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RENEW YOUR TMS MEMBERSHIP FOR 2008 . . .
. . . or Join for the First Time

REGISTRATION OPENS FOR TMS 2008 . . .
. . . Book Rooms and Register Now for the Best Rates

FROM OUR SPONSOR: KEYENCE
3D Laser Confocal Microscope Revolutionizes Shape/Surface Analysis

JOM PREPARES SALARY SURVEY ARTICLE . . .
. . . and Asks for Your Input

TMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCES OPEN POSITIONS
A Letter from TMS Past President Brajendra Mishra

FROM OUR SPONSOR: MICRESS^®
New Version of MICRESS^®—the MICRostructure Evolution Simulation Software—Released

GAIN A NEW WORKFLOW AND PRODUCTIVITY TOOL . . .
. . . through Training with the TMS e-Library

HOW TO . . .
. . . Share Resources through Materials Technology@TMS

SHARE YOUR WORK . . .
. . . At MS&T '08

WASHINGTON NEWS FROM THE FEDERATION OF MATERIALS SOCIETIES
FMS Names National Materials Advancement Award Winner; DOE Provides Energy Facilities' 20-Year Plan Update

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW . . .
. . . Deadlines for NanoMaterials Conference, Awards, and New Webinar

. . . or Join for the First Time

On-line membership renewal for 2008 is now available to all current TMS members. By renewing now, members will receive uninterrupted access to their TMS member benefits, which include discounted rates on conference registrations, publication purchases, and journal subscriptions; complimentary access to the member journal JOM, the on-line resources of Materials Technology@TMS, and the TMS e-Library; and numerous opportunities for continuing education, professional development and recognition, and networking with colleagues.

Scroll through this edition of TMS e-News for a glimpse at some of the benefits that are available exclusively to TMS members; they are highlighted in bold. Existing members can renew through the TMS Members-Only web site using the link below. Be sure to log in and remember to provide any updates to your personal information. Those who are new to TMS membership can begin by viewing the information on TMS membership grades through the link below.

. . . Book Rooms and Register Now for the Best Rates

On-line registration is now open for the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting, which will be held March 9–13 in New Orleans, Louisiana. By making registration and housing arrangements now, you can be sure to get the lowest rates and secure rooms in the hotel of your choice.

This year's conference features a four-part technical program on light metals; extraction, processing, structure, and properties; emerging materials; and, new this year, materials and society. Conference attendees can sit in on programming in all of these topical areas, and every full-conference attendee will receive a CD-ROM proceedings collection that includes the meeting's published papers from all four programming areas.

The preliminary technical program for the conference will be available on the annual meeting web site next month. TMS members receive discounted member pricing on registration for the conference in addition to the early registration discount rate.

3D Laser Confocal Microscope Revolutionizes Shape/Surface Analysis

The Keyence VK-9700 "Shape & Surface Analysis Applications Guide" describes VK-9700 advantages over SEMs, roughness meters and optical microscopes for shape/surface analysis. Specimen cutting/processing is not required; the depth of field is large; non-contact, nondestructive 3D measurements can be obtained; and pre-processing, such as gold-evaporation, is unnecessary. The VK-9700 enables easy measurement point positioning and minute profiles can be obtained with an ultra-small spot. Large-sized specimens can be examined, and profile measurements are possible. Download Applications Guide.

. . . and Asks for Your Input

For the December issue of JOM, the editors will once again review the results of the Engineering Salary Survey, which is compiled by the American Association for Engineering Societies (AAES) for professionals working in the United States. This year, the staff would like to include data from JOM and TMS e-News readers, as well, to see how the results of the nationwide engineering survey compare with the experience of the materials professionals in our audience. To participate, you can take the simple, 12-question anonymous survey through the link below. The survey is designed to take approximately 3 minutes to complete. To include the results in the December issue, the deadline to participate is November 9th.

The annual salary survey article is typically one of JOM's most popular features, and your input will make it of even greater interest and relevance.

And, in case you did not know, all TMS members receive access to JOM in print and electronic formats.

