Report from San Francisco: 1985 MRS Spring Meeting Draws 900 Scientist
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Northern California Section kicks off Spring Meeting on Sunday evening.
S e v e n symposia spanning current topics in electronic materials and surface analysis were the center of attention for materials scientists during the week of April 15-18 in San Francisco, as MRS conducted its second annual Spring Meeting. Drawing nearly 900 attendees—many from the nearby Silicon Valley and Japan—the meeting also featured an informal social gathering sponsored by the MRS Northern California Local Section and Plenary Address by George Pake of Xerox Corporation on technological advances and materials development. Poster sessions began Tuesday evening and remained on display throughout the remainder of the meeting. An informal augmentation of the symposia sessions, the poster presentations enabled participants to casually mingle with MRS members attending other symposia, and led to informal discussions of materials issues, renewal of acquaintances, and exposure to topics other than those in their particular areas of expertise. The traditional lunchtime sessions of Symposium X drew a large crowd which gathered daily to hear lectures on topics dealing with the preparation and characterization of thin films. Northern California Section Welcomes Attendees
Left to right: MRS Executive Director John Ballance and ASM Trustee C. Sheldon Roberts.
MRS Graduate Student Award winners (left to right): Howard P. Sawhill (MIT), Eric Marshall (University of California at San Diego), Chih-Chen Cho (Princeton University), Charlene ). G. Kubiak (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), and Aubrey L. Helms, Jr. (Princeton University). PAGE 6, MRS BULLETIN, MAY/JUNE 1985
MRS Northern California Section (NorCal MRS) hosted a "bash" on Sunday evening at the start of the San Francisco meeting to welcome visiting MRS members to the Bay area. Over 100 thirsty travelers were entertained with three "Bohmische-style" lectures. Entertainment was provided by three outstanding contributors to the field of ion-solid interactions, Drew Evans of C. Evans and Associates, Tom Cahill of University of California-Davis, and Jim Mayer of Cornell University. They presented talks which can be described as "intensely informal," a hallmark of the Bohmische Society. Following welcoming remarks by Michael Current of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Drew Evans led off the entertainment with a selection of "Jim Mayer stories." Tom Cahill then related the story of his use of ion beam analysis to determine the composition of the paper and inks used in the Gutenberg Bible. The special "sample holding" procedures required for a
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ipring Meeting Draws 900 Scientists I: non-destructive analysis of large, bound volumes amazed and delighted the group. Cahill's work confirmed that the Bible was printed on multiple presses and that the inks were made u
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