2019 Technical Program

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+ Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing Education
- Additive Manufacturing of Glass, Ceramics and Composites
- Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Microstructure and Material Properties of Nickel-based Alloys
- Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Microstructure, Properties and Alloy Development
- Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Post Processing
- Additive Manufacturing: Effective Production, Characterization, and Recycling of Powder Materials
- Additive Manufacturing: In-situ Process Monitoring and Control
- Additive Manufacturing: Microstructure and Material Properties of Titanium-based Alloys
- Additive Manufacturing: Solid-state and Other Nonbeam-based Technologies for the Manufacturing of Metallic Parts
- Corrosion of Additively Manufactured Metals
+ Biomaterials
- Advanced Biomaterials for Biomedical Implants and Biosensing Devices
- Next Generation Biomaterials
- Surface Properties of Biomaterials
+ Ceramic and Glass Materials
- ACerS Robert B. Sosman Award Symposium
- Alumina at the Forefront of Technology III
- Ceramic and Crystal Materials for Optics and Photonics
- Ceramics and Glasses Simulations and Machine Learning
- Glasses, Optical Materials, and Devices: Current Issues in Science & Technology
- International Symposium on Ceramic Matrix Composites
- Phase Transformations in Ceramics: Science and Applications
+ Electronic and Magnetic Materials
- Advanced Microelectronic Packaging, Emerging Interconnection Technology, and Pb-free Solder
- Advances in Dielectric Materials and Electronic Devices
- Semiconductor Heterostructures: Theory, Growth, Characterization,and Device Applications
+ Energy
- Hybrid Organic – Inorganic Materials for Alternative Energy
- Hydrogen Effects on Materials Performance
- Materials for Nuclear Applications
- Materials Issues in Nuclear Waste Management
+ Failure Analysis
- Failure Analysis & Characterization
- Failure Analysis: Industry Specific Failures
- Failure Prevention and Unconventional Failures
+ Fundamentals and Characterization
- Actinide and Lanthanide Materials III
- Alloy Design for Additive Manufacturing: Developing New Feedstock Materials
- Bulk Metallic Glasses and their Composites – Progresses, Outcomes and Prospects
- Characterization and Modeling of Metal Whisker Formation
- Characterization of Materials and Properties through Metallography, Mechanical Testing and Analysis – From Fundamentals to the Cutting Edge
- Data Science for Material Property Interpretation
- Emergent Materials under Extremes and Decisive In-situ Characterizations
- Grain Boundaries, Interfaces, and Surfaces in Functional Materials: Fundamental Structure–Property Performance Relationships
- PSDK XIII: Phase Stability and Diffusion Kinetics
- Sandphobic Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coatings
+ Iron and Steel (Ferrous Alloys)
- Advanced High Strength Steels / From Design to End Users
- Advances in Understanding of Martensite in Steels
- Advances in Zinc-coated Sheet Steel Processing and Properties
- Applications of Modern Characterization Techniques to Ferrous Alloys and Steel Products
- Formability and Fracture of Metal Sheets
- Gas/Metal Reactions, Diffusion, and Phase Transformation during Heat Treatment of Steel
- Retained Austenite for High and Ultrahigh Strength Steels
- Thermomechanical Processing in Shaping and Forming of Steels
+ Materials-Environmental Interactions
- Advanced Coatings for Wear and Corrosion Protection
- Advanced Materials for Harsh Environments
- Advanced Materials for Oil and Gas Applications – Performance and Degradation
- Crosscutting Issues in Corrosion of Materials: Control, Monitoring, Mitigation and Material Selection
- Materials vs Minerals: Bridging the Gap between Materials Science and Earth and Planetary Science
- Substrate Protection for Corrosion Prevention
- Thermal Protection Materials and Systems
- Thermodynamics of Materials in Extreme Environments
+ Modeling
- Integration between Modeling and Experiments for Crystalline Metals: From Atomistic to Macroscopic Scales
- Modeling Variability of Mechanical Behavior through ICME Techniques with Emphasis on Verification, Validation & Uncertainty Quantification
- Multiscale Modeling of Microstructure Deformation in Material Processing
+ Nanomaterials
- Controlled Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Structural and Functional Nanomaterials
- Nanostructured Materials under Extreme Environments
- Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment, Electronics, Healthcare and Industry
+ Processing and Manufacturing
- 11th International Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing
- Advanced Manufacturing, Processing, Characterization and Modeling of Functional Materials
- Advances in Surface Engineering
- Boron Based Materials and Coatings: Structure, Properties, Processing, and Applications
- Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials XXI
- Light Metal Technology
- Mechanochemical Synthesis and Reactions in Materials Science IV
- Metal and Polymer Matrix Composites IV
- Metamorphic Manufacturing – Incremental Deformation Processing for Agile, High-quality Metallic Component Production
- Multifunctional Applied Materials for RF, EO, Bio and Radiation Sensors
- Multifunctional Ceramic- and Metal-matrix Composites: Processing, Microstructure, Properties and Performance
- Powder Metallurgy of Light, Reactive and Other Nonferrous Metals
- Processing and Performance of Materials Using Microwaves, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Ultrasound, Lasers, and Mechanical Work – Rustum Roy Symposium
- Sintering and Related Powder Processing Science and Technologies
- Surface Protection for Enhanced Materials Performance: Science, Technology, and Application
- Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications of Functional Porous Materials
- Ultra High Performance Metallic Systems for Aerospace, Defense, and Automotive Applications
+ Special Topics
- ACerS Frontiers of Science and Society – Rustum Roy Lecture
- ACerS Richard M. Fulrath Award Session
- ACerS/EPDC: Arthur L. Friedberg Ceramic Engineering Tutorial and Lecture
- Activating Allies: Navigating the Intersectional Landscape of Diversity & Inclusion
- ASM Edward DeMille Campbell Memorial Lecture
- Alpha Sigma Mu Lecture
- Curricular Innovations and Continuous Improvement of Academic Programs (and Satisfying ABET along the Way): The Elizabeth Judson Memorial Symposium
- Global Young Investigators Forum
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society Awards Symposium
- Perspectives for Emerging Materials Professionals
- The Navrotsky Award for Experimental Thermodynamics of Solids
- Undergraduate Global University