REGION 8 CHAPTER ACTIVITY ROUND - UP

The joint ED/MTT/AP/CPMT/SSC-SS Chapter in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia sponsored the International meeting on "Scanning Probe Microscopy", March 2-5, 2003 at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for the Physics of Microstructures. The meeting was also sponsored by Russian Foundation for Basic Research; the Ministry for Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation; Nizhny Novgorod State University; the Ministry for Education of the Russian Federation; and NTI & NT-MDT Co (Zelenograd, Russia). There were 26 paper presentations and 4 poster sessions covering a broad spectrum of topics. Full details are available at:
http://www.ipm.sci-nnov.ru/

The Chalmers University Student Branch Chapter, Sweden, arranged a trip to attend the MEMS Sensor Workshop held at the Danish Technical University (DTU), in Lyngby, Denmark. The visit took place on the 20-21 March 2003, and all of the Chalmers Ph.D. students who are members of the student chapter attended the workshop. (see Picture)

Submitted by David Whalley