This symposium aims to showcase studies and advancements in the field of
additive manufactured light metal composites. It serves as a platform for
researchers, and industry professionals to exchange ideas and foster
collaborations in this rapidly evolving domain.
The scope of the symposium encompasses a wide range of topics related to metal
matrix composites (MMCs), with a particular emphasis on lightweight alloys,
including, but not limited to, aluminum and magnesium matrix composites. These
materials represent the forefront of engineering advancements, offering
exceptional strength-to-weight ratios and versatile applications across various
industries, including aerospace, automotive, and beyond.
Key areas of focus include:
• Recent breakthroughs in additive manufacturing techniques for lightweight
alloy matrix composites.
• Novel technologies and methodologies transforming the design and production
of metal composites.
• Practical case studies and applications demonstrating the real-world impact
and potential of these advanced materials.
• Experimental, theoretical, and computational studies on the interplay between
microstructure, geometry, composition, and other properties and the mechanical
behavior of additive manufactured light metal matrix composites.
The symposium provides a unique opportunity for attendees to delve into
state-of-the-art developments in additive manufacturing and its role in shaping
the future of light metal composites.
Ceramics and ceramic-based composites play an important role in nuclear
applications (e.g., nuclear fission, fusion and high energy physics) due to
their combined excellent physical, mechanical and chemical properties in
extreme environments including radiation (such as neutrons and protons),
elevated temperatures and high stresses. There is an increasing need in
understanding the degradation of this class of materials with even higher
proton/neutron induced radiation damage, monotonic/cyclic/varied strain rate
loading, as well as aggressive chemical environments during operation,
transportation and storage to support the advances in high temperature fission
reactors, fusion technologies as well as the design of reliable GeV proton
targets. Development of novel ceramics and ceramic composite materials are also
essential. There is a strong correlation in ceramic materials between fission,
fusion and high energy physics. For instance, nuclear graphite has been used
widely in gas-cooled reactors, either in prismatic designs or pebble-bed
configuration, as a fast-neutron moderator as well as structural components;
they also serve in High Energy Physics (HEP) as production targets including in
the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline and Long-Baseline Neutrino
Facility (LBNF) at FermiLab, and as hadron absorber in Tokai to Kamioka (T2K)
at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. SiC ceramic-matrix composites, on
the other hand, have been developed for use as accident tolerant fuel cladding
in fission and potentially in breeder blanket for fusion. Lastly, ceramics,
such as borosilicate glass, has been investigated for immobilization/storage of
radioactive waste in both fission and fusion energy. This symposium aims to
bring together the experts/scientists across these nuclear-related areas to
share knowledge and experience on the fabrication, irradiation testing,
characterization and modelling of ceramics and their composites in nuclear
fission, fusion and high energy physics areas to inspire novel and
transformative ideas. The primary topics of interest to this symposium are:
• Carbon/graphite as well as their composites (e.g., reactor core components,
matrix graphite, coatings, target graphites and so on)
• ZrC, SiC and other ceramics and composites
• Waste management (e.g., borosilicate glasses and other relevant materials)
• Fuels: UO2, UCO, MOX, and TRISO (including particles, compacts or pebbles)
• Ceramic coatings such as oxides, carbides and nitrides
• Irradiation and PIE facilities for characterization
• Modelling of ceramic degradation mechanisms and properties
Efforts to achieve advanced functionality in composite materials is of
increasing importance. These materials are critical to emerging challenges in
aerospace, defense, energy, and environmental sectors. Focus is often placed on
obtain combinations of properties not present in individual materials and can
focus on integrating tailored properties such as high strength-to-weight
ratios, thermal resistance, electrical conductivity, absorption characteristics
individually or in combination. This symposium is interested in any material
system designed to address these or other advanced functionalities including
polymer, ceramic, and metal matrix composites. Particular interest is in those
materials that are developed with a focus on sustainability and environmental
conciseness. Interest is also present for advances in the manufacturing,
modelling, and production of such materials in addition to the materials
themselves.
