This volume contains 196 papers presented at the multidisciplinary meeting which was held to bring together workers in a wide range of materials science and engineering activities who employ common analytical and experimental methods in their day-to-day work. The papers are grouped within ten sections: intelligent utilization of materials information; materials design and electronic structure; model and simulation of lattice defects; molecular dynamics simulation of materials; structures, properties, and reactions of organic materials; model and simulation of metal processing; simulation of semiconductor processing and devices; alloy phase diagrams and alloy design; structures and properties of glasses and ceramics; and structures and properties of composite materials. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.