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BREAKFAST SPEAKER OUTLINES SOCIETIES' ROLE . . .
. . . in Improving Women's Opportunities in Science and Engineering

TOWN HALL MEETING ON ICME . . .
. . . Provides Forum on Emerging Technology at TMS 2007

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. . . at TMS 2007 Annual Meeting

COMMERCIALIZATION OF NANOMATERIALS RETURNS . . .
. . . in November 2007

AIME LOOKS TO THE FUTURE . . .
. . . with a Focus on Awards and On-Line Access to Resources

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TMS ANNOUNCES 2007 YOUNG LEADER INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS:
Ellen Cerreta and Aladar Csontos

HOW TO . . .
. . . Find Proceedings from MS&T Conferences

WASHINGTON NEWS FROM THE FEDERATION OF MATERIALS SOCIETIES
Despite Grim Outlook, S&T Champions Urge Action

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW . . .
. . . Reminders and Announcements for December

. . . in Improving Women's Opportunities in Science and Engineering

Professional societies can play a key role in leveling the playing field for women in science and engineering, according to Abigail Stewart. Stewart plans to discuss specific ideas on how that can happen at the second annual TMS Women in Science breakfast, to be held Monday, February 26, at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting. Stewart is principal investigator on an institutional transformation grant funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation's ADVANCE program at the University of Michigan, which aims to improve the recruitment and retention of women faculty in science and engineering.

Stewart's talk, "Advancing Women in Science and Engineering," will outline specific actions that professional societies can take to improve the role of women in their organizations. The talk is open to all attendees of the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Breakfast will be provided. The first Women in Science breakfast was held at the TMS 2006 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Approximately 90 women (and men) attended the event, where they had the opportunity to meet and socialize with other female members of the society.

. . . Provides Forum on Emerging Technology at TMS 2007

Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME), which seeks to combine resources and share knowledge in computational materials, will be well-represented at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting with symposia, workshops, and a town-hall meeting that will put attendees in touch with leaders at the forefront of this emerging field.

The National Materials Advisory Board of the U.S. National Academies recently formed a committee on ICME charged with developing a strategy to facilitate innovation in computational materials; improving the sharing of knowledge among researchers, developers, and designers; and identifying gaps in knowledge and understanding. Members of this committee will host a town hall meeting at TMS 2007 to discuss ICME needs, results, and issues and to offer attendees the chance to provide their own input on this project.

The annual meeting will also include the one-day symposium ICME: Lessons from Many Fields and the session Cyberinfrastructure to Cyberdiscovery for Materials Science, which will report the results of a workshop sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The ICME activities at the TMS Annual Meeting will complement the meeting's extensive coverage of computational materials methods. The TMS 2007 Annual Meeting will be held February 25–March 1 in Orlando, Florida. Advance registration for the conference ends January 29.

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. . . at TMS 2007 Annual Meeting

TMS has expanded its traditional at-meeting continuing education offerings this year to include short courses, tutorials, and workshops at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting. Cost, length, and format vary for each course; more details are available through the links below.

The following continuing education options will be offered in conjunction with TMS 2007:

• Principles and Elements of Aluminum Cell Design and Magnetics, a two-day short course
• New Approaches in Materials and Manufacturing Education, a one-day short course
• Biology for Materials Scientists and Engineers, a one-day tutorial
• Neutron Scattering 101 for Structural Materials Researchers, a one-day tutorial that is part of the National Science Foundation's Advanced Neutron Scattering netWork for Education and Research (ANSWER) series
• Furnace Systems Technology Workshop, a three-day workshop featuring presentations by 11 companies
• State-of-the-Art Lead-Free Solder Technology Workshop, a one-day workshop that includes technology reviews and identifies gaps for future needs (free to full-conference registrants)

. . . in November 2007

Building on the success of the 2006 conference, TMS and its collaborators have scheduled Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007 to be held November 11–13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This event brings together Fortune 500 companies that can make high-volume production of nanomaterials a reality; emerging nanomaterials companies introducing products to the market; university research centers transferring nanomaterials knowledge; and government laboratories supporting the development of nanotechnologies.

Abstracts for the conference are now being accepted. Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007 is being organized by TMS, the American Ceramic Society, American Chemistry Council, Pennsylvania Initiative for Nanotechnology, and Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center.

. . . with a Focus on Awards and On-Line Access to Resources

The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), of which TMS is a member society, held strategic planning sessions for the first time in several years to crystallize the institute's future mission and goals.

Among the outcomes of these sessions were plans to streamline and enhance the AIME awards and scholarships documentation and processes. This allows the institute to continue its tradition of recognizing top contributors to the field and supporting promising young students. At the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting, three TMS members will be honored with AIME awards. Alan Lawley will be named an AIME Honorary Member; Robert H. Wagoner will receive the AIME Distinguished Service Award; and John P. Hager will receive the AIME James Douglas Gold Medal.

