Materials Research Society

In the scientific community, a materials science society is a social organization for individuals doing materials research.

The largest materials science society is incorporated in Warrendale, Pennsylvania and has 50,000 members. Many members are in a local chapter assigned to a state or university. Such chapters afford collaborative opportunities for particular projects of innovative design related to materials research.

Essentially an interdisciplinary study, materials science involves physics, chemistry, engineering and mathematics. Students may be drawn to a materials research society through a class project or department affiliation, and find there senior contacts that may foster engineering opportunity or a topic for investigation. The societies can form teams to tackle material challenges. Typically the product of effort is an oral or written report, and sometimes a new material with commercial value is made.

To facilitate progress and collaboration the National Science Foundation has funded a Materials Science Research Facilities Network in the United States of America. In Japan there is the National Institute for Materials Science. Europeans have the European Materials Research Society. Brazil has the Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Materiais.

The beginning of the MRS was described by Gail Oare in 2013:

At regular meetings of the MRS several technical topical symposia would be held. Less intimidating presentations were devised by Rustum Roy:

The accent on research drew in the members:

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