A group of engineering material scientists, engineers and technologists gathered on Tuesday for the eighth International Conference on Material Sciences and Engineering, AUS-IMS, at the American University of Sharjah, AUS, to exchange ideas, discuss the latest developments in materials and present their work to the international materials community.

The conference, held under the patronage of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah and President of the American University of Sharjah, encourages scientific research focused on materials properties and applications taking into consideration the severe environment in the region.

Organized by the College of Engineering at AUS, the conference focused on many aspects of traditional and high performance materials, their properties, behaviour, production and quality control, in addition to promoting global collaboration among faculty, students, engineers and managers on advances in engineering materials.

Speaking at the opening of the event, Interim Provost Kevin Mitchell welcomed the attendees and briefed them about AUS and its role as a leading higher education institution in the region. He said that he hoped that the delegates would find the two-day conference a fruitful and productive experience.

The basic themes of the conference include corrosions, mechanical behaviour and fracture mechanics of materials, sustainable materials, ceramics, high performance materials, new energy materials, glass performance, recycling material and materials characterisations, among others.

In his opening remarks, Dr. Leland Blank, Dean of the College of Engineering also welcomed the delegates. "We are a very diverse institution, and engineering is no less. One of the unique features of AUS is that when students come here, they gain both a liberal arts and a technical education, either in science, engineering, business, or architecture. We have a very practical application in the introduction of engineering in the computing programme in terms of how freshmen work together in an interdisciplinary way, competing among particular projects to carry out leadership roles. That sets the stage for our engineering programme," said Dr. Blank.

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