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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 | A P R I L 2 0 2 0 ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 Tel: 440.338.5151 • Fax: 440.338.4634 Joanne Miller, Editor joanne.miller@asminternational.org Victoria 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 Toni Marechaux, Interim Treasurer Prem K. Aurora Diana Lados 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. W hat a difference a few months make. Earlier this year, several market research reports projected: Aerospace materials market to reach $6.51 bil- lion by 2026, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5% from 2019 to 2026; aerospace polymer foam market to have steady growth based on rising de- mand for lightweight materials; and aerospace plastics market to reach $1.11 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 5.4% from 2019 to 2026. Yet now the world is full of uncertainty. Everyone is creating contingency plans. Major airlines are cutting routes by 50% for at least two months and there are talks of government bailouts for the industry. Taking the lead in spinning our world upside down is COVID-19. Right be- hind it are the oil wars, the presidential election, and the stock market. We all know that the Dow cringes at all of this uncertainty. But recently, my new ASM office neighbor, Ray Fryan, informed me that engineers also dislike uncertainty. When they start to design around uncertainty, they get more and more conser- vative. On page 76 in this issue, you can read how he shared these insights at a Calumet chapter talk on materials design and manufacturing. Also check out the “Members in the News” story about Fryan’s recent pivot from ASM Treasurer and board member to ASM Operations teammember. Tackling the uncertainties of designing with shape memory alloys, Boeing and NASA Glenn Re- search Center have teamed up to develop SMART vortex generators that reduce fuel consumption and improve efficiency in today’s aircraft. Read about their novel development and in-flight testing results in our SMST NewsWire supplement in this issue. Despite the challenges of designing without 100% certainty, materials engineers are to be cel- ebrated for developing next-generation products, many of which play an important role in protecting us. Our heroes at 3M are safeguarding healthcare workers worldwide with the N95 mask. They also developed a foranimous foil for airplanes that offers protection against lightning strikes (see page 16). In the area of battery applications, JEOL found a way to protect lithium-based foils from oxide exposure. Their air-isolated transfer system for specimen preparation is described on page 26. And one engineer’s timely reminder of the beneficial properties of certain alloys may help reassure the rest of us. A recent post by ASM member Harold Michels on the ASM Connect online discussion board stated: “A new study shows that copper is effective against the newly emerged strain of coronavirus. It re- ports that coronavirus COVID-19 survives on copper for up to four hours, com- pared to up to 48-72 hours on stainless steel and plastic. After up to four hours, which seems a long time, the virus will be gone without any human intervention.” Check out the most recent replies to his post and feel free to join this mem- ber-baseddiscussionatwww.connect.asminternational.org.Besuretotakealook at the other topics and conversations to join, or perhaps start one of your own. The best way to combat the current state of uncertainty might just be to stay connected. And especially now, we need to explore more virtual means. Let ASM be your forum. Stay safe. Stay connected. joanne.miller@asminternational.org PROTECTIVE MATERIALS Othmane Benafan, le , of NASA Glenn and Tad Calkins of Boeing.