IMPORTANT INFO

Call For Papers (3.7 MB PDF Download) Manuscripts First Draft Due August 1, 2008 Advance Registration Deadline November 3, 2008

PMP-III: Technical Program

Technical sessions will commence on Monday, December 8, 2008. Thirty-five to 40 sessions are planned. Each plenary session and keynote presentation will be 30-minutes long, while each general talk will be 20-minutes long.

At the advent of the 21st century, materials processing technology has broadened from the traditional melting, forming, casting and electrolytic processes into the modern, automated, rapid processing methods as well as nanotechnologies, appearing in a variety of materials manufacturing industries. These technologies are dependent upon intensive computational analysis and are conceptually focused on “clean” technology. Many of these innovative processing techniques are being developed with future generations in mind. Through these novel processing technologies, superior materials properties are being pursued, developed and designed for specific applications and requirements in diverse industrial and consumer products. These high performance materials require efficient and optimum processing technologies that have to be manufactured at reasonable costs with the least environmental burden. Thus, the desire to develop the best processing technologies resulting in exceptional materials properties has required an extensive increase in interdisciplinary linkages and communication among different materials processing disciplines as well as among different segments of the processing industries and materials product manufacturers.

Focus of PMP-III
Prominent materials processing technologies; materials properties and applications; and process-structure-property pathway.

Emphasis
E3: Electronics, Energy and Environment
Including processing aspects of materials research, development and production; materials modeling; computation; characterization; and properties.

Topics

• Materials Processing Technology: High Temperature Processing, Thin Film Deposition, Casting, Powder Processing, Aqueous and Electrolytic Processing, Rapid Processing
• Focused Materials: Metallic, Ceramic, Polymeric, Composite, Bulk, Thin Film, Powder, Nano Powder
• Properties and Applications: Structural, Electronic, Magnetic, Optical, Energy
• Functional Products: Fuel Cells, Solar Cells, Flat Panel Display, LED, Data Storage, Environmental (materials for CO2 sequestration, soil remediation, water treatment)

Be among the presenters contributing to this technical program by submitting your abstract before February 15, 2008. Submit your abstract using CMS-Plus, the online TMS conference management system. Conference organizers receive electronic notification of all abstract submissions upon entry. Log in to CMS-Plus or click on HELP from the site’s menu for instructions.

Questions about submitting your abstract? Contact TMS: Christina Raabe, Technical Programming and Continuing Education Manager, Telephone (724) 776-9000, ext. 212 / (800) 759-4TMS, E-mail raabe@tms.org

The complete PMP-III proceedings will be produced in CD-ROM format. Each attendee will receive one copy of the PMP-III proceedings for free! Additional copies of the CD-ROM may be purchased in advance on the registration form and at the meeting.