Call for Abstracts
The Heat Treat 2027 Organizing Committee invites researchers, engineers, scientists, and industry professionals to submit abstracts for consideration in the Heat Treat 2027 Technical Program.
Share your research, process improvements, case studies, applications, and emerging technologies with a global audience of heat treating professionals.
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 5, 2027
Topics for the Call for Abstracts
- Artificial Intelligence, Modeling & ICME
Machine learning, physics-based modeling, simulations, digital twins, predictive quality, process optimization, and integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) - Bulk Heat Treatments
Annealing, normalizing, homogenization, solution treatment, aging, stress relief, and tempering - Cleanliness, Contamination & Surface Quality
Parts cleanliness, furnace atmospheres, contamination control, quench contamination, oxidation and scale, and cleaning technologies - Cryogenic Treatment & Sub‑Zero Control
Low-temperature martensite transformation, cryogenic processing, wear resistance, and performance enhancement - Emerging Trends & Sustainability
Decarbonization, electrification, alternative fuels, energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, advanced furnace technologies, digitalization, AI, Industry 4.0, and CO₂ reduction - Failure Analysis in Heat Treating (joint session with FAS)
Heat treatment failures, quench cracking, embrittlement, hydrogen damage, fatigue, wear, corrosion, and nondestructive testing for failure prevention - Heat Treating in Advanced Materials
Superalloys, titanium alloys, composites, semiconductors, refractory alloys, and amorphous materials - Heat Treating of Additively Manufactured (AM) Materials
Stress relief, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), distortion control, post-processing, and microstructure optimization - Induction Heat Treatment & Localized Hardening (Technology‑focused track)
Induction, flame, and laser hardening; induction tempering and annealing; process modeling, controls, and nondestructive testing - Low Pressure / Vacuum Heat Treatment
Vacuum heat treatment processes, process modeling, and quenching integration - Powder Metallurgy, Sintering & Densification (“Special Processes”)
Debinding, sintering, sinter hardening, metal injection molding (MIM), binder jetting, reactive sintering, and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) - Quenching Technologies & Distortion Control
Quenching media and equipment, process control, advanced quenching and tempering processes, residual stress, distortion prediction, and mitigation - Residual Stress in Heat Treating (joint session with RSTC)
Residual stress measurement, evolution, characterization, and mitigation in heat-treated components - Surface Engineering
Carburizing, carbonitriding, nitriding, nitrocarburizing, boriding, thermoreactive deposition and diffusion (TRD), specialized surface hardening, peening, and thermochemical diffusion treatment - Structure-Property-Process Relationships in Heat Treating
Materials characterization, microstructure evolution, mechanical properties and testing, residual stress, and distortion - New in 2027! What’s Hot in Heat Treatment?
A commercial-focused symposium highlighting the latest innovations, technologies, software, equipment, and solutions shaping the future of heat treatment. - Special Symposium: Honoring Roger A. Jones – Celebrating the life, legacy, and contributions of Roger A. Jones to the heat treating industry
The Roger A. Jones Memorial Symposium honors Roger A. Jones, the first president of the ASM Heat Treating Society and a key contributor to the advancement of heat treating. During his career, he played an important role in advancing vacuum heat treating technology and promoting industry collaboration. His leadership within ASM International and the broader heat treating community helped shape the direction of the industry.
Abstract Submission
Submit an abstract of 150–300 words, written in English, through our online abstract submission system. The user-friendly system allows you to save your work, return to edit your abstract, and submit it before the deadline.
Conference Paper Policies
Authors whose abstracts are accepted for the Heat Treat 2027 Technical Program will be encouraged to submit a full manuscript of 6–8 pages for consideration in the Heat Treat 2027 Conference Proceedings.
Important: A full manuscript is not required to present at Heat Treat 2027. Authors may participate as presenters without submitting an extended abstract or full manuscript.
The first draft of the manuscript is due May 21, 2027, with author feedback provided by June 21, 2027. Final manuscripts are due July 5, 2027.
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (JMEP)
Authors of high-quality, completed manuscripts may be invited to submit their work for consideration in a special Heat Treat focus issue of the Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (JMEP).
If you are interested in this opportunity, please indicate your interest when submitting your abstract. Papers published in JMEP are available through SpringerLink and indexed by Google Scholar.
Fluxtrol Student Research Competition
Sponsored by Fluxtrol, Inc.
Heat Treat will offer a young innovative scientists/professionals’ competition-based award and recognition program, seeking to encourage participation of young scientists in the ASM Heat Treating Society, and to provide attractive offers and opportunities in the worldwide Thermal Processing community. We are soliciting abstract submissions based on thermal processing of metal/metal containing components for this competition. This is a 2-phase competition encompassing a poster competition, as well as an oral presentation competition for semi-finalists.
SPECIAL NOTE: students who wish to include a manuscript in the Heat Treat conference proceedings will need to adhere to the same (earlier) deadlines (below) as authors in the general Heat Treat technical program.
Prof. Valentin S. Nemkov Academic Research Award
Sponsored by Fluxtrol, Inc.
The Professor Valentin S. Nemkov Academic Research Award recognizes outstanding academic research in induction heating, electromagnetic processing, and thermal processing of metals and metal-containing components. Open to Post-Doctoral Researchers, Lecturers, Professors, and Academic Researchers, the award encourages participation from academic institutions within the ASM Heat Treating Society (HTS) and the global materials and thermal processing community.
Researchers are invited to submit an abstract and indicate their interest in being considered for the award during the abstract submission process. The award recognizes excellence in research and provides support for continued research activities at the recipient’s institution.
