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TMS CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN DISNEY WORLD
TMS 2007 Conference Attracted Strong Attendance and Sold-Out Exhibit

MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY@TMS DEBUTS AT TMS 2007
Users Tested New On-Line Materials Community in TMS Exhibit Hall

TOP TEN . . .
. . . Moments in Materials History

PLENARY SESSIONS REFLECT ON MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
Invited Speakers Look at 50 Years of Technological Progress

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY WINS FIRST ANNUAL MATERIALS BOWL
Quiz Show Competition Joins Student Activities

OVERHEARD . . .
. . . Out-of-Context Quotes from the Annual Meeting

TMS PRESIDENTS REACH OUT TO GLOBAL MATERIALS COMMUNITY
International Collaboration is a Key Goal for Mishra and Shull

TMS CONTINUES COLLABORATIONS . . .
. . . with New Agreements Signed at TMS Annual Meeting

TMS TRAVELS TO NEW ORLEANS IN 2008
Plans Include International Programming

TMS 2007 Conference Attracted Strong Attendance and Sold-Out Exhibit

By the numbers, the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting, held February 25–March 1 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida, was a success: 4,253 attendees (the third largest attendance in TMS history), 2,126 papers presented, 152 exhibiting companies (a sold-out exhibit), and 6 successful continuing education courses, to name a few highlights.

But the conference was much more than numbers. This year marked the 50-year anniversary of TMS as a member society of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), and to celebrate, TMS held a number of events at the annual meeting, including a special plenary series looking at the past 50 years in MSE, a countdown of the top ten greatest moments in the history of materials, and a special president's reception to honor the society's 50th anniversary.

Another landmark was celebrated at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting: the retirement of long-time TMS Executive Director Alexander Scott. After more than 35 years of service to the society, Scott officially retired from TMS service at the close of the meeting.

This special edition of TMS e-News provides a closer look at some of the meeting's key activities and outcomes. In keeping with the theme, this month's issue of Editors' Choice (right) highlights the seven concurrent proceedings volumes from the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting now available through the TMS Document Center.

Users Tested New On-Line Materials Community in TMS Exhibit Hall

A new tool for distributing technical information, such as that presented at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting, was introduced at this year's conference. Materials Technology@TMS, an on-line community where materials scientists and engineers can meet, discuss technical topics, and download resources, was officially unveiled at the TMS Annual Meeting. Visitors to the JOM booth in the exhibit hall, TMS technical committee meetings, and the volunteer orientation session at the conference got a first taste of the site, its existing offerings, and its possibilities for the future.

Visit the site today to view technical overviews, news, discussions, and resources available for download in the site's six initial technical communities. For example, download PDFs of articles and PowerPoint presentations through the digital resource centers of the magnesium or lead-free solder communities, join a conversation on integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) at the ICME community discussion board, find links to further information and available publications in the materials for nuclear power and superalloys communities, or contribute your own teaching resources to the substantial collection now available through the education community site.

There are a variety of ways to use Materials Technology@TMS for the exchange of resources, discussion, and knowledge. Visit today to both learn from and contribute to this evolving materials science and engineering resource.

TMS members can download materials from the digital resource centers of the six technical communities free of charge. (Note: All non-member, full-conference registrants of the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting receive a one-year complimentary membership to the society, which includes full access to Materials Technology@TMS. Contact TMS for more details on accessing your new member benefits.)

. . . Moments in Materials History

"The hotel nixed the confetti and it's too early for trumpets," said Alexander Scott, now retired executive director of TMS, as he introduced the countdown of the greatest materials moments at an 8 a.m. plenary session during the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting. Nevertheless, the number one moment in materials history was greeted with applause from the 400 or so audience members in attendance. A parade of past presidents of TMS counted down the following top ten moments in materials science and engineering history, as determined by a worldwide vote from materials professionals, students, and the general public:

10. Henry Bessemer patents a bottom-blown acid process for melting low-carbon iron. (1856)

9. Max von Laue discovers the diffraction of x-rays by crystals. (1912)

8. In and around modern Turkey, people discover that liquid copper can be extracted from malachite and azurite and that the molten metal can be cast into different shapes. (estimated 5000 B.C.)

