Awards

Outstanding Young Investigator Award

Anne M. Mayes, Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Tailoring Polymer Surfaces for Controlled Cell Behavior"

Award Presentation
Monday, April 13, 6:00 p.m.
Salon 7, San Francisco Marriott

Talk Presentation
Symposium CC
Monday, April 13, 4:30 p.m.
Room: Pacific A

This MRS award has been established to recognize outstanding interdisciplinary materials research by a young scientist or engineer and will be presented to Anne Mayes, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, during the Plenary Session on Monday evening.

Graduate Student Awards
The Society presents the Graduate Student Award to graduate students who are presenting significant and timely research at the 1998 Spring Meeting as an author or co-author of a symposium paper. Check the Meeting Guide on site for the Graduate Student Award Finalists' Special Talk Session schedule which will be held on Monday, April 13, beginning at noon. The winners chosen from the talk sessions will receive their awards during the Plenary Session on Monday evening.

Plenary Session

John P. Lockwood
Consulting Volcanologist
Geohazards Consultants International, Inc.

Volcanoes: The Ultimate Materials Source

Talk Presentation
Monday, April 13, 6:00 p.m.
Salon 7, San Francisco Marriott

"Volcanoes have been my focus and passion for over 20 years," says volcanologist John P. "Jack" Lockwood, President and Chairman of the Board of Geohazards Consultants International, Inc. (GCI). A field-oriented company based in Volcano, Hawaii, GCI specializes in geohazards appraisals and risk reduction studies, especially in remote or less-developed areas.

In addition to overseeing GCI's operations, international marketing and client development, Dr. Lockwood serves as a technical advisor to media projects in film, video and print. He was the lead scientific consultant for the recently released Universal Pictures film Dante's Peak, which he considers "the most realistic, believable, 'volcano adventure film' ever."

In more than 15 years of volcanic-crisis and disaster assignments with the U. S. Geological Survey and the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), Dr. Lockwood has studied dozens of volcanos.....from Gamalama and Nyragongo to Mt. Pinatubo. Among his clients are the U. S. Air Force, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Lockwood holds a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of California at Riverside, and earned his PhD from Princeton University. Since 1980 he has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hawaii, teaching volcanology classes. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of America, and a member of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, the American Geophysical Union, and Sigma Xi. More of Lockwood's background is available at www.volcanologist.com