Sustainable manufacturing can be defined as approaches across the entire
product manufacturing value chain that minimize energy intensity and cost,
conserve energy, and mitigate negative environmental impacts. Recent evolution
of the computing power and advances in numerical modeling techniques have led
to the development of more accurate process modeling software for materials
processing, spanning from the extraction of raw materials to the shaping -
casting, welding, sintering - and heat treatment of final products. However,
industry currently lacks the knowledge and tools to effectively integrate and
measure sustainability in materials and manufacturing process design and
operation. This challenge is exacerbated by the complex nature of the
technological and economical interactions across industrial materials
processing and manufacturing value chains. This symposium aims to highlight
sustainable practices developed and applied in the general area of materials
processing, and strategies for integrating them into materials and
manufacturing process design and operation. The scope of the symposium includes
computational methods and other process modeling methods for attaining a
sustainable process design and operation. Topics of interest include, but are
not limited to:
• Energy Efficiency – Methods for reducing energy consumption, optimizing
energy flows.
• Sustainable Process Optimization – Multi-objective modeling to balance
energy, environment and economic impacts of manufacturing through optimized
yields.
• Waste Minimization and Resource Recovery – Techniques for eliminating,
reducing, and recovering waste in materials processing.
• Digital Tools and AI for Sustainability – Software, databases, and AI-driven
tools for real-time process optimization, and for evaluating process
performance in terms of sustainability and environmental impact
• Process Integration and Sustainable Workflow Design – Sustainable design
strategies through data-driven process integration, including material and
energy flow analysis.
• Industrial Implementation & Case Studies: Applications of sustainable
manufacturing, including case studies and best practices, in metal casting,
additive manufacturing, and advanced materials processing for sustainability.
Natural fibers' abundance, excellent properties, biodegradability, and low cost
make this renewable resource a green alternative to synthetic fibers for
composite material reinforcement. There has been an increase in research and
industrial attention for using natural fibers since they can reduce the net CO2
footprint compared to traditional synthetic materials, given their carbon
dioxide absorption while growing. Biocomposite materials with natural fibers
are mainly developed with polymer matrices. The need to create sustainable
solutions and, more critically, biodegradable or biocompatible has promoted
applications in sports, transportation, armor, medicine, infrastructure,
construction and building materials, and architecture.
The purpose of this symposium is to promote the use of natural materials and
their composites as a possible strategy to increase environmental
sustainability, as well as to study materials fundamentals for new
applications. The main areas are shown below but are not limited to:
• Natural fibers, its properties, and fundamentals
• Surface modifications of natural fiber to improve properties
• Biocomposite materials and potential contributions to sustainability
• Durability, dynamic behavior, adhesion, impact response, mechanical, thermal,
and other important properties related to the natural materials and their
composites.
Composite materials are of growing interest for nuclear fusion and fission due
to their combined excellent physical and mechanical properties that are
compatible with extreme radiation and high temperature environments. With the
development of next-generation fission reactors and fusion power, materials
that can withstand higher neutron flux/thermal load/thermal mechanical stresses
and more aggressive environments in terms of oxidation, corrosion/erosion, and
tolerance to transmutation elements are required. This requirement makes it
necessary to (i) understand the operational limits and degradation mechanisms
of existing composite materials and (ii) develop and qualify new materials
designs. There is a strong overlap in materials research between fission and
fusion in terms materials design, processing, characterization, and modelling.
This symposium aims to bring scientists and engineers together to share ideas
and so join the effort in both fields at an international level for the
development of these crucial composite materials and to enable collaborations
across groups and countries. The design/processing/modelling/joining of the
following materials, as well as their physical/mechanical characterization
using ex situ and/or in situ techniques, are encouraged:
* Design, processing, and joining of composites for advanced fission and fusion
reactors
* Modeling over multiple length scales
* Material physical and mechanical properties characterization using ex-situ
and in-situ techniques
* Irradiation effects on materials properties and performance
* Chemical compatability reactor relevant environments
* Hydrogen transport and trapping
* Composite materials systems can include (but are not limited to):
* Graphite/carbon-based composites
* Ceramic-based composites
* Metal-matrix composites
* Composite nuclear fuels and claddings
In line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations
[1], efforts to achieve more environmentally friendly materials and
manufacturing process is an increasingly important topic.
Regarding environmentally friendly materials, natural sourcing and recycling of
raw materials along with improvement of component life cycle enhancement to
reduce waste are often targeted in all engineering sectors. Environmentally
friendly composites include green composites / nanocomposites currently used in
a cross-sectional group of industries with increasing use over the next 10
years, namely:
1) Aerospace
2) Transportation
3) Consumer goods
4) Construction
5) Environmental remediation
Regarding manufacturing process, rapid prototyping allows designers/developers
to provide an accurate idea of how the finished product will turn out before
putting too much time and money into the prototype. Types of rapid prototyping
include [2]:
1) Stereolithography (SLA) → a laser-cured photopolymer for materials such as
thermoplastic-like photopolymers.
2) Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) → a laser-sintered powder for materials
such as Nylon or TPU.
3) Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) → laser-sintered metal powder for
materials like stainless steel, titanium, chrome, and aluminum.
4) Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) → fused extrusions of filaments like ABS,
PC, and PPCU.
5) Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) → it is an inkjet array selective fusing across bed
of nylon powder for Black Nylon 12.
This symposium focuses on innovations in the field of composite materials with
a specific focus on Eco-Friendly and environmentally sustainable systems. Work
focused on these activities in all composite fields are invited including
polymer, metal, and ceramic matrix composites. Emphasis on sourcing raw
materials in a sustainable way as well as development of composite materials
for environmental sustainability are encouraged. Papers looking at both the
development of new materials for structural applications, reduction in energy
consumption, and increased component life along with discussions of novel
methods to reuse existing materials are encouraged. Additionally, papers
focusing on the characterization of such materials are also invited. All
submissions should focus on the merging on composite materials and
environmental impacts.
Specific Topics of interest include naturally sourced materials feedstock,
recycled material feedstock, application of composite for reduced carbon
footprint, development of novel materials to repurpose waste from other areas,
eco-nanomaterials / nanocomposites, and selected rapid prototyping.
[1] https://sdgs.un.org/goals
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_prototyping
This symposium will focus on recent developments at the intersection of
materials science and computational methods, with a particular emphasis on
sustainable energy materials. The urgency for renewable energy solutions is
growing, and the search for innovative materials for energy generation,
storage, and transportation is vital. The event aims to be a collaborative
space for experts to discuss and advance these materials.
The symposium will explore computational predictions and experimental
validations, seeking to hasten the practical application of new materials.
Contributions are invited across a range of topics, including the discovery of
new materials for various energy applications, advanced computational
techniques for material behavior and property prediction, and the integration
of machine learning and AI for materials discovery. This platform aims to
foster innovation and bridge the gap between theoretical research and practical
applications in sustainable energy materials.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
- Novel Material Discovery: Computational predictions of new materials with
tailored properties for energy applications, spanning photovoltaics, catalysts,
batteries, fuel cells, materials for H2 and O2 storage, thermoelectrics,
superconductors, and more.
- Simulation and Modeling: Advanced computational techniques (e.g., density
functional theory and beyond, interatomic potentials, molecular dynamics) and
novel exascale-ready methodologies and computational workflows to simulate and
predict the behavior, structure, and properties of energy materials at
different scales.
- Experimental-Computational Synergy: Studies showcasing the synergy between
computational predictions and experimental validations, highlighting successful
transitions from theoretical discoveries to practical applications.
- Materials Design and Optimization: Computational strategies for material
design, optimization, and characterization to enhance energy efficiency,
durability, and performance.
- Machine Learning in Materials Science: Applications of machine learning and
AI in accelerating the discovery and design of energy materials, including
data-driven approaches and predictive modeling.
Natural fibers' abundance, excellent properties, biodegradability, and low cost
make this renewable resource a green alternative to synthetic fibers for
composite material reinforcement. There has been an increase in research and
industrial attention for using natural fibers since they can reduce the net CO2
footprint compared to traditional synthetic materials, given their carbon
dioxide absorption while growing. Biocomposite materials with natural fibers
are mainly developed with polymer matrices. The need to create sustainable
solutions and, more critically, biodegradable or biocompatible has promoted
applications in sports, transportation, armor, medicine, infrastructure,
construction and building materials, and architecture.
The purpose of this symposium is to promote the use of natural materials and
their composites as a possible strategy to increase environmental
sustainability, as well as to study materials fundamentals for new
applications. The main areas are shown below but are not limited to:
• Natural fibers, its properties, and fundamentals
• Surface modifications of natural fiber to improve properties
• Biocomposite materials and potential contributions to sustainability
• Durability, dynamic behavior, adhesion, impact response, mechanical, thermal,
and other important properties related to the natural materials and their
composites
3D printing has enabled rapid responsiveness, convenient operation, and a high
personalization level. Also, it has the advantage of significantly reducing
material waste due to its additive characteristics and decentralized
productions. Our conference session will provide a comprehensive talk series on
commonly used 3D printing involving polymers, ceramics, and their composite or
hybrid systems to understand manufacturing-material compatibility and inspire
new processing mechanisms. Considering the close relationship between
manufacturing mechanisms and material properties, we will include in this
conference presentation discussing critical challenges in 3D printed material
systems, especially critical manufacturing factors in printing polymer and/or
ceramic nanocomposites.
