4 ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 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 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE John Shingledecker, Chair, EPRI Beth Armstrong, Vice Chair, Oak Ridge National Lab Adam Farrow, Past Chair, Los Alamos National Lab Yun Bai, Ford Rajan Bhambroo, Tenneco Inc. Punnathat Bordeenithikasem, Machina Labs 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 Krassimir Marchev, Northeastern University Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dimensional Energy Scott Olig, U.S. Naval Research Lab Christian Paglia, SUPSI Institute of Materials and Construction Satyam Sahay, John Deere Technology Center India Abhijit Sengupta, USA Federal Government Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin Vasisht Venkatesh, Pratt & Whitney ASM BOARD OF TRUSTEES Navin Manjooran, President and Chair Elizabeth Ho man, Senior Vice President Daniel P. Dennies, Vice President Pradeep Goyal, Immediate Past President Lawrence Somrack, Treasurer Amber Black Pierpaolo Carlone Rahul Gupta Hanchen Huang André McDonald Victoria Miller Christopher J. Misorski Dehua Yang Fan Zhang Veronica Becker, Executive Director STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS Gladys Duran Duran, Amanda Smith, Nathaniel Tomas 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. SUPPORTING INNOVATION In 2019, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to a trio of inventors for their roles in the development of the lithium-ion battery: John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino. Their work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE’s Office of Science continues to serve as the largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences. As its deputy director for science programs, Linda Horton, FASM, presented a keynote at IMAT 2024 on “Science Pathways for Energy Storage Innovation.” Horton, a pioneer herself, was the first woman to serve on the ASM Board of Trustees. She described some of the DOE’s current programs such as the Energy Earthshots, which aim to support innovation related to clean energy. Specific projects involve shots for clean hydrogen, carbon negative solutions, and long duration storage options. Another type of shot that is paying off was taken by Christopher Schuh, FASM, in founding the startup Xtalic Corp. for the development of new alloys using a groundbreaking method. In his Edward DeMille Campbell Memorial Lecture at IMAT on “The Coming Age of Computationally Designed Grain Boundary Chemistry,” Schuh raised the concern that as an industry, we have plenty of phase diagram information—but there is virtually no data on grain boundaries. In the absence of data, Schuh has encouraged his students at MIT to create models or sample equations for various alloy combinations. The Xtalic team has gone a step further in using their patented computational materials design platform to develop numerous alloys with unprecedented durability, corrosion resistance, and temperature stability. Through Schuh’s influence, the university and the startup both help to advance materials science by taking alloy development to the next level. Another professor embarking on novel research is S. Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi, who participated in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Materials Panel at IMAT, summarized in this issue. She mentioned that a recent award from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on Multiobjective Engineering and Testing of Alloy Structures (METALS) program led to her recent work in designing gradient alloys for additive manufacturing. Carnegie Mellon University, her home base, is teamed up with MIT and Lehigh University in this collaborative effort. You can read more about their work and the METALS program in our Research Tracks department. Last but not least, a highlight at the conference in Cleveland this year was the first ASM Materials Venture Challenge. Four students with entrepreneurial spirit showcased their inventions to a panel of expert judges in a “Shark Tank” format. Although one was declared the winner, all received valuable input on how to improve their products. The materials community has many ways to support innovation among its ranks. This backing can come in the form of funding, encouraging startups, collaborating across institutions, and listening to the enthusiastic ideas of our next-gen engineers. There just may be a Nobel Prize winner among them. joanne.miller@asminternational.org Deven Wells makes his pitch to Materials Venture Challenge judges.
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