Three prestigious, invited presenters will deliver lectures during the all-conference plenary sessions on Monday and Tuesday. Come to each to learn more from these influential leaders in their fields.
AIST Adolf Martens Memorial Steel Lecture
Date: Monday, October 7, 2024
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B/C
Amar K. De, Director of Quality and Product Development, Big River Steel, a U.S. Steel Company
Presentation Title: "Thin-Slab Continuous Strip Processing Technology—Changing the Landscape of How We Make Greener and Leaner Advanced High-Strength Steels"
About the Presentation
Thin-slab continuous strip processing technology has evolved quite rapidly over the last decade in how we can take advantage of its fast operational dynamics in making advanced steel grades that were difficult to make through discrete thick slab casting processing route. The integration of electric arc furnace steelmaking with most advanced steel refining technologies is making it possible to innovate and produce steel products that are significantly leaner and greener, and even eliminate the need for intermediate processing installations. Fundamentals of product development principles are also being revisited in light of fast reaction dynamics in solidification, slab heat retention and hot rolling processes. Many new frontiers of high-strength products for structural as well as automotive applications have been developed which can reshape the need for the conventional product mix. This presentation will discuss fundamentals of chemistry and process design for developing a nanoprecipitate-strengthened high-strength, single-phase, lean steel which has proven outstanding for some critical component applications.
About the Presenter
Amar K. De is currently Director of Quality and Product Development at Big River Steel, a U.S. Steel Company. De is a career product metallurgist with over three and a half decades of steel product development experience. He has served the steel industry through his novel low-carbon, lean alloying principles of product development in all critical application areas, as well as through thin and thick slab casters, i.e., continuous, and discrete modes of steel production. De graduated in Metallurgical Engineering in 1985 from the Indian Institute of Technology. He worked extensively on fundamentals of aging behavior in ultra-low carbon steels, dual-phase steels, and TRIP steels and developing high strength ULC-bake hardened steels at University of Ghent. He joined the Metallurgical Engineering department at Colorado School of Mines as a research faculty before joining ArcelorMittal Global R&D in East Chicago in 2005 where he concentrated on plate product development metallurgist. He got extensive hands-on expertise in the thermomechanical processing of steels for the oil and gas industry, as well as a thorough understanding of steel processing technology for important sour service applications. He is likely the first to introduce high toughness pressure vessel steel manufacture utilizing a low-carbon lean alloy technique particularly.
TMS/ASM Distinguished Lectureship in Materials and Society
Date: Monday, October 7, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B/C
Julie M. Schoenung, Professor and Wofford Cain Chair III, Texas A&M University
Presentation Title: "Saving the Planet through Sustainability-Informed Selection, Design and Discovery of Materials"
About the Presentation
In today’s world, when we think about saving the planet, we are likely thinking about reducing ‘carbon footprint’ and the negative effects of climate change. While these are important goals, within the field of materials science and engineering, we need to also think about what I will refer to here as the ‘chemical footprint’. This chemical footprint arises from the consumption of goods, which require the production of materials, which requires the use of resources such as minerals, energy, and water, and can lead to emissions of toxic substances into the air, water, and soil. Consequences of this chemical footprint include increased exposure to humans, leading to cancer and other diseases, and increased damage to our environment. As experts in materials science and engineering, it is imperative that we not only strive for enhanced materials performance, thereby enabling technological development, but also endeavor to purposefully reduce the negative consequences of materials selection, design, and discovery. This multi-attribute objective function requires that we simultaneously address performance, economics, chemical safety (toxicity), energy demand, and materials circularity (waste). A rapidly evolving suite of decision tools and databases, including the strategic application of artificial intelligence and machine learning, can facilitate these essential sustainability-informed decisions.
About the Presenter
Julie M. Schoenung currently holds the title of Professor and Wofford Cain Chair III, in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), the Materials Research Society (MRS), ASM International, the American Ceramic Society, and the Alpha Sigma Mu Honor Society. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in materials engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her B.S. in ceramic engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Schoenung conducts research into structure-processing-property mechanistic relationships with a current focus on high entropy ceramics and additive manufacturing of ceramics, composites, and metals, including the application of alternative feedstock materials generated from waste products. Schoenung is a pioneer in the field of sustainable development of materials with years of experience studying the materials-selection process in a variety of applications. She conducts research into the analysis of factors that guide the materials-selection decision-making process, such as economics, environmental impact and toxicity, cost-performance trade-offs, policy, and sustainability standards.
ACerS Edward Orton Jr. Memorial Lecture
Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B/C
Young-Wook Kim, Senior Vice President, Worldex Industry & Trading Co., Ltd., and Professor Emeritus, University of Seoul
Presentation Title: "Silicon Carbide: The Versatile Ceramic Alloy"
About the Presentation
Silicon carbide-based ceramics are remarkably versatile materials, exhibiting chameleon-like properties that can transition between electrical insulator and conductor, heat-resistant and highly deformable, or thermally conductive and insulating states, depending on their composition and microstructure. This adaptability, achieved through the precise mixing of additives and meticulous microstructure control, positions SiC ceramics as a sophisticated form of ceramic alloy. This presentation will explore various strategies for developing SiC ceramics with tailored properties, focusing on electrically conductive, heat-resistant, tough, and thermally conductive variants. These advancements are realized through careful microstructure manipulation and the judicious selection of sintering additives. The presentation will also introduce two innovative processing strategies: one employing thermodynamic instability principle to achieve microcellular structures, and another demonstrating successful densification of fully ceramic microencapsulated nuclear fuels without applied pressure. Furthermore, practical applications of SiC ceramics in semiconductor processing parts will also be explored.
About the Presenter
Young-Wook Kim is senior vice president of WORLDEX Industry & Trading Co., Ltd. and professor emeritus at the University of Seoul, South Korea. He received an M.S. and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and a B.S. in ceramic engineering from Yonsei University. Before joining the WORLDEX Industry & Trading Co., Ltd, he worked as a professor at the University of Seoul and as a senior research scientist at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. Kim has authored or co-authored more than 340 journal articles and holds about 60 issued patents. He is an academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, a fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), and an honorary fellow of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS). He received the John Jeppson Award, Samuel Geijsbeek PACRIM International Award, Global Star Award, and Global Ambassador awards from ACerS and Richard Brook Award from ECerS. In addition to being a founding member of the ACerS Korea Chapter, Kim is chair of the Engineering Ceramics Division and editor-in-chief of International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology.