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NEW E-MEMBER GRADE . . .
. . . Offers Electronic Membership to International Materials Professionals

A NEW LOOK AND EASIER NAVIGATION . . .
. . . for the JOM Web Site

FROM OUR SPONSOR: KEYENCE
Find Out Why Engineers Are Switching to Digital Microscopes

MS&T '07 PRESENTS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION . . .
. . . for TMS, ACerS, ASM, and AIST

OVERHEARD . . .
. . . Out-of-Context Quotes from MS&T '07

HOW TO . . .
. . . Access MS&T '07 Proceedings

FROM OUR SPONSOR: EDAX ANNOUNCES EBSD PATTERN COLLECTION RATES OF 320 INDEXED PATTERNS PER SECOND (PPS)
Hikari: The High Speed, Accurate EBSD Detector for the Scanning Electron Microscope

TMS RESTRUCTURES WEBINARS . . .
. . . to Accommodate a Wider Audience

EUROPEAN SPONSOR ADDS TO INTERNATIONAL APPEAL . . .
. . . Of Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007

WHAT'S NEW AT MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY@TMS
A Look at the Superalloys Community

WASHINGTON NEWS FROM THE FEDERATION OF MATERIALS SOCIETIES
Nuclear Energy Funding Likely to Be Cut

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW . . .
. . . Deadline Extensions for Young Leaders

. . . Offers Electronic Membership to International Materials Professionals

This year, TMS has introduced a new option for international materials scientists and engineers to become electronic members of the society. Earlier this year, the International e-Member grade was introduced for materials scientists and engineers living and working in developing countries. Now, this membership option has expanded to become available to international materials scientists and engineers located outside of these developing countries.

Although full TMS membership is available to individuals living in any location, the international e-member grade was established to allow professionals living outside the United States and Canada the option to receive TMS membership benefits exclusively in electronic format at a lower rate than traditional memberships.

To determine the membership level that best suits your needs, view the grid detailing all the TMS membership options and associated benefits through the link below.

. . . for the JOM Web Site

JOM readers can more easily access their on-line subscriptions, identify key content from the journal's latest issue, and search for relevant information through the newly updated JOM web site. JOM readers have a number of new options for viewing JOM in electronic format, and the new site provides a series of icons (pictured) to help readers easily link to each of these options:

• Page-Turning JOM: Flip through the complete magazine as you would a print issue. Journals are available from January 2006 to the present.
• Whole-Issue PDFs: View the whole issue as a single PDF file. Journals are available from January 2006 to the present.
• Individual Paper PDFs: Link to the Springer site to find individual JOM articles dating back to 1997. TMS members and JOM electronic subscribers can access all of these articles at no charge.
• JOM Extra: Each month's issue includes a link to JOM Extra, a monthly forum for submitted product news and features. This content is free to all web users in portable document format.

Find Out Why Engineers Are Switching to Digital Microscopes

Digital microscope technology is changing the way microscopic images are created, processed and displayed. The downloadable report, "Reasons Why Engineers Choose the VHX-600", describes technological advancements that have made the VHX-600 the choice of demanding microscopists and engineers. The Keyence VHX-600 Digital Microscope, an "all-in-one" design, provides: an incomparable depth-of-field, 3D Image Composition, calibrated topographic displays, on-screen measurements and much more. Newly developed algorithms optimize illumination, image display and suppress glare. Download report

. . . for TMS, ACerS, ASM, and AIST

For the third consecutive year, TMS teamed with the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), ASM International, and the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) to present the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) conference. MS&T '07 was held September 16–20 in Detroit, Michigan.

The integrated technical program at MS&T '07 consisted of 53 symposia, 260 sessions, and 1,630 technical presentations. (For a not-exactly-representative sampling of comments from the technical presentations, see the "Overheard" article in this issue.) All of the published papers from the conference were compiled on a single CD-ROM and distributed to all full-conference registrants at the meeting. (See the "How To" article about accessing proceedings now that the conference is over.)

The MS&T conference offers an opportunity for students to attend programming and activities organized by the four technical societies that sponsor both MS&T and the joint Material Advantage student program. Approximately 750 students attended the conference, which offered a variety of student activities, including student chapter workshops, contests, career and college presentations, a job fair, and the networking mixer.

With approximately 130 participating companies, the exhibit was another popular aspect of the meeting. Among the exhibitors at this year's conference were this month's TMS e-News advertisers, Keyence and EDAX. TMS also had a booth at the meeting where the society acquainted visitors with TMS products and services and raffled off an iPod® (the classic version) and one free webcast download (to watch on the iPod). Jung Pyung Choi was the winner of the raffle.

