WORKSHOP ON MATERIALS FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

Organizers

R.P.H. Chang, Northwestern University (USA)

Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, IBM (USA)

Dr. Mark Ketchen, IBM (USA) 

Prof. Venkatesh Narayanamurti, University of California Santa Barbara, USA)

Dr. James C Williams, General Electric (US)

Prof. Dr. Horst Czichos, BAM-Berlin (Germany)

Prof. Bernard Escaig, University of Lille (France)

Prof. J.P. Celis, Catholic University, Leuven (Belgium)

Sponsors 

 National Science Foundation, US                                        European Commission

Overview

Staff members of the European Commission (EC) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) hosted a meeting December 12-14 in Leuven, Belgium.  Workshop participants were eminent researchers in the field of materials science and engineering, charged with identifying specific areas for fruitful US - European cooperation in the interdisciplinary field.  Shortly after the meeting, the US National Science Foundation and the European Commission signed a draft agreement for cooperation in the area of materials science and engineering.

Workshop Topics

The workshop explorer research opportunities directed toward expanding materials limits with the purpose of contributing to the development of new and improved technologies in six areas:

• Information and Communication
• Aeronautics
• Automotive
• Energy
• Environment and Packaging
• Civil Infrastructure

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