This symposium will assess the current state of the art in the thermodynamics and kinetics of engineering materials by bringing together computational and experimental researchers. It will be held in honor of the 2014 Hume-Rothery award recipient, Rainer Schmid-Fetzer, for his seminal contributions to alloy thermodynamics and phase diagrams, both computationally and experimentally.

This symposium will explore the fundamentals of length scale selection in all materials, including the related question of how cooperative growth of multiphase transformation products is established. The scope includes experimental, theoretical, and modeling studies of how particular length scales are established in relation to thermodynamics, kinetics, morphology, crystallography, and interfacial structure.

This symposium will address the stability, transformation, and formation of phases during the fabrication, processing, and utilization of electronic materials and devices. Topics of interest include phase stability issues surrounding microelectronics packaging technology, phase formation and integrated circuit technology, and the phase stability and morphological evolution of novel electronic materials.

This symposium is the second in a series of annual TMS symposia focusing on phase transformations and microstructural evolution in materials during processing and in service. Theoretical, experimental, and computational experts will assess the current status of theories of phase transformations and microstructure evolution in solid states.