Just a week after the ending of the 2007 conference, TMS and its partner societies are already planning for MS&T '08, which is scheduled to take place October 5–9 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The call for papers is now available through the conference web site.

. . . Out-of-Context Quotes from MS&T '07

Over the course of a week in September, materials professionals met to share research developments, demonstrate technology breakthroughs, and engage in intellectual discussion of their work with peers. More than 1,600 technical presentations were made at MS&T '07. This newsletter can not begin to adequately summarize all of these technical exchanges. What we can offer is a sampling of comments overheard in hallways and plucked—out of context— from speakers' technical talks, like these:

"You might want to burn me at the stake for what I'm about to present."

"This is the research result of the year."

"We are in exciting and business opportunistic times."

"So, what do you think? Would it work?"

"Materials are great things to invent with."

"That's impossible. . . . The impossible takes a little longer."

"There are several ways to go when implementing new materials. None are easy."

"These are things that are obvious to us as materials scientists, but they are not obvious in the trades."

"I apologize for writing the world's worst abstract."

"The problem is very simple and very hard."

"Money is a great way to do research."

And one of our personal favorites: "So, are you going to publish unattributed quotes again?"

. . . Access MS&T '07 Proceedings

Every full-conference registrant of MS&T '07 received a CD-ROM containing the complete conference proceedings as part of their registration fee. For those who could not attend the meeting, proceedings are now available through the on-line MS&T Document Center. This center acts as a repository for all published papers from MS&T conferences, including proceedings from a number of MS&T '07 symposia.

Here, you can purchase individual articles for download or full symposia proceedings in book, CD-ROM, or downloadable format. To begin, TMS members should log in to the site using their TMS member log in. This will ensure that you receive the TMS member price for all publications—both individual papers and complete symposia proceedings.

You can search for specific papers or symposia through the search function, or use the browse function to view a list of all symposia available from MS&T '07. Topic-focused content from the 2007 conference includes:

• Automotive
• Electronic and Magnetic Properties
• Energy
• Fundamentals and Characterization
• Materials and Systems
• Nanotechnology
• Processing and Product Manufacturing
• Steel
• Special Topics

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. . . to Accommodate a Wider Audience

TMS is trying a new approach to its webinar series beginning this month. Previously, webinars were live, interactive events in which presenters gave talks broadcast over the web, followed by a question and answer session with the presenters. Recognizing that all potential participants worldwide cannot be available for a fixed-time live event, TMS has come up with a new plan for presenting its webinars.

Under the new format, webinars will be available as three related, pre-recorded presentations that can be downloaded and viewed at the user's convenience. Once viewed, the user can post questions and comments on a discussion board that will be moderated by the webinar presenters. The discussion board supports collaboration and encourages in-depth postings, while the more flexible schedule of the event will allow a wider audience to participate.

Today, TMS is making the first of these new webinars available: Materials Science and Policy for Environmentally Benign Electronics. Participants can download the three presentations recorded for this webinar and post questions/comments to the discussion board immediately. Next month a second webinar, Progress in Lead-Free Solders, will become available in the same way. The discussion board will be monitored by the presenters for two months following the event.

. . . Of Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007

The European Nanotechnology Trade Association (ENTA) has joined Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007 as a sponsor, adding to the global scope of the conference, which will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 11–13. This year's conference has extensive coverage of the global nanomaterials industry, starting with an invited plenary that includes:

• Jong-Goo Park, Director, Korean Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
• Peter Hauptmann, Director, Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation, Germany
• Tatsuro Ichihara, Chief Executive Officer, ASTEM, Japan
• Mehdi Moussavi, Chief of Department of Nanomaterials Technologies, France
• Nils Peterson, Director General, National Institute for Nanotechnology, Canada

A Look at the Superalloys Community

The Superalloys Community of MaterialsTechnology@TMS is a first stop for technical resources, conference information, and news on superalloys. What follows is a look at the newest additions to the site and some highlights from the Superalloys Community's Spotlight Articles and Digital Resource Center (DRC), provided by Lynne Karabin, moderator for the Superalloys Community. All of the resources housed in the DRC can be accessed by TMS members.

