TABLE OF CONTENTS

NSF AWARDS $60,000 GRANT . . .
. . . to the Materials Technology@TMS Education Community

HOW TO . . .
. . . Prepare for Fall Semester Materials Courses

FROM OUR SPONSOR: KEYENCE
Digital Microscope Industry Application Guides

SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE . . .
. . . and Win Prizes in Educational Resource Competition

JOM PAPER MAKES HOT LIST
April 2006 Article Among Top 0.1% of Cited Papers

FROM OUR SPONSOR: ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION
EBSD: The NEW Analytical Solution for Steel

TMS INTRODUCES KNOWLEDGE PACKAGES
New Offering Groups Related Resources into a Single Product

RECOGNIZE A WORTHY COLLEAGUE
TMS Invites Nominations for Society-Level Awards

SLOAN FOUNDATION SEEKS JUNIOR FACULTY RESEARCHERS . . .
. . . for $45,000 Industry Studies Fellowships

FROM OUR SPONSOR: DEVELOP LONG-TERM CARE PLANNING STRATEGIES TODAY . . .
. . . to Protect your Assets, Retirement Savings and Income in the FUTURE

WASHINGTON NEWS FROM THE FEDERATION OF MATERIALS SOCIETIES
National Action Plan for STEM Education

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW . . .
. . . Conference Deadlines and Reminders for August

. . . to the Materials Technology@TMS Education Community

This month, the Materials Technology@TMS web site receives the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) stamp of approval in the form of a $60,000 grant to support the evolution of the site's Education Community. Launched in February, the on-line education community is dedicated to the sharing of resources among materials science and engineering educators.

"A primary focus of the NSF is to improve education, from K–12 to the graduate level," said Warren H. Hunt, Jr., TMS executive director. "The Materials Technology@TMS Education site can assist in providing a home for materials education resources focused initially on supporting undergraduate teaching in materials science and engineering."

The goal of the Education Community is to enhance undergraduate and graduate teaching by providing readily accessible, well-documented, and peer-reviewed resources that can supplement lectures and demonstrations. While the current resources at the Materials Technology@TMS education community are significant, the site is still in its early stages, and the NSF funding will help the community to further grow and expand.

To learn how educators can use and contribute to the site, see the "How To" and "Share Your Expertise" articles in this issue of TMS e-News.

. . . Prepare for Fall Semester Materials Courses

As the fall semester begins, the TMS Education Committee has identified several resources that can help professors in preparing courses in materials science and engineering.

First, through the Materials Technology@TMS Education Community, professors can browse the more than 275 resources available through the site's Digital Resource Center. This center includes collections of videos, animations, course notes, and tutorials that can be accessed freely by TMS members and can be used to enhance traditional classroom lectures and student assignments. (Click here for an example of digital resources available for teaching solidification and casting.) To access these and other resources, visit the Education Community link below to be directed to the site's Digital Resource Center. Anyone can browse the available resources, but only TMS members can download specific items. To do this, members must first log in to the site.

In addition to these resources, TMS is planning to hold two interactive webinars in the fall that can be worked into professors' course plans. The first of these, Materials Science and Policy for Environmentally Benign Electronics, will be held on September 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time and can be used as a classroom supplement on sustainability issues. Professors may purchase a connection to the webinar at the discounted academic rate of $129, through which an entire classroom can listen to presentations and participate in a question and answer session with presenters.

Also, TMS has recently released several downloadable webcasts that can act as virtual guest lecturers for the classroom. Webcasts can be downloaded through the on-line TMS Document Center for $79, and, once purchased, can be played and re-played at any time.

Visit the links below to further explore these teaching tools.

Digital Microscope Industry Application Guides

Digital microscope technology is changing the way microscopic images are created, displayed and processed. Three 16-page volumes describe and illustrate successful industrial applications using a problem/solution approach. Incorporating advancements, unavailable with conventional microscopes, the new Keyence VHX-600 Digital Microscope, an "all-in-one" design, provides benefits such as a high depth-of-field, 3D Image Composition and manipulation, calibrated topographic displays and on-screen measurements. Newly developed algorithms optimize illumination, image display and suppress glare. Download Guides.

. . . and Win Prizes in Educational Resource Competition

TMS has established five new Educational Resource Awards that will recognize and reward valuable resource contributions to the Materials Technology@TMS Education Community. All TMS members are welcome to compete for the awards, and contributions by early faculty and young professional members are especially encouraged. The new awards have been established in the five technical division areas in which TMS works: Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials; Extraction & Processing; Light Metals; Materials Processing & Manufacturing; and Structural Materials.

Applicants are to submit a slide presentation (40-50 minute equivalent) along with a 200-word abstract, associated notes, and questions and answers that contain subject matter relevant to one of the five TMS Technical Divisions. The resources/presentations will be evaluated on their technical merit and their contribution to broadening the existing education resources for classroom use and professional development.

