February 5, 2008 (Tuesday): Deadline for submitting nominations for APS Officers.
In our last newsletter I talked about the strong Congressional and Administration support for basic research. The support is still there, but unfortunately due to budget constraints and political wrangling this has not been reflected in the current budget. I noted in that newsletter that our community’s previous budget success highlighted the positive effects of contacting your congressional representatives, but that it’s just as important now to continue these efforts.
So I would like to encourage you to participate in contacting your Congressional representatives at the March meeting. And this includes everyone working or studying in the U.S.; these are your representatives even if you are not a U.S. citizen, and it really helps to contact your representatives. So please participate—it only takes a few minutes of your time, and it’s important for the health of the physics community.
Looking forward to seeing you in New Orleans,
Jeff Lynn, Chair
Division of Materials Physics
Session D3: Materials Physics in the Fast Lane
Monday, March 10, 2008, 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Morial Convention Center - RO1 - RO2
Chair: Brian Schwartz, City University of New York
Session E1 APS Prize and Award Session
Monday, March 10, 2008, 5:45 p.m.
Morial Convention Center - 206
Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University
Session H4: Selected Applications Using Materials Science
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Morial Convention Center - 206
Chair: Yvan Bruynseraede, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Session J1: Buckley, Pake, McGroddy Prizes
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 11:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Morial Convention Center - La Louisiane AB
Chair: Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota
DMP/DCMP/DCOMP/DCP New Fellows and Awards Reception
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 5:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, Mardi Gras Ballroom DE
Session M39: DMP Business Meeting
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, - Audubon Room
Chair: Jeff Lynn, NIST Center for Neutron Research
Student Lunch with the Experts
Wednesday, March 12, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Convention Center
Session U1: Isakson Prize, Adler Award, Nicholson Medal
Thursday, March 13, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Morial Convention Center - La Louisiane AB
Chair: David Pine, New York University
Session V1: Recent Advances in Soft Complex Materials Using Neutron Scattering
Thursday March 13, 11:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Morial Convention Center - 206
Chair: Alan J. Hurd, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Pre-registration only — NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION
Sunday, March 9
New Orleans Marriott Hotel, 555 Canal Street
Eight half-day tutorials will be presented. Interested individuals can select one tutorial from the morning, and one from the afternoon schedule. You must pre-register for tutorials - you will not be able to register on-site for tutorials. Register for the tutorials at the time you register for the March Meeting.
Fee: $100 for each Tutorial — $40 Students
Pre-meeting registration only — no registration on-site.
Tutorial Program Chair: David Jiles, Wolfson Centre for Magnetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
“The Students Lunch with the Experts” will again be featured at the APS March Meeting on Wednesday, March from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in the Convention Center. This year the DMP will sponsor 5 tables at this event, featuring the following experts and their specialty:
Participating students will receive a complimentary box lunch and will take part in an informal discussion with an expert on a topic of interest. All of the topics and “experts” for the available tables, including tables sponsored by other APS units, will be listed on the APS March Meeting web page at http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/special/lunch.cfm. Sign-up will take place beginning on Monday, March 10, at 1:00 p.m. at the APS registration desk, and will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with attendance limited to eight students per topic. Please encourage your students to take part in this interesting event.
Current plans call for a special booth at the APS meeting where anyone can join the APS or APS units – including the Division of Materials Physics. Please encourage your students to take advantage of this booth to affiliate with the APS and especially with the DMP. For undergraduate and graduate students in the US, Canada, and Mexico, the APS offers a free one-year Trial Student Membership to first-time applicants. Three units (like DMP!) can also be added for free. After the initial year, students may retain membership at a special low rate. For more information students can visit: http://www.aps.org/memb/students.cfm
As we build our DMP membership base, we increase the visibility of the materials physics presence as a vibrant part of APS. We also strengthen the impact of our numerous outreach efforts, such as those to Washington and to other materials-related societies. Instructions on how to become a regular (i.e. non-student!) member of DMP can be found at the DMP web Page: http://www.aps.org/units/dmp/
The deadline for APS Fellowship nominations made through DMP is February 08, 2008. For information on the nomination procedure, see http://aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/nominations.cfm . Please keep diversity in mind in making these nominations, as we have had a dearth of nominees in underrepresented groups in recent years.
Nominations for the Adler Lectureship Award and the McGroddy Prize for New Materials will be due on or about July 1, 2008. Please see http://aps.org/programs/honors/ for the further information about the deadlines and nomination requirements.
