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THE NEW TMS HOME PAGE . . .
. . . Updated, Easy to Navigate, and Personalized

NEW MEMBER BENEFIT:
Historic AIME Transactions Archive Open to TMS Members

FROM OUR SPONSOR: KEYENCE
Thickness, Profile and Angle Measurements Even on Transparent Objects

FREE WEBCASTS FROM TMS 2008
TMS Releases Selected Presentations from 2008 Annual Meeting

GRADUATING IN MAY?
Sign Up to Receive Your First Year of Professional Membership Free

FROM OUR SPONSOR: PHOENIX|X-RAY
phoenix|x-ray, part of GE's Sensing & Inspection Technologies Business, to Open New West Coast Demo and Customer Service Center

TICORA JONES NAMED FIRST CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW
New Program Sends Materials Professionals to Washington

MATERIALS DELEGATION SUPPORTS S&E FUNDING . . .
. . . at 2008 Congressional Visits Days

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS . . .
. . . At June Electronic Materials Conference

JUNE CONFERENCE LOOKS AT TEXTURE OF MATERIALS
Registration Now Open for 15th International Conference on Textures of Materials (ICOTOM 15)

JETS FEATURES MSE IN MARCH ISSUE
On-Line Magazine Promotes Engineering Careers to Young Adults

JOM READER POLL . . .
. . . on Open Source Programs

NOW AVAILABLE AT THE KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTER:
Proceedings from MS&T '07

. . . Updated, Easy to Navigate, and Personalized

Want to learn what's new at TMS? Join in discussions with your colleagues? View personalized recommendations for meetings and products? Today, TMS launches a new home page that lets users do all of these things. Rather than a simple collection of links, the focus of the new site is on news and opinion, member service, TMS products, and robust navigation.

This regularly updated site will help guide users quickly to the newest opportunities and resources available from TMS. Drop-down menus across the top of the page provide easy access to additional TMS web sites and resources. Other sections of the site will gradually be updated to match the look and navigation of the new home page.

For the full experience, log in to the site to see personalized meeting and product recommendations based on your area of technical interest under the "My Meetings" and "My Products" tabs in the center of the page. Being logged in as a TMS member will allow you access to members-only resources throughout the site and an easy way to make changes to your TMS profile through the "My Profile" tab.

Click on the link below to begin exploring the new site.

Historic AIME Transactions Archive Open to TMS Members

The archives of AIME Transactions, the long-running publication of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), are now available to TMS members in electronic format. AIME Transactions chronicles a century of materials developments and includes papers published at AIME meetings from 1871 to 1970, including those of The Metallurgical Society of AIME—the organization that eventually became The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

The on-line archive allows readers to download the full text of journal articles that range from a discussion of uniformity in Bessemer steel in 1871 to an overview of mineral production and resources in China in 1911 and metallurgical developments in the 1960s and 1970s. In all, 247 volumes of the journal provide an historical look at developments in the mining and metallurgy industry.

TMS members can access the journal articles through the Members-Only section of the TMS web site. Follow the link below to log in to the Members Only site and click on "Read Journals."

Thickness, Profile and Angle Measurements Even on Transparent Objects

The KEYENCE LT-9000 Laser Confocal Displacement Sensor is an innovation in measurement technology. A single sensor head can obtain thickness measurements on transparent objects with 0.01μm repeatability. Height, warpage, roughness, profile, angle and cross sectional area can be measured on any material/surface even if wet, angled or irregular. A built-in CCD camera facilitates precise beam positioning during setup. Easy-to-use menus and a hand-held remote control provide operational simplicity.

More info.

