Meetings & Events

As seen in the 20 February issue of Science:

2009 MRS spring meeting

Meeting Chairs

Paul R. Besser

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

aul.besser@amd.com

Peter Fratzl

Max-Planck-Institute of

Colloids and Interfaces

fratzl@mpikg.mpg.de

Nicola Spaldin

University of California,

Santa Barbara

nicola@mrl.ucsb.edu

Terry M. Tritt

Clemson University

ttritt@clemson.edu

For additional information, visit the MRS Web site at www.mrs.org/meetings/

or contact:

MRS

Member Services

Materials Research Society

506 Keystone Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7573

Tel 724-779-3003

Fax 724-779-8313

info@mrs.org

www.mrs.org/spring2009

Symposia

ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

A: Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin-Film Silicon Science and Technology

B: Concepts in Molecular and Organic Electronics

C: CMOS Gate-Stack Scaling—Materials, Interfaces, and Reliability Implications

D: Materials, Processes, and Reliability for Advanced Interconnects for Micro- and Nano-Electronics

E: Science and Technology of Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP)

F: Packaging, Chip-Package Interactions, and Solder Materials Challenges

G: High-Throughput Synthesis and Measurement Methods for Rapid Optimization and Discovery of Advanced Materials

H: Materials and Physics for Nonvolatile Memories

I: Engineered Multiferroics—Magnetoelectric Interactions, Sensors, and Devices

J: High-Temperature Photonic Structures

K: Materials Research for Terahertz Technology Development

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

L: Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials

M: Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics

N: Materials and Devices for Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion

O: Compound Semiconductors for Energy Applications and Environmental Sustainability

P: Three-Dimensional Architectures for Energy Generation and Storage

Q: Materials Science of Water Purification

R: Materials for Renewable Energy at the Society and Technology Nexus

S: Materials in Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry for Environmental Applications and H2 Generation

NANOMATERIALS AND DEVICES

T: Nanoscale Heat Transport—From Fundamentals to Devices

U: Electrofluidic Materials and Applications—Micro/Biofluidics, Electrowetting, and Electrospinning

V: Functional Metal-Oxide Nanostructures

W: Novel Functional Properties at Oxide-Oxide Interfaces

Y: Nanocrystalline Materials as Precursors for Complex Multifunctional Structures through Chemical Transformations and Self Assembly

Z: Computational Nanoscience—How to Exploit Synergy between Predictive Simulations and Experiment

AA: Semiconductor Nanowires—Growth, Size-Dependent Properties, and Applications

BB: Material Systems and Processes for Three-Dimensional Micro- and Nanoscale Fabrication and Lithography

CC: Nanoscale Functionalization and New Discoveries in Modern Superconductivity

DD: Ion Beams and Nano-Engineering

EE: Materials for Nanophotonics—Plasmonics, Metamaterials, and Light Localization

FF: Novel Materials and Devices for Spintronics

GG: Electron Crystallography for Materials Research

HH: Quantitative Characterization of Nanostructured Materials

II: Probing Mechanics at Nanoscale Dimensions

JJ: Nanoscale Electromechanics and Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

SOFT MATTER, BIOLOGICAL AND BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS

KK: Structure-Property Relationships in Biomineralized and Biomimetic Composites

LL: Architectured Multifunctional Materials

MM: Synthesis of Bio-inspired Hierarchical Soft and Hybrid Materials

OO: Materials and Strategies for Lab-on-a-Chip—Biological Analysis, Cell-Material Interfaces, and Fluidic Assembly of Nanostructures

PP: Materials and Devices for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics

GENERAL INTEREST

X: Frontiers of Materials Research

Meeting Activities

Symposium Tutorial Program

Available only to meeting attendees, the symposium tutorials will concentrate on new, rapidly breaking areas of research and are designed to encourage the exchange of information during the symposium.

Exhibit

A major exhibit encompassing the full spectrum of equipment, instrumentation, products, software, publications, and services is scheduled for April 14-16 in Moscone West, convenient to the technical session rooms.

Symposium Assistant Opportunities

Graduate students who are interested in assisting in the symposium rooms during the 2009 MRS Spring Meeting are encouraged to apply for a Symposium Assistant position. By assisting in a minimum of four half-day sessions, students will receive a refund of the student meeting registration fee, a one-year MRS student membership commencing July 1, 2009, and a stipend to help defray expenses. The application is available on the MRS Web site.

Career Center

A Career Center for MRS members and meeting attendees will be offered in Moscone West during the 2009 MRS Spring Meeting.

Publications Desk

A full display of over 960 books will be available at the MRS Publications Desk. Symposium Proceedings from recent MRS Spring and Fall Meetings will be featured.

Graduate Student Awards

The Materials Research Society announces the availability of Gold and Silver Awards for graduate students conducting research on a topic to be addressed in the 2009 MRS Spring Meeting symposia. All finalists will receive a waiver of the meeting registration fee and a one-year MRS student membership commencing July 1, 2009. The award prizes consist of $400 and a presentation plaque for the Gold Awards and $200 and a certificate for the Silver Awards. The application can be accessed via the MRS Web site and must be submitted online by December 30, 2008.

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