The centerpiece of MS&T '03 will be its technical program. In several ways, the program will reflect the traditions established by the TMS and ISS meetings that have been merged into this new conference—the ISS MECHANICAL WORKING AND STEEL PROCESSING CONFERENCE and the TMS FALL MEETING.

The complete preliminary technical program can be downloaded and viewed in portable document format using ADOBE ACROBAT:

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MS&T '03 will include five spotlight topical symposia that are being jointly developed by TMS and ISS:

• Austenite Formation and Decomposition
• Automotive Sheet Steels
• Process Control and Optimization in Ferrous and Nonferrous Industry
• Processing-Structure-Property-Performance Relationships
• Structure-Property Relationships in High Performance Ferrous Based Systems Possessing Composite-Like Structures

In presentations both broad and specific, MS&T '03 will feature invited and contributed papers by speakers who articulate theoretical and practical concepts; ferrous and nonferrous technologies; advanced and fundamental applications; proposed and hands-on processing methodologies; the present and future of metals and materials industries.

Technical Sessions

Technical sessions will begin on Monday morning, November 10, 2003, and end on Wednesday, November 12, 2003. All technical sessions will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Abstracts will be available by accessing the TMS Conference Management System (CMS). If you do not have access to the internet, please contact TMS Technical Services for a copy of the technical session abstracts. The abstracts will also be published in the MS&T ‘03 Final Program distributed at the meeting to all speaker, member, and non-member registration category attendees.

2003 TMS Fall Meeting

3-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Sponsored by:
ASM International: Materials Science Critical Technology Sector
TMS Structural Materials Division

In recent years, significant advances have been made in materials characterization, representation, and modeling. In particular, serial sectioning techniques and X-ray microtomography methods have been increasingly used to probe the 3-D microstructures of advanced materials such as structural foams, metallic and non-metallic composites, and ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. These newer experimental techniques have had a powerful influence on the rapidly-advancing field of computational materials science, where microstructural data can be input into models to gain new insight into deformation, processing, and phase transformations in these complex multi-phase materials systems. Computerization brings to the forefront a new problem, that of mathematical representation and manipulation of the data sets. An additional emphasis of the symposium will therefore be the development of methods for microstructural representation that will allow rapid diffusion of data throughout the materials science community, provide for automated data generation and handling and to allow for machine based decision making from microstructural information.

This symposium is the second of a series of annual TMS symposia focusing on 3-dimensional aspects of materials science and its associated problems. It intends to bring together experimentalists and computational materials scientists with experts in 3-D techniques, virtual reality and advanced computer graphics, and representation. From this, it is intended to build a common basis for research topics that is truly interdisciplinary. One full session in the symposium is
planned as a workshop, with invited speakers.

Topics Covered:

• Serial sectioning techniques: manual and automated
• X-ray microtomography methods
• 2-D and 3-D modeling of deformation and phase transformations
• Mathematical representation of microstructural information
• Virtual reality and computer graphics
• Toward a Web-based virtual microstructural database

AFFORDABLE METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR HIGHPERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS

Sponsored by:
TMS Structural Materials Division
SMD-Composite Materials Committee (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)

Metal-matrix composites (MMCs) have been used in certain aerospace, automotive, and electronic components and are being considered for more applications in aerostructures, aeropropulsion, space propulsion, automotive, and electronic components. Most of the applications of MMCs were primarily driven by the superior stiffness and strength as compared to monolithic alloys. Affordable MMCs could be potential candidates for many high-performance applications, and strength and tailorable CTE play an important role. The purpose of this symposium is to discuss the technical challenges pertaining to the high-performance applications. This symposium will cover all the relevant aspects of MMC technology such as selection/development of a suitable matrix alloy, processing techniques, microstructural characterization, and mechanical properties. The issues related with aerospace and space applications of MMCs will be emphasized. This symposium will primarily focus on the particulate-reinforced metallic composites, but will also cover continuous fiber-reinforced metallic composites. Other advanced materials such as dispersion-strengthened alloys and unreinforced alloys will also be considered. These systems include metallic composites systems such as aluminum, titanium, copper, magnesium, nickel, niobium, etc.

