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The year 1973 marked the first time that Atlanta, one of the
cultural centers of the South, has hosted the Cryogenic Engineering
Conference since its beginning in 1954. The Cryogenic Engineering
Conference gratefully acknowledges the hospital ity of the Georgia
Institute of Technology and the assistance of W. T. Ziegler and his
staff in making the visit to Atlanta a pleasant and memorable one.
Several significant changes were initiated at the 1973 Cryogenic
Engineering Conference. These included a Conference theme on the
subject of "Energy and the Environment," a new Conference format,
and the beginning of a new Conference frequency of biennial
meetings. While retaining the traditional topics of previous
meetings, the 1973 Cryogenic Engineering Conference focused on the
role of cryo genic engineering in the generation, distribution, and
conversion of energy, and the related environmental effects. In
these areas, much of the current interest stems from the
environmental effects of LNG and liquid hydrogen as compared with
other competing energy forms. These rapidly expanding areas may
provide the impetus to cryogenic engineering in the 1970's that the
space program provided in the 1960's. The Conference format was
altered by the use of numerous invited papers highlighting the
theme. These presentations were concentrated in plenary sessions
initiating each day's activities, and in seminars designed to
summarize the various aspects of the theme."
The Second International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICMC) was
held in Boulder, Colorado, in conjunction with the 1977 Cryogenic
Engineering Con ference (CEC). Special thanks must be given to the
University of Colorado for their skillful hosting of these two
conferences. Collaboration between the two con ferences has been
mutually beneficial, providing the materials special ist with
insight into new applications and design concepts and the cryogenic
engineer with exposure to modern materials accomplishments and
potentials. The Proceedings of the 1977 Cryogenic Engineering
Conference are published in Volume 23 of Advances in Cryogenic
Engineering. Both conferences will be held again simul taneously in
Madison, Wisconsin, in August 1979. The success and growth of the
two International Cryogenic Materials Con ferences have led to the
formation of an ICMC Board of Directors. The board members will
serve a four-year term and include: Chairman, R. P. Reed (U.S.), R.
W. Boom (U.S.), A. F. Clark (U.S.), G. Hartwig (W. Germany), J. W.
Morris (U.S.), M. Suenaga (U.S.), K. Tachikawa (Japan), J. Tanaka
(Japan), and K. A. Yushchenko (USSR)."
The First International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICMC)
provided a new forum for the presentation of low-temperature
materials research. The confer ence, held in conjunction with the
1975 Cryogenic Engineering Conference, provided materials research
personnel with excellent exposure to current develop ments in the
cryogenics field and beneficial interactions with designers of
cryogenic systems. Because of the large response to a late call for
papers, the enthusiasm and encouragement at the meeting, and the
wide spectrum and high quality of papers, the Second International
Cryogenic Materials Conference is being planned along with the 1977
Cryogenic Engineering Conference for Boulder, Colorado, in the
summer of 1977. The success of the First International Cryogenic
Materials Conference was certainly in large measure due to the
excellent hospitality of our Canadian hosts, the Royal Military
College of Canada and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. In
particular, the efforts of A. C. Leonard and his staff ensured an
excellent conference and a pleasant and memorable visit to Canada.
The Cryogenic Engineering Conference Board was both generous and
skillful in helping to initiate this new conference and their
guidance and acceptance is gratefully acknowledged. The Cryogenic
Engineering Conference program chairman, M. J. Hiza, greatly
facilitated the interaction for the two conferences and provided
valuable assistance in generat ing a workable program. The
proceedings of the 1975 Cryogenic Engineering Conference are
published as Volume 21 of the Advances in Cryogenic Engineering and
include many papers indicating innovative use of new cryogenic
materials properties data."
With the 1975 Cryogenic Engineering Conference this se ries enters
the third decade of presenting the latest advances in the field of
cryogenic engineering. The 1975 Cryogenic Engineering Conference
also marked the first time the meeting had been held outside the
territorial limits of the United States. Based on the enthusiastic
response of the attendees and the exemplary hospitality of the
Canadian hosts, it certainly will not be the last meeting to
convene beyond the confines of the fifty states. The Cryogenic
Engineering Conference Board is extremely grateful to The Royal
Military College of Canada and Queen's University for the
invitation to hold this meeting in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The
assistance of A. C. Leonard and his staff added immeasurably in
making this visit to Canada both a pie asant and a memorable one.
The 1975 Cryogenic Engineering Conference was the first meeting of
this group on the new biennial conference schedule. Since the last
conference in 1973, the Western Hemisphere has experienced the
impact of various energy shortages. Thus, it was appropriate that
the theme "Cryogenics Applied to Natural Resource Management" for
this Conference was not only timely but also an opportunity for the
scientific community engaged in cryogenic activities to review the
role of cryogenics in meeting these new challenges and problems
facing the energy-deficient nations of the world. The Cryogenic
Engineering Conference was also pleased to have the Interna tional
Cryogenic Materials Conference join them in this meeting."
In late 1877, Louis Cailletete in France and Raoul Pictet in
Switzerland independently succeeded in liquefying oxygen, thereby
proving a hypothesis set forth by Antoine Lavoisier nearly 100
years earlier. The theme of the 1977 Cryogenic Engineering
Conference "Cryogenics: A Century of Progress-A Chal lenge for the
Future" properly commemorated this accomplishment by reviewing some
of the noteworthy advances since that time and outlining many
advances still to come. Both Volumes 23 and 24 of this series
provide a good account of the many contributions that were
presented at this conference. The 1977 Cryogenic Engineering
Conference was appropriately again held in Boulder, Colorado where
the first Cryogenic Engineering Conference was initiated 23 years
ago by the late Russell B. Scott, then Chief of the Cryogenic
Engineering Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards. The
Cryogenic Engineering Conference Board is extremely grateful to
members of the National Bureau of Standards and the University of
Colorado for serving as hosts for this meeting of cryogenic
specialists from all over the world. The Cryogenic Engineering
Conference is again pleased to have had the International Cryogenic
Materials Conference co-host this biennial meeting for the second
time in succession. This joint effort again has permitted an
in-depth coverage of research on technical materials in areas
currently receiving primary attention by the cryogenic engineering
community. The Proceedings of the Inter national Cryogenic
Materials Conference will be published as Volume 24 of the Advances
in Cryogenic Engineering."
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