The MRS Short Course Program: Past, Present, and Future
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The MRS Short Course Program: Past, Présent, and Future As we enter 1990, the MRS Short Course Program is very différent from what it was in the fall of 1982 when the first short course was offered at an MRS meeting. That first short course, developed by L. Ralph Dawson of Sandia National Laboratories, was on "Liquid Phase Epitaxy Techniques." Since then, under the guidance of three enthusiastic and dedicated Continuing Education Committee Chairs, L. Ralph Dawson, Alton D. Romig Jr., and Carol M. Jantzen, the Short Course Program has developed into a broadly based and important service-oriented educational program for MRS members and the materials science community. The program's primary goal is to provide high-quality, relevant topical courses which complément and enhance the technical programs at MRS meetings. More than 50 courses hâve been developed over the past few years by the Continuing Education Committee. Committee members with différent areas of technical expertise, together with the short course manager, are responsible for guiding this controlled growth. Care is taken to ensure that each new course is distinctly différent from existing MRS courses. A multidisciplinary program continues to evolve with the development of new topical courses of timely interest to the materials science community, such as those on hightemperature superconductivity and dia-
mond films. At the same time, core courses on materials characterization and on the préparation and fabrication of materials provide a balanced and innovative educational program. Seven of the 18 courses being offered at the 1990 MRS Spring Meeting are new and illustrate the diversity of the program: • Compound Semiconductor Epitaxy and Processing, • Polysilicon Thin Films and Interfaces— A Submicron VLSI Manufacturing Perspective, • Materials Processing in Thermal Plasmas, • Microwave Interactions with Dielectric Materials, • Ion Source Fundamentals, • Ceramic Packaging of Integrated Circuits: Designs, Processes and Applications, and • Materials Processing by Vapor Phase Techniques. Some gênerai statistics may be of interest: short course registrants account for between 11 and 15% of the total number of MRS meeting attendees; over 70% of the total number of course registrants at MRS meetings hâve advanced degrees; between 57 and 67% of the short course registrants also register for the MRS meeting. Thèse data strongly indicate that the MRS Short Course Program is meeting its primary
goal of presenting courses that complément MRS symposia. The number of applications for student scholarships at each meeting is steadily increasing, indicating that the program is meeting another goal—to provide an educational resource to universities by assisting undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in entering the materials science field. The MRS On-Site Short Course Program is the vehicle through which MRS courses are presented at the facilities of industrial and government organizations, or at the meetings of other technical groups or societies. This pr
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