2021 Technical Program 

For the 19th installment of the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) conference series, we're developing an extensive technical program that includes 75 symposia in 13 technical tracks. The deadline to submit abstracts for MS&T21 has now passed, but you can still contribute your work to the Late News Poster Session or the 2021 Undergraduate Student Poster Session.

Late News Poster abstracts are due May 28, 2021.
Student posters are due September 20, 2021.

For your convenience, the symposia have been divided into the following technical tracks. Click on a track to view a listing of related symposia and choose the one that best matches your work. If you know the name of the symposium you are seeking, you can visit ProgramMaster directly and choose from an alphabetical listing of symposia. 

Technical Topics

• + Additive Manufacturing
• • Additive Manufacturing: Advanced Characterization for Industrial Applications
  • Additive Manufacturing: Alloy Design to Develop New Feedstock Materials III
  • Additive Manufacturing: Large-Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing
  • Additive Manufacturing: Mechanisms and Mitigation of Aqueous Corrosion and High-temperature Oxidation
  • Additive Manufacturing: Processing, Microstructure and Material Properties of Titanium-based Materials
  • Additive Manufacturing of Metals: ICME Gaps: Material Property and Validation Data to Support Certification
  • Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Equipment, Instrumentation and In-Situ Process Monitoring
  • Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Microstructure, Properties and Alloy Development
  • Additive Manufacturing Modeling and Simulation: Microstructure, Mechanics, and Process
  • Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic-based Materials: Process Development, Materials, Process Optimization and Applications
  • Additive Manufacturing of High and Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics and Composites: Processing, Characterization and Testing
• + Artificial Intelligence
• • Accelerating Materials Science with Big Data and Machine Learning
  • AI for Big Data Problems in Advanced Imaging, Materials Modeling and Automated Synthesis
  • Materials Informatics for Images and Multi-dimensional Datasets
• + Biomaterials
• • Next Generation Biomaterials
  • Porous Materials for Biomedical Applications
  • Surface Engineering and Characterization of Titanium and Titanium Alloys
• + Ceramic and Glass Materials
• • Ceramic Matrix Composites
  • Ceramics and Glasses Modeling by Simulations and Machine Learning
  • Engineering Ceramics: Microstructure-Property-Performance Relations and Applications
  • Glasses and Optical Materials: Current Issues and Functional Applications
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society Awards Symposium
  • Manufacturing and Processing of Advanced Ceramic Materials
  • Phase Transformations in Ceramics: Science and Applications
  • Preceramic Polymers: Synthesis, Processing, Modeling, and Derived Ceramics
  • Solid-state Optical Materials and Luminescence Properties
  • Thermal Shock Resistance of Ceramics and Composites
• + Electronic and Magnetic Materials
• • Advances in Dielectric Materials and Electronic Devices
  • Functional Defects in Electroceramic Materials
• + Energy
• • Advanced Characterization of Materials for Nuclear, Radiation, and Extreme Environments
  • Energy Materials for Sustainable Development
  • Hybrid Organic—Inorganic Materials for Alternative Energy
• + Fundamentals and Characterization
• • Deformation-Induced Phase Transformations
  • Emergent Materials under Extremes and Decisive In Situ Characterizations
  • Grain Boundaries, Interfaces, and Surfaces in Ceramics: Fundamental Structure—Property—Performance Relationships
  • High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallics, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond (II)
  • Integration between Modeling and Experiments for Crystalline Metals: From Atomistic to Macroscopic Scales III
  • Materials vs Minerals: Bridging the Gap between Materials Science and Earth and Planetary Science
  • Nucleation of Solid-State Phase Transformations
  • Probing Defect Properties and Behavior under Mechanical Deformation and Extreme Conditions
  • Processing—Microstructure—Property Relationships of Titanium and Titanium Alloys
• + Iron and Steel (Ferrous Alloys)
• • Advancements in Steel Structural Refinement
  • Advances in Ferrous Metallurgy
  • Advances in Metallic Coated Advanced Steels
  • Developments in Plate and Line Pipe Steels
  • Fracture of Steels: New Approaches to Modeling and Experimental Characterization
  • New Frontiers in Physical Metallurgy of Steels
  • Surface Hardening of Steels: Recent Developments and Deeper Understanding
• + Materials-Environment Interactions
• • Advanced Coatings for Wear and Corrosion Protection
  • Advanced Materials for Harsh Environments
  • Coatings to Protect Materials from Extreme Environments
  • Computation Assisted Materials Development for Improved Corrosion Resistance
  • Progressive Solutions to Improve Corrosion Resistance for Nuclear Waste Storage
  • Thermodynamics of Materials in Extreme Environments
• + Modeling
• • Multi Scale Modeling of Microstructure Deformation in Material Processing
  • Phonon Properties of Materials: Modeling and Experimentation
• + Nanomaterials
• • Controlled Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Structural and Functional Nanomaterials
  • Mechanistic Insights into the Synergistic Properties of Nanocompositess
  • Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment, Electronics, Healthcare and Industry
• + Processing and Manufacturing
• • 13th Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing
  • Advances in Surface Engineering
  • Aspects of Conventional Powder Metallurgy
  • Development of Light Weight Alloys and Composites
  • Light Metal Technology
  • Powder Metallurgical Components in High Performance Applications
  • Processing and Performance of Materials Using Microwaves, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Ultrasound, Lasers, and Mechanical Work: The Rustum Roy Symposium
  • Surface Finishing of Additive Manufactured Metals
  • Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications of Functional Porous Materials
• + Special Topics
• • 50 Years of Characterizing Structural Ceramics and Glasses: Recognizing the Contributions of George Quinn
  • ACerS Education and Professional Development Symposium
  • ACerS Richard M. Fulrath Award Session
  • ACerS Robert B. Sosman Award Symposium
  • Curricular Innovations and Continuous Improvement of Academic Programs (and Satisfying ABET along the Way): The Elizabeth Judson Memorial Symposium
  • Online Teaching Best Practices for the COVID Era and Beyond
  • Research Lightning Talks

MS&T21 Program Coordinating Committee

Chair and TMS Representative

ACerS Representative

AIST Representative