4 ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | MAY/JUNE 2024 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 John Shingledecker, Chair, EPRI Beth Armstrong, Vice Chair, Oak Ridge National Lab Adam Farrow, Past Chair, Los Alamos National Lab Rajan Bhambroo, Tenneco Inc. Daniel Grice, Materials Evaluation & Engineering Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota 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 Vasisht Venkatesh, Pratt & Whitney ASM BOARD OF TRUSTEES Pradeep Goyal, President and Chair Navin Manjooran, Senior Vice President Elizabeth Ho man, Vice President Mark F. Smith, Immediate Past President Lawrence Somrack, Treasurer Amber Black Ann Bolcavage Pierpaolo Carlone Hanchen Huang André McDonald Christopher J. Misorski U. Kamachi Mudali James E. Saal Dehua Yang Carrie Wilson, Interim Executive Director STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS Kingsley Amatanweze, Karthikeyan Hariharan, Denise Torres 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. MATERIALS CONNECT GENERATIONS A2021 film entitled “The Dig” recounts the fascinating discovery of an Anglo-Saxon ship found on private property in Suffolk, England, in the 1930s. The excavators also unearthed a chamber on board containing treasures dating back to the 6th century. These spectacular artifacts are now housed at the British Museum as the Sutton Hoo exhibit. The compelling film reflects on what remains from past generations and explores why later generations care about finding and preserving these unique relics. With regard to the remains of the past, what primarily stands the test of time and endures the elements are items made of metals and other durable materials: jewelry, swords, armor, spoons, cups, belt buckles, and coins. That’s good news for materials science. For archaeologists, these objects become the main storytellers of the past. In fact, they link us to our past. In this issue of AM&P, ASM’s Archaeometallurgy Technical Committee has served as an excavator of sorts, in finding two authors who offer up glimpses into past cultures through their research. Patricia Silvana Carrizo’s study of silver coins brings to life Spain in the 1870s. Her macroscopic examination reveals important symbols of the culture and politics as well as significant mottos of that time. The ancient art of cymbal making is described by another archaeometallurgist, Joseph Paul Mitchell, in Part I of a short series. Mitchell walks us through the alloying, casting, and hand-hammering steps involved in creating the bronze discs. He describes how each of those processes has evolved from the time of the first cymbal makers up to the modern era. Nothing could be more modern than ASM’s Materials Informatics Technical Committee. Authors from this newly formed group offer us a view into the near future with their article, “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Materials Science.” The authors describe how tools like algorithms, large language models, and computer vision modeling are significantly speeding up the discovery of new materials as well as slashing the time needed for many manufacturing processes. Through several case studies, the authors show what is possible on this front thus far and present exciting developments they see on the horizon. This committee is also developing an ASM Handbook on what are quickly becoming the new tools that all materials engineers will need going forward. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are surely pointing us to the future. Through archaeology, we can connect with the past. The materials created now and in the future will tell the next generations who we are. Let’s revisit the question, why do we care about unearthing artifacts? According to dialogue in “The Dig,” it is so the next generation can know where they came from, as can the generation after that. These precious objects create a line that joins us to our forebearers. We are all part of something continuous. Based on what’s already proven to endure the test of time, the through line is materials. joanne.miller@asminternational.org Sutton Hoo helmet at the British Museum, circa A.D. 600.
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