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| TMS e-News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 18th Biennial Conference on National Materials Policy, "Materials Education for the 21st Century Workforce," is a follow-up to the successful 2002 conference "Materials Education: Opportunities Over a Lifetime." This year’s conference will again be sponsored by the Federation of Materials Societies (of which TMS is a member society) with program participation by the University Materials Council, the National Materials Advisory Board, and the ASM Materials Education Foundation. John H. Hopps, Jr., deputy director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense, will give the luncheon address, and the program will feature invited talks focusing on: A Materials Mini-Camp will be held for high school teachers and students to acquaint them with materials science and engineering as a field of study and a career path. Participants will work during the day and present a summary of their projects and findings during the conference banquet. For complete program and registration information, visit: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (ICMOVPE) Although advance registration is closed you can still attend this important conference by registering onsite. Advance registration badge pickup and on-site registration will be held in the Westin Maui Hotel. Conference rates and availability of rooms at the Westin Maui Hotel are limited. If you have not made hotel reservations to attend ICMOVPE, please do so today. Don’t forget that proceedings manuscripts are due May 31. For more details, please visit: Device Research Conference & Electronic Materials Conference Advance registration and housing for both conferences is now available online. Go to http://www.tms.org/EMC.html or http://www.tms.org/DRC.html and click on Registration & Housing Information. It is not too late to make off-campus or on-campus housing arrangements, but don’t delay. Rooms continue to fill up quickly, so TMS encourages you to make dormitory or hotel room reservations before May 19. 10th International Symposium on Superalloys Conference registration and hotel reservations can be made via one simple form. An on-line version is now available by visiting the conference web site at: http://www.tms.org/Meetings/Specialty/Superalloys2004/SuperalloysHome.shtml Please note: ATTENDANCE WILL BE LIMITED TO 450 PERSONS ON A "FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE" BASIS. Materials Science & Technology 2004 (MS&T ‘04) The Housing Reservation Form for the New Orleans Marriott is available for download in portable document format and can be viewed and printed from http://www.matscitech.org. MS&T '04 offers a variety of marketing and sponsorship opportunities to help companies enhance their presence at the conference. Each opportunity will increase sponsors’ visibility and give them greater access to the prestigious list of professionals attending the event. To discuss sponsorship options, contact: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To sample this month’s coverage and to view sample articles from prior months, visit the following web site: For further reading on fabricating light metals, TMS offers more than 65 publications on the topics of aluminum, lightweight materials, mechanical properties, nonferrous materials, shaping and forming, and titanium, including books from the annual Magnesium Technology and Light Metals proceedings series as well as new titles from the 2004 TMS Annual Meeting. To view a complete list of available titles on these topics, visit the subject index of the “Proceedings, Textbooks, and Papers” section of the TMS Document Center at: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TMS members will be able to access the electronic journal free-of-charge as a benefit of membership by logging in to the TMS Document Center using their TMS member number as a username and their date of birth in the form of mm/dd/yyyy as a password. Check the TMS Document Center for availability at: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For organizations and individuals who frequently purchase individual journal articles or proceedings papers through the Document Center, TMS offers the ability to purchase suites of downloads, which are groups of 10, 25, 50, or 100 downloads that can be used over a period of time. Download suites are priced to allow frequent users to save money each time they download an article or paper from the TMS Document Center. For example, a TMS member who purchases 100 download credits saves $250 compared to the amount it would cost to purchase 100 papers or articles individually. Download suites are ideal for organizations where many individuals have the need to download portions of TMS publications or for individuals compiling a custom publication from papers and articles published in TMS books and journals. Visit the “Build a Suite of Downloads” section of the TMS Document Center for more information: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For details on how to apply for the program, contact: For more information on TMS accreditation activities, visit the TMS education web site: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Set your own schedule and learn at your own pace, without the time and travel costs of attending a typical educational course. Now, via your computer, you can access this one-of-a-kind course designed to provide a complete understanding of metal-matrix composites. Metal-Matrix Composites is a comprehensive overview of composite materials with a focus on light-weighting and aluminum. The course comprises six self-contained modules consisting of audio, visual, and text teaching materials. Completion time for the entire course is approximately eight hours. The course is divided into six modules: Complete information on this course, including a free course preview, is available via the TMS Document Center at: Or, you may contact: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send comments and suggestions to newsletter@tms.org. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter in the future, you must send a message to unsubscribe@tms.org with your e-mail address in the subject line. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society | |