Four Materials Conferences Held Recently in Taiwan
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Master of C e r e m o n i e s , Jim Mayer, o p e n s t h e m e e t i n g of t h e B o e h m i s c h e Physical Society at IBMM' 86. have ranged from s p u t t e r - i n d u c e d topology (R. Kelly) to h y d r o g e n in glasses [including b e e r glasses] (W. Lanford). At t h e I B M M '86 m e e t i n g in C a t a n i a on T u e s d a y e v e n i n g , J u n e 10, 1 9 8 6 , t h e p r e liminaries of t h e B o e h m i s c h e m e e t i n g r a n t r u e to f o r m . M a s t e r of c e r e m o n i e s , Jim M a y e r (Cornell University), appeared s p o r t ing a T - s h i r t a d o r n e d w i t h a profile caricat u r e of I B M M '86 c h a i r m a n E. Rimini. A m a s t e r of iconoclastic spellbinding a n e c d o t e s , M a y e r p r o c e e d e d to c o n f e r small t o k e n s of a p p r e c i a t i o n on several in t h e a u d i e n c e w h o had r e c e n t l y been elevated o r elected to p o s i t i o n s r e q u i r i n g s o m e form of recognition. R e p r e s e n t i n g s o m e w h a t of a topical d e -
p a r t u r e from p r e v i o u s B o e h m i s c h e e v e n t s , t h e k e y n o t e a d d r e s s on this e v e n i n g dealt w i t h r e c e n t a t t e m p t s to d i v e r t t h e flow of volcanic lava d u r i n g t h e last e r u p t i o n of M o u n t Etna. It w a s p r e s e n t e d by U n i v e r s i t y of C a t a n i a P r o f e s s o r R e n a t o Cristofolini. A l t h o u g h particle-solid i n t e r a c t i o n s played n o o b v i o u s role, it w a s a fascinating tale of m a n a g a i n s t n a t u r e . N a t u r e prevailed! R e t u r n i n g to p u r s u i t s m o r e c o m m o n l y associated w i t h t h e B o e h m i s c h e Physical Society, t h e e v e n i n g e n d e d w i t h an a d e q u a t e s u p p l y of good Sicilian w i n e and c h e e r . T h e n e x t B o e h m i s c h e Society e v e n t will be a special s y m p o s i u m on " A t o m i c Collisions in Solids" to be held at C h a l k River on July 1 1 - 1 3 , 1987 to recognize t h e n e a r l y 20 y e a r s of c o n t r i b u t i o n s to t h e field m a d e by c o l l e a g u e s in t h e a t o m i c collisions g r o u p at t h e C h a l k R i v e r Lab w h i c h will s h o r t l y be dispersed. E. N. KAUFMANN
Four Materials Conferences Held Recently in Taiwan
Jim M a y e r (left) c o n g r a t u l a t e s Jim Williams (RMIT, Australia) during B o e h m ische proceedings. PAGE 30, MRS BULLETIN, JULY/AUGUST 1986
F o u r scientific c o n f e r e n c e s w e r e held earlier this year, d r a w i n g international s c i e n t i s t s for d i s c u s s i o n s on c o m p o s i t e s , s u p e r a l l o y s , and s e m i c o n d u c t o r s . T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e on Adv a n c e d C o m p o s i t e M a t e r i a l s and S t r u c t u r e s held in Taipei, T a i w a n , M a y 1 9 - 2 3 , 1986 w a s jointly s p o n s o r e d by t h e C h i n e s e Society for M a t e r i a l s Science, t h e Society of T h e o r e t i c a l and Applied M e c h a n i c s in t h e Republic of C h i n
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