Magnesium Committee

Technical Programming

2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Magnesium Technology 2025: Organized by Domonkos Tolnai; Aaron Palumbo; Aeriel Murphy-Leonard

This symposium will gather magnesium specialists from around the world. Papers are presented on all aspects of magnesium technology, ranging from primary production to applications and recycling, as well as from basic research to industrialization. In keeping with the long-standing tradition of presenting the most recent and highest quality work on magnesium, this symposium will feature a collection of manuscripts in an edited book entitled Magnesium Technology 2025.

2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: An Atoms to Autos Approach for Materials Innovations for Lightweighting: An LMD Symposium in Honor of Anil K. Sachdev: Organized by Alan Luo; Michele Manuel; Yue Qi

The symposium will focus on how microstructure can be engineered to address challenges related to lightweight product design and manufacturing. The talks will thread multi length scale aspects of the microstructure starting from the atomic scale including aspects of computational thermodynamics in materials design and processing including aspects of plasticity and phase transformations in manufacturing. In addition to traditional materials and processes, the symposium will also discuss future metals technologies including lithium metal processing for high energy batteries and additive manufacturing for product design flexibility.

2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Magnesium Technology 2024: Organized by Aeriel Murphy-Leonard; Steven Barela; Neale Neelameggham; Victoria Miller; Domonkos Tolnai

This symposium is one of the largest yearly gatherings of magnesium specialists in the world. Papers are presented on all aspects of magnesium technology, ranging from primary production to applications and recycling, as well as from basic research to industrialization. The symposium will cover - but is not limited to - the following topics: Novel Extraction Techniques Primary production Alloys and their production Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Thermodynamics and Kinetics Plasticity Mechanisms Cast products/processing (high-pressure die casting, semi-solid processing, ...) Wrought products/processing (feedstock manufacturing, rolling, extrusion, forging, ...) Forming, joining, machining In-Situ methods / micro-CT analysis Corrosion (protection) and surface finishing Fatigue and Fracture Dynamic response Structural applications (automotive, aerospace, ...) Degradation and Biomedical Applications Emerging Applications (Batteries, hydrogen storage energy material, Fracking) Additive Manufacturing of powders Recycling / Ecological issues/ Life Cycle Analysis In keeping with the long-standing tradition of presenting the most recent and highest quality work on magnesium, this symposium features a collection of manuscripts in an edited book entitled Magnesium Technology 2024. This book features the finest and latest breaking articles in magnesium research from the past year and is listed with the main indexing services including Elsevier Engineering Index and Thomas Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, as well as published as a Google eBook online, making its articles readily searchable and available on the web and citable. A condition of delivering an oral presentation is submitting a paper or an extended abstract, consisting of at least 500 words and one figure as well as appropriate references, for inclusion in the Magnesium Technology 2024 book. Full manuscripts are encouraged. Exemptions are only permissible if: (1). publishing in TMS journals, specifically Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, B, or E, IMMI, JOM or other TMS sponsored journal by the same group of authors in the same year. Exemptions will only be provided to those furnishing an AUTHORS COPY of their manuscript, letter of acceptance from the editor, or similar document illustrating that the manuscript was accepted by a TMS sponsored journal by the deadline of SEPTEMBER 10, 2023. (2). It is not required to submit a manuscript if you are planning to make a poster presentation. Therefore, you may still submit an abstract to the Magnesium Technology 2024 symposium for a poster presentation. Please ensure your paper or is submitted on time and thank you for your interest in the Magnesium Technology 2024 Symposium. By checking “YES, I will provide a manuscript / extended abstract or the proceedings for making an oral presentation” under PROCEEDINGS PARTICIPATION, you are indicating that you understand that a manuscript / extended abstract is required to make an oral presentation and it is your intent that this manuscript/ extended abstract be included in the 2024 Magnesium Technology book, which includes transferring the copyright of the contents of the manuscript to TMS.

2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Magnesium Technology 2023: Organized by Steven Barela; Aeriel Murphy-Leonard; Petra Maier; Neale Neelameggham; Suveen Mathaudhu; Victoria Miller