TMS Releases Selected Presentations from 2008 Annual Meeting

Today, TMS added four new webcasts to the Knowledge Resource Center. Two can be downloaded free of charge by TMS members and one by all web users. The webcasts recreate audio and slide presentations made at three separate symposia held at the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting. Follow the links to add each webcast to your cart (even the free ones):

• "The Magnetocaloric Effect, Magnetic Refrigeration and Ductile Intermetallic Compounds" by Karl A. Gschneidner. This 45-minute webcast is a recording of the Acta Materialia Gold Medal Lecture from the symposium Recent Developments in Rare Earth Science and Technology. Available at no charge to all through support from Acta Materialia.
• "Structural Materials in Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems: The Need for Revolutionary Research" by Ronald Gibala. This 29-minute webcast is from the 9th Global Innovations Symposium: Trends in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering for Materials Processing and Manufacturing. Available to TMS members at no charge through support from the TMS Structural Materials Division.
• "High-Performance Structural Metals: An Undervalued but Critical Enabling Technology," by James C. Williams. This 50-minute webcast is the Institute of Metals/Robert Franklin Mehl Lecture. Available to TMS members at no charge through support from the TMS Structural Materials Division.
• "Identification, Development and Commercialization of Recycle-Friendly Aluminum Alloys," by Subodh Das. This webcast from the Sloan Industry Centers Forum: Techno-Management Issues Related to Materials-Centric Industries is now available for purchase.

Sign Up to Receive Your First Year of Professional Membership Free

For soon-to-be graduates of the Material Advantage student program, TMS has a special offer: get your first year of professional membership in the society at no charge. TMS membership will help you stay informed of developments in the materials field, give you access to career resources, offer discounts on meeting registrations and publications, and provide you with networking opportunities as you begin to build a career in the materials science and engineering field.

This offer is available to anyone who has graduated from a recognized university with a baccalaureate degree in materials science, materials engineering, metallurgy, metallurgical engineering, or another science or engineering discipline related to the field within the past three years. Membership is free for those who apply for membership within one year of their graduation date. In addition, recent graduates can receive a 50% discount on professional membership for their second and third years following graduation.

Through the links below, you can access more information on the recent graduate program, the benefits of being a TMS member, and an application that you can complete today to begin your professional TMS membership at no charge.

phoenix|x-ray, part of GE's Sensing & Inspection Technologies Business, to Open New West Coast Demo and Customer Service Center

The brand-new facility will be located in the heart of the Silicon Valley in Newark, CA, and is scheduled to open June 5th, 2008.

The new site will not only feature some of the most cutting-edge industrial computed tomography systems available today—it will also add greatly to the range of services provided to phoenix|x-ray customers in North America.

Systems available for demonstration at the new site include phoenix|x-ray's nanotom, the first CT system to allow visualization of internal 3D structures with sub-micrometer resolutions and quicker reconstruction of the 3D volume than ever before. With detail detectability in the 200-300 nanometer range, high-resolution nanoCT^® is a powerful inspection tool for a wide range of applications, such as failure analysis of electronic devices, sensors, crimps, pore analysis of castings, or characterization of new materials like ceramics and compound materials.

For more information, please contact usa@phoenix-xray.com or visit www.phoenix-xray.com.

New Program Sends Materials Professionals to Washington

Ticora V. Jones has been selected to receive the first Materials Societies Congressional Fellowship. The program, administered through the American Association for the Advancement of Science and supported by TMS, the Materials Research Society, and the American Ceramic Society, is an opportunity for materials professionals to spend a year in Washington, D.C., working with Congressional staffers on science and engineering legislation.

Jones earned a Ph.D. in polymer science and engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2006 and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory after completing her doctorate. She says she is looking forward to engaging in the legislative process and is interested in developing policies related to the funding of the scientific and technological enterprise. In particular, her interests lie in issues related to alternative energy, sustainability, and science education.

The one-year fellowship begins in September.

. . . at 2008 Congressional Visits Days

This month, more than 60 students, faculty members, and industry professionals met in Washington, D.C., to support an issue that affects materials scientists and engineers in all sectors: better funding for science and engineering research in the United States. Members of this group visited the offices of Congressional leaders to encourage strong increases in funding for science agencies like the U.S. National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The visits were part of the annual Congressional Visits Day activities organized by the Federation of Materials Societies, which coordinates an orientation session for volunteer scientists and engineers. This year's event took place April 8–9 and included the participation of eight Material Advantage chapters: Drexel University, Iowa State University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University, University of Tennessee, University of Washington, Virginia Tech, and Washington State University.

Those who couldn't make the trip to the nation's capital showed their support by sending letters to members of Congress. If you couldn't attend Congressional Visits Day but would like to lend your support to materials science and engineering, visit the Materials Voice web site, run by the Materials Research Society, through the link below. Here you can personalize and send messages to members of Congress in support of the physical sciences.

