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4 A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 Tel: 440.338.5151 • Fax: 440.338.4634 Frances Richards, Editor-in-Chief frances.richards@asminternational.org Joanne Miller, Editor joanne.miller@asminternational.org Ed Kubel and Corinne Richards, Contributing Editors Jim Pallotta, Creative Director jim.pallotta@asminternational.org Jan Nejedlik, Layout and Design Kelly Sukol, Production Manager kelly.suko l@asminternational.org Press Release Editor magazines@asminternational.org EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Adam Farrow, Chair, Los Alamos National Lab John Shingledecker, Vice Chair, EPRI Somuri Prasad, Past Chair, Sandia National Lab Ellen Cerreta, Board Liaison, Los Alamos National Lab Tomasz Chojnacki, Caterpillar Inc. Mario Epler, Carpenter Technology Corp. Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota Nia Harrison, Ford Motor Company Yaakov Idell, NIST Hideyuki Kanematsu, Suzuka National College of Technology Scott Olig, U.S. Naval Research Lab Anand Somasekharan, Los Alamos National Lab Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin Jaimie Tiley, U.S. Air Force Research Lab ASMBOARDOF TRUSTEES Frederick E. Schmidt , Jr., President and Chair of the Board David U. Furrer, Vice President William E. Frazier, Immediate Past President Craig D. Clauser, Treasurer Prem K. Aurora Ellen K. Cerreta Ryan M. Deacon Larry D. Hanke Roger A. Jones Thomas M. Moore Sudipta Seal Judith A. Todd John D. Wolodko William T. Mahoney, Secretary and Chief Executive Officer STUDENT BOARDMEMBERS Aadithya Jeyaranjan, Kenna Ritter, Eli Vandersluis Individual readers of Advanced Materials & Processes may, without charge, make single copies of pages therefrom for per- sonal or archival use, or may freely make such copies in such numbers as are deemed useful for educational or research purposes and are not for sale or resale. Permission is granted to cite or quote fromarticles herein, provided customary acknowledgment of the authors and source is made. The acceptance and publication of manuscripts in Advanced Materials & Processes does not imply that the reviewers, editors, or publisher accept, approve, or endorse the data, opinions, and conclusions of the authors. W elcome to the September issue, which I consider our “back to school” edition. Fall is in the air and summer is swiftly drawing to a close. Students of all ages are getting back into their routines, along with the rest of us. Here at ASM, we have education courses in full swing in our renovated lab space and several exciting fall events to look forward to. Among these are Heat Treat Mexico later this month, MS&T in mid-October, ISTFA at the end of Octo- ber, and our inaugural ASM Fellows Executive Summit in ear- ly December. What I enjoy most about these events is the wide variety of offerings. Fromdiving intoahalf-day course andenjoyingnonstop technical sessions to simply walking the exhibit floor and taking in a high-level keynote, it’s all up to you. Nomat- ter what, the opportunity to network is invaluable. Getting together with industry peers and having small group dis- cussions is something the best social media networks can never replace. The honest and spontaneous brain- storming that occurs when people communicate face-to-face is simply impossible to replicate in the digital world. I had this very experience at our Leadership Days event in Cleve- land a few weeks ago. As part of this annual gathering of ASM Chapter represen- tatives, the Emerging Technologies Awareness Committee (ETAC) held a focus group to gather feedback and learn what ASM can do to help our members better respond to technology advancements. Talk about opening a fire hose. We had roughly 40 people in attendance and we discussed ideas quickly in small groups. We then had a spokesperson from each table share a brief summary. Some of the ideas included ASM facilitating dissemination of precompeti- tive research; compiling a directory of who is working in different areas of mate- rials research and applications; creating a consultant/expert database; present- ing more review articles that separate myths from facts; and adding a website area about emerging technologies that lists various international consortia and what they’re working on. It is truly amazing what a small group of motivated members can come up with in a few minutes of open dialogue. Speaking of amazing, we hope you’re enjoying our new series on the evolu- tion of automotive aluminum. Part III starts on page 14, hence the rugged Range Rover gracing our cover. Does that image scream “Road Trip!” or what? The article is packed with historical tidbits about the painstaking development of aluminum auto body sheet, including the continuous battle against springback. From alloy developers and diemakers to design engineers and manufacturers, the early automotive aluminum industry had its hands full. On a more modern note, be sure to check out the automotive heat treating article from Jack Titus in HTPro. Besides aluminum, he talks about the other automotive materials de- signers have to choose from these days, namely magnesium, carbon fiber re- inforced polymer, gray cast iron, plain carbon and alloy steel, and ductile iron. Although the industry has come a long way over the past hundred years, there is so much unpaved road ahead. We hope you enjoy the journey. frances.richards@asminternational.org BACK TO SCHOOL WITH FALL EVENTS