum oxide, zirconia, zinc oxide, ceramic powders, analysis, synthesis, processing, and electronic and optical sensors. Some symposia were sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation and the Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation. On October 15, 1991, "Materials Fountainhead for New Technology and New Science," presented by Rustum Roy, was co-sponsored by the National Academy of Science. There is an established subcommittee on hydrothermal reactions, and a new subcommittee on computer applications to materials and molecular science and engineering is being started. Honorary Members Since December 1990, MRS-J has chosen 15 honorary members: R.P.H. Chang
(USA), D.S. Yan (China), O.C.C. Lin (Taiwa
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