The scope of the Light Metal Technology symposium is to provide an opportunity
of sharing recent technological advances and applications of lightweight
metallic materials including aluminum, magnesium, titanium and their composites.
New theories, technologies and applications on lightweight metallic materials
that are constantly being developed will be the focus of this symposium. It is
generally a slow process to publish these new findings and applications in
technical journals and business magazines. This annual symposium at MS&T annual
conferences will attract materials scientists and engineers from all over the
world, providing them a venue for broad technology dissemination in a timely
fashion.
Efforts to achieve more environmentally friendly materials and manufacturing
process is an increasingly important topic. Natural sourcing and recycling of
raw materials along with improvement of component life cycle enhancement to
reduce waste are often targeted in all engineering sectors. This symposium
focuses on innovations in the field of composite materials with a specific
focus on Eco-Friendly and environmentally sustainable systems. Work focused on
these activities in all composite fields are invited including polymer, metal,
and ceramic matrix composites. Emphasis on sourcing raw materials in a
sustainable way as well as development of composite materials for environmental
sustainability are encouraged. Papers looking at both the development of new
materials for structural applications, reduction in energy consumption, and
increased component life along with discussions of novel methods to reuse
existing materials are encouraged. Additionally, papers focusing on the
characterization of such materials are also invited. All submissions should
focus on the merging on composite materials and environmental impacts.
Specific Topics of interest include Naturally Sourced Materials feedstock,
Recycled Material feedstock, application of composite for reduced carbon
footprint and development of novel materials to repurpose waste from other
areas.
This symposium provides an opportunity of sharing recent advances in
microstructure, phase transformations, properties, mechanical and stress
corrosion, of light-weight composites (metal matrix, ceramic matrix and polymer
matrix) and materials. Focus will also be on the improvements in composites
containing boron compounds for high temperature applications. The next
generations of alloys and composites for Aerospace, Automotive and other
structural applications will be expected to possess multiple advanced
properties in addition to high strength and toughness. In Aerospace
applications, the composites will be subjected to much greater extreme
conditions of temperature, pressure and radiations. This annual conference
attracts materials scientists and engineers from all over the world, and
provides a venue for faster technology dissemination.
Composite materials are of growing interest for nuclear fusion and fission due
to their combined excellent physical and mechanical properties that are
compatible with extreme radiation and high temperature environments. With the
development of next-generation fission reactors and fusion power, materials
that can withstand higher neutron flux/thermal load/thermal mechanical stresses
and more aggressive environments in terms of oxidation, corrosion/erosion, and
tolerance to transmutation elements are required. This requirement makes it
necessary to (i) understand the operational limits and degradation mechanisms
of existing composite materials and (ii) develop and qualify new materials
designs. There is a strong overlap in materials research between fission and
fusion in terms materials design, processing, characterization, and modelling.
This symposium aims to bring scientists and engineers together to share ideas
and so join the effort in both fields at an international level for the
development of these crucial composite materials and to enable collaborations
across groups and countries. The design/processing/modelling/joining of the
following materials, as well as their physical/mechanical characterization
using ex situ and/or in situ techniques, are encouraged:
• Graphite/carbon-based composites for fission and/or fusion (e.g., nuclear
graphite, C/C, and novel designs)
• Ceramic-based composites for fusion and/or for nuclear cladding (e,g.,
SiC-SiC, C/SiC, and novel designs)
• Metal-based composites (e.g., ODS steels, components with protective single-
or bi-layer coatings including diamond on fusion components and/or Cr or Cr/Nb
on accident-tolerant fuel cladding, tungsten/tungsten composites, laminate
systems)
• TRISO fuel (e.g., particles, compacts, and FCM fuel)
Presentations on SiC-related topics will be coordinated with concurrent
symposia on ceramics to minimize overlap.
Efforts to achieve more environmentally friendly materials and manufacturing
process is an increasingly important topic. Natural sourcing or recycling of
raw materials along with improvement of component life cycle enhancement to
reduce waste are often targeted in all engineering sectors. This symposium
focuses on innovations in the field of composite materials with a specific
focus on Eco-Friendly and environmentally sustainable systems. Work focused on
these activities in all composite fields are invited including polymer, metal,
and ceramic matrix composites. Emphasis on sourcing raw materials in a
sustainable way as well as development of composite materials for environmental
sustainability are encouraged. Papers looking at both the development of new
materials for structural applications, reduction in energy consumption, and
increased component life along with discussions of novel methods to reuse
existing materials are encouraged. Additionally, papers focusing on the
characterization of such materials are also invited. All submissions should
focus on the merging on composite materials and environmental impacts.