A Letter from TMS Past President Brajendra Mishra

The purpose of this letter is to request nominations from you for openings on the TMS Board of Directors beginning in 2009. The Nominating Committee, in association with the newly formed Leadership Development Committee, seeks to enlarge the number of candidates for these positions to ensure that they are representative of the total membership of TMS. We are currently entertaining nominations for the following board positions:

• Vice President
• Financial Planning Officer
• Membership & Student Development Director
• Programming Director

New Version of MICRESS^®—the MICRostructure Evolution Simulation Software—Released

Additional Functionalities and Improved Performance for the Simulation of Microstructure Evolution in Technical Alloys

MICRESS^®—the MICRostructure Evolution Simulation Software—allows for the calculation of microstructure formation in metallurgical systems. The software is based on the multi-phase-field concept and is developed, maintained and distributed by ACCESS e.V., a non-profit research center at the RWTH Aachen University of Technology.

The evolution of a microstructure is governed by thermodynamic equilibria, diffusion and curvature. The strength of MICRESS^® is the comprehensive treatment of these aspects. Commercially available thermodynamic and mobility datasets can be included for the simulation of microstructures in technical alloys like steels, superalloys, aluminium/magnesium alloys or solders.

The new MICRESS^® version 5.3 has been released recently and provides an optimized time-stepping scheme for increased numerical stability in systems involving a high number of components and phases.

MICRESS^® is currently installed in Europe, the United States, Japan, India and Australia at various customers from industry, governmental research centers and universities.

For more information, contact MICRESS at info@micress.de or visit the links below.

. . . through Training with the TMS e-Library

Full access to a virtual library of 36 materials science and engineering reference books is available to every TMS member through the TMS e-Library powered by Knovel. To help members make the most of this member benefit, TMS and Knovel have partnered to develop a live demonstration of the e-Library service. The session will show members how to use the features that transform Knovel from a simple e-book service to a workflow and productivity tool that can save a great deal of time and effort in their research. The e-Library helps engineers, researchers, and project managers do their jobs cheaper and faster while improving the quality and quantity of the work they produce.

There is no charge for participating in the 30-minute webinar, and the only equipment needed is a telephone and an Internet connection. The next TMS e-Library live demonstration is scheduled for Wednesday, November 8th, at 2 p.m. EST. To sign up now, click the link below.

. . . Share Resources through Materials Technology@TMS

Recently, Garry W. Warren, a professor from the University of Alabama, posted some of his corrosion science and engineering course materials to the education community of Materials Technology@TMS. Now, educators from the larger materials science and engineering community can access and use his course syllabus, outline, homework assignments, and handouts in their own course planning. They will also have access to the downloadable software package, Ecorr, that Warren uses in his own classroom.

"I have used the Ecorr program for several years, and I think it provided students with an opportunity to practice problems that are frequently missed or misunderstood in electrochemical practice, such as calculating cell voltages, the Nernst equation, reference electrodes, corrosion potentials, effect of area in galvanic corrosion, etc.," said Warren. "Students seem to like it, and I don't have to repeat things quite as often."

This ability to share resources is one of the greatest strengths of the Materials Technology@TMS communities. Given the on-line nature of the forum, resources can come in a variety of formats, including course notes, databases, tutorials, slide show presentations, podcasts, animations, software downloads, and web site links.

To submit a resource, visit the Materials Technology@TMS link below and log in to the site. (Only TMS members can download resources, but nonmembers are welcome to create log-ins that allow them to post resources and participate in discussion forums on the site.) Next, click on "Submit a Resource" under the User Tools heading. You will be asked to select the appropriate technical community for your resource (education, integrated computational materials engineering, lead-free solders, magnesium, materials for nuclear power, or superalloys). Next, enter some basic information concerning the resource and attach the file or resource URL. A network moderator will review the submission before it is posted to a community.