In addition, AIME staff continues to archive important information and improve navigation on the institute's website. Specificially, the staff will be digitizing AIME Transactions from 1871–1970 and making them available to members all over the world through a link from member society websites. This information is expected to be available by December 2007.

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Ellen Cerreta and Aladar Csontos

Ellen Cerreta and Aladar Csontos have been selected to serve as the TMS ambassadors to the 2007 Young Leaders International Scholar Program. Launched in 2006, this program provides funds for young professional members of TMS to travel to meetings of the Japan Institute of Metals (JIM) to present research, attend lectures, and tour technical facilities.

Cerreta, vice chair of the TMS Young Leaders Committee, is a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Csontos, chair of the TMS Young Leaders Committee, is materials engineer and chemical degradation of engineered barriers team leader at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. Cerreta and Csontos will attend the 2007 Spring Meeting of JIM in March at Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan.

In return, TMS will host its first international scholar at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Yoshikazu Todaka, a research associate at the Toyohashi University of Technology, will represent JIM at the TMS meeting.

. . . Find Proceedings from MS&T Conferences

The materials science and engineering community can now access published proceedings from the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) conference series at the on-line MS&T Document Center, a site devoted entirely to electronic papers and print collections published in conjunction with the MS&T conference series. So far, the complete collection of published papers from the 2005 and 2006 conferences can be purchased through the site.

The site works similarly to the TMS Document Center in that anyone can make a purchase, but members must log in to receive their member discount. TMS members can begin their search of the MS&T document archive by clicking on the MS&T Document Center link below, clicking the Member Login button, and then clicking beneath the TMS logo to log in to the system. Members will be asked to key in their TMS username (TMS member number) and password (birthdate). This is the same log-in required for other TMS web sites, such as the Members-Only area, the TMS Document Center, and CMS-Plus. Once logged in to the site, visitors will be able to purchase books and papers at member prices. Users can browse proceedings by year and symposium title to view a listing of all the papers published from a particular symposium, or they can perform a more detailed search by paper title, author, or keyword for specific articles.

Despite Grim Outlook, S&T Champions Urge Action

Amid growing expectations that Congress may opt for a year-long continuing resolution which would leave federal funding levels at fiscal year (FY) 2006 levels, the leadership of the House Science Committee continues to push for enactment of some version of the President's American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI). Incoming Chair Bart Gordon (D-TN) has made clear his intention to focus on initiatives in R&D and education to meet the objectives of the National Academies' report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm.

Just before leaving Washington, retiring Committee Chair Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) wrote a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Rob Portman urging that the FY2008 budget to be presented in February "will be at levels appropriate for a second year of ACI implementation. We can't slow the rate of increase . . . even though Congress did not complete its work on appropriations." In addition to calling for additional funding for the National Science Foundation's basic research and education programs, Boehlert urged attention to the research needs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): "If we don't want to be surprised by environmental problems, and the consequent expense of remedying problems we have ignored, we need to invest in research now." Boehlert also said, "One area particularly in need of additional emphasis, at EPA and across the science agencies, is research on the potential environmental and health consequences of nanotechnology. Industry and environmental groups have been pressing for such work, and the time to undertake it is now before problems occur and a polarized debate develops on the issue." Addressing funding for the Department of Energy, Boehlert urged "adequate funding for the President's Advanced Energy Initiative. For that initiative to be effective, it must be more than a catchy repackaging of existing efforts moving forward at the current pace." Boehlert also said that "the Administration needs to rethink its Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). The focus should be on small-scale, incremental technology demonstrations rather than massive commercial facilities that get ahead of the science and ignore the economics of reprocessing."

. . . Reminders and Announcements for December

Vote for Material Moments
Voting for the top moments in materials science and engineering history is coming to a close. Cast your vote today for your favorite materials moments. A countdown of the winning moments will begin in the February issue of JOM, with the top ten to be announced at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on February 26. Voting ends January 5.

TMS Membership Dues Renewal and IOM³ Affiliate Memberships
Ensure uninterrupted access to TMS member benefits by renewing your TMS membership today for 2007. Dues renewals can be completed quickly on-line, using the link below.

As you renew your membership for 2007, keep in mind that affiliate memberships are available to London's Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (IOM³). Affiliate membership in IOM³ provides access to full-text articles in 15 society journals, including Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and Bioceramics, which provides international coverage of high-quality research on functional ceramics, engineering ceramics (including ceramic-matrix composites and glass ceramics), and bioceramics. For more on journals available through IOM³, visit the link below.