Joining, Repair and Rejuvenation
In June, the Processing Section of the DRC was expanded to include a folder titled "Joining, Repair and Rejuvenation." This folder includes compilations of articles and presentations on fusion welding, solid-state welding, brazing, post-weld processing, and repair. Many of these resources are downloadable TMS articles but some are web-based resources. The folder also includes compilations of university professors, research facilities, suppliers of equipment and services, and patents relevant to joining, repair, and rejuvenation of superalloys.

Spotlight Articles
In May, Qiang Feng from the University of Beijing prepared the spotlight article "Superalloys in China." This was the first in a series of articles planned to highlight superalloy production and research in various parts of the world. This month, a second article, "Superalloys in France," was added to the series. This review comes from Pierre Caron of the French aerospace lab ONERA. Future articles may cover Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Additional Digital Resource Highlights

• Alloy Selection: Recently, the Alloy Selection folder within the Alloys Tab of the DRC was improved by separating cast and wrought products and by adding information on alloy compositions. For both cast and wrought superalloy products, the DRC contains tables with basic descriptions, typical applications, links to supplier data sheets, and links to selected technical papers. Companion tables provide compositions.
• Physical Metallurgy and Microstructure of Superalloys: This primer, aimed at those new to the field, describes the major phases present in the nickel-based superalloys: gamma (the matrix phase), gamma' (the strengthening precipitate), carbides, borides, and the deleterious, topologically close-packed phases.
• Superalloy Processing: This entry provides extensive links to articles, digital resources, and video clips covering processing of superalloys.
• Superalloy Producers: This entry provides a compilation of links to superalloy producers.

Nuclear Energy Funding Likely to Be Cut

The Bush Administration's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), described by Assistant Secretary of Energy Dennis Spurgeon as "the cornerstone" of "a vision, with international partners, to make the expansion of nuclear energy a reality," has run into trouble in Congress. The House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee declared that "the Department (of Energy) has established a pattern of rushing into the latest new initiative with unbridled enthusiasm, neglecting the completion of on-going work, and letting haste make waste. Most major DOE projects have long time scales, longer than those of political change. This means that it is essential to take time up-front to establish the reliability of new technologies that will be used, to complete end-to-end system engineering and include all mission requirements, and to build bipartisan support for long-term missions that is broad rather than local. . . . While the Committee is generally supportive of continued research that could lead to an eventual program of light water nuclear reactor spent fuel recycling, should that become necessary in the future, the aggressive program proposed by the Department is at best premature. . . . The Committee supports continued research on advanced fuel cycles, including the development of technologies for recycling spent nuclear fuel. However, the Committee does not support the Department's rushed, poorly-defined, expansive, and expensive GNEP proposal."

On the other side of the Hill, the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee stated that "the Administration must come forward with more alternatives in the fuel cycle and recycling process. . . . The Committee notes that the Department seems to have decided on a recycling pathway that consists of the UREX+ separations technology and sodium cooled advanced burner reactors. Many feel the decision to down-select to these technologies was made too soon. The Committee directs the Department to support a broader technology research and development program that better defines the technical requirements, validates the proliferation resistance and demonstrates the commercial feasibility of various recycling technologies."

. . . Deadline Extensions for Young Leaders

TMS has extended the application deadlines for two of its programs aimed at young professional materials scientists and engineers under the age of 35: the Young Leaders International Scholar Program and the Young Leader Professional Development Award.

Young Leaders International Scholar Program
Extended Deadline: October 15
Through a partnership with the Japan Institute of Metals (JIM), TMS offers the Young Leader International Scholar Program, which allows young professionals to participate in an exchange program of sorts. Each year, TMS sends two young professionals, selected from a competitive application process, to a JIM conference, which allows for international travel and technical presentation experience.

Young Leaders Professional Development Award Extended Deadline: October 15
This long-standing TMS program (formerly the Young Leader Intern Program) allows young professionals the opportunity to attend TMS technical conferences, network with society leaders, and engage in high-level planning meetings of the society. Approximately two award winners are selected from each of the five TMS technical divisions.

For more information on the activities of the Young Leaders, see The Young Leader newsletter in the October issue of JOM.

