TABLE OF CONTENTS

TMS PARTNERS WITH MATERIALS SOCIETIES IN CHINA AND INDIA
New Membership Agreement Promotes Sharing International Resources

TMS SEEKS PARTICIPANTS TO TEST PE EXAM
Volunteers Needed to Validate Registered Professional Engineers Exam

REGISTER FOR 2005 TMS ANNUAL MEETING AND SHORT COURSES ON SITE
Advance Registration Deadline Has Passed, but On-Site Registration Is Available

HOT-TOPIC SYMPOSIUM ADDRESSES GLOBALIZATION OF MATERIALS R&D
Annual Meeting Session Explores Implications on All Aspects of the Materials Community

JOM ANNOUNCES USB FLASH DRIVE RAFFLE AT TMS EXHIBIT
2005 TMS Annual Meeting Exhibit Offers Chances to Win Prizes and Make Industry Contacts

TOP TEN . . .
. . . Reasons to Participate in Congressional Visits Days

WASHINGTON NEWS FROM THE FEDERATION OF MATERIALS SOCIETIES
Council on Competitiveness Issues National Innovation Initiative

HOW TO . . .
Update Your TMS Membership

JOM PUBLISHES FIRST TECHNICAL DIRECTORY
Directory Connects Companies, Suppliers, and Consumers in R&D Testing Materials and Services

New Membership Agreement Promotes Sharing International Resources

With the addition of two new international partners, the Chinese Society for Metals (CSM) and the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), TMS has expanded its efforts to offer electronic membership benefits to members of international materials societies. This continues an initiative started in 2003 when TMS signed an agreement allowing for the exchange of electronic membership benefits with the U.K.'s Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (IOM³).

These new agreements offer TMS professional and student members the opportunity to access the following selected electronic resources offered by IIM at a reduced fee: an electronic subscription to IIM's bimonthly journal, Metal News; access to the IIM Membership Directory; access to IIM member rosters, agendas, and archive documents of technical and administrative committees; and the opportunity to participate in IIM's technical divisions. In addition to these benefits, TMS graduate and undergraduate student members will have the opportunity to participate in special student programs.

Professional and student members of CSM and IIM will have the opportunity to access similar benefits from TMS, such as electronic access to JOM, the TMS Membership Directory, and the TMS Committee Home Pages, as well as the opportunity to participate in TMS technical divisions. For more information on TMS international partnerships, contact the TMS Membership Department at members@tms.org.

Volunteers Needed to Validate Registered Professional Engineers Exam

TMS is seeking professional engineers registered in the United States to participate in a pre-test of the newest version of the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) metallurgical licensing exam. TMS is responsible for compiling the questions used in the metallurgical version of the PE licensing exam, which qualifies individuals to become registered professional engineers. The exam is administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), which requires that a pre-test of the exam be conducted before the exam will be administered to those seeking to become licensed engineers.

The pre-test has been scheduled for February 12, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel in conjunction with the 2005 TMS Annual Meeting, to be held February 13-17 in San Francisco, California. Those who choose to participate in the pre-test will be reimbursed for their Friday night stay in San Francisco and will be able to earn continuing education credits. To participate, contact Nellie Luther at (724) 776-9000, ext. 213 or luther@tms.org.

Advance Registration Deadline Has Passed, but On-Site Registration Is Available

The deadline to register in advance for the 2005 TMS Annual Meeting has passed, but on-site registrations for both the meeting and associated short courses will be accepted at the meeting site. To register for the meeting on-site, attendees must visit the lobby of the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, California. On-site registration for the following four short courses associated with the meeting will also be accepted, if classroom space is available:

• Aluminum Smelter Control
• Arsenic—Its Processing, Removal and Stabilization in Non-Ferrous Metal Industry
• Factsage: An Advanced Thermodynamic Modeling Tool
• Integrating Lean and Six Sigma in an Aluminum Smelter

Annual Meeting Session Explores Implications on All Aspects of the Materials Community

During the 2005 TMS Annual Meeting, to be held February 13–17 in San Francisco, California, TMS will present the special hot-topic symposium, The World is Flat: Globalization of Materials R&D. Scheduled to begin on February 14 at 8:30 a.m., the symposium's eight 20-minute presentations will address the implications of this topic on various aspects of the materials science and engineering community:

• Implications for National Policy, presented by Toni Marechaux, The National Academies (Sciences, Engineering, Medicine)
• Implications for Corporate Research Management, presented by Dianne Chong, The Boeing Company
• Implications for National Laboratories, presented by Linda Horton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Implications for Government Agencies, presented by Sylvia Johnson, NASA Ames Research Center
• Implications for Universities, presented by Henry Rack, Clemson University
• Implications for the Electronics Industry, presented by Darrel Frear, Freescale Semiconductor
• Implications for the Manufacturing Industry, presented by Diran Apelian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Implications for Materials Societies, presented by Brajendra Mishra, incoming TMS vice president, Colorado School of Mines

2005 TMS Annual Meeting Exhibit Offers Chances to Win Prizes and Make Industry Contacts

At the 2005 TMS Annual Meeting Exhibition, JOM will raffle off portable file storage devices that fit on a keychain. Twenty-five meeting attendees will receive USB flash memory stick keychains that will allow them to keep 32 MB of information literally at their fingertips. For information on how to enter the drawing and to find out what's new with JOM, visit the JOM booth (number 521) during exhibit hours, Monday, February 14–Wednesday, February 16, at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, California.

During your visit to the exhibit hall, make contact with approximately 150 exhibitors presenting their products and services. Visit the hall on Monday evening for the Grand Opening Reception or for a complimentary snack on Wednesday afternoon. All 2005 TMS Annual Meeting registrants are welcome to attend these events. Meeting registrants will also receive a $1-off coupon in their registration packets for use in the exhibit hall concession area, which sells both hot and cold foods. Non-meeting attendees may attend the exhibit for a registration fee of $50.

. . . Reasons to Participate in Congressional Visits Days

Coordinated by the Federation of Materials Societies, Congressional Visits Days allow U.S.-based scientists and engineers to voice their hopes and concerns for federal funding of science and technology R&D, particularly in the materials arena, to members of the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C. Here are the top ten reasons you should plan to participate in this year's event, scheduled for May 10–11, based on the experience of past TMS participants.

10. Exercise your right and responsibility as a U.S. citizen to have your voice be heard

9. Meet a senator or member of Congress or their staff members

8. See the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.

7. Sit in on a Congressional hearing

6. Learn about the trends and issues in federal support for science and engineering

5. A day off of work is always good

4. Age is not a factor: Young professionals are the peers of many Congressional staff members

3. Receive training and support to present your message to members of Congress

2. Network with other materials professionals as well as those in other areas of science and engineering as part of the TMS team

1. Have Alex Scott, executive director of TMS, take you to dinner

For more information on participating in Congressional Visits Days, contact Nellie Luther at luther@tms.org or at (724) 776-9000, ext. 213.

Council on Competitiveness Issues National Innovation Initiative

The Council on Competitiveness, an organization of corporate chief executives, university presidents, and labor leaders, with representation also from nonprofit research associations, professional societies, and trade associations, has released a National Innovation Initiative (NII) entitled "Innovate America." Its call to action issues the blunt challenge, "Innovate or Abdicate."

Co-chaired by Samuel J. Palmisano, chairman and chief executive officer of IBM Corporation, and G. Wayne Clough, president of Georgia Institute of Technology, the initiative concluded that "Innovation will be the single most important factor in determining America's success through the 21st century . . . For the past 25 years, we have optimized our organizations for efficiency and quality. Over the next quarter century, we must optimize our entire society for innovation."

The NII recommendations are organized into three broad categories: talent, investment, and infrastructure. To view specific recommendations or to download a full copy of the report in portable document format, visit the Council on Competitiveness web site at www.compete.org/.

Update Your TMS Membership

In February, 2004 TMS member benefits expire for members who have not renewed for 2005. Follow the instructions below to renew your TMS membership

For existing TMS members, membership can be updated on-line through the TMS members-only web site (members.tms.org). To access the site, members will asked to log in using their TMS membership number as their User I.D. and their birth date in the form of mm/dd/yyyy as their password. Once you are logged in, click on the "On-Line Dues and Subscription Renewal" button at the top of the page. From this page, you will have the option to renew your membership in TMS and to renew (or initiate) subscriptions to TMS journals. JOM subscriptions will automatically be renewed when membership is renewed.

