NOTE TO US RESIDENTS

A tax deduction may be taken for expenses of continuing education (including registration fees, travel, meals, and lodging) undertaken to maintain and improve professional skills. For more information concerning applicability, contact your local Internal Revenue Service office.

TMS will offer a selection of three (3) learning intensive courses designed to enhance your technical and professional expertise. Programmed in conjunction with the 131st TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, these courses were developed in response to the training and information needs of today’s engineering professional.

With such diverse and carefully selected topics, we invite you to consider the merits of each course, as well as the qualifications of the respective presenters, and join us in one of the following courses.

• Aluminum Smelter Cell Dynamics
• Texture and Anisotropy for the Materials Professional
• Computational Modeling Techniques and Applications for Materials Processing

REGISTRATION

To register for a course, please use the conference registration form. All three courses will be held at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers the weekend prior to the meeting, Saturday and Sunday, February 16-17, 2002. You may register any time prior to the Annual Meeting and on site, but if you register by the advanced registration deadline of January 28, 2002, you will save an additional $50 late registration penalty. Course size is limited and a sufficient number of pre-registered attendees are necessary to offer each course, so please register early!

CANCELLATION POLICY

TMS reserves the right to cancel any courses due to low pre-registration. All pre-registered attendees will be notified of the cancellation and offered either a transfer or a full refund.

REFUND POLICY

Written requests must be sent to TMS Headquarters, 184 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale PA 15086 postmarked no later than January 28, 2002. A $50 processing fee will be charged for all cancellations; this processing fee is separate from and in addition to the fee charged for cancellation of meeting registrations. Absolutely no refunds will be issued after the January 28, 2002 deadline.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If you need additional information on a particular course, please contact:

TMS – Christina Raabe
184 Thorn Hill Road
Warrendale, PA 15086 USA
Telephone: (724)776-9000, ext. 212 • Fax: (724)776-3770
E-mail: raabe@tms.org