Rafael Menezes Nunes UFRGS Ruth E. Whan Chairman Sandia National Laboratories Ray W. Carpenter Arizona State University Paul T. Cunningham Los Alamos National Laboratory William H. Dingledein Carpenter Technology Corporation Kenneth H. Eckelmeyer Sandia National Laboratories Dean A. Flinchbaugh Bethlehem Steel Corporation Raymond P. Goehner Siemens Corporation . Goldstein Lehigh University Merton Herrington Special Metals Harris L. Marcus University of Texas Carolyn McCrory-Joy AT&T Bell Laboratories David.