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PRODUCT MANUFACTURING

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| Materials and Systems |
| Processing |
| Fundamentals and Characterization |
| Education and Professional Development |

 Product Manufacturing

The Materials Competition - back to top

Focus: Economic and environmental aspects of materials selection decisions
Topics: Materials Case Studies; Decision Methodologies; Economic and Environmental Modeling

Processing and Performance of Beryllium - back to top

Focus: Recent developments in beryllium technology, including application of novel processing routes and alloy development
Topics: Processing of Beryllium; Performance of Beryllium

Steel Product Metallurgy and Applications - back to top

Focus: Physical metallurgy of steel products and resultant effects on application and performance
Topics: Lower Strength Steels; High Strength Steels; Mechanisms

Surface Protection for Enhanced Materials Performance - back to top

Focus: Design, processing, evaluation and modeling of coatings or surface treatments for improving overall performance
Topics: Surface Modification and Protection for Enhanced Performance Thermal Barrier Coatings; Mechanical Behavior and Residual Stresses

Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials Including Affordable Joining of Titanium and Joining Technologies for MMCs - back to top

Focus: Deeper understanding of joining issues related to devices and components of current interest in several key industrial sectors
Topics: Friction Stir Welding; Fusion Welding; Solid State Phenomena and Brazing; Affordable Joining of Titanium Alloys

Lead-Free Soldering: It is Here to Stay - Applications, Alloy Development, and Impact - back to top

Focus: Impact and responses to the enviromental mandates
Topics: Alloy Development; Interfacial Interactions; Reliability and Performance

Machining and Grinding of Engineered Materials - back to top

Focus: Advances in metal and material removal technologies for established and new engineering materials
Topics: Tool Performance; Tool Coatings; Alternative Metal Removal Processes

Innovations in Metal Forming - back to top

Focus: Recent advances in metal forming which enable the use of new materials or produce improvements in the use of more traditional materials
Topics: Springback and Formability; Hydroforming, Electromagnetic Forming and Warm Forming; Superplasticity and Hot Blow Forming; Tooling, Tribology, and Bulk Forming

The Impact of Design on Corrosion Performance - back to top

Focus: Engineering and economic impact of corrosion, and lessons learned in a variety of materials systems
Topics: Aluminum; Iron; Nickel; Other Alloys