7. Metal workers in south India develop crucible steel making. (estimated 300 B.C.)

6. John Smeaton invents modern concrete (hydraulic cement). (1755)

5. Anton van Leeuwenhoek develops optical microscopy capable of magnifications of 200 times and greater. (estimated 1668)

4. The peoples of northwestern Iran invent glass. (estimated 2200 B.C.)

3. John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, and William Shockley invent the transistor. (1948)

2. Egyptians smelt iron (perhaps as a by-product of copper refining) for the first time, using tiny amounts mostly for ornamental or ceremonial purposes. (estimated 3500 B.C.)

1. Dmitri Mendeleev devises the Periodic Table of Elements. (1864)

Two organizations provided sponsorship support of presentation activities surrounding the moments: EDAX, which sponsored Moment 9, and Thermo-Calc Software, which sponsored Moment 1. Their support of this initiative is gratefully acknowledged.

Visit the Greatest Materials Moments web site or see the March issue of JOM for a pictorial overview of the moments and descriptions of their significance.

Invited Speakers Look at 50 Years of Technological Progress

Fifty years of promoting the materials science and engineering profession is no small achievement. TMS celebrated this milestone in the society's history with a look back at the past 50 years in MSE and a preview of what the next 50 years might bring. To do this, the society recruited seven distinguished individuals, dubbed anniversary laureates, from various branches of materials science and engineering to present plenary talks each morning during the TMS 2007 meeting. Although summarizing 50 years of materials achievement in 20 minutes is no easy task, these anniversary laureates provided thought-provoking historical overviews in these sessions, as well as full papers on the topics in the February issue of JOM, where the speakers' ideas had more room to expand. (These papers can be read on-line using the link below.)

Between 300 and 500 conference attendees gathered for each presentation.The plenary series began with the announcement of the top ten moments in materials and featured the following line-up of anniversary laureate speakers:

• Diran Apelian (pictured), from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, provided a look at the future of MSE.
• James W. Evans, from the University of California at Berkeley, looked at the past 50 years in light metals.
• Jeffrey Wadsworth, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, looked at the evolution of structural materials
• Michael G. King, retired director of Metallurgical Technology for Xstrata Nickel (formerly Falconbridge Limited), discussed 50 years of extractive metallurgy.
• Alan Taub of General Motors Corporation looked at 50 years of technological progress in materials processing and manufacturing
• Stan Williams of Hewlett-Packard focused on 50 years of electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials.
• Julia Weertman, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emerita in Service at Northwestern University, closed the series with a discussion of the evolution of the profession and the professional.

Quiz Show Competition Joins Student Activities

With $2,500 on the line, competition was fierce at the first annual Materials Bowl. Eleven teams of students competed throughout the day on Sunday, February 25, answering questions on materials history, engineering concepts, and TMS. At the end of the day, one team was left standing: the Alchemists from Florida International University.

The championship round, between the Florida International team and the Hill Hall Gurus from the Colorado School of Mines, took place in the evening, prior to the start of the TMS student mixer. For their efforts, the Florida International team (pictured, with 2006 TMS President Brajendra Mishra, left) took home $2,500 and the Materials Bowl trophy; the Colorado School of Mines team received $1,000 for their student chapter for taking second place in the competition.

