Volume 8, Issue 14, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 

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Corraling Electrons

IBM scientists used scanning tunneling microscope technology to position 48 iron atoms in a circular ring in order to "corral" some of the surface electrons and force them into quantum states determined by the circular corral walls.

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A Member’s Voice

J. Willard Gibbs
Phase Equilibria Award
to debut at MS&T ‘08

ASM International proudly announces the founding of a new award that reflects our society’s 30 years of leadership in providing authoritative alloy phase diagram evaluations. “The Board of Trustees has approved the creation of the J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award, as proposed by the Alloy Phase Diagram Committee and recommended by the Awards Policy Committee,” said President Dr. Dianne Chong, FASM.

The Gibbs Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of phase equilibria. In addition to the award, the recipient will give a keynote address at the “Phase Stability, Diffusion, and Their Applications” symposium organized annually by the APD Committee.

The award is funded by QuesTek Innovations LLC, based in Evanston, Illinois (http://www.questek.com/).

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2009
Engineering Materials Achievement
Award Nominations Now Being
Accepted

American Superconductor Corporation receives the 2007 Engineering Materials Achievement Award.

Deadline for nominations is April 15, 2008

Do you know of an innovative, cutting-edge scientific achievement that has distinctly impacted industry, technology, and society in the last ten years?

Criteria:
•Outstanding achievements in materials or materials systems in engineering structure or design and manufacture of product
•Innovative
•To production scale within past 10 years
•Impact on entire industry, distinct gain to technology and society
•Team effort
•No previous widespread recognition

Visit ASM’s website for complete information about how you can nominate a team for this prestigious award in 2009.

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Video of the Week

How to Get
Aluminum From Bauxite

An employee at the Alcoa San Ciprian, Spain,
plant examines a conveyor belt full of bauxite,
the ore from which aluminum is made.

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Industry News

ASM publishes breaking industry news articles on our website every day!

Below are the top news items of the week.
View the full-text articles and more headline news online.

Boeing Flies Manned Airplane Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells
PR Newswire
Boeing announces that a two-seat Dimona motor-glider with a 53.5 foot wingspan is the first aircraft to fly powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Built by Diamond Aircraft Industries of Austria, it was modified to include a Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell/lithium-ion battery hybrid system to power an electric motor coupled to a conventional propeller.

Plastic Enables Conversion of Reusable Med Instruments to Single-Use
Business Wire
Solvay Advanced Polymers introduces its grade of gamma radiation stabilized Ixef polyarylamide. It provides a surface finish on a par with painted metal, and also maintains the stiffness, strength, and chemical resistance necessary for medical instruments and devices.

IBM's 'Rehearsal Studio' Lets You Practice Your Job in a 3-D World
Market Wire
IBM Research has specially designed a 3-D environment to help IBM employees conduct more successful client engagements in diverse services such as implementing a software system in a constantly changing auto parts business and conducting crisis management.

Conveyor Oven Designed for Hydrogen-Embrittlement Relief
Wisconsin Oven Corp.
Wisconsin Oven has designed and manufactured two electrically heated conveyor ovens for hydrogen-embrittlement relief on locking wheel lugs at a maximum production rate of 1600 pounds of parts per hour for each oven.

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News from AM&P

Solaria Corp. announces that it has developed solar cells that generate about 90% of a conventional solar panel's power with half as much silicon. Ordinarily, the silicon in a solar panel spans its surface, collecting light from as much area as possible. With the new technology, the silicon is sliced into thin strips and spaced apart so that they only account for about half the panel's area.
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Northwestern University researchers have developed a layered metal sulfide called KMS-1 to separate strontium from radioactive waste. Made of potassium, manganese, tin, and sulfur, the material attracts strontium ions but not sodium ions, which outnumber strontium ions by more than a million to one. By taking advantage of ion exchange, the new method captures and concentrates strontium as a solid material, leaving clean liquid behind.
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Conor Medsystems, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, is beginning a randomized trial of its sirolimus-eluting stent, which has a cobalt-chromium reservoir base. The technology incorporates hundreds of small reservoirs into which drug-polymer compositions are loaded.
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ATI Allvac, an Allegheny Technologies company, has been voted #3 in the Business Week 50 Top Performing Companies for 2008.
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Nikon Instruments Inc. announces that April 30th is the deadline to submit images taken through the light microscope for consideration in the 34th Annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Learn more.