Specific Topics of interest include Naturally Sourced Materials feedstock,
Recycled Material feedstock, application of composite for reduced carbon
footprint and development of novel materials to repurpose waste from other
areas.
Low-dimensional (0D, 1D, 2D) materials are a broad class of materials with
emergent properties originating from their reduced physical dimensions and
(sub)nanoscale structures and morphologies. These low-dimensional materials
offer exciting new opportunities for innovations in the technological frontiers
critical for the sustainable future advancement of society, such as
nano-optoelectronics, sustainable energy, high-performance sensors, and
advanced environmental and healthcare technologies.
The 2023 Symposium on Functional Nanomaterials will address all aspects of
low-dimensional nanomaterials, encompassing: two-dimensional (2D), nanofilms,
nanosheets, and monolayers, one-dimensional (1D) nanofibers, nanotubes, and
nanowires, zero-dimensional (0D) nanoparticles and quantum dots, as well as
their hierarchical assemblies, heterostructures, frameworks, and
organic-inorganic hybrids.
Along with sessions for conventional nanomaterials, focused sessions will be
dedicated to unique design/synthesis/fabrication/manufacturing/characterization
strategies, novel integration routes for emerging functionalities, and advanced
device applications. Examples of welcomed session topics include but are not
limited to:
Examples of session topics include but are not limited to:
•Nanomaterials for high-performance functional devices.
•Applications, functional devices (e.g., electronics) and engineered systems
derived from low-dimensional materials
•Processing/manufacturing (e.g, printing or lithography) and
integration/application of low-dimensional materials and
instrumentation/methods to achieve the same.
•Hierarchical multi-scale structures and architectures consisting of
low-dimensional materials
•Interrogation of low-dimensional materials and their fundamental properties
via in situ, in operando methods towards the development of emergent
functionalities.
•Theoretical frameworks and computational/learning/data-intensive methods
for modeling, predicting, understanding, and designing low-dimensional
materials and their derivative systems.
The scope of the Light Metal Technology symposium is to provide an opportunity
of sharing recent technological advances and applications of lightweight
metallic materials including aluminum, magnesium, titanium and their composites.
New theories, technologies and applications on lightweight metallic materials
that are constantly being developed will be the focus of this symposium. It is
generally a slow process to publish these new findings and applications in
technical journals and business magazines. This annual symposium at MS&T annual
conferences will attract materials scientists and engineers from all over the
world, providing them a venue for broad technology dissemination in a timely
fashion.
Efforts to achieve more environmentally friendly materials and manufacturing
process is an increasingly important topic. From the use of natural recyclable
raw materials to the improvement of component life cycle enhancement to reduce
waste are often targeted in all engineering sectors. This symposium focuses on
innovations in the field of composite materials with a specific focus on
Eco-Friendly and environmentally sustainable systems. Papers looking at
development of materials for structural applications, reduction in energy
consumption, and increase component life. All submissions should focus on how
the work being done will have environmental impacts.
Specific Topics of interest include but are not limited to recycled material
feed-stock, applications for reduced carbon footprint and novel materials to
repurpose waste from other areas such as coal as a feed-stock.
The depletion of fossil fuels and realization of the detrimental impacts from
global warming have highlighted the need for large scale deployment of
renewable energy technologies. While the deployment of photovoltaics and wind
turbines have significantly increased over the last decade, further research is
needed to address storage issues related to intermittency of the renewable
energy resource. Furthermore, the cost and availability of materials required
for renewable energy technologies, such as rare earth magnets in wind turbines
and platinum in hydrogen fuel cells, further increases the challenge associated
with the practicality of wide scale deployment.
