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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 | N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 9 ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 Tel: 440.338.5151 • Fax: 440.338.4634 Joanne Miller, Editor joanne.miller@asminternational.org Vicki Burt, Managing Editor vicki.burt@asminternational.org Ed Kubel, Frances Richards, and Corinne Richards Contributing Editors Jan Nejedlik, Layout and Design Kelly Sukol, Production Manager kelly.sukol@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 Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota Nia Harrison, Ford Motor Company Michael Hoerner, KnightHawk Engineering Hideyuki Kanematsu, Suzuka National College of Technology Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University Scott Olig, U.S. Naval Research Lab Amit Pandey, Granta Design/Ansys Satyam Sahay, John Deere Technology Center India Anand Somasekharan, Los Alamos National Lab Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin Jaimie Tiley, U.S. Air Force Research Lab Jean-Paul Vega, Siemens Energy ASMBOARDOF TRUSTEES Zi-Kui Liu, President and Chair of the Board Diana Essock, Vice President David U. Furrer, Immediate Past President Raymond V. Fryan, Treasurer Prem K. Aurora Diana Lados Toni Marechaux Thomas M. Moore Jason Sebastian Larry Somrack Judith A. Todd Priti Wanjara Ji-Cheng Zhao William T. Mahoney, Secretary and Chief Executive O icer STUDENT BOARDMEMBERS Kimberly Gliebe, Ashwin Kumar, Nisrit Pandey Individual readers of AdvancedMaterials & Processes may, without charge, make single copies of pages therefrom for per- sonal or archival use, or may freelymake 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. A s a plenary speaker in Portland in October, Wolfgang Bleck of RWTH Aachen University ended his talk with a bulleted list of “souvenirs” from his presentation on the use of the TRIP effect to develop new materials such as manganese alloyed steels. I hope many of you were able to travel tooneormoreof ASM’s fall conferences andcameaway with souvenirs of your own—gems of research insights, new contacts, and ideas to implement in your work life. The stunning image gracing this issue is a souvenir from the IMS Interna- tional Metallographic Contest held in Portland this past fall. In 2020, we will run an article featuring the 2019 Jacquet-Lucas grand prize winner of that contest. Another type of souvenir was acquired by our own AM&P Editorial Committee vice chair, John Shingledecker of EPRI, who came away from the ASM Annual Meeting with a new designation—ASM Fellow, Class of 2019. Congratulations to John and all 2019 award winners. We brought back some postcards of our fall meeting awardees and activi- ties to share with you. Check out the photo galler- ies from the ASM Annual Meeting (see pages 74-75) and from Heat Treat 2019 (see pages 56-57). New this fall at both Heat Treat in Detroit and ISTFA in Portland were women in engineer- ing events. The Heat Treat conference included a Women in Manufacturing Net- working Breakfast with a featured speaker. At ISTFA, the newly formed Women in Electronics Failure Analysis (WEFA) organized a special symposium and lunch. Attended by women and supportive men, these gatherings help to highlight the contributions of women in the field and provide a forum for mentoring and net- working. The groups also are supported by ASM’s Board of Trustees task force on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Dr. Zi-Kui Liu elaborated on the DEI ini- tiative in his presidential speech during the ASM Annual Business Meeting. An excerpt can be found on page 72. Liu will use his “From the President’s Desk” column to communicate with the membership throughout his term. Now, as we turn the page on our fall travelog from 2019 events, we look for- ward with great anticipation to the debut of IMAT 2020—the International Materi- als Applications & Technologies Conference and Exhibition. ASM’s new fall event will be held in Cleveland from September 14 through 17, 2020. With a theme of “Solving Global Materials Challenges,” IMAT 2020 will be like no other event. The new conference will offer not only the best materials-related technical talks, but also will include a focus on the business and economic side of commercializing materials innovations to help companies calculate their return on investment. As a precursor to IMAT, this issue of AM&P leads off with an article on “Im- proved Business Decisions through Patent Intelligence.” The author shows how patent analysis can aid inventive companies through the R&D phase, business development, and IP security. Coincidentally, our JTST Highlights on page 44 showcases a journal abstract on a related topic, “A Review on Suspension Ther- mal Spray Patented Technology Evolution.” So the interest in this field across multiple segments of our membership is growing. As you read this final edition of AM&P for 2019, think about the souvenirs you have taken away from all of this year’s issues. Let us know what specific con- tent has made your reading journey more memorable. And be sure to make IMAT a key part of your 2020 travel itinerary! joanne.miller@asminternational.org FALL TRAVELOG John P. Shingledecker, FASM