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 2 4 8 SMST’22: COMMEMORATING60 YEARSOF NITINOL I want to share my excitement in welcoming you to the beautiful coastal getaway of Carlsbad, California, home of SMST 2022. It surely has been a few abnormal years of pandemic life, where we cancelled events and postponed meetings. Personally, I am “Webexed-,” “Teamed-,” and “Zoomedout.” But we are now ready to cautiously welcome you back to the SMST premier conference and exhibition. This year’s SMST event commemorates the 60th year of Nitinol, and with it we usher in invigorating programming. We bring panel discussions that feature medical and aerospace key stakeholders who will discuss current trends and challenges facing our industry. We will introduce the new SMST William J. Buehler Award to recognize excellence in shape memory or superelastic technical innovation. To help us announce the first awardee, we invited a very special group of people who may know a thing or two about the birth of Nitinol. It will be a very special event! Above all, the technical program looks splendid, thanks to you, the presenters. We will learn about traditional exciting topics while infusing new shape memory categories like ceramics and elastocalorics. Our mission does not stop at advancing science and technology, as we also are determined to cultivate SMST’s future leaders. For our students and emerging professionals, we offer exciting programming, competitions, and social events. Don’t miss the highly recommended educational workshop on Nitinol led by none other than Dr. Alan Pelton, FASM, along with some very passionate instructors. We will get to hear from our recent Founders’ Grant awardee, and will also host the CASMART 5th Student Design Challenge. Our networking receptions and social events provide ideal venues for striking up conversations. Also, we made sure to include some free time during the conference to explore the area, visit LEGOLAND, go for a swim, or play golf at The Crossings at Carlsbad course. Need to hear more about some recent developments? In this issue of the SMST NewsWire, we bring you selected articles to expose new works. Speaking of exposure, have you known that exposing Nitinol to irradiation can improve its properties? Our featured article discusses a method of using ion implantation to modulate the pseudoelastic response of Nitinol. This can be the answer to your Nitinol near-surface alterations. See for yourself. At a device level, our Technical Spotlight touches on a new thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) delivery system. Make sure to check out its unique features. Finally, don’t forget to review the SMST’22 technical program found online at smstevent.org, and get those questions ready. To both the veteran SMST attendees and the newcomers, thank you for your contributions and I look forward to meeting you in “3D” soon! Othmane Benafan, Ph.D. SMST’22 Chair President, International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies GUEST EDITORIAL / SHAPE MEMORY SOCIETY NEWS Benafan 2 DONATE NOW TO CASMART’S STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGE The Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies Society (SMST) is teaming with CASMART, the Consortium for the Advancement of Shape Memory Alloy Research and Technology, at SMST 2022 Conference & Exposition in San Diego, for their 5th Student Design Challenge. The Student Design Challenge is intended for undergraduate and/or graduate students to consider innovative approaches to developing new materials and hardware using shape memory alloy (SMA) technology. Students will have the opportunity to showcase and present their creativity during the CASMART Student Design Challenge. SMST believes in inspiring young minds to pursue science, math and technology education and careers. These subjects are critical in our economy, so let’s work together to raise money to excite students and drive them to fulfilling and productive career paths! For more information visit, https://bit.ly/35WvvXN. Teams (finalists) include: 1. Team “SMArt Clamp” (Saarland University, Germany): Joshua Mayer, Tom Weisgerber, Yannik Goergen (Advisors: Dominik Scholtes, Dr.-Ing. Paul Motzki) 2. Team “NiTiMore Temperature” (Georgia Institute of Technology): Alexa Brammer, Patrick Bravo, Katherine Cauffiel, Ryan Peacock (Advisors: Nathaniel Lies, Dr. Aaron Stebner) 3. Team “SMArtians” (IIT Madras, India): Aayush Raghuraman, Aayush Rath, Aditya Ravindran, Rishab Sharma, Kartik Deepak Ruikar (Advisor: Sivakumar M. Srinivasan) 4. Team “Nitinauts” (Georgia Institute of Technology): Phoebe Ellison, Heeyong Huang, Austin Love, Ethan Ray (Advisors: Tyler Knapp, Dr. Aaron Stebner)
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