Composite materials have recently found applications in several renewable
energy applications from hydrogen storage, photoelectrochemical hydrogen
production, dye sensitized solar cells, battery electrodes, and various other
energy and conversion technologies. Many composite materials alter the electron
density distribution within the material as well as provide alternative
mechanistic pathways for the conversion or storage of energy. This symposium
will cover recent advances in composite materials which provide improvements in
materials for renewable energy applications.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Synthesis and characterization of composites for hydrogen storage and
composite catalyst materials for hydrogen fuel cell applications
• Evaluation of composite materials for lithium ion battery electrodes and
solid state electrolytes
• Composite photoelectrode materials for photoelectrochemical cells for fuel
production
• Composite materials for high temperature thermal energy storage applications
including sensible heat, latent heat, and thermochemical heat storage
• Development and characterization of multicomponent photovoltaic materials and
improvements in their charge separation and solar irradiance utilization
The scope of the focused sessions will cover the development of composites for
advance energy storage concepts such as:
• Composite materials for the destabilization of metal hydrides for hydrogen
storage applications
• Development and characterization of composite materials for enhanced
photoelectrode and photovoltaic performance with an emphasis and long lived
charge separated states and increased solar irradiance utilization
• Thermal energy storage composites for enhance thermal conductivity, energy
density, and high temperature operation
Advanced materials research and deployment has yielded competitive advantages
across numerous sports. Examples include bulk metallic glasses as inserts for
golf clubs, composite winding to develop lighter and more functional bats, shoe
technology regulating friction in a variety of environments, more buoyant
swimsuits, and countless other examples. Coupled with this quest is a
calibrated effort to determine how to make sports safer with less obtrusive
helmets, advanced mouthguards, etc. This symposium aims to bring together
researchers, product designers and end users to explore and discuss the state
of the art in materials science and engineering of sports.
The Fourth International Symposium on Metal Matrix Composites entitled Metal
Matrix Composites: Advances in Processing, Characterization, Performance and
Analysis is being sponsored by the Composite Materials Committee of the
Minerals, Metals and Materials Society [TMS] and being held in conjunction with
the 2022 Annual Meeting of TMS that is scheduled to be held in Anaheim
Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA between February 27 – March 3, 2022.
This symposium, the Fourth in a series, will aim at bringing together
engineers, scientists, scholars and entrepreneurs to present and discuss their
novel and innovative contributions in the domain specific to metal-matrix
composites and on aspects specific to: (i) Processing, (ii) Characterization,
(iii) Mechanical Behavior, (iv) Measurements, (v) Failure behavior, and (v)
Kinetics governing microstructural influences on failure by fracture. The goal
of this inter-disciplinary symposium is to bring together the range of
developments in the domains spanning processing, microstructural
characterization, mechanical property evaluation and an analysis of failure
behavior of this material, an attractive, potentially viable and affordable
choice for selection and use in both existing and emerging applications. The
family of composites span the entire spectrum of metals to include the
intermetallic. The conference will certainly provide an attractive forum for
presenting recent advances on aspects related to materials processing,
fabrication, characterization, modeling, analysis and observations by way of
interpretations by both researchers and engineers working in industry, national
research laboratories, and academia. Keynote, Invited and Contributed talks
will be included. The Keynote and Invited papers from leading edge academic and
industrial research settings will provide a lucid and comprehensive overview of
the status and potential future directions for both research and
applications. Contributed papers will attempt to cover specific problems in
the same areas. The topics of interest include the following:
● Metals and Metal-matrix composites
● Nano-metal based composites
● Intermetallic-based composites
Where possible contributions in the above topics should relate to applications
in one of the eight industry-relevant areas:
● Automotive ● Energy applications
● Aerospace ● Failure Analysis
● Bio-medical and healthcare ● Heavy Equipment, Machinery and Goods
● Nuclear ● Clean Energy (Renewable)
Composite materials are of growing interest for nuclear fissions and fusion due
to their combined excellent physical and mechanical properties that are
compatible with extreme radiation and high temperature environments. With the
development of next-generation fission reactors and fusion power, materials
that can withstand higher neutron flux/thermal load/thermal mechanical stresses
and more aggressive environments in terms of oxidation, corrosion/erosion, and
tolerance to transmutation elements are required. This requirement makes it
necessary to (i) understand the operational limits and degradation mechanisms
of existing composite materials and (ii) develop and qualify new materials
designs. There is a strong overlap in materials research between fission and
fusion in terms materials design, processing, characterisation, and modelling.
