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| TMS e-News is a monthly e-mailed newsletter that provides information on The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's (TMS's) membership, meetings, publications, and other activities of interest. On-Line Dues Renewal: A New TMS Member ServiceTMS has launched a new web site that allows members a more convenient way to renew their memberships and journal subscriptions through the secure environment of TMS OnLine’s members-only sector. To use the new service, go to the members-only sector of TMS OnLine, log in, and hit the renewal button in the main menu. The renewal form allows members to securely renew TMS membership, to update membership records, and to renew subscriptions to JOM, Journal of Electronic Materials, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A&B, and other AIME journals. The on-line renewal form calculates the total cost of these activities and allows members to pay securely by credit card. The bill is customized based on membership status, previous account activity, and even nationality. If you prefer to renew your membership and subscriptions through the mail, renewal notices have also been sent out. If you need any assistance in renewing your membership, you may contact membership customer service at 724-776-9000, ext. 241 or castello@tms.org. Attend the Premiere TMS Event: The TMS 2002 Annual Meeting & ExhibitionStart planning now to attend the 131st TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Seattle, Washington, from February 17-21, 2002. With 1,494 abstracts and 43 symposia scheduled, this meeting offers something for everyone. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to form new friendships and re-new old ones, while getting the most up-to-date information on the technology that interests you most. If you have not yet received the advance mailer, contact the TMS Meeting Service Department at: You can also download the advance mailer and the registration and housing forms from the Annual Meeting web site. For greater convenience, you can register for the meeting and make your housing accommodations on-line, or you can find registration and housing forms in the November issue of JOM, which also includes the preliminary technical program for the meeting. TMS has contracted a block of rooms at the headquarters hotel, the Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, and at a number of other hotels, and therefore has assumed a financial liability for any rooms in those blocks that are not reserved. You are strongly encouraged to reserve your room(s) at the contracted hotels to limit the financial liability to TMS. Please help the society to achieve overall success with the 131st TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition by making your reservation at one of the contracted hotels prior to the advance housing deadline. We expect more than 3,500 attendees in Seattle and look forward to seeing you there, too! Energize Your 2002 Marketing Plan—Join the TMS Annual Meeting ExhibitionQ: Would you like to gain important product exposure to a high-quality, professional audience? If the answers are yes, the TMS 2002 Exhibition is one event you can’t afford to miss! Act now and reserve exhibition space for the TMS 2002 Annual Meeting Exhibition, February 17-21, 2002 in Seattle, Washington. Featuring 146 exhibiting companies, including 21 new exhibitors, the TMS 2002 event will bring together the world’s leading metals and materials decision-makers and provide an abundance of networking opportunities. RESERVE EXHIBIT SPACE TODAY SECURE AN AD IN THE AT-MEETING PROGRAM Conference on Computational Modeling Rescheduled for SeattleThe TMS Fall Extraction & Process Metallurgy Meeting featuring "Computational Modeling of Materials, Minerals and Metals Processing" has been rescheduled to take place in conjunction with the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Seattle, Washington, from February 17-21, 2002. The accompanying short course will be held at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers on Sunday, February 17, 2002, and the technical sessions will be held at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center. Please refer to the Annual Meeting Advance Mailer for more details. The proceedings volume “Computational Modeling of Materials, Minerals, and Metals Processing” is available now. Order your copy today by visiting the TMS Document Ordering Center or by calling 1-800-759-4867 (in the U.S.) or (724) 776-9000, ext. 270. Attend One of Three Learning-Intensive Short Courses at the TMS 2002 Annual MeetingTMS offers a selection of learning-intensive short 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. ALUMINUM SMELTER CELL DYNAMICS TEXTURE AND ANISOTROPY FOR THE MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL COMPUTATIONAL MODELING TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR MATERIALS PROCESSING To register for a course, visit http://www.tms.org/Meetings/Annual-02/AnnMtg02Home.html or e-mail: raabe@tms.org Participate in the TMS Career Fair: Part of the 2002 Annual Meeting & ExhibitionAll TMS 2002 Annual Meeting registrants are cordially invited to participate in an exciting opportunity…TMS's exclusive 2002 Career Fair. This chance of a lifetime event will be held in conjunction with the TMS 2002 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Seattle, Washington, on February 19 from 10:00am-5:00pm at the Washington State Convention Center. The event is free and open to all TMS conference attendees. “The TMS Career Fair allows companies to recruit for various levels of science and engineering professionals,” said Amy Taylor, Corporate Sales Manager of BrassRing, the company collaborating with TMS to organize the event. The TMS Career Fair is specialized to bring together top employers and qualified candidates in the minerals, metals, and materials industries. Participating companies will receive a resume database of all the Career Fair attendees as well as the candidates who could not attend. This provides members an opportunity to be contacted after the event. Attend the TMS Career Fair and you will find:
To attend the career fair, register on-line for the TMS 2002 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. To recruit or exhibit at the career fair, call Amy Taylor at 800-299-7494 ext. 308. Make Connections through JOM ClassifiedsLooking for a new position? The JOM classifieds web site features many diverse employment opportunities! Looking for a qualified employee? Every classified advertisement placed in the print version of JOM is placed on the web site free of charge for three months! The JOM classifieds web site is the most popular page on the JOM site! Reserve space for your classified ad on this frequently visited site using the on-line form, or contact Trudi Dunlap at TMS by phone at (724) 776-9000, ext. 275, by fax at (724) 776-3770, or by e-mail at tdunlap@tms.org. Free On-Line Articles: Materials Issues in the WTC Attacks and Cyanide RoundtableThe December issue of JOM features special coverage of materials issues associated with the World Trade Center Attacks of September 11. As a service to the materials community, JOM will publish these articles on its web site, to be viewed free of charge to anyone with access to the Internet. The coverage features the articles “Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? Science, Engineering, and Speculation” by T.W. Eagar and C. Musso, “Better Materials Can Reduce the Threat of Terrorism” by Toni Marechaux, and other related articles. The subject of materials issues in the World Trade Center attacks will also be discussed in a special session at the TMS 2002 Annual Meeting, to be held February 17-21, 2002, in Seattle, Washington. Also available free of charge on the JOM web site this month is the “2001 TMS Annual Meeting Roundtable on Cyanide,” edited by C.G. Anderson. In this presentation, a panel of industry experts discusses with audience members the current state of cyanide and its future direction. Other proceedings from the cyanide sessions at the 2001 TMS Annual Meeting can be found in the book “Cyanide: Social, Industrial, and Economic Aspects.” Visit the TMS Document Ordering Center for details on this title. Find the free JOM articles on cyanide and the World Trade Center at the JOM Articles page. JOM Free On-Line Beginning in JanuaryBeginning next month, all TMS members will receive free access to JOM in both print AND on-line formats. The on-line version of the journal will be available approximately one week prior to the month in which the issue is dated (for example, the February issue will be available on-line in the last week of January). In addition to early access to the journal, the on-line subscription offers the added benefit of access to any articles in the on-line JOM archive (from mid-1997 to the present). Members can access their on-line subscriptions, beginning in January 2002, by logging into the members-only area of the TMS web site. High-Quality Resources for Professors: TMS Textbooks and Software ProgramsFor professors who want high-quality teaching tools for their classrooms, TMS offers a selection of text books and computer-aided software packages designed to enhance classroom learning. For more information on these resources, to order books, or to download software, visit the TMS Document Ordering Center. TEXT BOOKS ALUMINUM ROLLING: Process, Principles & Applications DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS: Second Edition FLASH SMELTING: ANALYSIS, CONTROL, AND OPTIMIZATION, Second Edition HANDBOOK ON MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCE CALCULATIONS IN METALLURGICAL PROCESSES: Second Edition HEAT TRANSFER FUNDAMENTALS FOR METAL CASTING: Second Edition with SI Units LECTURES ON THE THEORY OF PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS: Second Edition THERMODYNAMIC LOOP APPLICATIONS IN MATERIALS SYSTEMS TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN MATERIALS PROCESSING COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION SOFTWARE ARROWROOT v3.235: An Introduction to Numerical Computing BMD Pro v3.3: Boltzmann–Matano Diffusion Profiler GENDIA v2.35: Potential-pH and Isothermal Stability Generator HEAT TRANSFER: An Introduction to the Basics of Heat Flow WINPHAD: Software for Calculating Phase Diagrams and Thermodynamic Properties in Binary Systems Six New Books Available from the 2001 TMS Fall MeetingThese new proceedings volumes from the 2001 TMS Fall Meeting held in Indianapolis, Indiana, November 4-–8, are now available for purchase through TMS. AFFORDABLE METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS FRICTION STIR WELDING AND PROCESSING MATERIALS DESIGN APPROACHES AND EXPERIENCES MICROSTRUCTURE MODELING AND PREDICTION DURING THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSING MODELING THE PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURAL MATERIALS II POWDER MATERIALS: CURRENT RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES For more information on these titles, including complete descriptions and tables of contents, visit the TMS Document Ordering Center. Order your copy on-line through the Document Ordering Center or by contacting a TMS book sales representative at 724-776-9000, ext. 270. Extractive Metallurgy Books Highlighted in December Publications@TMSPublications@TMS, found on pages two and three of the December issue of JOM, features TMS books related to extractive metallurgy, including the featured titles, “EPD Congress 2001” and “Lead-Zinc 2000.” TMS offers more than 60 additional titles in the technical emphasis areas of lead, zinc, tin, minerals, environmental issues, extraction and processing, fundamentals, process mineralogy, and recycling and secondary recovery. Simply look up these keywords under the subject index of the TMS Document Ordering Center for a list of available titles, as well as complete descriptions and tables of contents for each book. To request a complete Publications@TMS catalog, contact a TMS Book Sales Representative at (724) 776-9000, ext. 270. TMS Electronic Newsletter Information The TMS e-News is a service to TMS members and friends. Send comments and suggestions to newsletter@tms.org. | |
