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6 56 45 ASM NEWS The latest news about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other Society activities. 3D PRINTSHOP Learn what’s new in additive manufacturing from the campus labs of Rutgers University and the University of Wisconsin. OMG! Amazing materials innovations abound at Washington University in St. Louis, MIT, and Oak Ridge National Lab. EXPLORING THIXOFORMING FOR NET SHAPE MANUFACTURING Frank Czerwinski Thixoforming is a hybrid technology used to manufacture net shape components from a variety of alloys ranging from low melting temperature aluminum and magnesium to steel and Co-base alloys. 14 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 | M A Y / J U N E 2 0 1 9 2 Automotive components manufactured by semisolid injection molding. Courtesy of SSD-Magnesium. On the Cover: