College of Engineering Hosts National Science Foundation Conference

Each year, the National Science Foundation selects an institution from the academic community to host the NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, and UA's College of Engineering was chosen to host the 2003 Conference. Dr. Ramana G. Reddy, professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, coordinated this year's conference. This conference is consistently North America's largest gathering of researchers in this field. Breaking most previous years' attendance records, the 2003 Conference included more than 725 attendees, as well as 500 posters, 358 research papers, six technical tours and more than 30 invited speakers.