IUMRS General Assembly Reports on Conferences, Publications
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IUMRS General Assembly Reports on Conferences, Publications The International Union of Materials Research Societies General Assembly Meeting took place in Boston on December 4, 1996, during the 1996 MRS Fall Meeting/ICEM-96 (International Conference on Electronic Materials). IUMRS President M. Doyama from Nishi-Tokyo University presided over the meeting. The IUMRS adhering bodies represented at the meeting included MRS (USA), MexicanMRS, A-MRS (Australia), C-MRS (China), E-MRS (Europe), MRS-J (Japan), MRSKorea, MRS-Russia, and MRS-T (Taiwan). MRS-I (India) representatives were absent. Doyama announced that IUMRS consists of 10 societies, with all continents represented except Africa. Li Heng-De (MRS-China) has been elected as the 1997 IUMRS vice-president, and Lee Cheng-Gong (MRS-China) has been elected as the 1997 IUMRS secretary. Rodney C. Ewing from the University of New Mexico is the 1997-1998 IUMRS president. He invited representatives to join various committees including business and finance, conferences, communications/publications, electronic website, education, science and technology policy, and strategic planning and programs. Treasurer G.M. Crean of University College in Cork, Ireland, reported a (projected) net income as of November 16, 1996 of $19,550.
Separate and Joint Conferences Held, 1995-1996 Various adhering bodies reported on their conferences. A-MRS co-sponsored the Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD) held December 9-11, 1996 at the Australian National University and co-sponsored one of the symposia at an advanced ceramics conference (PacRim2) held in July 1996 in Cairns. David Johnson of Lucent Technologies was funded by A-MRS as a keynote speaker at the latter conference. C-MRS reported on four meetings held in Beijing in 1996. The Symposium on R&D (Research and Development) Trends of Materials, held August 6-8, drew in about 120 attendees to hear 25 speakers. The Symposium on the Importance of Materials in the Development of the National Economy and National Defense, held October 28-30, brought in 80 attendees and 20 speakers. C-MRS Annual Meeting '96 on microstructure analysis and mechanical properties measurement (under special conditions) of materials was held November 17-21, with about 1,000 attendees and 24 symposia.
C-MRS and MRS-K Joint Symposium '96 (in English) was also held November 17-21, with 250 attendees. Symposia topics covered semiconductor materials and epitaxial thin films, magnetic materials, and surfaces and interfaces of materials. MRS-Korea also held Spring and Fall Meetings in 1996. About 200 scientists attending the Spring Meeting at Kyungpook National University in Taegu, Korea, heard over 139 papers and 11 invited talks on the areas of metallic materials, electronic and magnetic materials, polymers, ceramics, and composite materials. Over 150 papers and three invited talks were presented at the Fall Meeting held at Suwon University in Suwon, Korea, drawing in about 250 attendees. The E-MRS Spring Meeting, held June 4-7,
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