Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2020
Volume 65, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 2–6, 2020; Denver, Colorado
Session D38: History of Materials ScienceInvited Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FHP Chair: Robert Crease, State Univ of NY - Stony Brook Room: 607 |
Monday, March 2, 2020 2:30PM - 3:06PM |
D38.00001: Overview of History of Materials Research Invited Speaker: Arne Hessenbruch How can one get a quick overview of the history of materials research in the last few decades? Maybe by examining session titles at the Materials Research Society meetings. What has changed, what has not? |
Monday, March 2, 2020 3:06PM - 3:42PM |
D38.00002: Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent Invited Talk
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Monday, March 2, 2020 3:42PM - 4:18PM |
D38.00003: From Hidden Utility to Heroic Machines Invited Speaker: E. F. Spero How do scientists imagine (and possibly enable) futures through their practices of computation? How might particular tools and approaches transition from serving as hidden utilitarian elements to those that give rise to new subfields and styles of thought? This presentation takes a historical approach to the emergence of computation in macromolecular science, an interdiscipline focused on polymers that bridges physics, chemistry, and materials science and engineering. In this field today, there is a palpable enthusiasm for the power and speed of computation investing in the promise of big data to revolutionize what is possible within these disciplines. Employing tools of high-throughput simulation and new machine learning algorithms, scientists aim to close the gap between theory and experiment, and redefine what it means to create, designing new sustainable materials built with atomic precision. However, in the late 1950s when computation was yet a nascent tool, often used for verification of existing models (rather than one for creation) scientists studying the physical behavior of long chain molecules downplayed, mistrusted, or even openly disdained computational methods. Along with fellow panelists this presentation will open space for reflection on tools, methods, and imagination. |
Monday, March 2, 2020 4:18PM - 4:54PM |
D38.00004: Lynn W. Hobbs Invited Talk
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Monday, March 2, 2020 4:54PM - 5:30PM |
D38.00005: History of Materials Science Institutions Invited Speaker: Robert Crease Materials science requires a diverse set of institutions to interact closely and flexibly in staging research events, and to allow different kinds of communities and facilities to intersect. These institutions, however, tend to drop out of the history of scientific research. This talk divides such institutions into five basic, though often overlapping, kinds: physical sites (laboratories), educational institutions, societies, funding agencies, and journals. The talk discusses the importance of these institutions and makes a brief survey of them. |
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