SYMPOSIUM X

Frontiers of Materials Research
Authoritative Reviews for Nonspecialists

April 13 - 16, 1998

Chairs
John Emerson Cornell Univ
Ronald Gibala Univ of Michigan
Caroline Ross MIT
Leo Schowalter Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst

* Invited paper


This symposium is the Society's principal vehicle to maintain the interdisciplinary and integrative nature of its mission within the materials community with invited reviews presented over the lunch hour. Leaders in various specialties represented by the topical symposia present reviews designed for materials researchers who are NOT specialists in the reviewed field.
The focus of this year's presentation is Historical Themes in Semiconductor Materials and Devices.

SESSION X1:
Chairs: John A. Emerson, Ronald Gibala,
Caroline A. Ross and Leo J. Schowalter
Monday Afternoon, April 13, 1998
Salon 7

12:05 PM *X1.1
EINSTEIN, QUANTA, AND THE BEGINNING OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. Martin J. Klein, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

12:45 PM *X1.2
THE COMPLEX FOUNDATIONS OF SILICON ELECTRONICS. Frederick Seitz, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.

SESSION X2:
Chairs: John A. Emerson, Ronald Gibala,
Caroline A. Ross and Leo J. Schowalter
Tuesday Afternoon, April 14, 1998
Salon 7

12:05 PM *X2.1
THE ORIGINS OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER. Robert Hall, retired from General Electric, Schenectady, NY.

12:45 PM *X2.2
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON CRYSTALS - FROM SMALL TO VERY, VERY BIG. Harry Leamy, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC.

SESSION X3:
Chairs: John A. Emerson, Ronald Gibala,
Caroline A. Ross and Leo J. Schowalter
Wednesday Afternoon, April 15, 1998
Salon 7

12:05 PM *X3.1
MATERIAL NEEDS FOR FUTURE SEMICONDUCTORS. Jane Shaw, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., Yorktown Heights, NY.

12:45 PM *X3.2
SEMICONDUCTING AND METALLIC POLYMERS: THE PROMISE OF THE 1970's IS BECOMING REALITY. Alan Heeger, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.

SESSION X4:
Chairs: John A. Emerson, Ronald Gibala,
Caroline A. Ross and Leo J. Schowalter
Thursday Afternoon, April 16, 1998
Salon 7

12:05 PM *X4.1
SILICON CHIP INTERCONNECTIONS FROM ALUMINUM TO COPPER. Jim Harper, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.

12:45 PM *X4.2
THE ROAD TO SILICON WAS PAVED WITH GERMANIUM. Michael Riordan, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz.