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This issue of Interface focuses on features on sensor science and technology.

The world does not need to make any more styrofoam or golf balls. The store shelves have enough of both to fill the needs of our generation, and for all practical purposes, neither wear out.

Virtually every week there are references in the newspapers to the information superhighway and to mega-mergers of Fortune 500 companies hoping to assure their place in tomorrow's world of interconnected computers.

"The hills are alive with the sound of music," sang Maria von Trapp. Music of some kind appeals to all of us, and for that reason, music is ideal for turning on nonscientists to the wonders of science.

From time to time, one or another of our present members will hear of a mysterious and possibly mythical part of Society's activities known as Section Q.

It is not without a sense of pride that I have the privilege to write introductory notes for the Interface issue featuring the Sensor Division. It is a young, growing, and dynamic division for which I have served as a contact with Interface since its first issue.

Micromachining is an important enabling technology for the fabrication of microsensors, microstructures, and devices for microsystems.

Recent consideration of pollution control and fuel efficiency for a variety of combustion processes, and increasing concern over safety in industrial activities involving flammable and poisonous gases, have necessitated the development of sensors for reliable detection of these gases.

Chemical microsensors have growing roles in applications with significant global impact, including environmental cleanup and monitoring, industrial process control, automotive and industrial emissions monitoring, aeronautical and space systems, planetary exploration, screening for explosives, worker safety, and health care.

Tech Highlights includes manuscript reviews from ECS journals.

A Summary Report to The Electrochemical Society for a 1993 Department of Energy Research Summer Fellowship.

A Summary Report to The Electrochemical Society for a 1993 Department of Energy Research Summer Fellowship.

A Summary Report to The Electrochemical Society for a 1993 Department of Energy Research Summer Fellowship.

In this section we honor ECS members and award winners, and include an invited guest column.

The Fall ECS Meeting in Miami Beach was very successful with 1,234 attendees and 741 papers presented in 30 symposia and general sessions.

Read about the three candidates running for Society Office: Kathryn R. Bullock (President), Gerard M. Blom (Vice President), and Vik J. Kapoor (Vice President).

We present news from four divisions, along with division election results.

In Section News we present five section updates, along with the listing of local section chairmen and section events.

In this department we offer information on section and division awards.

It is a pleasure to announce the following new members of the Society as recommended by the Admissions Committee and approved by the Board of Directors in July, August, September, and October 1994.

The Student Page includes information on membership, awards, and travel grants.

The Call for Papers includes information on deadlines, publications, and planned symposia.