Materials science and engineering incorporate acquiring of knowledge on synthesis and processing of materials, their
composition and structure, properties and behavior, functions and potentialities as well as application of that knowledge
to various final products. Economic prosperity, life quality, and healthy environment are tightly connected with the
improvements in the existing and the development of new materials and processing technologies. These improvements
and development can contribute greatly to the national priorities: energy saving, environment and health protection,
food, information and communication, infrastructure, transportation, etc. The First Conference on materials science and
engineering, including physics, physical chemistry, condensed matter chemistry, and technology in general, was held in
September 1995, in Herceg Novi. The Yugoslav Materials Research Society (Yu- MRS), a non-government and non-profit
scientific association, was founded in 1997 to promote multidisciplinary goal-oriented research in materials science and
engineering. The main task and objective of the Society is to encourage creativity in materials research and engineering to
reach a harmonic coordination between achievements in this field in our country and analogous activities in the world
with an aim to include our country into global international projects. In 2008, MRS – Serbia became a member of FEMS
(Federation of European Materials Societies)