Dec. 3, 2004
MRS Student Chapter Formed at KSU

Congratulations to CPIP students for establishing the Materials Research Society (MRS) student chapter at Kent State University. After attending an MRS meeting, Lanfang (Leaf) Li played a major role in organizing this chapter by contacting students to find out their interest in such a chapter.

The group held their first meeting on November 2, 2004 , and received
chapter charter from MRS during 2004 fall meeting. They began making plans for special events as attending the Spring meeting, invited speakers, etc.

The MRS Kent State Chapter currently consists of 14 students from CPIP, Physics and Chemistry.

"We are glad to see the successful establishment of our student chapter of MRS at Kent State University," Li said.

Work on the chapter web site will begin immediately. LCI members will be notified when the pages are created and links are in place.

"We expect the establishment of this student chapter could benefit all
students, and we are expecting participation from more people. If you are interested, please address your correspondence to our executive board for this year." Li said.

The Kent State University Student MRS Chapter Board includes:
Lanfang Li, President
Badel Mbanga, Vice-President
Jayne Hogue, Secretary
Ebru Buyuktanir, Treasurer
Tao Huang, Cashier

and faculty advisors:
Oleg D. Lavrentovich and L.-C. Chien

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Contact:
Jim Maxwell
330.672.7770