. . . At June Electronic Materials Conference

In June, TMS will hold the 50th installment of the Electronic Materials Conference. Over the years, this conference has become known as the premier forum on the preparation and characterization of electronic materials. The 2008 conference will be held on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, June 25–27.

In honor of the conference's 50-year anniversary, a series of plenary lectures are planned that look at the history and development of the modern-day electronic materials field:

• "The Early Years: Electronic Materials," presented by Ralph Dawson of the University of New Mexico
• "The Birth and Maturation of III-V Heterostructure Materials: From LPE to MBE and MOCVD," presented by Jerry Woodall of Purdue University
• "The Recent Years: The Emergence of Wide Bandgap Materials and the Search for a Solution to Continue the Si Roadmap" presented by Umesh Mishra of the University of California, Santa Barbara

Registration Now Open for 15th International Conference on Textures of Materials (ICOTOM 15)

ICOTOM is dedicated to the goal of promoting all aspects of texture research and applications in all kinds of crystalline materials, from metals to ceramics to polymers. Join this global community of scientists and engineers who share an interest in texture of materials at Carnegie Mellon University, June 1–6, for an exciting technical program focusing on:

• Friction Stir Welding and Processing
• Thin Films (Microelectronics, HTSC)
• Texture and Anisotropy in Steels
• Texture at Non-Ambient Conditions
• Complex Oxides and Other Compounds
• Interface Textures
• Effects of Magnetic Fields
• Hexagonal Metals
• Recrystallization Texture—Retrospective vs. Current Problems
• Polymers and Biomaterials
• Texture in Materials Design
• Texture Effects on Damage Accumulation
• Digital Microstructures

On-Line Magazine Promotes Engineering Careers to Young Adults

Sharing enthusiasm for your profession with young adults is one way that you can help to build the science and engineering workforce of the future. In May, the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) published an issue of their newsletter, The Pre-Engineering Times, that was devoted exclusively to materials science and engineering. This on-line newsletter highlights a different discipline of engineering each month.

This issue of the newsletter gives readers an overview describing why materials and materials scientists are important and includes a profile of Katsuyo Thornton (pictured), an assistant professor of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan. Thornton, JETS's "Extreme Engineer of the Month," was also the winner of the 2008 Early Career Faculty Fellow Award from TMS.

Know a student who might be interested in pursuing materials as a career? Then pass on the link to the newsletter below.

. . . on Open Source Programs

In the upcoming May issue of JOM, the benefits of open source software are explored in the article "Open Source Tools for Process Modeling" by Adam C. Powell IV and Raymundo Arroyave. Open source programs are free, with source code that users can amend and share. This month JOM asks readers which aspect of the materials science tetrahedron is most likely to benefit from the open source phenomenon.

Where is open source software the best materials fit?

• Structure
• Processing
• Properties
• Performance

Proceedings from MS&T '07

Last fall, the Materials Science & Technology 2007 (MS&T '07) conference brought together more than 3,600 people to share research and technology developments in the materials field. Now, the proceedings of that conference are available on a single CD-ROM through the TMS Knowledge Resource Center. This volume covers nine diverse themes in materials science and engineering:

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

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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: "The Characterization of Various ZnO Nanostructures Using Field-Emission SEM" by Zhiyong Xu, et al.
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a unique material that has prompted a vast amount of research. Various morphologies and sizes of ZnO materials have led to a wide range of promising applications. Although research related to the applications of ZnO is progressing rapidly, it has been an enormous challenge to produce uniform ZnO materials. A unique synthesis method to produce ZnO materials with various morphologies has been studied and is presented in this paper. Field-emission scanning-electron microscopy has been utilized to characterize ZnO materials in this study to show how the synthesis conditions control the morphologies of ZnO. [READ]

Journal of Electronic Materials: "Influence of Mg Doping on the Morphological, Optical, and Structural Properties of InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Wells" by Z. Chen, et al.
In this report, the influence of magnesium doping on the characteristics of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) was investigated by means of atomic force microscopy, photoluminescence, and X-ray diffraction. Five-period InGaN/GaN MQWs with different magnesium doping levels were grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. The results suggest that magnesium doping in MQWs might improve the optical properties of GaN photonic devices. [READ]

