Public Outreach Committee

The Public Outreach Committee develops activities and programs on both national and local levels to educate the general public on materials research and its importance. Activities and programs may include, but are not be limited to, pre-university science education, press communications, and public service information. The committee evaluates, interprets, and communicates impact of the Society’s public awareness programs to the Board of Directors and the Board’s External Relations and Volunteer Involvement Committee and collaborates with other MRS Operating Committees to publicize existing Society programs and engage the membership in outreach activities.

The subcommittees for this committee are:

  1. Impacts of Materials on Society Subcommittee 
  2. Strange Matter Green Earth Subcommittee    
Chair Aditi Risbud, Hughes Research Laboratories, LLC
HQ Liaison Richard A. Souza, Manager, MRS Education and Outreach
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Subcommittees

Impacts of Materials on Society Subcommittee

Chair Kevin S. Jones, University of Florida
HQ Liaison Pamela Hupp, Outreach Coordinator, MRS Education and Outreach
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Subcommittee devoted to the development of a formal community college and undergraduate course, qualifying as a “general education” option, intended to increase awareness and appreciation of the impact of materials on our lives within the targeted audiences as well as the general lay public. Also to serve to recruit students to the field as it will introduce materials science/engineering as a potential career path to community college students and undecided/undeclared undergraduates.

The Impacts of Materials on Society Subcommittee is looking for volunteers to help with the next phase of their project.  Find out more...  

Strange Matter Green Earth Subcommittee

Chair Jerrold A. Floro, University of Virginia
HQ Liaison Richard A. Souza, Manager, MRS Education and Outreach
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Using the highly successful Strange Matter traveling exhibition as a model, the Strange Matter Green Earth Subcommittee oversees the development and execution of an educational outreach project proposing to create a new materials science traveling exhibition addressing energy and sustainability. With a planned scope to include international touring to engage and inform audiences on the American and European continents, this new project will investigate issues relating to energy and sustainability through the lens of Glocalism; specifically, the local response to global issues through materials science. 

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