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MicroChemLab Detects Gases
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The MicroChemLab, developed by Sandia National Laboratories, is a handheld chemistry laboratory that detects gases. The breadboard provides power conditioning and switching, thermal monitoring, and control of gas analysis components, analog-to-digital data conversion, fan, pump, and valve control, and operational timing and sequencing. The Gas Module is made up of microfabricated Preconcentrators, Gas Chromatograph separation columns, and Surface Acoustic Wave chemical detectors.
This video is about two minutes long, and shows what the instrument can do. View the video.
This video has much more detail about how it works and is about nine minutes long. View the video.
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ASM publishes breaking industry news articles to our web site every day! Below are the top news items of the week; view the full-text articles and more headline news online.
NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology
PRNewswire-USNewswire
NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission on the moon to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system. It works by splitting uranium atoms in a reactor to generate heat that then is converted into electric power.
Arch Aluminum & Glass Improves Solar Mirrors
PRNewswire
Arch Aluminum and Glass Co. Inc. has developed innovative new mirror manufacturing techniques to meet the demand for lower cost and more efficient concentrator photovoltaic units in the burgeoning renewable energy industry. The Arch parabolic mirrors optically focus sunlight onto a concentrator containing active solar cell materials that convert the intense light into electricity.
Agreement to Build Waste-to-Energy Plants
PRNewswire-FirstCall
BioGold Fuels Corp. announces entry into a long-term development agreement with ICM Inc. to engineer, design, and build BioGold's municipal waste-to-energy plants.
TPI Composites Opens Its Iowa Wind Blade Facility
PRNewswire
TPI Composites has opened a new 316,000-square-foot facility in Newton, Iowa, to manufacture high-performance wind turbine blades for distribution to the U.S. wind energy market.
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GKN and Airbus announce that GKN will take ownership of Airbus’ wing manufacturing facility at Filton, near Bristol, England. The announcement follows the decision by Airbus in December last year to select GKN as its preferred partner for the acquisition of the Filton operation as part of its European plant disinvestment program.
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Lawrence Livermore National Lab, in conjunction with JEOL USA, has developed a dynamic transmission electron microscope that provides the highest resolution ever for digital imaging of ultrafast material processes on the nanometer scale. It allows developers to see chemical reactions, changes in microstructure, motion, and motility on extremely short time scales. The lab has received an R&D 100 award for the development.
www.llnl.gov
www.jeolusa.com
Anasys Instruments has won an R&D 100 award for its new Vesta product, a tool that revolutionizes thermal analysis with its ability for micro and nano thermal analysis at the push of a button. It is a localized thermal analysis product that enables acquisition of phase transition temperatures with microscale and nanoscale resolution.
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University of South Australia scientists have discovered a way to remove bacteria and other contaminants from water using tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active nanomaterial. The water treatment process has the potential to make a significant contribution to the health of nations worldwide.
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Vector Composites has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center of the U.S. Navy to compare the properties of Quickstep and autoclave processing on one or more qualified carbon fiber prepreg systems used by the U.S. Navy on helicopters and fixed wing aircraft.
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MS&T'08 Special Events Lectures
Fundamentals and Characterization MS&T'08: Failure Analysis for Problem Solving
Industry Track MS&T'08: Roll Failure Analysis
Engineering Materials Achievement Award: Active Protection System
Kevin Walker, Steven Robson, Nigel Ryan, Liz Mallen, Richard Sibbick, Graham Budden, and Anna Mepham, Dow Corning Corp.
Solar Silicon, Part 1
Dr. Oleg S. Fishman, Inductotherm Group
Coal-Fired Power Materials, Part II
Vis Viswanathan, Electric Power Research Institute; Robert Purgert, Energy Industries of Ohio; Patricia Rawls, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Carbon Fibers: Opportunities and Challenges, Part I
M. Rashid Khan, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology; Andrew R. Barron, Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University
Product and Processing MS&T'08, Processing, Properties, and Performance of Composite Materials
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Spacecraft to Explore the Sun
This NASA concept image shows a heat-resistant spacecraft called the Solar Probe Plus. It is designed to plunge deep into the sun’s atmosphere where it can sample solar wind and magnetic fields in situ. No spacecraft has ever been as close to the sun as Solar Probe Plus will go, only 4.3 million miles from the surface. That's unexplored territory, and we expect to learn a great deal about the sun's atmosphere. Learn more.
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Steel Does the Heavy Lifting
Andrew Harshaw
AIST President
Steel fulfills a unique place in our lives – not just in Pittsburgh, but across the country and around the world. Not only did steel give American industry its backbone, but also it provides a strong foundation for our future. Steel can be infinitely recycled without loss of quality.
Trains, ships, cars, bicycles, and many other forms of transport rely on the strength and versatility of steel. It is found in all types of devices, from the smallest cell phone to the most advanced communications satellite. From water tanks to pipelines, steel helps to protect this valuable resource all along the supply and delivery chain.
Byproducts from steelmaking are used in roads, cement and concrete, fertilizer and soil improvement agents, rock wool for insulation, glass, ceramics, pigments, magnets, plastics, electrodes for aluminum and steel plants, and cosmetics.
The members of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology are proud to join our brother societies in Materials Science & Technology 2008, as steel continues to do the heavy lifting for American industry.
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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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TSS™ Aerospace Coatings Symposium
October 15-16, 2008
Hartford, Connecticut
This symposium will bring together professional technical, commercial and academic decision makers of surface engineering and thermal spray solutions throughout the aerospace coatings supply chain, such as: materials and equipment suppliers, coating applicators, system integrators, engine manufacturers, airlines, and service providers.
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Cleaning Requirements for Heat Treatment:
Developments & Applications
October 29-30, 2008
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts
Learn the latest developments in cleaning requirements, technologies and evaluation methods from the experts in heat treating.
As design requirements and service applications become even more demanding, surface cleanliness is becoming a critical consideration for heat treaters. The automotive, aerospace and consumer products industries are leading the way in requiring high surface cleanliness. This symposium will provide you with knowledge and in-depth analysis on state-of-the-art cleaning processes, methods for surface cleanliness testing/evaluation and the effects of surface contamination on heat treating processes and equipment.
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34th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis™
The FA Event of the Year in North America's Best Big City
Portland Welcomes ISTFA 2008
Mark Your Calendars Today!
Conference: Nov. 2-6, 2008
Exposition: Nov. 4-5, 2008
Pre-Conference Short Courses: Nov. 1, 2008
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon USA
Don’t miss:
• The industry’s premier event for failure analysis professionals.
• Original, unpublished work on FA topics of practical value presented by professionals from around the globe.
• Technology-specific User Groups
• North America’s largest FA-related trade show
To learn more and register, click here.
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.
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
View all Event Listings.
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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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Applications Development Engineer III
BASF, the Chemical Company, Portland, Oregon
The Applications Engineer (Engineer II or III, depending on experience) will be a member of the Temperature Sensing group located in Portland. The Applications Engineer will provide support to the sales team and customer during the design, development, and installation of systems to fulfill the customer process improvement needs.
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