4 ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | JULY/AUGUST 2023 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 ASM BOARD OF TRUSTEES David B. Williams, President and Chair Pradeep Goyal, Senior Vice President Navin Manjooran, Vice President Judith A. Todd, Immediate Past President John C. Kuli, Treasurer Burak Akyuz Amber Black Ann Bolcavage Pierpaolo Carlone Elizabeth Ho man Toni Marechaux André McDonald U. Kamachi Mudali James E. Saal Sandra W. Robert, Executive Director STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS Jaime Berez, Ashlie Hamilton, Nicole Hudak Individual readers of Advanced Materials & Processes may, without charge, make single copies of pages therefrom for personal or archival use, or may freely make 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 from articles 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. SUSTAINABILITY SUPERHEROES One of ASM’s superpowers is that we have members working with all types of materials in nearly every conceivable application around the globe. This Green Materials Engineering issue of AM&P showcases just a few of those unique materials and applications that reflect the breadth of our reach. One well-known ASM member, Jim Cotton, FASM, is passionate about materials, guitars, and sustainability. He found a unique way to bring that trio of interests together for our lead article. According to Jim, many tree species that historically were used in guitar production are now rare, protected, or extinct. So, he set out to discover comparable species of tonewoods that could be crafted into high-quality instruments. Using materials selection software, he plugged in his criteria and let the tool filter down the choices. The resulting “green grains” produced more than just the published article. Pictured here is Jim with a guitar he commissioned based on his research findings. It’s made solely of tonewoods near his home in the Pacific Northwest: The top is western red cedar, the body is Douglas fir, and the fretboards are from claro walnut. Growing up, I took classical guitar lessons on a Yamaha and then later added an Alvarez Yairi acoustic guitar to expand my repertoire. Although diligent about keeping the instruments polished, I never gave much thought to the origin or species of the wood. Thanks to Jim, I’ll look at my guitars’ grains with new appreciation. From the idyllic tonewoods of the U.S., we now move to the high stakes realm of concrete particles in Switzerland. In his article, Christian Paglia offers insight into the challenging but important endeavors of reuse and recycling of concrete aggregates used in the construction sector. My own research found that the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, headquartered in Switzerland, has been working for the past decade on getting 24 cement producers from more than 100 countries to work together toward more sustainable production practices. With assistance from Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, they have sustainability goals outlined for the industry for the next 20 years. Lastly, we turn to batteries. We present two articles that address the rising issues around the power source in electric vehicles. One discusses the vital importance of lithium-ion battery testing, and the other examines best practices for reclaiming and recycling graphite, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese from the electrodes of spent batteries. These articles are evidence that ASM’s scope, and the vast work of our members, goes well beyond primary metals. ASM is indeed “everything material.” Jim Cotton, one of our sustainability superheroes, is in tune with that. joanne.miller@asminternational.org Jim Cotton’s commissioned guitar.
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