The International Titanium Association is accepting applications for its second annual "Titanium Applications Development Award." The deadline to submit applications is June 30th. The winner of the $20,000 award will be announced at the Titanium 2008 conference in Las Vegas Sept. 21-24.
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April Issue of AM&P

	NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY
	•Metals, Polymers, Ceramics •Test/Characterization •Process Technology •Emerging Technology •Business Trends •Global Economy
FEATURES Nanometal-Polymer Hybrid Michael R. Day, DuPont Automotive Thixomolding Raymond F. Decker, Thixomat Inc.; Stephen E. LeBeau, Thixomat Inc. Permanent Mold Casting Processes J. L. Jorstad, JLJ Technologies Inc. Powering the Future: Alloy for Ultrasupercritical Coal Fired Boilers R. Rautio, Sandvik Materials Technology; S. Bruce, Sandvik Materials Technology Excimer Laser Etching Lynn Boatner, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Hu Longmire, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Christopher Rouleau, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Allison Gray, Oak Ridge National Laboratory MPMD: Materials and Processes for Medical Devices

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Surface Engineering for High Performance Die Casting Tooling

April 23, 2008
Chicago, Illinois

This one-day workshop will be an intensive discussion of the state-of-the-art in the surface engineering of die casting tooling. The morning session will kick off with a presentation by John Moore, Colorado School of Mines, who will discuss Die Coating and Surface Engineering for Aluminum Pressure Die Casting: State of the Art/Science.

The rest of the day will include sessions on Failure Mechanisms, Substrates, Surface Coating, and Surface Modification.

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50th Annual H.R. Bergmann Memorial Seminar
“Made In Wisconsin”
A Celebration Of Innovation In Materials Technology In Our State
April 2, 2008

The ASM International Milwaukee Chapter announces its 50th annual Bergmann Educational Seminar – “Made in Wisconsin.” The format encourages dialog between materials engineers, product designers, and innovators to address the unique applications for their creations. The day will provide exposure to the diverse companies that support the investment and growth of materials-based businesses that are MADE IN WISCONSIN yet celebrated worldwide.

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The 8th International Conference on Trends in Welding Research

June 1-6, 2008
Pine Mountain, Georgia USA

This conference will feature five days of technically-intensive programming focused on both fundamental and applied topics related to welding and joining.

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19th AeroMat Conference & Exposition

June 23-26, 2008
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Revolutionizing Materials & Processes for Air Vehicles & Space Systems

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Process Modeling Engineers
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Carpenter Technology has the following openings for two experienced Process Modeling Engineers in their Reading R&D facility.

1. Process Modeling R&D Engineer will be closely involved in the development of liquid metal processes related to continuous casting, ingot casting, VIM, ESR and VAR. Candidate must have experience using commercial CFD codes to perform simulations for casting processes.

2. Combustion Modeling R&D Engineer will be closely involved with thermal processes and controls in a specialty alloy production facility. Candidate must have experience with simulations and using commercial codes to optimize commonly used heating processes which includes gas fired furnaces and induction heating.

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2008 Graduate Student Paper Contest

Wan Chuck Woo, 2007 International Graduate Student Paper Contest Award Winner, receives his award from 2007 ASM President, Dr. Larry Wagner.

Deadline April 30, 2008

The ASM International Graduate Student Paper Contest recognizes the best graduate student technical paper in the field of materials science or engineering submitted during the year. The winner will be recognized and presented their award during the ASM Leadership Awards Luncheon to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the week of October 5-9, 2008 in conjunction with MS&T’08. The award consists of a certificate, a $500 cash prize, and up to $250 towards expenses to attend MS&T ’08. The paper will also be published one of ASM’s publications.

Rules for the paper submission can be found on the ASM Website.

Nomination Deadline for Canada Council Awards is April 30, 2008

ASM’s Canada Council is seeking nominations for its 2008 awards program. These prestigious awards include the G. MacDonald Young Award, M. Brian Ives Lectureship, and Canadian Sustaining Member Corporate Innovation Awards. Deadline to submit nominations are April 30, 2008.

Nominations should be submitted to Mr. John Read, president, National Coating Technologies, Inc., 1975 Logan Ave., Winnipeg, MB R2R OH8.

For more information, visit ASM Canada Council Awards.

News from IMS

Die cast microstructure of an aluminum-silicon alloy. Chandra Sekhar, Indian Institute of Technology.

Enter the 2008 International Metallographic Contest!

The annual International Metallographic Contest features the best work of metallographers and microstructural analysts from around the world. Best in Show will receive the Jacquet-Lucas Award and $3,000. Winning entries will be exhibited during the 41st Annual IMS Convention and Technical Meeting in Albuquerque, NM this August 4-7, 2008.

For complete contest rules, contact Jeff Stewart at jeff@metallography.com or visit IMS online.

Deadline is July 18.

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