Dawn Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania

Conference Chairs -------------------- Vice-Chair: Gregory Rohrer, Carnegie Mellon University

W. Craig Carter, MIT

Panel Discussion "Future Directions of Research and Technological Applications: Realism vs Idealism"

Moderators: Arthur Heuer, Martin Harmer

Panel Members:

• Terry Michalske "Integrated Microsystems: Let's not miss the boat again" (abstract)
• Fernando Ponce "The Nitride-Semiconductor Revolution in Lighting Technologies" (abstract)
• David Wilcox "Integration of radio frequency (RF) circuit functions in three dimensional ceramic structures" (abstract)
• Martin Devenney "Combinatorial Chemistry and Ceramics" (abstract)

Debate "Rigor versus Practicality: Theoretical Progress, Materials Design, Computation and Real Ceramics"

Moderators: Ronald Kerans, Wright-Patterson; Rowland Cannon, Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Debators:

• Tony Evans
• Edwin Fuller
• Peter Gumbsch
• Brain Cox

Gordon Conference Talks, described in detail in the conference schedule, include:

• Ceramics at the Biological Interface
• Optical Properties of Ceramic Colloids
• Nanometer Scale Perturbations at Interfaces
• Integrating Ceramic Structures in Electronic Devices
• Effect of Chemistry on Properties of Dissimilar Interfaces
• 
  Calculations of properties from first Principles
• Frontiers in Ceramic and Materials Science Education
• Microscopic response in complex systems

  Discussion leaders include:

• Robert Cook
• Yet-Ming Chiang
• Joachim Maier
• Ilhan Aksay

Poster Session Competition (Sponsored by Kyocera): Several High-Tech and useful ceramic implements will be presented to the winners of the poster competition

List of Contributed Posters

Conference Description:
The solid state ceramics community has traditionally focused its attention on optimization of a limited number of physical properties in a broad range of ceramic materials. The scope and depth of fundamental science of processing is very impressive and commercial successes, which have grown out of this research, are becoming increasingly common. We now have a fundamental science for the relation to microstructural development and the relation of microstructure to strength and toughness through micromechanics

We propose to convene this scientific resource at the next Ceramics Gordon Conference and turn the community’s attention and skills towards new frontiers for the applications of ceramics. The goal is to establish, within a framework of the emerging technologies, outstanding critical fundamental scientific issues and approaches to their resolution. You can register directly at the Gordon Research Conference web site.

 Ceramics are being utilized in novel devices and new applications. Some of the development and utilization of ceramics in such emerging technologies has occurred outside of the traditional community of solid state ceramics. Emerging technologies often involve the use of ceramics at very small length scales. Current examples include miniaturization in consumer electronics, biochemical sensors, satellite communications, ferroelectric DRAM. Future issues will emerge as MEMS become integrated into complex systems. Even structural ceramics that are utilized at large scale depend critically on small scales of microstructural features.