MRS International Activities
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MRS International Relations subcommittee meets with representatives of Australia, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and the United States.
The continued growth in membership and activities of the Materials Research Society in the United States mirrors an international growth in materials research societies and meetings abroad. During the 1987 Fall Meeting in Boston, the International Relations Subcommittee (chaired by Bob Chang of Northwestern University) of the MRS External Affairs Committee met with representatives of Australia, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. Kathy Taylor, 1987 MRS president, took this opportunity to review the structure and activities of the Materials Research Society and to introduce the 1987 officers. This is an exciting time for international efforts because Bob Chang, who has played an important role in organizing cosponsored MRS meetings in Japan and China, will also be president-elect of MRS in 1988. Representatives from different materials research societies and the participating countries presented summaries of their previous and future activities. Prof. Paul Siffert, president of the European-Materials Research Society, reported that E-MRS has obtained its official charter with the support of the European Community and the European Council. E-MRS sponsors short courses in conjunction with its meetings and special Summer courses. This Summer, May 15-21, E-MRS will co-sponsor a NATO Advanced Study Institute, "Heterostructures on Silicon," in Corsica. In 1988, EMRS will hold its annual meeting with four symposia: A—Ceramics Materials Research; B—Photon, Beam and Plasma 44
Assisted Processing; C—Deep Implantations: Fundamentals and Applications; D—Preparation and Properties of Metastable Alloys. The meeting will be held in Strasbourg, France, May 31-June 3. The European organizers expect attendance of 700-800. There are plans for a Fall meeting, November 7-10, with two symposia: A— Superconductors; and B—New Magnets. Prof. Siffert reported that E-MRS is closely tied to the structure of the European Community through small groups that form "networks" which cross international boundaries. These networks are the source of substantial funding from the EC for research in materials science. MRS will cosponsor a meeting in Europe, the 12th meeting of the symposium on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management in Berlin, October 10-13. This is the third time this symposium has been held in Europe. In 1982 it was held in Berlin, and in 1985, in Stockholm. At the most recent MRS Council meeting, approval was given to hold the symposium in France in 1991. Dr. Werner Lutze of the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin reported that all arrangements for the 1988 meeting have been completed, and he expects an attendance of between 200-300. From the circum-Pacific area, Dr. Robert Elliman reported on activities in Australia, where there is a small but active community of materials scientists. CSIRO has created
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