US Africa Materials Workshop; Pretoria, South Africa; August 6-9, 2000

Northwestern University, Evanston IL

Investigators

Abstract

The U.S. Africa Materials Workshop, an international workshop on materials Research, education, and technology, is being planned for August 6-9, 2000 in Pretoria, South Africa. This workshop will be the fifth in a series involved NAFTA countries (1995), European countries (1996), Pan-American countries (1998), and Asian Pacific countries (1998). All of these workshops shared the common goal of fostering greater international cooperation and collaboration in materials research, technology, and education. Participants in these workshops have expressed the desire to establish a Materials World Net, which would link materials scientists and engineers around the world by providing them with access to comprehensive databases and data warehouses. The workshop program will focus on discussions of topics already selected by the Organizers from the participating countries. These topics are Education and Training, Civil Infrastructural Materials, Materials Value-Chain, Advanced and Emerging Materials, and Application of Polymers and Composites. The goal of the workshop is to Enhance international collaboration in materials research, technology, and education Between US and Africa. %%% A potential outcome of the proposed US Africa Materials Workshop, is the Continued pursuit of the goal of creating this Materials World Net to foster greater Cooperation and collaboration in the field of materials research, education, and Technology worldwide. The U.S. Africa Materials Workshop is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The Directorate for Engineering and the International Division of the Directorate for Social and Behavioral Sciences. ***