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 3 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 Frances Richards and Corinne Richards Contributing Editors Anne Vidmar, Layout and Design Allison Freeman, Production Manager allie.freeman@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 Beth Armstrong, Oak Ridge National Lab Margaret Flury, Medtronic 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 Ricardo Komai, Tesla Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dimensional Energy Scott Olig, U.S. Naval Research Lab Christian Paglia, SUPSI Institute of Materials and Construction Amit Pandey, Lockheed Martin Space Satyam Sahay, John Deere Technology Center India Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin Jean-Paul Vega, Siemens Energy Vasisht Venkatesh, Pratt & Whitney ASMBOARDOF TRUSTEES David B. 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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. ACCELERATING INNOVATION How do you accelerate innovation? This question was posed directly and indirectly throughout the AeroMat conference and the co-located SMST Entrepreneurial Workshop in Fort Worth, Texas, in March. For many, the answer was additive manufacturing (AM). With four AeroMat sessions on AM, it is clearly a vital and sustainable path forward for the air and space industries. In one session, Kevin Stonaker from the Federal Aviation Administration presented the perfect complement to the machine learning (ML) article in this issue. The article illustrates the use of Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) as an important resource for determining materials allowables in AM processes. At AeroMat, Stonaker announced the upcoming release of MMPDS Volume 2, slated for July. This early release will include general information and guidelines for gathering datasets. Subsequent releases will include materials data tables for alloys of steel, aluminum, magnesium, and titaniumusing the submitted datasets. Timothy Bunning of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) was an AeroMat keynote presenter. He mentioned innovations that AFRL was involved with from the beginning, e.g., rare earth magnets, composites, and specialty coatings. His lab refers to these types of developments as having “AFRL Inside.” Going forward, the Materials & Manufacturing Directorate he leads aims to discover materials of the future. While materials are critical, many speakers emphasized processes as pivotal to engineering advances. Jeffrey “Scotty” Sparks, retired from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, explained how the NASA team regrouped and reprioritized after the Columbia disaster. They didn’t changematerials; they changed processes. Processes also came up in a panel session with space experts from Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, Constellium, Boeing, and ArianeGroup. The panel was asked if space solutions can be adapted for aviation. For example, are there lessons learned about hydrogen storage that can be applied to air flight? Yes. A key takeaway was the need for new nondestructive testing techniques because aircraft energy storage, defueling, and restorage must endure considerably more cycles than what is required for one space launch. It was also noted that some of this research and testing necessitates an appetite for development and risk tolerance. A whole room full of risk tolerant, inventive attendees were at the SMST Entrepreneurial Workshop hosted by the International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies. The meeting was energetic with frequent interaction between the speakers and participants. Tom Duerig, FASM (pictured left), an SMST founder and early co-inventor of Nitinol usage for stents and eyeglass frames, gave a talk on the “Six Ways to Fail as an Entrepreneur.” One easy way is to run out of cash! Some factors that led to success were having a great culture, a beloved technology, and a cohesive team. At another session, one astute attendee commented that, by design, all engineering teams innovate. That’s what they do. Wherever technological innovations are taking off—whether at a Fortune 500 company or a startup— there are engineers inside. joanne.miller@asminternational.org A few SMST panelists during a session break.
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