Membership Engagement Council

Member Engagement Council   Who We Are  The Membership Engagement Council provides strategic guidance to the marketing of memberships in the Society. It is the volunteer owner of the Membership Roadmap and oversees resultant ASM staff activity. Further, the Member Engagement Council identifies the needs of members and volunteers and from those needs create resources, […]

IDEA Committee

IDEA Committee Who We Are The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Awareness (IDEA) Committee is focused on ensuring that all members have access to the programming, networking, mentoring, and career development opportunities designed for all ASM Members. The IDEA Committee will serve the membership and the Board Societies through data gathering on member needs, including the […]

New AI tool discovers realistic ‘metamaterials’ with unusual properties

In this video, a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool discovers realistic “metamaterials” with unusual properties. The video augments the article “Deep Learning for Size-agnostic Inverse Design of Random-network 3D Printed Mechanical Metamaterials” published in Advanced Materials. Courtesy of TU Delft.

Students build low-cost cold spray metal 3D printer prototype

Rice University students in Houston, Texas, have developed a cold spray metal 3D printing device that uses pressure and velocity instead of temperature, potentially expanding the capabilities and reducing the costs of metal additive manufacturing and repairing for complex, one-off parts.