Research in advanced materials at universities

This journal, in this issue, is beginning a series on R and D in advanced materials at universities. The departments will be identified, and the R and D listed is only representative of a given department, and not the entire university. This series will highlight composites R and D. Here, Professor Derek Hull of Cambridge Univ., England, and Professors James Nelson and J. Frances Young, Univ. of Illinois, highlight on-going research in their respective departments on composites and ceramics.