This symposium is one of the largest yearly gatherings of magnesium specialists in the world. Papers are presented on all aspects of magnesium technology, ranging from primary production to applications and recycling, as well as from basic research to industrialization. The symposium will cover - but is not limited to - the following topics: Novel Extraction Techniques Primary production Alloys and their production Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Thermodynamics and Kinetics Plasticity Mechanisms Cast products/processing (high-pressure die casting, semi-solid processing, ...) Wrought products/processing (feedstock manufacturing, rolling, extrusion, forging, ...) Forming, joining, machining In-Situ methods / micro-CT analysis Corrosion (protection) and surface finishing Fatigue and Fracture Dynamic response Structural applications (automotive, aerospace, ...) Degradation and Biomedical Applications Emerging Applications (Batteries, hydrogen storage energy material, Fracking) Additive Manufacturing of powders Recycling / Ecological issues/ Life Cycle Analysis In keeping with the long-standing tradition of presenting the most recent and highest quality work on magnesium, this symposium features a collection of manuscripts in an edited book entitled Magnesium Technology 2022. This book features the finest and latest breaking articles in magnesium research from the past year and is listed with the main indexing services including Elsevier Engineering Index and Thomas Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, as well as published as a Google eBook online, making its articles readily searchable and available on the web and citable. A condition of delivering an oral presentation is submitting a paper or an extended abstract, consisting of at least 500 words and one figure as well as appropriate references, for inclusion in the Magnesium Technology 2022 book. Full manuscripts are encouraged. Exemptions are only permissible if: (1) publishing in TMS journals, specifically Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, B, or E, IMMI, JOM or other TMS sponsored journal by the same group of authors in the same year. Exemptions will only be provided to those furnishing an AUTHORS COPY of their manuscript, letter of acceptance from the editor, or similar document illustrating that the manuscript was accepted by a TMS sponsored journal by the deadline of SEPTEMBER 10, 2021. (2) It is not required to submit a manuscript if you are planning to make a poster presentation. Therefore, you may still submit an abstract to the Magnesium Technology 2022 symposium for a poster presentation. Please ensure your paper or is submitted on time and thank you for your interest in the Magnesium Technology 2022 Symposium. By checking “YES, I will provide a manuscript / extended abstract or the proceedings for making an oral presentation” under PROCEEDINGS PARTICIPATION, you are indicating that you understand that a manuscript / extended abstract is required to make an oral presentation and it is your intent that this manuscript/ extended abstract be included in the 2022 Magnesium Technology book, which includes transferring the copyright of the contents of the manuscript to TMS.

2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Failure, and a Career That is Anything But: An LMD Symposium Honoring J. Wayne Jones: Organized by Victoria Miller; Michael Caton; Nikhilesh Chawla; Trevor Harding; Paul Krajewski; Tresa Pollock

To study materials performance is to push materials to their limits—in creep, in fatigue, and in other demanding environmental conditions. It is to push materials to failure, then to engineer against those failure mechanisms. Over the course of Professor J. Wayne Jones’ career, he advanced the state of the art in the study of failure both for creep and fatigue. In the realm of fatigue, he is one of the pioneers of ultrasonic fatigue testing, demonstrating the existence of a fatigue limit for fcc metals in the ultra-high cycle regime. He has worked on a wide range of materials, from light alloys such as magnesium and aluminum to heavier alloys such as nickel superalloys, to less traditional materials such as metal matrix composites and intermetallics. Later in his career, Professor Jones partnered with the Detroit automotive industry and Thixomat, studying both creep and fatigue in lightweight magnesium alloys. He also worked with the automotive industry to develop lightweight metal matrix composites with high strength and high stiffness. He sought new probabilistic treatments for microstructurally informed fatigue crack nucleation models which could lead to improved lifing predictions. This symposium honors the breadth of his career by seeking talks primarily in the areas of creep and fatigue. Talks discussing microstructure-sensitive predictions or novel testing/prediction methodologies are of particular interest. Throughout his career, Professor Jones had been a devoted teacher, not only in the classroom but to everyone he interacts with. Just as he has helped to develop alloy systems toward maturity, he has helped many generations of students and young researchers to achieve academic maturity. The Light Metals Division is honored to celebrate his career with this symposium.

2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Magnesium Technology: Organized by Petra Maier; Steven Barela; Victoria Miller; Neale Neelameggham

