1997 Fall Meeting Reflects Popularity and Breadth of MRS Meetings
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1997 Fall Meeting Reflects Popularity and Breadth of MRS Meetings The 1997 MRS Fall Meeting was held in Boston from December 1-5,1997 jointly at the Boston Marriott Hotel/Copley Place, the Westin Hotel/Copley Place, and the Sheraton Boston Hotel. The Meeting was chaired by Harry A. Atwater (California Institute of Technology), Dean W. Face (DuPont), Peter F. Green (University of Texas—Austin) and A. Lindsay Greer (Cambridge University). Over 4,500 attendees participated. The meeting included 41 topical symposia, as well as tutorials and the exhibit. A total of 3,816 papers were presented giving an attendee to paper ratio of 1:2, with a 9% abstract rejection rate. Poster sessions were scheduled at all three hotels for the first time, with several symposia holding their own poster presentations. Symposium X, Award Talks Update Nonspecialists in Various Materials Research Topics
At the Awards ceremony, held on Wednesday, Von Hippel Award recipient Gabor A. Somorjai (University of California—Berkeley), Turnbull Lectureship Award recipient Merton C. Hemings (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and MRS Medalist Shuji Nakamura (Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan) were honored. In addition, graduate student awards were presented at the ceremony, and members of the MRS new building task force—consisting of Carl Thompson, Alan Taub, Merrilea Mayo, Charles Duke, and John Ballance—were recognized for their contribution. • The award ceremony was followed by Somorjai's talk on surface science, "From Surface Materials to Surface Technologies." He started with several important surface-related technological achievements including catalytic converters, zeolite and molecular carbon sieves used for air separation, diamond-coated drills, the Xerox electrophotographic process, and transistors in Intel chips. These are all related to the developments of molecular surface science. He detailed what he considered to be the four important surface properties: relaxation/reconstruction, adsorption, coadsorption, and coverage dependence of restructuring. He concluded by identifying seven major future directions for surface science and technology, particularly emphasizing biocomparible surfaces that have the potential for significant applica-
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tions in human implants. In his talk entitled "Solidification Science and Engineering Practice," presented as part of Symposium B on Phase Transformations and Systems Driven Far From Equilibrium, Flemings discussed basic dendritic structures and the Scheil equation, and various facets of solidification including directional solidification (for turbine blades), in situ composites, rapid solidification processing, and production of Al-Zr abrasives. He finished the lecture with general comments about the value of mathematical modeling for understanding solidification, which is greatly facilitated by the rapid increase in computing power. He paid a tribute to David Turnbull, who was present at the talk, stressing that educators like him are greatly needed today. Flemings is o
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