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Nano Football Fields
While the world's biggest football game is under way on Feb. 3, someone will be awarded the world's smallest trophy, created by Cornell nanotechnology specialists.
Up close the nanotrophy chip displays an image of a football field, upper left. A tiny portion of that image, viewed under an electron microscope, is another football field, and a tiny portion of that, in turn, is the smallest field of all, 2.4 millionths of a meter long, drawn in lines 59 billionths of a meter wide.
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A Member’s Voice
Lifelong Learning and Education Update:
Building an infrastructure to support ASM Certification programs
One of the significant new programs under development by the ASM Education Committee involves certification. Wikipedia defines certification this way:
Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task.
Certifications are earned from a professional society and, generally, need to be renewed periodically, or may be valid for a specific period of time (e.g. the life-time of the product upon which the individual is certified). As a part of a complete renewal of an individual's certification, it is common for the individual to show evidence of continual learning — often termed continuing education — or earning continuing education units (CEU).
Within ASM, the need for a certification program has been discussed for many years. Member interest and industry need have led to a specific action in the ASM Strategic Plan: “To research and develop a certification program for professionals in materials science and engineering.”
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Video of the Week
The Rube Goldberg
Contest at Purdue
It took a lot of concentration for Ferris State University's team members to make freshly squeezed orange juice, but their hard work paid off when they grabbed top honors during the 19th annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at Purdue University.
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Industry News
New ExxonMobil Plant Compounds High-Performance Polymers
Business Wire
ExxonMobil Chemical announces the completion and startup of a new $20 million compounding facility in Baton Rouge to supply high-performance polymers to the automotive, appliance, and specialty consumer products industries.
Fushi Intl. Changes Name, Revives Copperweld Brand
PR Newswire
Fushi International Inc., the leading Chinese manufacturer of bimetallic wire for a variety of telecommunication, power transmission, and other electrical products, announces that the Company's Board of Directors approved a name change to Fushi Copperweld Inc., after Fushi bought Copperweld Bimetallics LLC.
Microwave Assist Technology Shortens Furnace Cycles
Ceralink Inc.
Ceralink Inc., Albany, N.Y., has an exclusive license and is the only authorized source for microwave assist technology (MAT) in North America. MAT is a heating technology that combines gas or electric furnaces with microwave energy to heat ceramic products.
Induction Atmospheres, GE Aviation Ink Licensing Agreement
Induction Atmospheres, GE Aviation
Induction Atmospheres, Rochester, N.Y., an independently owned systems integrator of turnkey heating systems, and GE-Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio, are collaborating on the development of a new induction heating vacuum furnace to repair turbine engine fan blades.
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News from AM&P
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed an imaging system that quickly maps the mechanical properties of materials at scales on the order of billionths of a meter.
The four images (taken with scanning laser confocal microscopy) show variations in surface roughness of an aluminum alloy as produced by increasing amounts of strain: A=1%, B=4%, C=8%, and D=12%.
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Researchers at the University of Bath in England have discovered a way to speed production of hollow-core optical fibers. The procedure cuts production time from around a week to a single day by making the glass walls thinner, reducing the overall cost of fabrication.
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IPG Photonics Corp. announces that it has laser-welded one-inch thick 304 stainless steel plate at a speed of 0.85 meters/minute; and ľ-inch plates at a speed of two meters/minute with a 20 kW continuous wave 1070 nm commercial fiber laser.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory is conducting long-term dynamic testing of materials to be used in E85 fuel dispensers. The concern focuses on potential deterioration of materials exposed to highly concentrated ethanol-blended fuels. Other partners in this UL-funded project are the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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Materials Innovations in an Emerging Hydrogen Economy
February 24-27, 2008
Hilton Cocoa Beach
Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
This is a new biannual conference that provides an opportunity for global experts in the hydrogen field to discuss materials needs and new technologies related to hydrogen-based alternative energy sources.
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The 8th International Conference on Trends in Welding Research
June 2-6, 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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Latest Job Opening
Senior Materials Engineer
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Maryland
As a Senior Materials Engineer, you will perform evaluations of Materials Engineering related issues to support applicant or licensee implementation of NRC regulations and requirements and to support changes in existing license. You will use your technical expertise to support operating experience reviews, inspection and enforcement activities, and development of regulations and regulatory guidance.
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19th AeroMat Conference & Exposition
June 23-26, 2008
Austin Convention Center
Austin, Texas USA
Revolutionizing Materials & Processes for Air Vehicles & Space Systems
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