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The eleventh prototype of a hovercraft powered by two ducted fans shows off at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture fair in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It’s called a jetpack, but the latest model features a two-stroke engine that powers two ducted fans, not a jet engine. “We've got something you can strap on and fly around for 30 seconds," says inventor Glenn Martin. The total run time of the machine could be as much as 45 minutes, but the team hasn't run it for more than 40 seconds at a time yet. Although not yet perfected, the machine is on sale now for $100,000.
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ASM publishes breaking industry news articles to our website every day! Below are the top news items of the week; view the full-text articles and more headline news online.
Outokumpu Acquires Italian Stainless Steel Distributor SoGePar
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Outokumpu has agreed to acquire the SoGePar Group, an Italian distributor of stainless steel. SoGePar currently operates stainless steel service centers in Castelleone in Italy and in Rotherham in England. Additionally SoGePar has stock operations in Italy, the U.K., Belgium, Finland, France, and Ireland, as well as a commercial office in Germany and a representative office in Turkey. Sales of the SoGePar Group in 2007 amounted to $876 million, operating profit was $68.44 million, and deliveries were 134,000 tons.
Ten Tons of Nanocomposite Means Big Order for NaturalNano
Market Wire
NaturalNano Inc. announces that Noble Polymers, a division of Cascade Engineering, has purchased the company's innovative HNT material to be used to produce ten tons of its nanocomposite, Pleximer. Cascade Engineering is a multi-business manufacturer, marketing to a variety of industries such as automotive and renewable energy.
Chinese Aluminum Smelter Negotiating Sale to Alcoa
AFX News Limited
Ming Zhu Aluminium in Sichuan province is in talks to sell its smelter to Alcoa Inc. If a deal is reached, the smelter would be Alcoa’s first aluminum smelting plant in China, which could help it expand production in the world's biggest market for aluminum construction, packaging, and auto sectors.
Solar Panel Mfr. to Produce 3500 Tons/Year of Polysilicon Using Honeywell Systems
PR Newswire
Honeywell announces that it will design and install the core process and safety systems for a polysilicon plant under construction by Hoku Materials Inc. in Pocatello, Idaho. Polysilicon is a key material needed to produce solar panels. Serving as the Integrated Main Automation Contractor (I-MAC) and sole automation equipment supplier, Honeywell will engineer a tightly integrated solution that will help the plant produce 3500 tons of polysilicon per year.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Asylum Research announce that they have developed a scanning probe microscopy technology that allows 100 times more rapid probing of energy dissipation at the nanoscale than previously possible. Called Band Excitation, the technology enables characterizing a sample’s electrical, magnetic, and mechanical energy conversion and dissipation properties at standard imaging rates.
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Two-photon polymerization technology has been developed through a laser process to build novel medical devices such as microneedles and ossicular replacement prostheses at the University of North Carolina. In addition, researchers have developed differentially adherent surfaces via laser direct writing. In this work, channels were micromachined onto agarose surfaces using an argon fluoride excimer laser and filled with extracellular matrix solution. This will be discussed at Materials Science & Technology 2008 in a presentation titled Laser Processing of Advanced Biomaterials.
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All-polymer solution-processible photovoltaics as a low-cost alternative to silicon based photovoltaics are being studied at the University of Washington. Conductive atomic force microscopy directly images spatial variations in charging rates, mobilities, surface potentials, and photocurrents. Substantial nanoscale variations in the function of polymer solar cells were observed, and improved processing could lead to enhanced performance. This will be discussed at Materials Science & Technology 2008 in a presentation titled Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques for Photovoltaic Characterization.
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Computational materials science links computation with experiment and data to enhance and accelerate materials development. An important component of this integrated approach is materials informatics, in which advanced data mining and analysis techniques are applied to experimental (and, potentially, model-based) data as one step of an information-based process for understanding and exploring materials behavior. This will be discussed at Materials Science & Technology 2008 in a presentation titled Materials Informatics: An Emerging Technology for Materials Development.
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A novel ultrasonic powder consolidation technique for producing monolithic aluminum and composite Al/Ni compacts from elemental powders has been developed by researchers at Northeastern University, Tufts University, and the University of Cyprus. Full density-consolidated aluminum specimens withstood 180-degree bending at room temperature. Al-Ni specimens, fabricated under similar conditions, were also fully dense and exhibited a composite microstructure of Ni particles uniformly distributed in an Al matrix. This will be discussed at Materials Science & Technology 2008 in a presentation titled Ultrasonic Consolidation of Pure Al and Composite Al-Ni Powder Compacts.