This symposium is one of the largest yearly gatherings of magnesium specialists in the world. Papers are presented on all aspects of magnesium technology, ranging from primary production to applications and recycling, as well as from basic research to industrialization. The symposium will cover - but is not limited to - the following topics: Novel Extraction Techniques Primary production Alloys and their production Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Thermodynamics and Kinetics Plasticity Mechanisms Cast products/processing (high-pressure die casting, semi-solid processing, ...) Wrought products/processing (feedstock manufacturing, rolling, extrusion, forging, ...) Forming, joining, machining In-situ methods / micro-CT analysis Corrosion (protection) and surface finishing Fatigue and Fracture Dynamic response Structural applications (automotive, aerospace, ...) Degradation and Biomedical Applications Emerging Applications (Batteries, hydrogen storage energy material, Fracking) Additive Manufacturing of powders Recycling / Ecological issues/ Life Cycle Analysis In keeping with the long-standing tradition of presenting the most recent and highest quality work on magnesium, this symposium features a collection of manuscripts in an edited book entitled Magnesium Technology 2022. This book features the finest and latest breaking articles in magnesium research from the past year and is listed with the main indexing services including Elsevier Engineering Index and Thomas Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, as well as published as a Google eBook online, making its articles readily searchable and available on the web and citable. A condition of delivering an oral presentation is submitting a paper or an extended abstract, consisting of at least 500 words and one figure as well as appropriate references, for inclusion in the Magnesium Technology 2022 book. Full manuscripts are encouraged. Exemptions are only permissible if: (1) publishing in TMS journals, specifically Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, B, or E, IMMI, JOM or other TMS sponsored journal by the same group of authors in the same year. The topic for this year’s JOM special issue will be on “In-situ Characterization” and can be used for manuscript submission within this research area. Exemptions will only be provided to those furnishing an AUTHORS COPY of their manuscript, letter of acceptance from the editor, or similar document illustrating that the manuscript was accepted by a TMS sponsored journal by the deadline of September 10, 2021. (2) It is not required to submit a manuscript if you are planning to make a poster presentation. Therefore, you may still submit an abstract to the Magnesium Technology 2022 symposium for a poster presentation. Please ensure your paper or is submitted on time and thank you for your interest in the Magnesium Technology 2022 Symposium. By checking “YES, I will provide a manuscript / extended abstract or the proceedings for making an oral presentation” under PROCEEDINGS PARTICIPATION, you are indicating that you understand that a manuscript / extended abstract is required to make an oral presentation and it is your intent that this manuscript/ extended abstract be included in the 2022 Magnesium Technology book, which includes transferring the copyright of the contents of the manuscript to TMS.

2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts — Concurrent Alloy Design and Processing Science: An LMD Symposium Honoring Raymond Decker: Organized by Victoria Miller; Eric Nyberg; J. Brian Jordon; Wilhelmus Sillekens; Neale Neelameggham; Vineet Joshi

The most impactful developments in materials science are rarely just a new material or a new process; it is the simultaneous and complementary advancement of alloy and process together that can drive an innovation into the marketplace. Few researchers have adopted and been as successful with this design philosophy as Ray Decker. Over his more than 50 years of experience as a research metallurgist, he has applied this over a wide range of alloys. His work in superalloys revealed alloying strategies for improved strength via coherency hardening. At the same time, his work revealed that trace elements from the crucible could play a role in the mechanical properties of the alloy. Developments in alloying strategy and improved heat treatments were equally critical in his work as a co-inventor of maraging steel. In his most recent venture, he has applied this philosophy to Mg alloys, developing and broadly commercializing thixomolding technology to obtain refined microstructures with high strength and retained ductility that are able to be thermomechanically processed without developing a deleterious amount of crystallographic texture. He has taken this processing technology and combined it with alloy design, resulting in his recent development of the BioMg 250 for bioabsorbable surgical implants. Thixomolding (or magnesium injection molding), as a light-alloy processing technology, was globalized by the vision of Ray and his partners in the commercialization of the semi-solid process through their company, Thixomat LLC. Leading Thixomat, Ray expanded the use of this technology from a few dozen thixomolding machines, to today where there are hundreds if not thousands of semi-solid, thixomolding machines through Thixomat and their affiliates. This has resulted in millions of parts for the video, cell phone, automotive, computer and other industries being produced with improved properties, integrated part design and net-shape manufacturing. Over his career, Ray Decker has made critical technological advances to address challenges including reducing environmental damage, conserving energy, and making more effective orthopedic devices. In addition to his contributions as a technologist, Ray has consistently taken a long-term vision for his work by involving graduates and undergraduate students through strong collaborations with university faculty and volunteering through his professional societies. His career is certainly greater than the sum of its parts, it is the Light Metals Divisions great honor to his lifetime of achievements at TMS 2021. This symposium honors the theme of Dr. Decker’s career by accepting papers on the intertwined development of alloying and processing of metallic materials, with preference for application-driven research.

