Advanced materials-2003

The 8th International Symposium on Advanced Materials (ISAM) was held from 8-11 September, 2003. The proceeding of ISAM includes 87 papers which have been divided in to ten different sections. These include production and processing, coating and thin films, characterization, superconductors and semiconductors mechanical modeling, mechanical testing and life prediction composites, corrosion and oxidation, single crystals and related papers. Ten eminent researchers and scholars of international fame presented their keynote/invited lectures of 40 minutes each. This symposium provided an ideal opportunity for exchange of information amongst scientists, engineers, and researchers from all over Pakistan and 30 other countries of the world. (A.B.)