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OPEN ACCESS ARTICLES

The following articles from TMS journals and web sites are available to all readers at no charge. This month’s featured articles are:

September JOM: "Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artistry, Chemistry, Secrecy" by Maureen Byko
Mix 12 oz. silver nitrate, 4 oz. uranium, 4 oz. manganese, 4 oz. arsenic, 12 oz. potash nitrate. Add to 100 lb. of molten glass. Combine with artistry, chemistry, and secrecy. The result: "Gold Lustre," a signature glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany. This feature considers the U.S. glass artist credited with popularizing the use of colored glasses in lamps, windows, and pottery. [READ]

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: "Modeling of Cast Iron Solidification—The Defining Moments" by Doru M. Stefanescu
This article is a review of the mathematical models that describe the fundamentals of solidification of iron-base materials, from the seminal articles by those who first attempted modeling of microstructure evolution during solidification, to the prediction of mechanical properties. The latest analytical models for irregular eutectics such as cast iron as well as numerical models with microstructure output (visualization models) are discussed. This article is based on a presentation made during the symposium Solidification Modeling and Microstructure Formation: In Honor of Prof. John Hunt, which occurred March 13–15, 2006, during the TMS Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Education Community: "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Answering a Call to Action" by Maureen Byko
The 2005 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future painted a bleak picture for the future of science, math, and engineering in the United States. Now, two years later, some glimmers of hope are emerging in the form of new legislation and funding focusing on math, science, and technology. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Community: "CoSMIC: The Combinatorial Sciences and Materials Informatics Collaboratory" by Krishna Rajan
The Combinatorial Sciences and Materials Informatics Collaboratory (CoSMIC) is an international research and education center promoting the use of informatics and combinatorial experimentation for materials discovery and design. Based at Iowa State University, the center receives funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Here, Materials Technology@TMS talks with Krishna Rajan, project director of CoSMIC and Stanley chair of interdisciplinary engineering at Iowa State University, about the progress and the future of the CoSMIC project and the field of materials informatics. TMS will soon release a new webcast by Rajan on the subject of informatics. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Lead-Free Solders Community: "Research on Lead-Free Solders at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and Shanghai University, China" by Johan Liu, Cristina Andersson, and Qijie Zhai
Researchers from the SMIT Center, a joint research center on microsystem and nanosystem integration technology between Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and Shanghai University in China, discuss their work in the area of lead-free technologies, which can be divided into two main areas: development of new lead-free alloys and analysis and characterization of new lead-free alloys. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Magnesium Community: "Magnesium Alloys Tab Expanded" by Lynne Karabin
The Magnesium Alloys Tab in the Digital Resource Center of the Magnesium Community has been expanded to include folders on cast and wrought magnesium alloy products. Here, site moderator Lynne Karabin introduces users to some of the newest resources available through the site. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Materials for Nuclear Power Community: "Conference Views a Way Forward for Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems" by Kelly Roncone Zappas
Embracing an industry-wide trend, the Way Forward was the theme of the 13th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems. The conference, which is held every other year by a rotating group of technical societies, took place in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, August 19–23. Among the conference's new offerings were an opening plenary and a special session on materials degradation issues of particular interest to Canadian plants. This year's conference was sponsored by the Canadian Nuclear Society, with TMS, the American Nuclear Society, and NACE International providing co-sponsorship support. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Superalloys Community: "Superalloys for High-Temperature Components in France" by Pierre Caron
This month, Pierre Caron, head of the Materials and Microstructures unit within the Metallic Materials and Processing Department at ONERA, the French Aerospace Lab, provides a look at the superalloys industry in France. This is the second in a series of articles published on the Materials Technology@TMS web site on superalloys around the world. "Superalloys in China" was published in May 2007. [READ]

Programs, on-line registration, and more:

5th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (ICAMP-5)
Harbin, China
September 3-6, 2008

2008 International Hydrogen Conference: Effects of Hydrogen on Materials
Moran, Wyoming
September 7-10, 2008

11th Intl. Symposium on Superalloys (Superalloys 2008)
Champion, Pennsylvania
September 14–18, 2008

3rd Global Foundry Sourcing Conference 2008
Qingdao, China
September 16-17, 2008

The 13th National Conference & Exhibition on Titanium
Luoyang, China
September 17-18, 2008

10th CNS International Conference on CANDU Fuel
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 5-8, 2008

Materials Science & Technology 2008 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'08)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
October 5-9, 2008

2008 Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology (REWAS 2008)
Cancun, Mexico
October 12-15, 2008

2008 Fourth International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM-2008)
Tallahassee, Florida
October 27-31, 2008

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)
Abstracts due: 10/31/2008
Lisbon, Portugal
April 5-8, 2009

International Deep Drawing Research Group Conference 2009 (IDDRG 2009)
Abstracts due: 12/1/2008
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

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

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

Thermec 2009: Sixth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes
Abstracts due: 11/7/2008
Berlin, Germany
August 25-29, 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)
Abstracts due: 10/31/2008
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

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