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ASM-Indian Institute of Metals Seeks 2009 Visiting Lecturers
Qualified lecturers:
• Are ASM members who visit India
• Have experience with delivering technical presentations of interest to government, industrial or academic organizations.
• Can lecture on current technological conditions in India
• Will be available between April 1 and December 31, 2009
• Have definite travel plans to and from India using own funds
Award carries with it an $800 honorarium to be used for travel expenses within India during their visit and a certificate of recognition to be presented at the ASM Leadership Awards Luncheon scheduled for October 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA during MS&T’09.
Deadline for application is February 1, 2009. For more information, contact Carole Chesla at 440/338-5151 ext. 5330
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Space-Traveling Robot and ESA Join Forces
 The European Space Agency has launched a new web site based on the movie WALL-E that highlights the multitude of educational resources and fun activities that are available on its Internet pages. In the movie, a lonely little robot named WALL-E develops a deep curiosity that eventually inspires it to set off on a fantastic voyage across the galaxy. Fortunately, there are much easier ways to follow in WALL-E's footsteps. All you have to do is log onto the WALL-E portal to enter a world of fascinating facts, animations, pop-ups, educational DVDs, DIY experiments, and games.
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ASM Proudly Announces 2008 Class of Fellows
It’s one of the most significant honors that can be accorded to an ASM member, and it acknowledges distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering. It is the honor of ASM Fellow, and President Dianne Chong, FASM, is pleased to announce the Class of 2008.
“It means so much to be named a Fellow of our Society. It’s truly an honor to be recognized by your colleagues,” Dr. Chong says of the award recognition, which was established in 1969. Meet the 2008 Class of ASM Fellows, which will be installed at the ASM Awards Banquet during the 95th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh this October. (Pictured: The 2007 Class of Fellows at the ASM Awards Banquet in Detroit).
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MS&T’08… The Leading Forum Addressing Structure, Properties, Processing and Performance Across the Materials Community
October 5-9, 2008
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Technical Program
MS&T’08 addresses eight diverse themes to cover the breadth of materials science and engineering.
• ELECTRONIC and MAGNETIC MATERIALS
• ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ISSUES
• FUNDAMENTALS and CHARACTERIZATION
• IRON AND STEEL
• MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS
• NANOTECHNOLOGY
• PROCESSING and PRODUCT MANUFACTURING
• SPECIAL TOPICS
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Seeking Nominations for Thermal Spray Hall of Fame
The Thermal Spray Hall of Fame, established in 1993 by the Thermal Spray Society of ASM International, recognizes and honors outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the science, technology, practice, education, managements, and advancement of Thermal Spraying. For a copy of the rules, nomination form, and list of previous recipients, go to http://tss.asminternational.org/portal/site/TSS/ and click Networking and then Connections. Or, you can contact Sarina Pastoric.
Nominations are due September 30, 2008.
The International Conference for Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies
September 21-25, 2008
Palazzo dei Congressi
Stresa, Italy
The technical conference and exposition brings together worldwide experts and promotes the technical and practical engineering of shape memory and superelastic alloys. Learn more.
Quenching & Control of Distortion in Heat Treated Gears
September 24-25, 2008
Radisson Hotel Milwaukee Airport
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
There’s a better way to control distortion and stress. Our heat treating experts will show you how.
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New!
Pearson’s Crystal Data CD-ROM, Crystal Structure Database for Inorganic Compounds
2008/2009 Update
Edited by: Pierre Villars and Karin Cenzual, 2008
The most comprehensive database available for alloys, intermetallics and inorganics.
The updated CD includes 165,000 structural data sets (including atom coordinates and displacement parameters, when determined), 100,000 compounds, 22,600 prototypes and 50,000 publications. Also included in the CD are active links to ASM’s Alloy Phase Diagram Center, Landolt-Börnstein, Springer and original references.
To find out more information on the update, please contact Denise Smith at 440.338.5409.
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Materials Engineer, Metallurgist, Research and Development
NanoSteel Company, Idaho Falls, Idaho
An entry level / intermediate position is sought for a creative individual to assist with advanced research in bulk materials nanotechnology. The open position currently is for a motivated self starter with comprehensive understanding of basic metallurgical concepts and will involve a wide variety of tasks including making alloys with specific atomic ratios, processing liquid melts with a variety of equipment, and measuring physical properties. For more information,
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