JOM back issues from February 2009:
In the Final Analysis
Feb 01, 2009; ... "Hey kids, let's put on a show!" -Mickey Rooney If you spend any time with the teen or tween crowds, you've undoubtedly come in contact with Disney's High School Musical movies. They're bright, cheery, innocent, and inescapable. In these films, fresh-faced young people encounter ...
TMS 2009 Annual Meeting Web Site Converts to At-Meeting Web Site, and More
Feb 01, 2009; ... The TMS 2009 Annual Meeting web site will be converted into the TMS 2009 at-meeting web site Sunday, February 1 5 , to provide visitors with daily updates and current conference information. The content will include listings of daily events and notifications of schedule changes, upcoming ...
2009 TMS HONORS AND AWARD RECIPIENTS
Feb 01, 2009; ... TMS and its divisions honor outstanding members annually for various achievements in their fields and on behalf of the Society. The winners will be honored at the TMS 2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, February 15-19. The following is a list of the 2009 winners. To learn more ...
TMS and Solios Fives Join Together to Make TMS 2009 Green
Feb 01, 2009; ... TMS and Solios Fives have teamed up to ensure the TMS 2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco continues to grow greener. By working with TMS, Fives Solios has set the path to TMS' green initiatives and was recently named the Premier Green Sponsor for the Annual Meeting. Fives Solios will support ...
First U.S. Commercial Biofuel Flight Takes Off
Feb 01, 2009; ... Powered, in part, by pond scum, Continental jet 516 took off on January 7 from the Bush Intercontinental Airport to make the Houston-based airline the first U.S. commercial carrier to conduct a demonstration flight with alternative fuels. One of its engines operated on a 50-50 blend of regular ...
A Real Hazard: Titanium Golf Clubs Linked to Hearing Loss
Feb 01, 2009; ... Some golfers have been accused of selective deafness during the course of a game. But, according to an article published in the December 18 British Medical Journal, hearing loss could be a real hazard for those players using new generation titanium drivers on a regular basis. The paper ...
Rubbing the Wrong Way
Feb 01, 2009; ... All it takes is a little BAM. A boronaluminum-magnesium ceramic alloy, that is. This exceptionally hard, "slippery" coating for machine components developed at Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, has been found to significantly reduce friction in moving parts, reducing wear and improving energy ...
Researchers Offer New Explanation in Superconductivity
Feb 01, 2009; ... Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory posited an explanation for superconductivity in non-traditional materials that could lead to the discovery of new, unconventional forms of superconductivity. The explanation is one that describes a potentially new state of matter in which the ...
BUSINESSLINE
Feb 01, 2009; ... News and Notes from Materials Industries Toshiba Corporation: Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo) announced its first 2.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD) with a serial-ATA (SATA) interface for automotive applications, expanding its line of robust and temperatureenhanced storage solutions for in-car ...
New Clues Unlocked in the Mystery of Metallic Glass
Feb 01, 2009; ... Glass made of metallic alloys has tantalized scientists for decades with its unusual physical and magnetic properties. These unique materials, however, have defied analysis, making it difficult to identify potential candidates for application, since it was impossible to determine why specific ...
WASHINGTON NEWS
Feb 01, 2009; ... From Betsy Houston, Federation of Materials Societies Energy at Top of Agenda: Steven Chu, nominee to be Secretary of Energy, outlined his agenda: a greater commitment to renewable energy; aggressive efforts to increase energy efficiency in appliances, buildings, and automobiles; a push ...
Susan Abkowitz Receives the 2008 Titanium Applications Development Award
Feb 01, 2009; ... Susan M. Abkowitz was awarded the 2008 Titanium Applications Develop- ment Award by the International Titanium Associa- tion for pioneering the development and commercial- ization of Cerme- Ti® metal-matrix composite materials. She became a TMS member in 1991. Abkowitz is vice president ...
TMS REMEMBERS THOMAS O'KEEFE
Feb 01, 2009; ... In April, Thomas O'Keefe, a Curators' Professor Emeritus of Metallurgical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, passed away at the age of 72. A senior member of TMS, O'Keefe joined the society in 1964 and served on numerous boards and committees. O'Keefe began ...
In Memory of TMS Member Frank Zanner, 1940-2008
Feb 01, 2009; ... Editor's Note: This tribute was adapted from a submission by Rodney Williamson, Remelting Technologies Consulting In December, Frank John Zanner, retired distin- guished member of the technical staff at Sandia National Labo- ratories and sole proprietor of Zan- tek Enterprises, passed ...