One award recipient will be chosen from each technical division to receive a registration waiver to the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting, on-line recognition, and an award certificate. From these five division winners, one winner will be selected to receive the TMS/University Materials Council Education Resource Award, which will include a $500 travel honorarium to attend the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting, on-line recognition, and an award certificate.

Submissions are due October 31, 2007, and the five division winners will be announced on December 12.

April 2006 Article Among Top 0.1% of Cited Papers

A paper published in the April 2006 issue of JOM appeared on the July 2007 Essential Science Indicators list of "Hot Papers in Science." Hot papers are those that are cited among the top one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) in a bimonthly period. "Producing Bulk Ultrafine-Grained Materials by Severe Plastic Deformation," a paper by Ruslan Z. Valiev, Yuri Estrin, Zenji Horita, Terence G. Langdon, Michael J. Zechetbauer, and Yuntian T. Zhu, achieved this honor in the Materials Science category for July.

"In the authors' opinion, the paper is highly cited because it is devoted to the rapidly growing and up-to-date subject of nanostructuring of metals and alloys by means of severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques," said Valiev in an interview with Essential Science Indicators. "The paper also introduces and discusses some essential terms and definitions. The problem of precise term meanings has always been important for scientists and researchers, especially in the context of a new and developing branch of knowledge."

TMS members and JOM subscribers can read the entire paper free-of-charge through the link below by logging in to the Springer site or by viewing the April 2006 issue of Page-Turning JOM. Nonmembers can use the links below to purchase access to the article.

EBSD: The NEW Analytical Solution for Steel

EDAX offers a complete suite of EBSD materials characterization tools that provide value for the development, production, and quality control of steel products. The Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM™) software from EDAX images and characterizes steel microstructures to accurately determine retained austenite content, identify inclusions, quantify phases, measure texture, and perform orientation mapping. The fine spatial resolution of EBSD is a function of the analytical probe size of the SEM for the given material. Only EBSD can accurately characterize the orientation and phase content of the steel microstructure on the scale of 10's to 100's of nanometers and relate it to chemical or materials properties. For more information regarding OIM™ and other EDAX products, contact us at 201-529-4880 or via E-mail at info.edax@ametek.com.

New Offering Groups Related Resources into a Single Product

This month, TMS introduces Knowledge Packages, which bundle related resources together for a single discounted price. The first of these new packages is Radiation Materials Science Resources, a package that includes the TMS webcast "Radiation Materials Science: An Introduction to Materials Processes under Irradiation" and the new book Fundamentals of Radiation Science, published by Springer. Both the book and webcast are by Gary Was, professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. By purchasing the two products as a package, buyers receive a 30% discount off the regular price of both products.

This is the first in a new initiative to collect related products and compile them for a single price. To purchase the Radiation Materials Science Resources package, visit the new books section of the on-line TMS Document Center. The price is $139 for TMS members and students and $149 for nonmembers.

TMS Invites Nominations for Society-Level Awards

Each year, TMS honors outstanding members of the materials science and engineering community with awards for various achievements and service to the field. To distribute these awards, TMS relies on its members to recommend qualified candidates. TMS offers 11 professional awards at the society level, meaning that the awards are granted by TMS as a whole and not affiliated with any particular division. Nominations for these awards are due by October 31.

Awards honor such varying contributions as success in technology transfer, publication of an outstanding paper, service to TMS, contributions to education, leadership in the materials community, and accomplishments in specific fields of technology. Some awards, such as that of TMS Fellow, honor professionals who have served long and distinguished careers, while others, such as the Robert Lansing Hardy award, honor young professionals showing exceptional promise.

While requirements differ for each award, most require submission of a nomination form, a current biography, and letters of endorsement for the nominee. Winning nominees will be notified in July 2008, and awards will be given at the TMS 2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California.

. . . for $45,000 Industry Studies Fellowships

The Sloan Foundation is seeking nominations of qualified academic candidates for the Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships. These Fellowships provide support and recognition for junior faculty conducting research in industry studies. The size of the award is $45,000 for a two-year period.

To qualify as industry studies research, a candidate's scholarship should demonstrate significant personal investment in developing an understanding of the markets, firms, and institutions that characterize a particular industry. Generally this involves the integration of direct observation with appropriate theory and analysis. Therefore, the role of direct observation should be evident in the research of any fellowship candidate, as reflected in the selection of the topics addressed, the methodologies employed, related analysis, and/or the interpretation of findings. The candidate's research may be multidisciplinary or it may contribute to a single discipline; however, narrowly technical research within a single discipline will not usually qualify as industry studies.

The deadline for nominations is October 15, 2007. Candidates must be nominated by a senior scholar; direct applications are not accepted. Visit the link below for more information.

