SESSION X1:
Chairs: John A. Emerson, Ronald Gibala,
Caroline A. Ross and Leo J. Schowalter
Monday Afternoon, April 13, 1998
Salon 7
12:05 PM *X1.1
EINSTEIN, QUANTA, AND THE BEGINNING OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. Martin J. Klein, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
12:45 PM *X1.2
THE COMPLEX FOUNDATIONS OF SILICON ELECTRONICS. Frederick Seitz, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
SESSION X2:
Chairs: John A. Emerson, Ronald Gibala,
Caroline A. Ross and Leo J. Schowalter
Tuesday Afternoon, April 14, 1998
Salon 7
12:05 PM *X2.1
THE ORIGINS OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER.
Robert Hall, retired from General Electric, Schenectady, NY.
12:45 PM *X2.2
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON CRYSTALS - FROM SMALL TO VERY, VERY BIG.
Harry Leamy, C.C. Cameron Applied Research Center, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC.
SESSION X3:
Chairs: John A. Emerson, Ronald Gibala,
Caroline A. Ross and Leo J. Schowalter
Wednesday Afternoon, April 15, 1998
Salon 7
12:05 PM *X3.1
MATERIAL NEEDS FOR FUTURE SEMICONDUCTORS.
Jane Shaw, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., Yorktown Heights, NY.
12:45 PM *X3.2
SEMICONDUCTING AND METALLIC POLYMERS: THE PROMISE OF THE 1970's IS BECOMING REALITY.
Alan Heeger, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.
SESSION X4:
Chairs: John A. Emerson, Ronald Gibala,
Caroline A. Ross and Leo J. Schowalter
Thursday Afternoon, April 16, 1998
Salon 7
12:05 PM *X4.1
SILICON CHIP INTERCONNECTIONS FROM ALUMINUM TO COPPER.
Jim Harper, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.
12:45 PM *X4.2THE ROAD TO SILICON WAS PAVED WITH GERMANIUM.
Michael Riordan, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz.