High Temperature Superconductors, Physics Funding, Materials Physics Highlighted at American Physical Society Meeting
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late Adler himself worked on. The Lectureship is, however, not restricted topically but will span materials physics. In a separate event, the CMP awarded its New Materials Prize to J. Bednorz, A. Mii 1ler and C. W. (Paul) Chu, who each presented lectures on high temperature superconductivity in a special session.
Materials Physics Topical Group Thrives Formed just three years ago, the Materials Physics Topical Group (MPTG) of the American Physical Society is thriving. At the meeting, the MPTG fielded 15 topically focused symposia comprising about 50 sessions ranging from quasicrystals to high temperature superconductors. Both invited and contributed sessions were included (the latter often featuring an invited lead-off talk). The sessions were developed through the efforts of t} .nposium organizers in a manner not dissimilar to the way MRS symposia are run. Although there is overlap between MPTG programs and some areas treated by the APS's Condensed Matter Physics Division (CMP), this style of symposium organization is unique to MPTG. About 2,600 individuals are currently MPTG members, an impressive figure considering the initial figure was 100 three years ago. By comparison, CMP membership is somewhat over 8,000. Presiding over MPTG for the past year has been Simon C. Moss (University of Houston). Succeeding Moss for the 1988-1989 (March to March) period is Bill R. Appleton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), an MRS councillor. At the MPTG business meeting election results were announced naming John Silcox (Cornell University) as the new vicechair and chair-elect and Gerald Lucovsky (North Carolina State University) and G. Slade Cargill, III (IBM) as two new members of the steering committee. Also announced was the inauguration in 1988 of the David Adler Lectureship to be administered by MPTG. The recipient receives an honorarium of about $1,000 and delivers his/her lecture at the March meeting. The first David Adler Lecturer is Prof. Jan Tauc (Brown University), whose lecture dealt with amorphous silicon, a topic the MRS BULLETIN/MAY 1988
Simon C. Moss (University of Houston) 1987-88 chairman of the APS Materials Physics Topical Croup. Formed just three years ago with 100 members, the MPTG now has about 2,600 members.
Jan Tauc (Brown University), 1988 recipient of the David Adler Lectureship, delivers his lecture on amorphous silicon.
Perspectives on High Tc News Coverage Reported Five press representatives and five physicists gave their views on "News Coverage of High Temperature Superconductivity" to a standing-room-only audience on Tues-
day morning of the APS March meeting. Representing the press were Edward Edelson (New York Daily News), Arthur Fisher (Popular Science), Michael Guillen (ABC/"Good Morning America"), Paul Raeburn (Associated Press), and David Sripp (The Wall Street Journal). O n the physicists'
side were Phillip Anderson (Princeton University), Robert Cava (AT&T Bell Laboratories), C.W. (Paul) Chu (University of Houston), Paul Grant (IBM/Almaden), and Harold Weinstock (AFOSR). The session w
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