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Alabama Section Co-Sponsors 3rd Annual Materials Research Conférence The Alabama Section of the Materials Research Society and Alabama EPSCoR jointly sponsored the third annual Alabama Materials Research Conférence held September 20-21,1989 in Huntsville, Alabama. EPSCoR, a U.S. National Science Foundation "Expérimental Program to Stimulate Compétitive Research," targets underfunded states for scientific development. The conférence was co-hosted by Alabama A&M University and the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) at UAH's Tom Bevill Center. Hospitality support was provided by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. The conférence was broad in scope, featuring four symposia with concurrent sessions. Session topics spanned microgravity processing, advanced and aerospace materials, space science, composites, ceramics, carbon, crystal growth, biomaterials, and solidification/welding. In addition, the student sessions included diffusion, superconductors, and characterization. Invited speakers were Lynn A. Boatner, head of the Ceramics and Interfaces Section, Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; James B. Roberto, associate director, Solid State Division, Oak Ridge; and Ralph Carruth, chief of the Physical Sciences Branch, Materials and
Processes Laboratory, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Papers were also presented by scientists frorn various industries and national laboratories, including McDonnell Douglas Space Systems, Wyle Laboratories, Boeing, SRS Technologies, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Flight Center, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Hemanta Jena, président of the Alabama A&M University Chapter of MRS, with the help of Hossein Maleki and Stephen D. Pearson organized the student activities. Prizes were awarded for the two best student platform papers and the two best student posters. Recognized in the platform paper category were J.R. Ashburn (UAH) and D.A. Robinson (University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa). For the posters, first prize went to S.E. Zutaut (UAH), and second to D.A. Robinson in collaboration with W.D. Calhoun and K.M. Stephens. First prize in each category was the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics; second prize was a one-year paid membership in MRS. The judges were Ilmars Dalins of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Tim Volin of Parker Hanefin, and Sam Jacobs of United Space Boosters Inc. The program committee included Lawrence R. Holland, program chairman (Alabama A&M and MRS); Samuel P. McManus, organizing chairman (UAH and MRS); Daryush lia, coordinator (Alabama A&M and MRS Alabama Section président); Gwyn Morgan Jenkins (Alabama A&M and University Collège, Swansea, UK); John C. Gregory, symposium organizer (UAH); J. Milton Harris (UAH); and Manmohan D. Aggarwal (Alabama A&M and MRS). A program summary including titles and Left to right: Invited speaker Lynn Boatner, authors is available from Lawrence Holprogram coordinator and MRS Section land, Physics Department, Alabama A&M Président Daiyush lia, and invited référée University, Normal, AL 35762; télép
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