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c o n t a c t i n g a m e m b e r of t h e e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e in y o u r g e o g r a p h i c a l area. T h e N e w M e x i c o Section p r o m i s e s to be a v e r y active local M R S g r o u p , h o s t i n g m e e t i n g s w i t h n a t i o n a l l y k n o w n technical s p e a k e r s a d d r e s s i n g a w i d e r a n g e of m a t e r i a l s r e s e a r c h topics. P l a n s for f u t u r e m e e t i n g s are p r e s e n t l y being d r a w n up and a n n o u n c e m e n t s of t h e s e e v e n t s and t h e i r location will be m a d e in t h e n e a r f u t u r e . The contagious enthusiasm that marked the f o r m a t i o n of t h e first M R S local section has n o w spread to N e w Mexico.
Harold Anderson, University of New Mexico T h e first m e e t i n g of t h e r e c e n t l y e s t a b lished N e w Mexico Section of t h e M a t e r i a l s R e s e a r c h Society t o o k place on F e b r u a r y 19, I 986, on t h e U n i v e r s i t y of N e w M e x i c o c a m p u s . M e m b e r s o f M R S from t h r o u g h o u t New Mexico, including representatives from the U n i v e r s i t y of N e w Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, Los A l a m o s National L a b o r a t o r i e s and local i n d u s t r y , voiced e n t h u s i a s m a b o u t t h e f u t u r e of t h e local chapter. H a r o l d A n d e r s o n from t h e U n i v e r s i t y of N e w M e x i c o , o r g a n i z e r of t h e drive for a N e w M e x i c o c h a p t e r , w a s c h o s e n to s e r v e as t h e c h a p t e r ' s first p r e s i d e n t . G e o r g e S a m a r a of Sandia N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r i e s and R i c a r d o S w a r t z o f Los A l a m o s National L a b o r a t o r i e s w e r e c h o s e n as t h e c h a p t e r ' s vice p r e s i d e n t a n d s e c r e t a r y / t r e a s u r e r , respectively, r o u n d i n g o u t t h e m a k e - u p of the executive committee. T h e first m e e t i n g f e a t u r e d William S t r e i f e i v d i r e c t o r of N e w Mexico's C e n t e r for High T e c h n o l o g y M a t e r i a l s ( C H T M ) , as t h e invited s p e a k e r . Streifer s p o k e of C H T M ' s t h r u s t in o p t o e l e c t r o n i c m a t e r i a l s r e s e a r c h and t h e g r o w i n g p r o g r a m in lightw a v e t e c h n o l o g y at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of N e w Mexico. M R S P r e s i d e n t C o r d o n Pike spoke briefly a b o u t t h e b r o a d e r activities of M R S in beam-solid interactions, microelectronics, ceramics, and c o m p o s i t e m a t e r i a l s r e s e a r c h ,
MRS Western New York Section Plans First Meeting M R S President C o r d o n Pike addresses the first m e e t i n g of the M R S N e w M e x i c o Section. and o t h e r e m e r g i n g t e c h n o l o g i e s . A major goal of t h e N e w Mexico Section is to increase its m e m b e r s h i p by s p o n s o r i n g activities of i n t e r e s t to t h e high-tech ind u s t r i e s along t h e Rio G r a n d e c o r r i d o r as well as activities of i n t e r e s t to ac
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