MS&T22 Technical Program

For the 20th installment of the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) conference series, we're developing an extensive technical program that includes approximately 80 symposia in 15 technical tracks developed by all three MS&T partner societies: the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). For your convenience, the planned symposia have been divided into the following technical tracks. Click on a track to view a listing of related symposia or visit ProgramMaster directly to view an alphabetical listing of symposia. Abstracts are due March 15, 2022.

Technical Topics

+ Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing and Cellular/Lattice Structures: Designs, Realization and Applications
- Additive Manufacturing Modeling, Simulation, and Machine Learning: 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
- Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Microstructure, Properties and Alloy Development
- Additive Manufacturing of Polymeric-based Materials: Challenges and Potentials
- Additive Manufacturing of Titanium-based Materials: Processing, Microstructure and Material Properties
- Additive Manufacturing: An Industrial, Academic and Governmental Perspective
- Additive Manufacturing: Equipment, Instrumentation and In-Situ Process Monitoring
- Additive Manufacturing: Mechanisms and Mitigation of Aqueous Corrosion and High-temperature Oxidation
+ Artificial Intelligence
- AI for Big Data Problems in Advanced Imaging, Materials Modeling and Automated Synthesis
- Inference-based Approaches for Material Discovery and Property Optimization
- Materials Informatics for Images and Multi-dimensional Datasets
- Materials Processing and Fundamental Understanding Based on Machine Learning and Data Informatics
- Uncertainty Quantification in Data-Driven Materials and Process Design
+ Biomaterials
- 3D Printing of Biomaterials and Devices
- Metal Materials for Biomedical Purposes Through Advanced Manufacturing: Bulk and Surface Properties
- Next Generation Biomaterials
+ Ceramic and Glass Materials
- Advances in Dielectric Materials and Electronic Devices
- Ceramics and Glasses Modeling by Simulations and Machine Learning
- Dislocations in Ceramics: Processing, Structure, Mechanics, and Functionality
- 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
- Mesoscale Phenomena in Functional Polycrystals and Their Nanostructures
- Phase Transformations in Ceramics: Science and Applications
- Solid-state Optical Materials and Luminescence Properties
- Undergraduate Research in Ceramics
+ Education
- ACerS/TMS Emerging Faculty Symposium
- Curricular Innovations and Continuous Improvement of Academic Programs (and Satisfying ABET along the Way): The Elizabeth Judson Memorial Symposium
- Developing an Open Source Introductory Textbook for the Materials Community
+ Fundamentals and Characterization
- Alloy Phase Transformations at Elevated Temperatures
- Dynamic Behavior of Materials: Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- Emergent Materials under Extremes and Decisive In Situ Characterizations
- Grain Boundaries, Interfaces, and Surfaces: Fundamental Structure-Property-Performance Relationships
- High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallics, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond III
- Metal Powder Synthesis and Processing
- Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications of Functional Porous Materials
+ Iron and Steel (Ferrous Alloys)
- Advancements in Steel Structural Refinement
- Advances in Ferrous Metallurgy
- Advances in Zinc-coated Sheet Steel Processing and Properties
- Steels for Sustainable Development
+ Lightweight Alloys
- Advanced Forming Processes for High Strength Lightweight Alloys
- Development in Light Weight Alloys and Composites
- ICME-Based Titanium Alloys and Processes Design
- Light Metal Technology
- Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships of Titanium and Titanium Alloys
+ Materials-Environment Interactions
- Advanced Coatings for Wear and Corrosion Protection
- Advanced Materials for Harsh Environments
- High Temperature Oxidation of Metals and Ceramics
- Progressive Solutions to Improve Corrosion Resistance of Nuclear Waste Materials
- Thermodynamics of Materials in Extreme Environments
+ Modeling
- Integration between Modeling and Experiments for Crystalline Metals: From Atomistic to Macroscopic Scales IV
- Multi Scale Modeling of Microstructure Deformation in Material Processing
+ Nanomaterials
- Advances in Emerging Electronic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Enhanced Properties, Integration, and Applications
- Controlled Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Structural and Functional Nanomaterials
- Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment, Electronics, Healthcare and Industry
+ Nuclear Energy
- Advanced Characterization of Materials for Nuclear, Radiation, and Extreme Environments III
- Ceramics for a New Generation of Nuclear Energy Systems and Applications
- Tackling Structural Materials Challenges for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
+ Processing and Manufacturing
- Advanced Joining Technologies for Automotive Lightweight Structures
- Advances in Surface Engineering
- Innovative Process Design and Processing for Advanced Structural Materials
- Processing and Performance of Materials Using Microwaves, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Ultrasound, Lasers, and Mechanical Work – Rustum Roy Symposium
+ Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment
- 14th Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing
- Advanced Ceramics for Environmental Remediation
- Advances and Challenges in Decarbonization of the Steel Industry
- Application of Ceramic, Mineral, Metal, Strain and Defect Engineering in Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules
- Energy Materials for Sustainable Development
+ Special Topics
- ACerS Frontiers of Science and Society: The Rustum Roy Lecture
- ACerS Richard M. Fulrath Award Session
- ACerS Robert B. Sosman Award Symposium
- ACerS/EPDC: Arthur L. Friedberg Ceramic Engineering Tutorial and Lecture
- Art and Cultural Heritage: Discoveries during the Pandemic Year
- History of Materials Science and Engineering
- Materials Engineering to Address Humanitarian Challenges
- Resisting Degradation from the Environment: A Symposium Honoring Carolyn M. Hansson’s Research and Pioneering Experiences as a Women in STEM

MS&T21 Program Coordinating Committee

Chair and ACerS Representative

Jessica Rimsza, Sandia National Laboratory

AIST Representative

Siddhartha Biswas, Big River Steel

TMS Representatives

John Carpenter, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Eric Lass, University of Tennessee, Knoxville