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TMS e-News Issue Archive: May 2002
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Volume 3, Issue 5

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.

TMS Launches Its New Document Center: The On-Line Resource for Materials Publications

Customized to meet your unique needs and now upgraded to provide faster service and easier navigation, the On-Line TMS Document Center provides detailed information and on-line purchasing opportunities for TMS publications, as well as a host of new features:

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The Third Structural Intermetallics Symposium Is Over, but Proceedings Are Still Available

Last month, scientists, engineers, and designers from around the world met in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to discuss the successful advancement of intermetallic alloys at the Third International Symposium on Structural Intermetallics.

Now, the proceedings from that conference are available as a package including a hardcover book and CD-ROM. These proceedings include structural intermetallic papers on basic characteristics and scientific progress, materials production and manufacturing, applications engineering, current status, and future directions and needs.

STRUCTURAL INTERMETALLICS, THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Kevin J. Hemker and Dennis M. Dimiduk, editors
ISBN 0-87339-511-5
832 pp., illus., index, hardcover & CD-ROM
Order No. 5115
Weight 6 lbs
M $175 S $125 L $250

For a complete description of the book’s contents, to view the table of contents, or to order, visit the new TMS Document Center, or contact a TMS Book Sales Representative at 1-800-759-4867 (in the U.S.) or (724) 776-9000, ext. 270

Register Now for the June Electronic Materials Conference

Electronic Materials Conference
Santa Barbara, CA
June 26-28, 2002

The 44th Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) is the premier annual forum for presentations of current interest and significance to the preparation and characterization of electronic materials. Individuals actively engaged or interested in electronic materials research and development are encouraged to submit papers and attend this meeting. Each year, students, professors, scientists, engineers, researchers, technicians, R&D managers, and product managers gather at the EMC to exchange ideas and information.

The advance registration deadline is June 3, 2002, and the on-campus housing deadline is May 31, 2002.

The abstract deadline has passed, but the late news abstract deadline is June 3, 2002.

For more information, please visit the conference web site.

EMC Registrants: Subscribe to the Journal of Electronic Materials

Registering for the Electronic Materials Conference? Be sure to sign up for a subscription to the Journal of Electronic Materials (JEM), a prestigious journal that reports the results of original electronic materials research.

Abstracts and selected papers presented at the Electronic Materials Conference will be published in JEM throughout the year, along with other papers detailing critical new developments in the electronics field. If you work with electronic materials, the Electronic Materials Conference and Journal of Electronic Materials will keep you up-to-date all year round!

Members of TMS and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers pay only $32 for a one-year print subscription to JEM! See the EMC registration form to subscribe.

Can’t make it to the conference? Subscribe to the journal in print or electronic format or purchase individual issues by visiting the new on-line TMS Document Center or by contacting a TMS Subscriptions Representative at 1-800-759-4867 (in the U.S.) or (724) 776-9000, ext. 251.

Exhibit at the 2002 Electronic Materials Conference

Reach a key electronic materials audience with a space reservation in the 44th Electronic Materials Conference Exhibition. The exhibit will feature products, technology, and services involved in the preparation and characterization of electronic materials. The exhibition is an ideal opportunity for suppliers to network with the highly specified audiences of the Device Research and Electronic Materials Conferences.

The exhibit will be held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from Wednesday, June 26, to Thursday, June 27, 2002. Exhibit hours will be scheduled to complement the technical program. To reserve space at the exhibit, contact Cindy A. Wilson at (724) 776-9000, ext. 231, or at wilson@tms.org.

For more information on the exhibit, please visit the conference web site.

Register for the 2002 Device Research Conference, Coordinated with 2002 EMC

Device Research Conference
Santa Barbara, CA
June 24-26, 2002

The 60th Device Research Conference (DRC) brings together scientists, engineers, and students to discuss new and exciting breakthroughs and advances in the field of device research. The conference will be coordinated with the 2002 Electronic Materials Conference (EMC), also to be held at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Papers presented at the conference will cover a variety of novel device structures including micromachined devices, silicon CMOS/BiCMOS; silicon scaled and ultrasmall devices; wireless/microwave devices; wide bandgap devices; and much more!

The abstract deadline has passed, but the late news abstract deadline is May 31, 2002.

For more information, please visit the conference web site.

The advance registration deadline is June 3, 2002, and the on-campus housing deadline is May 31, 2002.

Nominate a Deserving Individual for the National Materials Advancement Award

The Federation of Materials Societies (FMS) invites nominations by June 15, 2002, for the National Materials Advancement Award, which will be presented at a reception on December 11, 2002, following the FMS Annual Meeting.

This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding capabilities in advancing the effective and economic use of materials and the multi-disciplinary field of materials science and engineering generally, and who contribute significantly to the application of the materials profession to national problems and policy. Nominations must be submitted in the form of a letter by a Trustee or staff representative of TMS, or any FMS member society, explaining why the nominee’s accomplishments in the materials policy field are considered to be outstanding.