2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Magnesium Technology 2021: Organized by Victoria Miller; Petra Maier; J. Brian Jordon; Neale Neelameggham

This symposium is one of the largest yearly gatherings of magnesium specialists in the world. Papers are presented on all aspects of magnesium technology, ranging from primary production to applications and recycling, as well as from basic research to industrialization. The symposium will cover - but is not limited to - the following topics: Novel Extraction Techniques Primary production Alloys and their production ICME of Magnesium Alloys Thermodynamics and Kinetics Plasticity Mechanisms Cast products/processing (high-pressure die casting, semi-solid processing, ...) Wrought products/processing (feedstock manufacturing, rolling, extrusion, forging, ...) Forming, joining, machining Corrosion (protection) and surface finishing Fatigue and Fracture Dynamic response Structural applications (automotive, aerospace, ...) Degradation and Biomedical applications Emerging Applications (Batteries, hydrogen storage, additive manufacturing of powders, Fracking) Recycling / Ecological issues/ Life Cycle Analysis In keeping with the long-standing tradition of presenting the most recent and highest quality work on magnesium, this symposium features a collection of manuscripts in an edited book entitled Magnesium Technology 2021. This book features the finest and latest breaking articles in magnesium research from the past year and is listed with the main indexing services including Elsevier Engineering Index and Thomas Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, as well as published as a Google eBook online, making its articles readily searchable and available on the web and citable. A condition of delivering an oral presentation is submitting a paper for inclusion in the Magnesium Technology 2021 book. Exemptions are only permissible if: (1) publishing in TMS journals, specifically Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, B, or E, IMMI, JOM or other TMS sponsored journal by the same group of authors in the same year. Exemptions will only be provided to those furnishing an AUTHORS COPY of their manuscript, letter of acceptance from the editor, or similar document illustrating that the manuscript was accepted by a TMS sponsored journal by the deadline of SEPTEMBER 10, 2020. (2) It is not required to submit a manuscript if you are planning to make a poster presentation. Therefore, you may still submit an abstract to the Magnesium Technology 2021 symposium for a poster presentation. Please ensure your paper is submitted on time and thank you for your interest in the Magnesium Technology 2021 Symposium. By checking “YES, I will provide a manuscript for the proceedings for making an oral presentation” under PROCEEDINGS PARTICIPATION, you are indicating that you understand that a manuscript is required to make an oral presentation and it is your intent that this manuscript be included in the 2021 Magnesium Technology book, which includes transferring the copyright of the contents of the manuscript to TMS.

2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Magnesium Technology 2020: Organized by J. Brian Jordon; Victoria Miller; Vineet Joshi; Neale Neelameggham

This symposium is one of the largest yearly gatherings of magnesium specialists in the world. Papers are presented on all aspects of magnesium technology, ranging from primary production to applications and recycling, as well as from basic research to industrialization. The symposium will cover - but is not limited to - the following topics: Novel Extraction Techniques Primary Production Alloys and Their Production ICME of Magnesium Alloys Thermodynamics and Kinetics Plasticity Mechanisms Cast Products/Processing (high-pressure die casting, semi-solid processing, ...) Wrought Products/Processing (feedstock manufacturing, rolling, extrusion, forging, ...) Forming, Joining, Machining Corrosion (protection) and Surface Finishing Fatigue and Fracture Dynamic Response Structural Applications (automotive, aerospace, ...) Biomedical Applications Emerging Applications (Batteries, hydrogen storage, additive manufacturing of powders, Fracking, ..) Recycling / Ecological issues/ Life Cycle Analysis In keeping with the long-standing tradition of presenting the most recent and highest quality work on magnesium, this symposium features a collection of manuscripts in an edited book entitled Magnesium Technology 2020. This book features the finest and latest breaking articles in magnesium research from the past year and is listed with the main indexing services including Elsevier Engineering Index and Thomas Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, as well as published as a Google eBook online, making its articles readily searchable and available on the web and citable. A condition of delivering an oral presentation is submitting a paper for inclusion in the Magnesium Technology 2020 book. Exemptions are only permissible if: (1) publishing in TMS journals, specifically Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, B, or E, IMMI, JOM or other TMS sponsored journal by the same group of authors in the same year. Exemptions will only be provided to those furnishing an AUTHORS COPY of their manuscript, letter of acceptance from the editor, or similar document illustrating that the manuscript was accepted by a TMS sponsored journal by the deadline of SEPTEMBER 10, 2019. (2) It is not required to submit a manuscript if you are planning to make a poster presentation. Therefore, you may still submit an abstract to the Magnesium Technology 2020 symposium for a poster presentation. Please ensure your paper is submitted on time and thank you for your interest in the Magnesium Technology 2020 Symposium. By checking “YES, I will provide a manuscript for the proceedings for making an oral presentation” under PROCEEDINGS PARTICIPATION, you are indicating that you understand that a manuscript is required to make an oral presentation and it is your intent that this manuscript be included in the 2020 Magnesium Technology book, which includes transferring the copyright of the contents of the manuscript to TMS.