Date:
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Time:
2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location:
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Room Sapphire D
Session Chair
Carolyn Hansson, University of Waterloo
Four TMS members will deliver talks at this special session, which honors their achievements as recipients of this year’s Acta Materialia awards. All TMS2023 attendees are invited to attend this session and hear from award recipients.
Featured Speakers
Acta Materialia Gold Medal Lecture
"Have Alloy Design and Discovery Fundamentally Changed?"
Tresa Pollock
University of California - Santa Barbara
About the Presentation
The search for new alloys with enhanced properties and functionality and their subsequent optimization has been an ongoing pursuit of the materials discipline for many decades. In principle, alloy design is a multi-objective optimization problem with a very large number of objectives and constraints. Recent advances in theory, computation and materials data analytics have advanced our ability to predict basic thermodynamic and kinetic properties of materials, dramatically altering and accelerating the early-stage search process. However, the well-known, but poorly characterized, linkages between structure, properties and processing still represent a major barrier. High throughput experimental approaches show promise but require much further development and automation for acquisition of structure-sensitive properties. Examples of the evolution of alloy design approaches will be presented along with future challenges and gaps that need to be addressed.
Acta Materialia Silver Medal Lecture
"Multi-Disciplinary Systems Optimization Approaches to Alloy Design"
Raymundo Arroyave
Texas A&M University
About the Presentation
This talk will cover some examples in which the presenter, along with collaborators and students, have employed approaches that originate from engineering design and optimization frameworks to the accelerated discovery and design of materials. Specifically, the presenter will provide a few examples in which multi-disciplinary approaches to the design of alloys under multiple constraints and objectives were used. Example problems include alloy discovery as a constraint satisfaction problem, Bayesian approaches to closed-loop alloy discovery, path planning approaches towards multi-materials design.
Acta Materialia Hollomon Award for Materials and Society
"Bringing Materials and Manufacturing Technology Together"
Charles Ward
US Air Force Research Laboratory
About the Presentation
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) and the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) are revolutionizing the way in which we think about and conduct materials discovery and development activities. At the same time, Digital Manufacturing, or Industry 4.0, is transforming the way in which goods are made by generating and transmitting digitally rich component descriptions through supply chains to produce components on digitally-native manufacturing equipment. Critical to the materials and manufacturing enterprise will be developing and transitioning model-based definitions of materials and processes that can be used in design, manufacture, and end product use. The ultimate goal is to accelerate product development, enable novel designs, decrease cost, and enhance product quality. This talk will focus on how the application of digital technologies in both materials and manufacturing are creating new opportunities to bring the two communities together.
Acta Materialia Mary Fortune Global Diversity Lecture
"Diversity & Diffraction"
Ben Britton
Imperial College London
About the Presentation
Developing an understanding of advanced materials often requires high quality characterization to reveal mechanisms and support & test new theories. In the Materials Science and Engineering field, it is common for the benefits and value of a diverse range of characterization methods that enable new insights into materials to be gained. In this area, new methods have been developed to enhance what can be seen within the scanning electron microscope, typically using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and other modalities, using innovative new hardware and software strategies. In the group the presenter leads, these innovations have been developed by people. To enable a diverse range of individuals to thrive, the presenter has been working with many colleagues to explore the barriers and opportunities with regards to fair and equitable participation of individuals in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics/Medicine. This presentation will explore the intersection of diversity and diffraction and highlight the potential for the materials science and engineering community to sustain an equitable, inclusive, and welcoming environment for current and future generations of people to thrive.