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HIGHL IGHTS 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 4 2 ASM Materials Genome Toolkit Program The ASM Materials Education Foundation offers the opportunity to U.S. undergraduate engineering programs to compete to receive a free license for cutting-edge materials design software and database packages. This effort is being launched to promote science-based computational materi- als design and engineering in undergraduate curriculum. Since 2015, nineteen awards have been made includ- ing three new awards in 2019. This effort is supported by the NIST-funded Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD) as part of the national Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) under a spe- cial arrangement with Thermo-Calc Software AB. The pro- gram is being administered by the ASM Materials Education Foundation. 2019 Materials Genome Toolkit Award recipients are: • University of California-Irvine • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign • University of Utah These awards are issued as three-year licenses with the requirement that the awardees participate in the ASM Undergraduate Design Competition in each of the award years. The ASM Materials Genome Toolkit includes the latest versions of: • Thermo-Calc thermodynamics code • DICTRA multi-component diffusion code • TC-PRISMA precipitation simulator • Thermo-Calc Software Development Kits (TQ-I, TC-API, TC-Toolbox for Matlab and TC-Python) • Thermodynamic databases for Fe, Ni, Al, Mg, Ti, Cu- based systems as well as HEAs • Mobility databases for Fe, Ni, Al, Mg, Ti and Cu-based systems as well as HEAs ASM’s Expanded Lab Capabilities Hallie Chavez, ASM Lab Technician The New Year marks new capabilities at ASM Interna- tional’s training labs. We’ve added a suite of chemical analy- sis equipment to the Metallographic Lab. The suite features a LECO carbon/sulfur analyzer (CS844 ES ), a LECO oxygen/ nitrogen/hydrogen analyzer (ONH 836), and a PerkinElmer ICP-MS (NexION 2000 ICP Mass Spectrometer) coupled with a laser ablation piece (NWR213). This suite of equipment was made possible by a contribution provided by Jobs Ohio earlier in 2019. The recent growth of the labs follows two lab addi- tions in 2019 at ASM to educate the materials community on upstream and downstream process development in additive manufacturing. The Parker Hannifin Powder Char- acterization Lab is focused on powder testing. A Horiba LA-960 laser particle size analyzer and a Retsch Technology CAMSIZER X2 provide information on particle size and shape and a Freeman Technology Powder Rheometer is used for flow testing. ASM is also committed to educating users about the various safety measures necessary when working with pow- der, housing the equipment in a fully grounded cleanroom, and gowning with a respirator as PPE. The Parker Hannifin Computed Tomography (CT) Lab provides non-destruc- tive tools for powder and parts, including a Nikon XT H 225 ST Industrial CT Scanner and an Olympus LEXT OLS5000 laser confocal microscope. These inclusions offer exciting knowledge in the additive design world as well as augment ASM’s existing labs. This allows ASM to tell a more detailed story when characterizing metals and greatly enhances the hands-on learning experience of its students. Parker Hannifin Powder Characterization Lab at ASM headquarters. Nikon CT Scanner in the Parker Hannifin Computed Tomography Lab at ASM. ASM LAB EXPANSION