This symposium aims to bring scientists and engineers together to share ideas
and so join the effort in both fields at an international level for the
development of these crucial composite materials and to enable collaborations
across groups and countries. The design/processing/modelling/joining of the
following materials, as well as their physical/mechanical characterisation
using ex situ and/or in situ techniques, are encouraged:
• Graphite/carbon based composites for fission and/or fusion (e.g., nuclear
graphite, C/C, and novel designs)
• Ceramic-based composites for fusion and/or for nuclear cladding (e,g.,
SiC-SiC, C/SiC, and novel designs)
• Metal-based composites (e.g., ODS steels, components with protective single-
or bi-layer coatings including diamond on fusion components and/or Cr or Cr/Nb
on accident-tolerant fuel cladding, tungsten/tungsten composites, laminate
systems)
• TRISO fuel (e.g., particles, compacts, and FCM fuel)
The Third International Symposium on Metal Matrix Composites: Advances in
Analysis, Measurement and Observations is being sponsored by the Composite
Materials Committee of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society [TMS] and
being held in conjunction with the 2021 Annual Meeting of TMS that is scheduled
to be held in Orlando, Florida, USA between March 14-18, 2021. This symposium,
the third in a series, will aim at bringing together engineers, scientists,
scholars and entrepreneurs to present and discuss their novel and innovative
contributions in the domain specific to metal-matrix composites and on aspects
specific to: (i) modeling, (ii) analysis, (iii) measurements, and (iv)
observations specific to microstructural advances, and spanning microstructure
architecture, mechanical behavior, failure behavior and kinetics governing
microstructural influences on failure by fracture. The goal of this
inter-disciplinary symposium is to bring together the range of developments in
the domains spanning analysis, modeling and observations to facilitate ease in
interpretation on all aspects related to the processing, fabrication,
characterization, mechanical property evaluation, failure analysis of this
material, an attractive choice for selection and use in both existing and
emerging applications. The family of composites span the entire spectrum of
metals to include the intermetallics. The conference will certainly provide an
attractive forum for presenting recent advances on aspects related to materials
processing, fabrication, characterization, modeling, analysis and observations
by way of interpretations by both researchers and engineers working in
industry, national research laboratories, and academia. Keynote, Invited and
Contributed talks will be included. The Keynote and Invited papers from leading
edge academic and industrial research settings will provide a lucid and
comprehensive overview of the status and potential future directions for both
research and applications. Contributed papers will attempt to cover specific
problems in the same areas. The topics of interest include the following:
● Metals and metal-matrix composites
● Nano-metal based composites
● Intermetallic-based composites
Where possible contributions in the above topics should relate to applications
in one of the six industry-relevant areas:
● Automotive ● Energy applications
● Aerospace ● Failure Analysis
● Bio-medical and healthcare ● Heavy Equipment, Machinery and Goods
The prospect of controlling the properties of light with nanometer-scale
precision by coupling the electromagnetic field to the oscillation of surface
electrons in metals has driven the field of plasmonics for over three decades.
Since then, remarkable fundamental insights into the interactions between light
and matter at the nanoscale have been achieved.
Plasmonic nanocomposites materials integrate both (a) a plasmonic metallic
nanoparticle with (b) an assortment of other similar/dissimilar nanostructures
leading to new multifunctional systems with improved functionalities and
properties. By varying material composition and their geometry, one could
control the architecture of molecules and materials on the 1 – 100 nm length
scale. These developments resulted in a myriad of state-of-the-art
nanocomposite materials that show enormous potential for a wide range of new
applications. These include ultrasensitive spectroscopic sensing, biological
sensing, drug delivery, lithography, catalysis, optics, metamaterials, energy
generation, storage, and conversion.
This symposium will cover the recent achievements in the design, fabrication
and application of plasmonic nanocomposites in different fields of science
including material science, medicine, and industry, and it will cover their
significant impact on global society. We expect to have sessions that focus on
the design and development of nanoparticle-based materials that have
applications ranging from sensing, and optics to bio-diagnostic and therapeutic
implications.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Theoretical understanding, synthesis and optical properties of noble metal
nanostructures and their application in surface chemistry
• Computational and experimental methods used to design novel nanomaterials,
such as 2D semiconductors
• Theoretical and experimental methods used to design two-dimensional plasmonic
composite materials with for thermoplasmonics, biosensing, detection, solar
cells and energy storage
• Plasmonics’ properties and applications of 2D nanomaterials
• Advances and developments in techniques for ultrafast detection of trace
levels of chemical and biological analytes, e.g. surface plasmon resonance and
near-field scanning optical microscopy
• Advances and developments of plasmonic semiconductor materials for potential
use in the standard telecommunications fiber-optics windows
The scope of the focused sessions will cover plasmonic nanocomposite synthesis,
characterization and use in various applications, such as:
• Innovative synthetic routes of plasmonic nanocomposite materials, such as
metal-polymers, metal-metal oxides, metal-graphene, metal-semiconductors, etc.