For the education community, TMS is currently conducting a resource competition. Resources submitted to this community will be evaluated on their technical merit and their contribution toward broadening the existing education resources for classroom use and professional development, and five winning resources will be selected to win complimentary registration to the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting. To be eligible for this competition, resources must be submitted by October 31.

. . . At MS&T '08

Share your work with a diverse audience of materials scientists and engineers at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) 2008 conference, which is now accepting abstracts. This conference, organized by the American Ceramic Society, ASM International, the Association for Iron & Steel Technology, and TMS, attracts materials professionals from a variety of backgrounds each year. MS&T '08 will take place October 5–9, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The 2008 technical program will cover the following eight technical areas:

• Electronic and Magnetic Materials
• Environmental and Energy Issues
• Fundamentals and Characterization
• Iron and Steel
• Materials and Systems
• Nanotechnology
• Processing and Product Manufacturing
• Special Topics

FMS Names National Materials Advancement Award Winner; DOE Provides Energy Facilities' 20-Year Plan Update

Mihail Roco Receives National Materials Advancement Award

The Federation of Materials Societies will award Mihail C. Roco, the primary coordinator of the U.S. nanotechnology science, engineering, and technology effort, the National Materials Advancement Award at a reception at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2007.

The National Materials Advancement Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding capabilities and contributions in advancing the multi-disciplinary field of materials science and engineering, the effective and economic use of materials in the marketplace and the application of materials developments to national problems and defense, and the development and implementation of national policy which furthers the impact of materials sciences and engineering on our society.

Roco is the founding chair of the National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) and is senior advisor for nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation. He is widely recognized as the individual most responsible for support and investment in nanotechnology by government, industry, and academia worldwide. Envisioning a "next industrial revolution" powered by advances in the control of matter at the nanoscale, he built a coalition of agencies that became the nucleus of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) launched in 2000. Since then, federal investment in nanotechnology has increased almost six-fold, to nearly $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2007.

Energy Facilities' 20-Year Plan Update

The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a comprehensive update of its 2003 publication, Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook, which shows that the agency has made "significant progress" in deploying the scientific facilities and instruments the United States needs to capture world scientific leadership, extend the frontiers of science, and support DOE missions. The 2003 plan listed 28 new scientific facilities and upgrades of current facilities that will define scientific opportunities in all fields supported by the DOE Office of Science, including fusion energy, advanced scientific computation, materials science, biological and environmental science, high-energy physics, and nuclear physics. The facilities were ranked according to their scientific importance and readiness for construction.

The new report, according to DOE Under Secretary for Science Raymond L. Orbach, gives "our citizens, legislators, and stakeholder communities a relatively digestible summary of where our Facilities Outlook stands today—and a flavor for the continual careful effort of analysis, evaluation, and internal and external review that goes into our facilities planning and decision-making." The write-ups about each of the 28 facilities include an update on their status and a section about their scientific purpose and significance and their prospective societal and other benefits. In cases where DOE decisions about facilities have changed, a summary of the rationale behind those decisions is provided.

Both the original Facilities Outlook and the new Interim Report are available at www.science.doe.gov.

. . . Deadlines for NanoMaterials Conference, Awards, and New Webinar

Register for Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007
Registration Deadline: October 29
The Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007 Conference begins November 11, and registration will be open through October 29. This annual conference, which brings together industrial, government, and academic groups focused on producing nanomaterials, is attracting international media attention. The conference will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

TMS Honors & Awards
Nomination/Application Deadline: October 31
The TMS Honors & Awards program advances the materials profession by recognizing outstanding work from materials scientists and engineers at all levels of experience and in a variety of technical areas. Nominations/applications for the 2009 awards will be accepted through the end of this month. A complete list of available awards, past winners, and nomination requirements is available through the Honors & Awards web site.

Progress in Lead-Free Solders Webinar
Releasing Tuesday, October 23
Download three related presentations on the issue of Progress in Lead-Free Solders, post questions to the expert presenters, and participate in an on-going interactive forum with all webinar participants. This is the second in a new series of TMS webinars that allows materials professionals throughout the world to listen to presentations and engage in discussions at their convenience.

