IMPORTANT INFO

***THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CANCELED*** The Third International Conference on Processing Materials for Properties (PMP-III) originally scheduled for December 7-10, 2008, was postponed due to temporary circumstances and travel restrictions in Bangkok, Thailand. After extensive consideration by the conference organizers, it has been decided that the PMP-III conference will not be rescheduled. It has been decided to print the CD Proceedings in Bangkok and have them shipped to interested authors/attendees directly. Those not interested in this opportunity will receive a full refund of their pre-registration fee.

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.

• Professor Yasuhiro Awakura, Kyoto University; President, MMIJ, Japan
  Topic: Physical Chemistry of Aqueous Processing on Materials Surface
• Professor David Olson, Colorado School of Mines, United States
  Topic: Materials Science for the New Generation
• Professor Somsak Panyakaew, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  Topic: Sustainable Nanofoundation for Green Society
• Professor Ramana G. Reddy, University of Alabama, United States
  Topic: TBD
• Professor Junji Shibata, Kansai University, Japan
  Topic: Separation Process of Precious Metals
• Professor Krisda Suchiva, MTEC, Thailand
  Topic: New Development in Natural Rubber Processing

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

The complete PMP-III proceedings will be produced in CD-ROM format. Each attendee paying the full conference registration fee will receive one copy of the PMP-III proceedings for free! Students and others may purchase copies of the CD-ROM in advance on the registration form and at the meeting for $60.