CASTING AND SOLIDIFICATION OF FERROUS ALLOYS

Sponsored by:
TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division
MPMD-Solidification Committee

This symposium will address recent advances in the casting and solidification of cast iron, steel, and other ferrous alloys. Topics will include novel industrial innovations, new applications of casting technology, modeling efforts, and the results of new experiments.

CONTROL OF MELT-RELATED DEFECTS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE ALLOYS

Sponsored by:
TMS Structural Materials Division
SMD-High Temperature Alloys Committee

Today’s component performance expectations and associated designs place increasingly higher demands on the structural soundness of high temperature alloys in applications such as advanced gas turbines. Stringent material cleanliness requirements have led to efforts to further minimize potential material defects and to the establishment of tighter controls on maximum permissible defect sizes. Experience suggests that potential material defects can be inherited from meltrelated processes, which can affect both castings and wrought products, (e.g., in investment castings for jet engines or large-diameter ingot feedstock for industrial gas turbine forgings.)

This symposium aims at providing a forum for communication and discussion involving three main participant types:

• Equipment builders who define critical material requirements based on their designs
• Foundries and mills who face the challenge to supply those materials or parts
• Academia who could contribute significantly to technological progress by elucidating the fundamental mechanisms of defect formation and developing
  potential control methodologies.

The focus will be on current and future material design requirements, state-of-the-art industrial practice in controlling defects, development and introduction of novel melting techniques, advances in nondestructive testing, process modeling and understanding of mechanisms of defect formation, and their ramifications for material properties. Primarily Ni-base superalloys and Ti-base alloys will be addressed.

EFFECT OF PROCESSING ON MATERIALS PROPERTIES FOR NUCLEAR
WASTE DISPOSITION

Sponsored by:
TMS Structural Materials Division
SMD-Corrosion and Environmental Effects Committee (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)
SMD-Nuclear Materials Committee (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)

The issue of nuclear waste disposal in the U.S. is currently in the national and local news. Discarding nuclear waste is also an area of concern for many other nations that are planning their respective repositories. Many types of materials, especially metallic, will be used for the containment, transportation, and final disposal of nuclear waste. This symposium will address the effect of material (alloy) processing on their properties as related to nuclear waste disposal. Presentations will cover areas such as metallurgy and fabrication. This will include alloy composition, heat-to-heat variability, hot working, processing, welding methods, forming, surface finish, and heat treatment. Studies may focus on effects produced on weldability, element segregation, weld defect quantification, mechanical properties, annealing method, residual stress mitigation, general and localized corrosion, environmentally assisted cracking, lifetime performance, etc.

FRONTIERS OF X-RAY MICRO- AND NANO-BEAM DIFFRACTION

Sponsored by:
ASM International: Materials Science Critical Technology Sector
TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division
MPMD-Phase Transformation Committee (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)

The availability of intense synchrotron X-ray sources now allows for X-ray diffraction measurements with micro to nanometer resolution. This new experimental information is certain to advance our understanding of mesoscale dynamics and can address long-standing issues of materials behavior. This symposium will summarize the current state-of-the art through a series of invited papers, will solicit contributed papers on novel new instrumentation and techniques, and will present examples of applications to materials. A special effort will be made to include representatives from synchrotrons around the world with active efforts in X-ray microprobe and nanoprobe diffraction.

PB-FREE AND PB-BEARING SOLDERS

Sponsored by:
TMS Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials Division
EMPMD-Electronic Packaging and Interconnection Materials Committee

This symposium will provide a forum for exchange of ideas and recent findings in the currently popular field of electronic solders. It will consist of invited and contributed papers from leading research groups in universities, national laboratories, and industrial/manufacturing facilities in the United States and abroad.

POWDER MATERIALS: CURRENT RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES

Sponsored by:
TMS Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division
MPMD-Powder Materials Committee

This symposium will draw presentations from industry, academia, and government laboratories on current research and/or industrial practices in powder materials. Coverage will include a wide range of areas such as: powder making, powder conditions, reactive powder handling, powder characterization, hot and cold uniaxial pressing, hot and cold isostatic pressing, powder rolling, extrusion, sintering, heat treatment and processing facilities, rapid and directional solidification and consolidation, in-situ synthesis of composites, ceramics and intermetallics, atmospheric and low pressure plasma spray, flame spray, wire arc spray, alloy and materials development, mechanical behavior of bulk powder-based materials, physical-based mathematical models, theories, simulation, micromechanisms, and end use products. The goal is to bring together scientists, engineers ,and manufacturers both as speakers and audience and to create a forum on both fundamental and technological aspects.

PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS

Sponsored by:
TMS Structural Materials Division
SMD-Structural Materials Committee

This symposium covers research into the processing and properties of structural materials that include ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, intermetallics, ceramics, and composites. Processing encompasses all types of processing for bulk materials including but not limited to: processing of powder-based bulk materials, reaction synthesis, thermomechanical processing, casting, and polymer composite processing. The effect of processing on the product properties is an important feature of this symposium. However, presentations will also focus largely on processing and properties.

PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURAL NANOMATERIALS

Sponsored by:
TMS Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division
TMS Structural Materials Division
MPMD-Powder Materials Committee
SMD-Mechanical Behavior of Materials Committee (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)

This symposium will focus on recent advances in structural nanomaterials that have grain and/or particle sizes below 100 nm. The objective of this symposium is to provide a forum for researchers, producers, and users to present the most recent results combined with in-depth discussion on the fundamental issues and technological applications of this new class of materials. Topics will include synthesis/processing, characterization of structure and mechanical properties, processing/structure/property relationships, thermal stability, phase transformations, theory, modeling, performance, and applications.

THE ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION OF MATERIALS & PROCESSES

Sponsored by:
ASM International: Materials Science Critical Technology Sector
TMS Structural Materials Division
ASM/MSCTS-Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria Committee
Jt. EMPMD/SMD-Chemistry & Physics of Materials Committee
MPMD-Computational Materials Science of Engineering (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)

Emerging efforts in materials modeling are leading to incremental improvements in specific areas, (e.g., materials processing and mechanical behavior). There is growing belief that the time scale between development of a new material and its implementation into production can be significantly shortened only through a revolutionary change in materials development methodologies, which builds on such materials modeling. The resulting pay-off will be a substantial reduction in the time required for the development of cost-competitive automotive and aerospace systems with higher performance and greater fuel efficiency. This is to be accomplished by using the required technical content and fidelity of the “designer knowledge base” to drive the optimized development/use of models and experiments.

Critical to this effort will be understanding how to effectively use materials models, link them across various length and time scales and couple them with experiments to yield the appropriate information for the designer. In addition, methodologies to “warrant” the contents of the designer knowledge base against the uncertainties inherent in materials processing, characterization, and testing must be developed. This symposium offers a view of approaches toward accelerated implementations of materials and key technical limitations needing attention.

Topics of discussion:

• Strategic development decisions for all materials
• Development and reduction of insertion risk for “new materials”
• Improvement of workflow and productivity through digitization
• Enhanced linkage of materials to design and customer requirements
• Assessment and quantification of key uncertainty sources in materials processing, characterization, and testing

45th ISS Mechanical Working and Steel Processing Conference

IRON & STEEL SOCIETY’S MECHANICAL WORKING AND STEEL PROCESSING CONFERENCE

Sponsored by:
ISS MWSP

Topics include:

• Long products and forging
• Flat rolled products
• Product physical metallurgy
• Roll technology

MS&T ’03 Joint TMS/ISS Program

AUSTENITE FORMATION AND DECOMPOSITION

Sponsored by:
ISS MWSP
TMS
ISS-Product Physical Metallurgy Committee
MPMD-Phase Transformations Committee (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)

This international symposium will bring academic and industrial experts in austenite formation and decomposition together to present the latest developments. Recent advances in the understanding of the mechanistic, diffusional, and thermodynamic aspects of austenite formation and decomposition as well as the ability to measure, characterize, and model these phenomena provide impetus for this symposium. Topics will include the effects of processing on austenite formation or decomposition, computational modeling, analytical methods for measurement of austenite formation and decomposition, characterization of microstructures, and the effect of alloys, residuals, and precipitates.

