Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990s

the long version

Conclusions, and recommendations -- 1. What is materials science and engineering? -- 2. Materials science and engineering and national economic and strategic security -- 3. Research opportunities and functional roles of materials -- 4. Research opportunities and the elements of materials science and engineering -- 5. Manpower and education in materials science and engineering -- 6. Resources for research in materials science and engineering -- 7. Comparisons of efforts in materials science and engineering of selected nations -- Appendices : issues in materials research: -- A. Synthesis -- B. Processing -- C. Performance -- D. Instrumentation -- E. Analysis and modeling.