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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>GSCCM Election 1997</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <H2> Candidates for the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 1997 Election</H2> <P> <H3> Candidates for Vice-Chair </H3> <P> <B>RODNEY J. CLIFTON</B> is Professor of Engineering and Rush C. Hawkins University Professor at Brown University. Rod has been active in plate impact research for over twenty five years, combining experimental and numerical approaches. He has led the development of several new plate impact experiments for studying the dynamic shearing resistance of materials and their dynamic fracture toughness. Best known of these experiments is the pressure-shear impact configuration which allows the generation of large shear strains under conditions of simple shear. This configuration has been used in studies of metals, ceramics, ceramic powders, glasses, lubricants, and shape-memory alloys. It has also been used for time-resolved measurements of friction. Other configurations he has introduced include the eight-pointed star flyer for soft recovery experiments and the mid-plane cracked target plate for studying dynamic fracture toughness under conditions of plane strain. He and his students have been active contributors to Meetings of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter. Rod has served on Technical Program Committees for these meetings. He is the recipient of medals from several professional societies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. <P> <B>DATTA P. DANDEKAR</B> a research physicist and an Army Research Laboratory Fellow in the Army Research Laboratory-Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, has been active in shock compression research in the condensed matter for the last 25 years. His primary interest is in strength of materials under shock induced compression and tension. As a member of the American Physical Society he assisted/served the Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter in various capacities. Two most recent examples of this assistance were chairing of its Awards Committee in 1995 and chairing the 1997 Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter held at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. <P> <H3> Candidate for Secretary/Treasurer </H3> <P> <B>J. MICHAEL BOTELER</B> is a research physicist at the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Md. He has been active in shock wave research for the last ten years performing shock experiments on energetic and inert materials, liquids, composites, and single crystals. His principal research interests are in the dynamic response of novel composite materials and shock-induced morphic effects in solids. He has developed experimental techniques for examining transient microscopic changes in materials during rapid loading conditions and at the present time is developing optical diagnostic techniques for ARL shock applications. He has served as a technical reviewer for the Ninth APS Shock Compression Topical Group Conference and more recently as the Treasurer for the 10th Biennial APS shock conference at Amherst, Ma. in July, 1997. <P> <H3> Candidates for Executive Committee </H3> <P> <B>MICHAEL D. FURNISH</B> is a technical staff member at Sandia National Laboratories. His current interests in the field include dynamic behavior of geological materials, electrically poled ferroelectrics and ceramics, as well as mass ejecta from shocked surfaces. He is working closely with teams from Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories on various Nevada Test Site shock compression projects as well. Mike has been active in shock wave studies since 1984. He was on the Program Committee for the 1995 Topical Conference, has been Membership Chair for the Topical Group for the last six years, and is the incoming Publications Chair for Proceedings. <P> <B>ZVI ROSENBERG</B>, an experimental physicist, is a senior member of the Ballistics center at RAFAEL, ISRAEL. He has been active, for 25years, in developments of diagnostics for shock wave studies, material characterization and modeling. Recently he has been active in terminal ballistics of long rod penetrators. He is a member of the American Physical Society. <P> <B>GERRIT T. SUTHERLAND</B> is a member of the Chemistry and Detonics Division at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division. His main interests are performance of shock and detonation physics experiments on explosives. He has an interest in performing computer simulations of these experiments. Gerrit has been active in this field since 1983. He has served on the technical program committee for the 1997 technical conference and has helped with the registration process and organization of the poster sessions for the last two technical conferences. In addition, Gerrit has assisted Mike Furnish on the membership committee for the last 4 years. He has also participated in the APS program to assist in the training of elementary school teachers in Montgomery County, Maryland. Gerrit would like to see the topical group move toward: 1). more participation of technicians at technical conferences, 2). more workshops and tutorials at technical conferences, and 3). expansion of services provided on the topical group's web site. </BODY></HTML>