This year, TMS offers a selection of 14 workshops, courses, and tutorials in conjunction with the TMS Annual Meeting. All events will be held on Sunday, March 11, prior to the start of the meeting’s technical program.

Sign up for one of these professional development events when you register for the TMS 2018 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Please note that registration for the full TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition is not required to attend a professional development event. Save on registration fees when you sign up by February 1, 2018.

2018 Professional Development Offerings

Full Day Events:

• 14th Annual Advanced Microelectronic Packaging, Emerging Interconnection Technology, and Lead-Free Solder Workshop
• Best Practices in Bauxite and Alumina Processing and Production
• Design of Novel Magnetic Materials by Modelling and Advanced Synthesis and Characterization
• Determination of Sustainability Indicators of Mineral and Metals Using Life Cycle Assessment
  This course has been cancelled for TMS2018.
• Improving Culture and Business Performance: Going Beyond the Warm and Fuzzy
• Metal Treatment for Aluminum Ingot Casting
• Modeling the Coevolution of Microstructure and Properties using the MOOSE Framework
• Spent Potliner Insights and New Directions
  This course has been cancelled for TMS2018.

Half-Day Morning Events:

• Hands On: Interactive Materials Data Visualization and Selection Tools for Research and Teaching Workshop*
• Introduction to Alloy Thermodynamics: the CALPHAD Approach and Beyond
• Young Professional Workshop: Preparing a Winning Application Package to Find Your Future Job

Half-Day Afternoon Events:

• Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Workshop
• An Introduction to Computational Modeling in Materials Processing
• Avizo 3D Analysis Software for Materials Science*

About TMS2018 Professional Development Events

The 2018 slate of courses and workshops has been developed to meet the needs of materials science and engineering professionals and to offer creative solutions for solving industry challenges, generating cost savings, and expanding skillsets needed to advance personal and professional knowledge via the latest technology and best practices. Instructors for each program have been selected based on their expertise as regarded subject matter experts.

• Minimum numbers of class enrollment are necessary to conduct a course and advance registration is encouraged. Should a course need to be cancelled due to low enrollment, TMS will provide as much advance notice as possible and provide full refunds to participants.
• A refund, minus a $50 processing fee, will be given for all cancellations requested in writing before the advance registration deadline of February 1, 2018.
• Course materials are included in the registration fee and will be distributed as digital downloads prior to or after the conclusion of the program as provided by instructors.
• All times for TMS2018 professional development courses will take place in local time—U.S. Mountain Time Zone (UTC -07:00).