. . . to Protect your Assets, Retirement Savings and Income in the FUTURE

Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance allows you to remain independent of government assistance and from relying on loved ones to provide your care.

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society realizes the importance of long-term care planning and is pleased to offer a valuable LTC Insurance program to its members. The group buying power of the TMS Members' Insurance Program was used to negotiate special group discounts, exclusive to TMS.

You shouldn't make this type of decision alone, which is why we are happy to provide "A Shopper's Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance" as the first step in helping you to understand LTC Insurance. This guide was specifically designed to give you straightforward information on LTC Insurance, including the advantages of the LTC program and information on how the program works.

To request your copy of "A Shoppers Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance" please call Selman & Company, the TMS Members' Insurance program plan administrator, toll-free at 1-800-556-7614.

National Action Plan for STEM Education

The National Science Board of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has just released a draft action plan to address critical needs in the nation's STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education system. Two overarching actions stressed in the plan are increasing coordination of STEM education—both horizontally among states and vertically through grade levels—and increasing the supply of qualified K-12 STEM teachers. It calls on Congress and U.S. President George W. Bush to enact a law chartering a new, independent, non-Federal National Council for STEM Education to coordinate and facilitate STEM programs. Other coordination activity recommendations include:

• Creation of a standing Committee on STEM Education within the National Science and Technology Council at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, with the responsibility to coordinate all Federal STEM education programs
• Creation of a new assistant secretary position in the Department of Education, charged with coordinating the department's efforts in STEM education and interacting with stakeholders outside the department
• Development of a national roadmap to improve P-16 STEM education, led by the NSF

. . . Conference Deadlines and Reminders for August

Materials Science & Technology 2007 (MS&T '07)
September 16–20
Detroit, Michigan
Housing Reservation Deadline: August 24
Advance Registration Deadline: September 7
To get the best prices on housing and registration for MS&T '07, make your housing arrangements and complete your meeting registration as soon as possible. This year's conference presents a single integrated technical program by TMS, ASM International, the American Ceramic Society, and the Association for Iron and Steel Technology.

7th International Conference of Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-7)
September 16–21
Las Vegas, Nevada
Advance Registration Deadline: August 27
Nearly 700 presentations are planned for the ICNS-7 conference, which will be held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. To receive the discounted advance registration rate, attendees must register for the conference no later than Monday, August 27.

Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007
November 11–13
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Student Poster Submission Deadline: September 26
New to this year's Commercialization of NanoMaterials Conference is a student poster competition for nanomaterials research work with suggested opportunities for commercial application. Three winners will be selected with a grand prize of $1,000. Poster abstracts can be submitted through the on-line CMS-Plus conference management system.

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EDITORS' CHOICE

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

August JOM: " The Science of Sound: Examining the Role of Materials in Musical Instruments " by Kelly Roncone Zappas
Wood may never be replaced as the material of choice for violins, and there may never be a more appropriate material than brass for constructing trumpets and horns. Still, instrument makers use materials as a way to differentiate their products from others, and even traditional craftspeople have been known to tinker with advanced materials for better sound quality—if only in the details of an instrument. From wind instruments to violins, scientists and musical instrument makers continue to test the use of traditional materials, while looking for ways to integrate new ones. This article can be read free-of-charge through the JOM web site. [READ]

August JOM: " The Real-Time, High-Resolution X-Ray Video Microscopy of Solidification in Aluminum Alloys " by Lars Arnberg and Ragnvald H. Mathiesen
The directional solidification of thin alloy sheets in a Bridgman furnace has been studied by x-radiography using high-brilliance synchrotron x-radiation in combination with a low-noise, fast-readout camera. Spatial resolutions down to 1.5 µm and a temporal resolution of about 0.15 s have permitted real-time video microscopy of microstructural evolution during columnar and equiaxed dendrite growth and eutectic and monotectic growth. The technique has also allowed for direct observations of important solidification phenomena such as dendrite fragmentation and porosity formation, primarily in aluminium alloys. As a result, insights have been gained into mechanisms of dendrite fragmentation, criteria for dendrite tip kinetics and interface stability during transient growth, and microstructure formation mechanisms during monotectic solidification. The results are expected to be important for validation of dendrite growth models. This paper presents a review of the technique as well as examples of images obtained during solidification of aluminum alloys. [READ]

