Workshop on the Present Status and Future Direction of Solid State Chemistry and Materials: NSF; Arlington, VA; January 15-16, 1998

小行星9730689 固态化学和材料的现状和未来方向研讨会将讨论固态化学和材料领域的研究，开发和教育的现状和可能的未来方向，并将解决这个社区的需求。 学术界、工业界和政府实验室的教育工作者和研究人员将考虑四个专题领域，并通过小组讨论另外三个领域。 这四个专题领域是：（1）新材料发现策略;（2）结构/性能关系和理论;（3）混合材料和界面;（4）社会需求和技术机会。 小组讨论的三个领域是：（1）教育和培训;（2）什么是材料化学？ (3)设施和资源。 研讨会将于1998年1月15日至16日在美国国家科学基金会举行。 固态化学和材料计划委员会将于1998年1月18日至19日编写一份总结这些发现的文件。本文件将在NSF、ONR、DoD和DOE等政府机构中公开并分发，供其内部使用。 %本次研讨会是根据NSF最近的一次评审过程而举办的。 由Susan Kauzlarich（加州大学戴维斯分校）、Jack约翰逊（埃克森美孚公司）和托马斯贝因（普渡大学）组成的访问者委员会（COV）被选中研究DMR固态化学项目中审查和选择资助提案的程序。 Susan Kauzlarich在一个更大的COV中代表了这个小组，该COV由所有DMR计划的代表组成，这个更大的委员会在1996年4月为NSF的助理主任准备了一份报告。 在该报告中，COV对该报告与来自材料研究咨询委员会（MRAC）的先前COV之间缺乏连续性表示关切。 COV建议，该司应设法从社区投入中获益，并为COV提供所需的连续性。 因此，材料研究部正在响应MPS咨询委员会的建议，以加强COV过程。 这将通过一个三年计划来实现：（1）在第一年，举办一系列与材料研究部内的每个项目相关的专题研讨会。 这将为特定子领域内的严格科学机会提供一个焦点。 在接近年底时，将举办一次讲习班，召集这些讲习班的一些成员，确定各种新机会的优先次序。 (2)在第二年，就该司关心的外围领域举办一系列讲习班。 界面区域将通过社区投入和第一年研讨会的成果来确定。 为保持连续性，将邀请第一年专题小组的一些讲习班成员参加这一系列讲习班。 (3)分区COV将在第三年举行。 委员会的成员将从前两年举办的讲习班的与会者中挑选，但不完全是这样。此外，COV在其向助理主任提交的报告中指出，按科学领域划分的资金统计数据不可用，为了应对这一DMR，目前正在制定材料研究领域和项目的分类法。 这种分类法将有助于评估各计划和整个部门的科学努力的平衡。 ***

9730689 Honig The symposium Workshop on Present Status and Future Direction of Solid State Chemistry and Materials will deal with the present status and likely future directions of research, development and education in the solid state chemistry and materials area, and it will address the needs of this community. Academic, industrial and government laboratory educators and researchers will consider four topical areas together with another three areas to be addressed by panel discussion. The four topical areas are: (1) Strategies for New Materials Discovery; (2) Structure / Property Relations and Theory; (3) Hybrid Materials and Interfaces; (4) Societal Needs and Technological Opportunities. The three areas to be discussed by panels are: (1) Education and Training; (2) What is Materials Chemistry? (3) Facilities and Resources. The Workshop will be held as an open meeting at NSF on January 15-16, 1998. A document summarizing the findings will be prepared by the Solid State Chemistry and Materials Planning Committee on January 18-19, 1998. This document will be made public and circulated among government agencies such as NSF, ONR, DoD, and DOE for their internal use. %%% The present workshop arose in response to a recent review process at NSF. A committee of visitors (COV) consisting of Susan Kauzlarich (UC Davis), Jack Johnson (Exxon), and Thomas Bein (Purdue U) was selected to study the procedure by which proposals are reviewed and selected for funding within the solid state chemistry program at DMR. Susan Kauzlarich represented this group in a larger COV, which consisted of representatives from all DMR programs, and this larger committee prepared a report for the Assistant Director of NSF in April, 1996. In that report the COV voiced concern over the lack of continuity between this and previous COVs which had been drawn from the Materials Research Advisory Committee (MRAC). The COV recommended that the Division find ways to benefit from c ommunity input and also to provide the needed continuity for the COVs. Thus, the Division of Materials Research is responding to a recommendation by the MPS Advisory Committee to enhance the COV process. This will be accomplished through a three year plan: (1) In the first year, hold a seies of topical workshops tied to each of the programs within the Division of Materials Research. This would provide a focus for the exacting scientific opportunities within a particular subfield. Near the end of the year, a workshop would be held calling together some of the members of these workshops to set priorities among the various new opportunities. (2) In the second year, hold a series of workshops on areas at the periphery of the Division's interest. The interfacial areas would be identified through community input and from outgrowths of the first year workshops. For continuity, some of the workshop members from the first year panels would be invited to attend this series of workshops. (3) The Divisional COV would then be held in the third year. The members of the COV would be drawn, although not exclusively, from the attendees at the workshops held the previous two years. Also, the COV noted in their report to the Assistant Director that funding statistics by scientific area were not available, and in response to this DMR is now developing a taxonomy of the field of materials research and the programs. This taxonomy will be useful in evaluating the balance of scientific effort in the programs and across the Division. ***