1. Research/Researchers

   News 29 November 2013 Pages: 5 - 10

2. Washington News

   News 29 November 2013 Pages: 11 - 12

3. Public Affairs Forum

   • Julia M. Phillips

   News 29 November 2013 Pages: 13 - 14

4. Resources

   News 29 November 2013 Pages: 16 - 16

5. Editor’s Choice

   EditorialNotes 29 November 2013 Pages: 17 - 17

6. Advertisers in This Issue

   News 29 November 2013 Pages: 17 - 17

7. Ultrasonic Nondestructive Techniques for Materials Characterization

   • Theodore E. Matikas
   • Robert L. Crane

   OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 18 - 21

8. Ultrasonic Characterization of Surfaces and Interphases

   • Stanislav I. Rokhlin
   • Theodore E. Matikas

   OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 22 - 29

9. Acoustic Microscopy for Imaging and Characterization

   • Andrew Briggs
   • Oleg Kolosov

   OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 30 - 35

10. Ultrasonic Force Microscopy

    • Kazushi Yamanaka

    OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 36 - 41

11. Scanning Electron-Acoustic Microscopy: Do You Know Its Capabilities?

    • M. Urchulutegui

    OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 42 - 46

12. From Photoacoustic Microscopy to Thermal-Wave Imaging

    • R. L. Thomas
    • L. D. Favro

    OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 47 - 52

13. Noncontact Surface-Hardness Measurement Using Laser-Based Ultrasound

    • A. Safaeinili
    • A. D. W. McKie
    • R. C. Addison Jr.

    OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 53 - 57

14. Preview: 1996 MRS Fall Meeting/ICEM-96

    MRS News 29 November 2013 Pages: 58 - 72

15. Michal I. Freedhoff Appointed OSA/MRS Congressional Fellow for 1996–97

    MRS News 29 November 2013 Pages: 74 - 74

16. University Chapter News

    • Sabrina Diol
    • Eileen Korenic

    News 29 November 2013 Pages: 75 - 75

17. Upcoming Conference

    Announcement 29 November 2013 Pages: 76 - 76

18. Library

    News 29 November 2013 Pages: 78 - 78

19. Abstracts for December 1996 Journal of Materials Research

    JMR Abstracts 29 November 2013 Pages: 79 - 85

20. Classified

    News 29 November 2013 Pages: 86 - 86