In the fall of 1989 the National Research Council issued a major report on materials science and engineering, known more familiarly as the Chaudhari‐Flemings report (after Praveen Chaudhari and Merton Flemings) or simply the MS&E report. This was followed in 1990 by a series of regional meetings in four different parts of the US involving hundreds of participants from industry, academia and government. The results of those meetings were summarized in a 1991 proposal for a “National Agenda” in materials, addressed to the Office of Science and Technology Policy. In turn, this proposal has led to a Presidential initiative for fiscal year 1993 entitled Advanced Materials and Processing.
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R. Abbaschian, B. R. Appleton, I. M. Bernstein, P. M. Eisenberger, J. S. Langer, G. M. Rosenblatt, J. C. Williams, “A National Agenda in Materials Science and Engineering: Implementing the MS&E Report,” Materials Res. Soc, Pittsburgh, Pa. (1991).
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Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Advanced Materials and Processing, suppl. to President's Fiscal Year 1993 Budget, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, D.C.
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My favorite introductory text in this area is W. Kurz, D. J. Fisher, Fundamentals of Solidification, Trans Tech, Switzerland (1989).
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A variety of reviews are available at various levels of technical detail:
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