Solid State Sciences Committee

9819360Shapero该奖项为国家研究委员会的固态科学委员会(SSSC)提供了部分支持。SSSC负责监测美国材料研究领域的健康状况，并解决影响该领域的广泛和具体问题。他们确定了在下一个三年业绩期间需要考虑和采取行动的若干领域。委员会将继续跟进即将出版的报告《凝聚态物理与材料物理：S技术明天的基础研究》，发布1999年SSSC论坛论文集，该论坛将以该报告为核心。SSSC还将在以下领域进行技术和政策评估：小型设备、复合材料、研发格局的变化、设施问题、高温超导及其影响、非平衡物理、分子结构、材料在极端环境中的性能，以及计算在理解材料中的作用。这个项目是与能源部和国家标准与技术研究所共同资助的。%固态科学委员会是国家研究委员会的一个持续委员会。它的成员是来自大学、工业和政府实验室的凝聚态和材料物理学的领先研究人员。SSSC确定对材料研究界重要的问题，并制定对这些问题的研究，由委员会提名的专家小组进行。这些研究有不同的目标，包括：教育公众了解这一领域的新科学发展和技术应用，向联邦机构提供有关研究优先事项的建议，并创建一个论坛，供大学、工业和政府研究界的代表讨论问题。

9819360Shapero This award provides partial support for the Solid State Sciences Committee (SSSC) of the National Research Council. The SSSC is charged with monitoring the health of the field of materials research in the United States and with addressing broad and specific issues that affect that field. They have identified a number of areas for consideration and action in the next three-year period of performance. The Committee will continue to follow up the about-to-be published report, Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: Basic Research for Tomorrow 's Technology through issuing of the proceedings of the 1999 SSSC Forum, which will feature the report as its centerpiece. The SSSC will also pursue technical and policy assessments in the following areas: small-scale devices, composite materials, changes in the R&D landscape, facilities issues, high-Tc superconductivity and its implications, nonequilibrium physics, molecular architecture, performance of materials in extreme environments, and the role of computation in understanding materials. This project is co-funded with the Department of Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.%%%The Solid State Sciences Committee is a continuing committee of the National Research Council. Its members are leading researchers in condensed-matter and materials physics from university, industry, and government laboratories. The SSSC identifies issues of importance to the materials research community and formulates studies of these issues, which are carried out by panels of experts nominated by the Committee. These studies have various objectives, including: educating the public regarding new scientific developments and technological applications in this field, providing advice to federal agencies regarding research priorities, and creating a forum for discussion of issues among representatives of the university, industry and government research communities.***