Fiber Society - Spring Meeting

New Frontiers in Fiber Science
May 23-25, 2001

Message from the Fiber Society (FS)

On behalf of the Fiber Society, let me begin by thanking the Managing Editor of JTATM, Professor Nancy Casill and her colleagues at the College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, for extending the courtesy of publishing a special edition of JTATM containing Abstracts of Papers to be presented at the Spring Meeting of the Society (FS). The meeting will be held in Raleigh, NC, May 23-25, 2001. It is my hope that this is the beginning of a mutually beneficial partnership between the two groups and will manifest in other ways in the future. Stay tuned.

Next, the FS continues to serve it members, and the community at large, by organizing research conferences with high quality content. The content continues to change reflecting the evolution of research interests of the FS members, as well as other like-minded people who attend these meetings. The FS seeks out these evolutionary changes through its active members who volunteer to organize the Conference program and reach out into the global community to obtain paper and poster contributions. In this spirit, Professor Behnam Pourdeyhimi and Dr. Phillip Gibson are to be complimented for the excellent program they have put together for the May meeting. Its theme "New Frontiers in Fiber-Based Products" is supported by nearly 30 papers and several posters.

I invite the reader to look through the abstracts that follow. I hope the reading will encourage you to join us in Raleigh on May 23.

A SPECIAL NOTE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS:

The Fiber Society invites and offers complimentary registration to graduate students to attend its meetings, provided they are currently registered at a university in an area supportive of fiber science and its applications. Endorsement by their advisors, as well as formal registration, is highly recommended.

See you in Raleigh NC.

Subhash K. Batra Secretary/Treasurer, FS