2019 Technical Program

Final Technical Program Now Available

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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