Non-members can apply for TMS membership through a secure on-line form found on the TMS membership web site or by downloading a membership application form in portable document format from the site. Those who choose to download the form can then mail or fax the application back to TMS.

If you have questions about applying for or renewing your TMS membership, please contact Sandra Boltey, TMS member services representative, at sboltey@tms.org.

Directory Connects Companies, Suppliers, and Consumers in R&D Testing Materials and Services

In January, JOM published the first in a series of three technical directories scheduled for 2005. The JOM Technical Directory helps to connect companies, suppliers, and consumers that specialize in the minerals, metals, and materials-related industries. The print version of the directory appears in the January issue of the journal. An on-line version of the directory can be found on the JOM web site. Visitors to the site can search for company information by the name of the company, or they may find a listing of companies involved in a particular area of technology using the keyword search option.

This directory focuses on companies involved in R&D Testing Materials and Services. Future directories, planned for publication and on-line presentation in March 2005 and September 2005, will focus on companies involved in Materials Characterization Equipment Suppliers and Services and Computational Modeling Products and Services, respectively. Companies may submit their information for consideration in an upcoming technical directory by visiting the technical directory web site and clicking on the "Add/Edit Listing" button at the bottom of the page. Those visitors adding a new listing will be asked to submit company information as they would like it to appear in the technical directory.

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EDITORS' CHOICE

The editors of TMS publications select the must-read papers from the latest editions:

JANUARY JOM: "The Symposium on Materials and Critical Societal Issues" by D. Apelian
During the September MS&T '04 meeting in New Orleans, Diran Apelian presented the ASM-TMS Distinguished Lecture on Materials and Society, which focused on critical social issues and outlined opportunities for MSE. The title of the presentation was "Material Engineering Challenges for the Society of 'Tomorrow': Housing, Transportation, Health, and Food Delivery Needs." Subsequent to the lecture, a special session was held focusing on MSE opportunities and challenges in the food, housing, medical, recycling, and transportation industries. The manuscript based on the lecture, as well as slides presented during the special session, can be viewed on the JOM web site. This article introduces the lecture topic as well as the session presentations.[READ]

JANUARY JOM: "An Overview of the Yucca Mountain Project" by Vimal Desai
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste are materials from nuclear power plants, government defense programs, and other R&D activities. They have accumulated since the mid-1940s at sites now managed by the U.S. Department of Energy and since 1957 at commercial reactors and storage facilities across the country. These materials contain highly radioactive elements, such as cesium, strontium, technetium, and neptunium. The storage of nuclear waste is an important issue in the application of nuclear power. This commentary introduces a series of articles on the geological storage of high-radiation nuclear waste at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository.[READ]

JANUARY JOM: "The Creep and Fracture in Nanostructured Metals and Alloys" by W.M. Yin and S.H. Whang
Bulk forms of nanostructured metals and alloys exhibit extraordinarily high strength and have been studied extensively for several decades. Research in recent years has focused on the unusually high creep as well as poor fracture toughness related to the unique microstructures of these materials. This article reviews some findings from the investigations on creep and fracture behavior in the last decade. It also summarizes the latest experimental results on nano-nickel, Cu, Pd, Al-Zr, and Zn in the subject areas as well as results from atomistic simulations and theoretical modeling on these subjects.[READ]

JANUARY JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS: "Self-Assembly of Metal Nanocrystals on Ultrathin Oxide for Nonvolatile Memory Applications" by Chungho Lee, Jami Meteer, Venkat Narayanan, and Edwin C. Kan
The self-assembly of metal nanocrystals including Au, Ag, and Pt on ultrathin oxide for nonvolatile memory applications are investigated. The self-assembly of nanocrystals consists of metal evaporation and selective rapid-thermal annealing. By controlling process parameters, such as the thickness of the deposited film, the post-deposition annealing temperatures, and the substrate doping concentration, metal nanocrystals with density of 2–4 × 10¹¹ cm^–2, diameter less than 8.1 nm, and diameter deviation less than 1.7 nm can be obtained. Observation by scanning-transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and convergent-beam electron diffraction shows that nanocrystals embedded in the oxide are nearly spherical and crystalline. Metal contamination of the Si/SiO₂ interface is negligible, as monitored by STEM, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, and capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements. The electrical characteristics of metal, nanocrystal nonvolatile memories also show advantages over semiconductor counterparts. Large memory windows shown by metal nanocrystal devices in C-V measurements demonstrate that the work functions of metal nanocrystals are related to the charge-storage capacity and retention time because of the deeper potential well in comparison with Si nanocrystals. [READ]