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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:

JOM: "Corrosion Studies on the USS Arizona with Application to a Japanese Midget Submarine" by Brent M. Wilson, et al.
The assessment of corrosion on the USS Arizona included the pioneering development of a minimum-impact cost-effective technique to determine the corrosion rate of steel-hulled shipwrecks in seawater. The technique, with potential application worldwide, is illustrated in this paper with the application to a World War II Japanese midget submarine submerged in deep waters off the Oahu, Hawaii, coast. [READ]

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: "Dislocation Mechanics of Shock-Induced Plasticity" by R.W. Armstrong, W. Arnold, and F.J. Zerilli
This article is based on a presentation made in the symposium Dynamic Behavior of Materials, which occurred during the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, February 25–March 1, in Orlando, Florida. The symposium was sponsored by the TMS Structural Materials Division and the TMS/ASM Mechanical Behavior of Materials Committee. The constitutive deformation behavior of copper, Armco iron, and tantalum materials is described over a range of strain rates from conventional compressive/tensile testing, through split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test results, to shock-determined Hugoniot elastic limit (HEL) stresses and the follow-on shock-induced plasticity. A mismatch between the so-called Zerilli–Armstrong (Z-A) constitutive equation description of pioneering SHPB measurements for copper provided initial evidence of a transition from the plastic strain rate being controlled by movement of the resident dislocation population to the strain rate being controlled by dislocation generation at the shock front, not by a retarding effect of dislocation drag. The transition is experimentally confirmed by connection with Swegle–Grady-type shock vs plastic strain rate measurements reported for all three materials but with an important role for twinning in the case of Armco iron and tantalum. A model description of the shock-induced plasticity results leads to a pronounced linear dependence of effective stress on the logarithm of the plastic strain rate. Taking into account the Hall–Petch grain size dependence is important in specifying the slip vs twinning transition for Armco iron at increasing strain rates. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Education Community: "Bridging Business and Technology: Carnegie Mellon University's Engineering & Technology Innovation Management Program" by Kelly Roncone Zappas
This article looks at the new Engineering & Technology Innovation Management Program offered at Carnegie Mellon University. This master's degree program trains students with technical backgrounds to understand the relationship between business and technology. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Community: "Building Awareness of the Potential of ICME: MaterialsTechnology@TMS" by Cathy Rohrer
At its founding, the Technical Advisory Group for the ICME community web site on MaterialsTechnology@TMS set out three major goals for the site. Here site moderator Cathy Rohrer looks at how the community in its present form fulfills these goals. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Lead-Free Solders Community: "Progress in Lead-Free Solders" by Todd M. Osman
Here, site moderator Todd Osman looks at the current state of affairs in lead-free solders and discusses how the upcoming Progress in Lead-Free Solders webinar can further the dialogue on the future of this technology. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Magnesium Community: "Micro-Galvanic Corrosion Issues in AM Series Magnesium Alloys" by Mridula D. Bharadwaj, Suresh Sundarraj, and Shashank M. Tiwari
Magnesium alloys are attractive for automotive applications, but poor corrosion-resistance properties limit their use in some components. This article focuses on the importance of the effect of microstructural second phase formation on the micro-galvanic corrosion behavior in two AM series Mg-Al alloys. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Materials for Nuclear Power Community: "Materials for Nuclear Power: 1957 and 2007: A Look at the Past and the Present as Part of the TMS 50th Anniversary" by Todd M. Osman
The reactor core for the first commercial-scale reactor in the United States went critical in 1957. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was founded by the United Nations in 1957. TMS was also founded in 1957. This article looks at the role the materials community as a whole has played in the nuclear energy arena over the past 50 years. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Superalloys Community: "A Mid-Year Look at Superalloy Producers" by Kelly Roncone Zappas
This review looks at the mid-year financial and operating results of selected superalloy-producing companies to provide an overview of the industry. These company-issued reports showed an overall trend toward higher sales figures and healthy demand from end-use markets. [READ]

Programs, on-line registration, and more:

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

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

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