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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 | N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 8 4 2 iTSSe TSS iTSSe TSS T he new center will be based at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, and will be one of the largest training facilities of its kind in the southern hemisphere. SEAM is akin to sister centers such as the Center for Thermal Spray Research (CTSR) at Stony Brook University, Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films, Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Matériaux, les Procédés et les Surfaces (LERMPS), and the NSERC Green Sur- face Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Strategic Net- work at ConcordiaUniversity. SEAM is funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) under the Industrial Transformation Training Center (ITTC) plan and aims to train the next genera- tion of early career researchers in the field of surface engineer- ing, which includes thermal spray and laser based additive manufacturing (Fig. 1). “SEAM will be Australia’s premier manufacturing R&D center that focuses on applied research with tangible out- comes to nurture and cultivate the industrial innovation leaders of tomorrow. SEAM research will focus on surface en- gineering for advanced materials that solve the engineering challenges of the future,” explains Berndt, who is also a co- founder of CTSR. STRONG ACADEMICS AND INDUSTRIAL FOCUS SEAMaims to solve crucial surface engineering problems, such as their design, fabrication, testing, analysis, and path- ways towards value-added applications, all of which enable the Australianmanufacturing industry to bemore efficient and profitable in the globalmarketplace. To spearheadenrichment TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SURFACE ENGINEERS AND TECHNOLOGISTS On August 2, the Australian Research Council announced funding for a new training center in Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials (SEAM), to be led by Christopher C. Berndt. Andrew S.M. Ang* and Christopher C. Berndt, FASM,* TSS-HoF Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia *Member of ASM International FEATURE Fig. 1 — Surface engineering methods to be explored in the SEAM initiative. 8