The symposium aims to explore and highlight the latest advancements in the
field of surface engineering of materials, encompassing a broad spectrum of
topics such as processing techniques, characterization methods, simulation and
modeling approaches, and innovative applications. This symposium seeks to
foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among researchers, industry
professionals, and academics who are pushing the boundaries of surface
engineering technologies.
Key topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
• Coatings: Advances in metallic, ceramic, organic, and composite coatings,
focusing on their development, properties, and performance.
• Surface Protection: Innovations in protecting surfaces from wear and
corrosion to enhance durability and functionality.
• 2D Materials and Thin Films: Progress in the synthesis, characterization, and
application of two-dimensional materials and thin films.
• Surface Characterization Techniques: Exploration of advanced methods to
analyze and understand surface properties and behaviors.
• Surface Alloying and Microstructural Modifications: Techniques to alter and
optimize surface compositions and structures for improved performance.
• Functionally Graded and Nanostructured Coatings: Development of coatings with
tailored properties to meet specific application requirements.
• Coatings for Extreme Environments: Innovations in coatings designed to
withstand extreme thermal, radiation and other environmental conditions.
• Additive Manufacturing and Solid-State Processing of Coatings: Emerging
techniques for producing advanced coatings using additive manufacturing and
solid-state processes.
By exploring these critical areas, this symposium will serve as a platform for
presenting pioneering research, discussing practical challenges, and
envisioning future trends in surface engineering.
Tribology is the science of friction, wear, and lubrication between contacting
surfaces. The importance of reducing friction and wear in engineering materials
is significant across various sectors of industry such as energy,
transportation, aerospace and national security. This symposium broadly
encompasses many aspects of Tribological research and development such as
materials tribology, synthetic lubricants and additives, advanced tribotesting
methods, contact mechanics and applications of modeling/simulation and AI/ML
approaches to understand tribological phenomena.
The topics will include, but will not be limited to the following:
• Tribology of metals, ceramics, soft matter, polymers, composites and
biomaterials.
• Lubrication of gears, bearings, seals, compressors and engines.
• Solid lubricants and tribology of thin films and coatings.
• Contact mechanics, modeling, and simulation of interfaces.
• Advanced, high-throughput, and in situ tribological testing.
• Effect of material/surface processing on tribological behavior.
• Tribological understanding of additively manufactured parts.
• Applications of AI/ML to understand complex tribological phenomena &
accelerate material discovery
The advanced laser manufacturing session aims to address the pressing need for
advancing research and development in laser processing technologies. This
session will serve as a crucial platform for presenting and discussing
cutting-edge advancements in both process and materials research, highlighting
their pivotal role in driving further progress in advanced laser manufacturing.
One of the primary objectives of this session is to showcase the latest
innovations and breakthroughs in laser processing techniques. By presenting
novel methodologies and optimization strategies, researchers will demonstrate
how advancements in process engineering can significantly enhance the
efficiency, precision, and quality of laser manufacturing processes.This can
include but is not limited to:
- Surface modification for material functionalization
- Novel athermal ablation to reduce heat affected zones.
- Large scale laser ablation of large acreage/volumes
- Laser material interaction of novel wavelengths/pulse energies
- explorations of laser processes on novel high-performance high-temperature
materials
This symposium aims to capture recent advances in processing, characterization,
simulation/modeling, and applications related to surface engineering of
materials.
The symposium topics include but not limited to:
- Coatings (metallic, ceramic, organic, and composite coatings)
- Surface protection from wear and corrosion
- 2D Materials and thin films
- Surface characterization techniques
- Surface alloying and Microstructural modification techniques
- Functionally graded and nanostructured coatings
- High temperature coatings
- Coatings produced by Additively manufacturing and solid-state processing
techniques
Interfaces constitute a key microstructural variable for tuning materials
behavior across a wide range of length scales from nano to macro in single and
multiphase systems, including structural and functional materials. The advent
of novel multi-phase/multi-interface/composite structures holds great potential
for enabling unparalleled performance under coupled extremes. Interfaces often
dominate the material response in nanostructured systems and produce unique
combinations of properties, ranging from enhanced elastic-plastic material
properties through tunable fracture properties to electro/thermal functional
properties. A fundamental understanding of interfacial physics and coupled
phenomena impacting mechanical behavior is necessary to harness new concepts
and methodologies in interface design of novel, multifunctional layered and
composite structures.
