Mexican MRS Holds First National Meeting
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Mexican MRS Holds First National Meeting During April 5-9, 1991, the Mexican MRS Society, officially called Academia Mexicana de Ciencia de Materiales, held its first national meeting in Mexico City at the Paraiso Radisson Hôtel. Both national and international représentatives were among the 250 attendees, who included participants from research and industrial institutions throughout Mexico. The meeting was opened by Luis Eugenio Todd, Mexico's undersecretary of éducation, and by Miguel José Yacaman, who will be président of Mexican MRS until 1993. One-hundred twenty-five papers were presented, covering nanophases, polymer structure, materials science and archeology and art préservation, metals and their alloys, clusters and their properties, ceramics, semiconductors, and fractals. The technical talks gave an overview of materials research in Mexico, while meetings on materials science éducation produced a consensus view that Mexican universities should work toward producing stronger graduate programs in materials. The meeting clearly showed the strength of materials research in Mexico as well as
its rôle in the country's development, said Yacaman. Mexican MRS is planning several activities for this year to increase society membership and expand public récognition. This fall the society is planning a meeting on the "Rôle of Materials Research in Mexican Science and Technology." Other upcoming meetings include a second national meeting in April 1992 and the First International Conférence on Nanophases on September 21-25, 1992 in Cancun, Mexico.
For more information about Mexican MRS and its activities, contact: Prof. Miguel José Yacaman Instituto de Fisica, UNAM Apartado Postal 20-364 Deleg. Alvaro Obregon 01000 Mexico, D.F. Mexico Phone: (52-5) 665-30-59 Fax: (52-5) 665-46-76
Officers Academia Mexicana de Ciencia de Materiales M. José Yacaman D. Rfbs V. Castano L. Martihez A. Valladares L. Cota T. Ogawa J.M. Dominguez
Président Vice Président Treasurer Secretary Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor
International Workshop on Controlled Growth of Single- and Poly-Crystals of High-Temperature Superconductors Co-Sponsored by ISTEC and MRS June 23-26,1992 Ramada Renaissance Ala Moana Hôtel, Honolulu, Hawaii This workshop will focus on controlled growth of single- and poly-crystals of high-temperature superconductors. Topics will be the growth mechanisms of HTS materials prepared from liquid, solid, and gas phases. Their potential use in electric devices and as electric conductors in polycrystalline form, and advances in HTS materials processing and fabrication for such applications, will be included. The workshop will be a single-session meeting, allowing ample time for discussion of each paper and for informai interactions among participants. Présentations will consist of invited and contributed oral papers and posters (some will be selected for short présentations). Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: phase diagrams (thermodynamics); single-crystal growth; controlled growth of textured p
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