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Welcome
Wm. A. Wulf,** President, National Academy of Engineering |
| 9:00 a.m. |
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Impact of Materials in Competitive Products
Lewis S. Edelheit,** Senior Vice President, General Electric Corporate
Research and Development |
| 9:45 a.m. |
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Design of Materials Through Simulation: A
Perspective of the Past and a Gateway
to the Future
Michael Baskes, Manager, Department of Materials Reliability, Sandia National
Laboratories |
| 11:00 a.m. |
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Characterization, The Key to Quality
Ronald Gronsky, The Arthur C. and Phyllis G. Oppenheimer
Chair in Advanced Materials Analysis, Department of Materials Science and Mineral
Engineering, University of California, Berkeley |
| 11:45 a.m. |
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Materials Challenges for Fusion Energy
Steven J. Zinkle, Senior Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 1:45 p.m. |
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Smart Materials and Smart Structures
Robert E. Newnham,** Alcoa Professor Emeritus of Solid-State Science,
Pennsylvania State University |
| 2:15 p.m. |
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High Performance Structural Materials
Edgar A. Starke Jr.,** Earnest Jackson Oglesby, Professor of Materials Science and
University Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of Virginia |
| 2:45 p.m. |
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Semiconductor Materials Research Needs for the 21st
Century
Paul S. Peercy, President, Semi/Sematech |
| 3:45 p.m. |
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Photonic Materials: The Enabler for the
Communications Revolution
Alastair M. Glass,** Director of Photonics Research, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies |
| 4:15 p.m. |
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New Perspectives on Materials Science from the
Interface with Biology
Matthew V. Tirrell,** Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science, University of Minnesota |
| 4:45 p.m. |
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Summary
James C. Williams,** General Manager, Materials and Process Engineering Department,
GE Aircraft Engines |