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: "The Cementite Spheroidization Process in High-Carbon Steels with Different Chromium Contents" by N.V. Luzginova, L. Zhao, and J. Sietsma
The cementite spheroidization process is investigated in hypereutectoid steels with different chromium contents. A spheroidized structure in high-carbon steel is usually obtained by a divorced eutectoid transformation (DET) reaction, which occurs during slow cooling of austenite with fine cementite particles. A bimodal distribution of spheroidized cementite particles is experimentally observed. It is shown that chromium addition allows one to obtain the spheroidized structure after austenitization at a higher temperature and a longer annealing time as compared with low-chromium steel. It is found that the DET reaction takes place at low undercoolings compared with the pearlitic reaction. The occurrence of the DET reaction also depends strongly on the spacing between cementite particles during the austenitization process, i.e., on austenitization temperature and time. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Education: "Materials Professionals Getting Engaged: STEM Education Outreach" by Todd Osman
The materials-and-society-themed symposia at the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges for Engineering are encouraging our profession to become engaged in solving the real problems of the 21st Century. Global climate changes, energy security, environmental stewardship, green manufacturing, and resource sustainability are a few of the critical needs requiring scientific and engineering solutions. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: "Creating the ICME Infrastructure: An Interdisciplinary Technology Forum" by Cathy Rohrer and Neeraj Thirumalai
Cathy Rohrer recaps some of the integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) activities at the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting, including discussions of underlying needs for the creation of the ICME cyberinfrastructure. The article also includes links to related resources. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Lead-Free Solders: "Lead-Free Articles from the Journal of Electronic Materials" by Kelly Roncone Zappas
This article provides an overview of articles on lead-free solder materials published in a recent special issue of the Journal of Electronic Materials. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Magnesium: "Twin Roll Casting of Magnesium Alloy Sheet—Who is Doing it?" by Lynne Karabin
This article reviews work being done throughout the world in the area of twin roll casting of magnesium. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Materials for Nuclear Power: "Symposium Explores the Use of Accelerators to Better Understand Radiation Effects in Materials" by Gary Was
Organizer Gary Was reviews the Particle Beam-Induced Radiation Effects in Materials Symposium from the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting in March. [READ]

Materials Technology@TMS: Superalloys: "Additive Manufacturing of Superalloys for Aerospace Applications" by Mary E. Kinsella
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has been exploring the possibility of using metal additive manufacturing processes for depositing superalloy materials in engine component applications. Through the Metals Affordability Initiative, managed by the Metals Branch in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, the "Additive Manufacturing of Superalloys" project has demonstrated the deposition of nickel superalloy features on substrates using two different processes. The goals of the project are to determine the quality and mechanical property capabilities of these processes while developing a cost model to measure economic feasibility. [READ]

Programs, on-line registration, and more:

International Conference on New Developments on Metallurgy and Applications of High Strength Steels
Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 26-28, 2008

The 15th International Conference on Textures of Materials (ICOTOM 15)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 2-6, 2008

3rd International Symposium on Magnesium--Symposium H: Magnesium
Chongqing, China
June 9-12, 2008

1st International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems
Halkidiki, Greece
June 16-18, 2008

LatAm Mining 2008
Coral Gables, Florida
June 17-19, 2008

Electronic Materials Conference 2008 (EMC 2008)
Santa Barbara, California
June 25-27, 2008

Hydrometallurgy 2008
Phoenix, Arizona
August 17-20, 2008

International Symposium on Zinc and Lead Metallurgy
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
August 24-27, 2008

Symposium on Water, Air and Land: Sustainability Issues in Mineral and Metal Extraction (WALSIM)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
August 24-27, 2008

5th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (ICAMP-5)
Abstracts due: 5/31/2008
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

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
Abstracts due: 5/30/2008
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

Electronic Materials Conference (EMC 2009)
University Park, Pennsylvania
June 17-19, 2009

Eurpoean Metallurgical Conference 2009 (EMC2009)
Abstracts due: 6/30/2008
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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