Microgravity Science-Related Meetings And Symposia

Posting Date: 12/1/03

MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE-RELATED MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA - Technical Societies List

This is the latest list of Microgravity Science-related technical societies. to return to the main meeting list, please click on the link below next to the number 1.)

You can contact me directly at (216) 433-2866, e-mail: fred.kohl@grc.nasa.gov, or Dawn Jenkins at (216) 433-3930, e-mail: dawn.jenkins@grc.nasa.gov.

If you know of any additional related technical societies, please let us know.

This bulletin board consists of three sections:

1) Future Microgravity Science-Related Meetings and Symposia

2) A general listing of Technical Societies pertinent to the Microgravity Science Community.

3) Links to other web sites of interest to the Microgravity Science Community.

Fred J. Kohl
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

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TECHNICAL SOCIETIES

1. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1200 New York Ave., NW; Washington, DC 20005; URL: http://www.aaas.org/; Tel: (202) 326-6400; Fax: (202) 289-4021; Annual meeting and exhibit; annual symposium.
: URL: http://www.aaas.org/meetings/meetings.htm

2. American Association for Crystal Growth (AACG)

c/o Dr. Thomas Surek; National Renewable Energy Lab; 1617 Cole Blvd.; Golden, CO 80401; Tel: (303) 384-6471; e-mail: surekt@tcplink.nrel.gov
URL: http://www.lafn.org/community/aacg/index~1.htm; Triennial conferences.

3. American Ceramic Society (ACerS)

735 Ceramic Place; P. O. Box 6136; Westerville, OH 43086-6136; Tel: (614) 890-4700; Fax: (614) 899-6109; e-mail: customersrvc@acers.org
URL: http://www.acers.org/
: Semi-annual meetings; trade show and exhibits.

4. American Chemical Society (ACS)

1155 16th St., NW; Washington, DC 20036; Tel: (202) 872-4600; Fax: (202) 892-4615; Toll Free: (800) 227-5558; URL: http://www.acs.org; e-mail: meminfo@acs.org
: Semi-annual national meetings and exhibits.

5. American Crystallographic Association (ACA)

c/o William L. Duax; P.O. Box 96, Ellicott Station; Buffalo, NY 14205; Tel: (716) 856-9600; URL: http://www.hwi.buffalo.edu/aca/; e-mail: marsha@hwi.buffalo.edu
: Annual conferences.

6. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

1801 Alexander Bell Dr.; Suite 500; Reston, VA 20191; Tel: (703) 264-7500; Fax: (703) 264-7551; Toll Free: 800-NEW-AIAA; URL: http://www.aiaa.org; e-mail: custserv@aiaa.org
: Annual Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit; annual Space Programs and Technology Conference and Exhibit; annual Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference and Exhibit; annual Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit; other meetings and conferences.

7. American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)

345 East 47th Street

New York, NY 10017

Tel: (212) 705-7658

Toll Free: (800) 242-4365

Fax: (212) 752-3294
URL: http://www1.che.ufl.edu/aiche/index.html

e-mail: xpress@aiche.org

Annual Meetings.
URL: http://198.6.4.175/docs/meeting/index.htm

November 15 - 20,1998
AIChE Annual Meeting
Miami Beach, FL

8. American Institute of Physics (AIP)/American Physical Society (APS)

One Physics Ellipse; College Park, MD 20740-3843; Tel: (301) 209-3100 (AIP); URL: http://www.aip.org or http://webster.aip.org; American Physical Society (APS)
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740-3846
Tel: (301) 209-3200
Fax: (301) 209-0865
URL: http://www.aps.org
: Annual conference (exhibits).; URL: http://www.aps.org/meet/index.html

9. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

9650 Rockville Pike; Bethesda, MD 20814; Tel: (301) 530-7145; URL: http://www-jbc.stanford.edu/jbc/

10. American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB)

: URL: http://asgsb.indstate.edu/; Annual Meetings

11. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

345 E. 47th St.
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 705-7037
URL: http://www.asme.org/
: Annual meetings in November, plus many topical conferences.; November 15 - 20, 1998
Annual Meeting; September 13 - 18, 1998
Design Engineering Conference; July 18 - 23, 1999 3rd ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference
San Francisco, CA

12. American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

1325 Massachusetts Ave., NW; Washington, DC 20005; Tel: (202) 737-3600; URL: http://www.asmusa.org; e-mail: geninfo@asmusa.org; Annual meetings.

13. ASM International (ASM)

9639 Kinsman Rd.; Materials Park, OH 44073-0002; Tel: (216) 338-5151; Toll Free: (800) 336-5152; Fax: (216) 338-4634; e-mail: mem-serv@po.asm-intl.org; URL: http://www.asm-intl.org
: Annual materials week conference and exhibit.

14. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)

3400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Suite 1210; Montreal, Quebec H3Z 3B8; Tel.: (514) 939-2710; Fax: (514) 939-2714; E-mail: cim@cim.org; URL: http://www.cim.org/; Upcoming Meetings:
: August 22 - 25, 1999; 38th Conference of Metallurgists/29th Annual Hydrometallurgical Meeting of CIM; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
: August 26 - 31, 2000; 39th Conference of Metallurgists; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
: Contact: Louisa Davis, Metallurgical Society of CIM; 3400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West; Suite 1210; Montreal, Quebec; Canada H3Z 3B8; Tel: 514 939-2710 ext. 317; Fax: 514 939-2714; e-mail: metsoc@cim.org; URL: http://www3.sympatico.ca/stdenis/matsci10a.htm

15. Canaveral Council of Technical Societies (CCTS)

Cape Royal Building,Suite 401

Cocoa Beach, FL

Tel: (407) 868-1623

Fax (407) 783-5579

e-mail: CCTS@spacecoast.net

URL: http://www.spacecoast.net/SpaceCongress/CCTS/

16. Combustion Institute (CI)

5001 Baum Boulevard

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-1851

Tel: (412) 687-1366

Fax (412) 687-0340

e-mail: combust@telerama.lm.com

URL: http://www.lm.com/~combust

Biennial int'l meetings; periodic regional meetings in U.S.

17. Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

COSPAR Secretariat; 51 bd de Montmorency; 75016 Paris, France; e-mail: COSPAR@paris7.jussieu.fr; URL: http://COSPAR.itodys.jussieu.fr/; Tel: +33-1-40.50.98.27; Fax: +33-1-45.25.06.79

18. Electrochemical Society (ECS)

10 South Main St.
Pennington, NJ 08534
Tel: (609) 737-1902

URL: http://www.electrochem.org/
FAX: (609) 737-2743
e-mail ecs@electrochem.org

Semi-annual international conference and symposium.

November 1 - 6, 1998
Boston, MA

19. Gordon Research Conferences (GRC)

c/o Prof. Carlyle B. Storm
University of Rhode Island
P. O. Box 984
West Kingston, RI 02892-0984
Tel: (401) 783-4011
Fax: (401) 783-7644
URL: http://www.grc.uri.edu
e-mail: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu
Summer address: Colby-Sawyer College
New London, NH 03257
Tel: (603) 526-2870
Fax: (603) 526-4717

20. International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)

Secretariat: 6 rue Galilée, 75116 Paris

Mail address: Po Box 1268-16 F-75766

Paris Cedex 16, France

http://www.iaanet.org/

Annual conferences

21. International Astronautical Federation (IAF)

3-5, rue Mario Nikis

F-75015 Paris, France

Tel: (33.1) 45 25 06 79

Fax: (33) 1-42732120

URL: Annual Congress.

http://www.iafastro.com

22. The International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer

Secretariat: Mechanical Engineering Department

Middle East Technical University

06531 Ankara, Turkey

Phone: +90-312-210 1429 or 210 5213 or 210 5214

Fax: +90-312-210 1331 or 210 1266

E-Mail: ichmt@mercury.me.metu.edu.tr

URL: http://ichmt.me.metu.edu.tr/

23. The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

P. O. Box 10; Bellingham, WA 98227-0010; Tel: (360) 676-3290; Fax: (360) 647-1445; e-mail: spie@spie.org; URL: http://www.spie.org
: Four symposia per year, plus periodic topical conferences.

24. International Technology Education Association (ITEA)

1914 Association Drive; Reston, VA 20191-1539; Tel: (703) 860-2100; Fax: (703) 860-0353; URL: http://www.iteawww.org/; e-mail: ITEA@iris.org
: Annual international conference and trade show.

25. Materials Research Society (MRS)

9800 McKnight Rd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Tel: (412) 367-3003
Fax: (412) 367-4373
URL: http://www.mrs.org/
e-mail: info@mrs.org

26. The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)

184 Thorn Hill Road; Warrendale, PA 15086-7528; Tel: (412) 776-9050; Fax: (412) 776-3770; URL: http://www.tms.org; e-mail: csc@tms.org; For information on upcoming meetings:; URL: http://www.tms.org/Meetings/Meetings.html
: Annual symposium; annual conference and exhibit held in conjunction; with the Materials Applications and Services Exposition.; The following is a list of joint TMS/ASM future meetings:

27. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

1906 Association Drive; Reston, VA 20191-1593; Tel: (703) 620-9840; Fax: (703) 476-2970; Toll Free: (800) 235-7566; URL: http://www.nctm.org/
: Regional meetings; annual meeting and convention.

28. National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

1840 Wilson Blvd; Arlington, VA 22201-3000; Tel: (703) 243-7100; URL: http://www.nsta.org/

29. National Technical Association (NTA)

P. O. Box 7045

Washington, DC 20032

NTA Headquarters

6919 N. 19th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19126

Dr. Mildred Johnson, Executive Director

e-mail: ntamfjl@aol.com (executive director)

qjordan@cldc.howard.edu (student director)

Annual meeting.

30. Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

P.O. Box 2459; Covina, CA 91722; Tel: (818) 331-0616; URL: http://www.et.byu.edu/~sampe; e-mail: 74507.2260@compuserve.com

31. Space Studies Institute (SSI) Princeton

P. O. Box 82

Princeton, NJ 08542, USA

Tel: (609) 921-0377

Fax: (609) 921-0389

e-mail: ssi@ssi.org

32. Tissue Culture Association (TCA)

9315 Largo Drive West

Suite 255

Largo, MD 20774

(301) 324-5054

(301) 324-5057

e-mail: sivb@sivb.org

33. Other Meetings

34. Special NASA-, ESA-, CSA-, and NASDA-sponsored meetings.

NASA responsible person:Fred Kohl, NASA Glenn Research Centers
Web Curator: Dawn Jenkins, InDyne, Inc.