Special Lectures

Special Lectures

The following special lectures are open to all TMS2025 meeting registrants, but many of the events listed below require a ticket to receive a meal. You can add a ticket to an existing registration or purchase one when you register for the conference. All event tickets must be purchased by February 14.

Luncheon Lectures

Structural Materials Division (SMD)/Functional Materials Division (FMD) Luncheon

Featuring Talks by the 2024 FMD and SMD Young Leaders Professional Development Award Recipients

Anne Campbell
Campbell

Changhong Cao
Cao

Grace Gu
Gu

Ling Li
Li

Steven Naleway
Naleway

Zachary Sims
Sims

Speakers
  • Anne Campbell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Changhong Cao, McGill University

  • Grace Gu, University of California Berkeley

  • Ling Li, University of Pennsylvania

  • Steven Naleway, University of Utah

  • Zachary Sims, Small Business Consulting Corporation

Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
Time: Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
Cost: $75 to receive lunch; purchase your ticket through the TMS2025 registration form. (You may attend the lecture—without lunch—at no cost.)

Extraction & Processing Division (EPD)/Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (MPMD) Luncheon

Dierk Raabe
Fang

Zhigang Zak Fang, University of Utah

Lecture Title: "Metallothermic Reduction of Reactive Metals--Seeking Alternative Reaction Pathways Toward Sustainable Metallurgy"
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
Cost: $75 to receive lunch; purchase your ticket through the TMS2025 registration form. (You may attend the lecture—without lunch—at no cost.)

Light Metals Division Luncheon

Catrina Rorke
Rorke

Catrina Rorke, Climate Leadership Council and Center for Climate and Trade

Lecture Title: "Emerging Pressures on Emissions Accounting: Consumer Preferences, Emergent Regulations, and Novel Trade Measures"
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time: Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
Cost: $75 to receive lunch; purchase your ticket through the TMS2025 registration form. (You may attend the lecture—without lunch—at no cost.)

Celebrating a Decade of Advances in Sustainable Metallurgy

Diran Apelian
Apelian

Moderator - Diran Apelian
University of California, Irvine

Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time: Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Location: MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
Cost: $75 to receive lunch; purchase your ticket through the TMS2025 registration form. (You may attend the lectures—without lunch—at no cost.)

Claire Davis
Davis

Claire Davis
University of Warwick

“Sustainable Steel: Reuse, Remanufacturing and Recycling”

David Dreisinger
Dreisinger

David Dreisinger
University of British Columbia

"Sustainability. It Is the Journey, Not the Destination! Lessons Learned Along the Way"

Award Lectures

Extraction & Processing Division Distinguished Lecturer

Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
Time: 8:40 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Room 364

Adam Powell
Powell

Adam Powell
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"Energy-Intensive Metal Processing in the Age of Low-Cost Intermittent Renewables"

William Hume-Rothery Award

Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
Time: 8:40 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Room 357

Long Qing Chen
Chen

Long Qing Chen
The Pennsylvania State University

"Thermodynamic Basis for the Phase-Field Method of Microstructure Stability and Evolution"

Institute of Metals/Robert Franklin Mehl Award

Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
Time: 8:35 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Room 162

Gary Was
Was

Gary Was
University of Michigan

"Answering the Challenge to Rapid Qualification of Core Materials for Advanced Reactor Designs"

William D. Nix Award Lecturer

Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Room 170

Terence Langdon
Was

Terence Langdon
University of Southampton

"Investigations of Flow Mechanisms in Crystalline Solids with an Emphasis on the Role of Grain Size"

Emerging Professional Award Lectures

Young Innovator in the Materials Science of Additive Manufacturing Award Lecture

Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
Time: 4:45 p.m.
Location: MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Room 120

Atieh Moridi
Moridi

Atieh Moridi
Cornell University

"Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Additive Manufacturing: Microstructure Control and Material Innovation"

Emerging Professionals Tutorial Lecture & Luncheon

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino

Marie Charpagne
Charpagne

Marie Charpagne
University of Illinois

"Pathways to Finding Your Own Driving Force as a Materials Scientist"

Aeriel Murphy-Leonard
Murphy-Leonard

Aeriel Murphy-Leonard
The Ohio State University

"Exploring the Impact of Complex Metallic Alloys on Enhancing Fatigue Resistance and Educational Opportunities in Marginalized Communities"

Diletta Giuntini
Giuntini

Diletta Giuntini
Eindhoven University of Technology

"Merging Fields and Perspectives: Multidisciplinarity and Internationalization in Materials Science"

Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (KIM) Young Leaders International Scholar

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time: 4:10 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Room 166

Gi Dong Sim
Sim

Gi-Dong Sim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

"Aluminum-Carbon Thin Films with High Strength and Ductility"

Japan Institute of Metals and Materials (JIMM) Young Leaders International Scholar

Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time: 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Location: MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Room 365

Shutaro Karube
Karube

Shutaro Karube
Kyoto University

"Spin Current Generation Driven by Altermagnetism and Its Spintronic Applications"