Society Agility Council

The Society Agility Council works to coordinate and maintain innovative topical communities within MRS and works with MRS volunteers and staff to establish MRS strategic priorities related to those topical communities.  The Society Agility Council ensures that emerging and high impact materials research topics are incubated within MRS and encouraged to grow and flourish. It provides strategic advice to  MRS Publications and  Meetings Committees to help the Society build robust meetings and journals, including through collaborations and partnerships.

Chair: Susan Trolier-McKinstry, The Pennsylvania State University

HQ Members: Eileen Kiley, MRS Director of Programs and Gopal Rao, MRS Chief Editor of Technical Content

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Society Agility Council Subcommittees

Chair: Al Hurd, Retired—Sandia National Lab

HQ Liaison: Gopal Rao, Chief Editor for Technical Content         

The efforts of the Outreach and Communications Skills Subcommittee are to provide for professional development programs and activities for scientists to learn public communication skills to directly interact with non-scientist communities; support any needed MRS member involvement in the development of sustainability and education symposia and tutorials as well as associated broader impact education and sustainability focused programs such as panels, presentations and workshops. The primary target audiences are students, young professionals and mid-career educators; The secondary target audience is late career professionals.

Roster 

Chair: Elizabeth A. Kocs, Ph.D., GTI Energy
HQ Liaison: Danielle Boston, Member Engagement Manager

The Focus on Sustainability Subcommittee is committed to raising awareness of the nexus between materials, materials research and sustainable practice.

Since 2016, the subcommittee’s dedicated efforts to build a robust community of practice around materials and sustainability have led to a number of highly successful events and activities. Members of this subcommittee actively participate in organizing webinars, workshops and panel discussions including the Materials Needs for Energy Sustainability by 2050 series, which is held at each Spring and Fall MRS Meeting.


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Roster

Chair: Paul Drzaic, Apple

HQ Liaison: Danielle Boston, Member Engagement Manager 

The University Chapter Program is a passionate and talented network of students from universities around the world. Supported by the Materials Research Society Foundation, the program fosters an environment for collaboration and open exchange of ideas across all scientific disciplines, spanning campuses and continents.  The Special Projects Program was designed to broaden awareness of materials science education in both professional and nonprofessional communities by providing programs for distribution between university chapters outside of MRS. 
MRS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are communities within the Society with a shared interest in networking, community building and passion for advancing the materials community. The MRS Career Advancement Committee‘s Broadening Participation in Materials Coordination Group (BPMCG) is the volunteer body that serves as the umbrella for existing SIGs. Their role is to maintain a high-level view of the SIGs and promote communication and potential collaboration among SIGs where appropriate to ensure balance among SIG activities in order to maximize MRS’s efforts to Broaden Participation in Materials and in the Society.  The BPMCG can also provide guidance and input for new activities proposed by the SIGs prior to a formal approval review. The BPMCG may hold joint periodic meetings of the SIG leaders to assist in coordination of efforts.

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