On Tuesday night, more student attendees took home cash prizes at the second annual TMS Technical Division Student Poster Contest. Top winner Micah Hackett from the University of Michigan took home a $2,500 Best of Show award, a $500 Structural Materials Division Graduate Student Award, and a Student Ambassador Award, which includes the opportunity to travel to Jeju Island, South Korea, for the PRICM-6 conference in November. Gabrielle Gaustad, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was awarded $2,500 in the TMS 50th Anniversary Student Essay Contest for an essay based on her poster competition entry. Eight additional students also took home $500 prizes in each of the five TMS technical divisions' graduate and undergraduate categories.

Funding for student prizes was provided by the TMS technical divisions and the TMS Foundation, which supports the development of students and young professionals for the future of the materials field. More than 780 students attended this year's conference.

. . . Out-of-Context Quotes from the Annual Meeting

We'd love to give you an in-depth re-cap of all the meaty technical discussion, witty observations, and inspiring presentations given at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting, but, quite frankly, we don't have room for it all. So here are a few provocative, completely out-of-context quotes overheard in sessions, hallways, and other meeting activities to get you thinking and give you an idea of the discussions that took place at the conference, from current events to historical overviews to Disney-influenced observations:

"We'll keep teaching non-engineers about materials, not to make more engineers but to make better informed citizens."

"Major scientific experiments are no longer the exclusive domain of the United States."

"This work resulted from us fooling around with a piece of equipment that we liked."

"You can tell I teach a chemistry class—I was just searching for a Periodic Table of Elements on the wall."

"Reactors are good. Are you ready for one in your backyard?"

"There are cranks writing on Wikipedia, but they tend to be writing articles on Britney Spears or Anna Nicole Smith, not materials."

"One thing that is constant over time is human innovation."

"There's plenty of oil around. It's just a matter of how much are you willing to disturb the earth and what are you willing to pay for it?"

"These anniversary talks were the best papers that I've heard in three years."

"Materials scientists don't believe in magic."

"If Cinderella were a materials engineer, she probably would not have chosen glass for her slippers."

International Collaboration is a Key Goal for Mishra and Shull

"TMS has a strategic goal of broadening our engagement with the global materials community. This has been a priority of mine."

These were the words of 2006 TMS President Brajendra Mishra of the Colorado School of Mines, as he prepared to pass on leadership of the society to Bob Shull (pictured) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

This broadening vision of an international materials community was a key component of both leaders' speeches at the Honors and Awards Banquet held at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting.

During Mishra's term, TMS employed information technology to deliver new products and services throughout the world. As examples, he cited four webcasts held in 2006 for more than 500 participants throughout the world and the large-scale Materials Technology@TMS project introduced at the meeting to the global materials community.

For Bob Shull, international collaboration will continue to be a priority. Shull discussed recent TMS collaborations with international society partners to hold conferences both in the United States and internationally. For example, in 2008, TMS is planning to hold one of its own specialty conferences, the third installment in the Processing Materials for Properties series, in Bangkok, Thailand, in cooperation with the Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan and Thailand's National Metals and Materials Technology Center.

Shull, holding up the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to his father, Clifford G. Shull, said, "I bring this here because it represents individual accomplishment, which we should all strive for, and it represents the fact that none of us works alone. . . . This is why collaboration is so important."

. . . with New Agreements Signed at TMS Annual Meeting

In 2006, TMS signed 24 agreements with international partner societies, commercial publishers, and fellow material societies. At this year's conference, TMS continued its collaborative efforts, signing the following agreements:

11th International Symposium on Superalloys 2008
TMS signed on as a partner for the Superalloys 2008 conference, part of an ongoing collaboration among TMS, the TMS High-Temperature Alloys Committee, the Seven Springs International Symposium Committee, and ASM International. Superalloys 2008 will be held September 14–18 at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Champion, Pennsylvania.

Pictured: Bob Shull (right), 2007 TMS president, and Gernant E. Maurer (left), representing the program committee, Seven Springs International Symposium on Superalloys.

Materials Digital Library Pathway
TMS will serve as a professional partner for the National Science Digital Library's Materials Digital Library Pathway (MatDL), which supports and integrates materials education and research at the undergraduate level and above. TMS will provide venues for MatDL review meetings, workshops, and training sessions, as well as other forms of information dissemination.

