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National Lab
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Mario Epler, Carpenter Technology Corp.
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College of Technology
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It is almost impossible to believe we are wrapping up the
final edition of AM&P for 2016. With this in mind, it seems
that the annual Materials Science & Technology (MS&T)
conference occurs at an ideal time—during October, while
we still have a chance to think about the year to date and
before we are distracted by the joys and challenges of the
holiday season. The “big picture” lectures at MS&T con-
tinue to amaze and inspire, and this year is no exception.
Rapid changes in society and commerce were important themes of sev-
eral talks at MS&T, in addition to global engineering challenges. As usual, the
Alpha Sigma Mu lecture was outstanding with Al Romig, FASM, speaking about
the “14 grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century” as determined by
the National Academy of Engineer-
ing (NAE). Romig, executive offi-
cer of this academy, outlined the
mega-engineering problems of our
day. All revolve around themes of
“continuation of life on the planet,
and making our world more sus-
tainable, safe, healthy, and joy-
ful.” For example, goals include
making solar energy economical,
engineering better medicines, pro-
viding energy from fusion, prevent-
ing nuclear terror, and engineering
the tools of scientific discovery. Romig highlighted the importance of the Grand
Challenge scholar program to prepare future talent to solve these problems.
For more information, visit engineeringchallenges.org.
Speaking about other massive changes in how business is conducted today
was Diran Apelian, FASM, of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In a lively panel dis-
cussion on collaborative research programs, Apelian began his talk by posing
four intriguing questions and providing the answers after the audience guessed:
What company is the world’s largest taxi company? (Uber, but they own no
vehicles.) What company is the world’s most popular media owner? (Facebook,
but they create no content.) Who is the world’s most valuable retailer? (Alibaba,
but they have no inventory.) Who is the world’s largest accomodation provider?
(Airbnb, but they own no real estate.) Apelian asserted that the most important
assets of these companies are knowledge and people, which is the same for
every organization—including universities. He went on to make some excellent
observations about what makes a successful collaboration.
The plenary session was also intriguing and thought provoking. Julie
Christodoulou, FASM, provided a fascinating history of microscopy and charac-
terization tools beginning with Pliny the Elder and continuing through today’s
technological advancements such as dynamic 3D digital modeling and preces-
sion electron diffraction. Her main point was that with today’s wealth of sophis-
ticated tools, scientists and engineers must choose projects carefully to use the
powerful equipment at their disposal and move progress forward. David Mat-
lock, FASM, then gave an interesting talk on fatigue performance of steel and con-
cluded that a great need still exists to teach “good, common sense engineering.”
In other news, we wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season! See you
in 2017.
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