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EDITORS' CHOICE

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

DECEMBER JOM: " 2006 Engineering Salaries: Finding the Facts on Paper and On-Line " by Maureen Byko
Engineers who want to gather salary information have an abundance of options. Salary surveys. Personal salary calculators. Online job services. All the salary data an engineer could hope for seems to have been gathered by someone, somewhere. How much of that information is available to the public is limited only by how much time or money the curious are willing to spend. Some sources are engineering-specific, while others help job hunters from any field. Depending on the detail requested, the information can be free or can cost more than $100. This article presents highlights from salary surveys in print and on-line. [READ]

DECEMBER JOM: " The 3-D Computational Modeling of Shear-Dominated Ductile Failure in Steel " by Franck J. Vernerey, et al.
This paper presents recent advances in the computational analysis of the failure mechanisms in high-strength steel. Computational issues are described regarding modeling of the geometry, distribution, and material behavior of the dispersed phases present in the microstructure of steel. The investigation of the failure mechanisms using computational cell model methodology in two and three dimensions is then presented with an emphasis on microvoid-induced shear failure occurring at the scale of submicrometer grain-refining carbide precipitates. The failure of a three-dimensional particle cluster extracted from tomographic analysis of an engineering alloy is simulated. Finally the cell model results are used to simulate the failure of the material at the macro-scale. [READ]

DECEMBER JOM: " The Visualization of Defect Formation During Casting Process " by Brian G. Thomas and Joydeep Sengupta
As the demand for higher-quality components increases, a variety of casting defects that compromise final-product integrity continues to challenge both scientists and engineers. Understanding the defect-formation mechanisms is challenging because casting processes involve complex interactions between a multitude of transient physical phenomena such as heat transfer, mass transport, fluid flow, solidification, microstructural evolution, and thermal distortion. State-of-the-art methods to investigate the formation of casting defects include in-situ observation and sophisticated computer simulations. Visualizing the results using video animations is a powerful tool for understanding multi-dimensional, transient phenomena. The articles introduced in this commentary feature animations of the results from ongoing efforts around the world to gain new insights into the formation of a variety of defects in steel and aluminum castings. [READ]

NOVEMBER JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS: " Electromigration Effects on Intermetallic Growth at Wire-Bond Interfaces " by H.T. Orchard and A.L. Greer
At a bimetallic interface, excessive intermetallic growth can cause device failure. For each intermetallic phase, a direct current flowing normal to the interface can change its thickening rate, increasing the rate for current in one direction and decreasing it for the reverse direction. In this paper, we present electrical resistance measurements on single wire-bond/bond-pad interfaces under the influence of current. Resistance increases are correlated with the growth of intermetallics observed in cross sections of the wire bonds, providing a sensitive probe of microstructural evolution. The form of resistance change is clearly altered under applied current and depends on polarity. The resistance changes demonstrate key aspects of the effects of electromigration on intermetallic growth, but a fully quantitative interpretation of the changes is hampered by the appearance of more than one intermetallic phase and by the development of voids. [READ]

Programs, on-line registration, and more:

TMS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING
Orlando, FL
Feb. 25–Mar. 1, 2007

MICROALLOYED STEELS: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
Kolkata, India
Mar. 9–11, 2007

SIMC-XIV
Fayetteville, AR
May 15–20, 2007

11th WORLD CONF. ON TITANIUM
Kyoto, Japan
June 3–7, 2007

MG-BROAD HORIZONS 2007
St. Petersburg, Russia
June 6–8, 2007

EUROPEAN METALLURGICAL CONF. 2007
Dusseldorf, Germany
June 11–14, 2007

EMC 2007
Notre Dame, IN
June 20–22, 2007

ALUMINIUM CASTHOUSE TECHNOLOGY, 10th AUSTRALASIAN CONF.
Sydney, Australia
August 5–8, 2007

4th INT'L VERY HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE CONF.
Ann Arbor, MI
Aug. 19–22, 2007

13th INT'L CONF. ON ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS
Whistler, Canada
Aug. 19–23, 2007

COPPER 2007
Toronto, Canada
Aug. 25–30, 2007

EUROMAT 2007
Nuremberg, Germany
Sept. 10–13, 2007

MS&T '07
Detroit, MI
Sept. 16–20, 2007

2007 PRECIOUS METALS SYMPOSIUM
Tucson, AZ
Oct. 3–6, 2007

PRICM 6
Abstracts Due: Jan. 15, 2007
Jeju Island, Korea
Nov. 6–9, 2007

COMMERCIALIZATION OF NANOMATERIALS 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 11–13, 2007

TMS 2008 ANNUAL MEETING
New Orleans, LA
Mar. 9–13, 2008

15th INT'L CONF. ON TEXTURES OF MATL'S
Pittsburgh, PA
June 1–5, 2008

SUPERALLOYS 2008
Champion, PA
Sept. 14–18, 2008

REWAS 2008
Cancun, Mexico
Oct. 12–15, 2008

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