Chinese Society for Metals
TMS signed a membership agreement with the Chinese Society for Metals (CSM), through which members of CSM can take advantage of the new TMS international e-member one grade, which provides electronic TMS membership benefits to CSM members at a reduced cost. Similar agreements have already been signed with the Indian Institute of Metals, the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and Materials Australia.

Also during the conference, TMS held meetings with leaders of ASM International and the American Ceramic Society on future collaboration in public and governmental affairs and with the MS&T steering committee to discuss plans for future conferences in the collaborative Materials Science and Technology series.

Plans Include International Programming

Plans have already begun for the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting, to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 9–13. Among the many offerings planned for this meeting are several international events. First, TMS is organizing a symposium on materials for infrastructure in cooperation with the Chinese Society for Metals and the Indian Institute of Metals. The 2008 meeting will also host the first Global Materials Forum of the International Organization of Materials, Metals & Minerals Societies (IOMMMS) on the topic of creating the future MSE professional. The TMS Public & Governmental Affairs committee will also join with the Federation of European Materials Societies to present a symposium on materials for societal needs.

The 2008 TMS Annual Meeting will also feature traditional programming developed by TMS technical committees and proposed by members of the materials community. The 2008 program is still under development, and symposium proposals can be submitted through the CMS-Plus web site.

Planning has also begun for the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting Exhibition, and exhibit spaces are already filling up. To reserve your space, contact Arlene Frances, exhibits and advertising sales representative at TMS.

See you in New Orleans!

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EDITORS' CHOICE

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

TMS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS: " Aluminum Alloys for Transportation, Packaging, Aerospace, and Other Applications " by Subodh K. Das and Weimin Yin, editors
The focus of this book is the study of the physical and mechanical metallurgy of aluminum alloys produced by processing methods. It addresses progress in research, development, testing, and application of aluminum sheet, plate, extrusions, forgings, and other products in end uses. Those applications include transportation, such as automotive, aerospace, and marine; packaging; and other key areas. [READ]

TMS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS: " Friction Stir Welding IV " by Rajiv S. Mishra, Murray W. Mahoney, Thomas J. Lienert, and Kumar V. Jata, editors
Friction stir welding has seen significant growth in both technology implementation and scientific exploration. This book covers all aspects of friction stir welding and processing, from fundamentals to design and applications. It also includes an update on the current research issues in the field of friction stir welding and a guide for further research. [READ]

TMS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS: " Innovations in Titanium Technology " by Mehmet N. Gungor, M. Ashraf Imam, and F.H. (Sam) Froes, editors
This publication addresses the latest developments and breakthroughs in all areas of science and engineering of titanium technology that aim to reduce the cost of titanium for end users. The broad areas covered include extractive metallurgy, melting, casting and refining practices, powder processing and handling, deformation processing, alloy development, and microstructure and property enhancement through secondary processing. [READ]

TMS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS: " Light Metals 2007 " by Morten Sorlie, editor
Light Metals 2007 presents the most up-to-date information on the state of primary aluminum science and technology. Its mixture of practical applied technology and hard science is of invaluable benefit to the global aluminum industry as it strives to cut costs and increase profitability. Areas covered include alumina and bauxite, aluminum reduction technology, cast shop technology, electrode technology (formerly carbon technology), and recycling and waste processing (light metals sessions). In the light metals industry, aluminum will always have serious competition from other materials. It is most important to continue cutting costs, improving aluminum alloys and materials, and finding new growth segments for end use. This book advances that cause. [READ]

TMS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS: " Magnesium Technology 2007 " by Randy S. Beals, Alan A. Luo, Neale R. Neelameggham, and Mihriban O. Pekguleryuz, editors
The 2007 edition of Magnesium Technology covers a wide variety of areas, including recycling and environmental, casting and solidification, wrought alloys and forming processes, welding and joining, corrosion and coatings, automotive and other applications, microstructure and properties, thermodynamics and fundamental research, and alloy development. [READ]

