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28 35 8 MACHINE LEARNING/AI This new department highlights research on machine learning, including a metamaterial made by artificial intelligence. ASM NEWS The latest news about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other Society activities. TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT EFFICIENT PROCESSING IMPROVES TITANIUM YIELD A chance discovery is enabling significant efficiency gains in titanium conditioning, one of the most costly steps in titaniummetal production. USING 3D CHARACTERIZATION AND SERIAL SECTIONING TO IMPROVE MATERIALS ANALYSIS Thomas A. Ivanoff and Jonathan D. Madison Features, spatial locations, and morphological measures not readily attainable with 2D methods are now accessible using 3D characterization techniques. 16 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 | J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0 2 Mechanical serial sectioning removes material from the sample in a slice-by-slice fashion, characterizes each slice, then stacks the series of 2D images together to represent a 3D structure. Courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories. On the Cover: