The 2017 MS&T conference will feature a special symposium honoring the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Metallographic Society. This symposium was created to recognize previous IMS award recipients, and the final lineup of presenters is truly impressive.
This year’s Henry Clifton Sorby Award recipient, Professor Sir Colin Humphreys, will lead off the first session with a talk entitled “How Microscopy Can Help to Save Energy, Save Lives, Create Jobs, and Improve Our Health.” Throughout the course of this symposium, there will be presentations from several previous Henry Clifton Sorby Award recipients, with topics including the following:
- “Oxidation Behavior of Tungsten Carbide”, Chris Bagnall, FASM
- “Next Step in Complex Microstructure Classification – How to Replace Subjective Expert Bias by 3D Information and Autonomous Procedures?”, Frank Mücklich
- “Proclamation, Publication, and Progress”, Mac Louthan, FASM
- “Failure of a Reformer Furnace by Surge”, Iain Le May, FASM
- “Improving the Precision of Microindentation Hardness Data”, George Vander Voort, FASM
- “Microstructural Developments in Dual-Phase and Advanced High Strength Steels”, David Matlock, FASM
In addition, several previous Jacquet-Lucas Award recipients will be presenting at the symposium and the topics for these talks illustrate the wide variety of research underway in our community. Symposium attendees will learn about metallography of kinetically activated bainitic (KAB) steels, closed-cell gas reactions of MEMs materials in the transmission electron microscope, and microstructure analysis of copper-niobium nano-laminates.
The symposium will also feature previous recipients of the IMS Buehler Technical Paper Award, and a few submitted talks. All in all, it will be an impressive display of the work currently underway in our community. I am excitedly looking forward to this special event, and I hope that you will join me. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learning about the latest developments in our field and to reconnect with your colleagues!
Ryan M. Deacon , Co-chair, IMS 50th Anniversary Symposium
