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Plenary Session
Drivers for Advanced Manufacturing:
Energy, Sustainability and Economics
October 13, 8-10 a.m., Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom
Advanced manufacturing
(AM) encompasses a range of
emerging technologies that will
speed materials improvements
from the laboratory to the shop
floor. These technologies form
the basis for the proposed Na-
tional Network of Manufactur-
ing Institutes (NNMI), with
current Institutes centered on
the following AM technologies:
• Digital design/ICME/
Materials Genome
Initiative
• Additive manufacturing
• Lightweight and modern metals manufacturing innovations
• Next-generation power electronics
Education Short Courses
ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES •
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Materials Science & Technology 2014
October 12-16
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh
The MS&T partnership of ACerS, AIST, ASM, and TMS brings
together scientists, engineers, students, suppliers, and other
professionals to discuss current research and technical
applications, and to shape the future of materials science
and technology. NACE International will co-sponsor MS&T14.
Speakers
Yves Bréchet
Grenoble
Institute of
Technology
Alex King
Director, Critical
Materials
Institute
Alan Taub
Professor,
Materials
Science and
Engineering,
University of
Michigan
Fundamentals of Glass Science & Technology
Saturday and Sunday, October 11–12
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Arun K. Varshneya, Professor of Glass Science &
Engineering, Alfred University
Basic glass science and technology is covered to broaden or im-
prove understanding of glass as a material of choice. This one and a
half day course covers glass science (commercial glass families, glassy
state, nucleation and crystallization, phase separation, glass structure);
glass technology and batch calculations; glass melting and forming;
glass properties such as density, hardness, viscosity, thermal expansion
coefficient, chemical durability, and engineering principles such as
annealing, strength, and strengthening; and finally, elementary frac-
ture analysis.
Recent Innovations in Electroceramics and Their Applications
Sunday, October 12, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: R.K. Pandey, Texas State University
Electroceramics are now an integral part of many emerging
technologies due to recent innovations. Because of the advent of mul-
tifunctional oxides, multiferroics, energy harvesting, micro-electro-
mechanical systems (MEMS), nanostructured ceramics, spintronics,
radhard electronics, bioelectronics, detectors, and sensors, electroce-
ramic materials are more important than ever and will likely impact
many emerging technologies. This course aims to expose students to the
current state of knowledge in this fieldwith emphasis on practical appli-
cations and invention potential.
Understanding Why Ceramics Fail and Designing for Safety
Sunday, October 12, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructors: Steve Freiman, Freiman Consulting Inc.
and John J. (Jack) Mecholsky, Jr., University of Florida
Engineers who use ceramic components, whether in electronic,
optical, or structural applications, recognize that their brittleness
can result in damage and possible mechanical failure. In this course,
the practical fracture mechanics background necessary to under-
stand brittle failure is explored, and some unique characteristics of
ceramic materials that must be taken into account in their design
and use are described. Microstructural effects, which have a major
influence on both fracture toughness and strength, are also explored
in some detail.
Designing Aluminum Structures
Sunday, October 12, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Randy Kissell
This seminar explains how to use the Aluminum Association’s
Aluminum Design Manual (ADM), a guide to the design of alu-
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