Solid State Studies in Ceramics Gordon Research Conference, Meriden, NH, August 6-11, 2000

这个戈登研究会议在陶瓷固态研究将集中在界面网络，其结构，动力学和控制。该主题是设计具有特定微观结构和性能的陶瓷材料的新兴能力的核心。 陶艺家最近的研究活动和这一领域越来越多的出版物表明，就这一主题举行一次会议是特别及时的。 该领域的主要研究人员承诺参加这次会议，并描述他们的最新发现（时间表见http://mimp.mems.cmu.edu/~grc/）。为了加强传统的技术演示，会议中还增加了四项计划倡议。 首先，将举行一个科学小组讨论会，讨论我们如何进行界面研究的重要问题。专家小组（和观众）将讨论如何选择适当的长度尺度来研究晶界网络的问题;将讨论原子和显微镜观察的优点和缺点。 将启动关于该问题的在线网络讨论，为会议的议事工作做好准备。 在会议上，论坛将包括一个由该领域专家主持的小组，每个专家将有15分钟的时间提出观点。 然后将邀请观众发表评论，以便所有参与者都能参与讨论。 二是举办教育论坛。 一个教育工作者小组已被邀请到目前的战略陶瓷教育共存的材料科学课程。小组将在下午的会议期间与感兴趣的与会者会面，小组负责人将在所有与会者的会议上介绍研究结果的概要。第三，已安排邀请海报会议，以容纳更多的年轻专业人员参加该计划。 本次海报会议旨在为年轻的科学家和工程师提供一个机会，在他们独立研究生涯的开始，描述他们的最新成果。 第四，将鼓励从事与会议相关的论文主题的研究生提交摘要用于海报展示，并根据摘要的优点，为他们的会议注册提供资金。这个戈登研究会议在陶瓷固态研究将集中在界面网络，其结构，动力学和控制。该主题是设计具有特定微观结构和性能的陶瓷材料的新兴能力的核心。 会议将聚集所有职业层次的学者和教育工作者，不仅有利于技术进步，而且有利于建立可持续的合作和专业关系。

This Gordon Research Conference on Solid State Studies in Ceramics will focus on interfacial networks, their structure, dynamics, and control. This subject lies at the heart of the emerging ability to design ceramic materials with specific microstructures and properties. Recent research activities among ceramists and the growing number of publications in this area indicates that a meeting on this topic is especially timely. Key researchers in the field have committed to attend this meeting and describe their most recent findings (see http://mimp.mems.cmu.edu/~grc/ for a schedule). To augment the traditional technical presentations, four additional program initiatives have been incorporated into the meeting. First, a scientific panel discussion is will be held to address the important issue of how we conduct interface studies. The expert panel (and audience) will address the question of how one selects an appropriate length scale for the study of grain boundary networks; the advantages and disadvantages of atomic and microscopic observations will be debated. An online, web-based discussion of the question will be initiated to foreshadow the proceedings at the meeting. At the conference, the forum will involve a moderated panel of experts in the area who will each be given 15 minutes to present a viewpoint. Comments will then be invited from the audience so that all of the participants can engage in the discussion. Second, an education forum is planned. A panel of educators has been invited to present strategies for the co-existence of ceramics education within a materials science curriculum. The panel will meet with interested conference participants during an afternoon session and the panel leader will present a synopsis of the findings during a meeting of all conference participants.Third, an invited poster session has been arranged to accommodate a higher fraction of young professionals in the program. This poster session is meant to provide an opportunity for young scientists and engineers at the start of their independent research careers to describe their most recent results. Fourth, graduate students working on thesis topics relevant to the conference will be encouraged to submit abstracts for poster presentations and, based on the merit of the abstracts, will be offered funding for their conference registration. This Gordon Research Conference on Solid State Studies in Ceramics will focus on interfacial networks, their structure, dynamics, and control. This subject lies at the heart of the emerging ability to design ceramic materials with specific microstructures and properties. The conference will gather scholars and educators at all career levels in an atmosphere conducive not only to making technical progress, but also for establishing sustainable collaborations and professional relationships.