4 ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 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. TOP 10 MATERIALS TRENDS FOR 2025 What will 2025 have in store for us? For one, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Henry Clifton Sorby Award, presented annually by ASM’s International Metallographic Society. Its namesake is widely considered the father of metallography and the modern-day microscope. Watch for more updates later this year on the celebration at IMAT in Detroit, including cameo appearances of many past Sorby winners. Beyond that, which materials will be paving the way in 2025? In lieu of a crystal ball, StartUs Insights uses data science to watch trends in emerging technologies. They forecast that the Top 10 advanced materials technologies most likely to lead to innovations in 2025 include: sustainable materials (reducing waste and carbon footprints with recyclable and biodegradable options); smart and responsive materials (reacting to environmental stimuli); nanotechnology (enhancing product performance at the atomic level); additive manufacturing (revolutionizing production with 3D printing); lightweighting (reducing weight with materials like carbon fiber); materials informatics (using artificial intelligence and data to accelerate materials discovery); advanced composites (offering superior properties through materials combinations); graphene and 2D materials (enhancing conductivity and strength); surface engineering (improving durability with advanced coatings); and materials management 4.0 (integrating industry 4.0 technologies for optimized material handling). Happily, this list coincides directly with the content provided in AM&P magazine. All 10 of these topics can be found in our news sections, technical articles, and the supplements on shape memory alloys and surface engineering. We also devote a whole issue to some of these topics, such as our March issue on additive manufacturing and our sustainability coverage in the July/August green materials engineering issue. AM&P will keep you abreast of the latest developments on these materials trends throughout the year. Starting with this January/February issue, the emerging technologies of sustainability and AI are covered in our technical articles. The author of “Unlocking the Potential of High-Entropy Alloys with Advanced Characterization Techniques” reviews various modern methods that allow us to make more sustainable materials. He predicts, “Within the next few decades, more advanced, stable, and greener alloy compositions will likely compete with conventional alloys for use in a broad range of engineering applications.” Addressing the artificial intelligence front, Volume Graphics provides an article on “How AI Can Make a Difference in the Real World of Manufacturing.” They cite industrial computed tomography (CT) as a helpful data tool for advanced manufacturing. Peter Northover also refers to CT and micro-CT as techniques providing results that are “simply jaw-dropping.” His article, “50 Years of Archaeometallurgy,” provides a refreshingly frank, personal reflection on the changes he has witnessed in technique and technology during five decades in the field. Just think, in another 50 years, we’ll be celebrating the centennial of the Sorby Award and ushering in a new Top 10 list of materials innovations. Wonder what will be trending then? joanne.miller@asminternational.org Henry Cli on Sorby, age 25.
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