For more information on how to initiate a nomination, contact Nellie Luther at (724) 776-9000, ext. 213, or natale@tms.org.

TMS Technical Committees Make Changes to Match Changing Society Interests

At February’s annual meeting, three TMS technical divisions made changes to their technical committees that reflect trends in the society as a whole.

The Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division created the new Phase Transformations Committee, a joint committee with ASM International that will focus on activities oriented toward the fundamental aspects of phase transformations.

The Superconducting Materials Committee, a joint committee of the Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials Division and Structural Materials Division was renamed the Superconducting and Magnetic Materials Committee, reflecting an expansion of the committee’s technical emphasis area to include magnetic materials.

The Structural Materials Division disbanded the Ferrous Metallurgy Committee and the Nonferrous Metals Committee. Over the past few decades, TMS programming has transformed from committees focused on individual metal and alloy types to cross-cutting materials technical areas. While ferrous metallurgy and nonferrous metals are still important topics to the society and its members, they are covered in other technical areas, such as mechanical behavior, structural metals, corrosion, and light metals.

TMS Offers Members a Cancer Insurance Plan

Cancer Insurance Plan
Because your basic medical insurance may not be enough.

According to information provided by the American Cancer Society in 2000, U.S. men have a 1 in 2 lifetime risk of developing cancer; for women the risk is 1 in 3. Basic health insurance may not be enough to cover the newest cancer treatments and procedures. For example, chemotherapy is a very expensive form of treatment, and many major medical plans have a limit on out-of-pocket expenses. Without supplemental insurance, your savings could be in jeopardy.

Our cancer insurance plan is designed to help alleviate the financial strain associated with your cancer therapy. This insurance plan is a valuable benefit for all members and their families, and if in 30 days you are not satisfied with this coverage for any reason, simply return your certificate and your premium will be refunded.

For information regarding this plan, contact the Plan Administrator, Selman & Company, at 1-800-556-7614, customerservice@selman.cc, or The TMS Members' Insurance Program, 6110 Parkland Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio 44124.

TMS Journals Highlight Environmental Issues, Electronic Materials in May

See what special topics these selected TMS journals offer in May:

JOM
Papers on green manufacturing and environmental issues in aluminum smelting make up the bulk of JOM’s May Environmental Impact coverage. This issue features a review of the keynote session on energy in the aluminum industry from the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting, as well as features on materials science in roller coasters and eight centuries of mining, metallurgy, and politics in Kosovo--the first in a new series of archaeotechnology articles planned for JOM this year.

Not a JOM subscriber? Sample an on-line article from this issue at http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0205/Byko-0205.html

JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Special issue on SiC, III-V Nitrides, and Related Materials
The May Journal of Electronic Materials is a special issue featuring papers on III-V Nitrides and SiC from the 2001 Electronic Materials Conference and other sources. Papers cover the topics of epitaxy, characterization, processing, and device applications. This is the eighth annual special issue the journal has devoted to III-V Nitrides and SiC.

Have an electronic subscription? Log in to the new on-line TMS Document Center to view the latest issues of your TMS journals.

Want a subscription? Subscribe through the TMS Document Center or by contacting a TMS Subscriptions Representative at 1-800-759-4867 (in the U.S.) or (724) 776-9000, ext. 251.

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Coming Soon from TMS Publications: Aluminium 2002

From the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting, this proceedings volume sponsored by TMS and the Aluminum Association will be available for sale later this summer. To reserve your copy today, contact a TMS Book Sales Representative at 1-800-759-4867 (in the U.S.), (724) 776-9000, ext. 270, or publications@tms.org.

ALUMINIUM 2002
Michael H. Skillingberg and Subodh Das, editors
This volume will combine the proceedings from the Aluminum for Automotive Applications symposium with those from the Aluminum Sheet and Plate Processing and Applications symposium, co-sponsored by the Aluminum Association, at the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting. This volume will address the research, development, and testing of aluminum and magnesium alloys for the automotive industry, as well as the science and engineering of aluminum rolling and product uses. Metallurgists and materials scientists, designers, and fabrication engineers involved with the production and use of aluminum products, particularly those involved with sheet and plate products, will consider this volume a valuable reference source.
Order No. 5263

May Publications@TMS Highlights Books on Light Metals and Environmental Impact

Publications@TMS, found on pages two and three of the May issue of JOM, features TMS books covering Light Metals and Environmental Impact issues, including the aluminum processing sourcebook, “Aluminum: Technology, Applications, and Environment,” and books from the popular “Light Metals” series.

TMS offers nearly 50 additional titles related to aluminum, aqueous processing, computer applications and process control, electrometallurgy, environmental issues, extraction and processing, pyrometallurgy, and recycling and secondary recovery.

Now it’s easier and faster than ever to look up these keywords at the new on-line TMS Document Center. Simply go to the Proceedings, Textbooks, and Papers section and search the Subject Index to find available titles in your area of interest!

To request a complete Publications@TMS catalog, contact a TMS Book Sales Representative at (724) 776-9000, ext. 270.

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