Meet a Member: Nikhilesh Chawla, Amateur Violin Virtuoso
Feb 01, 2009; ... The sounds of Ludwig van Beethoven's famous Symphony No. 5 stream from Nikhilesh Chawla's car speakers each morning on his commute to the School of Materials at Arizona State University. As he listens, the melodies from the symphony's violins touch a personal chord for Chawla: he has played the ...
2009 TMS President Ray Peterson: Everyone Wins When Members Say "Yes" to Society Involvement
Feb 01, 2009; ... It is with great excitement and honor that I accept the presidency of The Min- erals, Metals and Materials Society for 2009-2010. Let me introduce myself. My name is Ray Peterson. I am married to my spouse Lallie, who is a metal- lurgical engineer also, and have two teenaged children, Kyle and ...
The Journal Talks with 2008 TMS President Diran Apelian
Feb 01, 2009; ... TMS President Diran Apelian will end his term as president of the society at the TMS 2009 Annual Meeting this month. How- met Professor of Mechanical Engi- neering and Direc- tor of the Metal Processing Insti- tute at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. Apelian has served ...
Dear Mr. President: Suggestions to President Barack Obama from the Materials Community
Feb 01, 2009; ... Editor's Note: The opinions expressed here are solely those of the contributors and not of their places of employment or TMS. INTRODUCTION Materials Technology@TMS is designed to gather the professionals of TMS into one of four virtual "communities:" Established Materials, ...
Dislocations: 75 Years of Deformation Mechanisms
Feb 01, 2009; ... The selection of papers present- ed in this section reflect on themes to be explored at the Dislocations: 75 Years of Defor- mation Mecha- nisms Symposium to be held at the TMS 2009 Annual Meeting in February. The symposium is sponsored by the Mechanical Behavior of Materials Committee to give ...
The Role of Dislocations in the Growth of Nanosized Voids in Ductile Failure of Metals
Feb 01, 2009; ... Dislocations are the most important element in our understanding of the mechanical response of metals. Their postulation in i934 led to revolution- ary advances in our ability to predict the mechanical behavior of materials. The authors recently advanced a dis- location mechanism for void growth ...
The Intermediate Temperature Deformation of Ni-Based Superalloys: Importance of Reordering
Feb 01, 2009; ... A number of planar deformation mechanisms, such as microtwinning, a[112] dislocation ribbon, and superlattice intrinsic and superlattice extrinsic stacking fault formation, can operate during the intermediate temperature deformation of nickle-based superalloys. The fundamental, rate-limiting ...
Dislocation Motion in Phonon Liquids
Feb 01, 2009; ... The motion of dislocations through a phonon liquid can be expected to shed vortices because the estimated Reynolds number is in the appropriate range. The stresses produced by vortex shedding are ample to cause cross-gliding of screw dislocations and thereby deformation hardening. As the phonon ...
Dislocation-Particle Interaction at Elevated Temperatures
Feb 01, 2009; ... There is a major difference in dislocation-particle interaction at low and elevated temperatures. This article will only discuss the historic development of and the current understanding of the interaction of dislocations with non-shearable particles at elevated temperatures. It will show that ...
Dislocation Nucleation and Multiplication in Small Volumes: The Onset of Plasticity during Indentation Testing
Feb 01, 2009; ... While classical studies of dislocation behavior have focused on the motion and multiplication of dislocations, recent advances in experimental methods allow studies that probe relatively dislocation-free volumes of materials. When the dislocation concept was initially developed 75 years ago, ...
Aluminum: World Market Prospects for Troubled Times
Feb 01, 2009; ... Aluminum and alumina prices and production volumes dropped significantly in 2008 due to the worldwide economic recession. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of the aluminum industry and its outlook for the future. INTRODUCTION By the fourth week of ...
Integrative Materials Design: Achievements and Opportunities
Feb 01, 2009; ... The future of sustainable design and manufacturing relies on successful material-process-component integration across all manufacturing sectors. This requires defining, disseminating, and implementing a new design approach and supporting tools and strategies for failure prevention and enhanced ...
Meetings Calendar
Feb 01, 2009; ... Presenting upcoming meetings and calls for papers Symposia Proposals and Abstract Submissions: For TMS-sponsored meetings, symposia proposals and abstracts must be submitted through ProgramMaster, the on-line TMS conference and proceedings management system. The system can be accessed at ...
National Engineers Week: Reaching out to the Engineers of the Future
Feb 01, 2009; ... Editor's Note: A more comprehensive version of this article can be found on the Materials @TMS web site. Nanoaccelerometers, embedded within sewer pipes, use a weighted silicon shaft to determine changes in wastewater flow. Roadways incorporate solar thin films to provide an additional ...