Preview: 1991 MRS Fall Meeting
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tured Systems. The same concepts can be applied to synthetic composites. The first three days of this symposium will be held in one of the theaters in the mail. Organic materials will appear in many forms—as conductors, in optical devices, and even as magnets. And those ever popular buckyballs make a spécial appearance, showing off their superconductivity and other interesting properties in an evening session on Chemical Modification and Applications of Fullerenes, Wednesday after the Von Hippel address and MRS réception. A Tuesday evening postdeadline session on Light Emission from Silicon will cover the latest developments on obtaining visible luminescence at room température from porous Si (see the September MRS Bulletin, p. 41 and also July, p. 54). Both elecrronic and optical materials will be heavily represented at this meeting, including wide bandgap semiconductors such as diamond and SiC, polymers, ce-
ramics, and the ever présent III-V compounds. Anomalous characteristics in low température IH-V materials are featured in an evening session. High-temperature superconductors will be présentée! extensively, covering the status of current theory, flux pinning, critical current, as well as emerging applications such as SQUIDs and superconducting wire. Other topics include beam modification of materials, theory and design, processing, physical and mechanical properties of thin films and interfaces, ferroelectrics, biomaterials, shape-memory materials, complex fluids such as gels and colloids, refractory metals and ceramics, catalysts, sample préparation for TEM, and cementitious materials. See the matrix on pages 62-63 for a list of ail the technical symposium and session titles. For information about late-news sessions, see page 67.
Spécial Events The plenary speaker Monday evening will be D. Allan Bromley, Assistant to the Président for Science and Technology, and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. On Tuesday, Reza Abbaschian and Merton C. Flemings hâve organized a workshop on Materials Science and Engineering Education. Topics will span éducation and research for undergraduates, graduâtes, and young faculty. Any attend-
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ees interested in helping enrich science éducation in their local schools can also go to the Grassroots Education Networking session Tuesday evening. At lunchtime in Symposium X: Frontière of Materials Research, leaders in various specialties will présent reviews geared towards the nonspecialist. As part of Symposium X, the MRS medal awardees will give présentations. Also, look for the student mixer, poster
sessions filled to capacity on three nights, Von Hippel and graduate student awards, short courses, equipment exhibit, job placement center, and more. For further détails about the meeting program and registration, see the 1991 MRS Fall Meeting Program, which is mailed to ail MRS members. If you need a program, cal! the MRS Meetings Department (412) 367-3003; fax (412) 367-4373.
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