This symposium aims to discuss interface physics that governs mechanical
behavior and coupled phenomena in interfacially-driven multifunctionality in
both single and multiphase materials and composites. Talks are solicited that
cover synthesis, characterization, and modeling of materials with deliberately
designed interfaces and material combinations with particular emphasis on new
insights into fundamental mechanisms, analysis of defects, and their
implications for multifunctional performance. Abstracts on recent developments
in mechanical testing techniques (e.g., in situ straining in TEM, micropillar
testing, etc.) and in high-fidelity modeling techniques (e.g., ab initio,
finite elements, etc.) are also solicited. Topics of interest include, but are
not necessarily limited to:
• Influence of interface structure and chemistry on deformation mechanisms in
single and multiphase nanomaterials/nanocomposites
• Mechanical behavior of low dimensional materials (e.g., thin films,
nanowires, nanotubes, and nanoparticles) described both experimentally and via
modelling
• Physics of phase boundaries in multiphase systems, such as
crystalline-amorphous composites, nanolaminates, nanoparticle/matrix
composites, and nano-porous materials
• Mechanical behavior of grain boundary engineered nanomaterials (e.g. solute
stabilization, grain boundary complexion formation, duplex and gradient
nanostructures)
• Micro, meso, and macroscale modeling of deformation processes and coupled
phenomena as they relate to interface physics (including multi-scale modelling)
• In situ testing methodologies for investigating mechanical behavior and
coupled extremes such as mechanical and irradiation of small volumes of
material
This symposium aims to capture recent advances in processing, characterization,
simulation/modeling, and applications related to surface engineering of
materials.
The symposium topics include but not limited to:
- Coatings (metallic, ceramic, organic, and composite coatings)
- Surface protection from wear and corrosion
- 2D Materials and Thin films
- Surface characterization techniques
- Surface alloying and Modification
- Nanostructured surfaces
- Biomaterials
- High temperature coatings
- Additively manufactured surface
This symposium aims to capture recent advances in processing, characterization,
simulation/modeling, and applications related to surface engineering of
materials. The symposium topics include but not limited to:
- Coatings (metallic, ceramic, organic, and composite coatings)
- Surface protection from wear and corrosion
- 2D Materials and Thin films
- Surface characterization techniques
- Surface alloying
- Nanostructured surfaces
- Biomaterials
- High temperature coatings
- Additively manufactured surface
This symposium aims to capture recent advances in processing, characterization,
simulation/modeling, and applications related to surface engineering of
materials. The symposium topics include but not limited to:
- Coatings (metallic, ceramic, organic, and composite coatings)
- Surface protection from wear and corrosion
- Surface characterization techniques
- Surface alloying
- Nanostructured surfaces
- Biomaterials
- High temperature coatings
- Additively manufactured surface
This symposium aims to capture recent advances in processing, characterization,
simulation/modeling, and applications related to surface engineering of
materials. The symposium topics include but not limited to:
- Coatings (metallic, ceramic, organic, and composite coatings)
- Surface protection from wear and corrosion
- Surface characterization techniques
- Surface alloying
- Nanostructured surfaces
- Biomaterials
- High temperature coatings
- Additively manufactured surface
This symposium will cover the followings:
a) Evaluation of corrosion performance. Variations in test results between
cabinet testing vs. outdoor testing.
b) Development of corrosion inhibiting coatings.
c) Fundamental understanding of corrosion protection mechanism.
d) Analytical tools used to characterize corrosion mechanisms.
e) Challenges to control corrosion under insulation (CUI).
This symposium aims to capture recent advances in processing, characterization,
simulation/modeling, and applications related to surface engineering of
materials. The symposium topics include but not limited to:
- Coatings (metallic, ceramic, organic, and composite coatings)
- Surface protection from wear and corrosion
- Surface characterization techniques
- Surface alloying
- Nanostructured surfaces
- Biomaterials
- High temperature coatings
- Additively manufactured surface