TMS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS: " Materials Processing under the Influence of External Fields " by Qingyou Han, Gerard M. Ludtka, and Qiije Zhai, editors
This book covers several key areas in relation to materials processing under the influence of external fields, such as physical phenomena, analytical and numerical models, experimental studies, physical modeling, and the development of new processes. The external fields impacting materials processing include electrical, magnetic, and acoustic. Specific processing areas focused on in the book are molten materials processing, solidification processing, and solid state materials processing. [READ]

TMS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS: " Shape Casting: Second International Symposium " by Paul N. Crepeau, Murat Tiryakioglu, and John Campbell, editors
This book provides an international update on the research and development that has taken place in the design and production of high-quality castings. It includes comprehensive coverage of high-quality castings, gating system design, process modeling, mechanical behavior, and structure-process-property relationships. In addition, it explores in-depth the latest casting innovations in quality, reliability, and process design. Topics covered include design of filling and feeding systems, modeling of casting processes, liquid metal processing, new and innovative casting processes, structure-process-property relationships, residual stresses in castings (both experiment and modeling), solidification and microstructure of cast alloys, and case studies (illustrating process design and/or quality improvement for high-quality castings). [READ]

Programs, on-line registration, and more:

Offshore Technology Conference 2010 (OTC .10)
Houston, Texas
May 3-6, 2010

Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop (LAM 2010)
Houston, Texas
May 11-12, 2010

15th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (ICMOVPE 2010)
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
May 23-28, 2010

Copper 2010
Hamburg, Germany
June 6-10, 2010

Electronic Materials Conference 2010 (EMC 2010)
Notre Dame, Indiana
June 23-26, 2010

1st TMS-ABM International Materials Congress
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
July 26-30, 2010

7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (PRICM 7)
Cairns, Australia
August 1-5, 2010

Uranium 2010 Conference
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
August 15-18, 2010

10th International Conference on Steel Rolling (ICSR)
Beijing, China
September 15-17, 2010

Lead-Zinc 2010 (in conjunction with Conference of Metallurgists [COM 2010])
Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 3-6, 2010

7th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 & Derivatives
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
October 10-13, 2010

Materials Science & Technology 2010 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'10)
Abstracts due: 3/15/2010
Houston, Texas
October 17-21, 2010

International Conference on Advanced Steels 2010 (ICAS 2010)
Abstracts due: 5/31/2010
Guilin City, Guangxi, China
November 9-11, 2010

TMS 2011 Annual Meeting
Abstracts due: 7/15/2010
San Diego, California
February 27 - March 3, 2011

Offshore Tehcnology Conference 2011 (OTC.2011)
Houston, Texas
May 2-5, 2011

6th International Conference on High Strength Low Alloy Steels - HSLA Steels 2011
Abstracts due: 7/30/2010
Beijing, China
May 31 - June 2, 2011

15th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors
Colorado Springs, Colorado
August 7-11, 2011

TRANSFAC 2011 - International Conference on Innovative Solutions for the Advancement of the Transport Industry
Detroit, Michigan
September 18-21, 2011

Materials Science & Technology 2011 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'11)
Columbus, Ohio
October 16-20, 2011

TMS 2012 Annual Meeting
Abstracts due: 7/15/2011
Orlando, Florida
March 11-15, 2012

Offshore Technology Conference 2012 (OTC.2012)
Houston, Texas
April 30 - May 3, 2012

Superalloys 2012: Twelfth International Symposium on Superalloys
Champion, Pennsylvania
September 9-13, 2012

2013 TMS Annual Meeting
San Antonio, Texas
March 3-7, 2013

TMS 2014 Annual Meeting
San Diego, California
February 16-20, 2014

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