AUTOMOTIVE SHEET STEELS

Sponsored by:
ISS MWSP
TMS

This symposium will discuss substrate developments, coating technology, surface issues, and conversion technologies of automotive sheet steels. Papers reviewing development activities for new automotive steel grades are encouraged as well as studies investigating forming operations (e.g., stamping, hydroforming, roll forming, etc.) and final vehicle performance (e.g., durability and crash energy management). Studies on the effects of mechanical properties, surface friction, lubrication, and forming mode on formability (forming limits, springback, surface appearance, etc.) are also featured.

PROCESS CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION IN FERROUS AND NONFERROUS INDUSTRY

Sponsored by:
TMS Extraction & Processing Division
ISS MWSP
TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division
Jt. MPMD/EPD-Process Modeling Analysis & Control Committee

This symposium will discuss recent technological development in process control and optimization in the field of extraction and processing of metals and materials, both in ferrous and nonferrous industries. Although distinct from each other, ferrous and nonferrous metals extraction and processing have many aspects of process control, optimization, and technology development in common and a shared symposium on these issues should benefit both industries. Specific topics may include:

• control and optimization of the feed morphology and composition in processes such as ore sintering, nickel/copper, lead/zinc, and aluminum/magnesium smelting and processing
• control and optimization of the chemistry and transport properties of slags, steels, metals, mattes, and aqueous solutions
• minimization of refractory degradation
• control of technologically and environmentally undesirable minor components in product and waste streams
• control of process parameters in iron sintering, blast furnace, electrical furnaces, flash furnace, converters, refining vessels, etc.
• process automation

PROCESSING-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS

Sponsored by:
ISS MWSP
TMS Structural Materials Division
SMD-Physical Metallurgy Committee

The thermal or thermomechanical history of a ferrous alloy dictates the final microstructure, which, in turn, governs the performance of the material. This symposium will focus on relationships between process history and properties in iron alloys, with a focus on the correlation between microstructural development and properties. This symposium will present current practices and new developments in understanding the evolution of structures, with an emphasis on the significance to ferrous alloy performance. Topical areas will include:

• Processing
• Thermomechanical history
• Texture evolution
• Microstructural evolution
• Thermodynamic/kinetic phase boundaries
• Phase transformations
• Metallographic characterization
• Performance
• Mechanical properties and constitutive modeling
• Physical properties
• Damage and fracture behavior

STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE FERROUS- BASED SYSTEMS POSSESSING COMPOSITE-LIKE STRUCTURES

Sponsored by:
ASM International: Materials Science Critical Technology Sector
ISS MWSP
TMS Structural Materials Division
SMD-Composite Materials Committee (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)
SMD-Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Jt. ASM-MSCTS)

There are a number of commercially available and industrially relevant ferrous-based systems which exhibit composite-like structures (e.g., spherodized steels, pearlitic steels, dual phase steels, TRIP Steels, advanced high strength steels, etc.). The mechanisms of strengthening and fracture of such materials provide important insights into the design of materials with high specific strength, formability, and fracture resistance. In addition, there are a number of emerging ferrous- based systems (e.g., amorphous, nano-crystalline) that are being explored to take advantage of some of the unique combinations of properties that such systems may provide. This symposium will bring researchers and end users together to cover evolving research and development opportunities in the ferrous materials area. Advanced high strength materials, TRIP steels, and dual phase steels are of particular interest, while emerging systems such as amorphous and nanocrystalline materials will also be represented. Opportunities for funding will also be covered.

General Abstract Information

Sponsored by:
ISS MWSP
TMS

ISS and TMS are sponsoring general abstract sessions as an important part of MS&T '03. In an effort to present a more comprehensive view, current work is being carried on in materials science research, particularly new and emerging technologies and techniques.

General Poster Session

A poster session will be held in conjunction with the MS&T '03 Meeting. Presentations will be displayed on 4’x8’ poster boards; no formal oral presentation is required. The poster session will begin on Monday, November 10 and remain in place through Wednesday, November 12. Abstracts may be submitted through the TMS Conference Management System (CMS); e-mail: raabe@tms.org; mail: Christina Raabe, TMS, 184 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086; or fax: (724) 776-3770.