• Fundamental properties and applications of plasmonic composite nanomaterials,
such as ultrafast sensing, electronics, optics, environmental, chemical and
bio-chemical applications, etc.
• Computational and experimental methods used to augment experimental studies
in this field
The Second International Symposium on METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES: Analysis,
Modeling, Observations and Interpretations is being sponsored by the Composite
Materials Committee of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society [TMS] and
being held in conjunction with the 2020 Annual Meeting of TMS that is scheduled
to be held in San Diego, USA between February 23-29, 2020. This symposium, the
second in a series, will aim at bringing together engineers, scientists,
scholars and entrepreneurs to present and discuss their novel and innovative
contributions in the domain specific to metal-matrix composites and on aspects
specific to: (i) modeling, (ii) analysis, (iii) observations specific to
microstructural advances, and (iv) interpretations spanning microstructure
architecture, mechanical behavior, failure behavior and kinetics governing
microstructural influences on failure by fracture. We are looking for new or
novel techniques that have been developed to help us investigate and understand
composite materials. The goal of this inter-disciplinary symposium is to bring
together the range of developments in the domains spanning analysis, modeling
and observations to facilitate ease in interpretation on all aspects related to
the processing, fabrication, characterization, mechanical property evaluation,
failure analysis of this material, an attractive choice for selection and use
in both existing and emerging applications. The family of composites span the
entire spectrum of metals to include the intermetallic. The conference will
certainly provide an attractive forum for presenting recent advances on aspects
related to materials processing, fabrication, characterization, modeling,
analysis and observations by way of interpretations by both researchers and
engineers working in industry, national research laboratories, and academia.
Key-Note, Invited and Contributed talks will be included. The Key-Note and
Invited papers from leading edge academic and industrial research settings will
provide a lucid and comprehensive overview of the status and potential future
directions for both research and applications. Contributed papers will
attempt to cover specific problems in the same areas. The topics of interest
include the following:
● Metals and Metal-matrix composites
● Nano-metal based composites
● Intermetallic-based composites
Where possible contributions in the above topics should relate to applications
in one of the six industry-relevant areas:
● Automotive ● Energy applications
● Aerospace ● Failure Analysis
● Bio-medical and healthcare ● Heavy Equipment, Machinery and Goods
The Sixth International Symposium on Nanocomposites: Nanoscience &
Nanotechnology in Advanced Composites is being sponsored by the Composite
Materials Committee of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society [TMS] and
being held in conjunction with the 2020 Annual Meeting of TMS that is scheduled
to be held in San Diego, USA between February 23-29, 2020. This symposium, the
SIXTH in a series, attempts to bring together engineers, scientists, scholars,
researchers and even entrepreneurs to present and discuss their novel and
innovative contributions in the domain specific to NANOCOMPOSITES, specifically
on aspects both related and relevant to the following: (i) science at the
level of nanoscale, (ii) processing: innovations and advances, (iii)
characterization, quantification and analysis, (iv) mechanical property
evaluation and rationalizations, quantification, (v) failure analysis, and
far-reaching (v) technological applications at the level of nano-scale. We
are looking for new or novel techniques and/or approaches that have been
developed to help us promote the use of composite materials in a spectrum of
both performance-critical and non-performance-critical applications at the
level of nanoscale. The goal of this inter-disciplinary symposium is to bring
together the range of developments in the domains spanning basic science,
processing, analysis, characterization, mechanical property evaluation and
failure analysis rationalization of the family of composite materials, as an
attractive choice for selection and use in both existing and emerging
applications. The family of composites span the entire spectrum of metals to
include the intermetallic. The conference will certainly provide an
attractive forum for presenting recent advances on aspects related to materials
processing, fabrication, characterization, modeling, failure analysis and
observations by way of interpretations by scientists, researchers and engineers
working in industry, national research laboratories, and academia. Key-Note,
Invited and Contributed talks will be included. The Key-Note and Invited
papers from leading edge academic and industrial research settings will provide
a lucid and comprehensive overview of the “current” status and potential future
directions for both research and technology-relevant applications.
Contributed papers will attempt to cover specific problems in the same areas.
The topics of interest include the following:
● Nanoscale Metal-matrix composites
● Nanoscale Ceramic-matrix composites
● Nano-scale Intermetallic-based composites
Where possible contributions in the above topics should relate to applications,
purely at the nanoscale level, in the areas spanning: (i) Aerospace, (ii)
Automotive, (iii) Bio-medical and Healthcare, (iv) Electronic goods, and (v)
Energy-relevant