JANUARY JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS: "Uniform Cr²⁺ Doping of Physical Vapor Transport Grown CdS_xSe_1–x Crystals" by U.N. Roy, O.S. Babalola, J. Jones, Y. Cui, T. Mounts, A. Zavalin, S. Morgan, and A. Burger
The Cr²⁺ doped CdS_0.8Se_0.2 crystals were grown by the vertical, self-seeded, physical vapor transport (PVT) technique. Good quality, crack- and inclusion-free single crystals were grown with an average Cr²⁺ concentration of 5 × 10¹⁸ cm^–3. Different source-to-tip distances were used to improve the segregation coefficient (Crcrystal/Crsource) of the grown crystals. It was observed that lowering the source-to-tip distance increases the segregation coefficient dramatically. With a 2-cm source-to-tip distance, good quality crystals were grown with uniform Cr²⁺ concentration throughout the ingot. The segregation coefficient was found to be ~0.85. The composition of the crystals was also found to be fairly uniform along the length and across the diameter.[READ]

JANUARY MMTA: "Linking First-Principles Energetics to CALPHAD: An Application to Thermodynamic Modeling of the Al-Ca Binary System" by Koray Ozturk, Y. Zhong, L.Q. Chen, C. Wolverton, J.O. Sofo, and Z.K. Liu
This paper brings together two popular ways of investigating phase diagrams and centers on the Al-Ca phase diagram. First-principles (FP) energetics of both the constituent elements and the compounds in the Al-Ca binary system are used in the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHase Diagrams) approach of thermodynamic modeling. We provide a complete thermodynamic description of the Al-Ca binary system, evaluated by this combined CALPHAD-FP approach. [READ]

JANUARY MMTA: "Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetic Effect in Ni₂MnGa Alloy" by J.F. Wan, X.L. Lei, S.P. Chen, and T.Y. Hsu
Found in the "Communications" section of the journal, this 4.5-page communication uses first principles methods to investigate the electronic structure and ferromagnetic effect in Ni₂MnGa alloy. Included in this study is the magnetic contribution to the binding energy, the Fermi energy level, the interatomic energy, the bond order, and the density of states.[READ]

JANUARY MMTA: "Review Paper: The Use of Water Cooling during the Continuous Casting of Steel and Aluminum Alloys" by J. Sengupta, B.G. Thomas, and M.A. Wells
In both continuous casting of steel slabs and direct chill (DC) casting of aluminum alloy ingots, water is used to cool the mold in the initial stages of solidification, and then below the mold, where it is in direct contact with the newly solidified surface of the metal. Water cooling affects the product quality by (1) controlling the heat removal rate that creates and cools the solid shell and (2) generating thermal stresses and strains inside the solidified metal. This work reviews the current state-of-the-art in water cooling for both processes, and draws insights by comparing and contrasting the different practices used in each process. [READ]

MEETINGS CALENDAR

Programs, on-line registration, and more:

2005 TMS ANNUAL MEETING & EXHIBITION
San Francisco, CA
Feb. 13-17, 2005

SOLID-SOLID PHASE TRANSFORMATION IN INORGANIC MATERIALS
Phoenix, AZ
May 29-June 3, 2005

2005 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CONFERENCE
Santa Barbara, CA
June 22-24, 2005

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF MATERIALS IN NUCLEAR SYSTEMS-WATER REACTORS
Salt Lake City, UT
Aug. 14-18, 2005

INTL CONFERENCE ON SILICON CARBIDE AND RELATED MATERIALS
Pittsburgh, PA
Sept. 18-23, 2005

MS&T '05
Pittsburgh, PA
Sept. 25-28, 2005

INTL SYMPOSIUM ON SUPERALLOYS 718, 625, 706 AND DERIVATIVES
Pittsburgh, PA
October 2-5, 2005

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