DMP supports APS membership in the Federation of Materials Societies (FMS). See the FMS website at http://www.materialsocieties.org for very useful information about policy and funding in the full range of materials sciences. In addition, the following websites contain important information of interest to materials physicists:
The Executive Committee Officers for 2008-2009 year, who begin their terms immediately following the March meeting in New Orleans, are:
Chair: Ivan K. Schuller (03/08 - 02/09)
University of California, San Diego
Chair-Elect: R. Ramesh (03/08 - 02/09)
University of California, Berkeley
*Vice Chair: Robert Nemanich (03/08 - 02/09)
Arizona State University
Past Chair: Jeffrey W. Lynn (03/08 - 02/09)
NIST Center for Neutron Research
*Secretary/Treasurer: Chris Palmstrøm (03/08 - 02/11)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Councillor: Leonard C. Feldman (01/05 - 12/08)
Vanderbilt University
Members-at-Large:
*Julie A. Borchers (03/08 - 02/11)
NIST Center for Neutron Research
*Dan Dessau (03/08 - 02/11)
University of Colorado at Boulder
Laura H. Greene (03/07 - 02/10)
University of Illinois
Franz J. Himpsel (03/07 - 02/10)
University of Wisconsin
Frances M. Ross (03/06 - 02/09)
IBM - T.J. Watson Research Center
John M. Tranquada (03/06 - 02/09)
Brookhaven National Laboratory
*Newly elected
About 24% of DMP members voted in the recent election, in line with participation in recent years (since the launching of the web ballot), though down slightly.
DMP thanks David Vanderbilt, who will be stepping down as Past Chair after 4 years of service; Ted Einstein, who ends two terms as Secretary/Treasurer; and David Cahill and Steven Louie, who leave positions as Members-at-Large. Their terms will end at the close of the March Meeting in New Orleans.
David Adler Lectureship Award
Karin Rabe, Rutgers University
Citation: For research, writings and presentations on the theory of structural phase transitions and for the application of first-principles electronic structure methods to the understanding of technologically important phenomena in ferroelectrics.
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials:
Arthur F. Hebard, University of Florida
Jun Akimitsu, Aoyama-Gakuin University
Robert C. Haddon, University of California, Riverside
Citation: For the discovery of high temperature superconductivity in non-oxide systems.
Fellows nominated by DMP:
John Budai , Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal materials physics contributions to the structure and synthesis of quasicrystals, nanocrystals formed by ion-implantation, and epitaxial high-temperature superconductors using advanced synchrotron x-ray techniques.
Martin Greven, Stanford University
Citation: For establishing a stellar record in growth and perfection of high quality crystals of oxide superconductors, which have permitted both his inelastic neutron and X-ray scattering experiments, and a host of other experiments (STM, ARPES, and optical measurements) by his collaborators which led to a number of important advances in the field.
Yves Idzerda, Montana State University
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to the development and application of soft x-ray spectroscopies to the study of magnetic systems.
Jisoon Ihm, Seoul National University
Citation: For his fundamental contributions to the theory of solids, surfaces and nanostructures, especially his development of the momentum-space formalism for total energy of solids.
Howard Katz, John Hopkins University
Citation: For introducing designed organic materials as active platforms in electronic and optical devices including transistors and electro-optic modulators, innovations in synthesis and device design, and serving the physical science community through society leadership, editorship, and government outreach.
Jennifer Lewis, University of Illinois
Citation: For seminal contributions to the fields of colloidal science and directed assembly of materials.
Rodolfo Miranda, Universidad Autónoma Madrid
Citation: For his contributions to surface and thin film magnetism, including new methods of epitaxial growth using surfactants or controlling the morphology at the atomic scale, the identification and characterization of model systems for magnetism in low dimensions, and the observation of magic heights in metallic islands.
Peter Searson, John Hopkins University
Citation: For advances in the fundamental physics associated with growth at the solid/liquid interface and pioneering work in multifunctional metallic nanowires.
Chih-Kang Shih, University of Texas
Citation: For his original and innovative contributions to the understanding of growth and properties of quantum nanostructures, in particular his pioneering contributions to quantum growth of metal thin films and optical coherence in semiconductor quantum dots.
Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Citation: For her development and implementation of new computational and theoretical tools for computing the properties of complex solids and their application to the rational design and understanding of new multifunctional materials, and for her profound and diverse contributions to Physics education.
Stephen Streiffer, Argonne National Laboratory
Citation: For experimental studies of ferroelectric thin film physics, that have established the relationships between epitaxial strain, ferroelectric phase transition behavior and domain structure, and size effects, and for advancing the fundamental understanding of complex oxide thin film microstructure.
Dimitri Vvedensky, Imperial College, London
Citation: For original, sustained, and diverse theoretical contributions toward understanding the morphological evolution of epitaxial thin films.
Xiaoxing Xi, Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For his extensive and seminal contributions to the science and applications of thin film materials including high temperature superconductors, ferroelectrics, and magnesium diboride.
The APS Nominating Committee seeks nominations for the following open senior leadership positions:
Vice President
General Councillors (2)
Chair, Nominating Committee
Members, Nominating Committee (2)
Vice Chair, Panel on Public Affairs (POPA) Members, POPA (5)
It is important that we participate (and volunteer for service) in the nomination process.
You may nominate candidates online at: http://www.aps.org/about/governance/election/nomination.cfm . It is helpful to provide as much background information as possible, particularly a CV or link to existing information on the web. Your own summary and recommendation statement is also helpful. Nominations and attachments can also be sent to governance@aps.org.
The deadline for the submission of nominations is February 5, 2008.