April 2004

Around DMSE

Marjorie Joss has accepted a position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and will be leaving DMSE as of April 7, 2004. We are grateful to Marjorie for her continues outstanding support, and wish her much success in her new position.

Steve Malley took a new position as Coordinator of the Department of Ocean Engineering Education Office beginning February 9, 2004. Steve served the Student Services Office with dedication and distinction for the past two years. We will all miss his genuine warmth and kindness, quick wit, and delightful stories.

Awards

Prof. Chris Schuh is one of the winners of the 2004 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Awards. Prof. Angela Belcher recently received a Four-Star Recognition Award for "significant contributions to Army Transformation." More details on these awards will be posted on the main DMSE page as they arrive.

Recent Events

On April 7, 2004, Prof. Ned Thomas travelled to Dayton, Ohio where he spoke to a high school science class and discussed "Nano" research and technology. Prof. Thomas is the Director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology.

Resources

The MIT Libraries are pleased to announce that the MIT community now has online access to the MRS Symposia Proceedings. The MRS Online Proceedings Library includes over 10,000 papers presented
at Materials Research Society Fall and Spring Meetings since 1998. This includes 17 proceedings volumes that were never published in print format. Please note: not all MRS symposia papers can be found online from 1998 - present. The Science Library will continue to receive all print volumes of the MRS Symposia Proceedings. Use Barton to search for the print volumes. To access the MRS Online Proceedings Library, visit Vera and search for MRS.

The MIT Libraries also has acquired access to the MRS Bulletin online, going back to March 2000 which can also be accessed through Vera where it is listed as Materials Research Society Bulletin.

The MIT Libraries have set up easy off-campus access to SciFinder Scholar and MDL CrossFire eilstein/Gmelin via the MIT Information Systems Citrix Server - (to access this page you need to have the MIT Certificates). To set up a Citrix account and access these databases from off-campus, click here. You can also set up your Citrix account on your office computer, and access these databases without installing the clients. This guarantees access the latest version of the client software.

Archives

Please contact Rachel Kemper with news and announcements for this page. The DMSE community will be informed of changes and updates to this page through regular e-mail notifications. Please see recent award opportunities and job postings in relevant fields.