August JOM: " USAMP Magnesium Powertrain Cast Components: Fundamental Research Summary " by Randy S. Beals, et al.
The Magnesium Powertrain Cast Components (MPCC) Project is an effort, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Automotive Materials Partnership (USAMP), to demonstrate the readiness of magnesium for use in powertrain applications by testing a set of magnesium-intensive engines which were designed, cast, and assembled. A second MPCC goal is to promote new and strengthen existing magnesium scientific research in North America. The project investigated several of the newly developed high-temperature (creep-resistant) magnesium alloys, which will potentially experience service conditions in the temperature range of 150–200°C and about 50–110 MPa in stresses (typical powertrain). However, the mechanical and physical behaviors of these new alloys are not fully understood. This article outlines MPCC-supported fundamental scientific research into the workings of these new alloys. The areas of research are: phase equilibrium and computational thermodynamics, creep deformation mechanisms, corrosion, hot tearing, and alloy recycling. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Education Community: " Video Microscopy of Solidification: A Teaching Supplement to the August 2007 JOM " by Cathy Rohrer and Todd Osman
This article looks at the video supplements available on-line to complement the August issue of JOM and provides a list of examples of videos and other resources available through the Education Community's Digital Resource Center that can be useful to educators teaching an Introduction to Materials Science Engineering Course. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Community: " Thermo-Calc Software: Delivering Tools for Thermodynamic and Diffusion Simulations–A Fundamental Component of ICME " by Paul Mason
This article provides a brief summary of how computational thermodynamics and computational kinetics relates to the broader context of ICME, offers a few specific examples of how Thermo-Calc and DICTRA are used in the realm of alloy development and characterization, and also how these software packages are being used in conjunction with other software, thus exemplifying some of the aims of ICME and Materials Informatics through the integration of different software and modeling methodologies along the length scale. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Lead-Free Solders Community: " Is Lead-Free Enough for Electronic Products? " by Todd Osman
Environmental and human health issues continue to affect the global electronics industries, which has led manufacturers to increase awareness of legislation in all markets. This article discusses some of the issues involved and previews the TMS webinar, Materials Science and Policy for Environmentally Benign Electronics, which will take place on September 27. [READ]

Materials Tehnology@TMS: Magnesium Community: " JOM Spotlight on Magnesium Fundamental Research " by Lynne Karabin
This paper reviews the magnesium coverage presented in the August issue of JOM and presents links to more information on similar topics available through the Materials Technology@TMS Magnesium Community web site. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Materials for Nuclear Power Community: " Nuclear Materials Research at the University of Wisconsin " by Todd Allen
The Nuclear Materials Group at the University of Wisconsin is investigating radiation damage and corrosion for materials to be used in nuclear reactor systems. This article provides an overview and links to detailed summaries on the Wisconsin group's current research projects. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Superalloys Community: " Superalloy Raw Materials Costs Rising " by Lynne Karabin
The August spotlight article addresses an issue of increasing importance for the development of new alloys. The focus of this article is on the costs of rhenium and ruthenium, elements known to confer beneficial effects on the properties of the nickel-based superalloys. [READ]

Programs, on-line registration, and more:

Processing Materials for Properties-III (PMP-III)
Bangkok, Thailand
December 7-10, 2008

2nd International Conference on Thermomechanical Simulations and Processing of Steel (SimPro'08)
Ranchi, India
December 9-11, 2008

TMS 2009 Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California
February 15-19, 2009

5th International Materials Symposium (MATERIAiS 2009)
Lisbon, Portugal
April 5-8, 2009

Offshore Technology Conference 2009
Houston, Texas
May 4-7, 2009

International Deep Drawing Research Group Conference 2009 (IDDRG 2009)
Golden, Colorado
June 1-3, 2009

Electronic Materials Conference (EMC 2009)
University Park, Pennsylvania
June 24-26, 2009

European Metallurgical Conference 2009 (EMC2009)
Innsbruck, Austria
June 28 - July 1, 2009

Engineering Solutions for Sustainability: Materials and Resources, An International Workshop
Lausanne, Switzerland
July 22-24, 2009

14th International Conference on Environmental Degradation in Nuclear Power Systems
Virginia Beach, Virginia
August 23-27, 2009

Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2009) Nickel-Cobalt 2009
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
August 23-26, 2009

Thermec 2009: Sixth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes
Berlin, Germany
August 25-29, 2009

Defect Recognition Image Processing (DRIP) XIII
Abstracts due: 3/15/2009
Wheeling, West Virginia
September 13-17, 2009

2009 International Symposium on Liquid Metal Processing and Casting
Abstracts due: 1/15/2009
Sante Fe, New Mexico
September 20-23, 2009

5th International Conference on Science and Technology of Ironmaking (ICSTI'09)
Shanghai, China
October 19-22, 2009

Materials Science & Technology 2009 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'09)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
October 25-29, 2009

TRANSFAC '09 - International Conference on Innovative Solutions for the Advancement of the Transport Industry
Detroit, Michigan
October 31 - November 3, 2009

TMS 2010 Annual Meeting
Seattle, Washington
February 14-18, 2010

Copper 2010
Hamburg, Germany
June 6-10, 2010

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

Materials Science & Technlogy 2010 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'10)
Houston, Texas
October 17-21, 2010

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

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